Monday 1 August, Vic Wulsin, MD, DrPH and runner up for the Dem. nomination for the District II Congressional seat will come and join us. I am hoping she might be our next Commissioner of Health for Cincinnati. I'd love to talk for hours with Vic... about her work in Africa with AIDS, her vision for our city, her plans for her own future... We'll certainly let her give us a presentation if she likes to, or perhaps she would just join in our table talk, as did Roxanne Qualls recently.
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At the table Monday 25 July 2005: Mike Murphy, Caeli Good, Marvin Kraus, Gerry Kraus, Linda Grayman, Walter Grayman, David Rosenberg, Vlasta Mollak, Judy Cirillo, Ellen Bierhorst, Dan Hershey, Mira Rodwan,
(Notes at the table:)...
Mike: Paul Brown, from Morgantown gave a very interesting presentation last week at the Salon. They have a free mass transit system in Morgantown. Another one in Amherst MASS.
Marvin: they have it i n Portland OR.
Marvin: the Maisonette closed downtown. Will reopen in Kenwood next year.
Gerry: Thurs, Aug 25 a Candidates Environmental Forum co sponsored by ECO etc. City council candidates¹ views on environmental issues. Mother of Christ Church, 5301 Winneste Ave (Winton Place) off King¹s Run. 7:00 pm. RSVP Marilyn Evans, 541-4109.
Mira: I am concerned about Unions getting disunited. CIO/AFL still united. Teamsters, Service employees split off. ³Differences of philosophy; the old guard is not meeting our needs.²
Dan: before they merged, they had different plhilosophies.
Shirley: one side believes in spending their funds contributing to camplaigns; the others want to use the money to recruit new members instead. The latter are the dissenters.
Dan: remember last week I gave y ou an expanding interest in this Carl Rove thing. I was amazed at the virulence of the right wing response. When they get so angry there is usually more to the story than we see at the time. Sun. NY Times, op ed Frank Rich summarized what we now know. Why did bush make the announcement of judgeshiop supreme ct. so quickly? It is generally felt it was to detract attention from the Rove thing.
³Conspiracy² is being used.
What happened to Gonzalez for supreme court? Why suddenly is Gonzalez dumped? The Right wing didn¹t like Gonzalez. As white house council, Gonz. was the first to hear that the justice dept was investigating Rove thing, and he witheld the news to anyone for 12 hours. Was this to let people shred documents?
Ashcroft refused to recuse himself from the investigation.
Bush didn¹t want Gonzalez being interrogated by the Senate about the Rove thing wh ile being examined for the supreme court.
The Bush administration were arrogant; we can do anything, they thought. Just delay the Rove story. Only... it kept staying alive.
When Wilson wrote the story about ³no uranium² in Africa... then heat was on. In 2002. At that time a memo was sent to Bush outing Wilson¹s CIA wife Valerie.
... Now the whole thing is beginning to unravel. ... Colin Powel was seen holding the state dept memo outing Valerie....
Now the Bush people are counterattacking. Matt Drudge outted Kauffmen as gay. Jeffery Kaufman was working on exposing the Rove thing.
... NY Times Sunday July 24, Frank Rich. Op Ed.
Mike: in Truthout.com. Valerie Plame was outted because she was an expert on Iraq, keeping track of oil shippments there. Speculation.
So now we no longer have that information.
Caeli: Valerie was under cover.
Basically, the argument has been changed so that Bush is protected. They may dump LIbby and McLellon... to protect the President.
What is the deal with Novak?
The reporter in Jail>? Judy Miller.
According to Rush, the NYT and Miller has another source that could vindicate Bush.
(At this point I, Ellen, had to leave to attend the Grenada hurricane damage benefit with the MLK Chorale and the Freedom Center chorus. That Todd O¹Neal! That P.Ann Everson Price! We rocked. Meanwhile, Caeli took over and recorded the rest of the minutes. Thanks, Caeli!)
Vlasta
Reading from the Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. IN relation to the Iraq War. Published in 1895.
Gerry Krause talking about running a Campaign for City Council. She has already qualified to for the ballot. She was the 7th filers. She doesn¹t know if she is going to run Charter. She doesn¹t know if it is up to her.
Dept of Peace Campaign
Caeli is the District 1. Team Leader for the Dept of Peace Campaign to be reintroduced Sept 12, 2005. Next meeting will be Friday August 5h at One Mo Cup in Northside at 7pm.
The Dept of Peace will be to promote and advise the president and Whitehouse on root causes of violence plus practical ways to dismantle violence while still in a formative phase.
See: www. dopcampaign.com Or www. thepeacealliance .org
Please write your Representative to sign on to this historic Legislation . The old House Bill is H.R. 1673.. District 1 is Chabot. District 2 is Dewine.
There is no current Senate Version. Please write your Senator to sponsor a Senate Version. Jerry Krause.
What is the role of City Council./Govt
Mike Murphy
Having a townhall meeting to discuss this issue.
Groups that might be able to sponsor a town hall meeting. to discuss this issue?
Women City Club
The Cincinnatus Society
Lloyd House>??
:>)
Asking the people what the function of City GOvt is.
Tom Sparrow to tell stories while juggling to explain the ³story² of where the money comes from in our city council. A visual of Money Juggling....
(Ellen's two cents worth on the "town hall meeting to ask what's the role of city gov't": a town hall meeting is not the place to educate the public. that happens in places like our salon. A mass meeting is a waste of time re. decision making and information sharing. Too many people for a smart "group head" to develop. What we need is MORE SALONs! ellen)
Hugs,
ellen
(for Articles: see below. First, the "Announcements" section.)...
Don't miss the way cool article you want to read in blue section. It might be one of these:
- "Framing Wars"... Geo. Lakoff's ideas the rage among Washington Dems. . Includes Ellen's vision for a better future. Talk to me.
- Can Pro-Life Pharmacists refuse to fill Rx for birth control? Yes!
- Erik Bendix' comment on Margaret Garner performance.
- About Paul Hackett, Dem. for District 2
- other short but tasty tid bits interspersed...
- Jeanette Raichyk responds to Weekly article on Teaching And also from Jeanette, on the China Study vs. Weston A. Price controversy: What should we eat? To whom should we listen?
- Blurb about the Sept. 23-25 Peak Oil Conference in Yellow Springs
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Announcements:
7/30
Hear/See David Pepper Wednesday Aug 3
Cincinnati Independent Media Network (Steve Novotny) to Host Event with Mayoral
Candidate David Pepper
We will host the third installment of this historic series on
Wednesday, August 3rd,
6:30pm
at InkTank World Headquarters.
