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Mark Crispin Miller on the importance of voting

2008-08-29T15:44:00.001-07:00

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This short clip gives another reason to get out and vote -- the larger the turnout the more difficult to disguise and perpetrate election fraud. This clip will be part of the re-release of Penny Little's Film Electile Dysfunction 2008, and part of the Unconventional Tour 2008, which includes music, film, audience participation. You can see the entire clip from Mark Crispin Miller on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOjjvtMHGc

4th of July Street Fair

2008-08-24T18:56:00.001-07:00

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The Los Padres Chapter of the Sierra Club displayed their "Green Block" as part of the Ventura Street Fair in Ventura on the 4th of July. The 30th annual street fair is mainly a shopping extraveganza, but the "Green Block" was selling ideas: how to Save the World for Kids, and how to Green the Home. The Ventura City Environmental Department showed kids how to recycle which items and how to win prizes with the correct answers to their quiz. Air Pollution Control District of Ventura had games for kids and prizes, as did the KidsVsGlobalWarming booth run by young teens. The MEChA Club from Oxnard College was requesting help to get rid of toxic waste in their community, and the younger kids painted pictures of what they do to Save The World!
For the adults as well as kids, there were prizes and more prizes for answering correctly the questions about how to save money, energy and reduce global warming - at center stage, hosted by 3 teenagers actively participating in the environment: Eric Fernandez, Shannon McComb and Alec Loorz.
Ladybugs and wonderful aromas brought many landscape enthusiasts to Nature by Design's booth. Free bike parking was provided for all fair goers. It was a great day for the saving energy, saving money and saving the environment!

Computers For Families has a new citizen

2008-08-24T18:50:00.001-07:00

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Walter just got his naturalization papers. His co-workers introduce him to "american" foods and deserts, but he seems a little skeptical....

Surfliner to L.A.

2008-08-24T07:11:00.001-07:00

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The Pacific Surfliner runs from Central California to points South. I took it from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles, with my bike, then took the subway with my bike, then a city bus with my bike, went to visit my friend, and returned home.
It sure as heck beats driving, and I got some exercise!

Dream Act - Santa Barbara

2008-08-22T09:59:00.001-07:00

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Dream Act legislation for Callifornia was discussed in Santa Barbara at an event on the library grounds, downtown. A cheerful group of would be college students and supporters talked about the need for the legislation and what it means to all Californians. This law, if passed, would allow undocumented students who have attended schools here for 3 years or more, to apply for loans and scholarships when they go on to college.

Halaco Educational Event

2008-08-04T07:54:00.000-07:00

On the Ormond Beach in Oxnard, California sits the Halaco Company's toxic waste pile which is 4 stories high. It is filled with heavy metals and radioactive materials and many poisonous pollutants. This is what is left over from their metal recycling plant which they begun in the '50's. They were closed down because of their far too frequent safety violations. They have since moved their operation to Tennessee under the name of MagPro, but have left their mess here in Oxnard for the community to deal with. Here's where we are with it now.

Bike Ride to Mercury Lounge

2008-05-31T18:26:00.000-07:00

During Bike Week in Santa Barbara, one of the events is to ride from BiCi Centro, the community bike shop to the Mercury Lounge way out in Goleta, to watch....bike movies! We just can't get enough of it.

Whitaker Peak Trash Pickup

2008-03-20T19:54:00.000-07:00

Los Padres Forest Watch organized a trip to Whitaker Peak to clean up the Condor feeding site. It was a dynamic day, with the weather changing rapidly. After a few short hours picking up tiny little reflective pieces of glass, fired clay, bullet casings and the like, guess what? It started to snow!! See this 3 minute video about our fun trip to a beautiful site.

PUEBLO Makes Plans

2008-03-08T11:24:00.001-08:00

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PUEBLO (People United for Economic justice Building Leadership through Organizing) recently retreated for the weekend in San Ynez to extablish their plans for the year. With new leadership from its Director, Belen Serea, the organization laid out it's plans for the year. It was an arduous process and came out with great results - our 4 most important things to accomplish this year!

Albert Ellis Interview

2008-02-22T21:31:00.001-08:00

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Albert Ellis, Ph.D. Died July 24, 2007, New York City Dr. Ellis, who was 93 years old, died of natural causes. At the time of his death, he was President Emeritus of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City. As a practicing psychoanalyst from 1947 to 1953, Dr. Ellis grew increasingly doubtful about the efficacy of that form of psychotherapy, concerned that no amount of talk would help his clients if they failed to take action against their habitual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. By late 1953, he had stopped calling himself a psychoanalyst and begun developing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), an action-oriented therapy aimed at making emotional and behavioral change through challenging self-defeating thoughts." Ellis was 90 years old when I interviewed him. He was working from his room, co-writing a book with James Walter, Jr. I asked him questions about war, the Bush administration, and 9/11.

