Just got back from a vigil

[WolverineDG]

and despite sending out press releases to all the media in this community, not ONE bothered to show up. :grr: :grr:

we had permission to have it at a firestation & the firefighters really helped out alot. one even spoke about his experiences taking aid from our city to NYC after 9/11. we had veterans, college kids, teachers, nuns, you name it, almost 50 folks, but no media.

funny, this has been the theme for me today: why is the media awol? i wrote a LTTE to the washington post just this morning on this same subject. here it is in case it doesn't get ink:

Dear Editor,

In the article by Mr. Harris & Mr. Ricks, they mention that there does not appear to be a direct correlation between decline in support of Pres. Bush's stance on the war in Iraq and the number of casualties. I, for one, am not surprised by this. We live in the age where it is now considered unpatriotic to show the flag-draped coffins of soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq. It is unpatriotic for Nightline to show the photos and read the names of the men & women who have died. It is unpatriotic to hold candle light vigils remembering those who have died & honoring those who are still serving in Iraq. It is unpatriotic & borderline treasonous to dare to question the justifications given for putting our men & women in the line of fire, and even more so to report that those justifications were not only intentionally misleading, but known to be false by an Administration hell-bent to go to war to secure Iraqi oil & no-bid contracts in order to line the pockets of Bush Family cronies.

If you ask yourselves why this has happened, you need only look to the contributions the media has made by sitting idly by, not doing its duty to conduct its own investigations into the ever-changing justifications for the war, and ignoring evidence and opinions offered by those in opposition to the policies of Pres. Bush. Instead, the media has left it up to users of the Internet to do its heavy lifting. Much of what is being reported in the media now has already been discussed, researched, and vetted on various credible websites for months & even years, with the majority of the work done by ordinary Americans who don't have degrees in journalism.

Our Founding Fathers felt so strongly in the need for a free press to keep the government's feet to the fire that freedom of the press was placed in the First Amendment. It is the duty of the media to question authority. Because the media has failed in its responsibility to inform the American public of the truth that President Bush lied to us about the situation in Iraq, many Americans now believe that it is their patriotic duty to ignore the dead, belittle the sacrifices made by the men & women of our armed forces, and harass and threaten those who have the courage to take time to honor them.

Sincerely,
me


dg

[murielm99]

1. I thought the people in my town behaved rather oddly today,

considering the anniversary.

We had a huge farking street fair, an arts and crafts fair. It is an annual event. But I think they could have chosen another date. Also, the library had a big program, complete with politicians and food, for its one hundred year anniversary.

Not one person made reference to the date. I had to be there in the afternoon, because I had prior obligations to both events.

Is that the way it should be? Should we be celebrating life rather than death?

I spent the morning working in our county Democratic headquarters. I figured that working to defeat * and his cronies was the best way I could honor the day, before I had to participate in the other celebrations.

Anyway, I felt a sense of annoyance all day long, that no one was honoring the dead.

[faithnotgreed]

2. thank you for caring so much. we do live on some alternate

media reality, no doubt

they tell us virtually nothing of whats truly going on, then report on their polls etc of the various topics that they have not really informed us about

the beat goes on doesnt it

thank you for getting involved and paying tribute.
we have to march on and believe and vote just like rev al said at the convention, despite what the corporations tell us to believe.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Cognitive disonance

and all that

1984 truly

[faithnotgreed]

4. that movie just came on flix east. watching it as i type