Beverly "HeadON with Bob Kincaid" 3/9/07 headonradionetwork.com

Beverly from Mississippi's first hand accounts of FEMA Funding "Stories" on "HeadON with Bob Kincaid" 3/9/07 headonradionetwork.com

Monday Maher -General Eaton from 3/9/07

Maj.General Paul D. Eaton tells it like it is!

Sarge n ElayneBoosler 3/8 "TheStephanieMillerShow" (Audio)

Link: Sarge's column from Mississippi by "Ann "

Click the Evoca 'Play' button to hear Sarge's call and Elayne's commentary

Wow! "Ugly Rumours--War (What Is It Good For?)" #21 on Brit Charts

Blair anti-war song hits charts
By Robert Dex, Evening Standard 05.03.07
Tony Blair has finally become a rock star - whether he likes it or not.

An anonymous group of session men have called themselves Ugly Rumours, the name of the Prime Minister's band from his student days, and entered the charts at No 21.

They have released a cover version of Edwin Starr's Seventies soul classic War, complete with the refrain: "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing".

The song accompanies a YouTube video poking fun at the PM which has been downloaded by thousands of fans and has snowballed into an anti-war protest.

Music producer Ben Gray, 34, from Fulham, enlisted Mr Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth and Respect MP George Galloway to play police officers who arrest a Blair look-a-like.

Mr Gray said: "I was kicking round the idea with a friend and when we hit on War it just seemed appropriate."

Release of the song was held up so it will be in the charts on 19 March - the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

Rebuke BUSH

Rebuke Bush: Still The Proper Stance from Humid City v2.3 by Loki

Well, I went to the protest against Bush along with Jac and D from Defend New Orleans. We met up with still and video cameras at an intersection just off Napoleon and Freret. Dissenters, as is usual Bush policy, were kept a good two blocks from the site.

Now there is a good side and a bad side to the efforts this afternoon. The bad side was the protest itself. I have seen high school classrooms with more people in them. There were a few people from the neighborhood, a smattering of random folks, a handful of media, several Common Ground kids, and a boatload of cops. The rain couldn’t decide if it wanted to attend or not.
There was a megaphone going around (yes, adrastos, I took a turn, you missed out), and there were a couple of old ladies going to town with it. Unfortunately a number of the kids got ahold of it as well. For the most part they engaged in taunting the police and saying “fuck,” repeatedly at top volume and in varying permutations. All in all not a lot was accomplished there, which is hardly unusual for protests.The good side of all this is the incredible spreading of the meme. The prior posting was picked up, thanks to Scout Prime at First Draft, by an incredible array of sites throughout the blogosphere. I can hear search engines ratcheting upwards even now. “New Orleans Rebukes George Bush,” is a meme that is spreading far and wide. I am quite happy with that.

I am also happy to see the amount of discussion this has generated. From Scroeder’s eloquent and constructive approach to some of the pro Bush comments suddenly turning up in the original post’s comments (quite a dialogue going on there still, feel free to join in). I know to many this is a moot argument, polarizing at best and violently stupid at worst. I just cannot let the issue go.

There are 122 levees scattered across the US that the Corps has declared unsafe. After the past eighteen months I have come to feel that no one should have to go through what we have. No one. I don’t care if it is some bonehead who rails against us and is oblivious to the facts or not. The only way to prevent this is bring accountability back into the equation at the governmental level. The only way to do that is propogation of information and opening of dialogue.

Disclosure: I have run across a few that belive me to be the author. I am not. As far as I know I posted it first but it was a press release that was circulating through many local e-lists. Author unknown. Hat tip to Editor B. for sending it my way.

EDIT: pictures are here

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Sarge on "Action Point" 2/25/07 3pEastern

Action Point

with Cynthia Black A Meaningful Production Sunday 12 - 1 PM Pacific Live Listen Link : http://aaphx.com/stream.php 1480 KPHX - NovaMRadio Fighting Problems Not People continues as the Action Point strategy for staying on track to "Win Not Whine" right through 2007!! Join me for exciting interviews with the unexpected movers and shakers creating politcs as unusual, THE PALAST REPORT and more!! 02-25-2007: The Gulf Coast Mission, a new effort shaping up to address the needs and news of the Katrina-ravaged environs of the Mississippi Gulf Coast region, is a grass-roots vision shaping up before our very eyes. Join me this Sunday as I interview and hear the stories of some who are shaping the form of this effort: Sean Ryan, "Sarge", Norma and Jim Yantze. What did motivated men and women, using the means at their own hands, accomplish? How has that experience changed them? What do they hope to do next? How can you get involved? Guests 2/25/07: Sarge Phelps, Sean Ryan, Jim Yancey & Norma of Jackson County Community Services Coalition and more ( http://unreportednews.net or Action Point for audio archive) Sponsored By:

