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Mon Oct-02-06 09:05 AM
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Project "In Case I Disappear" - Will Pitt - if you don't like it, tell me |
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Edited on Mon Oct-02-06 09:48 AM by helderheid
What if all of us with web cams made a video of ourselves reading Will Pitt's "In Case I Disappeard" and uploading it to YouTube, Google Video, and Photobucket? Edited to add link: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092906J.shtml
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:34 AM
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:36 AM
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2. Does sound interesting |
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Perhaps we could just speak from the heart? :shrug:
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:39 AM
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Glad you didn't leave. I kind of freaked out when you initially said you were going to pull in your horns and become a just another nondescript citizen. I felt if they could get you to do that, then we had truly lost. Not to put that load on you, but when I saw a post of your's yesterday I was greatly heartened...
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:46 AM
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it would not be in her nature to withdraw.
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:47 AM
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8. I'm not gone yet, but don't count on me sticking around for much longer. |
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Mon Oct-02-06 11:25 AM
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Mon Oct-02-06 11:43 AM
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25. Thanks - I am just thinking about my children |
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:40 AM
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:46 AM
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7. got the name wrong - "In Case I Disappear" |
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:54 AM
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10. Thanks. I think Will should read the first paragraphs up to |
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Edited on Mon Oct-02-06 09:59 AM by Viva_La_Revolution
"Legislation passed by the Republican House and Senate, ..."
and this part... " By writing this essay, I could be deemed an "enemy combatant." It's that simple, and very soon, it will be the law. I always laughed when people told me to be careful. I'm not laughing anymore.
In case I disappear, remember this. .."
on edit: and he gets the last paragraph, cause he called dibs. :D
We can fill in the rest. :)
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:57 AM
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:45 AM
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:47 AM
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9. have not - should -thanks! |
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:55 AM
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:55 AM
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12. Dibs on the last paragraph |
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but I have no vid equipment. :)
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Mon Oct-02-06 09:55 AM
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13. Web cams are cheap! :) |
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Edited on Mon Oct-02-06 09:56 AM by helderheid
I hadn't thought about splitting in into paragraphs but that actually is a good idea! I was thinking the whole thing read by as many DUers as possible and then uploaded.
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Mon Oct-02-06 10:06 AM
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15. I'm sure someone can morph them together for us... |
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just have everyone do it against a white background.
It would be realllly good.
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Mon Oct-02-06 10:06 AM
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16. Got i-sight for Christmas, but have no idea how to use it. |
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My technical skills are pathetic. :( but a great idea!
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Mon Oct-02-06 10:12 AM
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17. I'm sure someone on DU can help us! Never heard of i-sight! |
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Mon Oct-02-06 10:22 AM
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Mon Oct-02-06 10:28 AM
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19. Be sure to send letters to the editor. |
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Here's one I sent out to the largest paper in the state.
The subject of the letter was in another field. It explained the letter was about S 3930
Why did Bush push so hard for immunity from the 1996 War Crimes Act?
More importantly for our state, why did Senator Mitch McConnell introduce such a law? It seems to me that a person that enables criminal activities or gives aid and comfort to war criminals is just as guilty as the one committing the crimes. Even if he isn't liable under international law, he has brought shame upon our great state by becoming a stooge for a man who has openly admitted to wanting to be "the dictator."
America has survived much greater threats without having to resort to dictatorial rule. Why are we so willing to surrender all power to an authoritarian ruler? Have we become a nation of cowards?
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Mon Oct-02-06 10:34 AM
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20. They're probably having secret meetings in the white house right now! |
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To discuss you guys and the grave threat you present to the Administration and what steps they need to take to "disapear you." I can see it now, Condi and Cheney arguing over whether it should be just Pitt, Condi favoring the "decapitation theory," that if you do away with the leader, the movement will fade, while Cheney holds out for a "scorched earth" policy of disappearing Pitt and all his followers.
Yup, I bet thats what they're doing.
It makes for a dramatic inner fantasy life to believe so, anyway.
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Mon Oct-02-06 10:54 AM
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Mon Oct-02-06 10:55 AM
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22. Isn't that a little melodramatic? nt |
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Mon Oct-02-06 10:57 AM
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23. Well, perhaps. However with the new law, they can in fact disappear people |
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and have our rights stripped away. Whether they would or not is an entirely other matter. Most people though do not know that the laws now allow for it. I loved Will Pitt's writing on it and thought perhaps using the only media we have to educate people wouldn't be a bad thing. MHO.
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Mon Oct-02-06 06:11 PM
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26. I have a myspace group that has formed a pact |
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Just in case this happened.
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Mon Oct-02-06 06:38 PM
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27. Would you be interested in working on this video? |
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I've seen your work :yourock:
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