--- nuralanwar <nuralanwar@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- In NewPacifica@y..., jim Dingeman > <jimdingeman@y...> wrote: > > Why don't you let the listeners decide...in all > their > > thousands and tens of thousands...involve them in > the > > debate over poistions and policies... > > That is exactly what needs to be done. WBAI has some > very > sensible listeners out there. As a listener, I > wouldn't > want it any other way. Goddamn, we agree on something..Holy Shit!!! > > Yeah, you are > > right...if the Stalinist element comes up with > their > > Politburo idea revamped...well this is a national > > fight and I will be totally immersed and in it. > > Chainsaw firmly in hand, no doubt. > I will be better armed than that > > Love and kisses > > Hah! You imagine you could live to be so lucky? > Vajra > > Vainity, Vainity > > > > > > > > -- nuralanwar <nuralanwar@y...> wrote: > > > Hmm, well, after a couple of readings I don't > see > > > any "process > > > for screening" at all in the KPFA process on > > > wbai.net. Maybe I'm > > > missing something, I hope. True enough that PC > > > standards of any > > > kind are no guarantee that a person will be any > damn > > > good on a > > > board -- I know some so-called progressives who > talk > > > the talk to > > > perfection & go through community organizations > like > > > one-person > > > chain-saw massacres. Having all your dogma down > > > doesn't mean > > > diddly. So I think that there should be some way > of > > > screening > > > people based on bad previous performance, > inasmuch > > > as I do not > > > believe that polite overlooking of one-person > > > chain-saw massacres > > > will serve us well. The trick is to come up with > > > some objective > > > criteria for determining who is at high risk for > > > this ... or so > > > they say. With any luck, we will arrive at > something > > > that you > > > will really hate, Jim. Because then we might be > able > > > to get a > > > really good board. > > > Vajra > > > > > > > > > --- In NewPacifica@y..., jim Dingeman > > > <jimdingeman@y...> wrote: > > > > The criterion set in thge KPFA process for > > > screening > > > > are pretty adequate. > > > > Setting absurdly high PC standards for the > > > candidate > > > > pool is the same process that others might > want > > > to > > > > substitute with some etraordinary method to > > > appoint > > > > self-selected by 20 people LAB appointed reps. > > > > The key issue is that the listeners are > excluded > > > from > > > > the give and take and repartee of debate and > > > colliquoy > > > > on air...they are presented with a carefully > > > filtered > > > > pool of Lab candiadtes that are not produced > by > > > some > > > > democratically accessible debate process where > > > ideasd > > > > and positions are discussed and freely > thouught > > > about. > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! > Auctions! > > > > > > > http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > > > New Pacifica Working Group > > > http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica > > > 'Save Our Stations!' > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email > to: > > > NewPacifica-unsubscribe@e... > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > > > http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > New Pacifica Working Group > http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica > 'Save Our Stations!' > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > NewPacifica-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/xYTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NewPacifica-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/