The Upcoming J Street Gala, and what to do about it

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Guest Blogger: Delectable

This is a call to action on ALL Blogmocracy netizens, to email their Congressmen and Senators to IMMEDIATELY drop out of the J Street Gala, to take place October 25-28 2009.

A full listing of Congressmen/Senators planning to attend the Gala is right here. Please take the time and email your Congressman/Senator, asking them to drop out of J Street, should they appear on this list.

Now, you might be asking why this action should be done. Below explains what J Street is all about, and why it is imperative that this action be taken.

J Street is a new organization that seeks to “engage” those Jews who know nothing about Israel, haven never been there and likely will never go there, in the Middle East process. Its goal is to present Jews who care little to nothing about Israel as “experts” in the Middle East, who are empowered to tell Israel what to do. It bills itself as “pro-Israel, pro-peace,” but the term “peace” is an Orwellianized desecration of the English language, in the hands of J Street.

Don’t believe me? Just check out what Jeremy Ben-Ami, the director of J Street, had to say in the Jerusalem Post, after Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren rejected an invite to speak at the J Street annual “Gala.”

You seem well aware, both as an American by birth and as a student of American Jewish communal dynamics, that the connection to Israel for a large number of Jewish Americans has become strained over time.

We’re all looking at the same research and data. A majority of Jewish Americans have never been to Israel. Large – and increasing – numbers don’t take part in the traditional communal organizations. Levels of attendance at synagogues among the non-Orthodox remain low.

There is a generational dimension to these trends as well, one you undoubtedly noticed as a respected academic in the classroom. Young, liberal Jews have even less connection to Israel than their parents and grandparents, and they talk more openly about the challenges and difficulties facing Israel and about its responses.

THERE IS good news, however. The excitement that J Street has generated and its rapid early growth indicates that there is a thirst in the progressive Jewish community – and among young liberal Jews – to find a way to relate to, to talk about and, yes, to advocate for Israel that is consistent with progressive Jewish values. We are only one facet of a new and growing movement in American Jewry that is attracting hundreds of thousands of progressive Jews into study, communal service and non-traditional observance.

Jeremy Ben-Ami is thus admitting the following: (a) he is a progressive, and his organization is progressive; (b) his organization goes after other progressives who don’t give a fig about Israel, but nonetheless feel empowered, through his organization, to speak about Israel.

But there’s more!

What exactly does J Street stand for? Does it in fact “advocate for Israel”? Or is it a water carrier for Obama and the progressive movement?

Let’s examine the evidence:

  • (a) During Operation Cast Lead, J Street became famous as the only major “pro-Israel” organization to publicly oppose Cast Lead and seek a “ceasefire” prior to Israel finishing the job. Even the far-left Meretz Party of Israel, as well as “Peace Now” were supportive of Cast Lead. Recall that Cast Lead occurred after eight years of rockets aimed at Southern Israel, and was in defense of a civilian population, aimed specifically at disempowering Hamas. Source.
  • (b) J Street raises money for political candidates who include Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison and Congresswoman Donna Edwards, who have a famous antipathy towards Israel. Source.
  • (c) J Street publishes made up polls to advocate on behalf of its twisted policies. Source.
  • (d) J Street is the only major “pro Israel” organization to publicly push Obama to NOT increase sanctions on Iran. Source.
  • (e) J Street supported Obama when he pushed Israel for an anti-Semitic “settlement freeze,” that stood directly against the Roadmap that Bush published, and Israel relied upon when it evacuated 8,000 settlers from Gaza. Source.
  • (f) J Street is endorsed by Stephen Walt, of famed Walt and Mersheimer fame, who wrote the anti-Semitic screed, “The Israel Lobby and Foreign Policy.” His screed claimed a cabal of Jews control U.S. foreign policy, and this caused the war in Iraq. Source.

We thus far have established a grounding in how and why J Street is a progressive, anti-Israel organization, masquerading as a “pro-Israel” organization, at war with the English language, and only pretending to be “pro-Israel” in order to distort what it means to be pro-Israel. But some people may still claim they want more evidence. So I present you with the smoking gun, so to speak, that proves J Street is openly aligned with Jihad. (and yes, I mean that literally)

J Street invited Salam al-Marayati from the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), and Trita Parsi from National Iranian American Council (NIAC) to come speak. See the full list of progressives and Islamists who will be speaking right here.

MPAC is the Muslim Brotherhood’s propaganda arm in the USA. NIAC is the Iranian regime’s lobby group in the USA. See this dossier on Salam al-Marayati.

NIAC is the Iranian regime’s propaganda arm in the USA. See this dossier on NIAC and Trita Parsi.

Other notable Jihad propagandists include: Ziad Asali from the American Task Force on Palestine, Robert Malley, Program Director for Middle East and North Africa, International Crisis Group, Oded Na’aman, Breaking the Silence (a blood libel organization), and Eli Pariser, Former Director, MoveOn.org (a George Soros organization).

This would make little sense until one examines J Street’s funding, and sees they are funded by Arabs and Jihadists.

They were told to disinvite the jihadists to their “Gala,” and openly ignored this advice.

J Street is inviting Jihad propagandists to its Annual Gala and is funded by Arabs and Jihadists. It cannot be legitimized through a large cadre of Senators/Congressmen and dignitaries.

Conclusion: J Street is Exhibit A on how the progressive movement is aligned with Islamists. It cannot be allowed to succeed.

What are you waiting for? Write a letter to your Congressman/Senator who is planning on attending the J Street Gala, today!

Update: Stand With Us on J Street – even more links and information on this progressive organization!

AND THIS IS CLASSIC: J Street complains that politicians are dropping out from their “Gala” like flies due to the scary neocons! We are getting to them! Poor babies!

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283 Responses to “The Upcoming J Street Gala, and what to do about it”
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  1. Shug
    1 | October 16, 2009 9:49 am

    Thank you for posting this important information.

    Your website is rapidly becoming one of the very best sources of need-to-know information on the internet. Bravo


  2. Nevergiveup
    2 | October 16, 2009 9:49 am

    G-D I hate J Street


  3. Nevergiveup
    3 | October 16, 2009 9:51 am

    Oh and for the record I’ve been in Israel over 25 times and the J-Street Jews are just the type I DON”T want in Israel. I don’t want them here either, so….?


  4. 4 | October 16, 2009 9:56 am

    re: #3 by Nevergiveup

    We need to write our Congressman and expose this group. Delectable has done magnificent research on this.


  5. Bumr50
    5 | October 16, 2009 10:01 am

    re: #4 by Rodan

    Props!


  6. 6 | October 16, 2009 10:11 am

    re: #5 by Bumr50

    I hope other Blogs copy this as well.


  7. Incognito
    7 | October 16, 2009 10:20 am

    Thanks for exposing this fraud and deception!!

    Pro Israel my foot! Action speaks louder than words!


  8. Eliana
    8 | October 16, 2009 10:21 am

    We thus far have established a grounding in how and why J Street is a progressive, anti-Israel organization, masquerading as a “pro-Israel” organization, at war with the English language, and only pretending to be “pro-Israel” in order to distort what it means to be pro-Israel.

    Obama himself is using this same tactic. His idea of having a “special relationship” with Israel is to try to convince Israel to make suicidal concessions for the sake of a non-existent peace with enemies who are still teaching their children that it’s their moral obligation to plan on committing suicide in order to murder Jews.

    Some progressives call it “tough love” for Israel, too, but there’s nothing loving about demanding that a nation of nearly six million Jews commit national suicide — especially at a time when antisemitism is increasing in the world at an alarming rate.

    J Street is definitely bad news and they must be stopped.

    Thanks for this thread!


  9. Incognito
    9 | October 16, 2009 10:23 am

    I remember that the “other blog” used to do this…now they joined them!


  10. 10 | October 16, 2009 10:30 am

    J-Street is Progressive so it needs to be exposed.


  11. Russkilitlover
    11 | October 16, 2009 10:30 am

    That seems weird. Why recruit Jews who know nothing about Israel and have no intention of going there as “experts.” How does recruiting specifically a “Jew” for this role differ from anyone else who knows nothing about Israel and has no intention of going there?


  12. Rancher
    12 | October 16, 2009 10:30 am

    J-Street is about as pro Israel as Jimmy Carter.

    I will post about this on my blog and send my congressmen an e-mail on it. However my congressmen are all LLL.


  13. vagabond trader
    13 | October 16, 2009 10:33 am

    Bet Hussein calls J streeters “My Jews” or something equally derogatory.


  14. 14 | October 16, 2009 10:34 am

    re: #11 by Russkilitlover

    It’s to give J-Street cover and appear as a “Jewish” Organization. In reality it’s a Progressive front group.


  15. Eliana
    15 | October 16, 2009 10:35 am

    Obama bragged to the Muslim world that he was a U.S. President who would LISTEN rather than dictating what others must do. So he visited the Muslim world (bypassing Israel) and LISTENED to them while DICTATING what Israel must do without even asking Israel if his demands would be possible. They aren’t.

    As a result, the “Palestinians” are now making demands of Israel (pre-conditions for sitting down to talk) that they’ve never made in the entire 16 years since the Oslo Accords until now.

    It’s unlikely that any peace talks will take place while Obama is President. He went to such lengths to convince the Muslim world that he’s on their side that they have hardened their positions.

    The peace talks wouldn’t have worked anyway, but it shows the kind of arrogance that this ignorant man has while being totally in over his head as the leader of this country.

    He claimed that he could “JUMP-START” the peace process and acquire a state for the “Palestinians” right off the bat. Piece of cake, in his view. He is, after all, The One.

    J Street has the same damaging progressive viewpoint as Obama and his closest advisers who only know how to make things worse when it comes to Israel and foreign policy in general.


  16. Bumr50
    16 | October 16, 2009 10:37 am

    OT-Sorry- But WHAT IN THE HECK IS GOING ON?

    Why am I presented with this idiotic balloon boy story constantly?!


  17. vagabond trader
    17 | October 16, 2009 10:38 am

    re: #15 by Eliana

    Neither potus or J street are friends of Israel.


  18. m
    18 | October 16, 2009 10:39 am

    Dang. Where’s Wrath? He would love this thread.


  19. vagabond trader
    19 | October 16, 2009 10:39 am

    re: #16 by Bumr50

    They need the money to buy a new bawoon.

    :-)


  20. Truck Monkey
    20 | October 16, 2009 10:40 am

    re: #16 by Bumr50

    I just like the sounds of it. “balloon boy”….. Do you mean there is serious news out there? I mean, The boy could have died!

