“Tales From The Memory Hole” Episode 2 New York Fire Department Dispatch Tapes from 9/11 Released!

By Terry McMoore | March 31, 2007 |

 It took a bitterly fought lawsuit brought by the New York Times to get the Fire Department of New York to release some of its dispatch tapes from 9/11. The NYT requested the tapes in early 2002, got denied, and went to court. When the FDNY lost the fight three and a half years later, on 12 August 2005 it made available 23 CDs, almost all containing audio of radio dispatches, plus transcripts of oral histories and some other text. The NYT posted about one-quarter to one-third of the audio. The Memory Hole also received the discs due to its freedom of information request, and we’re posting all of them.

Twenty-one of the CDs are audio CDs. The Memory Hole has ripped the audio into MP3 files and posted them at the Internet Archive. Each one lasts 44 to 47 minutes. The link below will open each MP3 (64 Kbps). «Read the rest of this article»

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Compass IV in Nashville, April 13-14

By leftymathprof | March 31, 2007 |

The Compass IV Conference will be held April 13-14, 2007 at the Cohn Adult Learning Center in West Nashville. This is THE statewide progressive gathering of the year in Tennessee. You don’t want to miss it!

This two-day gathering of progressives from around the state will feature networking, workshops, skill trainings, films, live music, the TAP Long Haul Awards and Silent Auction plus other events. The keynote speakers are David Sirota, author of Hostile Takeover: How Big Money & Corruption Conquered Our Government – and How We Take It Back, and Paul Waldman, author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn from Conservative Success.

Registration prices go up April 7, so be sure to register before then. Here are links to TAP’s main web page, the conference schedule, and conference registration.

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Political music videos

By Bill Larson | March 30, 2007 |

Here’s a collection of protest music as a continuation of our Dear Mr. President article from the other day. Each of the videos below pose questions which deserve answers, but will likely never receive one from this administration. Oh well, I guess we can look forward to the next one in 2008.

Eve of Destruction

Barry McGuire’s classic anti-war song, Eve of Destruction. «Read the rest of this article»

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Does our “love” have a hook?

By David W. Shelton | March 30, 2007 |

I had a conversation recently which focused on matters of faith and Christian ideals. The person I was talking with had her share of Christianity, and was nonplussed at many of the things that were being presented. Quite frankly, I can’t really blame her.

She asked me if I felt like it was my responsibility to try to change people when they come to my church. It was then that I realized why so many people have been turned off by the Church in general. If I were to think of “church,” I have to ask myself what kind of a mental image I get.

What does someone who’s been turned away from the church think of it? I don’t think I want to get into any of the possible specifics right now, but some of the general elements surround a perception of religious arrogance. «Read the rest of this article»

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Support Net Neutrality

By Bill Larson | March 29, 2007 |

Net neutrality is the principle that on the Internet everyone is equal. That a personal website or a small businesses web site is on equal footing with the largest multinational corporations. It was the founding principle of the Internet. Large corporate interests now want to change that.

They already control your Internet connection and now want to use that gatekeeper status to be able generate more income for themselves by charging content providers for faster access to your Internet connection. If you speed up some, it goes without saying that you must slow down others. Net Neutrality is important to ensure that small independent sites like Clarksville Online can continue to compete and provide an important alternative voice to corporate media.

Clarksville, TN will not be at the mercy of these corporations with alternatives available like CDE’s Fiber to the Home service which is coming soon.

PBS’s program NOW did a show on this important subject. Lets take a look. «Read the rest of this article»

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Passion for God, Compassion for People

By David W. Shelton | March 29, 2007 |

The more I use words like “love,” I am forced to consider the reality that its definition is as subjective as it is confusing. The English language is kind of awkward with some of its words, and “love” is one of them. It has several definitions, any of which can apply.

“I love you.”

“I love you, too.”

“No, I love you like a brother.”

“Well, I love you like a mom.”

“I love you like a slice of pizza.”

“I love you like a puppy.”

“I love you like I love a good movie.”

“I LOVE you love you.”

“Huh?”

“I’m in love with you.”

“But I love tennis.”

“Oh, never mind.”

“Love” and its many meanings always seem to make sense to us except where our faith applies. When the word “love” becomes sanctified into the Christian faith, it takes on a rather nebulous nature that sometimes defies definition. It’s especially evident when we try to apply our common definitions to the word when used in Scripture. «Read the rest of this article»

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Dear Mr. President

By Bill Larson | March 27, 2007 |

If you wrote a letter to President Bush what would you tell him. He most likely wouldn’t read it but lets pretend for a moment that he would. What would you want him to hear about the state of the nation and the world from you. The singer Pink wrote a song in this vein. Dear Mr. President is her personal letter to the President.

I think this song is almost perfect on its own, but several people have taken the song and added their own images to it in order to deliver their own unique messages to Dear Mr. President. Lets take a look!

Video by Phillygirl

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Public Discussion On Legalizing Marijuana

By Debbie Boen | March 26, 2007 |

Whether or not to legalize marijuana will be a topic of discussion at Austin Peay State University.

The Public is invited to the debate scheduled for Wednesday, March 28th at 7 p.m., in the Morgan University Center. Ballroom.

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