1311 Main St. in OTR.
This is
a chance for bloggers, independent journalists, and interested
citizens to sit down with a mayoral candidate for the kind of detail
not typical of mainstream media events.
InkTank does not sell food or beverages, but you are welcome to bring
whatever you like as we sit round-table with David Pepper to discuss
the future of the Queen City.
Ellen's P.S.:
> In a complaint being filed today (Thursday, 7/28/05) in federal court in Toledo, the
> League of Women Voters of Ohio joined the League of Women Voters of
> Toledo-Lucas County and a dozen individual plaintiffs in suing the
> governor and the secretary of state for 30 years of dysfunctional
> election administration.
Paulette Meier renting her house in Northside
7/23
Dear friends,
As some of you know, I was living this past year at a Quaker center near Philadelphia, on scholarship as artist in residence. It was a wonderful experience, as you can imagine!
I'm planning on going back up to the Philadelphia area in August to do music/peacemaking programs in schools, particularly Quaker schools. So... I'm going to rent my house out to help subsidize my income. I'm most interested in renters who would be ok if I kept some or all of my furniture here. Would appreciate your helping me spread the word!
Thanks a lot!
Paulette Meier
LOOKING FOR SIMPLE LIVING, EARTH LOVING PEOPLE TO RENT MY HOME. MAY CONSIDER LEASING WITH OPTION TO BUY:
House for Rent in Northside
Located on Glen Parker in quiet, beautiful wooded area of Northside.
3 BR, 2 full BA
Large Eat in Kitchen
Natural woodwork and hardwood floors
Furnished, if needed
Off street Parking
Laundry Facilities
Beautiful trees and view
Front yard garden space (has always been organic)
Efficient furnace, storm windows, added insulation
Monthly rent: $700 plus utilities
Call (513) 681-8851
7/23
Who is Charles Winburn? He is running for mayor of Cinti. He had a terrific 30 piece drum and dance group of Black youth in the Northside parade on july 4. He is a way right fundamentalist. "'Only born again Christians should hold public office." from his book. ellen
8/2
REMEMBER TO VOTE TUESDAY, AUGUST 2!
Voting is a treasure. Tuesday, August 2 is a special election for the
U.S. Representative from Ohio's 2nd Congressional District (East of Vine Street). I support Democrat Paul Hackett, a cool guy, outspoken about anti-war, about pro-choice, opposes Global Corporatism and understands it. Ellen
Please vote!
If you need to vote by absentee, it is easy, but you need to order your ballot now.
Go to www.hamilton-co.org/BOE/absenteeballots.asp.
Please read about an excellent progressive candidate
Paul Hackett at www.hackettforcongress.com.
Please forward this reminder.
REMEMBER TO VOTE!
7/23/
7/16/05
Room Available at Lloyd House
Fabulous Clifton Gaslight Castle; warm, multicultural environment
2 miles from U.C. 1/2 mile from Mitchell Ave. exit I-75
Call Ellen: 513 221 1289
Third floor walk up. One room with sleeping loft, private bath, share kitchen
Room has ethernet for high speed internet connection: $10/mo. extra
Share: third floor meditation/dance/yoga room
first floor TV/VCR/DVD, iMac w/ high speed internet, dining room, veranda
Off street parking, spacious yard, gardens, sauna, workout room
2 hours per month building maintenance/yard care/housmates meeting
Laundry (indoor lines for drying) free
Minimum age: 25
Monthly house contribution: $285 (more if you use A/C, internet)
Available 1 August, 2005
Other housemates include: me, Neil Anderson (our fabulous massage therapist), Gordie Bennett (grad student in planning), Alan Bern (musician, doctoral student CCM). I am looking to slowly become more of a community in the house.
No smoking in house.
I am looking for: rock solid good vibes 24/7. Also rock solid financial reliability. Also, prefer a person who will enjoy the Monday night Salon and is interested in building community here. Eventually want to explore sharing ownership and all responsibilities.
Please pass the word to any of your contacts who might know of folks looking for a place to live/work.
ellen
8/30/05
Local Activist Cheryl Crowe (of Progressive Alliance etc.)
Recommends
Write the local TV Stations before end of August:
They are renewing their licenses (every 8 years) this year
Have you written the TV stations yet? Tell them you don't like so much violence, want more about positive things happening; less sensationalism and celebrity gossip, more on what the people need to know to be good voters, etc. etc. Ellen
WLWT:
OHIO/OKLAHOMA HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC
c/o BROOKS, PIERCE, MCLENDON, HUMPHREY &
LEONARD
P.O. BOX 1800
RALEIGH, NC 27602
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WCPO-TV:
SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY
312 WALNUT STREET
28TH FLOOR
CINCINNATI, OH 45203
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WKRC-TV:
CITICASTERS CO.
PO BOX 470408
TULSA, OK 74147-0408
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WXIX: (FOX19)
RAYCOM NATIONAL LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC
RSA TOWER, 20TH FLOOR
201 MONROE STREET
MONTGOMERY, AL 36104
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WSTR-TV: (Ch. 64)
WSTR LICENSEE, INC
SHAW PITTMAN (KATHRYN R. SCHMELTZER)
2300 N STREET, N.W
WASHINGTON, DC 20037-1128
Tri-State Treasures
Tri-State Treasures is a compilation of unique local people, places, and events that may enrich your lives. These treasures have been submitted by you and others who value supporting quality community offerings. Please consider supporting these treasures, and distributing the information for others to enjoy. And please continue to forward your Tri-State Treasures ideas to jkesner@nuvox.net.
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Tri-State Treasures:
Kaldi's Re-Opens [Friday 29 July @ 5 PM]: Collette & Jeremy Thompson will re-open Kaldi¹s in Over-the-Rhine with a Final Friday celebration until the beer is gone. A full bar will, of course, include coffee drinks. They will follow this Final Friday celebration with a gradually expanding menu as kitchen renovations are completed, to be followed with a Grand Opening on next month's Final Friday 26 August. In the fine tradition, Kaldi's will continue to feature artwork by professional & emerging high school & college artists; so forward to Collette the names & contact info of interested artists. They will also be bringing back the live music, so send your leads on musical entertainers to them, too. Kaldi's Coffee House & Bookstore, 1204 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info at 513.241.3070, 513.451.0166, cert@fuse.net, & articles from local papers @ http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005507200310 & www.citybeat.com/current/thedish.shtml.
