Fantastic talk by William Rivers Pitt

[msmcghee]

I hope I'm not duplicating someting that was up previously. But "The following comments were delivered August 10, 2003, as the keynote address at the Veterans for Peace National Convention in San Francisco."

I did not see it mentioned and I know many here would enjoy reading it as much as I did. I hope this gives some spine to the weak-willed politicos who pretend to represent America's values. Here is the link:

http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/8588

[AWD]

1. Who? Never heard of him

Yeah, it's a dupe...but no worries. It's a wonderful speech, worth reading again.

I might have to get that guy to write some speeches for my campaign......

[hobbes159]

3. You need to read his book

"The Greatest Sedition is Silence" -- it was very inspiring. I've actually just ordered copies to give out to friends....

[AWD]

6. Read it?

Read it? Hell, I'm IN it!

Early on, Will mentions a person who was escorted out of Ohio Stadium for turning his back on Bush at Commencement proceedings....that's me.

on edit - I'm an attention whore, and I know it.

[WilliamPitt]

8. Attention whore

:)

[AWD]

10. Back at you

Mr "So I wrote this book"......

Right back atcha, bro!

[goobergunch]

11. For what that's worth, the entire DU is in it! (n/t)

[Tinoire]

12. Congratulations to you and thank you!

I'm jealous I wasn't there to do that!

[RapidCreek]

18. Yer shittin me!

What the hell was their rational for doing that? I'd really love to hear what their excuse was.

RC

[nostamj]

16. that book is SO last week...

he's already got another one out there.

It's Our Flag Too

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. Is this te speech

that is going to be on C-Span soon? I can hardly wait to hear it

I am so proud of him

[catzies]

7. I would love to know when it's on CSPAN!

Got link? :)

[Rhiannon12866]

15. It will probably be repeated on C-Span2

That's when I caught it, as I missed the beginning the first time around. On another thread about this, someone posted the link to the video, so you can view Will's great talk, in its entirety, anytime you wish. Here it is: (click where it says Veterans for Peace)

http://www.c-span.org/Search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&BasicQueryText=%22veterans+for+peace%22

[RapidCreek]

19. I recorded it if anyone is interested....

PM me and I'll set you up an account on my server. It's big...97 megs. If it wasn't RealMedia I'd convert it to a divx and cut the size by half...oh well.


RC

[Rhiannon12866]

20. The link I posted will expire after a couple of weeks

Will your recording continue to be accessible? Forgive me, but I'm still rather a neophyte regarding this.:-)

[RapidCreek]

21. Yep, preserved for posterity!!!

You may perhaps want to look into a piece of software known as Streambox. Sorry but I will not elaborate further on it's purpose, how to use it or where to get it.....do a Google and all shall become clear. Suffice it to say, that RealMedia files CAN be saved....if yer industrious. Yo ho ho and shiver me timbers.

RC

[Rhiannon12866]

22. Thank you for this information

I will look into it.:-)

[RapidCreek]

23. My Pleasure Rhiannon

RC

[never cry wolf]

4. great speech

thanks for posting it.

[wabeewoman]

5. Wow!

Thanks for posting this! What an absolute inspiring speech. William Pitt has a gift with words and an ability to inspire.

[Tinoire]

9. And they clapped and clapped and clapped!

That night Will was the hero of all those brave, beautiful veterans. It was heart-warming to see truly great men like Stan Goff, S. Brian Wilson and disabled veterans who had stood down the navy at Vieques
paying hommage to Will.

They couldn't get enough of him and talked with him way into the wee hours of the night.

Then of course there was an intimate party in room 762 where Kucinich stopped by to say hello to everyone.

Yes, Will was even the hit of room 762...

Stan Goff, S.Brian Wilson, Will Pitt... What do these three men have in common? All warriors for peace!


Way to go Will! This Vet adores you! ;)

[Ladyhawk]

13. I'm listening to your speech, Will,

and tears are streaming down my face. You go, dude!

[Rhiannon12866]

17. Tinoire, I think you should weigh in on the thread where they are

flaming poor Will for saying that Kucinich looks better with his new haircut! Somehow, they equate this with criticism of the candidate himself, when nothing could be further from the truth!

[Rhiannon12866]

14. Thank you for posting this!

I saw Will's talk, but not all of it, so I am grateful for the link. He was on C-Span2, for what it's worth, and C-Span usually repeats things, fortunately. I found out that he was on by seeing a post on DU and you're right, he was absolutely excellent. He's not afraid to tell the truth and I am proud that he's with us here on DU.:D