You have made multiple posts referencing Rahm Emmanuel, what crime is he supposedly guilty of?

Is this merely a Jew hating thing?

Where's the beef???

Sh'arks, you just don't get it, or you refuse to. Do some research on Rahm Emmanuel and then be honest with yourself about how his inclusion in your next government will bode for America and the world.

You could begin your research by actually reading the above.

love to see what else ya got....

counterpunch is a lame joke...

Emmanuel is the son of Jewish terrorist who volunteered for military service with the IDF during the Gulf War. He emulated his daddy and fought for Israel in 1991, and he's fighting for Israel now. He was brought up as a Jew, in a Jewish school. He's an Israeli, he carries an Israeli passport, and he's a dual citizen. He's tight as fuck with AIPAC. His record on Israel reflects his love of it.

What do you think that means for America and Iran and Iraq and the rest of the world? What do you think it says about his loyalty to America? He's never served in the U.S. military, only the IDF. If Rahm Emmanuel is acceptable to you as a representative, so would be Bibi Netanyahu.

You just don't want to see it.

The U.S Congress Democratic Caucus president would be Israeli military intelligence officer

The new democratic group (Democratic Caucus) in the U.S Congress House of Representatives has elected Rahm Emanuel as a new chairman. Former professional dancer, Mr Emanuel was Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign treasurer, then his political director in the White House.
He was one of the main protagonists of the Free Trade Area of the Americas Agreement and would have played a role in Wye River negotiations on the Middle East. He inspired Josh complex character in the famous television series The West Wing. Today, he is Chicago (Illinois) elected representative.

Of Israeli origin, he obtained the United-Stator nationality at the age of 18. As a volunteer engaged during Desert Storm operation ( 1991 ), Rahm Emanuel (then 32-years old) has served for Israel defence against a possible Iraqi attack.
Accused afterwards of being a Tsahal officer and of being subjected to a double allegiance, Mr Emanuel pointed out that he had not served in the uniform. In fact, according to our information, he would be a member of Amal, Tsahal’s military intelligence service.

[Wikipedia cites a New Republic article that claims Rahm's role in the IDF was "rust-proofing brakes on an army base in northern Israel".]

Rahm Emanuel is Benyamin Auerbach’s son. On September 17, 1948, Mr. Auerbach took part, under Yitzhak Shamir’s authority, in the attack that caused the death of both the Swedish count Folke Bernadotte (UNO mediator in Palestine) and the French colonel André Sérot (a United Nations military observer).
It is this double assassination which put an end to the binational State project in Palestine and which transformed the Israel State nature itself in comparison with what had been decided by the UN Organisation.

Rahm Emanuel’s younger brother, Ari Emanuel, is Michael Moore’s agent in Hollywood. He encouraged this latter to point out the supposed responsibility of Saudi Arabia in September 11 attacks in his famous film Fahrenheit 911, the showing of which was ensured by the Democratic Party.

Source

strong arm fundraising tactics? Every crime of the Irgun?

i could only listen to the first 15 minutes of the guilt by association report.

he's a jew, he's an israeli..blah blah blah..i knew months ago he had served in the IDF

i could really care less, i didnt vote for the guy, and i am not racist, and military service is compulsory in Israel

there's no there there... it's just a propaganda screed from what i have heard so far.

of course, others are free to take from it what they will.

David Robinson, like AIPAC did.

"Someone would contribute $500. He'd call back and say, 'Thank you very much - we need $1,000,'" Wilhelm recalls, of his colleague on David Robinson's unsuccessful 1980 congressional campaign against incumbent Paul Findlay in Springfield, Illinois. "Some people can do it, some can't. But he did it with such energy, passion, fervor, commitment, he probably got it nine times out of 10."

Paul Findley was a rarely staunch anti-Zionist congressman. 

"We propose universal civilian service for every young American. Under this plan, all Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five will be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic training, civil defense preparation, and community services."

I hope you'll be cool with that.

