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February 7, 2009

Well, January was a wild one don't you say?? February has us finally breaking the deep freeze and hopefully the sun will warm us all up for the next go round at the Statehouse.  Bills have their dockets, and now the chase to get signers is on.. will we see a list soon of the bill numbers?

Sometimes the buzz has it, the bills can be submerged in politicking wasting of time.. Please support all dockets for open meeting law this go round.. We do not have time to waste.  Get on the phones and support the bills submitted by my Senator Bruce Tarr SD 1944 and Rep Brad Hill HD 2713  especially.  Why?  because this will put the Legislature General Court under the open meeting law.  Transparency.. give it a try please !  WE need to start ringing the phones 617 722 2000 main switchboard, and refer them to my page where I posted all the dockets on open meeting law. Breaking news page:   http://comflm.com/id67.html  That will give them two messages..one to support COMFLM REGISTRY and to know the dockets being submitted easily.  They should be aware of the content on each. 

posting feb 7 2009

I was told the new statehouse computer system is not accepting dvd's that are not streamable .. then I was told that that system can be tweaked to accept them and it is a simple process ..so ask about this .. why would our Gov computer system in place at the statehouse only accept streaming discs.  That is a little bit of a stretch..  Things people say.. who knows anything anymore???  Sometimes it pays to be quiet .. but a tip like this is worth investigating I think.. so let's go for it.  I consider a comment like that a tip.

Breaking News, Friday December 12, 2008 Gov Patrick declares state of emergency.. see report on WBUR link:

http://www.wbur.org/news/2008/81969_20081212.asp

VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY INDICTED?!?!????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQEMPdIxZcY&NR=1

NOT SO FAST WHAT ABOUT OUR ILLEGAL ALIEN BARRY PRES.??

BREAKING NEWS NOV 21 2008, Boston City Councilor arrested, Turner..see local news for full coverage..I actually got a few minutes of a rally supporters had for him in front of the Federal building ..

posting Feb 7 2009, in update to my post on 91808

I guess I got a little rough on the Cardinal signature diss but then the story goes:  Here is the fini, I tape the following weekend for the Mass Citizens for Life Boston Common event and march.  Of course I am just there to scan the event and do my usual archive so we can have some history of how many show up etc.. I also had a tablet with a signature sheet in my bag.  I was passing some out to folks who might like to grab some signatures along the way when I see the Cardinal coming towards the area of the assembly.  Anh hunh I say let's see what we can do with this scene about to happen.  I have my camera on the monopod.. I have a slung bag of signature sheets on my shoulder and of course my purse somewhere hanging on my body.. and I head straight for him.

The next scene is I am now positioned in a block so he can just come at me my camera is ready he is ending a talk with some lady I do not know, and I say to him.. Cardinal Sean O Malley!  Can I get you to sign the petition??

What Petition? He answers!  I say the 1913 Petition.. he comes towards me grabs the signature board and signs.  I look and then say Cardinal O Malley! You forgot to sign your address!  He turns, looks back and signs the address..  A second body guard Priest with him smiling coyly says "  I will take that, I say what? We will put that in for you!  I say oh no, that is going into a legal stack right over there!  They both laugh and take off!  Little did I know he signed the wrong address..

Later at the office the buzz was high, and the signature was a monumental event.. And I was the one who got it, because the week before at the door of Bishop 'Fenwick HS after a special event, taping him..withaudio only  I had asked him personally why he was not supporting Brian Camenker a Righteous Jew, married to a Catholic, and the 1913 MassResistance petition.  His answer, was they were not interested because it would not be productive, they wanted to support the Amendment process.  I told him he was wrong at that time, and when he was clearly signing on this day I personally felt he knew exactly what he was doing. 

However, some wise folks knew the address was wrong.  They went to check out the story and it was wrong.  The story got back to me and in my old Catholic respect for Authority, I said, he wrote it let it go, we got his signature that is all. I truly thought it would be fixed at the City Hall.   The process however sadly ends with rumors he was in a weak moment when he signed, yeah right. The day the signatures were to go in, we had to find his, and to my harrassing indignation, we did not.  Brian found it the next day, in the 0's pile.  Now that should have been news.. all over the place but you can see this crowd is not vindictive like the hate crowd would like to make them out to be.  I however, was furious.

So I went myself to the street he said was home and was driven by a witness as well, and it was a number no building had. And inside the Cathedral, on a table were the collection envelopes with the correct address.. He knew what he was doing.  I called his office and I told madame secretary  he needed to get back to me and explain his "mistake" before I release the story.  He never called.  I went to City Hall and found the exact woman who got the signature who looked up his voting address and it was the Cathedral and we can see the other rumor circulating that it was forged..it was not he wrote it in my face.  With a witness his buddy body guard.. 5 months is long enough to wait.. don't you say??? Folks I wept that day. Tears streamed like a river and I did not care who saw me.

So that is the story, it is over it is not over.. I am at the statehouse this last week Feb already and a conservative lobbyist comes to me with a complaint.  They are upset about the way the I treated the Cardinal .  Ok I say you can have your opinion, but I was there and you were not.. and if Mass Resistance published anything it was not what I wanted published..it was too weak.. at that point this person simply stated they would not speak to me and left .. So the rumor is bogus and this story is it.. Stop the stupid twisting of the truth everyone. 

