Valley Free Radio

This Saturday @ 3pm, Parapolitics joins Red Pill Politics!

Tony of Parapolitics — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:09:51 +0000

This Saturday, Parapolitics joins Red Pill Politics!

Parapolitics hosts Tony and Keely will jump to the controls at VFR to help Dave from Red Pill Politics.
He will be reporting in LIVE from the End the Fed Rally.

This Saturday at 3pm

http://endthefed.us/

http://restoretherepublic.net/

questions? parapolitics@valleyfreeradio.org

The Safe & Green Enviro Show

Enviro Show — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:29:46 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. Will we be safe & green in the Obama era? Does that clunky, leaky old nuke just over the Vermont border put you on edge? Randy Kehler joins us in the studio to talk turkey about unsafe nukes, safe energy, and the Safe & Green Campaign. We’ll delve into the latest news on the environment during The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and have a peek at the dark side where Darth Cheney, the boy emperor and their minions deliver their final blows to the biosphere. There will be the Enviro Show Quote of the Day and the usual hi-jinks concerning the upcoming “biggest shopping day”, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Turkeys attack dirt biker!

In the Enviro Show Echo Chamber the BIG news is DINGELL’S OUT! The Congressman from Big Auto gets towed!! The Waxman is in! Also, Obama on climate change. You’ll note he doesn’t use the term “climate crisis”. There’s only a “financial crisis”. Tell that to the south sea islanders and the polar bears! Also, That One is talking cap & trade, he’s talking nukes, “clean” coal (groan). Say it ain’t so, O! Finally, Dems boot Lieberman from Environment Committee (how’s THAT for Joe-mentum! What? you want MORE punishment for Traitor Joe?

Brrr! It ain’t just the cold that makes us shiver. Glen! Tell us it’s over soon!! Darth Cheney and the boy emperor have trashed years worth of environmental protection. Will Obama reverse the worse 100 Bush regime rollbacks? Sign the petition. OK, last time we told you about the Bush regime’s 11th hour move for more wolf slaughter out west, right? It’s time to TAKE ACTION! There’s only a few more days to get your comments to U.S. Fish & Wildlife (of course, you COULD deliver your comments in-person to their office on Rt. 9 in Hadley behind Staples, maybe along with….what? some theatrics? IF you wanted to).

The Enviro Show Quote of the day is a variation on our theme, it comes from Albert Einstein: “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophes”

“The Great Unknown” by Dar Williams from “The Honesty Room” takes us to our interview with Randy Kehler. We’ll open up the phone lines……ok, so there’s only one line..so you listeners can get in on the conversation.

The we checkout the Bus Stop Billboard:

Monday December 8, 6pm, Commuter Rail Hearing. TD Banknorth Conference Center, 1441 Main St, Springfield. ConnDOT will hold public hearings for the preparation of an Environmental Assessment for the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield commuter line. Info: http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?Q=425266&A=1373.

Saturday, December 13, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Small animals up close. Family science days are designed for families with children ages 5-8, with adults participating along with their children. Come get to know some small but interesting animals. Learn how to study them as you explore their special behaviors and adaptations. Some of the creatures you may meet are: walking stick insects, land snails, goldfish, hissing cockroaches, large millipedes and Speedy the box turtle. Pre-registration is required; please call (413) 256-6006.

Dec 19, 20th and 21st. Mountain Justice is hosting a Winter Campout at Frog Level Tennessee. If you love mountains, camping, hiking, the forest and all that is wild your invited to the Winter Solstice camp. Go to: www.mountainjusticesummer.org or email: unitedmountaindefense@yahoo.com or call: 865 257 4029

Hmmm, not much happening this week. Must be that everyone’s hunkered down by the wood stove (remember “split wood not atoms”?). Whatever. Until next time, remember: listen to your Mother!

Midweek Politics with David Pakman 11-19-2008

David Pakman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:29:14 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, M

Total Running Time: 57:38

This Week’s Topics:

–Craig Della Penna, a Realtor who specializes in properties near or on rail trails, greenways, and conservation land joins us live in studio.

