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(from Rafael-alexandre Ramos:)

“American from Freedom to Fascism” by Aarron Russo ; Barack Obama as President ( but the movie is dated from the W. Bush era ( 2005-06)…

How Ironic though… ( but do they really shut you up like you guys are chatting about ? Under Obama’s presidency ? Is it a federal thing or a state thing ? ).

You know Frank, I wonder especially if when a new administration comes in, they change the bureaucrates at the same time ( or key players in the apparatus ) in Washington….

Now who said the States aren’t the land of contrast, hein ? Là tu parles !

Ouais, faudrait que j’r’garde c’te film là j’imagine

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well, it is a more complex thing than that. What I face is at the local /city level going back several years, several well publicized battles with city hall to get my shows off the public access channel in Berkeley. but there is a much bigger battle to shut down public access in general. Los Angeles Weekly had a front page expose on the subject. It is a very dark and twisted tale of how the big corporations [starting with the phone company] searched the states for politicians willing to pass a cookie-cutter bill that effectively will shut public access down. Many of the states did not go for it. But California did [and it was a Democrat who pushed it through]! And Los Angeles was the first to pull the plug.

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

Dear Frankie,

Oh no…more ‘channels’ of personal expression.

I did read your email to Annie…humm.

This has yet to happen here…but you know were a little behind on things sometimes.

Did you happen to see the film “American from Freedom to Fascism” by Aarron Russo? I just watched it the other day…if you haven’t seen it I think you might want to check it out.

Heaps of hugs to all of ya,

xo Pablo

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netflix does not have that movie.

other new rules include to have a series you have to belong to the organization which runs the station FOR THE CITY [FOR US CITIZENS!] which costs $60 a year. So now it is a club! And to get first dibs on the time slots for series, you have to use their studio and their equipment. I never have. In Los Angeles to pull the plug, they just closed the studios. In reality you don’t need a studio or expensive equipment to do shows. But the management justifies getting city money by running the studio, training people to use the expensive equipment, etc. so…

Other rules include a “Host ” [that would be me!] can’t be on two shows on the same day [I don’t know why!]. Keep in mind, they are legally prohibited from having any control over the contents of shows. It is hard to see how this doesn’t cross the line! And there is more ! I am biding my time!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore