HATE TALK RADIO IN SAN FRANCISCO?... OH YES!
How is it possible for a Radio Station run by Walt Disney and ABC to have had Hate Talk Radio for 10 years!!!?? Is it the hour? 5-9 AM? I tuned in this week to hear "Lipstick Lesbian" and an extended ridicule of a prominant public figure because he has a speech impediment. HERE IS A COPY OF THE EMAIL I SENT TO LEE ROGERS AND MELANIE MORGAN: (A few sentences are not included in the interest of maintaining some level of a private life for Sakanta.)
(AFTER THE LETTER IS AN UPDATE AND PLAN FOR DEALING WITH HATE RADIO.)
EMAIL LETTER SENT FROM SAKANTA RUNNING WOLF TO KSFO'S MORNING SHOW WITH LEE ROGERS AND MELANIE MORGAN:
Lee and Melanie,
Your name calling and labeling has a limited and harmful effect. There is the possibility of a show you could do with lots more juice. It would mean, though, that every time you name call or label human beings or their actions,you would need to hear from those you judge - Then there would be a dialogue, rather than diatribe; there would be the possibility for understanding, healing.
I am talking about the stuff of Win -Win, Conflict Resolution, Nonviolent Communication.
For example: When you attack those who cross cross the border illegally, you would need to invite at least
several of those who cross the border illegally to tell you why, AND you would need to interview the
organizations that represent these people.I have spent five years in Brazil and Mexico, and have seen the
extensive extreme poverty that would drive anyone to cross the border. Poverty so severe that there
is not enough food, there is really no shelter (shacks, cardboard homes for miles and miles, a few feet from the highway, etc.
I saw some great TV coverage of this - a man here in the US who was a racist and blamed the people of Mexico for coming illegally across the border UNTIL he visited their home and saw the conditions I describe here.
So, are we (USA) supposed to allow anyone from any country who is poor to cross the border? No.What can
we do now until we fix world poverty? What is incredible is how many people and organizations in the world are doing just that; Every day they are doing something to fix world povery and suffering. Humbling. Inspiring. Incredible.
Take a trip and see this kind of suffering. Then, you will focus on how to fix it. A spiritual teacher shared that if we
were really "awake" we would cry when we encountered the suffering of others. Maybe that is why we close down..
or we would be crying 24/7!. Somehow, we keep from seeing the suffering.
Let's spend our energy finding solutions for world poverty. We ARE all related.That is the higher
truth. Energy spent in name calling and racism is devisive and harmful.We are all related and
responsible for each other. One World One People vs. US vs Terrorists. So how do we shift
the consciousness of those who are a part of this reality? We start dialogues, meetings,
Powerful examples can be found on the website of the Center for NonViolent Communication
You both are more suited to such an exchange,rather than the formula name-calling
that you do. It is your paycheck, but it does not satisfy your heart or spirit.What I find interesting
is that your words are harmful - your energy is quite positive - the result is that you spew crap, but it does not engender the response it would if your words and the energy behind the words matched.
Here is a powerful example of what we need to do to heal the split. heal the violence:
The following is quoted from the website,: Center for Nonviolent Communication http://www.cnvc.org/ , Marshall Rosenburg:
I was presenting Nonviolent Communication in a mosque at Deheisha Refugee Camp in Bethlehem to about 170 Palestinian Moslem men. Attitudes toward Americans at that time were not favorable. As I was speaking, I suddenly noticed a wave of muffled commotion fluttering through the audience. "They're whispering that you are American!" my translator alerted me, just as a gentleman in the audience leapt to his feet. Facing me squarely, he hollered at the top of his lungs, "Murderer!" Immediately a dozen other voices joined him in chorus:"Assassin!" "Child-killer!" "Murderer!"
Fortunately, I was able to focus my attention on what the man was feeling and needing. In this case, I had some cues. On the way into the refugee camp, I had seen several empty tear gas canisters that had been shot into the camp the night before. Clearly marked on each canister were the words "Made in U.S.A." I knew that the refugees harbored a lot of anger toward the U.S. for supplying tear gas and other weapons to Israel.
