Democracy Now: Buying The Republican's Language
My email to Democracy Now:
Good Grief!
When you use the language of the Republicans, puppets of the monied interests that think they rule this country, you become part of the problem.
"Eco-sabotage"? That's what the industrialists and other elites are doing to our planet!
If you were truly interested in presenting an accurate picture of reality, you would hammer hard the fact that the government is seeking the equivalent of a Soviet Union Political Show Trial, and that the people charged were in fact opposing terrorism upon humans and other living beings.
Tell me, has the primary source of funding of Democracy Now become the Republican National Committee, or like the Petroleum Broadcasting System (PBS), funded by a grant from ExxonMobil?
TLC
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Democracy Now, August 24, 2006, reported:
U.S. Judge Postpones Trial of Activists Accused of Eco-sabotage
A U.S. judge in Oregon has postponed the trial of four environmentalists facing life sentences for committing arson and sabotage. The trial was scheduled to begin in October but has been delayed, possibly until March. Defense lawyers said they needed more time to analyze tens of thousands of pages of evidence. The activists, Daniel McGowan, Jonathan Paul, Nathan Block and Joyanna Zacher, have been accused of being involved in a series of arsons done in the name of the Earth Liberation Front. The arsons resulted in widespread property damage but no one was injured in any of the fires. The government’s case rests largely on testimony from six other co-defendants. The National Lawyers Guild has accused the government of intimidating the co-defendants into become cooperating witnesses by charging them with offenses that carry life sentences. This is attorney Lauren Regan, the founder and executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center in Oregon.
Lauren Regan: Well, in these cases the people are alleged to have committed property damage -- not murder, arson. You know, if you want to call it that, call it arson, the burning of property. And as you can see, approximately five years is the average sentence. Well, these people are looking at life plus at the maximum -- life plus 1,115 years in prison for alleged crimes of arson.
Good Grief!
When you use the language of the Republicans, puppets of the monied interests that think they rule this country, you become part of the problem.
"Eco-sabotage"? That's what the industrialists and other elites are doing to our planet!
If you were truly interested in presenting an accurate picture of reality, you would hammer hard the fact that the government is seeking the equivalent of a Soviet Union Political Show Trial, and that the people charged were in fact opposing terrorism upon humans and other living beings.
Tell me, has the primary source of funding of Democracy Now become the Republican National Committee, or like the Petroleum Broadcasting System (PBS), funded by a grant from ExxonMobil?
TLC
__________________________________
Democracy Now, August 24, 2006, reported:
U.S. Judge Postpones Trial of Activists Accused of Eco-sabotage
A U.S. judge in Oregon has postponed the trial of four environmentalists facing life sentences for committing arson and sabotage. The trial was scheduled to begin in October but has been delayed, possibly until March. Defense lawyers said they needed more time to analyze tens of thousands of pages of evidence. The activists, Daniel McGowan, Jonathan Paul, Nathan Block and Joyanna Zacher, have been accused of being involved in a series of arsons done in the name of the Earth Liberation Front. The arsons resulted in widespread property damage but no one was injured in any of the fires. The government’s case rests largely on testimony from six other co-defendants. The National Lawyers Guild has accused the government of intimidating the co-defendants into become cooperating witnesses by charging them with offenses that carry life sentences. This is attorney Lauren Regan, the founder and executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center in Oregon.
Lauren Regan: Well, in these cases the people are alleged to have committed property damage -- not murder, arson. You know, if you want to call it that, call it arson, the burning of property. And as you can see, approximately five years is the average sentence. Well, these people are looking at life plus at the maximum -- life plus 1,115 years in prison for alleged crimes of arson.
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