–We discuss conservation land and the building up of bike trails, tips for real estate buyers and sellers, real estate disasters, subprime mortgages, and much more.

–Senator Ted Stevens loses his Senate race in Alaska after being found guilty in a court of law, which gives the Democrats 58 seats in the Senate with two more races still pending.

–Hillary Clinton may be the next Secretary of State, but Bill Clinton is being asked to bare all before the position is offered to her.

–4 million people might try to go to Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington DC this January 20th.

–Newt Gingrich says the Republican Party will be fine, even amidst many other Republicans saying otherwise.

–Al-Qaeda insults Barack Obama with racial epithets.

–Many conservatives insist the stock market has been down the days since the election because of Barack Obama, but the markets were actually in a free fall for weeks before the election.

–Circuit City files for bankrtupcty, and David Pakman looks back at his employee file from when he worked during high school.

–Sarah Palin continues the bogus interviews, this time with Wolf Blitzer, and she is still talking about William Ayers.

–Michael Savage finds it suspicious that Barack Obama’s grandmother died the night before the election.

–We follow up on Proposition 8, including a whole bunch of wild claims.

–John McCain appears on The Tonight Show and talks about his lost election.

–Much more

Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com

General Membership Mtg. Agenda 11.19.08

Bill Baue — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:06:34 +0000

7 pm

Media Education Foundation

60 Masonic St, Northampton

-Promotions committee report
-C3 discussion
-Lock change update

Seth Tobocman (and friends) Radio Performance and Interview

Tony of Parapolitics — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:25:33 +0000

Political artist and founding editor of “World War 3 Illustrated” Seth Tobocman performs pieces from his latest book “Distaster and Resistance” (AK Press) on the Valley Free Radio program “Passions and Survival” in Northampton, MA. Fellow World War 3 editor Rebecca Migdal also performs a piece. They were joined by musicians Steve Wishnia, Erik Blitz, and Andy Laties before a conversation with host Matt Dineen.

Recorded on October 13, 2008.

Avanti Popolo: An Interview with Tommi Avicolli-Mecca

Tony of Parapolitics — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:14:52 +0000

On so-called Columbus Day 2008, Keely Malone (co-host of Parapolitics) and Matt Dineen (host of Passions and Survival) interview San Francisco-based activist/writer Tommi Avicolli-Mecca about a new anthology of Italian-American writers “sailing beyond Columbus.” http://www.avicollimecca.com/

Avanti Popolo: An Interview with Tommi Avicolli-Mecca

Tony of Parapolitics — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:58:58 +0000

VFR Board Emergency Executive Session 11.15.08

Bill Baue — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:12:36 +0000

This is notice that there will be an Emergency Executive Session of
the VFR Board of Directors on Saturday, 11/15 at 6pm at the Station to
discuss an important personnel issue. This is a closed session.

It is anticipated that a meeting of the Board of Directors will be
called to order immediately following the Executive Session at 7pm.

VFR Tech Committee Meeting Minutes 11.12.08

Bill Baue — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:45:17 +0000

Attending: Ed Russell; Bob Gardner; Bob Gutowski; Sam Hudnall; Andy Sewell

Not Attending but interested: Tony Shannon

Housekeeping:

Any interested members should contact Andy Sewell (andysewell@gmail.com) to

express interest.

Meetings are set for the Second Wednesday each month (next on December 10th)

Broad Initiatives:

1. Documentation of Infrastructure (both hardware and computer network)

2. How-To Library (a collection of How-To instructions for various tasks)

3. Equipment Inventory and Diagnosis

4. Plan Future Procurement

Specific Short Term items:

1. Revisit trouble shooting email (sitetech@valleyfreeradio.org ?)

2. Attack 60 cycle hum in production studio

3. Address re-install of automation software and/or installation on

additional back-up computer

- Andy

Programming Committee 10.09.08 * sorry for the delay

keely malone — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:42:55 +0000

Keely apologizes that these minutes were NOT posted last month

Present: Eddy Kennedy, Linda Kennedy,Keely Malone, Butch Bouchard, susan seymour, derek Goodwin, Lila Wolan-Jedziniak, Bush I

Profanity:
We got a message about profanities that was probably a joke. Vincent is no more because of profanities. Issue put to rest. Standards are better. People are more aware.
Peter Sky is suspended for no shows. Knowing that folks are listening has helped people to be responsible about their shows.
If people tell us if they can’t make it and make appropriate arrangements the consequences don’t follow. People are signing in and attendance has improved.

Suzan: Coming back.. Was one of the originals. Outreach has been dismal. Decided to get more involved again. Has thoughts about how we can get more money and better known in the community. Not much publicity
Of late. Need more community involvement. Programming and outreach need to be combined again. Underwriting is a gray area right now. She feels we need to go further. We can be an outlet for community businesses. Businesses could play the station in their stores or offices. We need way to sustain session. We need the programmer fee. She recalled a friendlier atmosphere in past. Underwriting contentious. Ed agreed with Suzan’s ideas. Keely raised the issue of lack of follow through in programming that could impact underwriting. We need clear guidelines around legalities since we are a non profit. What are other community stations doing?
Staying with our mission statement may be important to folks. It’s a good idea to revisit these issues. Having this discussion will generate more interest in the station. Lively discussion ensued around involvement and follow through about decisions getting out to everyone. We need to build trust with each other. Maybe we could have day long retreat some time in February. We need to bond.
Suzan wondered about an operations committee. We don’t have an operations committee.
Collective meetings are disintegrating. Operations committee could be a great asset. Underwriting and outreach are the two main things Suzan brought to the table. All programmers need to be involved in outreach.
We need to do outreach to bring in shows we don,t now have that would be an asset.

New show proposals:
Joan lutz: for 8 shows about Laura Nyro,s music. Kick off oct 18th Joan was offered slot
Instead of doing that we need to refer to tony for training and the go from there. Been a problem with a couple of new shows. Her slot was given to Matt Alvey. Situation has bee resolved.
;Joan needs 8 weeks. Wants after 8. We can offer her 8pm on Sunday. We would like to keep Community radio Hour alive but in the short run, Joan can take the time short term until someone else can take the Community Hour time slot.
New Show proposal: Megha-weekly electronic music program. Live mix show. Wants 3-5 slot on Thursdays. Do it!
Bush I is continuing the roots and culture show to 11 am- 5 wednesday and Thursdays 1 am to 5am.
Bush I brought up reviving the grievance mediation committee to resolve issues that come up.

Programming Committee Meeting 10.13.08

keely malone — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:30:50 +0000

Attendance: Linda, Eddie, Dave Kopacz, Keely, Strong Oak, Steve C.

Work Logs: We talked about the status of programmer compliance. Frustrations were shared. The issue will be brought to the GM. We would like to support the Board in having programmers out of compliance come to Board meeting to explain what is going on for them.

No show warnings: We reviewed those who have been warned and their progress in rectifying the situation. Some official warnings issued.

Obscenity issues: There was one inadvertent instance discussed. It was pulled from the shelf and played without preview.

New Proposals:

Onawami Jean Moss, storyteller, submitted a proposal. Note: Keely will e-mail Lisa about last week’s show. Keepersd of the Word. Wants one hour show. Aimed at audiences of all ages. She was going to pre-record several shows. Start her off alternating with Lisa. Lisa runs Sundays noon to one. Eventually wants dinner time slot from 6:30-8:30 pm.
Another proposal was submitted by Lenore Bryck called “Words of Peace.”. We decided to review her disk ,d determine a slot where it will fit. Have her come to Programming committee meeting. We could run her show after the Laura Nyro show finishes. Keely will contact her.
Nicholas Simmons is proposing an economic literacy Show “Sir Simmons Show” He would like Sunday at 8PM slot. Been trained and has sat in at least we shows. Education and Social Issues Collective. Ed will contact Nicholas. We will offer him two hours if he wants it.
James Madison proposal called JM Show. Hour long show. Has demo available. Ed will listen to it
Harry Barret: ”Intimate encounters of the Real Kind”
Call in interviewees from all walks of live and orientations. Uses music as springboard. Education collective. Keely will write back asking for demo and tell him that it would fit in with education and social issues. Wants weekend slot. Needs training first.

VFR Promotions Committee Meeting Wed November 19, 2008

Tony of Parapolitics — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:36:51 +0000

The VFR Promotions Committee will meet on Wednesday,November 19 at 5 pm at Haymarket Cafe in Northampton.

This will be the first meeting and we hope to set up goals for the next year.

Look for Andy Sewell and Katherine Reason at Haymarket, or contact Andy: andysewell@gmail.com

We’ll bring our report to the GM at 7 that night!

VFR Promotions Committee Meeting November 19, 2008

Tony of Parapolitics — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:30:10 +0000

The VFR Promotions Committee will meet on Wednesday, November 19 at 5 pm at Haymarket Cafe in Northampton.

This will be the first meeting and we hope to set up goals for the next year.

Look for Andy Sewell and Katherine Reason at Haymarket, or contact Andy: andysewell@gmail.com

We’ll bring our report to the GM at 7 that night!

VFR Tech Committee Meeting Minutes 11/12/2008

Tony of Parapolitics — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:26:30 +0000

VFR Tech Committee Meeting Minutes
11/12/2008

Attending: Ed Russell; Bob Gardner; Bob Gutowski; Sam Hudnall; Andy Sewell
Not Attending but interested: Tony Shannon

Housekeeping:

Any interested members should contact Andy Sewell (andysewell@gmail.com) to express interest.
Meetings are set for the Second Wednesday each month (next on December 10th)

Broad Initiatives:
1. Documentation of Infrastructure (both hardware and computer network)
2. How-To Library (a collection of How-To instructions for various tasks)
3. Equipment Inventory and Diagnosis
4. Plan Future Procurement

Specific Short Term items:

1. Revisit trouble shooting email (sitetech@valleyfreeradio.org ?)
2. Attack 60 cycle hum in production studio
3. Address re-install of automation software and/or installation on additional back-up computer

- Andy

Midweek Politics with David Pakman - 11.12.2008

David Pakman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:50:44 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

November 12th, 2008

Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 56:59

This Week’s Topics:

–David Simpson, Founder and Executive Director of the Commonwealth Center for Change & Storefront Art is live in studio.

–Greg Collins, President, and Jay Lincoln, Publicity Director, both from the University of Massachusetts Republican Club are live in studio.

–Was Sarah Palin a mistake?

–Wrapping up Joe the Plumber.

–Exit polls suggest that voters want government to do more, not less.

–Do we still not know of any ways that John McCain would have differed on policy from George W. Bush?

–The Barack Obama meeting with President Bush.

–Statements from President Bush, Condi Rice, and many others about the election of Barack Obama.

–One Republican Congressman is already talking about filibustering Barack Obama’s supreme court nominees.

–We discuss Proposition 8 from California, and talk about how the same African-American voters that supported Obama mostly voted against gay marriage.

–The conservative pundits quickly blame the stock market decline over the recent week on the election of Barack Obama, but does that make any sense?

–Much more…

Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com

Board Minutes 11.5.08

Bill Baue — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:44:40 +0000

Board Members Present: Fidel Hidalgo, Strong Oak, Eddie Kennedy, Linda Kennedy, Bob Gardner, Matt Dineen, Bushi Harvey Ahmai, and Katherine Reason

Board Members Absent: Tony Shannon

Others Present: Andy Sewell, Dana Prescott, Bob Gutowski, Ed Russell, Keely Malone

Meeting called to order at 7:05pm

Welcome New Board Members and Assignment of Officers: New Board Members were welcomed: Eddie Kennedy, Linda Kennedy, Bob Gardner, and Katherine Reason. Officers were elected as follows:

Co-Chairs: Fidel Hidalgo

Strong Oak (organize meetings, secure meeting space, and develop meeting agenda)