I addressed the man who had called me a murderer:
..>..>..>..>..>..>..> ..>
I:
Are you angry because you would like my government to use its resources differently? (I didn't know whether my guess was correct, but what is critical is my sincere effort to connect with his feeling and need.)
He:
Damn right I'm angry! You think we need tear gas? We need sewers, not your tear gas! We need housing! We need to have our own country!
I:
So you're furious and would appreciate some support in improving your living conditions and gaining political independence?
He:
Do you know what it's like to live here for twenty-seven years the way I have with my family—children and all? Have you got the faintest idea what that's been like for us?
I:
Sounds like you're feeling very desperate and you're wondering whether I or anybody else can really understand what it's like to be living under these conditions.
He:
You want to understand? Tell me, do you have children? Do they go to school? Do they have playgrounds? My son is sick! He plays in open sewage! His classroom has no books! Have you seen a school that has no books?
I:
I hear how painful it is for you to raise your children here; you'd like me to know that what you want is what all parents want for their children—a good education, opportunity to play and grow in a healthy environment . . .
He:
That's right, the basics! Human rights—isn't that what you Americans call it? Why don't more of you come here and see what kind of human rights you're bringing here!
I:
You'd like more Americans to be aware of the enormity of the suffering here and to look more deeply at the consequences of our political actions?..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>
Our dialogue continued, with him expressing his pain for nearly twenty more minutes, and I listening for the feeling and need behind each statement. I didn't agree or disagree. I received his words, not as attacks, but as gifts from a fellow human willing to share his soul and deep vulnerabilities with me.
Once the gentleman felt understood, he was able to hear me as I explained my purpose for being at the camp. An hour later, the same man who had called me a murderer was inviting me to his home for a Ramadan dinner.
—Marshall B. Rosenberg
(From Rosenburg's book)
Chapter One: Giving From The Heart, The Heart of Nonviolent Communication
"What I want in my life is compassion, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart."—MBR
(This is about Marshall's personal experience as a boy)
Believing that it is our nature to enjoy giving and receiving in a compassionate manner, I have been preoccupied most of my life with two questions. What happens to disconnect us from our compassionate nature, leading us to behave violently and exploitatively? And conversely, what allows some people to stay connected to their compassionate nature under even the most trying circumstances?
My preoccupation with these questions began in childhood, around the summer of 1943, when our family moved to Detroit, Michigan. The second week after we arrived, a race war erupted over an incident at a public park. More than forty people were killed in the next few days. Our neighborhood was situated in the center of the violence, and we spent three days locked in the house.
When the race riot ended and school began, I discovered that a name could be as dangerous as any skin color. When the teacher called my name during attendance, two boys glared at me and hissed, "Are you a kike?" I had never heard the word before and didn't know it was used by some people in a derogatory way to refer to Jews. After school, the two were waiting for me: they threw me to the ground, kicked and beat me.
Since that summer in 1943, I have been examining the two questions I mentioned. What empowers us, for example, to stay connected to our compassionate nature even under the worst circumstances? I am thinking of people like Etty Hillesum, who remained compassionate even while subjected to the grotesque conditions of a German concentration camp. As she wrote in her journal at the time,
"I am not easily frightened. Not because I am brave but because I know that I am dealing with human beings, and that I must try as hard as I can to understand everything that anyone ever does. And that was the real import of this morning: not that a disgruntled young Gestapo officer yelled at me, but that I felt no indignation, rather a real compassion, and would have liked to ask, 'Did you have a very unhappy childhood, has your girlfriend let you down?' Yes, he looked harassed and driven, sullen and weak. I should have liked to start treating him there and then, for I know that pitiful young men like that are dangerous as soon as they are let loose on mankind."—Etty Hillesum: A Memoir
All My Relations,
Sakana Running Wolf
Metis ( English,French,Irish,Micmac)
AFTER SENDING THE EMAIL THE FOLLOWING:
Then I decided to Google KSFO, Lee and Melanie, and LO AND BEHOLD I find out that KSFO has been doing HATE in one form or another for 10 years. I read Michael Savage was finally removed for his abuse after law suits from ACLU and targeted minority groups.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
Plan: Listen to these misguided, lower consciousness people and
report the abuse.. Create a BLOG of the day and the abuse.
