Fired Alabama blogger on Thom Hartman radio at 215pm today!

[KelleyKramer]

This guy will be on the Thom Hartman radio show at about 215p eastern time

And he will be followed by Naomi Klein... wow, this should be good!

You can get the online stream here-

http://www.novamradio.com/live/stream.php

This is late notice, so please recommend this to help get the word out.

Here is the background info ..................


Alabama blogger fired from job for writing about Don Siegelman

This is an amazing story.

This guy has been all over the Siegelman story, and also specifically.. corrupt DOJ prosecutor US attorney Alice Martin.

Two stories listed below, one from Rawstory and another one from the original blogger....

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Alabama_bloggers_firing_raises_troubling_questions_0709.html

Alabama US Attorney denies any involvement in university editor's termination

This 'case is definitely about the first amendment,' says Harper's journalist

The abrupt dismissal of a veteran University of Alabama employee who blogged about the firing of seven US Attorneys has added a bizarre new twist to allegations that the state's US Attorneys targeted political opponents for prosecution.

Roger Shuler -- a high-profile blogger and leading critic of Alabama's judicial system -- has written extensively about alleged corruption among U.S. Attorneys for over a year. In particular, Shuler focused on two US Attorneys from his home state: Alice H. Martin of the Northern District and Leura G. Canary of the Middle District.

An editor in the University of Alabama Birmingham publications office for the last 12 years and a university employee for 19, Shuler was placed on administrative leave May 7 and formally fired May 19.
"I had worked there for 19 years and never received anything but positive performance reviews," Schuler wrote RAW STORY in May. "I never received an oral warning about anything. Then I was fired without warning, contrary to university policy and almost certainly in violation of federal law."

- More on the link above

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http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-about-siegelman-lose-your-job.html

Blog About Siegelman, Lose Your Job

Getting elected and running for office as a Democrat in Alabama cost former Governor Don Siegelman his freedom. Writing about the Siegelman story has cost me my job.

The Raw Story Web site, in a major investigative piece by reporter Lindsay Beyerstein, breaks news today about my recent termination at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). I had worked at UAB for 19 years, the last 12 as an editor in the Publications Office, before being fired on May 19. At the time of my termination, I did not have so much as an oral warning in my personnel file about the issues UAB claims led to my firing.

In fact, before my Supervisor, Pam Powell, initiated an age- and gender-based harassment campaign against me in December 2007, I didn't have an oral warning about anything in my file. Only when I began to defend myself against this harassment did UAB initiate an "investigation" of my computer use at work. And when I defended myself against false charges of policy violations, I got a written warning, followed by forced administrative leave, and termination.

All of this is in clear violation of university policy and federal law. As Columbia University law professor Scott Horton states in the Raw Story piece, UAB's actions raise clear First Amendment issues.

-Much more on the link above!

[KelleyKramer]

1. Well ....

Is there no interest in this?

[madfloridian]

2. Recommended. I posted about Legal Schnauzer also...

and his remarks about the new AP hire by Fournier.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/2365

Thanks for the heads up. Will go online and listen

[yardwork]

3. This is a nightmare,

[KelleyKramer]

4. He is on now n/t