    ////


  21. vagabond trader
    21 | October 16, 2009 10:40 am

    The anti J street. Wish they were more activist.

    http://ziostreet.wordpress.com/


  22. coldwarrior
    22 | October 16, 2009 10:45 am

    mr altmire,

    i am a lifelong republican, and veteran of the us army. i voted for you and convinced others to vote for you in the last election…and here comes the “but”.

    can you explain to me why your name is on the J Street Gala, to take place October 25-28 2009. J street is not the pro-Israel group that you make think it is.

    I shall site examples:

    * (a) During Operation Cast Lead, J Street became famous as the only major “pro-Israel” organization to publicly oppose Cast Lead and seek a “ceasefire” prior to Israel finishing the job. Even the far-left Meretz Party of Israel, as well as “Peace Now” were supportive of Cast Lead. Recall that Cast Lead occurred after eight years of rockets aimed at Southern Israel, and was in defense of a civilian population, aimed specifically at disempowering Hamas.
    http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/they-re-doing-the-j-street-jive-15103
    * (b) J Street raises money for political candidates who include Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison and Congresswoman Donna Edwards, who have a famous antipathy towards Israel.
    http://jstreetpac.org/pac/2008-endorsed-candidates
    * (c) J Street publishes made up polls to advocate on behalf of its twisted policies.
    http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/pollak/75641
    * (d) J Street is the only major “pro Israel” organization to publicly push Obama to NOT increase sanctions on Iran.
    http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/09/twitter_truth_j_street_stands_1.asp
    * (e) J Street supported Obama when he pushed Israel for an anti-Semitic “settlement freeze,” that stood directly against the Roadmap that Bush published, and Israel relied upon when it evacuated 8,000 settlers from Gaza.
    http://www.jstreet.org/campaigns/a-freeze-means-freeze
    * (f) J Street is endorsed by Stephen Walt, of famed Walt and Mersheimer fame, who wrote the anti-Semitic screed, “The Israel Lobby and Foreign Policy.” His screed claimed a cabal of Jews control U.S. foreign policy, and this caused the war in Iraq.
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091801146.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

    congressman, just to be perfectly clear, i will restate my bona fides: i am a lifelong republican, and veteran of the us army. i voted for you and convinced others to vote for you in the last election. i have a master’s degree in international affairs from the university of pittsburgh and i am very pro-israel and this issue is very important to me.

    could you please explain to me why you are going to this function at J Street Pac as a representative of the 4th district in pennsylvania? i expect an answer from you, and not a form letter from one of your staffers. this is a make or break issue if i vote for you and support you in your next election.

    you are doing a great job thus far. keep up the good work.

    that was my letter.


  23. Eliana
    23 | October 16, 2009 10:46 am

    re: #11 by Russkilitlover

    That seems weird. Why recruit Jews who know nothing about Israel and have no intention of going there as “experts.” How does recruiting specifically a “Jew” for this role differ from anyone else who knows nothing about Israel and has no intention of going there?

    Using progressive Jews to convince other Jews to support things that go against Israel is a tactic that the U.S. State Department has been using for decades, unfortunately. Although the U.S. Congress has been pro-Israel for a long time and various Presidents have been, the career diplomats in the State Department are another story. Progressive Jews in these positions lend the State Department legitimacy when it comes to doing things that mostly work against Israel.

    Rahm Emanuel has the same job in the White House.

    They forget that Israel has her own progressive Jews in Israel who argue the anti-Israel positions for them. Even the most progressive Jews in Israel aren’t usually as wacky as the progressive Jews in America who are hired to work against Israel, though.

    Even Israel’s most ridiculous and absurdly left wing parties don’t support things like the “Palestinian” right of return, for example. They know that they would have nowhere left to be progressives in the Holy Land if they did this (because Israel would be gone, G-d forbid).

    Israel’s progressive parties have all but disappeared in recent years, anyway. Israel’s voters know the enemy now and they aren’t buying the “Oh, if we just give them what they want, we could all live happily ever after with them” pleas anymore.


  24. 24 | October 16, 2009 10:47 am

    re: #22 by coldwarrior

    Good going Cold!


  25. Bumr50
    25 | October 16, 2009 10:48 am

    re: #20 by Truck Monkey

    Ya know it’s funny, your nic and all.

    I was just saying the other day that I could see Obama, Rahm, and Pelosi as the inquisitors of Bruce Willis’ character in 12 Monkeys.

    And now there’s a boy in a balloon hoax, kinda like a boy in a barn hoax

    //


  26. Bumr50
    26 | October 16, 2009 10:51 am

    re: #22 by coldwarrior

    Awesome. He’s my Rep. too. I’ve never met him but have actually been pretty impressed by what I’ve seen via our communications. He’s been a Good Blue Dog.


  27. 27 | October 16, 2009 10:53 am

    Progressives use Hispanics, Jews and Blacks to further their sinister agenda. They are evil and ruthless to the core.


  28. vagabond trader
    28 | October 16, 2009 10:54 am

    re: #22 by coldwarrior

    Excellent,all I have is Dodd, no point in wasting my time with him.


  29. coldwarrior
    29 | October 16, 2009 10:55 am

    re: #26 by Bumr50

    my dad kinda knows his from past professional dealings…he’s ok for a democrat.


  30. vagabond trader
    30 | October 16, 2009 10:58 am

    re: #23 by Eliana

    Eliana it seems to me that J street is trying to convince non Jews in high office that they represent Israeli interests. They already have progressive American Jews in their corner.


  31. davehm
    31 | October 16, 2009 11:00 am

    re: #25 by Bumr50

    I wonder if “Truck Monkey” is related to “Trunk Monkey”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rFvR7Bv9Fk


  32. 32 | October 16, 2009 11:00 am

    re: #7 by Incognito

    I’ve had many heated discussions with many exceptionally liberal friends where they have defended J-Street (man, I wish we weren’t giving them attention).

    What they do not seem to understand (as most destruction based, “progressive” organizations don’t) is that parroting the claims, arguments, and statements of your enemy does not make you Pro your side.

    (ie: parroting the Hamas/Fatah arguments doesn’t make you Pro-Israel)

    In a sane word this would be evident, and understood without question – we don’t live in a sane world.


  33. Rancher
    33 | October 16, 2009 11:02 am

    This all may be a moot point. If Iran gets the bomb Israel may not even exist in a few years even if they never us it. So says VDH:

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2259949/posts

    Hopefully Khamenei is dead or dying, that could throw Iran into chaos and buy us a little time.

    http://dunellanoestachato.blogspot.com/


  34. 34 | October 16, 2009 11:05 am

    re: #32 by WrathofG-d

    Glad your here, I figured you’d like this post. Delectable really did alot of research on this.


  35. vagabond trader
    35 | October 16, 2009 11:08 am

    Delectable, thank you for the outstanding research into this unsavory bunch.

    :D


  36. coldwarrior
    36 | October 16, 2009 11:10 am

    re: #34 by Rodan

    great work delectable. this would have slipped right past me…it will be fun to see what altmire says to my email.

    and i do reiterate, he is ok for a dem. he is against the health care reform and holds town meetings where he states that. his record is blue dog dem, so its fun to have a jab in the eye of the 0 from here.


  37. vagabond trader
    37 | October 16, 2009 11:13 am

    re: #36 by coldwarrior

    Atlas Shrugs does posts on J street every now and then.


  38. RIX
    38 | October 16, 2009 11:13 am

    This organization makes a pretense of being pro-Israeli while cutting it’s legs out.
    It remeinds of of the Libs during Viet Nam & now supporting the troops by subverting them & comforting the enemy.


  39. Delectable
    39 | October 16, 2009 11:14 am

    I am glad you all liked my research!

    There are many more articles that could be posted.

    Self-professed “progressive” organizations such as J Street need their cover blown!


  40. vagabond trader
    40 | October 16, 2009 11:15 am

    Another fighter in the war on Islamist extremism

    http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/10/geert-wilders-greeted-with-islam-will-dominate-the-world.html


  41. 41 | October 16, 2009 11:15 am

    One of the major issues for the traitors of J-street (as is equally for Hamas and the PLO) is that Israel be forced to give up Jerusalem.

    Only today, we learn the following: (which won’t make one J-street JINO lose any sleep)

    Explosives Factory & Rocket Parts Discovered in Abu-Dis (J-street & Hamas would consider this town in “East” Jerusalem)
    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/172675
    & for “Speranza” (who complained about INN)- a link from Jpost
    http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255547734990&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

    This is today when Israel has Jerusalem as their capitol. Imagine instead that “east” Jerusalem was now in Palestine, and under their complete autonomous authority. Make any “unarmed” contract you would like with the PLO, it won’t be enforced. (as it is now, the PLO/PA is under contract to not build bombs, etc., under Oslo, and Roadmap. How is that working out?)

    So we are contemplating a PLO/PA “east” Jerusalem. Bombs, and rockets are being created, housed, and stored there. You must understand the where Jerusalem is in relation to the rest of Israel.

    Map of Israel: http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/landscap/africa/israel/doc/israel2.map.gif

    Dead center of this map is the Jewish Holy City of Jerusalem. Thus, if the PLO/PA is allowed to control this section of land, and continue to bring rockets, and bombs into this area (they will!) it means then that they will be able to fire rockets from the heart of Israel, and hit nearly every inch of populated Israel.

    This doesn’t even get into the access to holy spots, their lack of religious respect (see Jordan’s “occupation” before 1967), and the Religious reasons against splitting Jerusalem.

    CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES & GET THEM TO REFUSE TO GO WITH J-STREET


  42. Eliana
    42 | October 16, 2009 11:16 am

    re: #30 by vagabond trader

    Eliana it seems to me that J street is trying to convince non Jews in high office that they represent Israeli interests. They already have progressive American Jews in their corner.

    Absolutely.

    They’re also teaching non-Jews in high office how to tailor their language to sound pro-Israel when they’re not.

    Delectable described this very well in the post:

    It bills itself as “pro-Israel, pro-peace,” but the term “peace” is an Orwellianized desecration of the English language, in the hands of J Street.


  43. coldwarrior
    43 | October 16, 2009 11:19 am

    re: #37 by vagabond trader

    i have time for one blog. i might skim past a few more, but really, i dont have the time to watch all of the sites. so i usually pick one to post at, and a couple to quickly read. so i would have prolly missed this J street thing.


  44. 44 | October 16, 2009 11:23 am

    A Pro-Israel group worth supporting (and would probably love your support):

    Zionist Freedom Alliance
    http://www.zfa.org.il/

    American & Israeli Youth Work Together To Build Homes & “Claim A Stake In Their History”

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133869


  45. vagabond trader
    45 | October 16, 2009 11:24 am

    Anyone in LA, Ambassador Dore Gold is going to appear there on Novemeber 2.Looks good.If you need the info I’ll post it.