Live Theatre - Matt & Ben [July 28-30, August 4-6 & 11-13 @ 8 PM]: The KNOWTHEATRE Tribe presents a hilarious comedy by Mindy Kaling & Brenda Withers about Pre-Celebrity Hood. "Matt & Ben" imagines the story behind the friendship of two of Hollywood's most celebrated leading men - Matt Damon & Ben Affleck - before J-Lo, before Gwyneth, before "Project Greenlight," before Oscar... before anyone actually gave a damn. When the screenplay for Good Will Hunting drops mysteriously from the heavens, the boys realize they're being tested by a Higher Power. $15 general admission; $12 student-senior. At the corner of 1425 Sycamore Street & Liberty, Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.300.KNOW, info@knowtheatre.com, & www.knowtheatre.com. Special Bonus for Tri-State Treasurers Subscribers: call or email [Subject Line: Tri-State Treasures Tickets] for complimentary tickets for July 28 or 29 Exclusive Preview @ 8 PM.
Freedom Center First Anniversary Celebration [August]: Celebrate the success & fascination of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in August with these & so many more opportunities. The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is at 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500 & www.freedomcenter.org. Some of the individual events include:
<> Celebration at The Greenwich [Friday 5 August @ 7-10 PM]: Newly created visual art & musical compositions by Allen Schwartz & special book signing by Ann Hagedorn, award-winning author of Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad. Free. The Greenwich, 2442 Gilbert Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.221.1151.
<> Gospel Freedom Sunday [Sunday 7 August @ 2:30 & 3:30 PM]: Local choirs including the New Jerusalem Baptist Church Choir celebrate freedom with Gospel music. Freedom Center Grand Hall.
<> Freedom Circle Dialogue [Thursday 11 August @ 7 PM]: A community dialogue on racial attitudes in Greater Cincinnati. Jo-Beth Booksellers, 2692 Madison Road, Cincinnati OH 45208. RSVP @ 513.333.7536.
<> Freedom Community Forum: Mayoral Candidates 2005 [Wednesday 17 August @ 7 PM]: Learn about the candidates. Freedom Center Harriet Tubman Theater. More info @ 513.381.4660.
<> Freedom Community Forum: Connecting the Generations [Friday 19 August @ 6 PM]: Sentenced to ~25 years in federal prison without possible parole for a 1st time nonviolent drug offense, Kemba Smith speaks about serving 6.5 years before being granted clemency in 2000. Freedom Center Harriet Tubman Theater. More info @ ysmith@zoomtown.com.
<> Building Bridges [Through Monday 22 August]: Public art exhibit designed by local children & built by local contractors. Freedom Center Front Lawn.
<> State of Racial Relations Address [Tuesday 23 August @ 10 AM]: Findings of research on racial attitudes & behaviors in Greater Cincinnati. Freedom Center Harriet Tubman Theater. RSVP @ 513.333.7569.
2nd Annual Lite Brite Indie Pop & Film Test [Friday-Sunday 29-31 July]: A weekend of music, film, & lite like you've never seen before. At the Southgate House, 24 East 3rd Street, Newport, KY 41071. More info on the bands, films @ info@litebritetest.com, & www.litebritetest.com.
Tarot & Palm Readings [Saturday 30 July @ noon-10 PM & Sunday 31 July @ noon-7 PM]: Francine Haydon & Patricia Garry will provide the best tarot & palm readings in the region at the Newport Arts & Music Festival on the bank of the Ohio River below the Levee. The festival also includes shopping & lively music. More info @ 513.281.6864, patgarry@fuse.net, & www.patriciagarry.com.
Neighbor to Neighbor meeting - ³Good Things Happening² [Monday 1 August @ 7:30 PM]: For residents of Pleasant Ridge, Kennedy Heights, Silverton, & nearby communities: this meeting will feature descriptions of 2 important services vital to our communities. Carol Chamberlain, director of The Caring Place, will describe services being provided by this agency supported by area churches & other business & charitable organizations. Martha Epling, Volunteer Coordinator for Crossroads Hospice, will describe the care being provided to those in need of such care & their families. At the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, 5950 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213. More info @ 513.891.1373 & GRSnouffer@cinci.rr.com, & www.cincinnati.com/neighbors/.
Donnie Darko (Director¹s Cut 2004) - Spiritual Cinema [Friday 5 August @ 7-10 PM]: Released soon after September 11, 2001, this strange & darkly comic tale of a disturbed teenager¹s experiences during a week in 1988 featured an aircraft engine crashing through a suburban home & an ominous 6-foot bunny: a sure recipe for box office disappointment. After its DVD release, Donnie Darko built a cult following worldwide, culminating in a new ³director¹s cut² release last year. Some see this movie as a sci-fi exploration of time travel & parallel universes. Others see a portrayal of the delusional fantasies of a schizophrenic boy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, & Patrick Swayze. Directed by Richard Kelly. Rated R for language, sexual content, violence. Discussion leaders: Greg Loomis & Paul Darwish. At the Friendship Hall, New Thought Unity Center, 1401 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.961.2527, LouFreeman@ntunity.org, & http://ntunity.com/happenings/pages/content/funfridays.html.
Morning Glory Bike Ride [Sunday 7 August starting @ 6 AM]: The 24th annual Morning Glory incorporates a few changes to make the ride more attractive to more riders of all skill levels to raise more money for Sierra Club & to give you 2 more hours of sleep. This year's Morning Glory will start at 6 AM instead of 4 AM, will follow a different route, & will include a vegetarian breakfast for all riders, courtesy of Wild Oats. Roxanne Qualls is this year's co-chair. Even if you're a rider, you're welcome to volunteer to help with registration or setup, then enjoy the ride, breakfast, & t-shirt - for free. Or leave a bit ahead of the first group & ride to your corner. Volunteer with Steve @ volunteer@morninggloryride.org. Info about the course, registration, & more @ www.morninggloryride.com.
Psychic & Healers Festival [Sunday 7 August @ 11 AM - 3 PM]: As part of the exciting new Sunday Markets on Main, Patricia Garry & Francine Haydon present The Psychic & Healers Festival featuring massage, reflexology, reiki, palm & tarot readings, animal communication, stones & crystals, T-shirts, & original art. Come try an alternative healing method; or try a different kind of reading than your usual. 13th Street & Main, Over-The-Rhine, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.281.6864, patgarry@fuse.net, & www.patriciagarry.com.
