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[michael perelman]

In the summer of 1960, my mother's cousin, who was the largest
campaign contributor in California to the Democrats and who paid for
Kennedy's train from which he campaigned across the country, invited
me out to California to hobnob with the senators and congressmen and
other delegates.  His intention was to show off for my father.

After I stayed with him for a week or so, I got my own apartment.  I
knew nobody else in Los Angeles.  Late, one Saturday night, I was
flipping around the radio dial and hit upon KPFK, a Pacifica station,
which was playing music by Harry Parch.  I was hooked.

Over the years, I learned much more from Pacifica, than from my
university education.  I have supported Pacifica over the years, but
its recent course pains me a great deal.

We can joke about the nonsense of the clowns that have hijacked the
network, but the decline of the network is far more destructive than
the election of a handful of tea party zealots.

-- 
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929

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