  46. 46 | October 16, 2009 11:25 am

    re: #45 by vagabond trader

    I’m not sure I should post this publicly, but WrathofG-d will be there.


  47. coldwarrior
    47 | October 16, 2009 11:27 am

    re: #45 by vagabond trader

    why would the ambassador go to louisiana? is he gonna hook up with some cajuns and go frog giggin?

    ;)


  48. vagabond trader
    48 | October 16, 2009 11:27 am

    re: #46 by WrathofG-d

    Lucky you!!! I wonder if he’ll be in NY? Dore Gold that is. LA is a looooong commute.

    :D


  49. Eliana
    49 | October 16, 2009 11:27 am

    re: #41 by WrathofG-d

    Dead center of this map is the Jewish Holy City of Jerusalem. Thus, if the PLO/PA is allowed to control this section of land, and continue to bring rockets, and bombs into this area (they will!) it means then that they will be able to fire rockets from the heart of Israel, and hit nearly every inch of populated Israel.

    Absolutely.

    Also, Jerusalem would become a gaping wound in the heart of Israel because there would be no way to stop Arab infiltrators of any kind, including suicide bombers.

    It would also mean dragging 200,000 Jews from their homes in eastern Jerusalem (not to mention an additional 300,000 Jews from Judea and Samaria).

    Hamas has said quite openly that if anyone can talk Israel into giving up Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, Israel would be finished as a nation. The Hamas terrorists are making their intentions quite clear (and it’s one thing in the world that they are actually correct in saying).

    Israel as a nation wouldn’t survive the “peace deal” that the Arabs OR the progressives want.


  50. vagabond trader
    50 | October 16, 2009 11:28 am

    re: #47 by coldwarrior

    LOLOL!


  51. Eliana
    51 | October 16, 2009 11:30 am

    Anyway, the Sabbath approaches!

    See you later!


  52. Delectable
    52 | October 16, 2009 11:30 am

    re: #45 by vagabond trader

    I wish I could go – but I did send that to a friend of mine in L.A. :)


  53. 53 | October 16, 2009 11:31 am

    re: #49 by Eliana

    From my discussions with J-Street supporters it is horribly obvious that they are the definition of “useful idiots”.

    They are Pro-Israel, like the Capos in WW2 were pro Jewish. (maybe even worse actually as J-Street has the Holocaust as an example)


  54. 54 | October 16, 2009 11:32 am

    re: #51 by Eliana

    GOOD Shabbos!

    (too bad you are going to miss my Shabbat thread.)


  55. Ed Mahmoud
    55 | October 16, 2009 11:36 am

    J-Street…

    The Jewish equivalent of Olympia Snowe…


  56. Overlook
    56 | October 16, 2009 11:37 am

    I should like to see the full list of invitees to the gala.
    I do hope that Chomsky, Finklestein, Benin, Judt
    Gideon Levy, Michael Lerner are all there.
    Will the catering be kosher?
    Will Whole Foods supply the food?
    Will they play both national anthems? And the Palestinian one too?
    Will Barenboim and his orchestra of Ishmael and Isaac perform?
    Will there be gifts? Garkad tree seedlings?


  57. Delectable
    57 | October 16, 2009 11:43 am

    re: #55 by Ed Mahmoud

    If only.

    They are far worse than Olympia Snowe.


  58. vagabond trader
    58 | October 16, 2009 11:43 am

    re: #53 by WrathofG-d

    My thoughts exactly but I was afraid of sounding too harsh.


  59. Delectable
    59 | October 16, 2009 11:43 am

    Also – please note the lack of Republican presence at J Street.

    This is very telling.


  60. st. wannabe
    60 | October 16, 2009 11:44 am

    I wrote to my Congressman a few weeks ago and he’s no longer on the list!


  61. vagabond trader
    61 | October 16, 2009 11:45 am

    re: #59 by Delectable

    Were they not invited or did they refuse? I would like to believe the latter or is that wishful thinking?


  62. melinwy
    62 | October 16, 2009 11:48 am

    Great post Delectable, lucky for me none of my representatives are going, but I will pass this on to all of my friends and family who do have reps going.

    Thanks again!


  63. Delectable
    63 | October 16, 2009 11:49 am

    re: #61 by vagabond trader

    They were invited and refused. :D


  64. Delectable
    64 | October 16, 2009 11:52 am

    re: #60 by st. wannabe

    I too wrote to my Senator, and the next day she announced she was not coming!


  65. tunnelrat
    65 | October 16, 2009 11:57 am

    Not likely to have much luck with my senator, Al Franken D-NY. God, it is going to be a long six years with this idiot in office.


  66. snork
    66 | October 16, 2009 12:01 pm

    re: #61 by vagabond trader

    Even if they weren’t invited, that doesn’t mean that they would have come. Either way, there’s no shame on them like there is on the donkeys all lined up.

    I think Cantor would have given them the lowdown if they were invited. Interesting that even Ron Paul isn’t on the list. I don’t think they were invited.


  67. Speranza
    67 | October 16, 2009 12:02 pm

    re: #2 by Nevergiveup

    J-street invited Israel Hater former Sen. Chuck Hagel – Rino Nebraska to speak.


  68. Delectable
    68 | October 16, 2009 12:03 pm

    re: #66 by snork

    There were 1-2 Republicans who were originally on the list of invitees, such as Thad Cochran of MS. However, they since rescinded their acceptance of the invite!


  69. Delectable
    69 | October 16, 2009 12:04 pm

    re: #67 by Speranza

    He is delivering the keynote speech!


  70. snork
    70 | October 16, 2009 12:06 pm

    Here’s something also to ponder. This is a dinner. Many who might have come may have had conflicts, so this isn’t a list of all with J-street sympathies; that list is almost certainly much longer.

    Of my two senators, the less moonbatty one is on the list. The more moonbatty one isn’t. I’m sure it’s only due to a conflict.

    Of course, my new congressman “Baghdad Jim” is going.


  71. Speranza
    71 | October 16, 2009 12:07 pm

    re: #69 by Delectable

    That say sit all. Hagel is a notorious Israel hater.


  72. coldwarrior
    72 | October 16, 2009 12:08 pm

    ok, i had a ballbusting, but very successful week. i feel like some wine, and will put this out to a vote!

    no food is involved:

    i am staring at two bottles of wine.

    2005 clos du bois merlot (alexander valley)

    2006 penfold’s hyland shiraz (adelaide, australia)

    can i get some help?


  73. Grimcargo
    73 | October 16, 2009 12:10 pm

    delectable: really great post. I will do my part for Israel.She needs all the help we can give her. Especially now that we have a Islamic steeped President who is no friend to her.


  74. vagabond trader
    74 | October 16, 2009 12:12 pm

    re: #63 by Delectable

    Bravo to them, there is hope! Sadly my useful idiot is Dodd and he loves free stuff and pandering as we all know.


  75. 75 | October 16, 2009 12:15 pm

    re: #72 by coldwarrior

    Start with the Shiraz. Then finish the merlot.

    :)


  76. Delectable
    76 | October 16, 2009 12:16 pm

    re: #74 by vagabond trader

    I agree Dodd is a lost cause, but there are a number of ‘moderate’ Blue Doggers on the list of attendees who are seeking reelection!


  77. Nevergiveup
    77 | October 16, 2009 12:18 pm

    Right now the fucked up hippie has a thread up that shows McCain quoting Mao ( probably incorrectly ). And of course the mad cock sucker is trying to say that is the same thing as Dunn saying Mao is one of her 2 greatest people. He really is a dumb fuck after all. And by the way is McCain–get lost.


  78. vagabond trader
    78 | October 16, 2009 12:18 pm

    re: #76 by Delectable

    No such animal in the Northeast but wherever they do exist we must inform them.


  79. coldwarrior
    79 | October 16, 2009 12:19 pm

    re: #75 by Knightwatch

    sounds like a plan!

    starts for the corkscrew….


  80. 80 | October 16, 2009 12:20 pm

    OT:

    Geert (say whatever you will about him) went to London.

    If you are still making up your mind (as I am) see his “welcome” and who really, really hates him.

    http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/10/geert-wilders-greeted-with-islam-will-dominate-the-world.html


  81. Nevergiveup
    81 | October 16, 2009 12:22 pm

    Charles
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    Charles,
    You’re not being fair here. It is one thing for McCain to quote Mao, it is quite another for Anita Dunn to say Mao is her favorite philosopher.

    Uh, no. She said he was ONE of her favorite political philosphers. The other was Mother Teresa. And clearly Mother Teresa must be a commie too, because Anita Dunn wants to destroy America.

    He really should be instatutionalized


  82. Delectable
    82 | October 16, 2009 12:23 pm

    re: #78 by vagabond trader

    Steve Israel calls himself a Blue Dogger, but he has really crossed over into plain old liberal territory lately.

    He should not be in attendance at this shindig.


  83. coldwarrior
    83 | October 16, 2009 12:25 pm

    re: #81 by Nevergiveup

    given some of the crap that went on in the catholoic church (liberation theology) she may have been a commie, no that it mattered in her case…just sayin.


  84. vagabond trader
    84 | October 16, 2009 12:25 pm

    re: #80 by WrathofG-d

    He is one of the good guys. What is your reservation about him?


  85. RIX
    85 | October 16, 2009 12:27 pm

    Charle is on another Glen Beck rant.
    He found a video of John McCain using an innocuous quote from Mao & trying to make it equivlalent to Anita Dunn claiming Mao as one of her favorite political philosophers, who she always referenced.
    CJ is either obtuse or he is trying to be.


  86. snork
    86 | October 16, 2009 12:28 pm

    re: #81 by Nevergiveup

    I think it’s safe to say that he didn’t miss out on an illustrious career in law.


  87. tunnelrat
    87 | October 16, 2009 12:28 pm

    re: #77 by Nevergiveup

    Chuckies argument is pretty thin. McCain states “it is always darkest before it’s totally black” and attributes the quote to Mao. Not exactly the same thing. Chuckies exercise in moral equivalence is a failure, as is his entire life.


  88. coldwarrior
    88 | October 16, 2009 12:30 pm

    re: #85 by RIX

    hell, i quote mao, often…and i certainly am no maoist…viva sendero luminoso!

    /


  89. Nikis Knight
    89 | October 16, 2009 12:31 pm

    re: #81 by Nevergiveup

    The stupid there is epic.

    Charles,
    You’re not being fair

    And in other news, the sun rose today,and the sky remains blue.


  90. CloudyDay
    90 | October 16, 2009 12:31 pm

    OT, for the admins.

