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Programming Committee Meeting 1/15/09

keely malone — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:55:02 +0000

Schedule changes

1. Emily Miller and her show CCD from Monday from 2-4 PM to Monday 10:00- noon effective immediately (my mistake on this Monday- didn’t contact her- mucho busy this weekend)

2. TRGGR radio currently broadcasting from WMUA to upload their show and we will play it as automated syndication on Sundays 2:00 PM- 4:00PM

NEW SHOWS:

Andy Sewell- RadioHodgePodge hour show with segmented interviews with local artists and personalities, cultural events and creative audio content. Monday 9:00-10:00 AM beginning January 19th. Selected Arts & Culture collective

Sidra Eisman- Real Estate Radio- focusing on such things as green architecture, energy efficiency, feng shui, music, interior design, together with artist and design interviews. Assigned to Fridays 8:00 AM- 9:00 AM subject to slot remaining open after Sidra completes her training, sit-in’s and volunteer work. Selected to Public Affairs collective

Samuel Bass- Inside The Urban Bottom Line- issues of urban life and culture, cultural dynamics, quality of life issues, education, arts and entertainment. One hour interview and talk. One hour music – R&B Soul. Assigned to Monday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM subject to training etc- see Sidra, above. Selected Arts & Culture collective.

Donn Henry- The Beat Clinic- Hip-Hop from birth to the present. Assigned to 11:00 PM- 3:00 AM Monday, subject to training etc, again, see Sidra above.

Soul Alive- Tabani Abdullah- eddie Kennedy will follow up through music collective.

Parenting Possibilities- Shana Hiranandani- Education and Social Issues- Keeley will discuss with Derek.

POLICY

Programming committee agree that collective individuals need to get more involved with programming duties, as for example, taking on work requirement enforcement and using easy logs software, as well as calling collective meetings and facilitating. In that way the collective will become more of a collective effort as opposed to leaving it all to the programming liaisons.

next meeting February 12th

The Winter Solstice Enviro Show, 12/23, 6:30pm

Enviro Show — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:55:10 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. We celebrate the Return of the Sun with Cassie and Winifred of Awentree in Easthampton. No, it’s not the manifestation of Bill O’Reilly’s “War against Christmas”, but hey, let’s talk about the Christian War against Pagans while we’re at it! Speaking of war, we’ll checkout that infamous warmonger Darth Cheney and his target practice dummy (btw, do not throw your shoes at the radio). As always, we’ll peek into The Enviro Show Echo Chamber for the news of the day and give you the Quote of the week, but first it’s time for……Revenge of the Critters! Santa attacked by bobcat in Jersey!

There’s that theme again! So Glen, how long before Darth & the boy emperor have to hang their stockings somewhere else? As you may have heard, W has been very naughty: he’s endangered the polar bears. Santa will not be pleased!

That heartwarming tune, “All I want for Christmas is to impeach the President” takes us to the Enviro Show Echo Chamber where there’s good news to report (finally!), three dams are to be taken out on the Klamath River in Oregon and California (you see, it’s not all gloom & doom). Having said that, the Amazon? Not so much. AND this: Obama’s pick of Ken Salazar for Interior Secretary gets mixed reviews. ALSO, another Enviro Show Video Blog Special, this one for the holidays!

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week comes from Jonathan Swift: “We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.”

The Pagans & the Christians” by Dar Williams takes us to our interview with…..the pagans!

Then it’s on to the Bus Stop Billboard for a brief perusal:

Saturday, January 10. Washington, DC or…? Keep Winter Cold Polar Bear Plunge. We chose this date because the newly-elected U.S. Congress will be returning to Capitol Hill around this time. The new President will be inaugurated 10 days later. Our plunges into cold bodies of water will say loud and clear to our state and national government leaders that the time for strong action is now!Go to: http://www.keepwintercold.org.

January 9-11, 2009 – Please join us for our annual Winter Retreat for Earth Lovers, to be held at Earthlands in Petersham, Massachusetts. Take some time to reflect in the depths of winter while connecting with the natural world and with one another. Spaces are limited, so sign up soon! Please see our website for a retreat flyer with details and registration information, http://sacredearthnetwork.org/updates/

Saturday, January 17th, All day. Join the Northeast Organic Farming Association for the 22nd Annual Winter Conference, Organic Farming: The Roots of a Sustainable Community. The conference will be held at Worcester Vocational Technical High School in Worcester from 9:00am-5:30pm. Pre-registration is now open. For more information, visit the NOFA/Mass website or contact Conference Coordinator, Jassy Bratko at (978) 928-5646

We’ll go out with “The holidays are here and we’re still at war” by Brett Dennen. Can you belive this?? Next time it’s the wonderful world of run-off. Until then remember: listen to your Mother!

The Dump on the Aquifer Enviro Show, Part 2

Enviro Show — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:18:54 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. It’s a proposed landfill expansion hootenanny! Mary Serreze, whose recent piece in The Valley Advocate about Zero Waste and the dump issue, joins us to ask the musical question: Does your water taste funny when your neighbors dump on it? Also, we look deep into the darkness with 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! Shark attacks boy….in his bedroom!

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week comes from author, Susan Griffin: “The part of the mind that is dark to us in this culture, that is sleeping in us, that we name ‘unconscious’, is the knowledge that we are inseparable from all other beings in the universe”.

There’s the Darth Cheney fanfare again! Glen! Tell us it’s over NOW!! When do Darth Cheney and his little sock puppet exit stage right? We’ve been talking these past few weeks about all the ecological damage these enemies of the planet are doing on their way out the door. Last time we delved into the top 100 Bush regime rollbacks. Now add this one: their vile minions in the EPA have finalized rules that will make it easier for mountaintop mining companies to dump their waste near rivers and streams.