Treasurer: Tony Shannon

Clerk: Linda Kennedy (takes minutes of Board and General Membership meetings, keep registry of attendance at all meetings)

Committee Liaisons

Programming Committee: Strong Oak (Committee Co-Chairs Keely Malone and Strong Oak)

Technical Committee: Andy Sewell (volunteered to get the committee together, deal with broken equipment, and develop a maintenance history of equipment)

Operations Committee: Bob Gardener overall Coordinator; Fidel Hidalgo Volunteer Coordinator (committee needs to be re-established)

Fundraising and Promotions

Committee: Katherine Reason (Committee Chair Matt Dineen)

Grievance and Mediation

Committee: Bushi Harvey Ahmai and Strong Oak (Committee Chair Keely Malone)

Committee Liaisons are expected to participate in those committee meetings respectively and report to the Board along with the committee chair as needed.

It was agreed that board members would take turns facilitating meetings. It was also agreed that training in meeting facilitation was desired. Matt Dineen volunteered to arrange for this to take place in December.

It was agreed that the ‘Board Contract’ needed updating to include a statement to the effect ‘a board member who misses 3 meetings will resign their position’. Bob Gardner will amend the contract and bring to the next Board Meeting in December.

Volunteer Hours: There was lengthy discussion regarding volunteer hours being logged, particularly those who have not reported any volunteer time to their collective liaisons for August and September, and the implications of suspension of programs. This will be brought to the next General Meeting.

Updating VFR Website: It was agreed that our website is out of date and needs some work in the area of the Bylaws and lists of officers in particular. Bob Gardner agreed to work on the Bylaws as soon as the license transfer is complete so the accurate language is in place; Linda Kennedy agreed to provide the update for the Board of Directors and Collective Liaisons. Review of the Bylaws will be an agenda item for December’s meeting.

Status of VFR Newsletter: The Newsletter will be managed by the Fundraising and Promotions Committee. The expectation is that it will be a monthly e-mail newsletter.

Promotions and Fundraising: Matt Dineen reported that this committee needs to get organized and a meeting will be set up soon. The following people are shown interest in working with this committee: Andy Sewell, Dan Rosen, and Danielle Plummer.

· Underwriting: Matt Dineen reported that all our underwriting contractors have agreed to continue underwriting syndicated programs with the exception of River Valley Market. River Valley Market is interested in underwriting a program like Farm to Fork as opposed to syndicated programs. Matt will be meeting with them in order to develop a new agreement. Expanding underwriting beyond syndicated programming will be discussed at the next General Meeting.

· Fundraising Consultant: Bob Gardner reported that he has talked with Susan Bowles regarding the possibility of her doing some fundraising for us and how she might or might not be rewarded for her success. It was agreed that she should be invited to the December meeting to make a presentation to Board.

· Fundraising Events: Bushi Harvey Ahmai reported on the grant he is working on with the Academy of Music to use the Park for an event on Memorial Day. They are trying to find ways for radio to fit into their schedule once or twice a year. Their discussion continues.

Implementation of Annual Membership Fee: It was agreed that the Membership Fee will be implemented using the calendar year as the membership year. Linda and Eddie Kennedy will prepare the materials and place in everyone’s mail box as well as place it on the Announcement List.

Holiday Get-Together: Linda and Eddie Kennedy inquired if there was any interest in putting together a Holiday Get-Together for the VFR community. It was unanimously agreed and that we should bring the idea to the General Meeting.

Automation Regulation and Reinstalling: Andy Sewell agreed to begin the process of installing Automation on all the computers and will give an update at the next Board Meeting.

Non-Profit Status: It is time for VFR to reapply for “non-profit status” and Matt Dineen, with assistance from Andy Sewell, will get the paperwork completed.

Insurance: Bob Gardner reported on our present general liability coverage and that need to increase the level of coverage. He will work on getting some quotes on the increased coverage and report back at the next meeting.