Ask the Cardinal what he was doing?? Did he experience a senior moment?? I have a lot of them, but that one is unforgettable.. Janet Aldrich posted 2 7 09

Buffer zones on initiative petitions, protesting, and candidates.. who would think of these three area's as equal..but they are...

All need to be 150 feet from the site of interest.. so the initiative petition folks had to stand out of site of the voters on the past primary election day.. but when you say to them that this has been decided on without a public vote just a Public Hearing..they are amiss at the process.. so the vote to vote on the 1913 law will be history if we are not able to garner the signatures.. read on down and see the painful blocks the gatherers are withstanding.. very hard to be a citizen these days who wants democracy to let the people vote.. posted 9 18 08 jaldrich

I suppose you all know the Cardinal has dissed the Initiative Petition Referendum Ballot question to be put on the ballot in 2010.  Do they need to go back to school to learn civic governmental process???

His remark is" that the effort is a waste of time, for the Church to get into..and that Judges are planning to legislate from the bench..all across America?? "is that his information?? from whom???" What we need is a Federal Amendment.". Ok so what about the next 5 years of removing the underpilings of this arena.. and the generation that will come up being totally destroyed??? I suppose he plans to coral them in Catholicism and train them to be martyrs?? 

Like the Muslim terrorists train their young.. in the midst of the free land..

Not going to get a response that will empower the public from him, you can see..  Your on your own, Church Triumphant.. try a little guts on for size even with your leaders the local Pastor.. try that one on for size..

sticky... . the last place you want to see this battle is in the Pulpit.. or in the Pew..no pun intended.. but maybe there is a reason for calling church seats pew.. looks like a stink to me....posted 91808 jaldrich

Boston City Hall, City Counselors will be soon having a Hearing on a suggestion to not videotape Municipalities public meetings... stay tuned..and do not miss this essential event..when it happens a wish from the Committee.. posted 091808 jaldrich

41 BILLS plus these hot items

statehouse Committee on Labor and Workforce Development does not condone public meeting law..refuses to be taped ever..has written rules regarding taping audio recording etc and will not allow their hearings to be videotaped not even the Regular Media Sources we all know.  NO PRESS ALLOWED NOT POSTED IN MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT.  bills in committee of sensational proportion..
Senate 566 opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing..individuals
Senate 260 Extended care career ladder program
Senate 1078 Investigation of health care work force study
Senate 1094  Commonwealth Citizen Service initiative
Senate 1102 Public records Law
House 149 relative to illegal immigration  this one is really a hot item... businesses will be shut down for hiring illegal immigrants immediately for 30 days..
H1788 Children marketing activities
H1791 Child labor law
H1812 legislation to assist residents of commonwealth in understanding labor markets
H1835 establishing a task force on the underground
H1847 Physician reports on child labor laws
H4422 Mature workers business council within Workforce Development
..

Public Hearing February 13, 2008 B2 10AM  Committee refuses to be taped!  wants secrecy and hates transparency..please call committee and complain ...Wednesday..please call 617 722 2000 recept will forward call
don't they understand open meeting law??? Press dissed..Disabled dissed ..a law unto themselves..posted 145AM J Aldrich, Catch of the Day,

posted January 27, 2008
guess what..no audio equipment..so  looks like a steal..took place..don't you say???

News Feed..new item:   http://www.thenewsroom.com/ coming soon

for Massachusetts voting news visit the LWV site: http://www.votinginfo.info/

Wanna know what the kids think about the news???

check this link:  http://www.dailycollegian.com/videos/ 

Oh and check the ad for underwear.which runs over and over, don''t you think a few parents eyebrows are stuck up a little??
 



Would you like to contribute to State House coverage by Comflm?
This can be done soon..look for the pay pal link on this page.

We are taping a lot this week.  Each visit to tape a meeting is roughly $20.00 . That is not labor.  That is travel and tapes.  Catch of the Day, Video News, Freelance Reporting taping since 2003 has accumulated around 150 meetings and events at the Statehouse.  This is a free effort to educate the Statehouse to the invaluable resource of taping.  So far Committee's have participated and the project has been productive.  We are at the last stage. The Bill under Docket 4527 needs your support.  You need to call in on it.  More will be added on this but please consider supporting this cause.  Until the Coalition to Preserve the Public Record is not just Catch of the Day, the cost shared by all the effort to produce in a timely way this footage is great.  Please help if you can.  Thanks and have a great day.  JAldrich, Hamilton, posted 91607



HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR JEWISH FRIENDS..ON ROSH HASHANA

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125.00 DIG 8 AND A LOCAL MERCHANT WILL BE CALLING ME IN THE AM IF HE CAN ROUND UP SEVERAL..SO IF YOU NEED ONE EMAIL ME  comflm@yahoo.com, tomorrow AM..I CAN'T PROMISE ANYTHING BUT WILL FIND OUT TOMORROW MYSELF.. 091407
the cameras are in stores all over the states.  They called with one yesterday and I have two orders so if you want one please call me so I can give them a number soon . They will not last at that price.


