Demand an alternative!

Democracy depends on a free exchange of ideas and perspectives. But in St Louis, right-wing extremists have a virtual lock on our public airwaves with NO nationally syndicated progressive talk shows to respond to the dogmatic, divisive and often deceptive tirades of Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, and others.
St. Louis voters consistently elect progressive candidates, yet we are deprived not only of balance, but also great radio! Air America, Thom Hartmann, the Young Turks and many other progressive shows springing up around America are attracting large audiences because they are enlightening, interesting and most of all entertaining.
Let's Get Progressive Talk Radio in St. Louis!

A True American Hero

I'm so sad that she had to pay this price. And after this loss she carries the banner for us! Cindy Sheehan is a A True American Hero!



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Imagine America under the jackboot of, say, Icelandic occupation. At first many Americans are happy to see Bush arrested and put on trial, but it doesn't take long before we start to miss him. Promises of rapid rebuilding evaporate. Two years after saturation bombing has leveled Washington, Los Angeles, New York and other major cities, the rubble is overrun with rats and wild dogs. America's natural resources--coal, lumber, oil--are shipped back to Iceland without recompense. Unmarked checkpoints spring up everywhere, transforming a drive to the 7-11 to get water--faucets are dry--into a potentially lethal exercise. Icelandic troops conduct house raids to take away Americans' guns. Since there's no electricity for streetlights, the night belongs to gangs, who rape and hold women for ransom. There are no jobs, unless you count working for the hated police force of the puppet regime, the Unified Nordic Republic of Icelanderica. UNRI lackeys ride alongside Icelandic storm troopers to point out the homes of "terrorists," who are bagged, beaten and dragged off into the night, never to be seen again. Most of the victims are innocent civilians, of course, but the Icelandics don't speak English. They mistakenly trust their toadies, who use their authority to act on personal grudges.
These collaborators, as Karl Rove would point out, are fair game--for attacks by American resistance fighters. As in "V." And "Red Dawn."
A few years pass. The Icelandic government turns over nominal "sovereignty" to its puppet American regime, but nothing changes on the ground. The checkpoint shootings, mass arrests and chaos continue unabated. Almost everyone has lost a friend or family member to the war. There's an "election," but members of the prewar Democratic and Republican parties are barred from participating. America as we know it has been rubbed out.

COPYRIGHT 2005 TED RALL

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