Protesters Pan War, Salute Ivins

Protesters pan war, salute Ivins Jessie Faulkner/The Times-Standard Article Launched: 2/20/2007 04:28 AM PST « 1 » Noisemakers heed advice of late columnist EUREKA -- Molly Ivins would have been proud. About 50 anti-war protesters and admirers of the feisty late newspaper columnist gathered in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse on Monday to beat out their opposition to the Iraq War. On Jan. 11, in one of her last columns, Ivins called upon her readers and all Americans to take action to stop the war. ”We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!” D. Joy Porsley took Ivins' message to heart, urging North Coast residents to come to the courthouse at noon on Presidents Day with their kettles to make a noise against the ongoing Iraq war and pay tribute to the late columnist. Ivins succumbed to breast cancer Jan. 31 in Austin, Texas. The clanging, which could heard more than a block away, drew repeated honks of support -- and at least one expletive -- from motorists on Fifth Street. Those not beating the tarnation out of the bottom of a spaghetti pot were waving signs that ranged from Ivins' call to “Stop it, now” to “Leave Iraq” to “Bring Them Home.” Several other bedsheet-sized banners noted “I do not Consent" “Open Your Eyes -- Break Your Chains,” “America Wake Up” and more. The crowd stretched along Fifth Street provided a civics lesson for at least a few younger protesters, including 5 1/2-year-old Jack Angles of Arcata, who was attending his second protest -- his first was as a wee babe in a backpack. Accompanied by his mother, Julie Angles, the young man was more than willing to play two pot lids like cymbals at Monday's gathering. The elder Angles, who described herself as a “big fan of Molly Ivins,” said she and her son were there to honor the columnist's wish. Davey Jain, 7, of Arcata, had a specific intent in mind: “to stop the war.” It was echoed by his friend Anson Baker-Berry, 8, also of Arcata. Davey's younger sister, Elyse Jain, 5, couldn't quite verbalize her motivation other than to bury her face against the home-penned sign on green posterboard that urged everyone to “Remember Molley (sic),” and “Don't fight, Just Play.” While all were serious in their anti-war sentiments, the ability to make noise -- and lots out it -- brought out the playfulness in some, who expanded their wooden-spoon banging to garbage cans, ash trays and each others' pots all the while bopping a bit. Porsley, who organized Monday's gathering, said she very pleased with the turnout and support for Ivins' message. ”One of the reasons I wanted to do this,” she said, “was Molly Ivins was a straight shooter. She made me want to become a political activist. She knew her voice was going to be silenced, but I don't think her message should be. The best way to support our troops is to bring them home.” Hovering close to share their sentiments, others praised Ivins' work and call to action. ”(She had a way) of saying the truth with incredible humor so everybody could swallow it,” Arcata resident Maureen Kane said. “Even the people who didn't want to hear it.” Monday's anti-war effort began in front of U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson's Third Street office, where a small but growing contingent of protesters have been gathering each Monday morning for the past seven weeks, sometimes in the rain. Redwood Peace & Justice Center board member Dave Meserve said one of the objectives has been to urge the congressman to support U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey's H.R. 508, which would remove all U.S. troops and contractors from Iraq within six months while providing Iraqis with assistance for reconstruction and stabilization. The 10-member Redwood Peace and Justice Center board of directors voted this weekend to support H.R. 508, Meserve said. ”We recognize that Mike Thompson has been opposed to the war throughout,” Meserve said, but the hope is the congressman will take a stronger stand. Jessie Faulkner can be reached at 441-0517 or jfaulkner@times-standard.com.