In the Enviro Show Echo Chamber we pile on DC insiders Environmental Defense along with our friends from Rising Tide over that carbon trading scam you keep hearing about. Also, did Big Auto really earn that loan? AND, Obama embraces Big Oil with the James Jones pick.

Then, live from the luxurious Pine Street Studios of WXOJ-LP it’s Mary Serreze and the Zero Waste Valley Band! After Mary rocks the walls we’ll have a chat about this concept of putting a dump over an aquifer. Is that living better through chemistry??

Then it’s on to the Bus Stop Billboard:

Tuesday, December 9 at 8 PM. Talk to Bill McKibben and Michael Brune about Global Warming. Prepare for an earnest and lively discussion with RAN Executive Director Michael Brune and writer-activist Bill McKibben, followed by a Q & A the steps we need to take collectively to free our country and our world of fossil fuels. You can remind Bill that Cape Wind is the privatization of the Commons! Just call: 1-866-864-8698 And type in the passcode: 1051283210

Thurday, December 11, 6pm. Home Depot “Grand Opening” sprawl teach-in. Food for Thought Books, Amherst. Scheduled speakers so far include Emily Kawano (populareconomics.org), Jeff Lacey (Shutes Planning Board and professional planner, who will project some great slides on the wall). We’ll be approaching the issue from the same diversity of perspectives that worked so nicely for the wal-mart campaign: local economy, downtowns, employers, domestic workers, sweatshops abroad, students, seniors, environmentalists, cyclists, etc. For info call: 413 549 1193

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.

Thursday, Dec. 18, 7-9pm. Ritual Chant Circle to embrace the time of Yule and the Winter Season. 102 Cottage Street in Easthampton. (413) 527-3331

http://www.awentree.com

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

OK, that’s it for this week. Next time it’s our Winter Solstice party. Don’t move that dial….and remember: listen to your Mother!

The post Enviro Show Post #9

Enviro Show — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:57:42 +0000

On the next Enviro Show Mary Serreze joins us for a live broadcast of her Northampton Landfill tune and a conversation about the proposed extension of the dump, yes, over the Barnes Aquifer! More great ideas for the “Paradise City”!! For a video of her song go HERE.

Things are heating up in Europe around the upcoming COP15 international climate talks (see below), but the climate crisis seems to be taking a backseat to the financial crisis here in the States. In fact, the incoming Obama Administration doesn’t even use the term “climate crisis”, instead falling back on the old “climate change” or “global warming” labels. So, no crisis, no sweat, huh? We don’t think so!

Also, people really DO shop ’til they drop. Witness the horrendous incident at a Long Island WalMart where a crazed herd of bargain hunters trampled a low-wage WalMart employee in their stampede to get ….what?…more junk? Not only did these shopaholics kill the help, some of them were injured as well. Checkout Democracy Now!’s coverage HERE, but you’ll note the blame goes largely to WalMart. Hey! sure the retailer is guilty, but people don’t HAVE to act like a herd of mindless beasts! You’ve heard Rev. Billy on The Enviro Show, right? Stop the Shopocalypse!. It’s bad for people. It’s bad for the planet!

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Klimax Rocks the COP-15 Summit Site?

Activists from the Copenhagen based climate activist group KlimaX climbed onto
the front of the conference site Bella Centret and threw out banners. The site
is symbolic in the way that its the actual site of the COP15 summit exactly one
year from now.

“We need a humane solution to the climate crisis.” Says Sini Østergaard from
KlimaX “We cannot stand by and watch while the rich countries buy CO2 quotas
from the poor countries. We have take action now.”

The activists brought banners, music, cookies and tea while the security people
and diplomats attending a conference watched the fun.

“The clock is ticking and time has run out. It is now we have to face the
consequences of our over-consumption in the west.” says Thor from KlimaX.

The police arrived but didn’t bother anyone. The activists promises that
they’ll continue their actions in the run-up to and under the climate summit.
Already other actions are brewing for the immediate future.

www.klimax2009.org

Danish article with pictures

http://indymedia.dk/articles/577

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.

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!

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!

Another Very Scary Enviro Show

Enviro Show — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:33:36 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. Coming up on Halloween and not many days before we find out if we’re FINALLY rid of the Repugnican scourge OR subjected to yet another stolen election. Very scary. If it’s the latter, prepare to occupy the White House. Maybe we’ll paint it black! Tonight we’ll checkout the usual haunts for frightening news about the end of the world as we know it. Also, Tamara, the house witch, returns to these microphones to set the seasonal mood, as well as Betsy Dumont, a local bat expert from the Department of Biology at UMass Amherst, but first it’ time for…… Revenge of the Critters! Big Black Brit Cat Attack!.

After Tamara tells us about the thin veil between the world of the living and that of the dead we’ll hear from Count Dracula who hits the spike on the head when he tells us there ARE far worse things than death, like the gloom and doom of the climate crisis maybe? What? Gloom & doom on The Enviro Show? Nooooo! Say it ain’t so, Joe!

In the Enviro Show Echo Chamber we checkout the Reuters story, Arctic air temperatures climb to record levels. So, what’s worse than dropping dead on the spot? How about slowly starving or contracting some gruesome tropical disease! Here’s some gloom & doom from Greenpeace. Not gloomy enough? How about The Most Dangerous Project on Earth? Had enough? Let’s move on!

O no! He’s back!! Lord Cheney. Glen? Can’t you get rid of these bad actors?? How much longer must we endure them? So, last time we had Darth Cheney here in the studio, kind of, right? How can we top that?? How about with this: Cheney LIKES being compared to Darth!. Perfect! Happy Halloween!

After we dance to the “Climate Mash” we’ll do our interview with Betsy Dumont about those winged rodents who frequent the night. Sadly, many of them are facing the mysterious and deadly “white nose disease”. We’ll find out about that and much more.