WERE BACK..and yes it is LABOR INTENSIVE DAY! NOT LABOR REST DAY FOR ME..OH WELL

COMFLM IS BACK AND RUNNING FULL TILT AHEAD, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH US UNTIL WE GET ALL THE PAGES BACK UP.

WE WILL STILL BE POSTING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WEEKLY AS THEY COME UP.

WE WILL BE ADVERTISING FOR REPORTERS, JOURNALISTS, AND VIDEOGRAPHERS TO JOIN THIS EFFORT TO ORGANIZE THE INDEPENDANT MEDIA IN MASSACHUSETTS..

THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE..WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD YEAR OF REPORTING..
posted by J Aldrich, Sept 3, 2007

bangs and balm.. posted January 25, 2008

This week I experienced some bangs..ok what is that??? I lost some equipment.  It has my identification on it so if it is found well, there are still honest people in the world.. but in the meantime this is a $100.00 bill to replace.. and a Committee hearing is on it.. Financial Services..the one on the Home Health reimbursements.. so maybe someone will return it..let's hope..we can give a honest people report soon..

balm,

I received a check to day, for the Coalition to Preserve the Public Record..that was timely and most thankful after the above story.. but what is unusual is this, at the line for item spending it on are the words..
ready???? tithes..

I am falling all over the place.... can you see me????  NOW that is a good day and a quick balm for my sorris ...thank you so much...

To remind people however, who would like to contribute to this project..it is not a 501c3.  This can never be one.  It is a media project.  It is educational as well and documentary as well, but this project is not going to work with some restraints of 501c3.  This project may set up an educational fund someday if someone wants to take the footage and duplicate it for colleges etc libraries as I have stated so many times.  But this is the beginning. This is not the purpose to make money.  It is educational to support docket 4527 that will make it a law to tape Legislative Hearings in the Commonwealth.  The fact this money is coming substantiates the project that wishes this docket to become law.

When that effectualizes and we see all hearings on TV and streamed and archived on internet we will have a new day in DEMOCRACY, and true transparency will have become law.  So let's help make that possible.  Anyone taking my equipment on purpose is not a good person..maybe broke but they do not understand what I am doing.  So I forgive them not knowing the truth if that is what happened.  As I said the item is well marked and it needs to be returned.  So let's say a good prayer today that it comes back.  Do you know my blackberry came back on the rail???
Now that was a blackberry rail miracle. Let's see how this audio saga plays out..I am into miracles..

J Aldrich, Hamilton..

LORD PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS VETERANS AND LEAD THEM THROUGH THE MAZE OF RED TAPE & BLASTING DUST AND MAKE THEM ARROWS IN YOUR QUIVER TO SERVE YOUR JUSTICE IN THIS WARRING AGE..STRENGTHEN THEM LIKE THE DRAWSTRING ON YOUR BOW LIVING ARROWS AND POINT THEM AT YOUR ENEMIES WITH MERCIFUL  PRECISION..WE BEG YOU..WE HUMBLE OURSELVES THIS DAY AND HONOR THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND YOU FOR OUR NATIONS PROTECTION..WE DESPISE THE HATEFULNESS OF UNBELIEF THIS DAY..AND WE LEAN ALL OUR PERSONALITY ON YOU OH LORD, AMEN the prayer of a righteous man availeth much....

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Posting February 14, 2008

I looked for a place to put this story and decided to update the Newsletter page as this week in particular I have been under attack on the net.  I have had other episodes since the computer has been in my life but this was the meanest.  I sent out 1000 emails for a campaign nationally.  I was hacked.  It may have been the valentine as I did get a card thing as I remember and I did open it.  It was immediate.  I then got a call from a good friend who was panicked I had truly gone to Nigeria to do work with the Aides population.  I was requesting she send money to me as there was a problem that had arisin on my trip.  she called me while I was at the statehouse taping. I assured her this was a hoax but found out my entire email list had been accessed and even my campaign list which I had logged into my drafts folder for future use.  I have given my email out to many people in the past 6 months and feel many may be under seige who email to my email.  So please change your records to Info@comflm.com, and you will be all set.  Here is a link to an FBI warning that came out in a Wisconsin paper link
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/02/post.html  On that link you will find some great comments to virus problems and some stupid ones but mostly it is a good point to read and relect on.

Today at the statehouse the Committee on Bonding and Capital Expenditures had a Public Hearing on Broadband in Massachusetts.  I gave my decision to tape to House Broadcast to tape as they have the best equipment and can stream statewide through the House Broadcast Webcast.  But they were asked at the last minute to cover the life sciences budget meeting instead. So my knowledge of the event did not come until 2 hours into the Hearing. I was able to testify at the very end to my dismay. I had to tend to a huge virus problem and had decided not to come early to listen thinking I would be able to watch online.  Instead I was abruptly made aware the Speakers intention to tape our public Hearings has a second seat in his head.  This hearing which will affect the entire Commonwealth business efforts was given a second seat to the Life Sciences budget.

