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Posted on November 24, 2005 | Leave a comment

Scott McLarty, GPUS Media Committee Coordinator, has written the article It’s Time To Dump The Dems, Support The Green Insurgency on Znet.

McLarty appaluds a recent November 9 editorial in The Nation in which the it is stated that no canidatate will be supported who does not call for a speedy end to the Iraq war. McLarty also calls upon The Nation and other publications that have opposed the war redirect their support towards candidates and parties that have consistently opposed the war from the beginning and called for withdrawal–like the Green Party and examines the reasons why.

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Tom’s Interview

Posted on November 4, 2005 | Leave a comment

An award winning journalist from Salt Lake, Jennifer Napier-Pearce, has started her own online news program,Inside Utah. Earlier this week she interviewed Tom on his experience with right wing talk show host Lars Larsen.

If you click her website above, the show on which Tom is interviewed appears on #19, 11/4/05.

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ABC talk show host deceives us into an interview

Posted on October 25, 2005 | Leave a comment

Today has been a flurry of activity surrounding the 2000th soldier death. Tom has been contacted by all sorts of media. One person called him from ABC news in Washington DC and told Tom he would be interviewing him and would appear on the Salt Lake Affiliate, KSL (a Mormon-owned broadcast company). At first Tom had reservations because of the conservative nature of this station, but figured an interview would be o.k.

It turns out that the person who interviewed Tom was Lars Larsen of the Lars Larsen Show from Portland, Oregon. He is like a Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly. (blech!)
He really laid into Tom about being unpatriotic, etc. He interrupted Tom in mid-sentence in every sentence and attacked him and defended the reasons for going to war in Iraq.Tom chose not to continue the converstation when he was put on hold during the break.

It was highly deceiving to tell someone they were being interviewed for a news program only to be criticized and ostricized by a talk show host. Very dishonest.

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2,000th soldier death reported and confirmed

Posted on October 25, 2005 | Leave a comment

From Wage Peace:

The sad day that we’ve been dreading is here. Today, the Defense Department has announced the 2,000th military death in Iraq.

I want to thank you all for organizing events in your community. Together, we have more than 400 events in 49 U.S. states, which will involve thousands of people calling for an end to this war. The media has already started reporting on your work, with stories carried by Reuters, ABC News, and Yahoo! News. We are bound to change the perception of this war during this sad milestone. And we are showing that we are the majority.

Here is the plan for the “Not One More Death – Not One More Dollar” event. AFSC, in conjunction with Gold Star Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and with the support of the United for Peace and Justice Coalition, is calling for events tomorrow, Wednesday, October 26. Some of you may have other plans that work better in your community.
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2000th soldier’s death closing in

Posted on October 25, 2005 | Leave a comment

Ken Sain has reported that 1,997 soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion there.

The Iraq casualties website reports 1,999, with 9 not being confirmed by the DOD. I have also heard that CNN has reported that Air America Radio has already reported the 2000th soldier death.

Besides being involved in the Green Party, Tom and I also volunteer for and participate with People for Peace and Justice of Utah, which has been doing outreach during the past month (ironically before UFPJ‘s call for action) for a vigil that will occur when the 2000th soldier is reported to have died. Details on that vigil are at the PPJ website and also at Progressive Utah.

Yesterday Tom was interviewed by a reporter from the Deseret News and also from a reporter from KCPW public radio in Salt Lake.

I had an earlier post containing a video about the 2000th soldier death.

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