    I submitted a guest thread about two nights ago to the blog’s g-mail address. Did y’all receive it?

    The e-mail contained an attachment (a .doc file), and I’m thinking maybe it got sent to your junk mail/ spam folder?

    If you did receive the e-mail but don’t want to use the guest post, that’s fine, but I’m just curious if it’s not going to be utilized or not. Thank you.


  91. vagabond trader
    91 | October 16, 2009 12:31 pm

    re: #82 by Delectable

    No one who claims to support Israel should be involved with this group! Grrrr!


  92. Lincolntf
    92 | October 16, 2009 12:31 pm

    re: #81 by Nevergiveup

    That reminds me, I need to start writing a preview-version of CJ’s interview/whatever with the NYT.
    I have a feeling I can write at least 75% of it before it even happens.


  93. Delectable
    93 | October 16, 2009 12:32 pm

    re: #84 by vagabond trader

    I have conflicts with Wilders as well.

    I believe that, in calling for a ban of the Quran, he crosses a free speech line I do not believe she be crossed.

    However, he is overall at least saying uncomfortable truths to worldwide progressives.


  94. vagabond trader
    94 | October 16, 2009 12:32 pm

    re: #88 by coldwarrior

    Bet that worm Dunn has an Andy Warhol poster of the commie.


  95. 95 | October 16, 2009 12:33 pm

    re: #81 by Nevergiveup

    Yeah I heard about that and had to go look see what was happening. A lot of argument going on over there. CJ is trying to defend his position and calling it a “nontroversy”. Too many arguing against him so there may be a few…incidents in the next little while.

    /but not yet, of course


  96. Nevergiveup
    96 | October 16, 2009 12:33 pm

    136 Charles
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    But Joe Stalin is not known for being a political philosopher, and you’d be hard pressed to find very many other statements he made that are quotable.

    Again, it’s a point that people really don’t seem to want to understand, but it’s possible to read Chairman Mao and take away some perceptive points about politics, without admiring him as a person, or admiring what he did in China.

    Nontroversy.

    Yeah so he killed millions, but G-D damit Rush better not be allowed to buy an NFL franchise. Right Hippie?


  97. snork
    97 | October 16, 2009 12:33 pm

    Oh, F me.

    88 Sharmuta Fri, Oct 16, 2009 12:20:51pm

    There’s a marxist behind every tree.

    From the white supremacists under my bed bunch…


  98. coldwarrior
    98 | October 16, 2009 12:33 pm

    re: #93 by Delectable

    yeah, bannings are pretty pointless and usually produce the opposite effect


  99. Overlook
    99 | October 16, 2009 12:36 pm

    re: #81 by Nevergiveup

    Mother Theresa was a creationist. Mao was a destructionist. Balance is important.


  100. Nevergiveup
    100 | October 16, 2009 12:36 pm

    Charles
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    Because you’re being willfully obtuse, and now becoming offensive to boot.

    No he is making great points and your an ass.


  101. coldwarrior
    101 | October 16, 2009 12:36 pm

    re: #94 by vagabond trader

    as an aside, i do have a couple of silks of the chairman that i have picked up in my travels.

    one depicts him playing ping pong, its hysterical. i have it framed and is displayed by my busts of stalinleninmaodurzhinskietal.


  102. Lincolntf
    102 | October 16, 2009 12:37 pm

    re: #96 by Nevergiveup

    Does Charles claim he actually watched the Dunn clip? It’s quite plain what the woman is saying. CJ is confirmiong once again that he’d rather be known as a fool or a liar than admit an error of judgment.
    No wonder he’s been relegated to the trash bin of the Internet.


  103. Nevergiveup
    103 | October 16, 2009 12:38 pm

    re: #102 by Lincolntf

    It’s pretty incredible that he is pushing this line. It is indefenseable. I guess he is trying to weed out the last moderatres also


  104. Speranza
    104 | October 16, 2009 12:38 pm

    re: #77 by Nevergiveup

    I always thought that he was a lot more intelligent then he is. He really is either
    1. dumb
    2. or so bitter, he will twist anything in order not to say “I was wrong”.

    Hey anyone can quote Mao (”Power comes out of the end of a gun barrel”) but to say that he was one of your two favorite political philosophers shows dementia.


  105. vagabond trader
    105 | October 16, 2009 12:39 pm

    re: #93 by Delectable

    I’m not sure that wasn’t expansive rhetoric but if not it does not bother me. Europe is in a pivotal battle for their entire continent as evidenced by those who “greeted” him in Britain, not to mention usurpation of liberty by progressivism. I refuse to judge Geert with American standards.


  106. Speranza
    106 | October 16, 2009 12:39 pm

    re: #102 by Lincolntf

    He really is an angry son of a bitch. He has spit on all that he has stood for for 7 years.


  107. Nevergiveup
    107 | October 16, 2009 12:39 pm

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    That’ll do it. Bye now!

    Yup, he is weeding out the moderates


  108. RIX
    108 | October 16, 2009 12:40 pm

    re: #87 by tunnelrat

    Charles sounds absolutely addled.
    I am not a huge McCain fan, but he just selected an innocuous quote.
    Anita Dunn lauded Mao & placed him on the same level as Mother Theresa. She admires MAO, big difference.


  109. Speranza
    109 | October 16, 2009 12:40 pm

    re: #107 by Nevergiveup

    The son of a bitch is too stupid in order to hold a debate with someone. he needs the bully stick.


  110. coldwarrior
    110 | October 16, 2009 12:41 pm

    re: #95 by Knightwatch

    i’ll bet he finds the term ‘nontroversy’ to be original and smart and proof that he is oh so brilliant! the shitions prolly love it too, and swoon everytime he uses it.

    keep banning, chuckie…we can handle the increase in traffic. can you handle the loss in traffic?


  111. Nevergiveup
    111 | October 16, 2009 12:42 pm

    I think he is flipping out before our eyes over there. I doubt Ben Hur has much time left


  112. Speranza
    112 | October 16, 2009 12:42 pm

    re: #108 by RIX

    I’ll bet that selrahC got fed that quote by some KOSsack or Media Matters.


  113. vagabond trader
    113 | October 16, 2009 12:42 pm

    re: #101 by coldwarrior

    Yeah but do you lick on them them every night? Dunn probably does to her poster with that snakey tongue of hers. OK, all together, EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!


  114. Lincolntf
    114 | October 16, 2009 12:43 pm

    re: #107 by Nevergiveup

    I have a feeling that Mao would’ve loved the ban stick.


  115. Overlook
    115 | October 16, 2009 12:43 pm

    re: #97 by snork

    Sharmuta’s political ground is that narrow space between not being scared by communism and Islam, and being scared of conservatives who are.

    Talk about “constrained vision”.

    Poor Thomas Sowell and yet So-ill used.


  116. snork
    116 | October 16, 2009 12:43 pm

    Disturbance in the farce:

    142 Equable Fri, Oct 16, 2009 12:33:32pm

    re: #136 Charles

    Well then I’ll just go run out and grab a copy of Mein Kampf to see what I can glean and enlighten myself with.


  117. Speranza
    117 | October 16, 2009 12:43 pm

    re: #111 by Nevergiveup

    Ben Hur already knows that selrahC is whacked, I think he is enjoying living on the edge being one of the few remaining conservatives. Whatever happened to ward Cleaver?


  118. davehm
    118 | October 16, 2009 12:44 pm

    Was this someone’s sock?

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    re: #160 Equable

    That’ll do it. Bye now!

    I noticed Equable made some sense, it was just a matter of time.


  119. coldwarrior
    119 | October 16, 2009 12:44 pm

    re: #113 by vagabond trader

    you’re right!

    i do laugh at them once in a while.

    i really want an enver xosha bust, but those are hard to find.


  120. davehm
    120 | October 16, 2009 12:45 pm

    re: #114 by Lincolntf

    Mao used bullets.


  121. Speranza
    121 | October 16, 2009 12:46 pm

    re: #115 by Overlook

    sharmuta has no political philosophy, her only philosophy is to please what she thinks is the man who loves her – Charles F. Johnson.


  122. Overlook
    122 | October 16, 2009 12:47 pm

    re: #96 by Nevergiveup

    And people have been picking out perceptive points from Mein Kampf without being controversial.??


  123. snork
    123 | October 16, 2009 12:47 pm

    Youch.

    164 Ben Hur[deleted] Fri, Oct 16, 2009 12:38:57pm

    You got that right, Never:

    Yup, he is weeding out the moderates


  124. 88Cid
    124 | October 16, 2009 12:47 pm

    re: #111 by Nevergiveup

    I think he is flipping out before our eyes over there. I doubt Ben Hur has much time left.

    Charles in Charge is so completely enraptured by the remarkable ass-kissing skills exhibited by his Toadies, he feels compelled to join even more of their utterly delightful chatting that proves their loyal affection, as they exclaim “Encore Charles, Encore!”


  125. teacake
    125 | October 16, 2009 12:47 pm

    re: #121 by Speranza

    I thought he paid her for all that. lol


  126. snowcrash
    126 | October 16, 2009 12:47 pm

    I am very happy to say Koshs Shadow left the other place. He didn’t come here, but I’m glad he is free! I was a fan of his comments.


  127. Delectable
    127 | October 16, 2009 12:48 pm

    Blegh!

    We shouldn’t be discussing the washed up, pony-tailed has-been, CJ, in this thread exposing the progressives!

    His blog will be a thing of the past once we stop gving him the traffic he gets from watching a train wreck!

    I am quite sure it is a matter of time until he openly supports J Street and stops being pro-Israel. From there it is a matter of time for when he will stop even pretending to support the war against Islamofascism.

    I already know that, he is clearly a progressive, but he is also a useless progressive who is not influential, like J Street, Soros, La Raza, NAACP, LULAC, Peace Now, left-wing churches, etc.


  128. Nevergiveup
    128 | October 16, 2009 12:48 pm

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    Watch: there are going to be more examples coming out of Republicans quoting Chairman Mao. Anyone seriously interested in global events and politics will have read Mao’s writings, and I really hate to tell you this — but it’s not all sheer evil.

    What Mao did in China and the policies he enacted that resulted in mass murder — that was evil. I agree on that. What he wrote about politics was often perceptive in the same way Machiavelli’s writing was perceptive.

    He isn’t defending Mao by using the “But the trains ran on time” argument is he? I guess he is. What a despicable asshole.


  129. snork
    129 | October 16, 2009 12:49 pm

    And he just keeps getting crazier and crazier:

    176 Charles Fri, Oct 16, 2009 12:42:27pm
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    Is this really how you want to start judging politicians — by their favorite philosophers?