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The World CAN'T WAIT! Join "TheCall" and Student Strikes 2/15

Student Strike Against the War Feb. 15 What are you going to do that day?
From UC - Santa Barbara students: "We want to challenge our generation to put an end to the U.S. conquest of Iraq. If we really want to affect policies we need to withdraw our compliance and stop business as usual." read more
Howard Zinn statement in support of strike
Vanderbilt, UC - Davis, Sonoma State, Mills College, Georgia State University, UC - Berkeley, Columbia Univ., SF State, U of North Carolina - Greensboro, Occidental College, Columbia College, & more all taking part in Feb. 15

Emergency Summit to Impeach Bush for War Crimes Feb. 17-18
It's time for the people to put impeachment back on the table! Come to NYC this weekend to make it happen. The whole Bush program must be thoroughly repudiated by removing Bush from office before his term expires. Otherwise, the whole direction he has taken society will be condoned, legitimated, and made permanent.
Resource Page on Impeachment
Howard Zinn: "Impeachment by the People"

Make Driving Out the Bush Regime the Mission of This Generation:
Campus speaking tour featuring Liam Madden & Sunsara Taylor [watch video]
Organize 100 teach-ins this semester: "The Bush Agenda. Understanding It. Stopping It."

March on the Pentagon March 17

c/o freepress Media Reform Daily 2/13/07

Building a Conversation, One Radio Show at a Time From New York Times, February 13, 2007 By Felicia R. Lee

At a gathering here [Hampton, Va.] Saturday of roughly 10,000 people who came for a conversation concerning the problems confronting blacks, Tom Joyner, the conference co-host, told the audience he had been “ready to be angry” as he took a tour about the Jamestown settlement nearby and thought of slave ships. What he experienced instead, he said, was not anger but something akin to his feelings about mainstream media coverage of blacks: a story certainly not from a black perspective.

“We’ve got to stop going to other people to get what we need,” Mr. Joyner told the predominantly black audience, here for “State of the Black Union,” an annual event, held this year at Hampton University in conjunction with the 400th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the first permanent English colony at Jamestown.

For the past 13 years, Mr. Joyner has been the host of “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” which is dedicated to offering what he thinks blacks need: an unfiltered conversation about black life and black issues from a black perspective. Far less known outside African-American communities than other radio talk-show hosts like Rush Limbaugh or Howard Stern, Mr. Joyner has an estimated eight million listeners in a given week in the roughly 120 markets where his show is syndicated, making it the nation’s largest black-oriented radio show.

Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Democrat of Illinois, said that black radio was “probably the most central vehicle for communicating with the masses of African-Americans.” And within that niche, he continued, Mr. Joyner’s show is “the pre-eminent vehicle.”

Unlike Mr. Stern or Mr. Limbaugh, Mr. Joyner does not aspire to shock his audience or to hammer home a partisan position. In Mr. Joyner’s town square on the radio five mornings a week (with a recap on Saturdays offering highlights of the week’s shows), the conversation ranges from speculation about the White House to jokes about Whitney Houston. His guest list in the last year has included former President Bill Clinton; the actors Will Smith and Jamie Foxx; Senator Barack Obama of Illinois; the singers Lionel Richie and Aretha Franklin; the comedian Bill Cosby; the scholars Cornel West and Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker; and Bishop T. D. Jakes, the televangelist.

Mr. Joyner’s show blends such interviews with radio staples like news, sweepstakes and comedy. There’s a “cash call contest” and a humorous soap opera called “It’s Your World,” about a fictional, prosperous all-black town. The four-hour show also includes news analysis with Jacque Reid and celebrity news with Jawn Murray. Mr. Joyner’s site, BlackAmericaWeb.com, includes news, surveys and games.

As Martin Luther King’s Birthday approached last month, Mr. Joyner and his crew — which includes Sybil Wilkes, a newscaster, and the comedians J. Anthony Brown, “Ms. Dupre” and Myra J., who delivers tongue-in-cheek tips to single moms — joked on the air that listeners should remember to wish their white colleagues a happy holiday.

Mr. Joyner has had his share of setbacks, of course. He has failed to make a go of it in either Los Angeles or New York, the biggest markets in radio. His comedy-variety television series, “The Tom Joyner Show,” which was syndicated in 2005 in more than 100 markets, including New York, lasted only one year; Mr. Joyner blamed production costs for its demise.

