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Note: The recording started after the session had gotten going and we missed about the first 5-10 min. Also note that once the subcaucusing begins the audio is of little value. I left it in because there were a few questions sprinkled in there.

SDConventionTraining.mp3 in Brooklyn Park. Feb 23 2008.



Terrorist sympathizer Andy Griffith rails against Patriot Act

This is an example of linking to documents outside of the Aurora site (in this case to Boing Boing). It is no different than linking to one inside. Same syntax, just that the URL simply points to something offsite.

Golden Valley Debate 9/5/07 -closing statements:



Al Franken

Al Franken at his first Twin Cities Rally in St Louis Park. March 3, 2007.
Al's Grateful Volunteers Official Campaign Band Warmup 4/26/07
Al's Speech at St. Cloud State University 4/26/07
Al's Grateful Volunteers Official Campaign Band aftershow -Al Sings! 4/26/07



We have a number of these so here's our new BD page! Business Democrats Podcasts

Ray Krone Podcast
The 100th man to be exonerated from death row, Ray Krone tells SD46/Brooklyn Center/Brooklyn Park a gripping and terrifying story of injustice. The certainty of police and prosecutor's judgment blinded them to clearly contradictory evidence including DNA evidence. An intrepid reporter and a curious DNA technician as well as the continuous support of Ray's family and friends eventually resulted in his release and exoneration.

Rockridge Institutes's new Rockridge Nation (yes, borrowed from Steven Colbert) vidcast and podcast page brings framing to the comfort of your Lazyboy.

Amy Klobuchar vs Mark Kennedy at the State Fair
Amy Klobuchar and a cast of thousands cuts Mark Kennedy down to size at the |Senatorial Debate at the Minnesota State Fair.


Keith Olberman
Keith Olberman hits the nail on the head nightly on his Countdown show (go there for more videos). What I like is that he is eloquent but pulls no punches. He has a knack for getting at the heart of the matter -the heart that Rove and Luntz would like you to forget. He is also fearless in calling the President and his men what they are; liers and propagandists. A couple of examples and then a link to many Olberman videos.

Olberman Takes on Rumsfeld's charge that dissenters are morally and intellectually weak Nazi appeasers. (Ya know on one level you gotta love these guys for the sheer preposterousness of their evil creations)Keith's Response Sept 1/06 Alternate YouTube link

In Olberman's 911 commentary he addresses the President's shameful use of 911 for political advantage.

Now the link to more. Just a few of these and I was hooked.
Alternate YouTube Olberman Video collection link

Steven Colbert

Too much good Steven Colbert! So he now has his own page!(Click his name)

Franken Cuts O'Reilly Down to Size
The famous Book Convention video where Al Franken, master of rhetorical combat, outs Bill O'Reilly as the bonehead he is:

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2671823?loomia_si=1

I have a tangental connection here as I grew up in Hicksville NY which, like Westbury, bordered Levittown, was in fact a virtual clone of the Levittown O'Reilly claims he grew up in. Levittown is iconic to East Coasters as the first of the massive prewar housing developments that featured identical suburban homes in planned communities. $11,000 for two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a carport on a heated slab o' concrete!

O'Reilly actually grew up in the decidedly more upscale Westbury -a fact Al found out by calling O'Reilly's mom.

Barak Obama at April's annual Humphrey Day Dinner. This was a very successful fundraising night with over 2000 in attendance at at leat $125 a plate!

Russ Feingold has the "cajones" to demand censure of President Bush for illegal wiretapping and power grabbing! From the senate floor.

Al Gore's amazing speech Jan 6, 06 You haven't heard this? It should be put on DVD and distributed for free and played before every door knock or phone bank for inspiration. You will wonder what body snatcher crawled into Al's body and took him over. Where was this AL in '00? If every Democratic leader had this much chutzpa we'd win every election. DO NOT MISS THIS SPEECH!


Two interesting slices, decades apart, featuring Frank Zappa and John Stewart in this long running CNN talk show.

Frank Zappa Defends Free Speech
OK, here's something you didn't know about your Uncle Geo: as a musician, I consider Frank Zappa the best rock composer, rock band leader and rock musician of all time (and I'm sorry, but if you do not agree you haven't actually listened to his music). Something you should know about Frank Zappa, desoite his reputation for nasty lyrics and his lifetime ban from radio, he actually never used a signle cuss word in his songs and did not drink or do drugs (though he smoked like fiend.)

But many have forgotten Frank Zappa's role in defense of free speech. Interesting story, he and Tipper Gore were on opposite sides of the "rock lyrics hearings" back in the 80s but Tipper and Frank ended up becoming good friends and Tipper actually plays drums on a Dweezil Zappa album. No lie.

This Crossfire show blows me away with how well Frank foresaw what has eventually come to pass and with how comparatively mellow Novak was at the time. It is interestingly confrontational but in the more dignified way confrontations used to happen on TV and radio.

Understand also that at the time it was close enough to the waning of the counterculture that there had been an ongoing resistance to authority that is evident in both side's behavior. Frank while not the most eloquent guy around and typically a little obtuse holds his own against Novak and his original Crossfire buddies. Here ya go:

http://download.ifilm.com/qt/portal/2658805_200.mov

Another Crossfire appearance by Frank in which Zappa is asked "Are there any lyrics you wouldn't want your kids to listen to" and he deadpans "We are the World".

Special thanks to the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen

John Stewart Kills Crossfire
The President of CNN actually credited John Stewart when he cancelled the show when he agreed that Crossfire was "hurting America". It's worth it to get cable just for Stewart's Daily Show (and the Colbert Report). Particularly delicious is his comment about Tucker Carlson's apparel.

John Kills Crossfire

John Stewart on John Stewart Killing Crossfire
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2653047?loomia_si=1




American Rhetoric.com's SpeechBank hosts an amazing archive of over 5000 speeches!

Top scientists on scientific topics of the day (not necessarily political -but you can never know too much!).

http://www.nyas.org/snc/podcasts.asp?PartnerCD=BoingBoing&TrackCD=Podcasts


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