Thursday, August 14, 2003

Slide Over, Rush QUOTE OF THE DAY "The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power; & the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy." --- Alex Carey (from "Taking the Risk Out of Democracy") http://www.press.uillinois.edu/s97/carey.html KNOW YOUR HISTORY - AUGUST 14th 1846 -- Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance to the Mexican War, Massachusetts. 1935 -- US Congress passes Social Security Act. 1947 -- India achieves independence from British rule after years of Gandhian resistance. 1980 -- After 2 months of labor turmoil, 16.000 Polish workers seize the Lenin Shipyard, Gdansk. http://www.polishculture.org.uk/archive_exhib_2.html YESTERDAY  -  8/13/2003 UN takes important step in developing human rights standards for corporations The U.N. Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights today approved the "Draft Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights." The document sets out the responsibilities of companies for human rights and labor rights, and provides guidelines for companies operating in conflict zones. The Draft Norms also prohibit bribery and activities that harm consumers, including polluting the environment... http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-headlines/markup/msg01178.html RHINO HERE: In this month's issue of the talk radio industry's, "Talkers Magazine"... http://www.talkers.com ...there's an opinion column called, "Liberal Talk Radio - An Awakening Giant? " http://www.ieamericaradio.com/Hartmann_Talkers_P1.htm It's Thom Hartman again. Historian, author, radio personality & a guy with a few ideas about... How To Take Back America , Common Dreams , 3'24/03 http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0324-12.htm Also by Hartman, "Turn Your Radio On - The Unions' Answer to Right-Wing Static" is RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE today. It highlights the union owned radio network i.e. America http://www.ieamericaradio.com The i.e. America Radio Network produces programming from a different perspective. It's a viewpoint you may not have heard much on talk radio lately. Our voices are informative and entertaining. Programs are distributed via satellite, and feature weekday topical, current event shows, weekend entertainment and information "how-to" programs, serving radio stations from Florida to Alaska. The i.e. America Radio Network is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan in a new state of the art facility and maintains additional studios around the nation to produce our live programming. You can hear our programming on the web around the clock at www.ieamericaradio.com. Listen Live via The Web http://www.ieamericaradio.com/listen.asp 8:17:09 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - Turn Your Radio On Turn Your Radio On - The Unions' Answer to Right-Wing Static by Thom Hartmann, CommonDreams.org 8/11/03 "If America's largest and most conservative corporations can own and influence big chunks of the American media," some have asked, "then why not our most established and respected unions?" It turns out that unions can get into the media business - and one already has, creating what has recently become America's only operational commercial liberal talk radio network, officially introduced to the industry this month with a prominent ad in Talkers Magazine. KKBJ-AM Talk Radio 1360 discovered the union-owned network's liberal programming on a stormy night back in June when one of the Minnesota talk station's satellite receivers died. To avoid dead air, the station flipped to the program stream coming down on a second satellite receiver, tuned in to i.e. America Radio Network's 9 pm-midnight host, Mike Malloy. Malloy was in fine form, ranting about the "Bush crime family." The next day, KKBJ's Chuck Sebastian got some feedback from listeners who had just heard their first bit of liberal programming on a station that otherwise carries mostly right-wingers. "One guy said that it was a breath of fresh air to finally get somebody who knows what he's talking about," Sebastian said. He added, "Another said it was 'nice to hear somebody with an opinion the opposite of Michael Savage's ranting and raving.'" ... THE REST'S AT: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0811-02.htm "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. 7:45:26 AM    comment

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