[Peace-discuss] FW: Small Victory for Free Speech

Ricky Baldwin baldwinricky at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 18 13:36:47 CDT 2004


Great news!  Congrats, congrats!

Yes, by all means, on to Doonesbury!

And, hey, Jan, are you writing this up for the IMC? 
The Public i?  It needs crowing about.  It's good for
folks to know we can win these things.  Maybe more
will help next time.

Ricky

--- "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
wrote:
> Congratulations indeed.  It's a significant chink in
> the armor of our
> locally controlled press.  Now how about Doonesbury?
> --CGE
> 
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Jan & Durl Kruse wrote:
> 
> > Subject: Small Victory for Free Speech
> > 
> > Boondocks Update:
> > 
> > I heard from Mr. Beck this morning at the
> News-Gazette.  There has
> > been a small victory for Free Speech.  The cartoon
> Boondocks will be
> > reinstated to section D (or whatever is the last
> section of the ads)
> > starting Monday June 21.  He said our petition and
> other calls and
> > e-mails let them know that a number of readers
> would like to see this
> > cartoon in the N_G.  He still feel it
> editorializes and satirizes GW,
> > but agreed to return it to the paper.  So if you
> want to read more
> > about what is really going on in Washington and
> with our current
> > government Aaron McGruder often covers such topics
> in greater reality
> > than the Front Pages of the News-Gazette.
> > 
> > JAN Kruse
> > 
> 
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