OK, I'M SO DEPRESSED I'D LIKE TO HIDE IN BED FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
WHY DID BUSH WIN? DON'T PEOPLE HAVE ANY BRAINS??

I UNDERSTAND THE GOOD OL' BOYS IN FL. THE MANY DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE FOR KERRY BECAUSE HE ISN'T GOOD LOOKING. SOME JUST WANT WAR, ANY WAR. KILL THE MIDDLE EAST....TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

BUT JOBS-MEDICAL CARE, GAY RIGHTS, WOMENS RIGHTS??? WHY DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND? BACK TO THE DARK AGES.

ROSE RUBIO
Florida

Hello everyone,

It is with profound disappointment and sadness that I send this note. Today, the day after, we awaken, yet again, to a nation and world divided. Yesterday's election has proven beyond a doubt that America is solidly divided. We remain a nation and world in crisis. A new vision, compass, and leadership seem to await another time.

I have not, precisely, decided what I, personally, can and will do to carry on the fight to right America. But this much I know, we must continue the fight. We can not be dissuaded by the fear and rancor of those who would silence us and our message. If we are to remain a great nation, dissent, diversity, and tolerance must prevail.

Finally, I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for having read my emails over the past months. I hope you found them helpful. I wish each and everyone of you all the blessings that life has to offer. I wish you strength and comfort in the knowledge that we have fought "the good fight"; we are right to be concerned for America and our role in leading the world.

Pax vobiscum,
...mark

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" The risk of going nowhere is the greatest risk of all...
On the other side of doubt is faith
On the other side of pain lies strength [...]
On the other side of fear is love."
Joie Scott/ Richard Wold
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Mark F. Rabideau
Franktown, Colorado

George W. Bush stumbled through tonight's debate in the same way he has stumbled through his Presidency. His message of fear is misleading. His message on Iraq is based on lies. His lack of message on the erosion of our civil rights is terrifying.

Senator John Kerry stepped forward tonight with a clear message of hope for America and the World, in the same way he has stepped forward for public service all of his life. He is a man of peace who has already been tested in war. He is a Senator who has a clear record on the environment, civil rights and education.

It is now time for the American Public to step forward to put our Country back on course under a new, smarter, more compassionate administration that respects other Nations, and the intelligence and the civil rights of the American People.

Most of all, it is time to elect a President who tells us the truth.

Howard Vicini
San Francisco

Summary

The Media For America (MFA) campaign is working closely with inter-faith church groups, media educators and seniors to involve one million additional citizens in the growing public lobby for media reform by engaging them in specific activities associated with the 2004 presidential election campaign. The MFA website is constructed for use by people with no knowledge whatsoever about media reform and encourages them to support the immediate re-appointment of Jonathan Adelstein to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Background

Revelations in the past year that major news organizations have failed to adequately cover several serious issues such as the war in Iraq and further relaxation of media ownership rules have created an unprecedented opportunity to make media reform an election year issue with great implications for the revitalization of republican democracy.

Media policy, normally an obscure issue prone to special interest manipulation, has suddenly become an issue in this year’s election for three key reasons:

1. More than 2 million citizens expressed strong opposition to the FCC and Congress following the controversial 2003 media ownership ruling.
2. Citizens in ever-greater numbers are attending local meetings organized via the Internet and becoming involved in grassroots political activities.
3. Least known but most significant of all: For the first time in seventy years, not one but TWO FCC commissioners have taken a spirited stand for media rules and regulations in the public interest.

MFA was launched by John Boyer and Henry Kroll after teaming up at the National Media Reform Conference held in Madison, Wisconsin last November. After initial involvement in public affairs programs for PBS, both have extensive experience in media education, media policy reform and community outreach. For more information about them and the MFA campaign, go to www.mediareform.org.

Action Plan

MFA was established in February, 2004, to encourage many more concerned citizens to join the remarkable public lobby of roughly 3 million supporting media reform during the months before the November election by working with all members of the newly formed Public Interest, Public Airwaves Coalition (PIPAC) to re-appoint Jonathan Adelstein to a full term on the FCC.

MFA is also working with three key groups, Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC), the Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME), and Seniors For America (SFA) to:

1. Convene local meetings with members of other church groups, citizen organizations, and media activists to start a letter writing / e-mail / telephone campaign urging the reappointment of FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein.
2. Using toolkits provided by PIPAC and others, form small working groups to visit their local broadcast TV stations, cable TV companies, and radio stations seeking a formal pledge to devote more resources and airtime to covering candidates and issues in this year’s election, and find out how much money they are making on political advertising.
3. Report back their findings for Internet dissemination and discussion.
   

I'm wondering if you might want to feature a link to this site as a way for
folks to find Assisted Living communities near them.


Assisted Living Federation of America


It's a searchable directory of all those facilities that belong to the Assisted Living Federation of America; it's not comprehensive in the sense of many smaller Mom & Pop assisted living places(many of which are being renamed Board & Care Homes), but it has many, many of the newer "purpose built" AL communities.

Joe Angelelli
State College, Pennsylvania