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Mike Binkley
Torrance, California
Cable Company: Time Warner

3/29/04: WASHINGTON, DC

I owe a lot to C-SPAN. No other resource - including world-class political science courses, the world's preeminent opinion and news magazines and newspapers, books authored by Nobel Laureates - has contributed more to my political education.

I "discovered" C-SPAN when I channel surfed to a panel discussion on the Bill of Rights at the Libertarian Party National Convention in 1991. The panelists were actually excited about the Bill of Rights. The discussion was clear, authoritative and rational. I was hooked - on C-SPAN and the LP.

Other action followed. I joined the LP. I attended monthly LP supper clubs. I staffed LP outreach booths on the Venice Beach boardwalk and other sites in LA. I spoke on behalf of the LP at forums at UCLA, Loyola Marymount University, Santa Monica College and LA high schools. I chaired the Westside LP. I edited The Los Angeles Libertarian, a 1,000-reader newsletter. I ran for office. I appeared on local TV.

I became a regular viewer of "Washington Journal." I am also a regular caller.

Today I am running for Congress, California's 36th district. I am using my candidacy as a platform to expose ticking time bombs. One example:

Generation after generation, the children of low-income Americans receive the worst K-12 education in the industrial world. Their "educations" consign many to lives of crime, welfare and Third-World jobs. These children deserve better.

I plan a new use of website technology to engage the opposition, the press and the people.

Thank you, C-SPAN.


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Sep. 28, 2005 -- Winners Named in C-SPAN Viewer Essay Contest Marking 25 Years of Viewer Calls

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Aug. 17, 2005 -- C-SPAN Marks 25 Years Of Viewer Calls-Ins With LIVE, 25-Hour Call-In Program On Oct. 7

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