Some critics say Mr. Joyner’s emphasis on his core audience — mostly female, middle-aged and middle-class — has led him to neglect certain issues. “A lot of issues on the younger end don’t get touched,” Paul Porter, a founder of Industry Ears, a research group dedicated to promoting justice in the media, said of Mr. Joyner’s radio show. Mr. Porter said that Mr. Joyner had largely missed the debate over the misogyny and violence found in the lyrics of some rap music. “There are topics he can’t discuss because of the advertisers,” Mr. Porter speculated.

Still, some people believe that Mr. Joyner is poised for greater visibility. Donna Brazile, the Democratic political strategist, is among them. “He is the black version of Rush Limbaugh, but he’s a lot different,” she said, in a telephone interview. “Rush Limbaugh speaks only to conservatives, the true believers. Joyner crosses over all the lines in the black community.”

Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of black popular culture at Duke University and the director of the university’s Institute of Critical U.S. Studies, said: “I think you could make the argument that he’s the most important black man in black America. There are 32 million African-Americans and he reaches about one in four. He’s impacting people in their cultural quarters and in their everyday lives.”

Mr. Joyner, a husky, soft-spoken man with a Southern accent, demurs that he is merely a disc jockey who “superserves” his market: he has dispensed more than $3 million to nearly 2,000 contest winners since 2004 and $55 million since the Tom Joyner Foundation began in 1998 to help students at predominantly black colleges. His hot-button issues are quality education, jobs and the economy, health care and, lately, supporting the servicemen and women stationed overseas who call in to his show. He tells them that he hopes they come home from Iraq soon.

Unlike more strident pundits, Mr. Joyner does not tell listeners what to think. But what Mr. Joyner calls his “air advocacy” is on display, especially when he joins with Tavis Smiley, the media personality and editor of the best-selling book “The Covenant With Black America,” who offers twice-weekly commentary on Mr. Joyner’s show. Over the years, the two have led a number of campaigns. They pressured the owner of some slave artifacts to donate them to a museum instead of putting them up for bid at Christie’s auction house. They pushed for the Congressional Gold Medal for Rosa Parks , which she received in 1999.

Mr. Smiley said he came up with the idea for Mr. Joyner’s “Sky Shows” around the country (so named because Mr. Joyner flies in from his Dallas base to preside over them), which regularly draw large crowds. The free four-hour programs, like a recent one in Greensboro, N.C., can include a dance contest, performances by singers and comedians, pleas for voter registration and the presentation of checks to college students, all broadcast live to Mr. Joyner’s affiliates.

It is a measure of Mr. Joyner’s cultural and political capital that he was the co-host of Mr. Smiley’s annual State of the Black Union meeting in Hampton. Mr. Joyner received a standing ovation as he walked onstage and introduced panelists; later, he encouraged audience members to call friends to watch the C-Span broadcast of the event. The gathering attracted a Who’s Who that, among many others, included Bruce Gordon, the president and chief executive of the N.A.A.C.P.; Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund; the Rev. Jesse Jackson; and Chuck D., who founded the rap group Public Enemy.

It was a day of wide-ranging conversations, on everything from the racial identity of Senator Obama — who officially declared his candidacy for president that day — to the generation divide to cobbling together a black agenda in the post-civil-rights era. Much of the focus concerned the Feb. 1 release of “The Covenant in Action,” a companion volume to “The Covenant With Black America,” which Mr. Smiley promoted on Mr. Joyner’s show last year.

“These guys know black culture,” Representative Jackson, who has been a guest on the Joyner show, said. “They know black politics. They can switch from levity to defining issues and views for the average African-American in a way the 6 o’clock news cannot.”

Asked what he sees as his role in the 2008 election, in which the African-American vote is seen as critical, Mr. Joyner said, “We’re going to drive people to register to vote, we’re going to drive people to vote, and we’re going to keep those issues that affect us in the face of any of the candidates who are running.”

“Black radio is the only thing I’ve ever done,” said Mr. Joyner, who grew up in Tuskegee, Ala. (He does not give his age, but various sources list him as being in his late 50s.) He said he got his first break in the business in his hometown, when a local white-owned radio station set aside time each Saturday for black music; he volunteered to be the disc jockey.

Now Mr. Joyner, who lives in Dallas with his wife, Donna Richardson Joyner, has brought his family into his businesses: one son, Oscar Joyner, 32, is the president and chief operating officer of Reach Media Inc., his media company, while the other, Thomas Joyner Jr., 33, is the president and chief executive of his foundation.

