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"In Humble Sacrifice" :)

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Glad “Today’s Word” is back.

(And Dear Lord, I miss “Calvin and Hobbes.”)

TODAY’S WORD ON JOURNALISM — Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007

“In the world of television, the massive flows of information are largely in only one direction, which makes it virtually impossible to take part in what passes for a national conversation. Individuals receive, but they cannot send. They hear, but they cannot speak. The ‘well-informed citizenry’ is in danger of becoming the ‘well-amused audience.'”
  –Al Gore, author, The Assault on Reason, 2007

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Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University

TODAY’S WORD ON JOURNALISM ©2007 is a ree “service” sent to its 1,500 or so misguided volunteer subscribers around the planet. If you have recovered and don’t want the WORD anymore, send “unsubscribe.” Or if you want to afflict someone else, send me the email address and watch the fun begin. (Disclaimer: I just quote ’em; I don’t necessarily endorse ’em. In theory, though, all contain at least a kernel of insight.) Responses, contributions and rebuttals welcome.

“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” –Tom Stoppard, playwright

Kenneth Foster Update (as of 7 p.m. Wednesday)

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Just got the following email from Hans Bennett.

Hello Everyone,

I just got off the phone (this Wed. evening) with Walidah Imarisha, a
Philadelphia journalist/activist who is there in Texas where Kenneth Foster Jr. is set to be executed tomorrow. She told me that the Board of Pardons and Parole has put off the decision regarding Kenneth until tomorrow.

It was set to respond to the appeal today, where 5 out of the 7 members have to recommend pardon, and then Governor Rick Perry has to approve it. If the
Board denies a pardon, Perry has the power to grant a 30-day stay.

Imarisha reports that supporters of Kenneth in Texas are not quite “optimistic,” but are hoping for the best because this delay of decision means that they have been extensively talking about it and are therefore taking a long time to decide.

Imarisha will call me tomorow as soon as there is anything new, and I will keep you posted.

Hoping for the best,

Hans Bennett
Abu-Jamal-News.com

Call or fax:

Those who cannot attend these are encouraged to continue faxing and calling:
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles:
Phone (512) 406-5852
Fax (512) 467-0945

Gov. Rick Perry:
Phone (512) 463-1782
Fax (512) 463-1849

Protests

Wednesday, August 29

1:00 pm to 4pm: Gather outside the Polunsky Unit in Livingston TX for a
demonstration against the deplorable, torturous conditions of the Polunsky Unit and against the double executions of John Amador, scheduled for August 29, and Kenneth Foster, set for August 30.
Polunsky Unit: 3825 FM 350 South, Livingston Texas 77351

4pm-7pm: Protest the execution of John Amador outside the Ellis Unit.
Huntsville Unit: 815 12th Street Huntsville Texas 77340

Austin, Wednesday, August 29, 5:00 PM, Governor’s Mansion (Lavaca at 11th) RALLY AND PRESS CONFERENCE FOR KENNETH FOSTER, RESPONDING TO BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES’ RECOMMENDATION TO GOVERNOR PERRY AND IN OPPOSITION TO
THE EXECUTION OF JOSEPH AMODOUR AT 6PM.

Austin, Thursday, August 30, 5:00 PM, Governor’s Mansion (Lavaca at 11th) EXECUTION PROTEST AND VIGIL Even in the eleventh hour things could turn for Kenneth. If you can’t make it to Huntsville, come out to stand with others against the execution.

Thursday, August 30:
3pm-7pm: Protest the execution of Kenneth Foster Jr outside the Ellis Unit in Huntsville Texas. Groups from all over the state will converge to stand against this injustice and demand until the very end that the State of Texas do the right thing and stop this execution.

THIS CAMPAIGN BADLY NEEDS DONATIONS: Send donations to:

Velocity Credit Union, P.O. Box 1089, Austin, Texas 78767

Account name: To Save Kenneth
Foster

Account number: 831766.1