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Following are just a few sources are located on "the internet." I'm not sure who owns them but I do know they do not toe the part line. Whether you think they are valid or not, they ARE out there.

http://www.motherjones.com/
http://www.theguardian.com/us
http://www.kpfk.org/

http://google.com/search?q=Pacifica+KPFA+KPFK+WBAI+WPFW+KPFT
Listener-supported; no corporate ads/underwriting/censorship. Pretty much anything they have is stuff you won't get elsewhere.
http://www.kpfk.org/programs/programschedule.html#ja-content

"Democracy Now" is one program that my affiliate carries.

Something that is very applicable to this discussion is "Counterspin" produced by FAIR.org (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting). It is an analysis of the omissions, distortions, and outright lies by the corporate media in the previous week. I get it from the KPFK audio archive.
http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/

Ian Masters' Sunday - Thursday interview program is a don't-miss item for me.

Terrence McNally's "Free Forum" on Sunday is very much a think-outside-the-box thing.

gewg_

http://google.com/search?q=Pacifica+KPFA+KPFK+WBAI+WPFW+KPFT
Listener-supported; no corporate ads/underwriting/censorship. Pretty much anything they have is stuff you won't get elsewhere.
http://www.kpfk.org/programs/programschedule.html#ja-content

"Democracy Now" is one program that my affiliate carries.

Something that is very applicable to this discussion is "Counterspin" produced by FAIR.org (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting). It is an analysis of the omissions, distortions, and outright lies by the corporate media in the previous week. I get it from the KPFK audio archive.
http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/

Ian Masters' Sunday - Thursday interview program is a don't-miss item for me.

Terrence McNally's "Free Forum" on Sunday is very much a think-outside-the-box thing.

gewg_

The police already fire on citizens

And there are angry protests when they do.

Not to mention that in some states, you can't even own semi-automatics, let alone machine guns

No problem, weapons are bought across the stateline. And resistance can just take the weapons of those they capture or kill. Actually when I was in the Army we joked about taking the enemy's AK47 when we came across one, our M16's were prone to jambing whereas you could ram an AK47 into the dirt and it's still fire ok.

Falcon

KCRW is good at times, though it too often feels like their selling artists on behalf of the labels. Thanks for plugging KPFK (I'm a programmer there), but the only music show I really enjoy is Travel Tips for Atzlan, which airs when I'm not driving. I used to love KXLU, but its coverage is horrible.

It goes to show the immense influence government agents have over mainstream media. The biggest lie of this decade is that the media is liberal. In the televised news world, CNN is also known to be heavily influenced by government agents, and Fox News is a lost cause.

The Memory Hole should be rewarded for their vigilance against lies from mainstream media. Sadly, most people think that mainstream media will protect them from government abuse by reporting on those abuses. Yet, Time has proven that as a corporate animal it is obviously too immature to ensure its own good conduct. What we need is a news organization that operates on democratic, not strictly capitalistic principles. Raw capitalism is fine for most organizations. But, news, worthy news, is not one of them. A democratic organization must be behind the news broadcast or print, not a bottom-line oriented organization. Think of Ben Franklin as the person who started a newspaper for the cause of man, not the image of Ben on that greenback which has the ability to alter the truth so readily.

Get your democratic news here and here.

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What the US needs first is a publicly funded broadcasting corporation that is at an arms length of government and receives no funding from the private sector. This is the only way to ensure media independence as the number of "media outlets" strink.

How aboutPacifica Radio! Not funded by government or corporate sponsors, just listeners. So they can (and do) say what they want. They have a few shows that are real gems, like Digital Village, and The Car Show right afterward. There's a lot of crap too, but it's great to have these voices represented somewhere. One of the most amusing was an organic gardening call-in show, which always turned into a discussion about how to grow pot. Damn hippies!

Pacifica/KPFK has a sister station in the Bay Area (KPFA), and I think one in Washington DC as well.

woo hoo! glad that here in LA the 'left-wing masses' have a few more choices which, fortunately, rarely play The Cure.

KPFK a pacifica station. they don't take any corporate funding and are completely free from the government (uh, except for the FCC)

KXLU which is a decent good college radio station

KILL! (corporate) RADIO well, it's web only but it's a cool project started by the LA Independent Media Center and RE:Generation TV. very 'college radio' style but has some great shows (and they occasionally play the cure)

KCRW the NPR/PRI station with some good shows (chocolate city!) but mostly i don't like the music. but at least i can agree with the format...

but that doesn't mean that i won't complain about radio here -- community radio licenses are not available here as they are in some other cities. community radio licenses were to enable underserved communities the ability to broadcast using a 10 to 100 watt transmitter. it was strongly opposed by NPR (of course, it would be a strong alternative)

and the LA 'hip hop' stations plays only gangsta rap -- there is A LOT of good hip hop and rap out there (well, i like it) that doesn't have anything to do with benzes, ho's, or fo'ties.

