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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (48925)	4/17/2005 1:23:41 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

George Soros and the Press By Cliff Kincaid \| April 13, 2005 "...One possible reason for the gentle media coverage of Soros is the influence that Soros exercises over media groups through his money. Our report noted Soros' contributions to the Project on Media Ownership, the Independent Media Institute, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, Investigative Reporters & Editors, and MediaChannel.org. Soros has always exercised influence over so-called campaign finance reform groups. Those groups were behind the McCain-Feingold bill to reform campaign spending that also put limits on the ability of independent groups to influence political races. The law included a loophole that allowed Soros to spend more than $20 million to defeat Bush. Now, Senator John McCain's Reform Institute has been exposed for taking $150,000 from Soros' Open Society Institute. Journalist and author Richard Poe says the McCain group "has long served as a nerve center for the so-called 'campaign finance reform' movement-a movement which has done nothing to clean up campaign finance, but has done a great deal to empower federal judges and government bureaucrats to regulate political speech, in defiance of the Bill of Rights." One would think that our journalists, who profess a commitment to the Bill of Rights, would raise the alarm. But they're too busy filling out grant applications to the Soros Open Society Institute." aim.org - Rick

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (48925)	4/17/2005 1:47:17 PM
From: sandintoes	Respond to of 59480

As a whole, a pretty accurate article. Of course, being the Times, I did disagree with a couple of issues, but that's natural... Still love Ann..Next to President Bush, she is the person I'd most like to meet.

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (48925)	4/17/2005 7:01:40 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

"To be sure, Coulter's historical efforts can be highly amateurish. Her writings on the Civil War—she calls Confederate soldiers "a romantic army of legend"—could only be penned by a (Northern) dilettante. And although she has admiringly cited the work of cold war historian Ronald Radosh, he says she misinterpreted that period in Treason. "There were Soviet spies in postwar America," he says." I don't understand these criticism at all. Aren't their millions of people in the North and South that consider the Army of Northern Virginia "a romantic army of legend?" Now as a union man I like the way the war turned out, but to imply that serious Southern historians never hold Robert E Lee's army in high regard is plain wrong. And as for the second criticism, it seems to imply that Ann wrote that there were no Soviet spies in postwar America. A charge I find exceedingly hard to believe. - Rick

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (48925)	4/21/2005 6:09:24 AM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Doesn't this make your heart go pitter patter? Jane Fonda was so gracious...but the guy was still arrested, wasn't he? When the two little liberal girly men threw pies at Ann, just for voicing her opinions, she had it coming. Hanoi Jane is spit upon by a Viet Nam Vet, after she betrayed all the vets and her country, and she is gracious. Do you see any double standards here? Mo. Man Spits Tobacco Juice on Jane Fonda TIM CURRAN KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man spit tobacco juice into the face of Jane Fonda after waiting in line to have her sign her new memoir. Capt. Rich Lockhart of the Kansas City Police Department said Michael A. Smith, 54, was arrested Tuesday night on a municipal charge of disorderly conduct. He was released on bond and is due to appear in court on May 27. Fonda covers a wide range of topics in "My Life So Far," including her 1972 visit to Hanoi to protest the Vietnam War, during which she was photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. She has apologized for the photo, but not for opposing the war. Smith, a Vietnam veteran, told The Kansas City Star Wednesday that Fonda was a "traitor" and that her protests against the Vietnam War were unforgivable. He said he doesn't chew tobacco but did so Tuesday solely to spit juice on the actress. "I consider it a debt of honor," he told The Star for a story on its Web site. "She spit in our faces for 37 years. It was absolutely worth it. There are a lot of veterans who would love to do what I did." Fonda, who flew to Minneapolis Wednesday for another appearance on her book tour, issued a statement through Jynne Martin of Random House. "In spite of the incident, my experience in Kansas City was wonderful and I thank all the warm and supportive people, including so many veterans, who came to welcome me last night," she said. Fonda drew a crowd of about 900 at Unity Temple, said Vivian Jennings, whose Rainy Day Books of suburban Fairway, Kan., sponsored the event. Jennings said the 67-year-old actress never got up from her seat and continued autographing books after the tobacco juice was wiped off. "The important thing is that she was so calm and so gracious about it," Jennings said. "She was wonderful." apnews.myway.com