Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Radio station targeted by Nazis

The all-knowing Wikipedia describes Pacifica Radio - a group of 5 listener-supported radio stations - as being "known for its progressive political orientation." (A right-wing liar like Rush Limbaugh gets 500 stations, but Pacifica has 5! What is this we hear again about the "liberal media"?) One outlet owned by Pacifica is KPFT-FM in Houston.

Earlier this month a bullet was fired through the window of KPFT's studio - narrowly missing the head of an announcer who was on the air with a zydeco program. Investigators learned that the bullet was a 39-millimeter round, like you might find in an AK-47 - not a mere BB gun.

This isn't the first time KPFT has been targeted. In the early '70s, the right-wing fartpipes of the Ku Klux Klan bombed KPFT's transmitter twice. (The FBI refused to investigate these bombings for months.)

Whoever shot through KPFT's window recently is probably one of the same Freeper types who broke into Dennis Kucinich's Cleveland office recently and ransacked it, or who keeps making bomb threats to John Edwards's offices. Or who gunned down Alan Berg.

But that's how the other side acts. They bully opponents because bullying is all they have. We've seen firsthand how they act. They're afraid of facts, so they resort to violence.

(Source: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/15/1432245;
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13874467/detail.html)

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