It's just pro-LEFT-zionist, hence the senile garbage from Uri Avnery it continues to print with so much complacency. Consider this:

I am a very secular person. I have always advocated a complete separation between state and religion, even in the days when that sounded like a crazy idea. But it has never entered my mind to drive on Yom Kippur. There is no law forbidding it, no law is necessary. For a traditional Jew, Yom Kippur is a day like no other. Even if one does not really believe that on this day God makes the final decision about the life or death of every human being for the next year and writes it all down in a large book, one senses that one has to respect the feelings of those who do believe. I would not drive on Yom Kippur in a Jewish neighborhood, just as I would not eat in public during Ramadan in an Arab neighborhood. It is difficult to know what the Arab driver Tawfiq Jamal was thinking of when he entered a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in his car on Yom Kippur. It is reasonable to assume that he did not do it out of malice, as a provocation, but rather out of stupidity or carelessness ... In the Arab community, there are probably some who dream about the good old days, before the Jews came to this country and took it by force ... There is reasonable hope that at some future time we shall end the national conflict and reach a peaceful solution that both peoples will accept (if only because there is no alternative.) A Palestinian state will come into being side by side with Israel, and both peoples will understand that this is the best possible solution. (The Akko events should give rise to second thoughts in the mind of anyone who believes in the "One-State solution"' where Jews and Arabs would live in brotherhood and equality. Such a "solution" would turn the entire country into one big Akko.) ...

http://www.counterpunch.org/avnery10202008.html

CounterPunch is really just the voice of the old Second Socialist International, the one that failed to prevent WW1.

That's a bit of a stretch. Former Knesset member Avnery's commentary sucks, but it doesn't accurately reflect the general philosophy of Counterpunch.

Counterpunch defends the free speech rights of holocaust revisionists, heavily criticizes AIPAC and the Lobby, opposes aid to Israel, opposes supporting war for Israel, opposes Israeli war crimes and atrocities, and opposes Zionism in general. It promotes books like The Case Against Israel and The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. Counterpunch is pretty weak on Israel and 9/11, but I don't think you can rightly say that it's pro-Zionist.

I would provide examples, but the 'CPU quota exceeded' message is coming up in the little mini-window when I try to create hyperlinks.

what i find most troubling about Emmanuel is his Clinton connection... My recommendation i guess would be that if Obama get elected and nominates him for a cabinet position that you contact your local representative and voice your concern to him in hopes of preventing a confirmation in the senate.

this could be read in different ways...might be a story leaked for effect, could be real meat...i guess we'll find out one way or another. Aside from the intro at AIPAC Emanuel has not figured prominantly in the Obama campaign.

The Associated Press reports that Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel has been approached about being Barack Obama's chief of staff. 

FOXNews.com

Friday, 2008-31-305

As Barack Obama continues to absorb accusations that he is not committed to maintaining America's staunch support for Israel, knowledgeable Democrats have leaked word that he is considering a well-known, pro-Israeli Jewish congressman to be his chief of staff if elected. 

The Associated Press reported Thursday night that Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about the job. 

Such an appointment could be seen as a salve to Jewish voters, some of whom have grown skeptical of Obama despite his repeated statements that he is committed to Israel's security. 

Obama and his campaign won't comment on the implications of forging an Emanuel-led White House staff -- but they're not completely dismissing the report that he's being considered for the job, either. 

Asked if Emanuel would be his chief of staff Thursday night in Missouri, Obama responded: I'm trying to win an election." 

Is that a no? a reporter asked. 

"Plouffe is my chief of staff," Obama answered, referring to his campaign manager, David Plouffe. 

"There's no news because there's no job to offer. We're focused on one thing and that's the election, not anonymous D.C. parlor games," spokesman Nick Shapiro told FOXNews.com in an e-mail.

You said: "he's a jew, he's an israeli..blah blah blah..i knew months ago he had served in the IDF

i could really care less, i didnt vote for the guy, and i am not racist, and military service is compulsory in Israel..."

Hey genius-

Your bias is showing. Emanuel was supposedly an American when he served in the IDF.