Well we will never see true business in the state if we are not aware of the super highway access for all urgency to take place as important.  Never mind personnally being dissed and dissing Broadband in the same wind.
So I will cease my preoccupation with the House broadcast effort to merge my efforts and will simply have to exercise my own judgement some more.  I will not work with them until they are more sensitive to the need the community has to make Broadband the biggest priority.

MY own comment to compare the problem to my experience living in Vermont 15 years and before route 89 was completed was exactly what we are experiencing with Broadband.  It was dangerous and timely to travel that far it would take at least 6 hours to get there and it was a treacherous ride through mountain terrain without terrain vehicles.  We had the stupid ranch wagons and never saw any relief until the mighty van showed up.

I am saying seriously here...until we have a true Broadband capability to service the State in full we are in the Wild West of Cyber Space.  Just like we won the west we will have to win this terrain if we are to be safe and even environmentally safe from excessive travel when more work can be done from home.  Suburban sprawl will no longer be a gas consumption dinosaur but will in fact be a settling of America into a refined state of living and surviving.  I totally am in support of the Broadband bill which was heard today.

But I am equally disappointed with the dissing of the recording of the Hearing.  When I conveyed this in my testimony the Chair stated someone had recorded some of it but where were they?? Since I was there recording from 1 pm on audie and from 2pm on video I had seen no one and who will say they will share that video with us we the people. My efforts are to enable the Commonwealth to have access to the footage.  I am not sure we will ever see on tape that portion of this very intense hearing.  As I had taped the Governor earlier in the week I am really concerned this is another example of ITALIEN AIR..over my head..wheh...in one ear out the other..and all the testimony was lost to hearsay.  What an internet crime that hearing was to not have some recorder on hand. We will see.   So much for the Speaker's priority to see the public hearings taped.

I do not want to extend this thought any further.  I will be trying  to update the Newsletter process in the coming months.  Please standby.
J Aldrich, Catch of the Day, Video News, freelance reporting.. posted valentines day..

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posted December 20, 2007 J Aldrich

This is the last week of the year for hearings I hope.  I taped three this week.  Downloading them now.  The best was the one I had not planned to tape but got 3 hours plus of it in Gardner Auditorium.  I was given the run around over my lack of a state police badge for press ..again!

My statement was after 250 hearings I am not legal????I must be the Statehouse illegitimate child..  I got in however, and how could they stop me really..but it was simply the best sitcom of the year..if only I had my record button on. You see I can be rattled...and in my enthusiasm I hit pause instead..lucky for them..  So we all had some fun and I will deal with this for real  soon and very soon.

And get real folks they were prohibiting folks from using the bathroom.  Need to talk to the Public Health Committee on that one Statehouse Police.. you cannot prohibit folks from the bathroom. THat could be a health problem.  What they should have prohibited was the soda in the auditorium.  But then the Gay Marriage battle folks couldn't bring stuff in there so what was that about..no wonder they were going to the bathroom..

And I salute the Statehouse Coffee shop..herds 500 of them visited that tiny shop for sandwiches chips and drinks..they made their profit that day..how did they do it..the groups kept coming all day..good for them..and they kept their good disposition..proof they are happy servants feeding the world..three people..must have been a  Jesus moment I would say..multiplying the loaves and fishes..

Back to downstairs I was not the only one not legal media to the Statehouse cops..Community News did not get in due to not having the "pass". I have that on tape..So maybe we need to pass a law that all media have to have the state police pass in Massachusetts.
That eliminates the registry I am starting and puts the pass in all hands.  How dare they stop press from entering the public meeting.  I say if they can identify themselves and are press the cops need to back off.  What is their problem??? They allowed 500 unionites to take up space that had no intention of speaking..or could they speak English???that is the question??
nice red shirts for Christmas.  Hotel Workers Unions and Casino Workers Unions..whatever.

And that lobby where you sign in..let's say next time please just make the entry there..to the meeting room..have guards at the three doors..lines upstairs..out the door or inside the 1st floor not in the sign in lobby..that would have cured the bathroom problem and the people could have had press conferences there etc..they really need me there ..that's why I'm there I guess..MS common sense ..it was a really fun day..I wanna thank ya..

Anyway, back to the hearing on Casino's. It was hilarious if you ask me..I was captured in the moment..capturing the moment.. The Committee was superb..you have to see this one..order it please from House Broadcast.. Tell them you want to put it on Cable Access in your town. This is as good as the Red Sox Superbowl can get.  A geek's football in December..you'll be at the edge of your seat for 7.5hours..or I'll eat my camera.

posted 11 28, 2007 J Aldrich

committee on public health http://www.mass.gov/legis/comm/dlnov28.htm, to see the hard copy bills before the committee today 11 28 2007.

S1221  I oppose this bill.  I think this is very dangerous.  Why should hospital staff get autonomy.  Can you believe the gall of some people.  Lets just say got tape.  Need I say more?

H 2275 you will like this one..hospitals be required to make a video and audio recording of surgeries..now does this baby get a hi five..from me..but think about this..did this come from TV surgeries that show the real stuff in fantasy land?? lets say someone is getting wise ...to it all.