Explore the Sun At the Cincinnati Observatory Center [Thursday 11 August @ 6-8 PM]: The star attraction at this special event is the Sun. Learn about our nearest stellar neighbor at the Cincinnati Observatory, the Birthplace of American Astronomy, & a National Historic Landmark. Observing the Sun can be one of the most rewarding experiences in astronomy; now you can do it safely with one of the world's most remarkable telescopes with the help of professionals. The Sun is a giant nuclear furnace 93 million miles away; contains > 99% of the solar system's mass; the size of 1 million Earth's; its surface is a mere 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit; its core is 27 million degrees F. And you thought we we're having a heat wave! Explore the Sun includes a presentation about the Sun, tours of the Observatory's historic buildings, & safe viewing of sunspots & massive erupting solar flares out of their 1843 telescope (weather permitting). Donation requested. Advance reservations required; space is limited. The Cincinnati Observatory Center, 3489 Observatory Place, Cincinnati, OHIO 45208. More info & reservations @ 513.321.5186, deanobservatory@zoomtown.com, & www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.
A Talk on Irish Traditional Music [Friday 12 August @ 8-10 PM]: Riley School of Irish Music & Thomas More Tapestry Series present Dr. Charlie Piggott in an Off The Beaten Track lecture; a parallel view of some interesting aspects of the Irish musical tradition. Within Europe, the Irish musical tradition stands out along with Spanish flamenco, Greek & Swedish music as unbroken tradition currently alive as performed music. Dr. Piggott will discuss & examine some aspects of the Irish music including arpeggios of the harpists & the accompanied droning of traditional fiddle players. He will draw on examples from the tradition including references to several outstanding musicians, past & present. Dr.Piggott grew up playing music in County Cork & is an outstanding button accordion & banjo player. A founding member of De Danann & The Lonely Stranded Band, he has toured extensively in Europe, Canada, & US. In 1976 he was a featured artist of the Smithsonian Institute. He is co-author of Blooming Meadows: The World of Irish Traditional Musicians. A true Renaissance man, Charlie also conducts workshops on roof thatching. The lecture will be accompanied by recordings & visual illustrations. $10. At Stiegerwald Hall, Thomas More College, 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills, KY 41017. More info @ 513-588-0036, matyi@fuse.net, & www.RileyIrishMusic.com.
Cincinnati International Fiesta [Saturday 13 August @ 2-10 PM]: Live music, dance, food, & activities for all ages representing Asia, Africa, Europe, & the Americas. In today's world of tensions, build bridges between people of different races, religions, backgrounds, & education. Explore cultures, heritages, music, dancing, arts, & cuisine. The Cincinnati International Fiesta is a festive way to educate about different nationalities, build friendships & understanding, promote & preserve the cultures of Cincinnati's different ethnic groups, & celebrate diversity. Help make Cincinnati a better place to live & a city that attracts & retains international talent through its multi-cultural, inclusive atmosphere. Volunteers wanted & needed. Free. At the P&G Stage & Kroger Promenade, Sawyer Point, 801 East Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ mbeck1@compuserve.com, & http://midwestlatino.com/globalfiesta.php.
Patricia Garry August Classes: Private readings & teaching classes presented by Patricia Garry. Private classes & attunements for reiki are beautiful & empowering ceremonies. Classes are $90 (includes 3 sessions), private readings & healing sessions are $60.
<> Walking Your Path with The Goddess will help you find your very own role model/guide Goddess. The Goddess class will be taught Wednesdays 3, 10, & 24 August @ 7-9 PM.
<> Tarot will be taught on Thursdays 11, 18, & 25 August @ 7-9 PM. Please bring your favorite deck & book.
<> Reiki is healing energy passed through one person¹s hands into another person. Second Degree Reiki will be taught on Sundays 7, 14, & 28 @ 4-6 PM. Bring your favorite Reiki book to the first class.
<> A Reiki Master Attunement will be held Saturday 27 August @ 3-6 PM.
More info @ 513.281.6864, patgarry@fuse.net, & www.patriciagarry.com.
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8/14
Free Introductory Talk at the Lloyd House - Center for Holistic Wellness [Sunday: 14 August @ 2-4 PM]:
Ellen O. Bierhorst, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, & Neil Anderson, L.M.T. Massage Therapist, will present the following topics:
1) Five Keys to Finding the Right Therapist for You,
2) How to Give the World's Best Backrub: tips from a professional; &
3) Secrets of Smoking Cessation: quitting cigarettes is harder than kicking heroin; learn how you can be one of the 5% who pull free & stay quit.
Free, open to everyone.
At the historic Lloyd House, 3901 Clifton Avenue @ Lafayette Avenue, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45220.
Park on Lafayette.
Contact: Ellen Bierhorst @ 513.221.1289.
7/23/05
Activism: for Ohio Election Reform
from Common Cause
Subject: Support Our Ohio Reform Activists for the Next 12 Days
We know how much you care about Ohio. Thousands of you signed petitions
last November asking Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell to recuse
himself from any recount related procedures and recently thousands of you
joined our call for a fair and independent investigation into the "Coingate"
scandal, which has rocked the Ohio political establishment. As Ohio
continues to be under the national spotlight because of recent revelations
of corruption, big-money fundraisers, partisan gerrymandering, and most
importantly, a broken election system, now is the time to turn up the
pressure to advocate for pro-active reforms to clean up Ohio.
Just last week, we joined our partners at Reform Ohio Now in a
signature-gathering campaign with a goal to qualify and pass a set of
crucial ballot initiatives that will begin to clean up the culture of
corruption in Ohio. The initiatives are three common sense measures
addressing the issues of campaign contribution limits, fair political
districts, and necessary electoral reforms in Ohio.1 We are off to a great
start. More than 200 Common Cause volunteers and activists have already
signed up to help gather 450,000 signatures from Ohio voters by August 1,
2005, so that we can get these three measures on the ballot.
During the next 12 days, Ohio activists will be roaming the Buckeye state,
collecting signatures and pushing for these common-sense reforms. As our
activists and volunteers are on the ground in Ohio advocating for forward
thinking measures to clean up the corrupt political culture that has so
stained the democratic process, we need your help.
If you are not able to volunteer on the ground in Ohio, please support this
effort by making a contribution to support the signature-gathering campaign:
http://www.commoncause.org/SupportOhioReform
We are asking you to help us raise $20,000 in the next 12 days so that we
can effectively mobilize the 200 plus signature-gathering activists in Ohio.
This grassroots effort to gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot
by August 1 is a key to this critical campaign. If we fail to collect these
signatures by August 1, these measures will not qualify for the ballot,
dealing a blow to our campaign for reform. So, please do everything you can
to contribute and to make sure that this signature-gathering campaign meets
its goal:
http://www.commoncause.org/SupportOhioReform
We need your support for this campaign for reform so that we don't see a
repeat of the nightmare scenario we saw in the elections of 2004. If you
can't be with us on the ground in Ohio, your contribution of $100, $50, $30,
or whatever you can afford to give, will give us a boost, and will support
our activists in Ohio:
http://www.commoncause.org/SupportOhioReform
And, if you know anyone in Ohio, please use our action center to email your
friends and family, and let them know about our effort. Ask them to join
our campaign to end the culture of corruption in Ohio:
http://www.commoncause.org/OhioTellFriends
Please let our reform activists in Ohio know activists support their work
all across the country. Restoring the integrity of our democratic process
is hard work. With your help, we can succeed.