Then we checkout the Bus Stop Billboard:

Thursday, October 30, 6:30 – 8:30pm. Boom, Bust & Bailout – What happened and what to do about it. Unitarian Meeting House, N.Pleasant St., Amherst. Call 413-545-0743

Friday, October 31 – Keene, NH, 4:00 to 6:00 pm. “McSame Bush” SIGNS AND BANNER visibility standout. Rt. 101 & Rt. 10 South intersection, Keene, NH. Halloween costumes encouraged! More dates planned. For more information or to volunteer, call Judy at 978-544-5550.

Tuesday, November 4, All day. VOTE for sanity! Besides a sane Prez and VP, you might want to vote “yes” on Question 3 for the sake of the dogs. Also: vote “yes” on Question 6 if it’s on your ballot, which would put pressure on local representatives to support legislation mandating an 80 percent reduction of greenhouse emissions in Massachusetts by 2020 – 30 years sooner than more popular national measures. It would also phase out tax incentives for non-renewable energy projects and put focus on localized sustainability.

Thursday, November 6 at 6:30 pm at the Edwards Library in Southampton, MA, the Friends of Southampton Greenway will welcome R. Bruce Donald, President of the Farmington Valley Greenway as the monthly speaker. This is the same trail that will one day connect New Haven to Northampton. More info about Bruce, the speaker series and the project in Southampton, click on this site. http://www.southamptongreenway.org/

November 7 – 9. All Day. Reading the forested landscape: a natural history of New England w/Tom Wessels. Rowe Conference Center. Call: 413-339-4954 or go to: www.rowecenter.org

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

So much for another Halloween show. Hope we made it grim enough for you, no? OK, so it’s NOT as scary as FrankenBarbie and Crazy John McSame. Give us an “E” for effort, will ya’? Happy Halloween!!………O, and remember: listen to your Mother!

The Off Grid Enviro Show

Enviro Show — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:27:00 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. Time to turn our collective back on King Coal; Big Nuke; Big Hydro & Big Wind and see about generating our own power. Yes, it’s home utilities hour with our friend Brad Compton who lives out in the woods a good distance from power lines and the grip of corporate America. We’ll open up the phone lines if you have any questions about living independently here in the alleged Land of Liberty. As always we’ll checkout The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and the dastardly deeds of Darth Cheney and the boy emperor. Also, the Quote of the Week and the Bus Stop Billboard, but first it’s time for…..Revenge of the Critters! A Repugnican National Convention Special. In Palermo, Sicily the skies have been raining rats. Rodents that otherwise leap from rooftop to rooftop in the rundown center of Sicily’s capital, had grown too fat to jump and were plummeting to the streets, sometimes hitting passersby below. Warning, this could happen in the Twin Cities!

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week is in keeping with the independence theme of this show. It comes from none other than Thomas Jefferson, who knew a bit about democracy and independence:
“I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to Heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.”
Also, this election year bonus from Jefferson: “A politician looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation.”

Brrr! What’s that sudden chill, Glen? How long before it’s gone?? Last time we spoke about the Bush regime’s assault on the Endangered Species Act. We’re asking our listeners to ACT NOW on this critical issue. There’s only a few weeks before the deadline on comments to the U.S. Department of Interior (for what that’s worth!). Also, let’s set the record straight on Darth Cheney’s myth about China drilling for oil off the Cuban coast. The Dark Lord finds no fabrication too extreme in his crazed quest for oil and profit.

In the Enviro Show Echo Chamber we read that going veggie can reduce your carbon footprint. And, the AP tells us the bad news that Arctic sea ice drops to second lowest level on record. Also, from the Amherst Bulletin, Amherst High School students launch Project Solar Lunchbox.

“Livin’ a lie”, by Girl on Top takes us to our interview with Brad AND reminds us that all is not as it appears here in the USA……..SURPRISE!

Then it’s time to checkout the Bus Stop Billboard:

Wednesday, September 3rd at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room at the Greenfield Community College Downtown Campus located at 270 Main Street in Greenfield to discuss the update of the Franklin County Bikeway Plan. Call 413-774-1194 ext 104

Thursday, Sept 4, 5pm. Franklin County Parade No Nukes contingent.
Downtown, Greenfield, MA. Start off from the Greenfield Middle School parking lot. Join the Wrecked Honda Insight painted “Vermont Yankee an Accident Waiting to happen” Join the Solar Rollers on Bicycles! We can Replace Entergy’s Vermont Yankee! Help hand out Literature! For info email cchang@nukebusters.org

Sunday, September 7th through Saturday, September 13,th citizens of the City of Northampton will play host to a unique public process crafted to help shape the future of their city. DESIGN NORTHAMPTON WEEK will start with an introductory presentation at the Northampton Senior Center from 7 PM to 9 PM. After that, the studio will be open for business in the ground floor gallery space of APE at 126 Main Street throughout the week. For a complete schedule and additional information on activities see http://northamptondesignforum.blogspot.com.

Wednesday, September 10, 7pm. Citizens United for a Healthy Future general meeting. Downstairs at the Untitarian Society on Main Street, Northampton. Call 584-8873

September 12-14, 2008, Eighth Fire Gathering, a cross-cultural gathering of Native American elders, sustainability leaders, and concerned citizens will spend two days in dialogue, ceremony and celebration with the intention of building a network for sustainable culture in the Northeast. Contact Bill Pfeiffer at: bill@sacredearthnetwork.org.

Saturday, September 13th from 9 to 1 it’s Hazzardous Waste Day at the Montague Highway Garage, the Rt. 2. Park and Ride in Charlemont, and the Town of Orange Transfer Station. To participate at any of the sites, residents must pre-register by September 5th. Registration forms will be available in local newspapers, at local town offices, and at most town transfer stations. Online registration forms may be completed at: www.franklincountywastedistrict.org. Call: (413) 772-2438.

Friday, September 19. Park(ing) Day. Help transform car-space into people & art-space. Go to: www.parkingday.org. Local contact: Garth gshaneyfelt@yahoo.com

Saturday, September 20th, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Amherst Bike Fair on the Amherst Town Common. Contact Mary Wentworth for The Commons Group 413/256-6005

Whoa! Looks like things are picking up here in Happy Valley. Sooooo many events, so little time. Well, that’s it for us this time. Next time it’s Food Not Bombs along with the usual hijinks. Until then, remember: listen to your Mother!

The Return of the Wolf Enviro Show: 7/22, 6:30pm

Enviro Show — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:47:47 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. It’s Koyanaskatsi, a world out of balance, thanks to industrialized human-centric society, but hey, we can evolve right?? Umm….right? Re-wilding, or reintroducing displaced species may be part of the solution. We have a conversation with Rob Edward, Carnivore Recovery Director for WildEarth Guardians. Of course we’ll always find time to bash Bush and the Empire, and checkout The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and Quote of the Week, as well as a call from Tom Neilson out on the road, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! We jump into the Wayback Machine for a tale of man and wolf.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week comes from the dean of enviro thought, Aldo Leopold from the essay “Thinking like a mountain”: “The cowman who cleans his range of wolves does not realize that he is taking over the wolf’s job of trimming the herd to fit the range. He has not learned to think like a mountain. Hence we have dustbowls, and rivers washing the future into the sea.” Ahmen!

Los Lobos’ “Will the Wolf Survive?” takes us to the Enviro Show Echo Chamber where we revisit the Boston Globe story about the Gray wolf that was killed in Shelburne last March. This sorry incident is what led us to do this week’s show on wolf reintroduction. We also checkout the Restore the North Woods website and the latest on Northeast wolf reintroduction from the Maine Wolf Coalition. You can meet some LIVE reps from the wolf community right here in the Commonwealth, by the way. Checkout Wolf Hollow in Ipswich. Then we read from the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s coverage of the recent event concerning the Northampton landfill expansion proposal.

It’s that Darth Cheney dirge again! When will it end!! Glen, what’s the count? How many days?? Of course you’ve heard Darth and the boy emperor want to drill their way out of the gas crisis (a scam within a scam within a scam…these guys are the worst!). Bush says he’ll lift the ban on offshore drilling signed by his father. That will go exactly nowhere since there’s also a congressional ban (though Cape Wind proponents might like the sight of more trashed coastlines!….sorry, couldn’t resist). Luckily Barbra Boxer and Nancy Pelosi are digging in their high heels. Here’s the Enviro Show Blog Bonus: Dig your heels in too!. Did you catch the emperor’s farewell “joke” at the G8? He said to his fellow leaders: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.” The rightwing flat-earth robos loved it. Gaia, help rid us of this plague!!

Meanwhile, here in the real world, we checkout the Bus stop billboard:

Wednesday July 23, 5:30-7:30pm, Green Economy Working Group meeting , Pioneer Valley CLC, 640 Page Blvd, Springfield. Contact Eduardo Suarez (335-6224), echonyc@hotmail.com).

July 22 – August 3; Northeast Climate Confluence; High Falls, NY. Check it out
at http://www.climateconfluence.org/blog/

Saturday, August 2; 12pm. STOP WAR ON IRAN ! Mass march in NYC. Go to: http://www.stopwaroniran.org/
Email: stopwaroniran@stopwaroniran.org

August 6-9; Walk for a Nuclear Free Future
From Williamstown, MA to Montpelier, VT
For further info. Heidi 518-885-1806 or Hattie 978-249-6224

Saturday, August 9, Noon.
Valley Free Radio will be celebrating its third birthday with a benefit music event at Look Park, Route 9 in Northampton. Ride your bike, take the bus (Red 42 leaves Court House at Noon and 1pm) or walk-in and avoid parking fees!

Friday, August 15. Surround the Federal Building in Springfield! No war on Iran!
For more info call AFSC 413-584-8975 / 413-320-1002 c

August 10 – 25; Solar Rollers back on the trail in Vermont!!
Please contact us if you are interested in joining this ride! or would like to
organize a potluck and discussion group in a town on the route or near!
solarollers@gmail.com or call David 413-863-9296 or Peg 802-387-4845.

End of story for this week. Next time we get down with the reptiles: let’s talk snakes! Until then, remember to……LISTEN TO YUR’ MOTHER!

Yet Another Climate Crisis Enviro Show, 6/24/08, 6:30pm

Enviro Show — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:54:23 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. We return to the subject of the climate crisis once again, this time we head north with a call-in from Chris Cuomo on the impact of climate change to native Alaskans. This week we take a little more time delving into the sins of Darth Cheney and the boy emperor, as well as the presumed successor to the throne, John McSame. We’ll give you the Enviro Show Quote of the Week and stop off at the Bus Stop Billboard (this time we’ll take time to read the notices), but first it’s time for……

Revenge of the Critters! Tree attacks golf cart! It was another one of those days on the links in Minnesota. One golfer says: “I’ve seen this happen time and time again. You make the turn after shooting a 48 and polishing off two dogs and a six pack of the Beast, when out of nowhere a tree attacks your golf cart!” One of the occupants had his leg impaled by the tree they rammed on what was believed to be drunk driving in the rough.. Hey, no one ever said there’s no such thing as payback! Get a clue: golf courses are part of the problem!

