tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.comments2019-06-02T10:16:26.671-04:00WBAIAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936175630995527213noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-45847295218985377662015-06-08T13:08:47.929-04:002015-06-08T13:08:47.929-04:00The biggest enemies of WBAI (and Pacifica in gener...The biggest enemies of WBAI (and Pacifica in general) are the folks running it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-42994957451026045262015-05-23T12:50:51.059-04:002015-05-23T12:50:51.059-04:00Thank you for your insights! This is stuff I did n...Thank you for your insights! This is stuff I did not know. <br />Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936175630995527213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-3953689204586600042015-05-22T20:53:58.069-04:002015-05-22T20:53:58.069-04:00PM thanks for your analogy regarding CA because he...PM thanks for your analogy regarding CA because he has piggybacked onto my Cousin Bessie Smith painting her as a bisexual.<br /><br />However Ruby Walker never stated anything about bisexual CA admitted that he didn't use precise words used by Ruby Walker but in essence stated that was what was said.<br /><br />Neither has CA recieved any real Grammy those attributes were given to him only it says if you're involved in music, and does something in a different field of work. Laughing the work outside his music career BESSIE has anyone heard of CA?<br /><br />Never heard of Chris Albertson he was a nobody, as stated he piggybacking onto Jazz greats. But I just want him to know before he dies himself that his book Bessie will be debunked. His single witness was Ruby Walker who was Bessie's jealous rival in my opinion. Not only was she a known gold digger changing her name to Ruby Smith to cash in on the Smith entity. <br /><br />By the time Chris Albertson got a story from her she was old and starving. Yes he paid Ruby because Ruby Walker Smith was a gold digger.smokeykeitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624305362202673745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-54170462935161595412015-05-13T08:13:44.156-04:002015-05-13T08:13:44.156-04:00If it weren't for Gary Null, BAI would have be...If it weren't for Gary Null, BAI would have been in it's current condition many years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-15584776413572792812015-02-19T18:05:47.853-05:002015-02-19T18:05:47.853-05:00The "majority" that ousted Reese is not ...The "majority" that ousted Reese is not lawful. One member of that ruling faction clings to a seat on the board, despite the Pacifica bylaws (art. 5, § 1, ¶ B) under which he has resigned because he simultaneously serves as a commissioner on Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B of the District of Columbia. <br /><br />Another de facto director, also a member of that faction, has drug convictions. Under the Anti-Drug Abuse (part of the "war on drugs," like it or not), he clings to a seat on the board, jeopardizing the issuance of all licenses and permits from the FCC to Pacifica, which could not continue broadcasting any full-scale radio without him. And that de facto director has a fiduciary duty to be loyal to Pacifica! (How can he be loyal when his very presence on the board jeopardizes Pacifica's nonprofit mission?)<br /><br />(How can a lawful vote be cast by a director of a corporation who, under its own bylaws, has resigned? Or by a director who defrauds the corporation to which he has a legal duty to be loyal, even jeopardizing its nonprofit mission by his continued presence on the board?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-58237408294500289272014-09-18T09:01:11.865-04:002014-09-18T09:01:11.865-04:00From my long standing relationship with Chippewa I...From my long standing relationship with Chippewa Indian-owned WOJB (Hayward, Wisconsin) I have faithfully followed Pacifica's contribution to the peace and justice movement. I see the problem as being due both to Goodman's ego/greed and to the Foundation's perpetual internal squabbling. It is this sordid sort of thing that keeps liberal enterprises forever marginalized. To Goodman: get off of your high horse, forgive Pacifica's debt, and treat the Foundation like you do WOJB. To Pacifica: if necessary, cut yourself loose from Democracy Now! Half of the shows are snooze fare anyway. Do what you do best. Produce stellar programming. You would be better off devoting resources to Maria Gilardin's TUC Radio. Avail yourselves of syndicated programming from the likes of Thom Hartmann, Mike Papantonio, Jeff Santos and Norman Goldman. But, do avoid Ed Schultz, who is a tool of Big Media. Bring back the Pacifica Report, for crying out loud! We need you.James Richard Baileyhttp://www.daveworld.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=12noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-88077381739962513482014-09-18T08:46:27.596-04:002014-09-18T08:46:27.596-04:00From my long standing relationship with Chippewa I...From my long standing relationship with Chippewa Indian-owned public radio station WOJB (Hayward, Wisconsin) I have faithfully followed Pacifica's contribution to the peace and justice movement. I see the problem as being equally due to Amy Goodman's ego/greed and to the Foundation's perpetual internal squabbling. It is this sordid sort of crap that keeps liberal enterprises forever marginalized. To Goodman: get off of your high horse, forgive Pacifica's debt, and treat them like you do WOJB. To Pacifica: if necessary, cut yourself loose from her and her show. Half of her programs are snooze fare anyway. Do what you are capable of. Produce stellar programming of your own. Carry syndicated programs from the likes of Thom Hartmann, Jeff Santos, Mike Papantonio and Norman Goldman. You can do without Democracy Now! I would trade Maria Gilardin's TUC Radio for DN any time. James Richard Baileyhttp://www.daveworld.