To the Dude of the Year - William Rivers Pitt

[flpeach]

William, I got this in an e-mail from Eric Francis, an astrologer who lives in France, he is very, very good. I thought I would share it with you, if you have not seen it. If you have seen it, then great, we shall share it with others. Look to the end of this for links to Francis' sites. This guy has international acclaim and is one of the best in the world, IMHO.

Dude of the Year

I nominate William Rivers Pitt, editor and lead guitarist of http://truthout.org, as Planet Waves dude of the year, an honor we have bestowed annually since 1741. Will Pitt has shown his steadfast devotion to the cause of accurate, cards-up, no bullshit, write-till-you-drop journalism; and to ingenious, low-budget, highly effective public service work through his daily web project, which gathers up the days' most relevant news stories and archives them. His own essays, published several times a week, cut to the core of the issues he touches. He is afraid of neither lies nor truth. He manages to write bestselling books at the same time, and I hear is (or at least was) a high school writing teacher. He covered the Democratic and Republican national conventions personally, blogging and doing daily video reports, with full press credentials inside the conventions and on the streets at the protests. He likes to quote the bartender at the Boston pub where he seems to eat a lot of meatloaf. We also credit him for being adorable and friendly, and for his excellent and somehow reassuring nightly audio reports. William Rivers Pitt, you're an inspiration, a gentleman, a scholar and a subversive from the heart and to the bones. PW

I'm not sure who PW is, but I definitely like this message.

For Eric's articles and website, see:

http://cainer.com/ericfrancis/eric.html
http://www.ericfrancis.com/home.html

[NMDemDist2]

1. PWDOTY has been posting it all over DU all day

hehehehehe :spank:

[flpeach]

4. Oh Gee . . .

I guess I should have been checking first . . . . oh well . . .

If anybody deserves this, it's William Rivers Pitt . . .

[bahrbearian]

2. Here Here , I second the nomination.

[indigobusiness]

3. That's nicely put.

Who could argue?

[RoeBear]

5. I'm not sure if Pitt

is the real deal or not. My first thought was that he was an attention mongering tease.

[flpeach]

6. RoeBear

If you follow his nightly audio on Truthout you would KNOW that he is the real-deal.

[RoeBear]

7. Link please

never heard of it

[flpeach]

9. Here ya go . . .

http://www.truthout.org/

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

13. Audio "Overview" page on Truthout:

http://www.truthout.org/overview.htm

[flpeach]

10. RoeBear . . . .

More specifically:

http://www.truthout.org/overview.htm

[KoKo]

8. Oh...that's one side to Pitt...but he deserved an award.. eom.

[patdem]

11. When I first came here, Will Pitt was a teacher who was writing for

blogs and he had a choice between quitting teaching and going full time writing and lecturing. He was VERY SCARED..DU encouraged him to let go of the past and get on with his future since he had proven himself as an astute writer and speaker. That is history. That is William Rivers Pitt history at DU from an uninterested party!

Trust me. He deserves all the accolades he gets. He cut all ties to his security to take a risk and it paid off for him. And I for one am VERY happy for the man! :party: Will, and :bounce: for your award!

[flpeach]

15. Thank you Pat Dem

for that info, and very well said!! He is probably my most favorite also.

[troubleinwinter]

12. "meatloaf"??!!!

[Aunt Anti-bush]

14. Kick!!!

:kick:

William Rivers Pitt has to be one of my favorite authors!

[wellstone dem]

16. well-deserved

but I wish he was my daughter's english teacher.

[NVMojo]

17. Yes! Cheers! Long Live William Pitt! An honest, righteous dude!

[flpeach]

18. NVMojo . . . . .

Yes, echo echo, we need more like him, don't we? I'll settle at the moment for one like him, but more will come. I feel a tenseness in this country regarding MSM and we need more willing to come out with the truth! Long live WRP!

[fooj]

19. No argument here!!!

To Will Pitt and his extraordinary ability to communicate openly and honestly!!!


:toast:


WHAT ARE THEY HIDING??????:think:

[flpeach]

20. What are they hiding?

Corruption, manipulation, outright lying, to name a few.

[Career Prole]

21. What a year for New England!

The Patriots started it out by winning the Super Bowl...
The Red Sox won the World Series...
John Kerry won the election...
and now Will Pitt, Dude of the Year.
Shirley...your cup runneth over! ;)

[flpeach]

22. Kick . . .

This one fell off the earth to page 4, giving it a little kick.