Here’s our Quote of the Week:
“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
– Henry David Thoreau

There it is again! What’s the Bush regime countdown now?? Speaking of the Dark Lord, it seems Cheney wants to drill for oil everywhere! Naturally, the boy emperor (and his would be successor) couldn’t help but….err..pipe up about it? Then, as if by plan (hmmm…) the emperor from Big Oil tries coercing Dems into opening our coastlines to Big Oil, effectively blaming Dems for the high price of oil! Is anyone stupid enough to believe him?? Big Oil already has thousands of unused leases and idle wells in the U.S.! AND, of course, the Repugnicans in Congress already showed their true colors on climate change the week before Darth, the emperor, and John McSame began their latest surge for Big Oil. Did we mention that crazy John McSame wants to build 45 new nukes by 2030?

Here’s the Enviro Show Blog Bonus: checkout this video about how Big Oil fuels McSame’s not so Straight Talk Express!

The tune “Excuse me your planet is burning” by Andy Vine takes us to our interview with Chris.

Duct taped to the Bus Stop Billboard we find:

Wednesday June 25, 5:30-7:30pm, ARE “GREEN JOBS” UNION JOBS? Pioneer Valley CLC, 640 Page Blvd, Springfield. Green Jobs are all the rage now – for good reason, especially in Western Mass, where retrofitting buildings could provide a lot of jobs and we have the expertise, BUT are they union jobs? Info: Jon Weissman, 827-0301, wmjwj@wmjwj.org.

July 4. Brattleboro, VT and Amherst, MA. Ideas for float or display? Interested in participating? Handing out Info? Join Nuclear Free Vermont or CAN or a Safe and Green Town group! Call for more info Claire 413-863-8952 or cchang@nukebusters.org

Sunday, July 6, 2008, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PLANTS OF BARTON’S COVE. This field trip, covering about two miles, will focus on plant identification and natural history. The trail is steep in spots, so wear hiking boots or sturdy shoes. Bring a bag lunch, a hand lens if you have one, a favorite field guide or two, and perhaps a pair of binoculars in case we spot any eagles. Limited to 15 participants. Call the Hitchcock Center for the Environment at (413) 256-6006

July 30th – August 3rd . You are Invited to the Northeast Climate Confluence at Epworth Camp & Retreat Center, High Falls, NY. THE CONFLUENCE is a week long event where we will come together to share ideas and skills, strengthen our relationships, and create solutions to take care of our basic needs. There will be workshops, performances, trainings and strategy sessions about the issues affecting our communities and our planet. Call: (413) 863-6383 Or write to: northeast@climateconvergence.org http://www.ClimateConfluence.org/

That’s it. Not much happening. It’s summer in the Valley. Enjoy it, take a hike! BUT, remember to…..LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER!

The Post Enviro Show Post #3

Enviro Show — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:35:06 +0000

Whoa! D.O. telecommutes into the show from the hills of North Leverett; another Enviro Show first! Bad enough he burned up a shitload of fossil fuels coming in late from the Vineyard, he sure wasn’t gonna’ multiply his sins drivin’ that much further into Florence for half a show. O for an all-electric truck! (why not get Dad an all electric truck for father’s day!!).

We had a good chat with Prof. George Huber on just that subject….well, alternative fuel made from wood waste that is, right in his UMass lab! In the process of going on about gas we naturally took a piece out of Big Oil and their operatives in the White House. Did you catch Jim Page’s tune, “Petroleum Bonapart” that we played? Check it out here. Speaking of Darth Vader & the boy emperor, did you hear about that Supreme Court ruling upholding habeas corpus? Gosh, that’s soooo 17th century! Now Darth & George, et.al., might have their torture doctrine aired in court….in public! Toooo bad! O, and speaking of the White House and torture, have you read D.O.’s White House Torture Sonnets? (you won’t hear any of these on any community radio station poetry shows….not that he didn’t try pitchin’ it). Hopefully, it won’t be torture reading them, right??

Next Enviro Show it’s Jean & Glen on the horn with Chris Cuomo delving once more into the climate crisis. Sorry we ran out of time for the Bus Stop Billboard announcements. You can pick them up on our regular Enviro Show blog here. Tune in Tuesday, June 24 at 6:30pm and remember: listen to your Mother!!

Another Fuelish Enviro Show

Enviro Show — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:27:35 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. Jean’s back! Hopefully she’ll have a report from the front lines. We return to the scene of the crime with another look at fossil fuels and what’s out there to replace them. Professor George Huber, researcher at UMass Amherst’s Chemical Engineering Department joins us in the studio for a look at biofuels that don’t eat up the crops. As always, we’ll checkout the Enviro Show Echo Chamber for the latest news on the environment, and we’ll see what Darth Cheney and the boy emperor are up to, as well as give you the quote of the week, but first it’s time for……Revenge of the Critters! Sheep attacks car! OK fans, talk about a Dodge Ram. How about a VW Ram? This is a see-it-to-believe-it video version of Revenge of the Critters. An Enviro Show blog exclusive!

Here’s the Enviro Show Quote of the Week: “There is nothing more important in the culture of man [and we'd add: woman]than to resist the dangers of commerce” -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

In The Enviro Show Echo Chamber we celebrate the end of the road for the Hummer. Toooo bad! Instead, according to the Washington Post, Travelers are turning to public transportation. Meanwhile, the International Herald Tribune tells us bike sales are up. AND this from Reuters: Pact needed to save biofuels (what? Crops for food, not for fuel? How last year is that??) AND finally, though we’re not big Thomas Friedman fans, we can’t help but echo some of the sentiment he expressed in this piece in his New York Times column.

There it is again! That god-awful theme music. Glen, tell us when it’s FINALLY over! This just in: In a report long delayed by partisan squabbling, the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused President Bush and Vice President Cheney of taking the country to war in Iraq by exaggerating evidence of links between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. SURPRIZE! Also, Bush regime crony says goal for rich countries to curb greenhouse gases are ”frankly not do-able for us”. No? Did you check that with Darth?

Speaking of Darth and the boy emperor,“Petroleum Bonapart” by Jim Page, longtime enviro troubadour, takes us to our interview with George Huber. Word has it that his daughter will be sitting in with us so we’ll try to behave like adults……maybe.

Then we’ll browse the Bus Stop Billboard for the latest:

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 from 7 – 8 PM. CITIZENS UNITED FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE GENERAL MEETING. Toxics Action will be giving a presentation on Zero Waste in the Social Room of the Unitarian Society, 220 Main Street, Northampton (please walk down the driveway and use right side door, the meeting is downstairs). The proposed Northampton Regional Landfill expansion over the Barnes aquifer threatens the public drinking water supply in our area. If it goes forward, it would exempt a landfill in a Water Supply Protection District for the first time in Massachusetts.

Thursday, June 12, 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ZONING ENFORCEMENT APPEAL City Council Chambers & Planning Director’s Office, Puchalski Building and Northampton City Hall Room 10, 212 and 210 Main Street Northampton MA.
5:30 p.m. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS meets in the Council Chambers to hear an appeal of the Building Commissioner’s decision on alleged zoning violations of the Northampton Regional Landfill and seeking discontinuance of use as regional sanitary landfill. Citizens United for a Healthy Future. Stop the Northampton landfill expansion. www.savingparadise.info

Wednesday,June 18, 7 pm. NUCLEAR POWER: AT WHAT COST? Bangs Community Center, Boltwood Walk, Amherst, MA (behind the Unitarian Meetinghouse, Kellogg and N. Pleasant Sts.). The Enviro Show is a proud co-sponsor, btw. Call 256-1760

June 20-21, TAKING CHARGE OF OUR ENERGY FUTURE. UMass Amherst Campus Center, Amherst, MA. The Summit will be a hotbed of activity helping to create a network of thriving local communities – urban and rural – working together across race and class -building a way of life and an energy future that is sustainable and just.

Wednesday June 25. 5:30-7:30pm, ARE “GREEN JOBS” UNION JOBS? Pioneer Valley CLC, 640 Page Blvd, Springfield. Green Jobs are all the rage now – for good reason, especially in Western Mass, where retrofitting buildings could provide a lot of jobs and we have the expertise. But not everyone is talking Green Jobs as Union Jobs and the possibility of Scabby Green Jobs looms large here. A Working Group on the Green Economy will discuss the issue. Info: Jon Weissman, 827-0301, wmjwj@wmjwj.org.

So much for this week. Next time it’s Chris Cuomo with some climate crisis observations from way up north. Until then remember: listen to your Mother! ]

The Post Enviro Show Post #2

Enviro Show — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:37:41 +0000

OK, last evening’s show went well, no? Jonathan Bates gave all of us a good sense of what folks at Nuestras Raices are working on down in Holyoke. Time for a field trip!

Here’s that info from The Bus Stop Billboard we promised:

FLYER AT: http://a244.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/81/l_2ab548c3a3eb3bd5191ce5f967c84093.jpg

WHAT: Protest at homes of top financial supporters of Huntingdon Life
Sciences
WHEN: Saturday, May 31st, 2:00PM
WHERE: Wheeler’s Frozen Desserts, 334B Massachusetts Ave — near the
Symphony T Stop on the Green Line.
WHY: Huntingdon Life Sciences kills 500 animals every day, 180,000 animals
every year. Without the continued support of a small handful of
companies, Huntingdon will be forced to close their doors for good.
Huntingdon is already $100 million in debt, with no bank, no insurance
company, not even a sign outside the company. Learn more at http://www.shac.net/HLS/index.html.

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! [in case the federales missed it! kidding!!]

The next Enviro Show is a mixed bag: Heidi Ricci from Mass Audubon calls in with the buzz on mosquito control and UMass Prof. George Huber joins us to talk about alternative gasoline made from
forestry & agricultural waste. Tell me we won’t pay $4 a gallon for THAT!

That’s it. Now remember: always listen to your Mother!!

The Urban Enviro Show; 5/27; 6:30pm

Enviro Show — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:41:58 +0000

Greetings Earthlings. Time to talk about Mother Earth, the urban dweller. She’s stressed, she’s pressed-in, she’s not happy! Jonathan Bates, board member of Nuestras Raices, joins us to discuss that Holyoke organization’s work to protect the urban environment and create sustainable models for city living. As always, we’ll be checking out the latest from The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, the Quote of the Week, and naturally, the latest in dastardly deeds from The Empire, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! A listener suggestion: Parrot won’t talk! (at least not to the cops!)

In the Enviro Show Echo Chamber: This just in from The Montague Reporter – The state investigation into the remarks made by Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission director Robert Welch has officially concluded. You may recall from our last show, Welch was the guy who said “Tree-hugging Indians” were holding up progress on the proposed Turners Falls airport expansion. Welch has resigned, as of June 4th, according to Klark Jessen, director of communications for the Executive Office of Transportation. Soooo, will TF Airport Commissioner, Mark Fairbrother, who called Narragansetts trying to protect a sacred site, “rock-hugging Indians” follow Welch into the dustbin of history? We hope so! That would be FAIR…..brother! AND this from Grist: The Hulk talks up green buildings for low-income housing. AND FINALLY (and in keeping with the show’s theme) Our Enviro Show Blog Bonus, Grist Special Series on Smart(ish) Cities.

O no, it’s that sound again! They’re back! Glen, when?? Yes, The Empire’s Big Oil operatives are still barricaded in the White House and, as always, up to no good. It looks like Henry Waxman is about to wax their collective ass however. He’s got Evidence that the White House influenced the EPA to deny a waiver California needed to regulate vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions. ALSO: the high priests of The Empire launch their latest offensive against the planet!

