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WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:14 PM (ET) I justn spent 1/2 an hour on the phone with Aaron Brown LAST EDITED ON Jan-17-03 AT 08:41 PM (ET) His producer got me on the phone with him, and he proceeded to scold me for the emails he got from those who read my letter to him. Apparently, a bunch of people wrote him to castigate him for not covering the iussue properly, and saw my letter as an invitation to that scolding, because I named him in it without stating clearly that I had written it without having seen his show. I told him that I wrote him specifically because I thought he'd speak truth to power, maybe. He didn't. Hence, the emails. Let the record show that his program was NO DIFFERENT than the whores who had been on before him. OOOHHH, it was a battle. Back and forth, "Excuse me, I'm Talking" and "Wait a minute" and "Hold on a second" and "You are SO wrong." I JUST HAD A FUCKING PHONE WAR WITH AARON BROWN. I fucked him up. Bank it. The scolder became the scoldee. I lectured the man, because he had phone etiquette. EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO TELL A CNN PERSON, I told him tonight. Everything. It was joy. We parted on good terms, but I am doubting I'll ever be on his show, unless I get unavoidably famous. Whose house? Run's house. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

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Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    I would have paid to hear that ... Lisa Jan-17-03 1    IT WAS AWESOME WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 3        "stop yelling"? party_line 01/17/2003 11        did he use the same words as on air? Lisa 01/17/2003 19            He tried WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 21  Sounds like it is time for more emails DUreader Jan-17-03 2    Here is mine DUreader 01/17/2003 9  Well I HOPE you gave it to him with both guns! and guess what! nothingshocksmeanymore Jan-17-03 4    wow, did you call this one IkeWarnedUs 01/18/2003 75  Didja get it on tape? a_random_joel Jan-17-03 5    Sadly, no WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 12        Tsk Tsk. Too bad... a_random_joel 01/17/2003 13            He blew WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 18                Oh how eloquent! neuvocat 01/17/2003 69    i think he is a drunk like shrub pitbull 01/17/2003 16        he wasn't drunk adrianna 01/17/2003 42  I'm starting to think that the internet can SHAKE UP THE WORLD, AP Jan-17-03 6  Okay. I like you again. 5thGenDemocrat Jan-17-03 7  Thin skinned little prick, isn't he. Jacobin Jan-17-03 8  I'm happy he cared so much Oregonian Jan-17-03 10    You hit the nail on the head alcuno 01/17/2003 17  Also, Du Karenina Jan-17-03 14  Remind CNN that Warner Brothers (parent) has some Films opening ElementaryPenguin Jan-17-03 15    Hey I like this idea! termite 01/17/2003 41  more more more eek Jan-17-03 20    He called me WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 23        I'm sure they'll be moved by words like these: neuvocat 01/17/2003 70            OK, that's twice WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 71            the correspondence JNelson6563 01/18/2003 82            You consider this your classroom? kplongco 01/18/2003 87  I have to give him credit for at least arguing with you if nothing els... Sperk Jan-17-03 22    Or WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 25  Will demdem Jan-17-03 24    Here WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 28        After a thorough study of your letter... termite 01/17/2003 44  What's odd is that he is reponding to you and other DUers at all. Junkdrawer Jan-17-03 26  If nothing else the news horse know that some of us r on to their shit NNN0LHI Jan-17-03 27  You rock, sir! mac56 Jan-17-03 29  Thank you Will, thank you, thank you... Loki Jan-17-03 30    It felt better WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 33  thank you will bpilgrim Jan-17-03 31  Bwah! That sounds like it was a blast. JanMichael Jan-17-03 32    WHO'SE HOUSE? WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 34  Did he get your point? Did he agree with you on any level? manco Jan-17-03 35    To a degree WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 37  Once again - I am glad you're on our side. ozymandius Jan-17-03 36    Much of the conversation was about WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 38        But - editorializing ozymandius 01/17/2003 54  Well, when you're finished pacing and all Eloriel Jan-17-03 39  Will, more details. Let me get this straight. The only reason he wante... AP Jan-17-03 40    Pretty much WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 46        and he had no defense (re the crappiness of CNN). AP 01/17/2003 52  Oh vicarious joy! DemoTex Jan-17-03 43  That is so cool mcar Jan-17-03 45    AWWWWWWWWWWW WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 48        Fond memories mcar 01/17/2003 50        Proud to hear a 'sader telling it like it is....... Old and In the Way 01/17/2003 61  Excellent news, Mr. Pitt! TankLV Jan-17-03 47    Thank you, Tank WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 49  Mr. Pitt leftofthedial Jan-17-03 51  I didn't read the post threads..but I think given the odds...you KoKo01 Jan-17-03 53  What's wrong with you, dude? IndianaGreen Jan-17-03 55    Fuckem WilliamPitt 01/17/2003 56        Now _that_ would make a great bumpersticker... Siflnolly 01/17/2003 63        Uh, yeah. Sure. neuvocat 01/17/2003 72  ALRIGHT WILL!!! Kickin' Media Whore Ass!!!! annagull Jan-17-03 57  Yeah, baby!!!!! GIVE 'EM HELL WILL!!!! GOPisEvil Jan-17-03 58  Rock on Will! flush_bush Jan-17-03 59  Thank you William for being our voice...telling it like it is! Crewleader Jan-17-03 60  Thanks Will! ianbruce Jan-17-03 62  Three Cheers for Will! BeHereNow Jan-17-03 64  Kudo's to you, Mr. Pitt! robbob Jan-17-03 65    So, bottom line... 5thGenDemocrat 01/17/2003 67  I'm just imagining dofus Jan-17-03 66  it's people like you Claire_beth Jan-17-03 68  Aaron Brown is now reporting on $50 hamburgers Jane Eyre Jan-17-03 73    Very interesting reading BUT dukota 01/18/2003 74        Will Pitt does get a little full of himself... BritDem 01/18/2003 76        Pull your skirt down haymaker 01/18/2003 77        Are you implying that joanski0 01/18/2003 78            Who would dare imply WP made anything up? TeacherCreature 01/18/2003 81    Very subtle commercial for McDonalds AP 01/18/2003 79  You should have had Linda Tripp tape it for you. Nlighten1 Jan-18-03 80  I hope Will made his plane this morning. Raven Jan-18-03 83    I did WilliamPitt 01/18/2003 85  Thanks, Will sunscreened Jan-18-03 84  you are to be thanked xchrom Jan-18-03 86  Damn..... AngryWhiteDemocrat Jan-18-03 88    Run's house...n/t realFedUp 01/18/2003 89

