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Free Speech - our right to listen or not listen, view or not view what we want to hear on radio and television (see too).
With the passage of S.2056 and H.R.3717, public airwaves are no longer. People will not be allowed to judge for themselves
what they want to listen to because of not only censorship, but fining individuals exorbant amounts of money.
This is a move for Clear Channel to be able to aquire even more radio stations as Infinity/Viacom will be hit with multifines
and not only blocking, but pulling licenses. It is hypocracy considering the number of jocks Clear Channel has hired and
the 7 words coming out of their mouths, going over the airwaves (not blocked) and them not getting fined.
Howard Stern may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the fact that just has he woke up and started to talk about all the
things he learned while on vacation about George Bush and his administration. There is a clear agenda of the republican John
Hogan and owners of Clear Channel who on Febuary 24th, 2004 pulled its six affiliates of the Howard Stern show off the air.
The six stations the show was pulled are in Lexington, Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, three stations in Florida (including
Orlando), and San Diego, California. It is interesting to point out that Kentucky Pennsylvania and Florida are considered
"Swing States" for the Presidential Election. Eliminating Howard Stern from being able to share with his listeners
the truth about what is going on in this country and the agenda of the religious right is Clear Channel's way of insuring
President Bush a "true" win and re-election of Congress members. Clear Channel owns 70% of venues that muscial and
other acts play. The list includes The Rose Garden, Rose Quarter, Keller Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College, and Theater
of the Clouds in Portland, Oregon, Brooklyn Academoy of Music and Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts in New York, The
Capitol Centre, FedEx Stadium, and Baltimore NFL Stadium in Maryland, Avalon, Axis 13, Bayside Expo Center, Berklee Performance
Center, Bill's Bar, and Charles Playhouse (Boston) in Massachusetts, Cheney Hall Performing Arts Center, Connecticut Expo
Center, and Eastern Connecticut State University in Connecticut, and California Science Center, California Theatre of Performing
Arts, Culver City Veterans Memorial, Dodger Stadium, Wilshire Ebell Theatre, and Wilshire Theatre in California. [NOT attending
those venues helps the cause and reduces profits that can be used to fund the Republican/Religous agenda. Send them a message
that you don't like well established musicians like the Dixie Chicks, and others who aren't who can't get airplay on their
radio stations or able to play Clear Channel venues]
85 Pages of Venues Clear Channel owns: http://sfx.com/venues_list.html
If you believe that no one should be censored, and you believe that each individual American can choose for themselves,
and you know that you don't want to live in a country that is ruled by Reactionary people (yes, no longer Conservative) who
pass reactionary laws please exercise your vote. Due to recent bill passage, the law of the land is that a pregant woman killed
is considered a double murder. Fetus is
a person.
If moved to, please call your Senators today and Monday, April 5th,
2004 regarding S. 2056 AGAINST
S 2056
http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SN02056:
Text of Legislation: http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.2056:
4 Variations of Text - H.R.3717
http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.3717:
Check your voting card if you don't know what district you are in.
Don't assume.
1-800-839-5276 or 202-224-3121 and ask for your congressperson.
For articles see:
https://baltimorepeace.tripod.com/BaltimorePeace/id39.html
http://www.howardstern.com It is difficult to get through due to
outcry of people getting involved and new people registering to vote,
so keep checking back. Evening is better time to get through.
Bright Peace,
Shaiyel
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