    Well, as a matter if fact…


  130. Speranza
    130 | October 16, 2009 12:50 pm

    re: #97 by snork

    “There’s a marxist behind every tree.”

    Ask her about that temp job she once lost because of her bigoted mouth.


  131. 88Cid
    131 | October 16, 2009 12:50 pm

    re: #121 by Speranza

    sharmuta has no political philosophy, her only philosophy is to please what she thinks is the man who loves her – Charles F. Johnson.

    Sharmuta claimed to be a Goldwater conservative several days back. Yes, I chortled as I read that. She wouldn’t make a pimple on Goldwater’s ass, and doubt she even knows what he stood for.


  132. Delectable
    132 | October 16, 2009 12:50 pm

    re: #129 by snork

    That said, I can’t help but LOL over that!

    That is really hilarious!


  133. 88Cid
    133 | October 16, 2009 12:51 pm

    Looks like Icarus has become that which he used to deride, a moral relativist.


  134. snork
    134 | October 16, 2009 12:51 pm

    I think Ben’s coming:

    192 Ben Hur Fri, Oct 16, 2009 12:47:21pm

    re: #176 Charles

    Is this really how you want to start judging politicians — by their favorite philosophers?

    I guess that depends on how many deaths they are responsible for.


  135. Speranza
    135 | October 16, 2009 12:51 pm

    re: #129 by snork

    “Hey Charles my favorite philosopher was Nazi party philosopher Alfred Rosenberg. Is that alright by you”?

    /Sarcasm


  136. Equable
    136 | October 16, 2009 12:51 pm

    Hi guys, what’s going on in this thread?


  137. Nevergiveup
    137 | October 16, 2009 12:52 pm

    re: #132 by Delectable

    Especially considering how the hippies new best friends, the progressives, went after Bush when he said Jesus influenced him. Hypocrites, maybe?


  138. RIX
    138 | October 16, 2009 12:52 pm

    re: #112 by Speranza

    I just went back & perused the entire thread.
    CJ has lost all sense of reality. Seriousl he is disconnected from reason & I doubt that he could do a simple syllogism.


  139. coldwarrior
    139 | October 16, 2009 12:53 pm

    re: #134 by snork

    ruhhh roooh!

    that’s be a banning ’cause chuckie is too much a coward to take it like a man.


  140. Speranza
    140 | October 16, 2009 12:54 pm

    re: #131 by 88Cid

    As W-lover she tried to fit in to a crowd on LGF that was 98% conservative or center-right. Now that LGF has gone way (and I mean “way”) over to the Left, she sounds like a New York Times editorial (obviously her research is from wikipedia). She is as much a conservative as Meghan McCain.


  141. tunnelrat
    141 | October 16, 2009 12:54 pm

    Strange how a communist thug and mass murderer can have ‘perceptive points’ which Charles finds innocuous and quotable.
    A creationist, however must be deemed a total whackjob who is wrong about everything and unfit for any public office.
    Strange how Chuckles thinks…


  142. Nevergiveup
    142 | October 16, 2009 12:54 pm

    re: #136 by Equable

    Hey welcome aboard


  143. snowcrash
    143 | October 16, 2009 12:54 pm

    re: #136 by Equable

    Equable, welcome. Glad to see you jumped free of that train wreck.


  144. snork
    144 | October 16, 2009 12:54 pm

    We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

    This was a test. This was only a test. And he flunked.


  145. Delectable
    145 | October 16, 2009 12:55 pm

    re: #137 by Nevergiveup

    I find it hilarious that any thinking person would consider it irrelevant who a politician’s favorite philosopher is.

    ROFLMAO!

    Anyway – people – make sure you write the letters!

    This is important – we MUST expose J Street!


  146. Rightside
    146 | October 16, 2009 12:55 pm

    Hey everybody.


  147. Speranza
    147 | October 16, 2009 12:55 pm

    re: #138 by RIX

    I have made a vow to only peruse the cesspool only once a day because it is no longer funny watching the train wreck, just very depressing. I am relying on people like you and Snork to keep me posted. I think he is having a nervous breakdown.


  148. Nevergiveup
    148 | October 16, 2009 12:56 pm

    re: #145 by Delectable

    I’m on it


  149. coldwarrior
    149 | October 16, 2009 12:56 pm

    re: #136 by Equable

    welcome aboard!


  150. Nikis Knight
    150 | October 16, 2009 12:56 pm

    re: #129 by snork

    It works as well as anything for the ones with no record.

    It’s funny to see CJ bend over backwards for the commies when he looks under every root and branch for signs of Nazi connections.

    Shook hands with someone who was in a picture with a “coded” Nazi symbol? Evil, must be destroyed. Openly admiring murdering commies? Hey, there’s a lot of good sense to be learned there.

    Any bets on when he busts out the cliche, “Communists at least had good motives, they just got carried away?” line? I say early November when the next Czar is exposed as having a Lenin tattoo or something.


  151. Speranza
    151 | October 16, 2009 12:56 pm

    re: #146 by Rightside

    Hey there!


  152. Equable
    152 | October 16, 2009 12:56 pm

    re: #143 by snowcrash

    Well I was actually thrown off of the train wreck for having the unmitigated gall to argue with Charles.

    I wasn’t any “sock”, I was a member of that site for almost 5 years.


  153. Nevergiveup
    153 | October 16, 2009 12:56 pm

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    This advances conservatism how?

    It isn’t about “advancing” anything — it’s about destroying enemies.

    Oh yeah, ya mean like Mao did?


  154. 88Cid
    154 | October 16, 2009 12:57 pm

    re: #140 by Speranza

    Wouldn’t you enjoy seeing her getting the ban stick? She’s too much of a toadie for that to happen though.


  155. chickadee
    155 | October 16, 2009 12:57 pm

    re: #96 by Nevergiveup

    The dumb fuck calls him “Chairman” Mao.

    LOL


  156. snowcrash
    156 | October 16, 2009 12:58 pm

    re: #136 by Equable

    As for what is going on in the thread, a guest blogger is filling us in on the tactics of J Street and making a political call to action.


  157. snork
    157 | October 16, 2009 12:58 pm

    A suggestion: since this IS an important thread, let’s take the Nancy stuff downstairs. Ok?


  158. Delectable
    158 | October 16, 2009 12:58 pm

    re: #152 by Equable

    Welcome, welcome!

    And please write a letter to your senator/congressman who plans on attending the J Street Gala!


  159. Rancher
    159 | October 16, 2009 12:58 pm

    Saw this at Iraq The Model. When the Egyptians foolishly killed all the pigs to stop the “swine flu” epidemic they didn’t consider the unintended consequences.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/world/africa/20cairo.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1
    An incredible lesson in the stupidity of dictatorial government.


  160. Speranza
    160 | October 16, 2009 12:58 pm

    re: #150 by Nikis Knight

    “Any bets on when he busts out the cliche, ‘Communists at least had good motives, they just got carried away?’ line? I say early November when the next Czar is exposed as having a Lenin tattoo or something.”

    A friend of mine who graduated Columbia University (a legacy grad) once told me “Communism was not really bad, the problem was that it was never practiced correctly”. I said to myself “Self, that’s what a $100,000 dollar education gets you!”


  161. Equable
    161 | October 16, 2009 12:59 pm

    re: #156 by snowcrash

    Awesome, thank you. I just read through that and am getting to work as we speak.


  162. vagabond trader
    162 | October 16, 2009 12:59 pm

    re: #119 by coldwarrior

    I’ll keep an eye out at the flea markets.

    :D


  163. RIX
    163 | October 16, 2009 12:59 pm

    re: #136 by Equable

    Great job over there. Yo were debating someone who is now totally bereft of reason & even decency. Great job!
    Welcom


  164. Nevergiveup
    164 | October 16, 2009 12:59 pm

    re: #155 by chickadee

    “The dumb fuck calls him “Chairman” Mao.

    LOL”

    Well he calls Obama on the right track so….?


  165. Delectable
    165 | October 16, 2009 1:00 pm

    re: #161 by Equable

    YAY!

    Glad to have you here!


  166. Speranza
    166 | October 16, 2009 1:01 pm

    re: #154 by 88Cid

    She would probably do something horrible to herself.

    Back on topic – J-Street will try to mainstream itself real soon as an alternative to “AIPAC”. Watch for Buchanan to start praising them soon.


  167. snowcrash
    167 | October 16, 2009 1:01 pm

    re: #157 by snork

    Good thinking.


  168. davehm
    168 | October 16, 2009 1:01 pm

    re: #136 by Equable

    Welcome…good job, I thought you were someone’s sock.


  169. coldwarrior
    169 | October 16, 2009 1:02 pm

    re: #162 by vagabond trader

    thanks!

    i am debating pulling the trigger on a chia obama to put beside my busts of past commie dictators…


  170. Speranza
    170 | October 16, 2009 1:02 pm

    re: #161 by Equable

    A hearty welcome to you!

    Hey Chuck – you’re loss, our gain. enjoy the stimulating Irish Rose conversations! Suckah!


  171. vagabond trader
    171 | October 16, 2009 1:03 pm

    re: #166 by Speranza

    and selrahC also just as Delectable predicts.


  172. 172 | October 16, 2009 1:03 pm

    re: #72 by coldwarrior

    2006 penfold’s hyland shiraz (adelaide, australia)


  173. Russkilitlover
    173 | October 16, 2009 1:03 pm

    re: #153 by Nevergiveup

    “It isn’t about “advancing” anything — it’s about destroying enemies.”

    Oh, brother. He is seeing enemies everywhere and is practically foaming at the mouth!

    I see the posted snippets from him and all I can think of is Mrs. Carmody – from Stephen King’s terrific novella “The Mist.” “Expiation! Expiation!”


  174. Delectable
    174 | October 16, 2009 1:04 pm

    re: #166 by Speranza

    J Street already is trying to mainstream itself.

    That is why it must be stopped dead in its tracks before it succeeds!


  175. blueiris
    175 | October 16, 2009 1:04 pm

    re: #129 by snork

    Charles has judged people on less evidence than that. He is practically the king of guilt by obscure association.

    Oh, and welcome, Equable! Feel free to make sense here!


  176. Equable
    176 | October 16, 2009 1:04 pm

    re: #163 by RIX

    Thanks for that, bummer he deleted my comments. I knew the ban stick was coming but I couldn’t keep quiet on that thread.

    Some people are better at prescribing bitter pills than swallowing them.

    That said, I think that what Delectable is doing is amazing and I am glad to be a part of it.


  177. Nevergiveup
    177 | October 16, 2009 1:05 pm

    re: #174 by Delectable

    Just like Obama


  178. Speranza
    178 | October 16, 2009 1:06 pm

    re: #171 by vagabond trader

    That way they claim that they are still pro Israel.