I say on that one lets protect the vulnerable in all vulnerable states under the knife the tooth fairy chair and whatever is not done in coherency. And let's say tape all surgeries to start that have a Med student helping.  They are on the Doctors license folks attending.  He takes the rap and this would take the pressure off the political and put it on the responsible parties.  This is a wild card bill and would open up a huge debate that was clearly not responded to here.

H2067 brought down the house as Rep Wolf of Cambridge acting as Chair for Committee for Senator Fargo of Lincoln,  isolated the root of triage to emergency bed overflows  and indicated she would like to be on the intimidation committee to have all the Hospital CEO's come and give testimony of why they are reluctant to work with the ER and not discriminate to the ER like they are a single hospital unit in themselves..want to be there for that one..steam steam steam..looks like contamination control to me..I couldn't contain myself and ran to speak to the gentlemen who were in the hot seat..no names here just want you to see how intriguing these hearings can really be.  I say let the Hospitals and the Doctors take some heat as the Community shifts to full Insurance Coverage someone is going to unleash the beast..stay tuned for the Statehouse drippies..to be continued.

Please review my other comments on the Hospital Records problem the hospitals want to put on the public..of keeping records for how long??? WE the people need to think about this one..
S1266 H2179

H2130 a bill presented by Jay Kaufman to promulgate regulations for giving life saving medications like epi pens in schools ..sounds like a commen sense issue..

Children and Families not so sure Jay..as you are getting defensive on the spanking bill H3922 as you are on radio record today of saying none of your business when you were asked if you spanked your children..I say the public should say that as well..is this a classic example of a double standard..or what..big daddy all over the place don't you say??? lets just have babies and pass them to the state..

Of course people are out of control in some cases in spanking as the testimony alludes but because you cannot legislate elitism you cannot control the level of behavior of adults or children on this level.  People will react to this legislation.  We need family training in schools instead of all the sex ed which was clear in testimony today at hearing is escalating bad behaviors with consequence of herpes in 1 out of 5 kids???  Soft on discipline can be criminal as well.  To not disciplne a child is abusive if you ask me and you let them do whatever they want to your home their siblings and kids will send a toy flying if it pops into their heads that day and whack someone at toddler age and who is to control that stuff...a psychologist???maybe ridillin..oh well.  It is clear we are all to blame on some level for the decay of civilization.  On the day to day basis we are helping or hurting and here more than anywhere it is clear we can make the difference and case for each pathway.

H110 you gotta see this one.. legislation to prohibit certain adults from entering playgrounds..is that deceptive already or what..why not just state it..single people cannot go in playgrounds..so a kid acting out cannot be corrected or stopped by a citizen if they are not parents themselves..can you believe this..so my son cannot take his nephew and niece to the playground ???or a grandparent who may be a second wife??  you gotta be kidding..what is this about anyway???wacko wacko wacko..let's all go to the jail playground..again you cannot legislate safety this way..this impacts the freedom we have as citizens to enjoy the outside and park with our children and familes..stop this ..this sounds like bad behavior utopia..in the public parks kids will be doing whatever..with no grown up presence..need I say more..

watch the film on House Broadcast soon..

Posted 11 20 07 J Aldrich

Well Happy Thanksgiving to you all as we enter the gobble gobble up all the food  you can eat.day .and we all get a dose of metabolic melatonin as a group..what better food than a gracious turkey pacifier who has literally laid down his neck to help us all get through the hilarious insanities of family dynamics.  Oh to be a hermit..
I will never get used to a nation wondering aimlessly in the desert for 40 years..

So let's get on with the Holydays and all.  So much to be thankful for don't you say!!!
 
I want to brief you on the past month and give you a funny reaction I had to the Father Fruitcake story in the Herald.   I had gone in to tape and had seen the headline in the Herald quickly on the way past the guy at North Station.  I told myself I would pick up a copy on the way home.  I returning quite late decide 25 cents won't kill me and buy the copy.  I get on the train exhausted and really sleepy and read the story all the wise getting this tingly silly fuzzy wozzy feeling I just close my eyes to wake up about 30minutes later to where am I and a young man across from me looking like he needed to be talked to.  I start to talk and we have a good laugh about the story then I realize I am missing my stop as I sat at the wrong end of the train..sputtering I pick up my stuff..all loose parts and start up the isle to miss the stop yelling at the conductor as my stuff had dropped and how did I know where I was suppose to get off..I was late and landed in my seat quite urgently..I get this stare and I know the wall is in place and move up to the next car to have a nice ride all the way to Newburyport..but instead of fury I get the hillarious laughter that had started way back after reading the story..I never laughed so hard and could not get rid of the laughter until I called a friend to laugh with me..I am sure I was hated in the car I was in as it looked pretty empty but looking back as I left I realized there were a few people there afterall..so what is the point the point is the story is about a guy who slips through prestigious Harvard and by all the check points until he goes for the biggy Conan O Brien..such a twist of fate..and we get the laugh..so much for destination..

all aboard..the laugh a lot train..I still get joy when I remember the story it was too funny and still is it just won't quit..and I am Catholica..



posted 11 28 07 J Aldrich,
new item you might like to know.. The Vatican is a State..did you know that?? So Rome is separate and guess what is sitting on the hill looking down their noses at St Peters Basilica even bigger than St Peters???

