this is called, lament for a market place in babylon, by abdul karin al karid and it's a reference to a suicide bombing. this one and the next one are both translated by salim yusef. on this grave stone are angels and people weeping. what are people waiting for, their ship? here it comes, borne by the deluge. in a market place now frequented by money changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red chests and white furious hair? i wonder who? on the day of march 1st in the 5th year after the second millennium, a massacre took place in babylon. it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addressed to poets but certainly to activists as well. (speaking spanish) no man's land. we are a mine field o

with speech blanket beach plant-- babylon-, and renee is in full costume. i will review the best movie of the year, to get you into the holiday spirit with beach blanket babylon. >> and how to crack a crab the right way and using milf for cocktails. live, from the bay area's news station this is the kron 4 warning in use purify 7 >> they do for joining us coming off kron 4 morning in usmorning news. >> we are dealing with dense fog, and some areas causing delays of s f o. of arrivals, 45 minutes. officers from virginia will be in san francisco today after a 12 year-old was found safe in the bay area. she disappeared from roanoke, va. after her mother was murdered. the mother's boyfriend is believed to be the kidnapper and jonathan blum has more on the look good samaritan located the child. on the streets and we have a child that is basically, recovered. >> because of keen eyesight and quick thinking of a san francisco woman that saw this woma12 year-old and her abductor, at this ocean beach safeway. and that virginia case made national headlines. >> the per

the amazing thing is that the assassination of the king of babylon was dated to the precise year andthe lord jesus christ was dated to the precise year. did you know that? the angel gabriel himself said it would be the 487th year and the messiah would be cut off, killed. think about that, in the dead sea scrolls 200 years before jesus, i said in the dead sea scrolls, 200 years before jesus, they talk about the fact that the messiah would come in 10 jubilees and quote the angel gabriel who said it would be 70 sevens or 490 years, i see i have five seconds. it should be february 9, next year, judgment day. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, my name is antonio ortiz and i'm a union steward at c.w.a. local 1495 over at kpfa and in regards to the resolution you have on number 60 and i hope that it passes. there have been layoffs at kpfa and according to our contract, it's a breach of our contract from the union's perspective and we want to have negotiations with management to talk about those issues. unfortunately we're at this point where we have to have done some grievances have been fi

description if you were to ask me what do i do i would tell you that i am a war correspondent in babylon. scorned by a succession of adversary. multiply the rack to listen with an appreciative still doesn't understand where we came from we need to apply in iraq to listening to the afflict ups with prosper and grow and i'm here to tell you if you think two thousand and four was something we have not begun to reach critical mass we are told are just special interest group in america today and for far too long our values have trampled underfoot but somebody is going to join me this morning and shout shine no matter. what has happened is that americans have now turned. in favor of four basic things. group sex homosexuality and adeleke and unrestrained sexual hedonist. if we listen to how jesus proclaimed today you think you saw him so i'm tired i sure we're in headband we're in law. long haired pot smoking hippie that's not jesus i think jesus was the most intolerant person in the world. you know i kind of feel like believe a guy whose wife concubine got abused on i choose you know and judge

our december season of the month is david from babylon high school, one of our el teachers. he has traveled the world and settle at balboa because it is basically the united nations, a kaleidoscope of ethnicities and cultures. his goal has always been duplicitous riggers and give them a shot at the dance. he used to sit at the excelsior mcdonald's in the morning and a genius to preschool. now, they are in first. the class is. david, congratulations. [applause] >> this one is for my dad in heaven and my mom and my brothers. i want to say that when i got my first teaching job for the peace corps in morocco, i never thought i would come back to the united states, and i took a lot of teaching jobs and climbed all over the world, and they sometimes intervene in the very same way. 14 years ago, i was allowed to interview in high school that nobody wanted to go to in san francisco, and a net even inspired fear in some community members, and that was balboa. i want to tell you that it was the best place for me at the time, and it is still the best place. i think it has become one of

