TonyPalmeri.Com Update for May 7, 2005

  1. Reactionary politics discussion on WPR
  2. Palmeri's Open Letter to America's College Students
  3. Barnhill Advisor of the Year
  4. Of Forests, Fiber, Money, and Politics
  5. Pyramids
  6. Five Most Murderous Countries for Journalists
  7. Appleton Council Cops Out on Patriot Act
  8. New Websites
  9. What is EPIC?
  10. Media Tracker
  11. Gay Bashing Spokane Mayor Admits to Enticing Young Boy
  12. Kucnich Blasts Dean's War Sell-Out
  13. Ben on the Nuclear Stockpile
  14. Winnebago Peace and Justice Center Announcements

1. Reactionary politics discussion on WPR: You can listen to my discussion of Reactionary Politics with Joy Cardin of Wisconsin Public Radio here: http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/jca/jca050414b.rm

2. Palmeri's Open Letter to America's College Students: The May Media Rant is a reflection on the Kent/Jackson St. tragedies written as an open letter to college students http://www.tonypalmeri.com/mediarants37.htm If you're in the Fox Valley, please be sure to pick up a free copy of the Valley Scene. Locations are here:http://www.valleyscene.com/where.html Amy Goodman did an outstanding feature on Kent/Jackson that is worth looking at: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/04/1342257

3. Barnhill Advisor of the Year: Dr. David Barnhill, UW Oshkosh Director of Environmental Studies and Advisor for the Student Environmental Action Coalition, has been named Outstanding Organizational Advisor of the Year. Here is his statement: http://www.geocities.com/abvtimes/Barnhill_Statement.html Here is the Campus Greens' nomination statement: http://www.geocities.com/abvtimes/barnhill.html Here 's Barnhill's Earth Day Op-Ed: http://www.wisinfo.com/northwestern/news/opinion/stories/opinion_20695890.shtml

4. Of Forests, Fiber, Money, and Politics: UW Oshkosh Emeritus Professor of Biology and Founder of the Superior Wilderness Action Network Bill Willers sent this piece to TonyPalmeri.Com: http://www.tonypalmeri.com/willers2.htm

5. Pyramids: The always irreverent Mark Fiore has figured out the world via an expanded food pyramid analysis: http://www.markfiore.com/animation/pyramid.html

6. Five Most Murderous Countries for Journalists: Because journalists in the United States are mostly protected lapdogs of the powerful, we don't always appreciate what a deadly profession it is around the globe. On World Press Freedom Day (May 3), the Committee to Protect Journalists announced the five most murderous countries for journalists: http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2005/murderous_05/murderous_05.html#more

7. Appleton Council Cops Out on Patriot Act: In spite of the valiant efforts of local citizens, the Appleton Common Council refused to join the growing number of cities that are saying NO to the PATRIOT Act: http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_20902454.shtml

8. New Websites: A couple of new Oshkosh based websites: Babblemur http://www.babblemur.com/ and Lake Winneblogo: http://winneblogo.blogspot.com/

9. What is EPIC? A somewhat creepy narrative of the brave new world: http://www.broom.org/epic/

10. Media Tracker: The Center for Public Integrity's excellent resource allows you to find out who owns the media in your community: http://www.public-i.org/telecom/default.aspx

11. Gay Bashing Spokane Mayor Admits to Enticing Young Boy: You have to love stories like this http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/223201_west06.html

12. Kucinich Blast Dean's War Sell-Out: Polls show that more than 50% of the American public now believes that the Iraq War was not worth fighting. Naturally, the Democrat Party leadership chooses THAT moment to announce support for the war. Dennis Kucinich wrote a tense note to Howard Dean about it: http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0504-21.htm

13. Ben on the Nuclear Stockpile: As in Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=irKQL0NSE&b=667499

14. Winnebago Peace and Justice Center Announcements: