Terrorist Puppets

Dateline - Mpls/St.Paul
September 13, 2008

Bill Moyer from http://www.backbonecampaign.org/ appeared on the show tonight and had so many interesting and compelling things to say about the RNC and the our civil liberties. Bill is concerned about the erosion of our Civil Liberties and the unaccountability of our elected officials. He mentioned the best tool in some situations is satire and humor. As serious as our Constitutional Rights are, it seems in the face of overwhleming apathy of our government, all we have sometimes is humor.

I think Bill Moyer explemifies whats best about grass roots activism. He subscribes to the philosophy of non-violent demonstrations and using satire and humor as way to bring attention to the issues of our liberties. He advocates for "small" or "alternative" media as he does NOT believe the American public is being told the truth by "BIG" media.

Unfortunately for most American's who get their news and information from corporate media, many of the important stories are not being told. As a matter of fact it seems truth has taken a back seat to editorialized infotainment. If the press and the people ignore them long enough it seems to me that the REAL stories will never be heard which in turn creates a bad environment for a democracy.

As we saw at the RNC, freedom's guaranteed under the constitution are tenuous at best. Eight hundred American's were jailed during the RNC. Official reports say there were approximately 38 incidents of vandalism and 8 assaults. What the hell were the other 754 people arrested for?

Please take a moment to visit http://www.backbonecampaign.org/