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Lisa (5063 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:15 PM (ET) 1. I would have paid to hear that ... (grin)   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:17 PM (ET) Reply to post #1 3. IT WAS AWESOME He kept saying, "Stop yelling..." Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

party_line (2207 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:19 PM (ET) Reply to post #3 11. "stop yelling"? vicariously delicious. yum.   Top

Lisa (5063 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:26 PM (ET) Reply to post #3 19. did he use the same words as on air? Earlier this week, when he was in scolding mode?   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:27 PM (ET) Reply to post #19 21. He tried Didn't happen. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

DUreader (1090 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:17 PM (ET) 2. Sounds like it is time for more emails   Top

DUreader (1090 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:19 PM (ET) Reply to post #2 9. Here is mine Dear Sir Robin, You have bravely run away, again, once more proving the tradition of US media mettle.   Top

nothingshocksmeanymore (9974 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:17 PM (ET) 4. Well I HOPE you gave it to him with both guns! and guess what! Being very close to the television business (My best friend is an agent) I'll bet he's so bitten with insecurity you'll hear from him again. He can't stand to not be loved and worshipped. That's why the e-mails got him so riled up. ...jokes can be noble. Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion, to the futility of thinking and striving anymore. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward - and since i can start thinking and striving that much sooner. - Kurt Vonnegut   Top