Amy Alexander, a media critic who is writing a book on blacks and media, questioned Mr. Joyner’s penchant for having advertisers sponsor many of his contests and initiatives, however much good they do. Southwest Airlines sponsors the Sky Shows, for example. “He’s mixing a philanthropic tip with really rank commercialism,” Ms. Alexander said.

In response, Mr. Joyner said: “I’m just a D.J., but what I know is that last I checked, black people spend more than $600 billion annually. It seems to me that it just makes good business sense for advertisers to use black media to reach black consumers.” Reach Media has annual advertising revenues of $25 million, most from the radio show, according to company executives.

At the conference here on Saturday, Mr. Joyner reveled in the crowd’s enthusiasm for the way he brings home his message. “It is the perfect event at the perfect time for our people,” he said in an interview, noting his appearance on a historically black campus at a convocation center located on Emancipation Drive. “We can tell the story of Jamestown from our perspective and the story of this upcoming election in our own way. That’s what I do.”

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Major Paul Hackett on The SMS 2-8-07 Re: "Newsom Twosome"

Oopss... starts with an answer I don't really agree with regarding Ehren Watada... (you can scroll through the soundbite using the 'Evoca' player...no install is needed to hear or use this feature)
Then...well, this is a test to see if you listen to the clip ...and secondly...if you respond. ( If you have a mic installed...push the red "REC" button and "Stop" when you're done--you can listen to the comment before you send...but please don't forget to "Send"...with or without a typed comment.

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JOHN LENNON GIMME SOME TRUTH 2007

Truth! Beautiful in horrible, graphic detail the saga of ... well... "us"--
... (includes footage referred to in "Hey Congressman-Nice Shot")...

Rocky Anderson 1-27-07

Still Speaking the TRUTH!!! Last time it was when Bush came to his town... this time HE was in DC! Just awesome since he's not a latecomer to calling shrub the liar/criminal he is!

Some Good News for Journalists !

Lt. Watada prosecutors surrender on journalist subpoenas
 Charges for speaking to the press dropped
Courage to Resist. January 29, 2007 

Army prosecutors of Lieutenant Ehren Watada, the first military officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq, surrendered today on two charges of “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.”

These two charges—each of which carried a one year possible prison sentence—were based on interviews Lt. Watada held with independent journalist Sarah Olson and Greg Kakesako of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. In dropping these charges, and dismissing the subpoenas of these journalists, the Army likely realized that it had little to gain from a building showdown with the media.

With these two charges dropped, Lt. Watada legally acknowledged, or “stipulated,” that he did in fact make all of the statements he had been charged with.
Independent journalist led campaign to oppose subpoenas

Oakland-based independent journalist Sarah Olson was the first journalist to interview Lt. Watada. When she learned that the military intended to subpoena her to testify against her source in order to prosecute a dissenting opinion, she let her objections be know.

“It is stunningly ironic that the Army seeks my testimony – the testimony of a journalist – in a case against free speech itself. What could be more hostile to the idea of a free press than a journalist participating in the suppression of newsworthy speech?” wrote Sarah Olson in a widely published op-ed.


Sarah Olson, on assignment for the CBC, interviews war resister Pablo Paredes in LA, March 2006. Photo by Yasemin Kasim.
In recent weeks the National Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, PEN American Center, Military Reporters and Editors, and individuals such as legendary talk-show host Phil Donahue, authors Noam Chomsky and Gloria Steinem, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sydney Schanberg have rallied to back her objections. Thousands of reporters, authors, and concerned individuals signed a petition calling on the Army to “dismiss the subpoena of journalist Sarah Olson.”

Sarah Olson learned that she will not have to make a choice between six months imprisonment on the order of a military judge for contempt of court, and compromising what she stands for as a journalist.

“This should be seen as a victory for the rights of journalists in the U.S. to gather and disseminate news free from government intervention, and for the rights of individuals to express personal, political opinions to journalists without fear of retribution or censure. I am glad the growing number of dissenting voices within the military will retain their rights to speak with reporters. But I note with concern that Lt. Watada still faces prosecution for exercising his First Amendment rights during public presentations,” noted Sarah Olson today.
Lt. Watada acknowledges political statements

In exchange for these two charged being dropped, Lt. Watada legally acknowledged (or “stipulated”) that he did in fact make all of the statements he had been charged with.