Get thee back to Tel Aviv.

sourcewatch.org

                  Support for gun control

Emanuel cosponsored H.R. 1312 (Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2005) on June 30, 2005.^[1]

Main article: U.S. gun legislation

Chicago Water Deparment

In May of 2005, Gerald Wesolowski, a top lieutenant in City Hall's Water Department, pled guilty to collecting $200,000 in bribes from trucking companies.[1] Wesolowski also stated that his former boss Donald Tomczak, who has since been ordered him to raise funds and direct water department workers to campaign for a number of politicians including Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel back in 2002. David Keene, the President of the American Conservative Union, brought up this incident as evidence that Emanuel is hypocritical for assailing Tom DeLay over ethics issues.[2] Emanuel has never been alleged of wrongdoing and has stated that he was unaware of the pressure Tomczak was using on water department workers to campaign in the 2002 election.

First Primary Campaign

In his first Congressional primary campaign, a nasty battle over the prize Democrat seat, the president of the Polish American Congress, Ed Moskal, who was supporting Emanuel's main rival, claimed that Emanuel was secretly an Israeli citizen and served in the Israeli army. Moskal also called Emanuel a "millionaire carpetbagger who knows nothing" about "our heritage." Emanuel served as a noncombatant in the Israeli army during the first Gulf War and is not an Israeli citizen. Emanuel strongly denied both claims and brought a coalition of Chicago clergy together to denounce Moskal's allegations. Emanuel said of the incident, "One of the proudest moments of my life was seeing people of my district from all backgrounds demonstrate our common values by coming together in response to this obvious attempt to divide them."[3]

National security and foreign policy

On May 24, 2007, Rep. Emanuel, along with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in the Senate, added a provision to the Iraq War funding bill that would stop the Bush administration from cutting Medicaid payments to hospitals for one year. The bill, including the Medicaid provision, passed overwhelmingly, 348-73.

Main article: Congressional actions to end the Iraq War in the 110th Congress

On February 28, 2007, Emanuel introduced the Wounded Warriors Act in the House. The bill would mandate standards of care and facilities for wounded soldiers. It would create a congressionally appointed Wounded Warrior Oversight Board, a 24-hour bilingual hotline, employment protections for caregiver family members and a zero-tolerance for pest infestations at recovery facilities. The bill was introduced in the wake of public furor over a series in the Washington Post detailing squalid conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Main article: U.S. veterans and soldiers legislation

Election reform

On June 27, 2007, the House passed by voice vote the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007, sponsored by Rep. Emanuel. The bill, still pending passage in the Senate, would establish criminal penalties for acts of voter deception. Those who knowingly disseminate false information with the intention of keeping others from voting would face up to five years in prison under the legislation.

Main article: Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007

Ethics reform

Prior to the 109th Congress convening for the 2006 midterm elections the Republican majority passed a rule change that made public the names of earmark sponsors on appropriations bills. The majority of Democrats opposed the rule change stating that it did not go far enough. Reps. Emanuel and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) offered an amendment to the earmark reform proposal that went much further than solely making the identity of the earmark author public. This amendment may serve as a guide to the earmark reform that the 110th Congress would pursue. The Emanuel-Van Hollen amendment would:

• Disallow earmarks that could personally benefit a member's spouse, child, or immediate family member.
• Prohibits Members from awarding earmarks that will benefit a registered lobbyist or former registered lobbyist who serves as chairman of the leadership political action committee of the Member requesting the earmark.
• Bans the awarding of earmarks to any entity that employs the spouse or immediate family member of the earmark’s sponsor, employs or is represented by a former employee of the earmark’s sponsor, or is represented by a lobbying firm that employs any spouse or close relative of the earmark’s sponsor.
• Provides that no tax measure may contain any provision amending Title VI of the U.S. Code to benefit one individual, corporation or entity.
• Prohibits the inclusion of earmarks and other provisions in conference reports without the language having first been in either the House or Senate legislation’s original language.

Main article: Prospects for Ethics Reform in the 110th Congress

Calls on Attorney General to continue congressional investigation

On February 7, 2007, Emanuel called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to name former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam as outside counsel to continue her investigation of former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham. At this point, Cunningham was in prison after pleaded guilty in 2006 to taking $2.4 million in bribes. [5]

In his letter to Gonzales, Emanuel argued that “keeping Lam on as an outside counsel would allow the Bush administration to dispel questions about whether Lam’s firing was politically motivated.” During the time of her dismissal, Lam was investigating whether the Cunningham case involved other members of Congress and lobbyists. [6]