IkeWarnedUs (371 posts) Jan-18-03, 00:25 AM (ET) Reply to post #4 75. wow, did you call this one I am catching up with my DU reading so I read the thread about the second call before this one about the first. You really nailed this one. Any predictions for the Super Bowl? Howard Dean for President in 2004! Learn more about our next President at: www.DeanForAmerica.com Want to meet other Dean supporters in your area? Find out how at: http://dean2004.meetup.com/ This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence-economic, political, even spiritual-is felt in every city, every state house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. Farewell Radio and Television Address to the American People by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 17, 1961.   Top

a_random_joel (386 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:17 PM (ET) 5. Didja get it on tape? LAST EDITED ON Jan-17-03 AT 08:20 PM (ET) We need a Linda Tripp Pitt... Other than that, word! On edit - You mean he didn't "blow"?   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:20 PM (ET) Reply to post #5 12. Sadly, no One of my Journalism students has my tape rig, so she can interview a cop about police brutality in Boston. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

a_random_joel (386 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:21 PM (ET) Reply to post #12 13. Tsk Tsk. Too bad... Would've been great to hear...   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:23 PM (ET) Reply to post #13 18. He blew Told me he was "pissed," cursed a bunc of times, didn't get hysterical, but yo I had his goat by the fucking throat. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

neuvocat (2608 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:36 PM (ET) Reply to post #18 69. Oh how eloquent! "...but yo I had his goat by the fucking throat." Yes, Will Pitt, I also am sure that the essence of such literary elocutions is the very thing that shuts out your voice of reason from our airwaves to strike the deaf ears of the ignorant. ======== http://radicalfringe.freeservers.com/i mages/noexcuse.gif   Top

pitbull (66 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:22 PM (ET) Reply to post #5 16. i think he is a drunk like shrub during 911 and after when he was doing his show his speech was slurred he looked out of it. i told my wife this guy is a drunk. maybe him and shrub tip a few together.   Top

adrianna (112 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:47 PM (ET) Reply to post #16 42. he wasn't drunk he had dental work the day before.   Top

AP (6809 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:18 PM (ET) 6. I'm starting to think that the internet can SHAKE UP THE WORLD, to paraphrase Muhammed Ali, or, to paraphrase an eight year old MLK, I think it has the ability to TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN. This is SO COOL!!!! Keep sending the emails everyone.   Top

5thGenDemocrat (3904 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:18 PM (ET) 7. Okay. I like you again. LAST EDITED ON Jan-17-03 AT 08:20 PM (ET) I haven't seen Aaron Brown since he was on ABC World News Now (late night) with Thalia Assuris (and I DON'T think he's the evilest guy in the Whore Press, anyhow). But I bet you chewed his ass thoroughly, and for that I say "thank you." John Give 'em hell, Mr Pitt. I know you did. "If my own politics show through as being slightly left of center, it would not be unfair to ask that it be remembered they were once far to the right of John Birch...(a)nd if it appears odd that a self-professed warrior is now pushing the line for peace (or at least a better way to resolve conflict), in fact I am only joining the ranks of MacArthur, Montgomery, Mountbatten, and scores of other retired soldiers who, with no vested interest in the industry of war, and with plenty of time to put their feet up and think, recognize that the stakes of war have grown too high to be a viable problem solver." -- Colonel David H. Hackworth   Top

Jacobin (1467 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:19 PM (ET) 8. Thin skinned little prick, isn't he. I've noticed that from the cute, dismissive one-liners he zings back at critics. "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Bob Dylan   Top

Oregonian (202 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:19 PM (ET) 10. I'm happy he cared so much about what a bunch of DUers thought. He could have just deleted his e-mails. But it got under his skin. That's good. We have to keep SQUAWKING AND SCREECHING. That's what the right wing has done for 20 years. We need to be louder and more persistent.   Top

alcuno (637 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:23 PM (ET) Reply to post #10 17. You hit the nail on the head They are relentless and it has really helped tilt the media in their direction.   Top

Karenina (2545 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:22 PM (ET) 14. Also, Du then you'll just have to become unavoidably famous. PUNKT.   Top