  179. Delectable
    179 | October 16, 2009 1:06 pm

    re: #176 by Equable

    And feel free to submit a guest post anytime!

    By the way – Cloudy Day – I am not an admin, so I don’t know where your post went!

    Try resending not as an attachment?


  180. chickadee
    180 | October 16, 2009 1:07 pm

    Mao is more insidious than all the imaginary Nazis right wingers CJ sees behind every tree.
    And yet CJ relentlessly defends this monstrous tyrant like he didn’t kill millions of his own citizens.
    There are no redeeming aspects to this pos.
    Who cares if he liked art.
    Hitler liked dogs. So what.


  181. davehm
    181 | October 16, 2009 1:07 pm

    Oh no! Ben Hur’s speaking truth.

    Ben Hur Fri, Oct 16, 2009 1:00:35pm replyquote

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    Not irrelevant. But I dont think reading Mein Kampf will make you a mass murderer. Now, if you are a mass murderer and you read Mao, Hitler, Machiavelli and maybe something about Bismarck and FDR, you might be a more effective mass murderer. Books are tools in my mind.

    You don’t see the relation between Mao’s philosophy and the 70 million dead from him enacting his philosophy?

    any moment now.


  182. Speranza
    182 | October 16, 2009 1:07 pm

    re: #176 by Equable

    He just drives away all his intelligent posters. meanwhile the threads we have here are what LGF used to post before it went insane.


  183. Delectable
    183 | October 16, 2009 1:08 pm

    I was banned 2-3 times on LGF! :-p

    Anyway, this post is what they would have gotten, had I remained!


  184. Equable
    184 | October 16, 2009 1:08 pm

    re: #175 by blueiris

    Thank you, I’ll do my best.

    Oh and for the record, I didn’t come here to bash Charles or hop on that bandwagon. In spite of his recent actions I still have a level of admiration for the man and feel very sad over what is happening over there. I should’ve gotten the contact information for some of the people I enjoyed an actual discourse with. I mean the only “precious” down dings I ever received were from like two people, most of them from Charles.

    So I will now move aside from that and actually get involved in something, as opposed to babbling incoherently about some dopey red herring.


  185. Speranza
    185 | October 16, 2009 1:09 pm

    re: #180 by chickadee

    and Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian too!


  186. Number6
    186 | October 16, 2009 1:09 pm

    Welcome, Equable! You went out on the right side of the issue.


  187. Nevergiveup
    187 | October 16, 2009 1:10 pm

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    Yes, of course it is. I can’t think of many better proxies by which we can judge someone’s character from afar.

    Well, you’d better start applying that same standard to Lee Atwater, then.

    The asshole really doesn’t get it that Atwater and McCain never said Mao was one of their favorites? And maybe someone should point out to the Deluded hippie that Atwater is dead


  188. snowcrash
    188 | October 16, 2009 1:12 pm

    re: #183 by Delectable

    Our gain!. You do a great sevice educating non Jews too. BTW, many LGFers read over here so they ARE seeing your post. More eyes are better on this topic.


  189. blueiris
    190 | October 16, 2009 1:14 pm

    re: #183 by Delectable

    Anyway, this post is what they would have gotten, had I remained!

    I was just now pondering the difference between 1.0 and 2.0 in terms of mere quality. For example, right now at 1.0 you have a flawed arument as the top post followed by a lot of immature comments (the most reasonable being downdinged). At 2.0 there is an excellent post about something I hadn’t previously known. It was well researched and well written, and urges all to take action. The comments following are largely on point.

    The difference is striking!


  190. CloudyDay
    191 | October 16, 2009 1:15 pm

    OT.
    This Dawkins guy is incredibly arrogant:
    Richard Dawkins: Creationists Don’t Read Books


  191. 192 | October 16, 2009 1:15 pm

    Well I sent a letter to Jon Tester asking him not to attend. For some reason Max Baucus is already not attending.


  192. st. wannabe
    193 | October 16, 2009 1:16 pm

    re: #117 by Speranza

    I really liked Ward.


  193. 194 | October 16, 2009 1:17 pm

    re: #176 by Equable

    As one of the Admins here, welcome aboard! I am so glad that Charles’s defense of Mao was the limit for you. Enjoy it here as you see, this is an Anti-Progressive blog!

    Welcome home!


  194. Nevergiveup
    195 | October 16, 2009 1:17 pm

    re: #192 by Mars

    “For some reason Max Baucus is already not attending.”

    He is to busy getting all his DR. Visits in before the system self destructs.


  195. Speranza
    196 | October 16, 2009 1:18 pm

    re: #193 by st. wannabe

    Me too (Liked ward Cleaver0!

    incoming!

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    Charles,
    You’re not being fair here. It is one thing for McCain to quote Mao, it is quite another for Anita Dunn to say Mao is her favorite philosopher. Mao killed approximately 70 million of his own people. If Robert Spencer said his favorite philosopher was Adolf Hitler, you would be outraged, and rightly so. Mao shouldn’t be the favorite anything of anyone in an American administration. Please read Charles Krauthammer today in the Washingotn Post and his brilliant article in the current Weekly Standard to get another perspective on this Administration. Thanks for letting me rant. We’ll get to man made global warming another day.


  196. 197 | October 16, 2009 1:18 pm

    re: #191 by CloudyDay

    That’s funny.

    1) The Bible/Torah is a book.
    2) What he really means is that they don’t just accept my theories, and thus not the books I want them to read.


  197. Scott Madsen
    198 | October 16, 2009 1:18 pm

    I thought I would post this one before the psycho does. he would probably lead with an added quip about how the jury would also have Darwin condemmed to death for his work if given the chance. And futher, that this will be the fate of all of us if we allow Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh to create slave ships out of professional sports franchises.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6338320/Texas-man-faces-execution-after-jurors-consult-Bible-to-decide-fate.html

    snip]Amnesty International has appealed to the state to commute the sentence on Khristian Oliver, 32, who is due to die on November 5.

    He was sentenced to death in 1999 for murdering a man whose home Oliver was burgling. The victim was shot in the face and beaten with his own rifle.

    It later emerged that while deciding whether he should be given the death penalty, jurors consulted the Bible. Four jury members admitted that several copies had been in the jury room and that highlighted passages were passed around.” [snip


  198. Lincolntf
    199 | October 16, 2009 1:19 pm

    re: #187 by Nevergiveup

    Also worth noting that McCain and Atwater werren’t telling high-school students who to use as role models for their lives.
    I thonk CJ knows that he’s blown all credibility and he just doen’t care anymore.


  199. 200 | October 16, 2009 1:19 pm

    Official: Obama “Disgusted” with Israel

    http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=112998


  200. snork
    201 | October 16, 2009 1:20 pm

    Now, to change the subject:

    290 Charles Fri, Oct 16, 2009 1:15:27pm replyquote

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    Meanwhile, Robert Stacy McCain posted this at Protein Wisdom:

    Comment by Robert Stacy McCain on 10/15 @ 10:48 pm #

    Let me put it this way, Barrett: If I ever went over to HuffPo or TrueSlant and started trolling the comments, people would question my sanity. It bespeaks a smallness and a frightening level of fanaticism. Stop sucking Charles Johnson’s cock and start thinking about your own reputation and career, as what you do under your own name, Barrett Brown, is not the same as your anonymous cocksucking at LGF.

    Thanks for my PW friends for letting me know about this.


  201. davehm
    202 | October 16, 2009 1:21 pm

    re: #191 by CloudyDay

    Professing to be wise they became fools…fits perfectly.


  202. livefreeor die
    203 | October 16, 2009 1:22 pm

    re: #116 by snork

    Awesome response by Equable to being treated to the Michael Corleone style of debate.


  203. 204 | October 16, 2009 1:22 pm

    Ok, if true, the above link is actually very, very serious!

    Obama “Disgusted” with Israel for not surrendering to the PA.

    Senior PA sources told WND yesterday the Obama administration urged them to begin publicly pressuring Israel, starting in March, to immediately withdraw from key areas in the West Bank and peripheral eastern Jerusalem sections in which the Palestinians currently maintain administrative control.

    The sources specified that as a confidence-building measure toward the PA, Israel will be asked by the Obama administration to hand over security control to territories designated in the 1993 Oslo Accords as Area B – referring to cities administered by the PA but largely controlled by Israeli security. The specific section of the Oslo Accords regarding control of Area B was finalized in 1995.

    Separately, a top PA source, speaking on condition his name be withheld, told WND two weeks ago the Obama administration largely has adopted the positions of the PA to create a Palestinian state within two years based on the 1967 borders, meaning Israel would retreat from most of the West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem.

    The official said Obama also accepted the PA position that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations begin where they left off under Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who went further than previous Israeli leaders in his concessions to the Palestinians.

    Olmert reportedly offered the PA not only 95 percent of the West Bank and peripheral eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods but also other territories never before offered by any Israeli leader, including parts of the Israeli Negev desert bordering Gaza as well as sections of the Jordan Valley.

    The official claimed the Obama administration will still support the announcement of a Palestinian state within two years.


  204. shadowman
    205 | October 16, 2009 1:22 pm

    182. Speranza on 16 October, 2009 at 1:07 pm reply

    re: #176 by Equable

    He just drives away all his intelligent posters. meanwhile the threads we have here are what LGF used to post before it went insane.

    Can’t be long before it’s…

    Yes,but,hitler got the trains to run on time and got people back to work.


  205. 206 | October 16, 2009 1:23 pm

    re: #187 by Nevergiveup

    Charles knows full well that’s not the context McCain, Lee Atwater and Gingrich used it. There is a difference in using your enemy’s sayings and Tactics or saying you admire them.

    I used the tactics of Alinsky, does that mean I like Alinsky? No!


  206. 207 | October 16, 2009 1:24 pm

    re: #195 by Nevergiveup

    ROFL. I just figured there weren’t enough funds being offered to him there. On an aside, rumor running around here is that he will not be seeking another term, so apparently all of these new “campaign contributions” he’s getting will be his retirement fund.


  207. CloudyDay
    208 | October 16, 2009 1:24 pm

    For the blog admins, please see my #90 above. (Unless I’ve overlooked it, I don’t think my #90 got a reply.)

    re: #197 by WrathofG-d

    He said that Creationists read “only one book,” and I took that to be an oblique reference to the Bible. The Bible is not good enough for the guy.

    He also essentially said that Obama supporters are intellectuals while Palin supporters are not.

    Here were some of the quotes:

    Dawkins: No, I’m not really aiming it at creationists. I don’t think they read books anyway, except for one book.