Maybe put it on YouTube? Google about this and /or consult with ACLU - there is controversy about putting it on YouTube, but from what I read it is legal. I am not a lawyer so do not follow my advise. I will consult the ACLU, my buddies. Contact Walt Disney and the current advertisers" SPAN <>How ironic and unbelievable - the Bay Area - a mecca for freedom and enlightenment has such darkness! Como? Porque?
((Actually, wherever there is Light, there is Darkness. That is the
dance of the Earth.))
Only Lee Rogers has responded to my letter above to date (5/10).
Puerile half-assed remarks like "creep, go to hell". My response?
"Been there done that. You meanie," etc. Interestingly today I
noticed a subdued tone to their raves..and three times more artifical
laughter than normal. Normally the artificial laughter bothers me like fingernails on the chalk board. so enduring it at three times that level OMG!........Seriously, send Lee and Melanie your prayers for healing as well as reporting their abuse. Both are necessary. Both. Years ago I tuned into the Lee and Melanie show about 8 times... and remember that Lee shared he had Native American heritage. If true, I find it particularly hard to understand how he can ridicule others, especially minorities. Let's see, red inside, white outside =? I look forward to hearing from you, fellow lightworkers, humanitarians, tree -huggers, tree hand-shakers, human beings.
How can we best deal with this? Get a tree to hug Melanie and Lee? YES! What a great start!
Sakanta Running Wolf (Sakanta is my legal name, and means
Running Wolf)
(Last Name Withheld In Some Effort to Maintain A Private Life)
How is it possible for a Radio Station run by Walt Disney and ABC to have had Hate Talk Radio for 10 years!!!?? Is it the hour? 5-9 AM? I tuned in this week to hear "Lipstick Lesbian" and an extended ridicule of a prominant public figure because he has a speech impediment. HERE IS A COPY OF THE EMAIL I SENT TO LEE ROGERS AND MELANIE MORGAN: (A few sentences are not included in the interest of maintaining some level of a private life for Sakanta.)
(AFTER THE LETTER IS AN UPDATE AND PLAN FOR DEALING WITH HATE RADIO.)
EMAIL LETTER SENT FROM SAKANTA RUNNING WOLF TO KSFO'S MORNING SHOW WITH LEE ROGERS AND MELANIE MORGAN:
Lee and Melanie,
Your name calling and labeling has a limited and harmful effect. There is the possibility of a show you could do with lots more juice. It would mean, though, that every time you name call or label human beings or their actions,you would need to hear from those you judge - Then there would be a dialogue, rather than diatribe; there would be the possibility for understanding, healing.
I am talking about the stuff of Win -Win, Conflict Resolution, Nonviolent Communication.
For example: When you attack those who cross cross the border illegally, you would need to invite at least
several of those who cross the border illegally to tell you why, AND you would need to interview the
organizations that represent these people.I have spent five years in Brazil and Mexico, and have seen the
extensive extreme poverty that would drive anyone to cross the border. Poverty so severe that there
is not enough food, there is really no shelter (shacks, cardboard homes for miles and miles, a few feet from the highway, etc.
I saw some great TV coverage of this - a man here in the US who was a racist and blamed the people of Mexico for coming illegally across the border UNTIL he visited their home and saw the conditions I describe here.
So, are we (USA) supposed to allow anyone from any country who is poor to cross the border? No.What can
we do now until we fix world poverty? What is incredible is how many people and organizations in the world are doing just that; Every day they are doing something to fix world povery and suffering. Humbling. Inspiring. Incredible.