ElementaryPenguin (1483 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:22 PM (ET) 15. Remind CNN that Warner Brothers (parent) has some Films opening That we may WIDELY WIDELY WIDELY institute a boycott against!!! FOX, CNN, and ABC (DISNEY) that's how we get those assholes' attention - threaten their precious (and crucial) FILM OPENINGS!!! Box office Receipts!! NOW we're talking!! They'll can a little shit like Aaron Brown in a hearbeat if those are threatened!! And he is just a little whore!! NO different at all!!!   Top

termite (144 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:46 PM (ET) Reply to post #15 41. Hey I like this idea! Besides I never go to the movie. At least not lately.   Top

eek (172 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:26 PM (ET) 20. more more more sounds thrilling. when you come down (i sense you are pacing - animal/fighter stlee) punching the air and goin' 'HELL yeah" please to tell more contexty stuff and details like, who called whom? what were they sayin? what were there reactions to the enspanment you administered? bla bla etc ps well done   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:29 PM (ET) Reply to post #20 23. He called me Yo. Yeah, I'm jazzed. Ready to protest tomorrow. Motherfuckers call me at my house ready to shame me better pack a fucking lunch. He didn't. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

neuvocat (2608 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:43 PM (ET) Reply to post #23 70. I'm sure they'll be moved by words like these: "Motherfuckers call me at my house ready to shame me better pack a fucking lunch." You know, I could have sworn you were an English teacher. Keep this up and I'll start to understand why conservatives keep calling for vouchers for private schools. ======== http://radicalfringe.freeservers.com/i mages/noexcuse.gif   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:47 PM (ET) Reply to post #70 71. OK, that's twice What's up with you? I'm letting loose on DU on a Friday night. I got scoded by a tool once, no, twice already tonight. Why the need to pile on here? Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

JNelson6563 (813 posts) Jan-18-03, 08:55 AM (ET) Reply to post #70 82. the correspondence that kicked this off is all over these threads. Check it out and you will see that Will was respectful. It is obvious he is stoked while writing here with us. I am glad to see he just lets his hair down here and vents. Hell, I am glad that the media-whoredom makes him mad enough to need to vent! I love to watch the Senate because the contain themselves so well, referring to each other as "friend" etc. Do you think that, once they are in private among close allies, they don't let loose with a few choice words? Emotions. They can lead to a wild ride sometimes. Don't take my word for it though....give it a try.... Julie   Top

kplongco (468 posts) Jan-18-03, 10:49 AM (ET) Reply to post #70 87. You consider this your classroom? If this is where you come to get English lessons, you're in big trouble.   Top

Sperk (578 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:27 PM (ET) 22. I have to give him credit for at least arguing with you if nothing else. I think the guy WANTS to do the right thing and wants people to think he does the right thing, but as we all know, he can't. I think he's in denial, hense he was not trying to convince you of anything but really trying to convince himself. That's my free psychological analysis for this week.   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:29 PM (ET) Reply to post #22 25. Or He so hates getting negative emails that he had to lash out at the source. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

demdem (1407 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:29 PM (ET) 24. Will Where can I read your letter you wrote him. This administration blames Clinton as a substitute for thinking-Sandy Berger THE world outside the US is now getting used to the fact Americans have a fraudulently elected nitwit as their president. BRUCE WILSON BEGALA: The recession actually didn't start under Clinton. Martin Feldstein, who you know well, who was the chairman of Reagan's council of economic advisers, says the highest point of economic activity was March of 2001.   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:30 PM (ET) Reply to post #24 28. Here http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/011803A.wrp.cnn.htm Find me the offensive part. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

termite (144 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:49 PM (ET) Reply to post #28 44. After a thorough study of your letter... I only find these phrases offensive...thinking like Aaron of course "I apologize for flouting my resume at you" "gross exaggeration" " beg you to get this data out to the American people, who desperately need facts and not overheated innuendo." Go get him will.   Top

Junkdrawer (1740 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:29 PM (ET) 26. What's odd is that he is reponding to you and other DUers at all. All the other whores have simply chosen to ignore us. Perchance the last squeals of a dying journalistic conscience? The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices - to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children...the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is...that these things cannot be confined to...The Twilight Zone! --- Rod Serling   Top

NNN0LHI (9347 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:30 PM (ET) 27. If nothing else the news horse know that some of us r on to their shit And that is very important. More than you can imagine. Don   Top

mac56 (1045 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:31 PM (ET) 29. You rock, sir! You make me proud to be a DU'er. "I'd live up to my full potential...but that would REALLY cut into my sitting around time." - Maria Bamford "Now Jesus don't like killin' No matter what the reason's for And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven any more." - John Prine   Top

