Imagine if, starting this 9-11-08) every one of us dedicated truth activists did just one phone call a week like Derek says and documented it audio-visually. some of us covered Air America (Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann, etc.) some handled the neo-cons (Limbaugh, Hannity, Medved) and the rest of us handled the more local shows, centrist shows and CSPAN's Washington Journal covering all angles of the 9-11 cover-up (false-flag, 1st responders, family members unanswered questions etc.)

Not only would we reach 10's of millions of Americans who are engaged in at least listening to political talk, many of whom have really not been exposed in an intelligent way to what we all know, but we would also create a whole slew of interesting media and we would learn, along the way, from each other, how, rhetorically to deal with this with different types of people and different angles.

And, it would not cost but a bit of time, some thought, a tiny bit of gumption and courage and likely not a dime on a phone bill.

“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehoods school. And the one man that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.” –Plato

"We must speak the truth about terror." --George W. Bush

A picture is worth a thousand words. A video is worth a hundred thousand words. Please, Robin, videotape yourself in action so we can see and hear you by example. Make use of affordable modern technology and add your actions to the mix.

With you in the struggle,
Bruno
WeAreChangeLA - http://www.wacla.org

Growing up, I had a close friend, Jay Adams. He was, and to a great degree still is considered the best in the world, the first and formost, at taking his particular craft to new heights, far exceeding what was believed possible. Two feature films have since been made about him being at the leading edge of the most progressive era in our field of sport/art to date. My point is, Jay got asked alot about who he took input from, among the others of us around him. His response was this:

"If a guy can SHOW me something first, THEN I'll listen to what he has to say"

We can certainly all benefit from being shown a better, more effective way to meet our goals. Post a link to your next video or audio clip. I look forward to it, and to any and everything else that SHOWS AN EXAMPLE of how we can all do things better; God knows we need our A game for this one.

S.H.
WeAreChangeLA

As always Robin, I appreciate your thoughtful input and constructive criticism. But, as I have said before I disagree with you in certain ways and agree in others.

first, a clarfiication of fact. Phil Hendrie although he had sort of a similar response to what neo-con talk show hosts usually give, though a bit more engaged and slightly more educated, was broadcasting his show over our local Air America-type affiliate KTLK, so his audience was not likely the neo-con set you say is a waste of time (though I will disagree with you next on that point). I was just randomly listening while fixing dinner and heard him compare "those 9-11 conspiracy nuts and charlatans" to the guys who did the bigfoot hoax-just people trying to make a buck or some fame off of people's gullibility. So that's why I approached him a bit aggressively. I think a little willingness to engage in rhetorical battle is needed in certain venues. So, while I agree that I could have kept it tighter in terms of what I was presenting, I hardly think that my slightly aggressive tone and my fairly extended time on air was "counter-productive." remember, this is not the CI of the street. the audience is self-selected to be fairly politically engaged and usually highly opinionated or respectful of those with a strong opinion. That is why they listen to these shows. so, I think that comparing this outright to civil informationeering to a fairly random group of folx on the street is missing the complexities and differences in different venues of the public sphere. just the difference between an environment just of sound and the 3-d environment of the street with a high emphasis on the visual is an important factor to think through.

---I do agree very much with your wise advice to seek out some of the more unknown or unsearched for places on our airwaves. this, however, is no either/or---

Secondly, and finally, calling an entire audience of tens of millions of people listening to "conservative" radio in this country "a cluster of fools" sounds like the worst of divisive ideologies and resultant praxis of the 60's that you claim to eschew. Maybe this might be part of your hang-up -- that although you want to move on into these new, exciting realms of 21st century activist approaches and tactics, you still cling to an outdated, in my view, version of the American people that says that there is just no hope for some folx. Although, yes, many of these people might be acting as "fools," you have no clue who every single one of these human beings is. when I talk about the " power to the people" I mean all of the people, not just the 2/3rds or 3/4ths of the country that you think will save us if only we can educate them. plus, strategically, whether you like it or not, the group of politically committed people on the "right, " that minority that still supports this administration and their policies are crucial to us getting our country into the hands of the best among us, not the worst among us. same as the gatekept "progressive left." both of these groups are politically motivated and the truth we are attempting to share with them must necessarily change their political conception.

It does appear that the more deeply one has been ensnared in the illusion of the beneficient Bush regime et al, the more powerfully, in many cases, one comes out of it into dedicated action. Some of the more dedicated truth activists voted for this our current junta in residence at least once if not twice. And while i agree with the sentiment, if not the words and conceptual construction, of 'not casting pearls before swine,' there is hope for everyone to change, to open their mind, transform their beliefs and lives. if not, there is hope for none of us in the end.

peace.

“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehoods school. And the one man that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.” –Plato

"We must speak the truth about terror." --George W. Bush