On our Enviro Show Quote of the Week we have this question from the year 1888:
“In this country the mass of the people are entire strangers to the sentiment of beauty; they deform whatever they touch. Will it always be so?”
–John Burroughs
(OK, it’s over a hundred years later, will it??)

We revisit “Toxic City”,by System of a Down on our way to the interview with Jonatan Bates. Then it’s on to the….

Bus Stop Billboard:

Saturday, May 31; 8:45 to 1pm.; “Where on Earth are we going? What can we do about it?” A symposium to explore these questions and bring about an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this planet. Mass Audubon-Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, 127 Combs Rd., Easthampton. To register call (413)584-3009, ext.812. Also go to: www.awakeningthedreamer.org

Saturday June 7; 10 am. Brattleboro Downtown. Come for the Strollin’ of the Hefers! Help Awaken the rest of Vermont and the tri state area to the threat of Vermont Yankee! We are going to be handing out literature and atomic red hots for the kids! Let them know if you would like to participate in distribution! call 413-863-8952 or email cchang@nukebusters.org

Saturday, June 7, 10 to 11:30 a.m. REPTILE SURVIVAL! Hitchcock Center for the Environment, 525 South Pleasant Street., Amherst, MA. To register call (413) 256-6006 Denise Passias & Jay Whitney, Reptile Enthusiasts. It will be a hands-on presentation that will be fun for all ages! Featuring more than ten different species of reptiles brought to you from the Kiss-A-Lizard show by Jay and Denise. Member: $5 Non-member: $8

ALSO at Hitchcock: NATURE’S STORYTIME. Free Every Tuesday, 11 a.m.
Come listen while we read a story book from our collection of nature-based children’s literature and follow up with a short nature walk or activity. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required.

Saturday – June 14 – 7:30 pm. “Magpie” performs at the Echo Lake Coffee House, Town Hall, Leverett, MA. Terry and Greg are internationally known for their musical work in the environmental movement. For more info: www.magpiemusic.com Admission: $12/$10 seniors Call Diane for reservations: 413-548-9394/diacrowe@yahoo.com

June 18, 7:15pm. NUCLEAR POWER: AT WHAT COST? Bangs Community Center, Boltwood Walk, Amherst. Presented by CITIZEN AWARENESS NETWORK. This important program will offer information from experts regarding nuclear power and how it affects our society -
Merely 30 miles from Vermont Yankee, our local towns are subject to the effect of nuclear power in many ways, many of which are misunderstood and unclear. The Enviro Show is a co-sponsor.

Friday, June 2O & 21; ‘Taking Charge of Our Energy Future’ Summit UMass Amherst Campus Center. Help create a nework of thriving local communities – urban and rural – working together across race and class – building a way of life and an energy future that is sustainable and just. More than 30 workshops for municipal leaders, business owners, community leaders, environmental justice leaders, people wanting green job skills, teachers, parents, and students. Call 877-266-7543

That’ll do it for this week. Next time: Pesky Mosquitoes, plus UMass scientist takes the sting out of fuel prices. Until then, remember to listen to your Mother!

Website Notes and Announcements

Bill Weye — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:06:54 +0000

Here are some things you should know about the new website . . .

If you are programmer and/or member of the station you can now post station news, meeting agendas and minutes, show announcements, play lists, or other program news on the website. AND it’s pretty damn easy. If you aren’t familiar with WordPress or blogging, even you should have very little problem. If you are now blogging on any kind of system, there is absolutely NO reason for you not to be taking advantage of this new resource.

To get started, first watch this video I created to demonstrate the registration process:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Then watch this video (that I didn’t create) on how to write a post:

Click here to view the embedded video.

When you watch these videos you will notice that our system looks different than what you see in the videos . . . it only LOOKS different; there was a major upgrade to WordPress in the last couple of weeks that hasn’t been reflected in the videos. There is little to no change in the nomenclature, just in the appearance and where you will find some of the things. If you have no experience with WordPress it should be no problem (old hacks like me have the problem!).

There are a couple of things you need to know about the VFR WordPress set-up.

First, for your post to appear in the correct places it must have some specific categories selected: Collectives, Collectives > Your Collective, AND Programmer’s Notes. If Programmer’s Notes is not chosen your post will not appear under Programmer’s Notes on the home page, natch. If you are currently a podcaster you must still additionally choose the Podcast category, in addition to the above. PLEASE, if you look at the bottom of the category list and find “vfr” selected, unselected it; it’s the default category and isn’t necessary.

Do not add more categories under any circumstances. For you to further categorize your posts use the Tags feature. You can find more info about Tagging in the video about posting and in this blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/archive/2008/03/10/tags-vs-categories.aspx

If you would like to podcast your program there are some other things we need to discuss and you should contact me directly.

The other thing to note about posting has to do with station news of a more official variety: meeting agendas, minutes, etc. This is stuff that you find under Station News on the home page. If you have such an announcement you also have to choose the right categories to make it appear in the right spots. If you have a meeting agenda you’d like to post you could possibly choose five different categories: Meetings, Meetings > Agenda, Committees, Committees > Programming [for example], and Latest Station News. “Latest Station News” is the kicker in this example; that’s the category that makes the post appear under Latest Station News on the home page.

Other website news . . .

You can now comment on posts and subscribe to have email notification when a post has been commented upon after you comment (there is also an rss feed for the post and comments). These comments are unmoderated at this time, though I have installed 3 different spam filters and turned off “trackbacks” (if you know what those are). I am working on installing a “notify the administrator about this comment” feature if we start to have problems.

When writing posts you can embed either YouTube or Google Videos into your posts; you’ll find the buttons when you start to write a post. BTW, for formating purposes, please keep the video near the bottom of your post (write some text first)

Anyone that begins to post will automatically have their own page on the site along with their own rss feed. If you click on the author name of a post you can find that page.

