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Justification For War Radio Ad

Clear Channel Tramples on First Amendment Rights. It Won't Allow a Modern Day Paul Revere on the Public Airwaves, Even if He Pays.

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by Robert Millman

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JUSTIFICATION FOR WAR
This is a paid radio moment–
The President assured us Saddam had weapons of mass destruction,
nuclear capability and ties to Al Qaeda,
Iraq could not be contained.
We declared victory, but we’re still there.
We’ve taken and re-taken the same cities.
13 hundred American troops are dead, many more wounded,
with no end in sight. (pause)
Half truths got us in. Can whole truths get us out?

Credits: These scripts were developed with input from: Robert Millman, Joan Fucillo, Greg Rossel, Oliver Dawshed, and Dennis Meyer. Audio Engineer, Rick Reineke.

Download the "Justification for War" MP3.

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From Robert Millman:

I plan to take on talk radio where I live. And I’m writing to ask you to help.

AM radio is a free market place. Anyone can place an issue ad on the air. All it takes is a credit card, an e-mail address and access to a fax machine. Depending on where you live, and what program you choose, a 30-second radio ad will cost from $20 to $120 a spot.

I have produced seven "Paid Radio Moments." They are 30-second ads that frame progressive issues. I plan on putting them on air on WGY (the big AM radio station in Albany, New York) in the first week of January.

I plan to make these audio files available to anyone willing to put them on the air in their entirety, that’s my only condition for full and free use. As long as a spot is played in full, anyone is welcome to one or all of them.

Robert Millman

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