Loki (675 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:32 PM (ET) 30. Thank you Will, thank you, thank you... Damn, I bet that felt good. It makes me feel good just hearing about it. Finally, the voices are getting through, and I'm so glad that it was your's. "I am a Democrat without prefix, without suffix and without apology." -Sam Rayburn   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:38 PM (ET) Reply to post #30 33. It felt better than anything I have done in a long, long time. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

bpilgrim (7715 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:35 PM (ET) 31. thank you will for your tireless efforts in getting the word out. i had you pegged as a fighter, a modern-day tom paine, right from the get go, you haven't let US down, THANK YOU! peace -- "The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing" Socrates Send an email blast to the media today! http://globalfreepress.com/media_blast.pl also check out a REAL free press... http://news.globalfreepress.com   Top

JanMichael (2110 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:35 PM (ET) 32. Bwah! That sounds like it was a blast. My job has me in verbal quarrels every so often and while I never seek them out it's such a pleasure shutting some loud mouthed spoiled prick down. Hugely satisfying, you must feel GREAT! DiSSmiSSED! "This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals." Albert Einstein, Monthly Review, 1949   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:39 PM (ET) Reply to post #32 34. WHO'SE HOUSE? RUN'S HOUSE. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

manco (94 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:41 PM (ET) 35. Did he get your point? Did he agree with you on any level? n/t   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:43 PM (ET) Reply to post #35 37. To a degree Yes. I made the point about hown overheated the coverage had been, and he agreed, but begged off, a la, "I don't make make the news," etc. Tagged him there, too. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

ozymandius (492 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:42 PM (ET) 36. Once again - I am glad you're on our side. Did he happen to mention how editorial meetings might influence the way he delivers any story? What about omission of facts, and details otherwise reduced to catch phrases like "chemical warheads"?   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:44 PM (ET) Reply to post #36 38. Much of the conversation was about 'chemical warheads.' He got the message. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

ozymandius (492 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:01 PM (ET) Reply to post #38 54. But - editorializing Did he differentiate between what he says either being factual or rhetorical? My wife knows him and says he is a really nice, smart guy. That I do not doubt. I am really pondering the working aspect of his personality. Where does he get his talking points - beyond CNN's News Source? Why does he, as well his colleagues, report in a way that appears deferential to the Bush White House rhetoric?   Top

Eloriel (4883 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:45 PM (ET) 39. Well, when you're finished pacing and all why don't you put a little meat on your story? Some of us might like some details of what was said. Eloriel Bush is neither a uniter nor a divider. He's a destroyer. "Face it," wrote Garrison Keiller in Time, "a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality."   Top

AP (6809 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:45 PM (ET) 40. Will, more details. Let me get this straight. The only reason he wanted to talk to you was to bitch you out about emails he's getting from you and others. And then you bitched him out for being a bad reporter. Is that the short version?   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:50 PM (ET) Reply to post #40 46. Pretty much We went back and forth, his offended professionalism vs. my intent to tell him where and how his network had blown it repeatedly. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

AP (6809 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:56 PM (ET) Reply to post #46 52. and he had no defense (re the crappiness of CNN). I'm not lying about this: I was at a party last summer. There was a person who knew well an on-air reporter who said that news room is practically in a state of open revolt because there's ONE editor who won't let them read anything that doesn't help Bush. They get things off the AP wire and they're not even allowed to report them straight -- can't even . I'd like to know what Aaron thinks about that. Well, I can imagine that he has nothing to say about it because it's the truth. God damn it's obvious too. I just can't believe Brown would even try to defend his employer. Doesn't anyone have any sense of decency and more?   Top

DemoTex (3387 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:48 PM (ET) 43. Oh vicarious joy! Thanks Will!   Top

mcar (55 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:49 PM (ET) 45. That is so cool I am the mother of a 15-year-old liberal in the making (not easy in this very conservative part of Florida). Thank you for restoring my faith and making me believe we CAN make a difference. "Let's drink a toast to old Boston, the home of the bean and the cod..."   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:52 PM (ET) Reply to post #45 48. AWWWWWWWWWWW Boston, yer mah home! Ba woom doom doom, dum dah doomm... Ba woom doom doom, dum dah doom... Lemme tellya story... Ba woom doom doom, dum dah doom... Ba woom doom doom, dum dah doom... Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

mcar (55 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:54 PM (ET) Reply to post #48 50. Fond memories you're bringing back there. I spent 5 wonderful years in "beantown" back in the early 80s. My sister still lives in Marblehead, one of the most picturesque places I've ever been. Be safe tomorrow, all of you.   Top