Thanks again for your support, and for all you do for Common Cause and our
country.
Sincerely,
Chellie Pingree
President & CEO, Common Cause
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7/25
Grenada Benefit: huge chorus to sing
July 25, Monday
HOuse of Joy, College Hill (That used to be Hollywood Cinema on Hamilton Ave)
7:00 pm
Donation offering to be collected
September 7, 2004, the island nation of Grenada suffered its worst setback in 50 years when it was struck by Hurricane Ivan. 39 people were killed and 90% of all homes, together with many churches and schools, were damaged.
80% of cash crops, such as cocoa and banana trees, were destroyed, and telecommunication and electrical lines were toppled in 120 mph winds.
SLOWLY, life is returning to normal. Electrical service has been restored to some homes and businesses, roofs have been covered with tarps, and many students have returned to school.
However, a great deal of work remains to be done.
On July 25 at 7 PM, Dr. Catherine Roma, Bishop Todd O'Neal, Tony Williams, Sr., the Martin Luther King Chorale, and The Underground Railroad Freedom Choir will present a Benefit Concert for Grenada Relief at The House of Joy.
A free will offering will be received, and a new CD recorded by Richard Simon of Grenada will be available for sale. Fifty percent of the CD sales will go directly to the Grenada Relief Fund.
In January, Bishop O'Neal and Pastor Neal Whitney took a work team from Lima, Ohio to Grenada. Information about joining a work team for a future visit will be given at the concert. Carpentry and electrical skills are especially needed.
Choir members are asked to bring a dessert, vegetable tray, snack, or drink for a choir fellowship immediately after the program.
Don't miss it!
If you are a singer with the NURFC group or the MLK Chorale and arre able to sing on July 25, please email: caroma@fuse.net to let Dr. Roma know you will be attending.
(If you are not a singer, come hear this. It will knock your socks off. ellen)
Looking forward to seeing you on July 25!
Dr. Catherine Roma & Bishop Todd O'Neal
Hugz, Joslin
8/27
A Day For Men Workshop
Shirley Reischman (our estimable homeopath) sends this along. I don't know about it, but Jack Armstrong is a wonderful healing professional, worked on my family many years to great benefit, is a D.C.
Gary Matthews is a massage therapist in town, good guy, partner of Beverly Wellbourn.
Shirley says,
FYI. Gary Mathews and Jack Armstrong are among those doing workshops at A Day for Men event on August 27th. Please pass this on to all the men you know. http://www.celebratewisdom.com/pages_blocks_v3_exp/index.cgi?Key=402&Field=key_field&catg=index&Exact=Yes&this_sect=The%20Wisdom%20Center%20Coaching%20&thisroot=/pages <http://www.celebratewisdom.com/pages_blocks_v3_exp/index.cgi?Key=402&Field=key_field&catg=index&Exact=Yes&this_sect=The%20Wisdom%20Center%20Coaching%20&thisroot=/pages>9/23/05
Check out the Peak Oil Conference, Yellow Springs, also is the weekend of Sept. 23. In the Blue section below, last article.
Huge March in Washington
against war in Iraq
Sept. 24
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Hold Bush & Congress Accountable for the Deaths, the Destruction,
the Lies, and the Toll on Our Communities
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2005END THE WAR ON IRAQ - BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Leave no bases behind - End the corporate occupation of Iraq
Stop bankrupting our communities - No military recruitment in our schools
Sat., 9/24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival
Sun., 9/25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training
Mon., 9/26 - Lobby Day, Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience
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More than two years after the illegal and immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq, the nightmare continues. More than 1600 U.S. soldiers have died, at least another 15,000 have been wounded; even the most conservative estimates of Iraqi deaths number in the tens of thousands. Iraq, a once sovereign nation, now lies in ruins under the military and corporate occupation of the United States; U.S. promises to rebuild have not been kept and Iraqis still lack food, water, electricity, and other basic needs. ....
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7/30/05
Framing Wars: on Geo. Lakoff's Contribution to the Dems.
Neil lAnderson put me on to the Matt Bai article in the NY Times Sunday Magazine. For $3.95 you can read it online at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C14FB39590C748DDDAE0894DD404482
.Apparently the Democrats in Washington have been listening well to George and have used framing successfully in defeating the Social Security Privatization plan of Bush. Incidentally, it is interesting to learn that Lakoff, a one time grad student of Noam Chomsky, had a falling out with his famous mentor and the two men don't speak to this day. I didn't understand the part of Bai's article explaining the nature of their disagreement. I laughed out loud, however, to read a quote from Marc Cooper, Nation contributing editor, who takes exception to Lakoff. He says Lakoff thinks American voters are
"red-neck, chain-smoking, baby-slapping Christers desperately in need of some gender-free nurturing and political counseling by organic-gardening enthusiasts from Berkeley.".Isn't that a tasty string of English words? BTW, I guess I should say, I am all for Lakoff, having been touting him and Don't think of an Elephant for a year and a half now in these pages.
What do you think American voters are (if not the above)? Here's mine:
American voters are really: harried and tired from working longer hours, frightened of losing their jobs, not understanding why they aren't making more money, using TV to relax and largely unconscious of the corporatism indoctrination they are mainlining.
A sense of national goodness has escaped us, and we long to have it back. We were so sure that two cars in every garage would mean happiness for all, but consumerism has turned into a mean god with clay feet. We don't know our neighbors, and we fear the streets. Mostly we are bewildered. What went wrong?
Maybe what is wrong is our general idea of the "good life" as an individual competing with others and making it financially. The notion that our country is good because everybody has a crack at that. Well let's trade that in. In its place we can have the idea that we can pool our smarts and make a beautiful, open, free society. We can figure it out. Together. Nobody downtrodden. In the place of our old god, "Success", let's set up a new one, "Sanity". I still like Ursula LeGuin's idea in Always Coming Home. Keep the internet and the railroad but go aboriginal.
Thanks for reading. Let me know your thoughts.
Ellen
7/30/05
Interesting Post Script on the Margaret Garner opera performance at Music Hall.
Erik Bendix (alas, just moved back to N. Carolina) observed that entering the hall before the performance, the African Americans seemed uptight and formal, the Euro-Americans relaxed and casual. Leaving, after the performance, the AAs were jubilant and expansive, the EAs stunned and quiet. Ellen
PPS.
I know it is now "correct" to say "African American" rather than Black or, heavens! Negro. But it is too long. Let's think up a new term. "Af-Amer"? "Afmican"? The complimentary terms could be "eurAmer" and "AsiAmer" . "HisAmer". The term "Native American" also bothers me. I was born here; I'm a native. They themselves use the term "Indian". I once saw "AmerIndian". Maybe they should just be called "Americans" while all the rest of us johnnyComeLatelies have use the compound words. Of course, they didn't call this continent America. Today they call it "Turtle Island". Map sort of looks like a turtle. (head faces N. pole.)
Ellen
7/30
Caeli Posts this: Pharmacists to refuse to fill Birth Control Prescriptions
on Lloyd House Yahoo site
If you haven't already heard. Congress the other day, upheld the right of Pharmacists to refuse to fill birth control prescriptions for women.
Here is a listing of states that currently have proposed legislation. I haven't seen Ohio yet... or Kentucky.. but you know that will soon be on the horizon. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/media/factsreports/fact-050418-pharmacist-refusals.xml#1113849918148::-2792610400256764586
I URGE all to write their legislators and tell them how you feel. This is about our reproductive freedom and not being taken over by the right wing morality police.
Here is an overview of the issue:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/media/pharmacist-refusal.xml
Because of Beliefs, Some Refuse To Fill Birth Control Prescriptions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5490-2005Mar27.html
THE PHARMACY REFUSAL PROJECT
http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=2185§ion=health <http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=2185&section=health>
I would also encourage folks to contact their local pharmacy and inquire whether or not the pharmacists have a problem with filling birthcontrol. If they don't.. tell them you will take your business elsewhere and pass the word.
However, this isn't possible for some since many live in small communities and would have to drive far away to get birthcontrol filled.
http://krogers.com/
http://www.walgreens.com/
http://www.walmart.com/
This is just amazing that in 5 years it looks like rights for women have suffered a major blow. If women do not have the rights to when they will get pregnant.. then we have no rights at all.
Peace
Caeli
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7/30
Paul Hackett: our man for US Ohio District 2
See interesting article from "Salon"-- below
Frm Jim Kesner: Here's the thing...
Less than a week before the election!
Many of you intelligent, well-informed people wrote that you were NOT aware of the special election for the U.S. Representative from Ohio's 2nd Congressional District.
This means lots of folks still don't know about the election.
And don't know about Paul Hackett, the first progressive thinking
candidate with a good shot at winning this Ohio district.
What can you do...
Please spread the word widely:
* the special election is Tuesday, August 2
* where is Ohio's 2nd District: http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/congdist/OH02_109.pdf
* read about Paul Hackett: www.hackettforcongress.com
* read a Salon article about Hackett & his opponent (copied below).
* inform & talk to people about the election & Hackett
* VOTE!
Thank you,
Jim
(Photo) Paul Hackett, the Democratic candidate for Congress in
Ohio's 2nd District, with his wife, Suzi, and their three children.
The special election is Tuesday, August 2.
Dogfight in Ohio
A Marine who fought in Fallujah is trying to become the first Iraq war vet to serve in Congress -
- and give Democrats hope that Ohio is not permanently lost.
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By Bill Frogameni
July 26, 2005 | Paul Hackett remembers being in Kuwait, waiting to be shipped home after a seven-month tour of duty in Ramadi and Fallujah, watching CNN America with his fellow Marines. What he saw enraged him. "All I saw on TV was Terri Schiavo," he says. "The federal government and the Florida state government came screeching to a halt to intervene into the private lives of this family during this tragic time ... Like that scene out of 'Network,' I felt like the guy who stood in the spotlight and said, 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.'" Not long after he returned to Ohio, he decided to run for Congress.
Hackett, a 43-year-old personal injury lawyer and Marine Reserve major who volunteered for service in the Iraq war, has little prior political experience, only having served as a city councilman in a small town. But he's a contender in a special congressional election taking place in Ohio on Aug. 2 to fill the 2nd District seat vacated by Republican Rob Portman, who's now serving as the U.S. trade representative.
Hackett, a Democrat, is surely the underdog. The 2nd District, which includes Cincinnati, has been solidly conservative in a state that's thoroughly dominated by the GOP and that decided the 2004 election for President Bush. His better-funded opponent, Jean Schmidt, is well-connected and, as a former state representative, has a more extensive political résumé. But Hackett hopes his credentials -- Iraq war vet and plain-spoken self-described moderate -- will give him a much-needed edge.
Hackett hopes he's part of a seismic political shift happening in Ohio -- a shift driven in part by recent outrage against Ohio Republicans over a high-profile, multimillion-dollar accounting scandal that has cast a cloud over the state party and may find its first political fallout victim in Schmidt, the first major Republican candidate to face the voters since the scandal broke.
A victory for Schmidt would mean continued Republican dominance in this district that voted 65 percent in favor of Bush last November. If Hackett wins, however, it would make him the first Iraq war veteran in Congress -- and would also give Democrats hope that Ohio has not gone completely and irreversibly to the GOP.
On the issues, the candidates both describe themselves as fiscal conservatives, but on the Iraq war and the so-called moral values questions, they stand in stark relief. Hackett is a critic of Bush's Iraq war policy and believes America was led to war unnecessarily. Schmidt is a strong backer of Bush's handling of the war. Hackett is pro-choice. Schmidt is president of Cincinnati Right to Life. Schmidt voted against gay marriage in the Ohio House of Representatives, while Hackett's take is: "Gay marriage -- who the hell cares?"
Hackett, who is married, says he doesn't feel the need to defend his marriage through the national Defense of Marriage Act, or any other anti-gay marriage legislation. "If you're gay you're gay -- more power to you," he said. "What you want is to be treated fairly by the law and any American who doesn't think that should be the case is, frankly, un-American."
Hackett's left-of-center views on social issues may not go over well with conservative Ohioans, and Schmidt is so far beating him financially, but last week Hackett got a profile boost when former Democratic Sen. Max Cleland campaigned with him. By bringing in Cleland and highlighting his military service, Hackett hopes to neutralize any criticism Schmidt could levy concerning his stance on the war.
Schmidt commends Hackett for his service, but believes Hackett should "stand with the president" by "supporting the Iraqi war effort and our troops that are over there," her campaign manager Joe Braun said. (Through Braun, Schmidt declined to speak with Salon.) When asked to answer that charge, Hackett is blunt: "The only way I know how to support the troops is by going over there." He doesn't hesitate to criticize Schmidt's support of the war: "All the chicken hawks back here who said, 'Oh, Iraq is talking bad about us. They're going to threaten us' -- look, if you really believe that, you leave your wife and three kids and go sign up for the Army or Marines and go over there and fight. Otherwise, shut your mouth."