Take a trip and see this kind of suffering. Then, you will focus on how to fix it. A spiritual teacher shared that if we
were really "awake" we would cry when we encountered the suffering of others. Maybe that is why we close down..
or we would be crying 24/7!. Somehow, we keep from seeing the suffering.
Let's spend our energy finding solutions for world poverty. We ARE all related.That is the higher
truth. Energy spent in name calling and racism is devisive and harmful.We are all related and
responsible for each other. One World One People vs. US vs Terrorists. So how do we shift
the consciousness of those who are a part of this reality? We start dialogues, meetings,
Powerful examples can be found on the website of the Center for NonViolent Communication
You both are more suited to such an exchange,rather than the formula name-calling
that you do. It is your paycheck, but it does not satisfy your heart or spirit.What I find interesting
is that your words are harmful - your energy is quite positive - the result is that you spew crap, but it does not engender the response it would if your words and the energy behind the words matched.
Here is a powerful example of what we need to do to heal the split. heal the violence:
The following is quoted from the website,: Center for Nonviolent Communication http://www.cnvc.org/ , Marshall Rosenburg:
I was presenting Nonviolent Communication in a mosque at Deheisha Refugee Camp in Bethlehem to about 170 Palestinian Moslem men. Attitudes toward Americans at that time were not favorable. As I was speaking, I suddenly noticed a wave of muffled commotion fluttering through the audience. "They're whispering that you are American!" my translator alerted me, just as a gentleman in the audience leapt to his feet. Facing me squarely, he hollered at the top of his lungs, "Murderer!" Immediately a dozen other voices joined him in chorus:"Assassin!" "Child-killer!" "Murderer!"
Fortunately, I was able to focus my attention on what the man was feeling and needing. In this case, I had some cues. On the way into the refugee camp, I had seen several empty tear gas canisters that had been shot into the camp the night before. Clearly marked on each canister were the words "Made in U.S.A." I knew that the refugees harbored a lot of anger toward the U.S. for supplying tear gas and other weapons to Israel.
I addressed the man who had called me a murderer:
..>..>..>..>..>..>..> ..>
I:
Are you angry because you would like my government to use its resources differently? (I didn't know whether my guess was correct, but what is critical is my sincere effort to connect with his feeling and need.)
He:
Damn right I'm angry! You think we need tear gas? We need sewers, not your tear gas! We need housing! We need to have our own country!
I:
So you're furious and would appreciate some support in improving your living conditions and gaining political independence?
He:
Do you know what it's like to live here for twenty-seven years the way I have with my family—children and all? Have you got the faintest idea what that's been like for us?
I:
Sounds like you're feeling very desperate and you're wondering whether I or anybody else can really understand what it's like to be living under these conditions.
He:
You want to understand? Tell me, do you have children? Do they go to school? Do they have playgrounds? My son is sick! He plays in open sewage! His classroom has no books! Have you seen a school that has no books?
I:
I hear how painful it is for you to raise your children here; you'd like me to know that what you want is what all parents want for their children—a good education, opportunity to play and grow in a healthy environment . . .
He:
That's right, the basics! Human rights—isn't that what you Americans call it? Why don't more of you come here and see what kind of human rights you're bringing here!
I:
You'd like more Americans to be aware of the enormity of the suffering here and to look more deeply at the consequences of our political actions?..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>
Our dialogue continued, with him expressing his pain for nearly twenty more minutes, and I listening for the feeling and need behind each statement. I didn't agree or disagree. I received his words, not as attacks, but as gifts from a fellow human willing to share his soul and deep vulnerabilities with me.
Once the gentleman felt understood, he was able to hear me as I explained my purpose for being at the camp. An hour later, the same man who had called me a murderer was inviting me to his home for a Ramadan dinner.
