On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:11:26 -0500, Boater wrote:


The local pub TV station is fundraising and played a feature on Pete
Seeger last night. There was a section on Paul Robeson. Seeger is still
alive at 89, but Robeson is long gone. Both of them are among the most
gifted Americans, and Robeson especially was a genius, accomplish in
academic, law and performing. Both were persecuted and prosecuted by
narrow-minded right-wing Americans, most of whom could barely tie their
shoes without help.

Robeson was a very impressive man. He was a football All-American from
Rutgers, bye the way. Of course, they stripped him of that honor. The
State Department denied him a passport because he was criticizing the
treatment of blacks, imagine that, criticizing lynchings. But, the
fairness doctrine is important.


And the dumb right-wing schitters of today are worried about "the
fairness doctrine."