First, I'd like to say thanks for making the post, jaxn. It's good that you're honest and open.

Your story hits home for me--I really believe that addiction can happen to anyone. I've had a lot of good friends that were addicts. And they are great people (as long as they don't use drugs).

While some people are much more susceptible, anyone can become an addict. It might not be drugs--it can be an addiction to shopping, to eating, to sex, to sports, to the Internet, to computers... It's worth taking a long hard look at yourself to see if you are addicted to anything. Honestly, I think that "positive addictions" are damaging too (just not as much or in the same way). Anything that drives you, that come in between being fully conscious and aware of your actions is ultimately going to cause pain and suffering.

Having an "addictive personality" isn't very far from having an "obsessive personality", and I'm sure a lot of people here can relate. "Obsessive" certainly describes me. I'm not obsessive about everything, or all the time, but it's an issue. It's a bigger problem when I get tired or stressed out. I've know that I'm fairly obsessive-compulsive, but it hasn't been until recently that I've really started to look at the impact of it in my life. And it's made a huge impact.

The best treatment for me is to exercise a bit and, most importantly, to meditate regularly. I've been into meditation since I was about 12 years old, but I didn't start to really practice until I was about 18. Even then, I didn't do it regularly or consistently enough. Recently I've gone through a divorce and that motivated me to take a good hard look at myself and my life so far. One of the results of that is I've begun a much more regular meditation practice.

(For those of you who are interested in such things, the best teacher I've found is Shinzen Young. He used to teach at a college, and does the best job I've heard translating esoteric eastern spiritual philosophy into something I can understand. He also one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life. He has some talks freely available on his web site, some cassettes you can buy, and, if you can get Kpfk (90.7 FM, in Los Angeles, CA), they usually play his talks on Thursday night after midnight (Kpfk also has a web cast). I highly recommend checking him out. If anyone would like more info re: Shinzen, please mail me.)

Meditation also has some great health and pain management aspects. Shinzen's "Break Through Pain" set is perhaps the best thing I've found to help deal with physical pain. And formal sitting can be good for your back.

First, I'd like to say thanks for making the post, jaxn. It's good that you're honest and open.

Your story hits home for me--I really believe that addiction can happen to anyone. I've had a lot of good friends that were addicts. And they are great people (as long as they don't use drugs).

While some people are much more susceptible, anyone can become an addict. It might not be drugs--it can be an addiction to shopping, to eating, to sex, to sports, to the Internet, to computers... It's worth taking a long hard look at yourself to see if you are addicted to anything. Honestly, I think that "positive addictions" are damaging too (just not as much or in the same way). Anything that drives you, that come in between being fully conscious and aware of your actions is ultimately going to cause pain and suffering.

Having an "addictive personality" isn't very far from having an "obsessive personality", and I'm sure a lot of people here can relate. "Obsessive" certainly describes me. I'm not obsessive about everything, or all the time, but it's an issue. It's a bigger problem when I get tired or stressed out. I've know that I'm fairly obsessive-compulsive, but it hasn't been until recently that I've really started to look at the impact of it in my life. And it's made a huge impact.

The best treatment for me is to exercise a bit and, most importantly, to meditate regularly. I've been into meditation since I was about 12 years old, but I didn't start to really practice until I was about 18. Even then, I didn't do it regularly or consistently enough. Recently I've gone through a divorce and that motivated me to take a good hard look at myself and my life so far. One of the results of that is I've begun a much more regular meditation practice.

(For those of you who are interested in such things, the best teacher I've found is Shinzen Young. He used to teach at a college, and does the best job I've heard translating esoteric eastern spiritual philosophy into something I can understand. He also one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life. He has some talks freely available on his web site, some cassettes you can buy, and, if you can get Kpfk (90.7 FM, in Los Angeles, CA), they usually play his talks on Thursday night after midnight (Kpfk also has a web cast). I highly recommend checking him out. If anyone would like more info re: Shinzen, please mail me.)

Meditation also has some great health and pain management aspects. Shinzen's "Break Through Pain" set is perhaps the best thing I've found to help deal with physical pain. And formal sitting can be good for your back.

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