    Salon: Do you also think there’s a greater degree of anti-intellectualism in America compared to a lot of other countries?

    Dawkins: There does seem to be evidence of a divide in the United States between two cultures. It does seem to be a deeper divide, and maybe even a widening one, perhaps we don’t see in European countries. There seems to be a divide between what shall we say — the Sarah Palin voters and the Barack Obama voters.


  208. vagabond trader
    209 | October 16, 2009 1:24 pm

    re: #200 by WrathofG-d

    and I am disgusted with the 52% who voted for this man caused disaster.


  209. Speranza
    210 | October 16, 2009 1:24 pm

    re: #190 by blueiris

    that’s because despite our animus towards He Who Shall Not be Named – this blog has far more intelligent, well read, historically astute posters. And we fact check the hell out of each other to make sure that what we post is correct.


  210. 211 | October 16, 2009 1:25 pm

    I checked the list and saw none of my federal representatives are on it.


  211. davehm
    212 | October 16, 2009 1:26 pm

    re: #200 by WrathofG-d

    Now maybe Israel will go tell the Anti-Semite to go pound sand, the sooner that Israel separates her self from the policies of the US the better off she’ll be.


  212. 213 | October 16, 2009 1:26 pm

    Charles defending Mao! Clearly Icarus is a Radical progressive!

    190 Charles Fri, Oct 16, 2009 12:46:25pm replyquote

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    Watch: there are going to be more examples coming out of Republicans quoting Chairman Mao. Anyone seriously interested in global events and politics will have read Mao’s writings, and I really hate to tell you this — but it’s not all sheer evil.

    What Mao did in China and the policies he enacted that resulted in mass murder — that was evil. I agree on that. What he wrote about politics was often perceptive in the same way Machiavelli’s writing was perceptive.


  213. Delectable
    214 | October 16, 2009 1:27 pm

    re: #204 by WrathofG-d

    Obama has the luxury of open anti-Israel sentiment due to “J Street.”

    That is what makes J Street so dangerous!


  214. livefreeor die
    215 | October 16, 2009 1:27 pm

    re: #136 by Equable

    Welcome, Equable.
    You certainly went out on a high note!


  215. orangecrush
    216 | October 16, 2009 1:27 pm

    Star Site. Hat Tip Hoosier Hoops.

    http://www.starstryder.com/


  216. Speranza
    217 | October 16, 2009 1:28 pm

    re: #206 by Rodan

    Hey I can quote Stalin “There is a man, there is a problem – no man, no problem. Death solves all problems” as a lesson in cynicism and ruthlessness – that does not make me a fan of Stalin or his murderous philosophy. For the record my favorite philosopher is the Stoic Emperor Marcus Aurelius and The Spaniard (Basque) Miguel de Unamuno.


  217. Nikis Knight
    218 | October 16, 2009 1:29 pm

    re: #198 by Scott Madsen

    Shrug. I don’t have a problem with that. He was found guilty, and that is one of the permitted punishments under the law.

    What exactly is the criteria for choosing a punishment for the crime, other than the moral code of the chooser (and the law itself)?

    Capital punishment for murder is the only law in every book of the Torah.


  218. Delectable
    219 | October 16, 2009 1:30 pm

    re: #213 by Rodan

    CJ is a progressive, pure and simple.

    He and other progressives hate this blog for exposing their agenda!


  219. RIX
    220 | October 16, 2009 1:31 pm

    re: #176 by Equable

    Well you did a really nice job & left with your dignity intact.
    You’ll like it here.


  220. orangecrush
    221 | October 16, 2009 1:31 pm

    re: #213 by Rodan

    Obama likes Mao also. Charles likes Mao, Anita Dunn Likes Mao.

    Anyone who has read anything about the corruption and abuses of power that occurred unders Mao’s watch in China can not assume anything other then Mao was either evil or an idiot. Probably both.

    The reason progressives like Mao is that they envy the total control he had on the country and the ability to destroy what he didn’t like. Is that meglomania? Individuals in china were essentially disposable objects.


  221. Rancher
    222 | October 16, 2009 1:32 pm

    Delectable: J Street is crying that this neoconservative far-right conspiracy has cost them congressmen. Keep up the good work.

    “Yesterday, in a classic “Swift Boat” move, the Weekly Standard magazine – dubbed the “neocon bible” by The Economist – launched an attack on our conference and the whole pro-Israel, pro-peace movement.

    They’re working the phones – calling the offices of every one of the 150-plus members of Congress on our Gala’s Honorary Host Committee to frighten them away from associating with J Street. The most infuriating part is that their thuggish smear tactics are having an impact — already 5 members of Congress have pulled off of our Host Committee.

    This is exactly how the neoconservative far-right of the pro-Israel community has – for decades – imposed strict boundaries of acceptable political conversation on Israel in this country. Cross them and prepare to feel the full effect of their smear machine.”


  222. Iron Fist
    223 | October 16, 2009 1:33 pm

    re: #213 by Rodan

    Damn, imagine the righteous indignation that would result if you replaced Mao with Hitler. What is the difference, except that Mao killed more people?


  223. 224 | October 16, 2009 1:33 pm

    re: #208 by CloudyDay

    That attitude is, although offensive, not surprising.

    However, this seems like the type of conversation (nearly perfect) for the Open(ish) Thread – now open.


  224. Equable
    225 | October 16, 2009 1:34 pm

    Thank you Rix, Rodan and LiveFreeOr Die.


  225. Scott Madsen
    226 | October 16, 2009 1:35 pm

    re: #218 by Nikis Knight

    No problem here either. I just thought that since Amnesty Internationaal is all in a tizzy over it and the jury might have had a Creationist or two on it that the International Ponytailed Associate of Mixlodian Scale Runs might be a tad offended too.


  226. livefreeor die
    227 | October 16, 2009 1:35 pm

    So, should we set a place at the dinner table for Ben Hur?


  227. Rancher
    228 | October 16, 2009 1:35 pm

    re: #211 by Morgan

    Do you have a link to the list?


  228. 229 | October 16, 2009 1:37 pm

    re: #219 by Delectable

    Great post by the way and I love the research you did!


  229. vagabond trader
  230. 231 | October 16, 2009 1:37 pm

    re: #221 by orangecrush

    I was at an “Anti-War” rally in Los Angeles not too long after the Iraq War started.

    I began speaking to a person that was selling pro-Communism items. My friend began speaking to them about Communism in general then asked them why they would complain about the hundreds (or so) Iraq and American dead but ignore the 50 Million Chinese killed by Mao.

    The pro-Communist quickly retorted (although I don’t have the exact numbers) that he did not kill 50 million, but only 15 million (or something like that).

    Notice the emphasis on the word “ONLY”, from the person advocating the greatness of Mao.


  231. Nevergiveup
    232 | October 16, 2009 1:37 pm

    re: #227 by livefreeor die

    Not so sure about that:

    328 Ben Hur
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    It’s fascinating that the right wing blogs are shrieking like lunatics about Anita Dunn quoting Mao, but have absolutely nothing to say about Sean Hannity having a special feature on his show about Jerome Corsi — a 9/11 Truther, a Birther, a guy who hangs around with white supremacists.

    All of that’s fine with the wingnut blogs. But Anita Dunn quotes Mao — she must be hounded out of office!

    “Pathetic” doesn’t even begin to describe this state of affairs.

    100% agree.

    He keeps trying to suck up a bit


  232. Speranza
    233 | October 16, 2009 1:38 pm

    re: #227 by livefreeor die

    “So, should we set a place at the dinner table for Ben Hur?”

    He is on borrowed time. That does not mean though that he will come here. Not every person who walks away or gets banned will come here however I salute anyone who says “enough to the madness” over there.


  233. davehm
    234 | October 16, 2009 1:38 pm

    Ben Hur just took a sip of Kool-aid

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    No, it was intended to be ironic. Irony does not equal sarcasm.

    It was meant as sarcasm because she said “two of her…” in her speech.

    Thanks for letting me know what my intent was.

    Or did he…?


  234. chickadee
    235 | October 16, 2009 1:40 pm

    In june of 2009, Anita Dunn stated that Mao was one of her two favorite political philosophers.

    She thinks she can get away with stating this publicly because the msm and leftists love to flirt with communism. She likes Mao’s agenda, his “political philosophy.” She is not referring to anything human about the killer.
    CJ knows this. He knows he is defending a communist hag and a communist murderer.
    He is just fucking around seeing how far he can push his sycophants. Twist their minds and scatter their thoughts in the wind. It’s inexcusable and irresponsible.
    There is something really wrong with him.


  235. orangecrush
    236 | October 16, 2009 1:40 pm

    re: #231 by WrathofG-d

    That wasn’t Bill Ayers was it? :-)


  236. melinwy
    237 | October 16, 2009 1:40 pm

    re: #211 by Morgan

    Mine are not on there either, but I forwarded the article to all of my friends and family. We need to get the word out to as many as we can.


  237. Speranza
    238 | October 16, 2009 1:40 pm

    re: #232 by Nevergiveup

    Note the consistent use of the term “wingnuts” which is a left wing derisive term of for conservatives, when was the last time you saw him use the term “moonbat’?


  238. Scott Madsen
    239 | October 16, 2009 1:41 pm

    re: #204 by WrathofG-d

    “The official claimed the Obama administration will still support the announcement of a Palestinian state within two years.”

    Ok now, this is impossible and he knows it.

    I am more and more convinced with each of his daily dissembling actions that this bastard is out to set the world on fire.


  239. davehm
    240 | October 16, 2009 1:41 pm

    re: #235 by coldwarrior

    It is? I thought it was about Israel with an entertainment side venue.


  240. Lincolntf
    241 | October 16, 2009 1:42 pm

    re: #232 by Nevergiveup

    He’s still clingiong to the fiction that people are reacting to Dunn simply “quoting Mao”? Does he realize that evryone who has seen the clip knows that he’s misrepresenting the facts? It’s almost like he likes getting caught lying.

    Funnily enough, he’s on a sad lonely island where every one who tries to correct him is immediately banished. The man is cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo…


  241. coldwarrior
    242 | October 16, 2009 1:42 pm

    re: #241 by davehm

    i meant to post that upstairs…

    sorry, i’m multitasking…


  242. orangecrush
    243 | October 16, 2009 1:43 pm

    re: #234 by davehm

    Mao can be rejected by any sane person based on his work and what it represents. Mother Theresa is just quoted to whitewash the rot underneath.

    IMO this is just a cheap way to implement maoist leanings. Eventually Mother Theresa is either discarded as a symbol or has her history rewritten as being inspired by Chairman Mao.