teachers -- we have a variety of other goodies which include a bike rental, muir woods, beach blanket babylon, tickets to the opera -- we had so many gifts. a special thank-you to the world community benefit district and pier 39. they solicited for us and got a lot of wonderful things. without further ado, the awards are named after somebody who has really care about public education, somebody who has stepped up to the plate, who has made public education a priority and makes it easy for me to work for him. i want to introduce our mayor of san francisco, mayor gavin newsom. [applause] >> thank you, hydra. the guests get bigger and bigger every year, and more exciting. remember, last year we did this as kind of a pick and choose. some folks were left very happy. some were left wanting. that was not lost on us. we tried to have a stronger base line of gifts this year, which is appropriate because you deserve them. we are very grateful. that is the spirit that brings us together -- gratitude, the spirit that defines excellence. the work that you do continues l beyond your tenure and stewardship.

reporter: it is limited good news for long island railroad riders, particularly people who rely on the babylont washington branches. i have specific new information you'll want to take down so get a pen, i'll have it in a minute an a hlf.o cf1 ows, ews 'll bottom line is that progress across the system remains very slow. tonight the long island railroad finally showed signs of life. almost 24 hours after operations froze over, the first lirr trains pulled into stations across the island, carrying weary travelers who spent hours stranded in the city. john spent sunday night on the couch in his office. >> i could still be there. there's no doubt about that, i could still be there, wondering what's next. >> reporter: it was a tough fight all day for hundreds of railroad workers fighting punishing conditions to clear track switches and third rails of the relentlessly drifting snow. by tonight locomotives had cleared enough of a path the railroad could start limited service. >> that was the first train and i was wondering if it's the last. i said, let me take it. >> reporter: ava gerard jumped on t

using immigration policy to staff the military sounds like a lot like the roman empire, babylon -- we could go to the list of civilizations that have come and gone as a result of this kind of strategy. you can get lawful permanent resident status after two years of military service. i am not aware of any provision regarding the $90,000. i would have to go back and consult the bill. in the end, the military -- the obama administration's military supports this provisio because they want to help their recruitment goals. we're seeing a cynical manipulation of immigration policy for special interest purposes. forget about whenever mythological ideas we have about immigration policy. it is about increasing enrollment and charging higher tuition. it is about the military, cheap labor interest wall street, alan greenspan, who said immigration is needed to drive down wages because amerin workers were getting paid too much. this is people who -- people wonder why this would be considered in the lame-duck legislation. just look at the players. -- we happy to see people of hundreds of thousands o

using immigration policy to staff the military sounds like a lot like the roman empire, babylon -- weo to the list of civilizations that have come and gone as a result of this kind of strategy. you can get lawful permanent resident status after two years of military service. i am not aware of any provision regarding the $90,000. i would have to go back and consult the bill. in the end, the military -- the obama administration's military supports this provision because they want to help their recruitment goals. we're seeing a cynical manipulation of immigration policy for special interest purposes. forget about whenever mythological ideas we have about immigration policy. it is about increasing enrollment and charging higher tuition. it is about the military, cheap labor interests, wall street, alan greenspan, who said immigration is needed to drive down wages because american workers were getting paid too much. this is people who -- people wonder why this would be considered in the lame-duck legislation. just look at the players. -- we happy to see people of hundreds of thousands of a

using immigration policy to staff the military sounds like a lot like the roman empire, babylon -- we could go to the list of civilizations that have come and gone as a result of this kind of strategy. you can get lawful permanent resident status after two years of military service. i am not aware of any provision regarding the $90,000. i would have to go back and consult the bill. in the end, the military -- the obama administration's military supports this provision because they want to help their recruitment goals. we're seeing a cynical manipulation of immigration policy for special interest purposes. forget about whenever mythological ideas we have about immigration policy. it is about increasing enrollment and charging higher tuition. it is about the military, cheap labor interests, wall street, alan greenspan, who said immigration is needed to drive down wages because american workers were getting paid too much. this is people who -- people wonder why this would be considered in the lame-duck legislation. just look at the players. -- we happy to see people of hundreds of thousa