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This is what Grass roots Democracy looks like part 2
by FluxRostrum
Saturday, Feb. 07, 2004 at 4:38 AM
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Primary Function Road Show 2
In St. Petersburg,
FL I attended a Pinellas County for Kucinich meeting. This official
group is showing it's diversity by reaching out to military families
with a Christmas Eve Peace vigil at McDill Air Force Base; soliciting
support from Student Government leaders at local Universities; and planning
their float entry in one of the largest Martin Luther King Day Parades
in the country. This group is relying heavily on the internet to coordinate
their activities by using secret chat rooms and a localized message
board.
In Morgantown, WV
I visited Head Shops and local Coffee Houses passing out Dennis's position
paper on the Decriminalization of Marijuana before running into
singer song writer Greg Klyma.
He's got his finger on the pulse of Health Care, the media and that
new top 40 song "911". The full interview is very informative
and entertaining.
Pittsburgh, PA was the next stop. This is where the
Road Show winds down. I visited a good friend who had previously attended
a "No War in Iraq" rally with me even though he fully supported
the war. This a very open minded man. His perspective is that of the
newly awakened, the "have to admit I was brainwashed" crowd.
The Road Show Culminates at Campaign
headquarters in Cleveland Ohio where I was allowed to run the camera
in the office area of the Live web cast New Year's Eve party. It was
a glorious way to bring in 2004. I met KucinichWatchers from The Cleveland
Scene, most of the hardworking office staff and some how managed to
NOT "officially" meet our next President. Although we did
exchange"Happy New Year's" and "See ya in Iowa's"
as he left. I was behind a camera all night but it was streaming live
so I was not able to get much usable footage.
For the last 9 days I've been holed up in Chad
Ely's basement (National Campaign Media Koochordinator) helping,
editing the Road Show and renewing my faith in mankind. I have crossed
this great country from the solitary confinement of my my computerized
dungeon in California in a very round about way; only to find another
much like me, only smarter, sitting in a better computerized dungeon
in Cleveland. Chad Ely is a dedicated and much overlooked asset to this
campaign. He has effective ideas and executes them with technical mastery
and levity of spirit. So far, I am most honored to have met him and
hope that we may remain friends and cohorts for a long time to come.
It has done my heart good to meet so many wonderfully
informed Kucinich supporters. Much love and respect to my new friends.
It is people like you who hold the fate of our country; now that I've
met you my fear ends and hope begins.
See ya in Iowa,
~solidarity
FluxRostrum
Full
Length Interviews
singer
song writer
Greg Klyma, Morgantown, WV
Windows Media 56K - 27 min.
Related
Links
Klyma.com
Timeline
of Corporate Personhood
Dept.
of Homeland Security Bill
Patriot
Act 1
Patriot
Act 2
Dennis
on Media Reform
Dennis
on Jobs
Dennis
on Gay Rights
Dennis
on National Security
Ursa
Minor
Click Here For Part 1
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