—Marshall B. Rosenberg
(From Rosenburg's book)
Chapter One: Giving From The Heart, The Heart of Nonviolent Communication
"What I want in my life is compassion, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart."—MBR
(This is about Marshall's personal experience as a boy)
Believing that it is our nature to enjoy giving and receiving in a compassionate manner, I have been preoccupied most of my life with two questions. What happens to disconnect us from our compassionate nature, leading us to behave violently and exploitatively? And conversely, what allows some people to stay connected to their compassionate nature under even the most trying circumstances?
My preoccupation with these questions began in childhood, around the summer of 1943, when our family moved to Detroit, Michigan. The second week after we arrived, a race war erupted over an incident at a public park. More than forty people were killed in the next few days. Our neighborhood was situated in the center of the violence, and we spent three days locked in the house.
When the race riot ended and school began, I discovered that a name could be as dangerous as any skin color. When the teacher called my name during attendance, two boys glared at me and hissed, "Are you a kike?" I had never heard the word before and didn't know it was used by some people in a derogatory way to refer to Jews. After school, the two were waiting for me: they threw me to the ground, kicked and beat me.
Since that summer in 1943, I have been examining the two questions I mentioned. What empowers us, for example, to stay connected to our compassionate nature even under the worst circumstances? I am thinking of people like Etty Hillesum, who remained compassionate even while subjected to the grotesque conditions of a German concentration camp. As she wrote in her journal at the time,
"I am not easily frightened. Not because I am brave but because I know that I am dealing with human beings, and that I must try as hard as I can to understand everything that anyone ever does. And that was the real import of this morning: not that a disgruntled young Gestapo officer yelled at me, but that I felt no indignation, rather a real compassion, and would have liked to ask, 'Did you have a very unhappy childhood, has your girlfriend let you down?' Yes, he looked harassed and driven, sullen and weak. I should have liked to start treating him there and then, for I know that pitiful young men like that are dangerous as soon as they are let loose on mankind."—Etty Hillesum: A Memoir
All My Relations,
Sakana Running Wolf
Metis ( English,French,Irish,Micmac)
AFTER SENDING THE EMAIL THE FOLLOWING:
Then I decided to Google KSFO, Lee and Melanie, and LO AND BEHOLD I find out that KSFO has been doing HATE in one form or another for 10 years. I read Michael Savage was finally removed for his abuse after law suits from ACLU and targeted minority groups.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
Plan: Listen to these misguided, lower consciousness people and
report the abuse.. Create a BLOG of the day and the abuse.
Maybe put it on YouTube? Google about this and /or consult with ACLU - there is controversy about putting it on YouTube, but from what I read it is legal. I am not a lawyer so do not follow my advise. I will consult the ACLU, my buddies. Contact Walt Disney and the current advertisers" SPAN <>How ironic and unbelievable - the Bay Area - a mecca for freedom and enlightenment has such darkness! Como? Porque?
((Actually, wherever there is Light, there is Darkness. That is the
dance of the Earth.))
Only Lee Rogers has responded to my letter above to date (5/10).
Puerile half-assed remarks like "creep, go to hell". My response?
"Been there done that. You meanie," etc. Interestingly today I
noticed a subdued tone to their raves..and three times more artifical
laughter than normal. Normally the artificial laughter bothers me like fingernails on the chalk board. so enduring it at three times that level OMG!........Seriously, send Lee and Melanie your prayers for healing as well as reporting their abuse. Both are necessary. Both. Years ago I tuned into the Lee and Melanie show about 8 times... and remember that Lee shared he had Native American heritage. If true, I find it particularly hard to understand how he can ridicule others, especially minorities. Let's see, red inside, white outside =? I look forward to hearing from you, fellow lightworkers, humanitarians, tree -huggers, tree hand-shakers, human beings.
How can we best deal with this? Get a tree to hug Melanie and Lee? YES! What a great start!
Sakanta Running Wolf (Sakanta is my legal name, and means
Running Wolf)
(Last Name Withheld In Some Effort to Maintain A Private Life)
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