A Mosque..

October 26,2007 It is hard to believe two months has passed since this website has been back on schedule.  I was only able to get it back on September 3 Labor Day Weekend. 

In Two months the Registry has gained 2 more camera's a recorder for audio and a Home School that wants to help.  This past week a friend of the project has donated a duplicator and  a space in Boston to duplicate in exchange for copies of the tapes..is that great or what.  Winter is coming and my struggle with walking and getting around without a car this past year has been quite an experience. 

CVS has a great leather bag on sale if you hunt and it is on wheels.  There are two if you look so find the right one. It is rectangular and guess what costs $10.00   I purchased one and it is perfect.  I have tried many styles in the past few years trying to find a bag that would be easy to reach stuff and this does it.  It is sort of like the folding canes at CVS also which are about $20.00 and are great to prevent losses.  I donate anything that has not been tied down as it falls off my bag going over bumps and cracks in sidewalks.

When I lost a press pass that did it.  I even lost my signage at an event and that was a public nuisance to me who struggles with every budgeted buck to make this happen.  That is not irresponsibility it is part of the package of being helped around in other people's cars and then having to jump trains busses and whatever..

I got a great deal at Staples on business cards.  They are great to have a rewards card at.  They actually give a good discount. I got two recently 25.00 for 50.00 of product and 10.00 two different times.  I was able to get my business cards and some 50 stock cards to make up some postcard advertisements for the docket 4527 bill for 16.00 can you believe? 

CVS is a little harder..they have a discount that is printed on the receipt which gets lost easily.  I have had it with me and then the date runs out or whatever.. I do not like their discount system but you can find good deals there so it balances out.

I went on a hunt on the internet and found a great deal on camera's but people were a little shy of the thing and didn't respond but I got a great deal on a new $1000.00 camera.  So next time if there is a deal coming up act on it. 

I found a great deal a while back on a dvd recorder and advertised it.  I will be trying out the duplicator and maybe one of those will go on sale and we can advertise it here.  A great item to have if you are making an archive like we are.  They cost 200.00 each for a one to one.  The reason they are so expensive is the old vcr copies went from bad to worse in the duplication. They simply copied each from each instead of one to one the first copy.  A good duplication system can be more than $3000.00 for quality purposes.  Record companies are very fussy. But for archiving purposes you can go the cheap route.  At least until we are in the real high level News category.  We will put up and shut up.

We are always looking to expand our volunteers.  You can do a lot of jobs for Comflm,Registry.  E have a constant need to call the Committee's and find out the Hearings that are coming up. We have a role of educating the public on the committee hearings. Did you know that the Hearing for the buffer zone was poorly attended?  Welll the Hearing shows the attendees.  Today the Senate passed the Buffer Zone bill and increased the area one has to stand for Free speech zone.  So we are on the cutting edge in Masachusetts by providing this service.  I actually taped the Press Conference .  It was one of those days I was taping another hearing and was finished early and walking by realized the Press Conference was up.  I taped it and went on to tape the Obama gathering on the Common.  I did not get it all. Tons of people were taping and whatever.  So I only wanted a snap of the event and I got about 45 minutes.

I would love to train folks who want to learn reporting from a documentary perspective.  You just have to be willing to share the footage with comflm you tape in exchange for the training.  You will be responsible to purchase tapes unless you are taping the Hearings.  You will then have copies of your own work for your records. Comflm mandates that all videographers will be copyrighted for their submission.  All videography is credited to the videographer.  This will be a historical record for the public so that the project is recorded under Comflm Registry and the Videography is recorded for the videographer.  Most News companies own the news story and the reporter is not credited with the assignment. that is the Company's .  Comflm Registry is a compilation of Independant Media and the Videographer is the owner of the product.  The registry is the vehicle of the transmission and is owned by all the Independant Media who belong.  There are more intricate details to this that will be established legally as we go deeper into this effort to form the Registry for Independant Media.

Why now?  Do you really understand the implications of the Press?  We are the bastions of free speach.  We are the vehicles of information that are exposed on a daily basis.  IF the news fails to tell the story in writing legally who will?  Writing is a legal document. So is videography.  When a reporter shows up at a car accident the Police shudder..the insurance companies smile and the driver is protected.  But when a reporter finds out about a public meeting which has to be publicly noticed the meeting is terrified.  Why? This is democratic process at it's best.  The reporter is only video/audio/reporting the facts just the facts, nothing but the fact..They are not writing yet.  The facts are visual and audio.  The reporting is accurate and factual.  This is my end of story time. Will write an update next month.  See you all on tape..Jaldrich, catch of the day, video news, freelance reporting, until next time.