Lt. Watada’s lawyer, Eric Seitz of Honolulu, said today, “From the beginning, the Army has been heavy handed about controlling the media, and going after Lt. Watada for his speech. The Army shouldn’t have charged these in the first place. We were willing to stipulate to these statements because he did make them, and he had the right to do so. Nor did we want to see journalists face prison by the Army.”

Two remaining speech crimes of “conduct unbecoming” remain.


Lt. Watada at the VFP National Convention 9/12/06
One charge for Lt. Watada’s moving presentation to hundreds of military veterans at last year’s national Veterans for Peace convention held in Seattle. Specifically, the Army took offense to this section:

“Today, I speak with you about a radical idea. It is one born from the very concept of the American soldier (or service member). It became instrumental in ending the Vietnam War - but it has been long since forgotten. The idea is this: that to stop an illegal and unjust war, the soldiers can choose to stop fighting it.”

The second charge covers Lt. Watada’s pre-recorded video statement shown at a Tacoma, Washington press conference on June 7, 2006. This was the first time Lt. Watada publicly expressed his opposition to the Iraq War.

As these statements where video taped, and are currently widely available via YouTube.com, ThankYouLt.org and other websites, Lt. Watada’s stipulation that he made these statements is of little consequence. During Lt. Watada’s January 4 pre-trial hearing, it was noted that a crime lab had already authenticated the recording of his Seattle speech.

“There is nothing wrong with the statements Lt. Watada made. There is simply no offense,” stated attorney Eric Seitz to military judge Lieutenant Colonel John Head in his opening remarks during last month’s hearing. “Attempting to prosecute these types of statements raise significant constitutional problems.”

“Lt. Watada’s speech was offensive to the military,” and as such was illegal, retorted Army prosecutor Captain Daniel Kuecker.
Anti-war activists remain under subpoena


Subpoenaed activist Phan Nguyen speaks out in Tacoma. 1/3/07
Although the military has dismissed the subpoenas of journalists, Veterans for Peace Seattle Chapter organizers Tom Brookhart and Gerri Haynes, and Olympia-based anti-war organizer Phan Nguyen remain under order to testify against Lt. Watada.

Tom Brookhart and Gerri Haynes came to the attention of Army prosecutors for their role in organizing the VFP National Convention in August. Phan Nguyen, a member of the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, was the moderator of a number of press conferences and rallies this summer regarding Lt. Watada and the support his stand against illegal war has generated.

With Lt. Watada now formally acknowledging the remaining statements in question, the only rational the Army could now have for dragging these prominent anti-war organizers into a military court is to intimidate the peace movement.

In fact, when Army prosecutor Captain Kuecker first contacted Phan Nguyen in December all of his questions focused on the behind the scenes workings of the regional anti-war movement. “Kuecker basically demanded that I name the names of any key organizers that had anything to do with the public support campaign created to support Lt. Watada,” explained Nguyen. “They are clearly on a political fishing expedition. Unless we fight back, this could have a chilling effect on anti-war organizing at a time when we have to step up to end the war.”
Amid protest, February 5 court martial

Lt. Watada’s court martial is scheduled to begin Monday, February 5 at Fort Lewis, Washington. He still faces a charge of missing movement, and two remaining charges of “conduct unbecoming” for public statements critical of President Bush and the Iraq occupation war. A series of events are planned for the Fort Lewis area to “stand with Lt. Watada,” including an all day vigil and two rallies outside of Fort Lewis on February 5.

Report and photos by Courage to Resist organizer Jeff Paterson

Sarge's Theme Song With a Tear-jerker Video

"One Tin Soldier" by Coven



(by Lambert-Potter, sung by Coven)
Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.

On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.

Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.

Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it...
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Mississippi Mission

Happy, Hopeful 2007!

Thank you Sarge, Rey, Bob&Agnes, BQMassey, Cowgirl, SwimDeep, Cassie/Freckles, Sean Ryan, Both Mike's of NovaM Radio, HeadOnRadio Network-Jon,Susan,Gene,Joe,Dr.Bill, Mark,Zach,Guy,Bruce-
YOU and all involved for your "love" in action!