this recap of last week, a recent innovation of Portside. I went to the
big, great concert of Anne Feeney and friends Thursday nite and the
annual reunion of Venice folk on the 4th, touting this Sunday's Ash
Grove/Beyond November event, to lots of friends and supporters.
People devoured the flier, but a bunch hesitated when they saw the $40
donation, though they love the Grove, the cause and the show. Never one
to ignore reality, I began asking what would they be comfortable with, and
for almost everyone, $25 was it. So, we've added that as a 'fixed income'
donation, knowing lots on this list likely feel the same. For the What,
When, Where, I've added the PSA, now running on KPFK, at the bottom.
Hope to see you, there.
Ed
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Subject: REWIND - A Week of Quotes & Cartoons
REWIND - A Week of Quotes & Cartoons
SUNDAY
Quote of the Day
June 28, 2009
'America is changing more quickly than the government,
They are lagging behind the crowd. But if I remember my
poli sci from college, isn't that the way it always
works?'
Linda Ketner, a gay Democrat
from South Carolina who
came within four percentage
points of winning a
Congressional seat in
November, on Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgener rights.
New York Times
June 28, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/mjs9mz
Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/oc2wpn
Wilderness Years
Tom Toles - Washington Post
MONDAY
Quote of the Day
June 29, 2009
"We cannot accept or recognize any new government other
than President Zelaya, because he was voted into
office, complying with the rules of democracy.This is
the only way we can have relations with Honduras. If
Honduras does not change its stance, it's going to end
up totally isolated, surrounded by an enormous
contingent of democratic countries."
Brazilian President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Reuters
June 29, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/ld37ll
Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/lfyxxh
Euphemisms
Stuart Carlson
TUESDAY
Quote of the Day
June 30, 2009
'Well, what we've undergone in recent decades worldwide
has been totally insane, and all of this in function of
capitalism. If you look at what was done with the
workforce in Latin America, it was treated as a vulgar
instrument for capital accumulation. Mechanism of
exploitation were imposed, such as outsourcing, labor
intermediation and the like. Efforts were made to
destroy nation states, or at least to minimize nation
states, especially in key areas such as the economy, on
grounds that were closer to religion than to science,
that everything would be resolved by the marketplace.
'I could speak at much greater length on this, but the
results are plain to see: greater inequality in Latin
America. We haven't resolved the unemployment problem.
Indeed, unemployment is higher than in previous
decades. We haven't resolved the problem of poverty.
We've lost a great deal of sovereignty by implementing
policies that didn't answer to our international
reality.
'And finally, we're facing a crisis that we have not
provoked, yet we are the main victims, the greatest
crisis since the 1930s of last century, where there was
a crisis in global capitalism. But it's not been
generated by factors external to the system, but by
factors that are of the very essence of the system:
exacerbated individualism, deregulation, competition
and so on. This clearly shows us that something has to
change.'
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa
Interviewed by Amy Goodman
Democracy Now!
June 29, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/lfaaq4
Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/kqner8
Where Are Our Votes?
Jim Morin - Miami Herald
WEDNESDAY
Quote of the Day
July 1, 2009
'In the weeks just before President Obama took office,
his economic advisers made a mistake. They got a little
carried away with hope.
'To make the case for a big stimulus package, they
released their economic forecast for the next few
years. Without the stimulus, they saw the unemployment
rate - then 7.2 percent - rising above 8 percent in
2009 and peaking at 9 percent next year. With the
stimulus, the advisers said, unemployment would
probably peak at 8 percent late this year.
'We now know that this forecast was terribly
optimistic. The jobless rate has already reached 9.4
percent. On Thursday, the Labor Department will
announce the latest number, for June, and forecasters
are expecting it to rise further. In concrete terms,
the difference between the situation that the Obama
advisers predicted and the one that has come to pass is
about 2.5 million jobs. It's as if every worker in the
city of Los Angeles received an unexpected layoff
notice.'
Columnist David Leonhardt
New York Times
July 1, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/mofcra
Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/n28b6s
One Down ...........
Signe Wilkinson
THURSDAY
Quote of the Day
July 2, 2009
'French President Nicolas Sarkozy's request of Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he replace Foreign
Minister Avigdor Lieberman exposes a sad truth: At
present Israel does not have a functioning foreign
minister. The international community refuses to speak
to a politician who is considered racist in the wake of
the campaign conducted by his party, Yisrael Beiteinu,
against Arab citizens during the recent Knesset
election campaign. There is not and cannot be any other
way to interpret Sarkozy's comparison between Lieberman
and far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.
'The angry reactions emerging from the Foreign Ministry
after Sarkozy's comment was publicized on Israel's
Channel 2 on Monday, to the effect that he had
"interfered in Israel's internal affairs," are not
relevant.'
Editorial
Haaretz (Israel)
July 1, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/n7m9sl
Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/nwzydn
Operation Heathcare
Ed Stein
FRIDAY
Quote of the Day
July 3, 2009
'The jobs report for June should put a chill on hopes
for an economic recovery anytime soon. And it makes a
compelling case for more government stimulus, as
unpopular as that idea may be in Washington. Americans
all over the country are struggling.'
Editorial
New York Times
July 3, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/lxrzk8
Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/nazzdc
Welcome to California
Tom Toles - Washington Post
SATURDAY
Quote of the Day
July 4, 2009
'We've seen a lot of nutty behavior from governors and
Republican leaders in the last three months, but this
one is at the top of that.'
John Weaver, a longtime friend
and confidant of Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz.), the party's
presidential nominee in 2008
whose of selection of Sarah Palin
catapulted the first-term
Alaska governor to national
prominence.
Washington Post
July 3, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/mmhzd2
Toon of the Day
http://tinyurl.com/nm3jah
Soulmate
Mike Luckovich
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(KPFK Promo, read by S. Pearl Sharp)
On Sunday, July 12th, Ash Grove Music presents "An Afternoon of Ear Candy
and other Delights!" Performing are Michelle Shocked, Richard Montoya of
Culture Clash, Sheila Nichols, humorist Roy Zimmermann, Conjunto Los
Pochos, S. Searl Sharp, blues by Bernie Pearl, S.H.I.N.E. Mawusi Women's
Drum Alliance, and the Get Lit Players.
It all begins at 1:30pm, on the beautiful grounds of the private residence
at 939 San Vicente Blvd, in Santa Monica. (just 9 blocks from the beach)
Proceeds from this event support Ash Grove's "Beyond November" series of
free concerts, which brings together artists and audiences- to promote
social justice beyond the ballot box. Please join us for "An Afternoon of
Ear Candy and Other Delights' this Sunday, July 12th.
For Tickets and information, call 310-391-5794, go to www.kpfk.org or
www.AshGrove.Music.com KPFK is a proud media sponsor.
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