This letter to the editor was printed in Hamilton Wenham Chronicle..
I am posting it on October 5, 2007 J Aldrich

 

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posted 09 28 07 jaldrich,

In case you are not aware, I have been taping for 4 years in January.. What started out as a simple statement to expose the lack of any documentation of public meetings at the legislative level has turned into a huge documentary project..I plan to do a documentary on several topics but at this time the project is still comprised of capturing as many meetings as possible and preserving the public record.  So my experience has given me a single hearted focus to state the people's case. Video the hearings and meet the objectives of preserving the public record.
My chief complaint often presented to me is that the footage is not comparable to R E A L news ..well, so what ..it can be fixed..which takes work..something I am not afraid of..don't you say? So if your into asking me to purchase CBS quality camera's and just taping for free..think again.  We have come a long way baby..we used to all sit around a 10 inch tube and watch ridiculous quality..it didn't matter..John Cameron Swezy did a better job in that snowy screen than all the high tech garbage being presented as fact today.. So when you see me taping with my Sony and it comes out a little poor..forgive or give is what I say..just a senior with a heart for the facts just the facts and nothing but the facts...using up my small pittance to protect the public record..that is all I am into folks ..sorry

LOOSING A WEB SITE FOR A FEW MONTHS IS LIKE NOT RIDING A BIKE A FEW MONTHS..SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME TIL I GET USED TO SOME OF THE FEATURES.  SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE..JA EDITOR

posted 092807 jaldrich
And speaking of bikes, have you felt the impact of high gas prices?  Well why not take a boycott seriously..Before Thanksgiving consider going rail a day..overload the system, see what the other half lives like, and then what?  I have submitted a similiar boycott idea to offset the verizon, comcast big consumption of lousy programming.  Shut off the TV call them and tell them it is due to the lack of choice programming.  Are you a news junkie or classical junkie and feel you have to port lots of c..... into your vegan world?  Well, money talks and I say hit em where it hurts..stop the madness..Do you get it?  If we let the power folks get a taste of their own medicine it will help..trust me..

I have been riding the rail since last February.  It's like returning to the 60's feels good some days and annoying others.  The other day a Conductor was complaining right next to me about bikes on trains.  I looked at him and engaged in conversation..he says are you OK with bikes on trains..I say definitely...to his raging fury..why they are in the way he complains..I say add another car..as we part and I am outside of the ramp..What is wrong with these people? Trains are boxes with ugly plastic hard seats you feel squished in and with super cranks who love to tell you your voice is annoying or stop using a cell..I say who cares Let people live..we are all to neurotic..that is what I think..if noise bothers you wear earmuffs or plugs and let others live..

Now what ticks me off is the side show of behavior that is publicly inappropriate..that is something that makes you want to engage but you don't knowing that is going no where fast..

I say let's all use bikes and stop driving and stop watching TV as the public trans will slow you down and you won't be able to watch you just won't have the time..let's do it up to Thanksgiving when cars are really needed to avoid freezing in the cold air getting soaked in rain and snow ..take a tip from boycotting it works you'll see..how it all turns round. ...

The story posted today 091107 of Framingham, the  Fraud Capital of Metro West as the Rizoli brothers like to say is like watching the tv flick Dukes of Hazard..don't you think?  Now can we find Boss Hogg in all this I wonder?

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sample story received today from Comflm, Members Joe and Jim Rizoli, Framingham..

Here is the latest CCFIILE Show # 130
This takes place at the Civic League in Downtown Framingham.
The theme was Don't Feed the Bears, which has to do with us providing ESL
to illegal aliens.
It has some embarrassing moments for the police who were there videotaping us, for what reason?
If you don't want to watch the whole thing go 5 minutes into it to see my first altercation with them.
Them 44 minutes for the last.
How are the police going to get themselves out of this one?
They said they had permission from St.Stephens rectory to videotape on their property.
But not according to the priest!  Nice when police tell little lies!
Sure the priest let them stay there later but he didn't give the green light in the beginning, in fact he seemed quite disturbed they were there.
So I guess police can go on private property anytime they want without the permission of the owners.
When we walk on the property they cry foul!  You got to love it!
Two sets of laws one for the police and one for us civilians.
Still waiting to hear what the town paid for the 4 officers assigned to the detail.  Nice overtime pay for them at our expense.

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posted 09 28 07

On the way home yesterday, I meet a young man going nuts over a ticket he got just up from Brooks Phcy.  Now I know that angst or sarah burnhardt..drippies.. I was also a victim of the same thing.  In fact it made me draw the line and give up my car.  I said am I going to keep going with taping or pay 200.00 dollars in tickets whenever the problem arises?  I decided to take my feet to the streets.. I have paid off a credit card and feel really good having a few bucks to get a coffee or a decent lunch.  The kid wanted to blast the meter maid and I say, hey I can video this if you like and make a story..he says no I just want to find the meter maid..I say forget that they have mystical powers they disappear.. Finally, I say lets look at the meter.. He was complaining the meter was broken had eaten 5 quarters..and had not shown any time..it would just scroll down..he took a chance and ran to a book signing could not get in from the long line and ran back..at that point the mystical meter maid had done her thing.. stung the sting that screeches thieves..and he is left cvetching ..a broken man.  I put a quarter in.  Just like he said..down went the meter.. 15 minutes turn into 15 seconds.  gone went the quarter..

