Archive for December, 2004

UCC TV fallout

Thursday, December 2nd, 2004

Something must be resonating. Tonight, each of my parents mentioned (in turn) the UCC ad ban when I when I spoke with them on ordinary family business. They reported seeing a part of the clip on news (whether local or national, I forgot to ask) — and this is in a substantial city in Georgia […]

Every day is World AIDS Day

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

From a Health and Human Services site (remember that department?):

AIDS has killed more than 20 million people since the first cases were diagnosed in 1981, including 2.9 million in 2003 alone. It is estimated that 37.8 million people were infected with HIV at the end of 2003, with 4.8 million new cases that year. […]

My letter to NBC

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004

Nothing profound, but each of us ought to take a tip from the right-wing “family” crowd (and recalling old Amnesty activism days) and express our outrage to the TV powers-that-be. Sent one to CBS, too.

If you’ve not yet heard about CBS and NBC’s refusal to sell air time to the United Church of Christ, (it […]