In spite of her endorsement from the NRA, Hackett steals some of Schmidt's thunder when it comes to guns. Hackett says he's an NRA member and, when asked about gun control, he answers with an old saw: "Gun control is when you point your gun and hit what you aim for." Local pundits have noted Hackett's macho appeal to the crossover voter (his time in the Marines, his 6-foot-4-inch frame, his blunt talk), and Hackett acknowledges this appeal is further enhanced by his hands-on appreciation for hunting and gun culture.
With only a week to go before the election, it's hard to gauge the state of the horse race. Given his limited financial resources, Hackett says he decided not to commission any polls. Braun says the Schmidt camp has done "tracking" but declined to release any specific numbers. Braun does, however, see Hackett as a legitimate contender.
And recent ethical questions surrounding Schmidt's campaign may work in Hackett's favor. Among other things, Schmidt had to pay back $644 for a gift she took last fall from a lobbyist but failed to report as required by law. The lobbyist worked on behalf of the Chiron Corp., which was at the center of last winter's flu vaccine controversy. Schmidt enjoyed a free dinner and then a free Cincinnati Bengals game courtesy of the lobbyist, but claimed she didn't know the gift came from the lobbyist. Rather, she has said, she thought the tickets came from former Bengals quarterback "Boomer" Esiason.
Then there's the $10,000 that Schmidt's campaign accepted from one of Tom DeLay's political action committees. Hackett criticized Schmidt for taking DeLay's money. "Tom DeLay," says Hackett, "is the poster child for corruption in Washington." Braun dismisses Hackett's criticism as political opportunism and says, if the situation were reversed, Hackett would take $10,000 from the Democratic leadership.
Finally, a Cincinnati paper ran a report last week suggesting that Fritz Wenzel, Schmidt's media manager, was working for her campaign while simultaneously working as the top political reporter and columnist at the Blade, Toledo's news daily and a major Ohio paper. Wenzel's last day at the Blade was Friday, May 13. Two weeks before he left to become a political consultant, according to the report, Wenzel made scathing comments about Schmidt's Republican primary opponents on a personal blog he maintained. The blog entries have since been pulled off the Web, and reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show that Wenzel's company, Wenzel Strategies, was paid $30,000 on Monday, May 16, by the Schmidt campaign.
May 16 was also the day his last column ran in the Blade, but Wenzel made public his plans to start a consulting business weeks prior to that. Braun praises Wenzel's work and denies Wenzel was working for Schmidt inappropriately. Wenzel and Braun both claim Wenzel drummed up the work for Schmidt over the weekend after he left the Blade. "I had a busy weekend," Wenzel reportedly told the Cincinnati paper. Hackett doesn't buy this explanation. "It's more of the same," he says, lumping this alleged ethical lapse in with the others. "If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck."
It's unclear how damaging any of these ethical questions will be for Schmidt as the campaign hits its home stretch.
At present, both campaigns say they're going full bore. Braun feels Schmidt's chances are good, but confines himself to saying, "We're working hard." As for Hackett, he knows he's got an uphill challenge, but says he's ready. "There's nothing about this election that can faze me," he says. "After Iraq, everything seems like a walk in the park."
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About the writer
Bill Frogameni lives and writes in northwest Ohio.
July 28, 2005
Statement of Lori Wallach on CAFTA Final Vote in the House of
Representatives
The CAFTA vote became a highly politicized referendum on whether
President Bush would be made a lame duck, but the CAFTA debate makes
clear that a dramatic shift in U.S. trade politics has occurred and
the
NAFTA trade model is dead.
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7/30
California rejects e-voting system
>> By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER
>>
>> 29 July 2005
>> The Oakland Tribune
>>
>> (c) Copyright 2005 ANG Newspapers. All rights reserved.
>>
>> After possibly the most extensive testing ever on a voting system,
>> California has rejected Diebold's flagship electronic voting machine
>
>
because
>> of printer jams and screen freezes, sending local elections officials
>> scrambling for other means of voting.
>>
>> "There was a failure rate of about 10 percent, and that's not good enough
for the voters of California and not good enough for me," said Secretary
of State Bruce McPherson.
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7/30
Published on Monday, July 25, 2005 by Huffington Post
Community Ownership & Challenging the GOP's Privatization Agenda
by David Sirota
It seems that as Washington, D.C. tries to privatize more and more of American life and turn it over to Big Business, there is a quiet but growing battle in the states trying to do exactly the opposite. Call it the Community Ownership movement and hope that it comes to a town near you.
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0725-28.htm
7/30
Green Party Activist Jenefer Elllingston sends:
From: Jenefer Ellingston <jellingston@greens.org>
Subject: Fwd: [virtual_greens] Take Action: Hands Off Venezuela!
Everybody, sign on. The crunch is coming sooner and sooner. Get your bicycle or look in garage for wheelbarrow.
Jenefer
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From Paul Tifford (Green)
Please take the time to click on the link under my name - read and sign.
Thanks!
Paul Tifford
http://www.iacenter.org/venezcampaign.shtml
Write: "Hands off Venezuela!"
President Bush, Senators and Representatives:
Recent Venezuelan intelligence reports point to plans for the assassination of President Hugo Chavez. The United States has a major responsibility directly and indirectly since the defamation campaign that the US government has embarked against President Chavez has opened the doors to the most violent sector of the opposition.
The United States has set off a deliberate campaign to threaten, undermine and destabilize the democratic government of Venezuela. This includes statements calling for regime change, unsubstantiated accusations of links with and support to terrorist groups, funding opposition organizations through the NED and USAID, and in many other ways.
Statements hostile to the Venezuelan government made by high ranking officers of the United States government, including President George Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, US Special Envoy to the Western Hemisphere for the Secretary of State Otto Reich, and Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega are meant to poison and rupture relationships, contrary to a good neighbor policy.
Recently declassified information has also shown the United States' own role in the failed April coup of 2002 and the oil sabotage that followed.
The Bolivarian government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was democratically elected, winning 9 election processes in just 7 years. These have been faultless elections with a high voter turnout, many of them monitored by international observers including the OAS and the US-based Carter Center.
The majority of the Venezuelan people support President Chavez, who governs within the legality of the Venezuelan constitution. Under his leadership, the government is using the country's resources, particularly the oil revenues, to meet the needs of the people, 80% of whom have been living in poverty until now.