Ventura Transit Needs

2008-02-05T21:37:00.001-08:00

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The Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) had its annual public hearing on transit needs. It takes testimony to see if there are any unmet needs. The money that is spent for this comes from the California State Transportation Development Act (TDA) which provides funds for local transit, bicycle/pedestrian and street projects. These funds are administered by VCTC.

You may share your views of public transit service needs within Ventura County, and between Ventura and Los Angeles/Santa Barbara Counties to help identify unmet transits needs which are reasonable to meet.

If the funds are not spent on these needs, road capacity improvements would then receive it.
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Das Williams, a part time employee for CAUSE, (Coastal Alliance United for A Sustainable Economy) a grass roots group representing workers, wants to see more transit funding for those who use it every day.

Most of the comments were very specific, such as needing another bus run between Ojai and Ventura in the afternoon, additional bike racks on the busses, Sunday service on the Camarrillo Route, more routes between Pt. Hueneme and Los Angeles, Oak View and the High School, Thousand Oaks to Santa Barbara (include fewer transfers and wait times), and to please have the Vista bus stop in Montecito.
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The moderating Supervisor, Kathy Long, asked staff if these comments and questions that were made had been responded to by the staff. Vic Kamy, Director of transit said, Yes, and they will be responded to after this meeting. We do try to answer the questions for information our riders have. They can also contact our office any time to tell us their concerns.

Mary Harris: The disabled need night time service between Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara. After hours for disabled people need to be coordinated between cities and counties so that they don't become stranded somewhere in the dark.

Andrew Hecker: After hours service is needed. The connections between towns need to be coordinated, like the Metro link and Amtrak sharing one ticket. Bus, train connections. It took me a long to figure out the real way to get around. It is sometimes a secret. The service is not publicized enough.

P.U.E.B.L.O.'s got the winnng team!

2007-11-18T07:45:00.001-08:00

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PUEBLO is a non-profit economic and environmental justice organization dedicated to building the political power and leadership of low-income residents throughout Santa Barbara County.

Santa Barbara County is home to one of the wealthiest communities in the United States, yet there is tremendous poverty throughout our County. Santa Barbara County has the highest rate of uninsured children in the State, and the economy is dominated by low-wage jobs in the service, tourist, and agricultural industries.

However, PUEBLO has come up with a way to gain political power for its work. Here's one way they do it. Click on movie to play.

It's a STYLE Thing

2007-05-27T06:52:00.001-07:00

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Santa Barbara High School has a new bike club for low rider bikes. See what the boys have created for STYLE..........and they are rideable! time is 8:47

Fossil Free by '33 (long version)

2007-03-03T11:48:00.001-08:00

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The Community Environmental Council of Santa Barbara, California, has a plan to stop using fossil fuels by the year 2033. Think it can't be done? Find out how they are using available technologies and fuels and practices to stop using pollution causing fossil fuels! Get out the popcorn - this version is a half hour long.

PUEBLO Educates Their Volunteers.

2007-01-15T22:00:00.000-08:00

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How does a growing community organization continue to be successful? They educate themselves continuously, giving trainings to new volunteers with seasoned volunteers. In this case, PUEBLO (People United for Economic justice, Building Leadership through Organizing) in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, California, recently winning several election campaigns, continues to struggle for advances for working families. http://www.sbpueblo.org/ is their website to learn more about them. Here's a little sample of the retreat. (It may take a minute or 2 to load).

Fossil Free by '33 Part 4 San Luis Obispo

2006-12-07T20:35:00.000-08:00

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The Central Coast Clean Cities Campaign sponsored a Clean Fuels exhibit at the Farmer's Market in San Luis Obispo August of 2006. See some of the new technologies as well as the old. Some are inexpensive, some are small, some are pricey. They all reduce the use of fossil fuels. Check it out!

Sustainable Transportation at SBCC, Part 3 of "Fossil Free by '33"

2006-12-01T20:51:00.000-08:00

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Santa Barbara City College students and staff have their own ideas about transportation which uses less fossil fuels than the norm. Check out their ideas on how to get to and from school.

"Fossil Free by '33" Part 2 Veggie Mobile

2006-11-30T20:07:00.000-08:00

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Emma has found a way to reduce her use of fossil fuels and save money as well. Here's what she and her husband do.

Music Video - "Every Song That I Write" ?Penny Little 2006

2006-11-05T01:15:00.000-08:00

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I filmed this one afternoon, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, just one take, turning the camera on myself, edited it that evening.....Home alone with two cats, a bottle of wine, and , well.... a song. Pedal Steel guitar, quirky vocals and lyrics, and electronica....hmmm, where does this fit in? Unlike most of my posts, this is not political.... Unless, of course, everything we do is political, or has that become "cliche"? I believe that's true.? If we cannot get along on the most personal front, how can we get along in the macro??? World Wars begin at home.