I tell him to take my name I will vouch for him..and he takes off.  That is the brutality of the car thing..so think about my suggestion.  We are being hit hard..high ticket rates..can completely set a mortgage cycle out of control.  Not all folks are flush..and flushing the petty cash is dangerous business.  Get a grip on yourself lad it will all work out..but the meters..that is a horror story we all live with repeatedly..sorry..hope your day is better tomorrow..

UPDATE ON HOUSE BROADCAST WEB CAST

A few months back Don Coleman, House Broadcast Director posted this letter to the Editor.

 
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It was disheartening to read the inaccurate editorial ("Put the Legislature back on TV," June 19) regarding streaming Webcasts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

While the first Webcast on Jan. 3 was overloaded by viewers, causing many to be unable to watch, those problems were worked out quickly and no such problems occurred with the June 14 Constitutional Convention. Contrary to the editorial, there were no server problems, no connection problems and, other than this, not a single complaint to the House or the Internet provider we now contract with to handle any sudden boost in demand for the broadcast.

We are hard-pressed to determine what happened while the Daily News writer was watching, though we would suggest the problem was with the computer used by the writer. As we all know, older systems or Web connections can sometimes stall or block streaming video content. Regardless, the House Webcast was not to blame.

More than 2,500 people tuned in to the House session on June 13 and the shadow Internet broadcast carried on the WBZ-TV Web site. We certainly would have preferred hundreds of thousands had dialed in and, if they had, the system in place could meet the demand.

Is our system perfect? Of course not. We share the view that legislative sessions should be broadcast on television. But at a time of budget shortfall, it is difficult to justify the cost of at least $350,000 per year - particularly since there are still portions of the state where broadcast and cable could not be seen.

We continue to search for a way to broadcast House sessions that reaches more of the public but is still cost-effective to the taxpayers. We are also working jointly with the Senate and governor's office on a combined effort to improve access to the spectrum of political debate that occurs on Beacon Hill, though we already know the creation of a C-SPAN-style network for the commonwealth would be of considerable cost.

We are also providing video content never before seen on television broadcasts - streaming video of public hearings. Viewers have tuned in for hours of detailed hearings on the state budget by the House Ways and Means Committee, public testimony on the experience of families and children in the child welfare system, and a more than six-hour session analyzing the future of energy reform in the commonwealth, among others. Soon, those sessions will be archived and viewers can play House hearings "on demand" and search among them for topics of their choosing.

The House should be commended for doing more than any other body to open its process to the public, not mocked for expected hiccups in any endeavor of this magnitude - especially ones that didn't even happen.

DON COLEMAN, Director, House Broadcast Services, Massachusetts House of Representatives

 


 
To Don Colemen, I want to say Don, I was asking for the January Con Con event and still never have gotten it.  Now maybe 12 Hearings is a lot to you but every hearing is what the people want. And this person is frustrated that the Local Cable Access has not ported your footage to the local site.

Is that what is considered copyright infringement as your policy states?  When will the footage be accessible to all?  Having streaming footage archive is what it is all about..so let's make it accessibe to all and port it statewide to the cable access Government Channel  band..we are waitng..

J Aldrich, Catch of the Day, Video News, Freelance Reporting..09 20 07

check this usage policy out..I was referring to ..

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Congradulations to Diane Bolton of New Bedford for spearheading another recycling project for Infants.  She is collecting the aluminum that is not earmarked for return deposit and is buying diapers and other stuff not purchased by other programs.  Although it is a small amount it is worth something and doesn't cost anyone anything except to police the stuff they throw away. did you know there are companies that will purchase the aluminum stuff you toss out. Like old lawn chairs?  According to Diane this is another way to keep unnecessary stuff out of landfills and get them  recycled for people who have nothing to support their children.  We need to take notice of folks like this who are alone working at something and making a difference. Besides the study level of the project this is commendable.. Hats off to you Diane.  Article submitted by J Aldrich, Hamilton

Ode to a friend, by JAldrich submitted 091407

What is a friend?
A friend loveth at all times
A friend cares when no one else will
A friend calls when you are down
A friend shows up like clockwork
What is a friend?
A friend is someone who has been there
A friend is someone who will never look back
A friend is someone who will take you anywhere
A friend is your present always
Do you have a friend?
Have you ever lost a friend?
Have you ever had to deal with the vacuum?
How did you do it?
There are people who seem to be in our lives but they are not our lives.
These are the people we see every day
who will go through the same porthole we came through,
but it does not matter we say,   “It does not affect us really.”
We are here not by choice just here.
Someone wanted us here.
The people in our lives were chosen by Someone too..
We really don’t even feel connected to these people in our bloodlines.
We wonder through the timeline interconnected vessels of eternity.
We are forging our destiny in our faces in our exchanges.
We are systematically without notice tasting eternity in segments.
We are choosing and our longings are choosing us.
We will be emptied into thin air
Life will invert us
and we will be gone.
les miserabilis, kyrie elison,
sorris
Friend
I need to know you will be there
on the other side

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