Old and In the Way (4628 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:43 PM (ET) Reply to post #48 61. Proud to hear a 'sader telling it like it is....... I've mentioned your name to a bunch of guys that graduated in the late 60's/early 70's. I have no idea where the Cross is now on Mt. St. James, but you'd a fit right in with us back then.... way to go Will! BTW, I wrote hm the other day on his blowing up problem ....nothing insulting, but I made it clear that their are many, many of us that don't agree with his perspective of how "news" is spun to the American public. BTW, did you know Dr. Esposito at HC? One of my favorite teachers... http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=2574&forum=DCForumID22   Top

TankLV (1163 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:51 PM (ET) 47. Excellent news, Mr. Pitt! I don't feel I know you well enough to call you "Will" - your tireless efforts, especially in contrast to my small attempts at activism, and your ability to write coherent and commanding pieces on the current state of affairs in this country and the world are an inspiration to us all and a much needed boost to us progressives everywhere. I only wish I had the talent and drive to do what you do, and I am greatful that you do what you do. While I may quibble over some minor things you have said, or the way they have been said to others who post here, be assured, that this world is in so much a better place for you being in it. One man can/does make a difference. Thank you. "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our Number one priority and we will not rest until we find him!" George W. Bush, September 13, 2001 "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and I really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." George W. Bush, March 13, 2002 I don't question Bush's legitimacy ... he has none. People who want to share their religious views with you never want you to share yours with them. You can tell you're getting old when you fall down and look for something else to do while you're down there! Hundreds of protestors participated in protests outside the NATO meeting yesterday. The majority of the people were against Bush. It doesn't bother him though. The last time the majority of the people were against Bush he was elected president. - Jay Leno   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:54 PM (ET) Reply to post #47 49. Thank you, Tank I do appreciate it. Indeed I do. Thank you. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

leftofthedial (109 posts) Jan-17-03, 08:56 PM (ET) 51. Mr. Pitt You are the point of a huge arrow. Thank you. Makes me wish I wasn't so preoccupied with the increasingly daunting task of putting food on my family.   Top

KoKo01 (6650 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:01 PM (ET) 53. I didn't read the post threads..but I think given the odds...you represented your (our) viewpoint in great fashion, and we all just have to do the best we can today, given the odds... Another opportunity will be coming, even tomorrow for "Pacifica On Air!" And, we DU'ers will be TUNED IN! We just have to look forward. There will be a turn! And DEMAND for the OPPOSING VIEWPOINT WILL BE THERE! 's for Our Future. We will ALL CARRY ON!(WILL, here, included), Our VIEWPOINTS will BECOME MAINSTREAM!   Top

IndianaGreen (14000 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:12 PM (ET) 55. What's wrong with you, dude? Are you trying to get fitted for one of those dog cages in Guantanamo? Give him hell, Will!   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:17 PM (ET) Reply to post #55 56. Fuckem They can have my freedom when they pry my cold, dead fingers from around their necks. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

Siflnolly (88 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:46 PM (ET) Reply to post #56 63. Now _that_ would make a great bumpersticker...   Top

neuvocat (2608 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:54 PM (ET) Reply to post #56 72. Uh, yeah. Sure. You seem to have a lot of problems that Aaron McGruder, Ted Rall, and Noam Chomsky don't with getting mainstream recognition. Why is that? ======== http://radicalfringe.freeservers.com/i mages/noexcuse.gif   Top

annagull (1026 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:23 PM (ET) 57. ALRIGHT WILL!!! Kickin' Media Whore Ass!!!! Man, just knowing you set the guy straight makes my night!! I bet he got an earful!!! You, my friend, RULE!!!!   Top