Emanuel continued, “To remove the cloud of politics over Ms. Lam’s dismissal, and to ensure there are no delays in the investigation of the Cunningham matter, I call on you to immediately name Carol Lam as outside counsel with all necessary resources to continue her excellent work on the Cunningham case and related matters.” [7]

Bio

Early Career

Emanuel was born November 29, 1959 in Chicago. Emanuel was a ballet dancer as a boy and in high school and won a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet. He turned down the scholarship to attend Sarah Lawrence College, a school with a strong dance program and "there were four women for every guy."[8] He graduated in 1981 and received a Master's Degree in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. While still a student at Sarah Lawrence College, he joined the congressional campaign of David Robinson of Chicago.

Emanuel began his career with the consumer rights organization Illinois Public Action. He went on to serve in a number of capacities in local and national politics, including liberal Democrat Paul Simon's 1984 election to the U.S. Senate, political director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 1988, and senior advisor and chief fundraiser for Richard M. Daley's victorious campaign for mayor of Chicago in 1989. Emanuel became known for his fundraising abilities in the mayoral campaign of Richard Daley. He would insist on donors giving more than they previously gave, even hanging up the phone on donors to convey his disgust. At the age of 30 he raised an unheard of $7 million for Daley. This helped win him a job as Director of Finance in the 1992 Presidential campaign of then-Governor Bill Clinton.

Clinton Administration

He joined then Governor Bill Clinton's presidential primary campaign in 1991 and worked as part of the original "War Room" with George Stephanopoulos, James Carville, and Paul Begala. Following the campaign, Emanuel became a senior advisor to Clinton at the White House (1993-1998). In the White House, Emanuel was initially Assistant to the President for Political Affairs but was fired for overstepping his bounds. He then worked his way from the bottom of the administration, lobbying Congress for NAFTA and working to recast Clinton as a centrist[9], until he was appointed Senior Advisor to the President for Policand Strategy. He was a leading strategist in the White House's ultimately unsuccessful push for universal healthcare in 1994 and worked on a variety of other issues including expanding the use of school uniforms[10] and putting trigger locks on guns. Emanuel's proudest work came from organizing and choreographing the meeting and handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.[11]

He left the White House to accept a well-paid position in investment banking at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Chicago where he worked from 1999-2002, when he was elected to the U.S. House.

Congressional Career

Nicknamed "Rahmbo", the Congressman is well known for aggression and great intensity. He sent a rotting fish to a pollster whom he said sent inaccurate and poorly prepared research to him while working as national campaign director at the DCCC during the late 1980s.[12]

According to NARAL's rating system, Emanuel has maintained a 100% pro-choice voting record. Emanuel is known as a centrist Democrat, but also a very strong partisan. He favors "incremental, family-friendly policies in the Clinton mode" like tax-breaks for middle-class families, incentives to encourage workers to save, and importing prescription drugs from Canada to lower the cost to seniors.[13] On the latter proposal he has worked with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to pressure the FDA on re-importation.[14]

In September 2006, Emanuel and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) created an amendment to a proposed House rules change regarding earmarking to include a prohibition on earmarks to any organization employing a spouse, family member, or former employee of the sponsor. A spokesman for House Rules Chairman David Dreier (R-Calif.) responded by stating that amendments are not usually permitted to rule changes. Nevertheless, a procedural vote could be forced. [15]

2006 elections

In 2006, the Republicans nominated Kevin Edward White to face Emanuel in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) Emanuel defeated White by a large margin, receiving 78% of the vote. [16]

2008 elections

This information was gathered by volunteer researchers as part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on the superdelegates for the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. For more info see the Illinois superdelegate tracker or visit the STP homepage.

Before Hillary Clinton conceded the race, Rahm Emanuel, as a superdelegate, had not endorsed a candidate for President.

DCCC

Emanuel was named the Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2005 after Rep. Robert Matsui (D-CA) died.[17] Prior to his work for Clinton, he had been employed at the same Committee. His role at the DCCC is leading fundraising efforts to support the Democrats strategy to improve its poor level of representation in the Congress, it has been in the minority in the House since 1994. He has declared that in his new role "winning is everything." The Committee's role is principally that of recruiting good candidates for the House and Senate and raising funds to assist new candidates and incumbents from the Democratic party.