Grievance and Mediation: The Board had expected to meet with Keely Malone and Vincent Rodriquez but Vincent was called out of town. It was agreed that the Grievance and Mediation Committee needed to be re-established with Bushi Harvey Ahmai, Strong Oak and Keely Malone. Katherine Reason agreed to work with the committee. The re-establishment of the committee will be brought to the next General Meeting for completing the composition of the Committee. Description of the Committee is on the website. An email address is being established to receive any concerns in this area: resolutions@vfr.com is the suggested address.

Other Business: Bill Weye reported his disagreement with the Membership Fee; he sees it as being a poll tax. He has given his notice that he will no long be in charge of VFR Website as of January 2009.

Meeting adjourned at 9:05pm

Next meeting of the Board of Directors is December 3^rd, 7pm at the MEF. Other scheduled meeting are: Programming Committee – November 13, General Membership Meeting – November 19.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Kennedy, Clerk

Tech Committee Mtg 11.12.08

Bill Baue — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:06:44 +0000

7 pm at the Station.

We will be discussing the goals of the tech committee and also committee

make-up. If you want to be on the committee, please feel free to be at that station

for the meeting, or express you interest by emailing - andysewell [at] gmail.com

A Baha’i Perspective: 11.8.2008

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:27:41 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Carol Brooks, a Baha’i from the Denver area. She grew up in Buffalo, NY, then moved to NJ and finally settled in the Denver metropolitan area in her teenage years. It was while she was in middle school in Denver that she and her mother discovered the Baha’i Faith.

Clearcut the Commonwealth Enviro Show

Enviro Show — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:18:07 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. We’re all about clearcuts on today’s show, here at home and around the planet. We’ll have Chris Matera, forest activist and author of the Clearcut Massachusetts blog in the studio with us. Chris has documented some little known clearcutting taking place on public land here in the Commonwealth. Also tonight, Obama Nation! Will the new prez’ protect the planet or will he cave to the corporados? (we can hope it’s the former, yes, we can!). As always, we’ll witness the latest assaults on Mother Earth from Darth Cheney and the boy emperor; we’ll checkout The Enviro Show Echo Chamber; and the Quote of the Week, but first it’s time for…… Revenge of the Critters! Watch out for ‘dem donkeys!

The tune “We are everywhere” by Dave Rovics reminds us that OK, so YES, WE DID! We did finally show the door to the Repugnicans, BUT there’s still weeks to go before they get dragged out that White House door, and even then we have to ask: how much does Obama owe to the corporados? Let’s hear from some Enviro Show listeners. Give us a call at (413)585-1033 and let know your thoughts: will an Obama Administration put the corporados in their place? Soooo, we continue to celebrate the light at the end of this loooong dark tunnel, but we remain vigilant as to just who has Barack Obama’s ear.

Glen! When does the Obama bouncer toss Darth & the boy emperor out the door? AND, what sort of damage can THE WORST ADMINISTRATION EVER do to the planet before they’re finally gone? Here’s one take: “Bush administration prepares environmental messes for the next prez”. AND this: “Bush admin to open almost 360,000 acres of Utah public lands to drilling”. If time allows, we’ll run through a list of other Repugnican enemies of the Earth, members of the League of Conservation Voters’ “Dirty Dozen”, that voters threw out of Congress last Tuesday.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week naturally goes back to last Tuesday when Barack Obama spoke to tens of thousands gathered in Chicago after his victory at the polls:

“This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can.”

In The Enviro Show Echo Chamber we checkout Worcester Telegram on how our Forests, parks need friends. ALSO, New law protects old-growth in N.Y. Forests. AND, this from RAN: Rainforests and agriculture.

Then it’s time for our conversation with Chris Matera. Did you know there was clearcutting of our public forests in the Quabbin and on the Montague Plains? You can see the photos here on Chris’ blog.

