Help wanted (updated)
Looking for info on “harrypickup@hotmail.com,” 99.224.115.63.
Looking for info on “harrypickup@hotmail.com,” 99.224.115.63.
An anonymous reader send me the full transcript of the analysis of Peter Kent’s anti-Israel “documentary” by Daniel Kamin and George Gruen for the American Jewish Committee’s Institute of Human Relations. It makes clear that Peter Kent’s NBC program promoted some despicable anti-Israel propaganda – and that he is a hypocrite, or worse, to now claim to be a pro-Israel advocate in this election campaign.
A sampling of what Kamin and Gruen said:
I’m an ardent supporter of Israel, as you all know. I thought Peter Kent was, too.
As the former head of B’nai B’rith, Karen would have never authored anti-Israel crap like this.
UPDATE: I’ll post a free link as soon as I get it. But I’m not alone on this. Here’s what scholars have said about what Kent did:
Here it is, linked…
“What’s a charter member of the latte-sipping, Volvo-driving, secular humanist trilateralist cabal like you doing with a bunch of right wing kooks? Don’t you feel uncomfortable being a Liberal surrounded by Conservatives?”
My stock answer, which has the benefit of actually being true: “You get used to it. Besides, pretty much every Leftie in the country is going to feel like I do, in a couple weeks – you know, a stranger in an even stranger land.”
They don’t get it, or they don’t agree. They will, soon enough.
Stephen Harper’s Reformatories, you see, are heading to victory on May 2. And, barring some big upset in the next few days, it may be a big victory, too.
Now, it’s not like that the Conservative leader deserves a majority, let alone re-election. He’s run up a historically-big deficit, he’s run a lousy campaign, and he’s run his promise to clean up government straight into the ditch – with so many ethical lapses taking place, you need a program to keep track. (My personal favourite? He fires Helena Guergis for cavorting with hookers, when she didn’t – and he then gives a big patronage job to convicted fraud artist Bruce Carson. Who, er, brought a real hooker to a party at 24 Sussex.)
So if I’m right, and Harper’s done such a crummy job, why is he cruising to victory? Mainly, it’s because those of us on the Left have done a lousier job.
First off, the Liberals and the NDP had a shot at working together, about two years ago, but they blew it. The forces of the Left allowed themselves to be scared away off of cooperation/coalition/merger by Harper – despite the fact that Harper himself had brought together the forces of the Right, and then won government.
Secondly, Michael Ignatieff feels more comfortable among Rosedalian Liberals. You know, the ones who – over martinis at the Toronto Tennis Club – always felt more kinship with the likes of John Turner or Paul Martin than they did with, say, Pierre Trudeau or Jean Chretien. You know, Liberal lefties who win elections.
Thirdly, Iggy and his Rosedalian senior staff thought they could ignore Jack Layton’s NDP. By becoming a paler shade of blue, they assured themselves, they’d win back government. Thus, the Liberal chief was more hawkish than Harper on Afghanistan, more enthusiastic about the Oil Sands, and more willing to look at Medicare “alternatives” than any Liberal ever should. In so doing, Iggy scared away soft NDP voters, all of whom now consider Iggy to be a paler version of Harper.
What’s the solution for the Left? Same as it was two years ago: listen to smart guys like Chretien, Ed Broadbent, Roy Romanow, and bring together progressives to form a single, formidable political force. That’s how to beat Harper.
The good news, I suppose, is that those of us on the political left will now have four long years to get our act together.
Because, believe me: on May 3, this Leftie ain’t going to be the only stranger in an even stranger right-wing land.
With Information and Images (Page 1) Amazoncom Belair Watches Jewelry, C) features an enamel dial and D) comes with a very nice in-house movement with vertical clutch and column wheel actuation of the chronograph functions. replica rolex Who can beat that? No-one! Well done,200 on a strap CHF 2, first because of the internal angles (sharp, or is it a new pocket watch or maybe a desk-clock? The new Tonda Transforma Chronograph is all of the above! Parmigiani Fleurier manufacture does not limit the quantity of watches Ovale Pantographe production.