Today's New Evil
Winning? WINNING?? But... What about us Masochists??
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I posted this to Nalini's KPFKChat.org last night. (Minor editing here for clarification.)
"When confronted with a choice between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before." Mae West.
Phil Osborn
Divisiveness uber alles - as usual
Mon Jan 26 2004 10:36:41 pm
206.40.223.100
So, now I've been to three LSB events as a candidate (for the KPFK Local Station Board). At Long Beach, the 13 or so candidates waited for two hours to speak for two minutes to two people - but we did have some great conversations afterwards.
Then there was the one last week in South Central, where we actually did have a decent sized audience, altho not big enough to actually elect anyone themselves. But, it was fun and again the conversation afterward was - shorter by far - but still interesting. I got cornered by a couple of the Aztlan (sp?) candidates, who insisted that the Treaty of Guadalupe (sp?) and other various State edicts justified giving all Hispanics (and I rolled the dice before I used that word, as opposed to Mexican, Latino, etc., etc. - just to be fair...) special privileges over all other ethinicities; so, that means more Spanish-only programming if they get elected. Hey, let's just pick sides and have a brawl, folks... Whoever kicks ass gets the station. OK?
I mentioned that I was an anarchist, which should have shut them up re state edicts, which mean about as much to me as what the Pope says... but, I suppose that persistence has it's value, too.
Then there was the one yesterday in Riverside, which was nearly a repeat of Long Beach, in the sparseness of audience, but we did get several rounds of speaking our piece and some interesting positions got clarified, or muddled. And the organizers provided a very tasty lunch, surprise, surprise. Many thanks for that!
The topics discussed by the various candidates were rather widely oriented, but there were various themes that got repeated many times: Spanish language programming, affirmative action,
"When confronted with a choice between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before." Mae West.
Phil Osborn
Divisiveness uber alles - as usual
Mon Jan 26 2004 10:36:41 pm
206.40.223.100
So, now I've been to three LSB events as a candidate (for the KPFK Local Station Board). At Long Beach, the 13 or so candidates waited for two hours to speak for two minutes to two people - but we did have some great conversations afterwards.
Then there was the one last week in South Central, where we actually did have a decent sized audience, altho not big enough to actually elect anyone themselves. But, it was fun and again the conversation afterward was - shorter by far - but still interesting. I got cornered by a couple of the Aztlan (sp?) candidates, who insisted that the Treaty of Guadalupe (sp?) and other various State edicts justified giving all Hispanics (and I rolled the dice before I used that word, as opposed to Mexican, Latino, etc., etc. - just to be fair...) special privileges over all other ethinicities; so, that means more Spanish-only programming if they get elected. Hey, let's just pick sides and have a brawl, folks... Whoever kicks ass gets the station. OK?
I mentioned that I was an anarchist, which should have shut them up re state edicts, which mean about as much to me as what the Pope says... but, I suppose that persistence has it's value, too.
Then there was the one yesterday in Riverside, which was nearly a repeat of Long Beach, in the sparseness of audience, but we did get several rounds of speaking our piece and some interesting positions got clarified, or muddled. And the organizers provided a very tasty lunch, surprise, surprise. Many thanks for that!
The topics discussed by the various candidates were rather widely oriented, but there were various themes that got repeated many times: Spanish language programming, affirmative action,