Emanuel is using his tenure at the DCCC to try and create a "change election" in 2006. Since he took over for the deceased Matsui he has aggressively attacked Republicans on ethics issues, particularly now-former Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). "Emanuel is trying to create a national wave of anti-Washington sentiment rooted in the mounting instances of corruption and sleaze that have piled up in the Republican-led Congress," according to Rolling Stone.[18] He holds meetings every Thursday morning to strategize for the elections and meet with other members of Congress. By February of 2006, the National Republican Congressional Committee had outraised his DCCC $74.1 million to $48.6 million (February 2006 numbers).[19]

CoZ, things aren't completely black-and-white in the relationship between zionism and the left (or between zionism and the right, for that matter). Leftists who are theoretically anti-zionist but are so only because they are anti-fascist in general terms, still accepting that 'the Jews' have been the unique targets of fascist genocide, and that 'the Jews' have also been unique sources of anti-fascist thought and struggle, end up defending Israel as a nachtassyl (an overnight shelter).

This is a good introduction to the complex relationship between zionism and the left:

http://mailstar.net/zioncom.html

For some reason it doesn't discuss Fabianism here, but on another page on the same site there is some mention of it:

http://mailstar.net/red-symphony.html

#0000ff">Interesting  tidbits on Mr. Ballerina of Zionstan :  

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution stating: "Marriage in the US shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman."

Proponents support voting YES because:

The overwhelming majority of the American people support traditional marriage, marriage between a man and a woman. The people have a right to know whether their elected Representatives agree with them about protecting traditional marriage.

Every child deserves both a father and a mother. Studies demonstrate the utmost importance of the presence of a child's biological parents in a child's happiness, health and future achievements. If we chip away at the institution which binds these parents and the family together, the institution of marriage, you begin to chip away at the future success of that child.

Opponents support voting NO because:

This amendment does not belong in our Constitution. It is unworthy of our great Nation. We have amended the Constitution only 27 times. Constitutional amendments have always been used to enhance and expand the rights of citizens, not to restrict them. Now we are being asked to amend the Constitution again, to single out a single group and to say to them for all time, you cannot even attempt to win the right to marry.

From what precisely would this amendment protect marriage? From divorce? From adultery? No. Evidently, the threat to marriage is the fact that there are millions of people in this country who very much believe in marriage, who very much want to marry but who are not permitted to marry. I believe firmly that in the not-too-distant future people will look back on these debates with the incredulity with which we now view the segregationist debates of years past.

To extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes, including:

• Assigning three judges to hear individuals' petitions concerning improper requests by the FBI for library circulation records, library patron lists, book sales records, book customer lists, and other records
• Reporting every year the number of library records orders that are granted, modified, or denied
• Allows Internet service providers to disclose their subscribers information and the contents of their communications to a government entity, if they believe there is “immediate danger of death or serious physical injury”
• Requires that any court that allows a “roving wiretap” under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) must describe in great detail the intended target whose identity is not known
• Allows individuals and businesses to seek legal counsel if they have received a National Security Letter from the FBI requiring them to disclose financial information and records

 Source

It just struck me that people here may not have considered this: it's really very suspicious, the way McCain himself was over-ruled by his own neocon advisers, forbidden to even ask Joe Lieberman to run as his vice-presidential candidate -- supposedly because these neocon advisers were so concerned to enlist the christian zionist base -- with the laughable results we have seen. The one thing everybody agrees on is that, when it came to picking Palin, "Krystol was out there shaking the pom-poms." :

http://niqnaq.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/neocons-chose-palin-to-sabotage-m...

HR 3199.. the most troubling thing i could find in Emanuels record...on examining the vote it seems probable (at least to me) that his 'aye' vote on the re-authorization of the patriot act was a political play to his constituents. It was going to pass even if every dem in the house voted against it.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll414.xml

H R 3199

      RECORDED VOTE      21-Jul-2005      9:44 PM

QUESTION:

  On Passage

BILL TITLE:

 USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act

read into it what you will...

they all look same to me ... I can't tell 'em apart.

at the time i supported NAFTA as well....i guess that means ???

and lets not be coy smart guy...were you even old enough to have an opinion when the passage of NAFTA was an issue?