As a sovereign nation, Venezuela has the right to freely choose its trading and political partners and bolster its own protection without the interference of any foreign government, particularly that of the United States. This is not a threat to any neighboring country or to the integrity and national security of the United States.
I call on the United States government, the military and the C.I.A. to cease and desist from all activities that threaten and undermine the Venezuelan democratic government and the physical integrity of its President Hugo Chavez Frias.
I demand that the bilateral United States-Venezuela extradition treaty of 1922 be honored, and that Luis Posada Carriles, a CIA agent who escaped from prison in Venezuela where he was facing charges of masterminding the 1976 explosion of a Cubana airliner that killed 73 people, be extradited to Venezuela as that country requested.
Sincerely,
7/30
Jeanette Raichyk responds to last week's article on Teaching
Gee, Ellen... you sure can find interesting stuff for the Salon. As an unschooler, though, I am bound to point out that the writer missed the points in Dumbing Us Down, (John Taylor Gatto, twice NY Teacher of the Year) among other things. As well as Wendy Preisnitz's book on Challenging Assumptions in Education: From Institutionalized Education to a Learning Society.
Many of us in the unschooling "learning society" model do not fit the Culture of Teaching accusations at all. Though the writer is incredibly careful with his velvet gloves, he is coaxing the reader into believing that parental lack of academic coping skills reinforces the school's culture of adversarial relationships and produces academic-resistant children, hence he advocates remediation training for parents and attitude adjustments for teachers. In fact a significant proportion of unschoolers have parents that navigated the academic world very successfully but can see the fallacies in the school model of learning. Academia is fundamentally disrespectful and doesn't even begin to change until nearly the end of graduate school. At which point cronyism takes over to complete the corruption.
Look at the logic behind the sweet-talk, and tell me how many homeschoolers fit that picture. Those observations and experience show this approach is nothing more than sugar-coating a nasty toxin that school would be lovely if we could just cope with those underprivileged kids who are the source of the problems. Among the unschoolers I know whose parents were not academic stars, their children are not mis-guided, on the contrary, they are empowered to develop their individual skills, including the ability to research the backgrounds for their work as well as learning to handle freedom. And the model of that guidance is fundamentally de-schooling, the anti-thesis of "teaching".
How to elicit "positive responses" from authority figures? I think I'll throw up. Is this the sort of mindset we want to cultivate in our children, the next generation? Think of the book/research on obedience to authority (how americans inflicted pain on test subjects based on the authority figure's instructions), remember who the authority figures are in our adult world, W, Rove, Rice, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Blackwell, and lots more closer to home?
Gatto, in his successful years in the NY School System never changed the kids' parents, or tried to, he just respected the kids.
Nor is it just a matter of establishing that you and your children are allies. There are other causes for ending up at odds over the direction we and they take. Our children fundamentally love us and try to implement what they understand as our joint life's direction. It is one of my fundamental premises that we, as parents, do not always recognize the implications of what we 'tell' our chiildren until they model it for us, to our annoyance. Especially in the beginning, for as long as we are their companion, which later begins to include more outsiders if we entrust our children to their care, then it becomes harder to unravel and involves more guesswork. This pattern, seen directly in computer programming/debugging in the days before there were so many layers of software between your code and the computer's performance, is so vivid and startling when first realized that it demolishes alienation as the issue and forces you to deal with your own ideals. You learn to respect your children's assessments and to appropriately bridge the power difference. Don't ever let some 'human resource' expert ever tell you that computer programming has no relevance to personal relationship development or children.
My best wishes to Steve, and you as well, but this Comer, with his velvet gloves, is insidious.
Jeanette Raichyk
7/30/05
China Study vs. Weston A. Price... more
from Jeanette Raichyk, one smart cookie (my characterization! ellen)
Dear Ellen... Although we are raw food advocates, this endorsement of Price's agenda with it's backing from the dairy industry and it's questionable interpretation of soy, worries me... His advice is directly opposed to The China Study research and conclusions..
Now I must hasten to add that I have concerns about Campbell's (The China Study) lack of interest in raw foods as a factor in his own studies. His research specifically identified casein (milk protein) levels in the *rich/enriched* american diet as cancer promoters. He also explained the difference between carcinogens, genetic predisposition and promoters with research to demonstrate that without promoters like milk protein, that carcinogens and genes go nowhere. The epidemiology side of The China Study says that milk proteins were strongly correlated with the diseases of affluenza.
We have taken the postion at home that we believe our diet, being in the relatively safer range of 10% animal protein (compared to the american average of 15%, imagine what that average would be without vegans in the mix) is low risk (relative to his research in China and in the lab that would point to lower %ages as better, compare that to no restriction on plant protein at all based on lab work), and we make our choice based on the living foods %age as being more significant. We lean on the known health benefits in yogurt (longevity) plus the research on pro-biotics (which is how we enliven many of the milk forms we use) and babies' health on raw goat's milk. Each of those is indicative but flawed.
So that still leaves the conflict (including Price's unsavory backing by the dairy industry)... somewhere in this morass of miscellaneous research is the key. And I want to find it, and I'm sure you do too, so let's... But I don't see it in these claims... That prison/asylum inmates have been subjected to horrible diet probably in much of their lives (including prison) is not surprising but that it would have been solved with milk does not follow... logic must be served. And were those "isolated peoples" eating a lot of raw veggies and fruit, nuts, grains, etc. Does he have any lab research to explain away Campbell's lab results on the mode of operation of our bodies in handling animal protein?
You've read Price's book, exactly what percentage of caloric intake does he advocate as "adequate"? 10%, 15%? I couldn't find any serious guidance at the website when I was there. It's irresponsible to promote milk as healthy foods (on the basis of groups that eat 10% and get it raw) to a population that gorges what milk proteins, meats, etc are available (cooked and pasteurized) to the tune of more than 15% already. The possibility that dairy industry money blurs the picture is unsettling, to say the least.
As for grass-feeding animals, definitely, grass is living food and the dry, processed concoctions they feed cattle, including chicken droppings and brains of sick animals, is tantamount to cruelty. We even grow grass for ourselves and for our cats (as an herb). What passes for good management in some of the agricultural scene --mostly outside the organic world, certified or not-- it makes you sick to read, and probably to eat it.
Somewhere there's the missing pieces we really need. Can you really recommend reading Price's book? Does he do anything quantitative?
Jeanette
7/16/05
At the Earth Spirit Rising Conference I saw Megan Quinn, salon attendee (at least one time!) and manager of Community Solutions, the group in Yellow Springs that sponsored that terrific Peak Oil conference David R, Mike M and I went to last November. The conference this year will be in September. Invisible salonista Judy Leever who heard about it here says she has already registered! The power of the Weekly! ellen.
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