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August 16, 2006

Your 9/11 Stories Wanted

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, we at The Pulse would like to remember the event -- through your remembrances.

Please E-mail us your stories (between 100 and 1000 words) of that day; your memories of that day and thoughts about that day. We will print as many as we can, as complete as we can. Please include contact information, as we will likely want to photograph you for the issue as well.

The issue will run September 6.
Deadline for submissions is noon on Friday, September 1.

Thank you in advance for your contributions.

Bill Colrus
Editor, The Pulse

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9/11 Audiotapes Now Online

Click here to listen to recently-released audiotapes of emergency phone calls from September 11, 2001.

The presentation of the audio is so stark and methodical that it makes the content that much more gripping.

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Junecast: She, Too, Was Born on a Mountaintop in Tennessee

By now, you've likely heard about June Griffin's recent run-in with the law. But did you hear her interview on talk radio? Huh? Did ya?

Well, click here to hear it in all its flag-swipin' glory.

If you still have no idea what I'm talking about, read on:

She, Too, Was Born on a Mountaintop in Tennessee

June Griffin: not a big fan of the Mexicans. That’s the one clear lesson from the Rhea County religious activist’s arrest last week on charges of civil rights intimidation, phone harassment, theft under $500 and vandalism. The same week she lost her Quixotic bid to replace Zach Wamp in Congress, she allegedly stole a Mexican flag from a Hispanic grocery store in Dayton.

We say “allegedly” because we’re paranoid that way, but Griffin has proudly admitted to stealing the flag. “I went into the store,” she said in a statement, “and a young man sat there and could speak no American at all. I looked around and saw a small Mexican flag stuck to the back door. Seeing this effrontery, I tore it off the door and left. Of all the nerve! It was not stolen; it was an act of war!”

Griffin, who is also accused of making threatening phone calls to the store (which she basically acknowledged as well), faces up to five years in jail. She pled not guilty Friday. She also issued a statement “to the Mexican consulate”:

“Of all the nerve, you people come into our town, speak Spanish, put up their alien flags and expect us to take it laying down. You can be sure the inactivity on the part of veterans and patriots is no sign of love for your effrontery or that their hearts are not grieved and broken. They just wait for the Lord to execute His Wrath as He did in avenging the death of Davy Crockett.”

Yep. Davy Crockett. She remembers the Alamo. She’s going to be a real treat for the wardens. Hopefully they’ll speak American.

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PulseCast: Music Edition #003 - Now Online

#003 features music from Mew, Awesome Color, Lansing-Dreiden, Oneida, Sparklehorse, Danielson, Wolf Parade, Fiery Furnaces, Susumu Yokota, Espers and many more.

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