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=12noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-21060361943449158752014-08-18T22:00:59.013-04:002014-08-18T22:00:59.013-04:00I just want to say that I dropped CA's blog fr...I just want to say that I dropped CA's blog from my account. For someone who piggybacks on the backs of black jazz musicians, he doesn't seem to like blacks very much. Every black person he mentions on his blog he does so with absolute disdain, at best. I became so uncomfortable reading his blog that I finally had to kick it to the curb. While I'm not black, his nastiness and hypocrisy really bothered me. BTW, I'm a huge jazz fan, and I think that CA's music really sucks! He won a Grammy? Who did he pay to get it? :PProvidenceMinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712502700717607462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-61430010517631395532014-08-08T17:41:17.303-04:002014-08-08T17:41:17.303-04:00Listen if there's one person who bends over ba...Listen if there's one person who bends over backwards for BAI it's Gary Null. I can't believe he has backed them up for this long. When a listener pays a premium they deserve what they were promised right away. I have cut them off until I see a change in customer relations. And God bless GaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-38008692868192579792014-07-08T00:44:52.195-04:002014-07-08T00:44:52.195-04:00This is the second piece I have ready quoting Gary...This is the second piece I have ready quoting Gary Null saying how much Amy Goodman is making with her corporation. The above poster is correct in all that I find. DN is a 501c3 corporation and no profit from it can go to Goodman. As we say here in Texas " I don't have a dog in this fight, but it should be a fair fight" What he is saying is wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-20949960664195975222014-06-05T17:12:38.743-04:002014-06-05T17:12:38.743-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-73835634601072461042014-05-20T20:19:08.353-04:002014-05-20T20:19:08.353-04:00Tony Norman is not considered to be holding an ele...Tony Norman is not considered to be holding an elected office, at least that is the conclusion of Judge Petrou, based on the description of the position. Summer Reese faction was in control of the board. You are splitting hairs with Hank Lamb, and yes, both sides of this conflict have been involved in dirty factional in-fighting, so the big question is, what each faction represents.<br /><br />Summer Reese is a second issue. She is an egotistical opportunist. I MYSELF, would have never hired her to do anything base don the information that she did and did not disclose to the Pacifica National Board. I would never have hired her, because I would think her to be an infiltrator either for police, or for my business competition trying to spy on my company. Het faction are self-proclaimed left-wing progressives, and yet, Rreese was involved in a tax-avoidance scam that attracted the right wing and the sovereign citizen movement type, neither particularly friendly to the Left, plus all the disclosures that she DIDN'T make, should make your hair stand on end. Hank Lamb is less paranoid and more approachable, than Uzzell, and that is a plus for any struggling foundation. The choice in Pacifica comes down to two political factions. You Pacifica National Board Majority, which favors KPFA at the expense of Pacifica, and you have the Reese faction, which has hamstrung KPFA by destroying its Morning Show, and did fatal damage to BAI by getting rid of its news department, in which they may not have had any other choice, but Reese has been damaging the local stations to prop up the National Organization, which it ran into deep debt to Democracy Now. KPFA has programming superior to the current BAI and the DC station, and to me, it is worth preserving. <br /><br />You have corruption, both financial and political, on both sides. Summer Reese faction has allowed both, Gary Null and Democracy Now! make money during the fund-raising drives. Andrew Phillips went on record to state that Gary Null took 50% cut of the money raised from the sale of his premiums. Democracy Now! too, is paid a lot of money for its content to be used during fund raising drives. Tracy Rosenberg said that they had no other choice, and that Amy Goodman is hiding behind a prominent lawyer, but the Summer Reese has not taken any real action to get out from under that contract. The big question is, who were the individuals who awarded that suicide contract to Amy Goodman. <br /><br />Have you noticed, how all of the PNB's Latino directors are on the side of the Save KPFA majority? You think that's an accident? The worst that Save KPFA will do is lease out the NYC or the DC transmitter, and will align the Pacifica more with the mainstream Democratic Party, and take their grants and run it more like NPR. The worst that Reese faction will do, will be to destroy KPFA and any other local programming and make the local stations mouthpieces for the Pacifica syndicated content. The more serious problem that the Summer Reese faction has is that is aligning the station along a commercial broadcasting model of marketing premiums to support whatever ideological vision it has. In addition, one of them (Blosdale's early postings, I think), came out with a theoretical business model of creating an internet radio network, that will reach out to millions of progressive listeners, which will be a gold mine as a progressive audience for the alternative marketers and advertisers. Aside from the fact that Gary Null's internet radio has not been a sweeping success, I'd rather have the network turned over to local political party bosses and wannabes, than one that is run by unprincipled political radicals that will turn its listener supporters into a target audience for the advertisers and marketers of the alternative products. A commercial red radio, except that by getting rid of the KPFA's Morning Show, which was too left wing for NPR, the Reese faction has shown itself to be neither really left wing, nor progressive; so what are they? Those are your choices.Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-45663923117960713292014-05-16T18:00:01.450-04:002014-05-16T18:00:01.450-04:00Thank you. I respect your integrity.Thank you. I respect your integrity.Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-13407467714581348352014-05-16T16:37:17.000-04:002014-05-16T16:37:17.000-04:00Done. Done. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-61733672117625257642014-05-16T11:33:24.154-04:002014-05-16T11:33:24.154-04:00Court order is Law. You have to obey it. Organizat...Court order is Law. You have to obey it. Organizational Darwinism or not, they ARE the board majority. Salvatore was removed by the Reese faction under the pretext of failing tome personnel inventory that is used in psychological research, and not as an employee evaluation tool, not to mention that nobody in the Reese faction, or on the BAI board is a licensed psychologist, who can properly administer psychological assessment tools. KPFA is not the problem, they have the best programming, as far as I am concerned. Why don't you post the Judge's Court Order, and then we can discuss Summer Reese board minority's ethics and morals or lack thereof. Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-8623264019978924992014-05-15T12:24:20.017-04:002014-05-15T12:24:20.017-04:00Baloney. How can DN make 1.2 million in profit a y...Baloney. How can DN make 1.2 million in profit a year when it is a non-profit corporation? Answer: it can't. Revenue generated by non-profits cannot go to shareholders...there are no shareholders in a non-profit. The $$ goes to program expenses!! DN receives 4 of 4 stars on charitynavigator for financials. Goodman's salary is 148K a year. If you think that is too much for the anchor, founder, and leader of the best news program in America, then I'm sorry but you are a fool. And this is someone that lives and works in America's most expensive city. I am truly grateful to Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales for what they do; we need them now more than ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-59286210778072372142014-04-19T00:19:19.131-04:002014-04-19T00:19:19.131-04:00Wow, so sad to hear this:( RIP Robert Knight. Go...Wow, so sad to hear this:( RIP Robert Knight. Gonna miss you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-22323963085280245432014-04-18T23:52:42.312-04:002014-04-18T23:52:42.312-04:00So true.So true.Pamela Somersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-21718331339243279192014-04-18T23:51:29.799-04:002014-04-18T23:51:29.799-04:00What beautiful thoughts. What beautiful thoughts. Pamela Somersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-62825320563775307852014-04-18T22:04:17.574-04:002014-04-18T22:04:17.574-04:00I was very saddened to hear of Robert's untime...I was very saddened to hear of Robert's untimely death. I enjoyed listening to his Knight Reports at the beginning of Flashpoints and missed it. May your journey to the stars be as beautiful as your love of them was from the ground, and may your soul stay with us and help us find our way.<br />Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775814327979793917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-83420364099563408552014-04-18T15:24:42.011-04:002014-04-18T15:24:42.011-04:00This is really sad news. Earlier this month, we lo...This is really sad news. Earlier this month, we lost another person whom I first heard on WBAI...a remarkable investigator and whistleblower...Michael Ruppert. Not a good month at all for truth seekers and those who stand for justice.mmissinglinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12313410698146026036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-50721813484406171522014-04-18T11:01:44.596-04:002014-04-18T11:01:44.596-04:00It seems so unfair, losing the likes of Robert Kni...It seems so unfair, losing the likes of Robert Knight when we need him and journalists like him the most. An unspeakable loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-82264683558516125402014-04-18T09:49:16.524-04:002014-04-18T09:49:16.524-04:00a god amongst men...joining the others gods nowa god amongst men...joining the others gods nowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806734657943408524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-51034518488201202132014-04-18T09:49:00.511-04:002014-04-18T09:49:00.511-04:00a god amongst men...joining the others gods nowa god amongst men...joining the others gods nowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806734657943408524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082497242956776294.post-20087295427887860242014-04-18T08:48:00.371-04:002014-04-18T08:48:00.371-04:00Robert was a great guy to hang with. We will miss...Robert was a great guy to hang with. We will miss himTony Papahttp://www.15tolife.comnoreply@blogger.com