This little ditty is simply a country song. I'm really authentically "country" having spent much of my life in the country -- like Missouri, the "show me" state.

Consider this a vacation from the Bush administration.....

William Rodriguez, 911 Hero and Survivor

2006-10-04T13:25:00.000-07:00

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This is a short clip from extras on the DVD "911: Dust and Deceit at the WTC" . William Rodriguez was speaking at a rally at the United Nations on September 11, 2005. He was a janitor in WTC 1 for 20 years, and on 911 saved many lives because he had the master key to the stairwells, and because he went back into the building. As the building collapsed, he saved himself by diving under a firetruck. He was the last survivor of WTC 1 to be pulled from the rubble alive. William has been active in helping families of 911, survivors, and despite his own health problems from breathing the toxic dust of 911, continues to speak to groups and tell his story. He traveled to Venezuela and met with Hugo Chavez, and Kuala Lumpur where he and Jimmy Walter met with Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Media Activism - Preview

2006-10-03T20:35:00.000-07:00

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Media Activism - Long version

2006-10-03T20:20:00.000-07:00

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A Sociology Conference was held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to honor the retirement of Professor Richard Flacks in May of 2006. This panel on Media Activisim draws lessons from the 1960's, when the Professor was politically active and about which he has been teaching all these years. There are two sections on? music, then literature, radio and movies. The discussion is about the role of culture in social activism. 28 minutes long. (Bring your own popcorn).

Former Governor of Alabama Siegelman threatened in 2002

2006-09-30T22:05:00.000-07:00

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In the 2002 Alabama Governor's race, then Governor Don Siegelman was threatened with jail if he persisted in recounting the votes in an election which had severe irregularities. Here's that clip from the film "Electile Dysfunction" by Penny Little.

Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: alabama, riley, siegelman, governor, election

911: Dust and Deceit at the WTC Trailer

2006-09-11T22:05:00.000-07:00

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3 minute trailer for upcoming film "911: Dust and Deceit at the World Trade Center" by Penny LittleMore Information available at http://www.911dust.org

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Tags: environment, epa, 911, 2001, dust, toxic, september 11, film, world trade center

Robert Bowman 30 second commercial

2006-09-11T21:50:00.000-07:00

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Dr. Bob Bowman won the Democratic Primary in Florida running for Congress in November 2006. I produced this 30 second commercial which was aired for five days before that primary election on September 5. It was not a campaign ad. It was to show that Bowman is not afraid to question the official story of 911. "The truth about 911 is that we don't know the truth about 911." -- Bob Bowman

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Tags: 911 commission, bob bowman, wtc, 911

2006-07-24T17:44:00.000-07:00

Autos On Welfare-Short (12min.)

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Robert Bernstein, social activist, explains "natural capitalism" and uses cars and car subsidies as examples. Who pays for car useage and its hidden subsidies, as well as the hidden costs to run them are surprising. For examples in Santa Barbara and other comodities, see the longer program below.

2006-07-10T12:39:00.000-07:00

One On One, A Mountain Unicycle Ride In Santa Barbara

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Santa Barbara is blessed with many beautiful trails, with the mountains very near the ocean. Many different kinds of people use the trails, including these crazy characters who ride one on one.

THIS IS A HIGHER RESOLUTION VERSION THAN THE PREVIOUS. 7 Minutes

One on One, A Mountain Unicycle Ride in Santa Barbara

2006-07-07T22:31:00.000-07:00

Here is a short 7 minute view of a new sport here in Santa Barbara - mountain unicycling if you can believe it! Check out this movie and if you want to see more, watch for a half hour program coming soon on what they call Muni (Mountain Unicyclilng) Weekend.

2006-06-22T18:18:00.000-07:00

Autos On Welfare

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Half hour program about "Natural Capitalism" which uses autos on welfare as an example of governement subsidies. Other examples are logging and cattle farming. Talks about recycling. this version is lower resolution than the other.

This is 28 minutes long.

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2006-06-04T16:45:00.000-07:00

People to People TV has released "Electile Dysfunction".

Electile Dysfunction is a dynamic overview of our entire electoral process beginning with historical interviews in 2003 from people in the street, celebrities and experts that frame the story of serious problems with electronic voting machines. The documentary highlights the role mainstream media plays not reporting these abuses to the American public. The film focuses on the voting irregularities in Florida and Ohio in November 2004.

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See website to obtain movie.

2006-06-04T11:18:00.000-07:00

Electile Dysfunction trailer

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Nov 2004 brings up a lot of questions about who really won the election and the voting machines which were used.

This video was originally shared on blip.tv by dorothyVid with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license.