Let’s see what’s on the Bus Stop Billboard:

Wednesday, November 12th, 7:00 PM. Citizens United for a Healthy Future general meeting. In the social room of the Unitarian Church, 220 Main Street,
Northampton, MA 01060. SAVE THE AQUIFER. Protect our drinking water .Stop the Northampton landfill expansion. www.savingparadise.info

Friday Nov 14. Take Action against Bank of Ameica’s Dirty Coal Investments. Emerson College; Boston, MA. Contact: Ethan_Silverstein@emerson.edu

Friday November 14, Noon-1:30pm, Alliance to Develop Power, 130 Union St, Springfield (739-7233). Networking and sharing by advocates for a Green Economy which (1) serves local communities; (2) guarantees
workers’ rights to organize; and (3) promotes community-owned sustainable projects. Info: Jon Weissman, 827-0301, wmjwj@wmjwj.org, or Eduardo Suárez, 335-6224.

Saturday, November 15,Noon. “Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy” will be held at the National Building Museum located at 401 F St. NW. Join us outside to say “Money for Meet People’s Needs, Not Bankers’ Greed!” For more information, check back at http://www.answercoalition.org/, email info@answercoalition.org or call 202-544-3389 x14.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 @ 7:00 PM. The Northampton Board of Public Works is hosting a Public Forum on Innovative Approaches to Managing Northampton’s Solid Waste. Come and share your ideas. JFK MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ROOM, Bridge Road, Northampton, Massachusetts. Your attendance is important.

Sunday, November 16th, 9am to 5pm. Mass. Climate Action Network Conference. MIT Stada Center, Cambridge, MA. [beware of Cape Wind propaganda!] Go to: www.acteva.com/go/mcan

Thursday & Friday, November 20 - 21, 2008. All day. Building a Local Economy in the Valley. First Congregational Church, Hadley, MA. Sliding scale $25-$150, includes lunch and materials. Contact: www.faireconomy.org or (617) 423-2148.

Thursday, November 20, Noon to 5pm. Cooling the planet with Zero Waste. Zero Waste Businesses are leading the way for Zero Waste and have diverted over 90% of their waste from landfill and incineration. Zero Waste Communities have adopted Zero Waste goals and plans to implement those goals. Join us to understand how Zero Waste can be a key part of community and business sustainability plans and help contribute to reducing greenhouse gases. Location: Room 101 of the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; (617) 954-2000; www.mccahome.com

Thursday, Nov 20, 6 - 9 pm. Vermont State Nuclear Advisory Panel Mtg. Brattleboro Union High School, 131 Fairground Rd, Brattleboro, VT. Contact: cchang@nukebusters.org

Saturday November 22,9am-4:45pm, CLEAN ENERGY CONFERENCE: GREEN JOBS IN MASSACHUSETTS. Clean Energy Connections is intended to be a forum for individuals
and organizations accelerating the growth of the clean energy economy in Massachusetts and those seeking clean-energy career information.
Pre-registration is required. Info: 545-2706, www.umass.edu/green.

That is all. Next time we have Randy Kehler in the studio with us to talk about finally shutting down that old nuke just over the Vermont border. Until then remember: yes, you can listen to your Mother!

Midweek Politics with David Pakman 11.05.2008

David Pakman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:09:56 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

Produced by:

David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 58:13

This Week’s Topics:

–Barack Obama wins the 2008 Presidential Election by a wide margin, becoming the first African-American President-Election in the history of the United States. We look at the results, exit polls, analysis, and so much more.

–Barack Obama’s victory speech, John McCain’s concession speech, and George W. Bush’s congratulatory speech.

–Is this a mandate? Will Republicans who said Bush had a mandate in 2004 agree Obama has one in 2008, given he won by twice as much as Bush.

–Were there riots as many conservative media outlets predicted?

–We touch on local election issues and how the candidates who were on our programs did.

–Proposition 8 to eliminate gay marriage in California passes, and Michael Savage thinks you would only vote for gay marriage in California if you are insane, hate the family, hate your parents, and hate just about everything else.

–The Barack Obama national infomercial.

–The risk of assuming racism is fixed because Obama won.

–The Obama smears only get worse after his historic win.

–Ralph Nader asks if Obama will be an Uncle Tom as President, while Republican supporters start hedging the strength of Obama’s victory.

–So much more about the election.

Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com

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