"everyone knows what that means" do tell sport...step up, state your position and be prepared to defend it.

SS why not fuck off and start your own board or something?

You are taking the piss here on WakeUp

Don't go away Mad, just go away

"Enjoying my day today, came up with some new ways to fight the NWO and my plans are changing.

I would love to notch up our INFOWAR to another level"

Now here's an attack by you on DBS, and then a blog posting here with you citing him..

"Slavo DBS and all that crap IMHO is here to disgrace the Truth Movement and I'm not going to stand for it."

DBS with guest Lady Michèle Renouf on free speech

now why would you condemn him so stridently, and then post his content?

just curious...

when i am having so much fun???

i didnt pull those quotes out of the talmud...

i didnt pull those quotes out of the talmud...

you have nothing with which to argue and are forced to resort to ad hominem attacks.

And great columns by Paul Craig Roberts, who's been running blogs warning of another 9/11.

I would very much like to put my finger on it. I said above in this thread that they were typical of the Second International, the one that failed to prevent WW1, but I don't really know : what can you make of people who use a mish-mash of marxian, green, feminist, anarchist and queer theory to support a series of third party candidates like Nader -- who they claim takes more votes from McCain than he does from Obama, but we know damn well that isn't true.  

There's something bogus about CounterPunch

I would very much like to put my finger on it.

It's has a moderate vibe, that's all. Maybe a bit too moderate.

I like how Dr Steven Sniegoski sums up the quandary of the left-leaning, progressive, anti-war, anti-imperialist, anti-fascist, anti-corporate scene.

The antiwar Left would prefer that old-style American imperialism and the quest for oil had caused the Iraq War. They are the preferred enemies of the Left. They are the traditional villains. And they are safe villains. Mentioning Israel as a culprit would cause problems: it would lose support for the Left among activist Jews, and it would lead to hostility from the Israel lobby and mainstream Jewish groups.

By way of contrast, no one ever got in trouble berating oil magnates or Arab sheiks — witness Michael Moore's blockbuster 2004 documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," which focuses on those alleged villains while ignoring the neocon/Israel connection to the war. [1] Also important is the fact that Jews, categorically, are considered to be victims; and it is hard for the Left to criticize an officially recognized victim group. In terms of left-wing psychology the ideal is to strike a radical, nonconformist pose without really alienating the powerful, thus avoiding any negative consequences as well as the cognitive dissonance that results from chiding designated victims. The process can go so far as to turn a man into an unintentional apologist for Israel.

"Counterpunch defends the free speech rights of holocaust revisionists." - Crimes of Zion | Sun, 2008-11-02 07:12

Can you give me an example of this, please?

By way of contrast, no one ever got in trouble berating oil magnates or Arab sheiks — witness Michael Moore's blockbuster 2004 documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," which focuses on those alleged villains while ignoring the neocon/Israel connection to the war

It helps if your agent is Ari Emmaneul, the brother of former IDF storm trooper and dual citizen/agent Rahm Emmaneul.

Hillary Rodham Clinton was the likud and Rothschild mafia's pick for our next president. Mr. Emanuel came out early for Obama against Clinton in the primary.

While you may consider this to be of no import, it had huge significance during the primary.

I had the chance to meet Alex Cockburn at a lecture he did 3-4 years ago.

At the end of his spiel, he took the trouble to comment on my Impeach the Terrorists sign saying he didn't believe that "George Bush masterminded 911." After pointing out that nobody had ever suggested some a notion, I took a few minutes to run through some of the obvious problems with the official story. Finally, the Cockscab muttered that maybe there were some questions to be answered. Naturally he has done nothing on the topic.

He's Garden Gnome Chomsky lite. Don't know much about his background except he's been battling empire since the beginning of time or some such twaddle.

but at least be honest with yourself that you're only voting for the person of the two that have any chance of winning that you consider to be the lesser of the evils. I was considering doing so myself but have decided against it. But the posters at this site, which is one of the best anti-Zionist sites on the web & actually one of the only decent truth sites period, are not going to drastically lower the standards of the quality of content here to accomadate your delusional pro-Obama views. Nothing written about Rahm is 'propaganda', his father really was in the Irgun, it's a fact. He really did fight for Israel in the Gulf War. He really is a hardcore Zionist & really does support the war.