There is a new logo/header in the works; what you see on the website is not the finished product.

If you have any suggestions or comments please let me know. I’m sure I’ll have other news about the site in the coming weeks.

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 01.16.2008

David Pakman — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:29:28 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

January 16, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 55:14

This Week’s Topics:

–Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

–Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton win the Michigan presidential primary.

–A former Republican congressman has been charged in a terror conspiracy.

–Ron Paul again beats Rudy Giuliani in a primary, and this time Fred Thompson as well.

–A recent Democratic debate is interrupted by a protester.

–Bill Richardson is no longer in the race for president.

–To criticize Barack Obama, a radio talk show host also adds the middle name “Mohammed” to Obama’s name.

–Robert Johnson’s recent comments about Barack Obama.

–One TV pundit says that the reason Hillary Clinton might be the frontrunner is that “her husband messed around.”

–Mitt Romney on why he won’t outlaw torture, and Bill O’Reilly false suggestion that it’s the “secular progressives” that won’t vote for him because he’s a Mormon.

–Mike Huckabee wants to change the constitution “for God.”

–Tucker Carlson says that “many black churches are basically political organizations.”

–Newt Gingrich on “the end of the GOP as we know it.”

–The ACLU says that sex in stalls in public bathrooms is constitutionally protected.

–Katie Couric’s ongoing troubles at CBS, including some off-air footage of her.

–Tom Cruise’s bizarre statements that were part of a leaked video on Scientology.

Links:

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

Low-fi Version: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/shows/midweek_politics-2008-01-16-low.mp3

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 01.09.2008

David Pakman — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:18:26 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

January 9, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 58:15

This Week’s Topics:

–Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

–Bill Scher of LiberalOasis.com and the Campaign for America’s Future and Mike Hannahan, Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts join us live in-studio.

–The Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary, including discussion of the results and why voters voted the way they did.

–How much do voters know about what’s going on politically?

–Why was labeling John Kerry a flip-flopper in 2004 so successful? Could there be a similar attack, possibly just as successful, this election?

–Accussations that Hillary Clinton “is not above using race” to beat Barack Obama.

–Political ads and their effect on voters and elections.

–Do too many voters make voting decisions based on false understandings of candidates’ positions?

–The New Hampshire debates, including highlights and a discussion of how much voters really learn from these debates.

–The “Iron My Shirt” Hillary Clinton incident.

–The run-in between Bill O’Reilly and Barack Obama in New Hampshire.

–Senator John McCain’s recent Iraq comments.

–Much more.

Links:
Lower-bandwidth MP3: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/shows/midweek_politics-2008-01-09-low.mp3
Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 01.02.2008

David Pakman — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:38:37 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

January 2, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 55:38

This Week’s Topics:

–Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

–2008 Presidential candidates are spending about $200 per vote.

–Robert Novak predicts Hillary Clinton will finish third in Iowa.

–Dennis Kucinich asks supporters to pick Obama second instead of Edwards as he did in 2004.

–The Fred Thompson “fire in the belly” controversy, and his amazingly boring “quiet talk” to voters.

–Mike Huckabee’s pulled negative ad about Mitt Romney that still aired…even though it got pulled.

–Mike Huckabee goes hunting, calls himself “prophetic” on Pakistan, flip-flops on immigration, and groups homosexuality to pedophilia, necrophilia, and sadomasochism.

–Mitt Romney’s latest campaign ad, and his exciting appearance at “the Richardson’s” in Iowa to watch football and mangle “America the Beautiful.”

–CNN calls moveon.org an “American insurgent” organization.

Links:
Lower-bandwidth MP3: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/shows/midweek_politics-2008-01-02-low.mp3
Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 12.26.2007

David Pakman — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:51:51 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman:

December 26, 2007
This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 56:04

This Week’s Topics:

–Reversing last week’s Iowa polls, Hillary Clinton might now be way ahead of Barack Obama.

–The Concord Monitor makes an anti-endorsement, saying anybody but Romney.

–Allegations that Barack Obama is supporting a segregated church.

–Ron Paul’s appearance on Meet the Press, including his comments on taxes, troops, and spending, as well as his comments about Mike Huckabee’s Christmas ad, and another appearance of his that seemed to be a waste of time.

–Mitt Romney sounds like Bill Clinton when he talks about the meaning of the word “saw.”

–Did an ABC reporter play the race card with Barack Obama?

–Rudy Giuliani’s comments about accusations against him from New York firefighters.

–More questionable comments from Wolf Blitzer.

–Australia’s new Prime Minister wastes no time in saying he’s getting Australia’s troops out of Iraq.

–General David Petraeus is asked leading question about Iraq, and about whether he wants to be President.

–Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

Links:
Lower-bandwidth MP3: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/shows/midweek_politics-2007-12-26-low.mp3
Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 12.19.2007

David Pakman — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:39:01 +0000

This Week’s Show:

December 19, 2007

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

Total Running Time:

This Week’s Topics:

–Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

–David Pakman (not the host of this show), President and CEO of eMusic.com, joins us live to discuss eMusic, the music industry, and other issues.

–The Republican debate in Iowa, including the “show of hands” incident.

–Joe Lieberman goes against his previous statements by endorsing Republican Senator John McCain for President.

–More Hillary “cackle” controversy.

–Mitt Romney takes a beating on Meet the Press after his religion speech.

–Barack Obama looks forward to Hillary Clinton advising him.

–The controversy over Mike Huckabee’s Christmas television ad.

–Imus, now back on the air, suggests if you don’t like Mike Huckabee you might be gay.

–David Petraeus named person of the year? By who?

–Who said that 90 percent of the Nobel Committee are into child pornography and molestation?

–Much more…

Links:
Lower-bandwidth MP3: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/shows/midweek_politics-2007-12-19-low.mp3
Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com

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