GOPisEvil (7352 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:30 PM (ET) 58. Yeah, baby!!!!! GIVE 'EM HELL WILL!!!! Rock on! I'd just come from the stockyards. We'd gotten reports of hundreds of cows had been senselessly slaughtered in the area, but I couldn't find any evidence. I stopped off for a hamburger and checked in with headquarters.   Top

flush_bush (979 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:34 PM (ET) 59. Rock on Will! and, seeing as how you have a knack for making contact with these guys, you can see why dan rather is an important ear to catch right now. Wouldn't it be nice if just once, on some issue, the Bush administration came up with a plan that didn't involve weakened environmental protection, financial breaks for wealthy individuals and corporations and reduced public oversight? -- Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman I think it would be a good idea. -- Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization   Top

Crewleader (9965 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:40 PM (ET) 60. Thank you William for being our voice...telling it like it is! you are a true patriot, one who loves,supports and defends his country from a needless War with all the compassion in your heart. God Bless You William! ~Reach For Your Dreams~ "The place to improve the world is first in one's heart and head and hands." ~Robert M. Persig   Top

ianbruce (979 posts) Jan-17-03, 09:44 PM (ET) 62. Thanks Will! Aaron's going to be mumbling and cursing all night. Hardly the level of your direct confrontation, but I paraphrased your letter of this morning and shot it off to my friend at ABCNews. They too have a lot to answer for. "All that is needed for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."   Top

BeHereNow (541 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:01 PM (ET) 64. Three Cheers for Will! You GO boy! This is the best news I've had all day! I would have given anything to be the "fly on the wall" listening to that conversation, live! You must have really shook him up Will, in order for HIM to call YOU. Let us mark this day in DU history as a landmark of progress day, and proof that the pen is mightier than the corporate media. Keep righting, through writing Will Pitt. BHN "Things are going to change. Everyone knows that. To see the future, even the near future, requires only that one reads well the foreign (as well as domestic) policy objectives of one's own established powers. Follow the perception to their stated goals and one will be less surprised than the common herd." Craig B. Hulet- "The Hydra of Carnage: Bush's Imperial War-making and The Rule of Law" An Analysis of the Objectives and Delusions of Empire available @ www.kcandassociates.org   Top

robbob (203 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:03 PM (ET) 65. Kudo's to you, Mr. Pitt! In the absence of an audio recorder, I hope you get a chance to write down as much of the conversation as you can remember while it's still fresh! I'd love to read about it!   Top

5thGenDemocrat (3904 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:12 PM (ET) Reply to post #65 67. So, bottom line... Should we send Aaron any more e-mails saying the press are a bunch of warmongering whores, or what? John Got CNN on my Hotmail speed-dialer. Gimme the word. I want to see him blow. "If my own politics show through as being slightly left of center, it would not be unfair to ask that it be remembered they were once far to the right of John Birch...(a)nd if it appears odd that a self-professed warrior is now pushing the line for peace (or at least a better way to resolve conflict), in fact I am only joining the ranks of MacArthur, Montgomery, Mountbatten, and scores of other retired soldiers who, with no vested interest in the industry of war, and with plenty of time to put their feet up and think, recognize that the stakes of war have grown too high to be a viable problem solver." -- Colonel David H. Hackworth   Top

dofus (710 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:12 PM (ET) 66. I'm just imagining the phone ringing, Will saying, "Hello", and then the voice on the other end saying, "This is Aaron Brown of CNN."   Top

Claire_beth (148 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:15 PM (ET) 68. it's people like you who give us all hope and make me smile!   Top

Jane Eyre (1185 posts) Jan-17-03, 10:56 PM (ET) 73. Aaron Brown is now reporting on $50 hamburgers Last week they reported on a $41 hamburger being sold in New York. So someone decided to up that ante, and tonight Aaron Brown is reporting on the $50 hamburger. So there you have it. Aaron Brown has been demoted to investigative reporter in the hamburger wars. But seriously, the show did have a halfway decent lead story tonight on the upcoming protests tomorrow.   Top

dukota (106 posts) Jan-18-03, 00:02 AM (ET) Reply to post #73 74. Very interesting reading BUT can anything we've been reading on this subject be independently verified or is it just the ramblings of someone that wants to make themselves sound important. Sounds like a lot of foul mouthed rambling to me.   Top