"Counterpunch defends the free speech rights of holocaust revisionists." - Crimes of Zion | Sun, 2008-11-02 07:12

Can you give me an example of this, please?

I can't remember, and I haven't found much after a quick search.

Does this article by Stephen Gowans defend holocaust revisionism? I can't even tell. The entire article is about the Tehran conference, but he dances around a lot without clearly sticking up for free speech rights. Make up your own mind.

But there's The Prosecution of Zundel, by Alan Cabal. I can't find it on Counterpunch, but there's a reference to it at ihr.org:

A two-page article by American writer Alan Cabal in the widely read US periodical CounterPunch (Feb. 1-15) laid out the Zundel case with clarity and compassion. "The persecution of Ernst Zundel," concluded Cabal, "has been and continues to be both relentless and utterly ruthless. This most recent and ongoing episode flies in the face of a thousand years of Anglo-Saxon law. The man may hold provocative views, but he is a committed pacifist. He is guilty only of expressing an unpopular viewpoint. For him to be held in solitary confinement without having even been charged with a crime and without bail for a year while the court proceeds against him ... is an affront to justice and public decency that goes far beyond anything that Mr. Zundel has to say."

It's referenced by Counterpunch at the top of this page, but the article has been removed from the site.

Counterpunch has published articles by Prof. Daniel McGowan, who also defends Zundel, but I don't see him defending Zundel on Counterpunch.

Has Gilad Atzmon stuck up for holocaust revisionism on Counterpunch? I don't know.

So we can take defending the free speech rights of holocaust revisionists off the list of Counterpunch's graces. This is a good example of Counterpunch's over-moderate mediocrity and cowardice, holding back to appease the pro-Jewish left and play it safe for the sake of populism. There's no reason at all why Counterpunch should feel pressured to remove articles that defend free speech.

Finally, the Cockscab muttered that maybe there were some questions to be answered.

Cockburn is very clear here that there are no questions in his mind when it comes to the events surrounding 9/11. He also believes that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman and the Warren Commission was a perfectly legitimate investigation.

This is another example of Counterpunch dipping out and letting down the left, or the truth movement, whatever.

COZ, wish I remembered the exact date of the encounter with Cockscab. I have no doubt that his muttered "well maybe there are some questions" was insincere and an attempt to "move on" to another topic. I did get in a mention of JFK and MLK as in IF the American public had done it's damn job and demanded answers to obvious questions, then MLK, RFK, and 911 might not have transpired. Believe he kind of squealed at the suggestion that there were questions about Oswald's guilt. 100% gatekeeping pile of shit.

The John Walsh article was published by CP which publishes many excellent writers. Are we to ignore every author that CP deigns to publish? We can make a list and I can assure you that the majority of anti-establishment voices would have to be shunned. There is no point to restricting our reading to such a degree other than perhaps to selectively attack anyone whose perspective challenges some pet issue.

http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/?q=node/228

not even CounterPunch would print this:

... I think the Left’s embrace of conspiracy-theories has become profoundly damaging to the whole progressive movement. Conspiracy thinking produces a deep cynicism towards positive action and towards the kind of long-term organizing upon which real social and political change depends. When people think that the fix is in, they are not inclined to put time and energy into the hard work of organizing unions, working to get local candidates elected to office, running for positions on party committees, etc. Conspiracy thinking also leads people on the left to completely write off the Democratic Party as a vehicle for progressive change, as the notion that “they” run everything is broadened to include in the term “they” the elected Democrats in the White House and Congress. Democrats may be weenies, but such a conflation of Republicans and Democrats is also self-defeating nonsense, as is the notion that Obama is “just another tool” of the corporate/imperialist power structure. Democrats are not just Republicans by another name, and Obama is not just McCain or Bush with a better tan...

...while he has some good days, I could easily see where an editor would find his blind partisan support of Obama (cited above) to be unworthy of dissemination. Yes, Cockbun is more radical than Lindorf, that's why you find a greater diversity of oppinion at CP than say at Huffington Post.

everybody else does, it's downright eccentric and elitist of CounterPunch not to do so too.