  243. Lincolntf
    244 | October 16, 2009 1:44 pm

    re: #235 by coldwarrior

    When I saw I was expected to act in the image of God while posting, I scurried right back here. Not feeling very Godly at the moment.


  244. Scott Madsen
    245 | October 16, 2009 1:45 pm

    re: #235 by coldwarrior

    Sorry, I jumped down thread to post about Zero selling Israel as a devise for the culmination of his Weltanshaung before seeing that request for moderation.


  245. Nevergiveup
    246 | October 16, 2009 1:45 pm

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    re: #364 Charles

    How on Earth can a Mao quote be ‘taken’ from Atwater?

    For all we know Atwater said something like, “Mao was a mass murderer. Among the horrible things he said was…”.

    I’d like to see what exactly Dunn claims Atwater said before attacking him and exonerating her.

    Oh, I get it — she might be lying. Of course, why didn’t I see it? That’s what commies who want to destroy America would do.

    Boy is he a sick fuck


  246. coldwarrior
    247 | October 16, 2009 1:45 pm

    re: #239 by Speranza

    interesting!

    good observation


  247. coldwarrior
    248 | October 16, 2009 1:47 pm

    HEY MODS!!!

    kill my 235 on THIS thread, i miss posted it and its confusing people.

    my bad.

    thanks


  248. coldwarrior
    249 | October 16, 2009 1:49 pm

    re: #245 by Lincolntf

    ditto.


  249. Delectable
    250 | October 16, 2009 1:49 pm

    re: #222 by Rancher

    YAY, this makes me happy!

    Let’s keep up the pressure, people!

    We are getting to them!


  250. Equable
    251 | October 16, 2009 1:49 pm

    Off topic but here is what got me banned and some may find it interesting. Oh and I wrote my officials about the matter at hand!

    “No I am not being willfully obtuse or offensive. I am answering your points with counter points and not just answering with “She wants to destroy America” or citing Beck.

    And again, I was going by your own logic. How is that offensive? (I suggested that I should run out and get a copy of Mein Kampf for personal growth). Did you not infer that it is okay to read the book of a bastard without taking murderous tendencies from it?

    I’m not the one being obtuse here.”


  251. coldwarrior
    252 | October 16, 2009 1:50 pm

    re: #246 by Scott Madsen

    ignore my 235…wrong thread.


  252. BignJames
    253 | October 16, 2009 1:50 pm

    re: #152 by Equable

    I made a joke….cj doesn’t share my sense of humor…..he’s become quite reactionary.


  253. Scott Madsen
    254 | October 16, 2009 1:51 pm

    re: #249 by coldwarrior

    I think it is me that was confused. I missed the quote and took it to heart without following back to the context.


  254. Speranza
    255 | October 16, 2009 1:51 pm

    re: #247 by Nevergiveup

    “Oh, I get it — she might be lying. Of course, why didn’t I see it? That’s what commies who want to destroy America would do.”

    All his responses to people who point out that Dunn said that Mao was one of her two favorite philosophers are in the same snarky vain. He is incapable of debate without the banning stick in his hands. I never realized what a terrible debater he is because he did not post much in the old days.


  255. coldwarrior
    256 | October 16, 2009 1:52 pm

    re: #252 by Equable

    you are in a beeter place now…and good job.


  256. Speranza
    257 | October 16, 2009 1:52 pm

    re: #252 by Equable

    He is a terrible debater (as I pointed out) and without the banning stick he is impotent.


  257. coldwarrior
    258 | October 16, 2009 1:53 pm

    thanks, mods.


  258. 259 | October 16, 2009 1:54 pm

    re: #248 by coldwarrior

    It’s gone my friend!


  259. coldwarrior
    260 | October 16, 2009 1:54 pm

    re: #256 by coldwarrior

    better….yinz know the drill


  260. Nevergiveup
    261 | October 16, 2009 1:54 pm

    re: #255 by Speranza

    I am not a fan of the Long haired hippie, and I knew he had turned long ago, but I think today by defending Mao, he pretty much officially went over the cliff


  261. Scott Madsen
    262 | October 16, 2009 1:55 pm

    re: #253 by coldwarrior

    10-4

    So I remove my apology and restate that Zero’s a dissembling bastard that wants to see the world burn. That’s my opinion of his Weltanshaung, if I may wax sophistric…. or is that wax sophmoric?


  262. Nevergiveup
    263 | October 16, 2009 1:55 pm

    392 Charles
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    re: #387 Bird Dog

    Funny, I guessed I missed the part where she mentioned Atwater in her speech to those school kids. It’s pretty obvious to me that she’s trying to wriggle out of the hole she dug herself in to.

    But obviously, she can’t put anything over on you.

    And he is a nasty bastard also


  263. RIX
    264 | October 16, 2009 1:56 pm

    Charles is just fine with someone at the highest levels of U.S government being a Mao admirer. It’s even ok for her to do this in front of impressionable High school kids.
    But he would have a problem with a guy who has a cousin who used to work down the hall from a guy,who may or may not have been in an airline terminal where a member of Vlaams Belang may or may not have flown into at some time.


  264. coldwarrior
    265 | October 16, 2009 1:57 pm

    re: #259 by Rodan

    thanks, that confused a bunch o people.


  265. Equable
    266 | October 16, 2009 1:58 pm

    Wow Delectable, you went through a lot of trouble for this and I applaud you. Thank you for your efforts and getting people motivated.


  266. Grimcargo
    267 | October 16, 2009 1:58 pm

    re: #232 by Nevergiveup

    So here is my question. Do these people at Little Green slime have hearing comprehension problem or are they so willing to lose their very soul to worship Chuckels. BECAUSE now he has a McCain vid. up where McCain quoted Mao. Yes he quoted him. But it is not the same thing as Dunn for she was NOT merely quoting him. Chuckles is a LIAR once again.


  267. Nevergiveup
    268 | October 16, 2009 2:01 pm

    re: #267 by Grimcargo

    He is worse than a liar. He really is stupid. There is not other way round that.


  268. coldwarrior
    269 | October 16, 2009 2:02 pm

    re: #267 by Grimcargo

    it isnt a hearing comprehension problem at 1.0…

    it is now a left wing site that is not what it was a year ago. the soul has been sold. the transition is complete.

    they want to be as powerful as kos, and as quoted as huffpo, neither will happen. 1.0 will die from lack of traffic because cj is not talented enough to pull off the switch. he fired the talent that kept his site relevant.


  269. Rancher
    270 | October 16, 2009 2:03 pm

    re: #230 by vagabond trader

    Thanks. Udall and Lujan. I’ll write them and explain who J Street is and what they represent but I don’t think it will stop them from going. Once they do go however I can blast them for doing so.


  270. RIX
    271 | October 16, 2009 2:03 pm

    re: #268 by Nevergiveup

    Oh Charles is as dumb as a stone. Seriously he does not grasp basic concepts.


  271. Nevergiveup
    272 | October 16, 2009 2:04 pm

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    Exactly.

    Quoting Mao or any other political figure/philosopher does not automatically indicate an affinity for that view. It merely indicates educational familiarity.
    Stating a person is a “favorite” certainly indicates a *favorable* view of said person or philosophy.

    Very possibly. I asked back in #370 if favorite philosophers matter. I’ll go with an example. I remember that early in his presidency, GW Bush decalred that Jesus Christ was his favorite philosopher. I also remember that he did a fair amount of pandering to the religious right. Given that, do favorite philosphers matter?

    Well I’m a Jew, but I’ll take Jesus over Mao any day


  272. Nikis Knight
    273 | October 16, 2009 2:09 pm

    re: #272 by Nevergiveup

    So… it’s okay if Obama’s people pander to commies, because George Bush pandered to Christians?
    (Examples, please!)

    Good Grief ™!

    re: #255 by Speranza

    I never realized what a terrible debater he is because he did not post much in the old days.

    He used to let the facts speak for him. But they won’t anymore, because it takes strange contortions of logic to say what he wants to say.


  273. coldwarrior
    274 | October 16, 2009 2:09 pm

    bbl


  274. Lincolntf
    275 | October 16, 2009 2:11 pm

    re: #273 by Nikis Knight

    He used to let the facts speak for him. But they won’t anymore, because it takes strange contortions of logic to say what he wants to say.

    Exactly right.


  275. Rightside
    276 | October 16, 2009 2:35 pm

    re: #208 by CloudyDay

    There seems to be a divide between what shall we say — the Sarah Palin voters and the Barack Obama voters.

    “Yeah, we gots barack!”

    “He gonna pay my mortgage and my gas”

    Definitely a difference.


  276. Delectable
    277 | October 16, 2009 2:40 pm

    Stand With Us on J Street – even more links and information on this progressive organization!

    http://www.standwithus.com/app/iNews/view_n.asp?ID=1186

    AND THIS IS CLASSIC: J Street complains that politicians are dropping out from their “Gala” like flies due to the scary neocons! We are getting to them! Poor babies!

    http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1009/J_Street_blames_neoconsthuggish_smear_tactics_for_conference_woes.html?showall

    This is a whole blog devoted to exposing J Street:

    http://www.jstreetjive.com/


  277. 278 | October 16, 2009 3:04 pm

    re: #277 by Delectable

    Good, it shows you activism can work against Progressives!


  278. 279 | October 16, 2009 3:11 pm

    re: #87 by tunnelrat

    I’m just going from long ago memories but I believe that is a quote from Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

    It is certainly NOT a quote from Mao even though John McCain supposedly thinks it is.

    …but then he’s thought a lot of things that are false.


  279. Sumo
    280 | October 16, 2009 4:30 pm

    Remember this?

    (Sept 2008)

    “We Won! Palin Not Speaking at Iran Rally

    We collected over 20,000 signatures in 24 hours asking Iran Unity rally organizer Malcolm Hoenlein to take Sarah Palin off the schedule for Monday’s rally, and he caved to our pressure on Thursday afternoon citing the fact that the rally had become too partisan. ”

    http://www.jstreet.org/campaigns/we-won-palin-not-speaking-iran-rally

    Beneath contempt.


  280. Sumo
    281 | October 16, 2009 4:33 pm

    Chuckles is just being outrageous in order to maintain traffic.
    Either that or he’s lost his mind.

    Either way, do not feed the troll.


  281. Donna V.
    282 | October 16, 2009 7:07 pm

    J Street makes about as much sense as “Chickens For Col. Sanders” or “Cats for Empowerment of Pit Bulls.”


  282. 283 | November 13, 2009 9:31 am

    [...] all, our old friends, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC)! You may remember them from my posts about J Street, that progressive “pro-Israel, pro-peace” organization (which in reality is an anti-peace and [...]


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