To All Who "Got Up On The Bus", and our attorneys, which includes Bill and Ruth Moss... Thank You for being an important part of my life!  In the passing of Bill Moss, God gains a great worker, and we will carry on stronger with Bills memory.  As for our trip on the bus, I have so many good and powerful memories.  Ruth, Judith, myself and so many others were dancing and singing along with Will B in Layfayette Park.  Bill speaking to the crowds about the huge injustice we were living in Ohio.  I only wish I had gotten to know Bill better, knowing of him for years, knowing him personally this year. 

My last conversation with Bill was at the entrance to the Rhodes Tower, where the office is located for our (so called) Attorney General for the State of Ohio, Jim Petro.  I was the lone protestor to bring to the city's attention that Petro had put fines and sanctions on our hero Attorney's... Bob, Clliff, Pete, and Susan.  I spoke to many that day about the happenings with the election and the attorneys.  I had made arrangements to give Bill photo's of our DC trip.  He met me there in front of Petro's office.  He wore a big smile when he saw me with my sign....

"We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality." So wrote Lord Macaulay back in 1830. With this bracing dictum in mind, let's go back to the July 28 firing by The Miami Herald of Jim DeFede.

Why was Defede fired? On Thursday, the columnist was called on the phone by former Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele Jr. Defede had known him for many years. Teele had just been indicted on federal mail fraud and money laundering charges, and a male prostitute was claiming that Teele had enjoyed his sexual services and used cocaine with him.

As Defede listened to the distraught Teele, he says he realized that the man was in a very bad way. "The idea that he might be thinking suicide was in my mind. I wanted to get what he was saying down -- to preserve what he was saying -- so I pushed the record button."

Like wolves among sheep, America's Plutocracy preys on the weaker and less fortunate members of society. Since America's founding, they have leveraged their economic power to dominate the government and the media, the vehicles through which they advance their avaricious agenda. In early American history, they employed an imperialistic foreign policy to ensure the expansion of US boundaries and interests. Along the way, they virtually annihilated the Native American population. Once they had attained as much of the North American continent as they were able, they used “Manifest Destiny” and the “Communist threat” as rationalizations to invade other nations (i.e.The Philippines) support ruthless dictators in other nations (Augusto Pinochet in Chile) who have tortured and killed millions. Recently, legislation favoring corporations over workers and consumers has sharply diminished the power of labor unions and opportunities for small entrepreneurs, while historically, corporations have maimed and killed their employees and their customers with hazardous working conditions and unsafe products.

Dear Editor and Rady Ananda

I have copied a passage from the article below. I respect the views of the back bone group. However this remark I do not believe is reporting, but simply the writer’s opinion. It is an attitude that is pervasive among many grassroots Democrats and Progressives and it is one of the reasons the Democratic Party has lost so much of its centrist base to the Republicans. It is also just plain wrong as it is insulting to assign these issues to “red”. As shocking as it may be to some, there are many Democrats who are concerned about the issues listed below and do consider them to be part of their Democratic Value system. The Democratic Party is a big tent and there are many ideas shared. Instead of protesting, why not come on inside and join the party and exchange ideas and views. I attended the DLC and those outside protesting could have participated as well if they wanted to. It was inside where their message would have been heard and listened to.  When Democrats start working together, then nobody will stop us.

Best Regards
Eric McFadden – Chairman
Ohio Democratic Catholic Caucus