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OLD ANNOUNCEMENT

In response to the tragic incident where a young boy was set on fire and is courageously fighting for his life, a webpage has been set up to record e-mail messages from all over the world to encourage this young man and his family while he recovers. Please bookmark http://members.aol.com/rrmwebsite/index.htm and ask kids of all ages to write in, too!

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT

In response to comments that the character Ally McBeal bears any resemblence in mannerism to me, Emily Nghiem, I have written a dissenting response, entitled "Ten Ways I'm Not Like Ally McBeal". This list is not to be confused with Ten Key Values of the Green Party or the Nine Prayers by Thich Nhat Hanh. However, the essay did turn into a challenge to write a script for the law firm on the Ally McBeal show to defend Freedmen's Town in Fourth Ward from destruction by Houston developers with no respect for the consent of the governed. Since the legal team on the show did so well in winning an employment/sexual harassment case within an hour's time, I would like to see them take on Fulbright & Jaworski, or for a more even match, the cast of L.A. Law. If this contest is successful, we'll pit the N.Y.P.D. Blues up against the H.P.D. and have a huge water gun and pillow fight. Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward ending violence on television. -- etn, 1999

  • COMING SOON: Media Artist Angela Williamston's BLoWin' uP a sPOT and the 1998 "Tree of Life" Poetry Contest and Anthology to promote multicultural literacy.

  • The Otter Page - Short editorials and reader responses
    (almost as much fun as the Houston Chronicle Viewpoints!)

  • Jay Johansen - Debate fun topics like the death penalty!

  • Adam Monroe - book review on corporate welfare and the stadium business
    (which may or may not have a thing to do with Houston . . . )

  • Andrea Roberts - joins us online at the Houston Progressive, bringing her own cultural perspective. Loves input and e-mail: send her your thoughts!

    • * HUMOR SECTION, WRITING CONTESTS, MEDIA PROJECTS *

    ENTER MONTHLY HUMOR CONTESTS:
    The Humor and Life, in Particular website

    ANTI-COMMERCIAL ART:
    Send your ad spoofs to www.Adbusters.org for publication and prizes!

    WOMEN'S PLAY FESTIVAL -- now accepting submissions.
    Deadline: January 4, 1999. Click here for Guidelines.

    Save The Redwoods! ----->>> $50,000 REWARD <<<----- Free The Trees!
    FOR INFORMATION THAT HELPS THE FANS OF HEADWATERS FOREST TO JAIL HURWITZ!

    (or to the Producer/Director team who convinces the Contest Sponsors to use that money instead to hire them to produce the Redwood Rock Lyrics as a Celebrity Lookalike Contest, a Music Video Campaign to declare the Redwood the National Tree, and a Fundraising Concert to purchase the entire Headwaters Forest for preservation as a National Park.)

    40 ACRES AND A SCHOOL:

    Help is needed to organize and build a privately funded children's center and college campus, in conjunction with The Youth Master Plan for Fourth Ward, the Allen Parkway Community Campus Concepts, the African Overseas Union, and Launch-It-Point Centers. See also the Resolution from the APV Resident Council, the Wishlist for the Fourth Ward Youth Neighborhood Improvement Projects, and other Fourth Ward Petitions. Next public meeting: Saturday, October 17, 1998, from 3-5 p.m. at Gregory-Lincoln Elementary School, on W. Dallas at Taft. 228-2109, Lenwood Johnson.

    For songs about saving the redwoods and Freedmen's Town, see:
    The Half-Baked Institute for Political Parody.

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