BritDem (355 posts) Jan-18-03, 02:26 AM (ET) Reply to post #74 76. Will Pitt does get a little full of himself... ...sometimes, as do we all. But I'm absolutely convinced that he doesn't lie, and if his rhetoric's somewhat colorful tonight it's because he's stoked (and rightly so). By the way, someone who makes the effort to stand up in word and deed, as Will does, doesn't need to "make themselves sound important". They ARE important.   Top

haymaker (796 posts) Jan-18-03, 05:39 AM (ET) Reply to post #74 77. Pull your skirt down your slip is showing a bit.   Top

joanski0 (3760 posts) Jan-18-03, 06:17 AM (ET) Reply to post #74 78. Are you implying that Will made up the story about Aaron Brown calling him? That's what it sounds like to me.   Top

TeacherCreature (302 posts) Jan-18-03, 08:53 AM (ET) Reply to post #78 81. Who would dare imply WP made anything up? That would take a lot of nerve.   Top

AP (6809 posts) Jan-18-03, 06:22 AM (ET) Reply to post #73 79. Very subtle commercial for McDonalds McDonalds is having a terrible time these days. Fewer peoople are eating their crap food. McDonalds and Time Warner are big business partners (especially when they cross promote happy meals and the latest kids movie). The point of these ads/news stories is that they make hamburger seem like a gourmet item. So, if you don't buy the expensive burger, at least you feel like maybe getting a Big Max because it's from a family of respectable things to eat.   Top

Nlighten1 (2708 posts) Jan-18-03, 08:47 AM (ET) 80. You should have had Linda Tripp tape it for you. It would be nice to have an MP3 file of that conversation. Listen. Don't ever rock the boat. Be thankful for your right to vote. No deal. Lean, mean, and Green. "What inspired over 50% of the voting age public to stay at home and not vote? Ralph Nader? Hell no, it was the milquetoast Democrats in Washington. Al Gore and the Democrats should have NEVER let themselves get in a position where a few million votes would stop them from gaining the presidency. If they stayed the course of the REAL Democratic agenda instead of trying to be Republican-lite we probably wouldn't have this mess."   Top

Raven (981 posts) Jan-18-03, 10:18 AM (ET) 83. I hope Will made his plane this morning. After all that last night I would have overslept. I think I know why he was so stoked last night after talking to Brown. Among other things I think that yesterday afternoon when he was talking to Brown's producer Will thought he was making some progress getting his point across. To get an irate phone call from a talking head must have really burned him. What we are all learning from this is that, best case, the media doesn't count anymore and, worst case, it is the enemy of the people. During the Vietnam War, the media made a huge difference. Not anymore, at least not for positive change. The internet is where it's going to be from now on.   Top

WilliamPitt (12826 posts) Jan-18-03, 10:26 AM (ET) Reply to post #83 85. I did I'm sitting in Normon Solomon's office for the Institute for Public Accuracy in the National Press Building. It is damned cold outside, but we're all moving out soon. And to the folks above who said I made this stuff up: Gas face. Anger is a gift. War On Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know GKS2002   Top

sunscreened (5 posts) Jan-18-03, 10:21 AM (ET) 84. Thanks, Will Way to go, Will. The fact that this happened at all just indicates they know you are a voice that carries weight. They are getting scared – it’s getting bigger than they can contain. Better watch your back, bro. Just added extra sunscreen with your name on it to my gitmo bag. Longtime fan of yours but rarely post. Btw, you get plenty of replay time when Randi Rhodes is vacating.   Top

xchrom (3489 posts) Jan-18-03, 10:27 AM (ET) 86. you are to be thanked thank you!   Top

AngryWhiteDemocrat (3021 posts) Jan-18-03, 11:20 AM (ET) 88. Damn..... Are you sure I'm worthy to be in your next book??? I've gotta get back to work and fight a little harder. Gotta keep up with the Joneses. Oh, and also...."I said WHO'S HOUSE???" "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -Theodore Roosevelt "He who shall retreat after an embarrassing defeat is a man who can proudly return again one day. No, wait....I mean he's a pussy." -Mahatma Gandhi   Top

realFedUp (7614 posts) Jan-18-03, 12:45 PM (ET) Reply to post #88 89. Run's house...n/t   Top

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