willie pete
11th June 2010, 09:28 PM
Interesting Read:
by Keith Johnson
With very few exceptions, the current crop of Armani suited sycophants who occupy seats in both houses of Congress must go! Topping the list are those who pledge their allegiance to a certain foreign power in the Middle East. Israel and her supporters have proven to be nothing less than an embarrassment to our country and quite arguably our greatest liability.
Foreign policy experts agree that Israel’s government has threatened American interests worldwide. The latest raid on a Gaza peace flotilla has strained relations between the United States and its key Muslim ally, Turkey. Israel’s refusal to stop housing construction in Arab East Jerusalem has chilled relations with other Arab nations and has jeopardized moves to reach a peace deal, which is critical to America’s greater international interests.
General David Petraeus, who oversees America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has made links in recent months between long-running Arab-Israeli conflicts and American security interests. In March, Petraeus told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee:
“Israeli-Palestinian tensions often flare into violence and large-scale armed confrontations…The conflict foments anti-American sentiment, due to a perception of U.S. favouritism for Israel.â€
In April, President Obama himself declared that conflicts in the Middle East were “costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure†and connected the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the jeopardized safety of American soldiers embroiled in battle with Islamic nations.
A government that claims to be concerned about ensuring its people’s safety cannot do so while turning a blind eye to Israel’s atrocities and providing her with unconditional support. So why does this unholy alliance persist?
In terms of foreign policy, the United States and Israel have a relationship similar to a character from the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Israel is the diminutive “Master†who is harnessed to the shoulders of its enormously strong, but dim-witted bodyguard known as “Blaster,†or (for purposes of this analogy) the United States government. Together they form “Master Blasterâ€, an uneasy power-truce that ultimateley benefits the brains over the brawn.
In America, this alliance is maintained—in large part—through the American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which provides significant campaign contributions to political candidates and uses their influence to pressure politicians to work on behalf of Israeli interests. Most of their money comes from Israel, and most of the money that comes from Israel came directly from the American tax payer. Its one big money laundering scheme. As I pointed out in a previous article, approximately 1/3 of the total foreign aid budget of the United States is annually sent to Israel even though they comprise less than .001 of the world’s population and has one of the world’s highest per capita incomes. Former Congressman James Traficant rightly pointed out recently that between the direct foreign aid grants to Israel, along with all of the other benefits including trade compacts, economic and military assistance, “Israel gets approximately $15 billion a year from the American taxpayers. That $15 billion is $30,000 for every man, woman and child in Israel.â€
In a recent interview with Russia Today, Cynthia McKinney, a former US Presidential candidate stated that Pro-Israel lobbying has bought both congress and the executive branch. Here is a list of the top AIPAC contribution recipients:
Top Senate Recipients Funded
Joseph Lieberman $1,226,956
John McCain $750,368
Benjamin Cardin $487,572
Mitch McConnell $415,710
Richard Durbin $376,387
Carl Levin $366,378
Arlen Specter $338,080
Debbie Ann Stabenow $329,053
Bill Nelson $324,691
Jon Kyl $312,358
Mary Landrieu $291,609
Frank Lautenberg $260,333
Robert Menéndez $219,135
Daniel Inouye $197,750
Harry Reid $179,640
Sheldon Whitehouse $170,421
Ron Wyden $163,771
Maria Cantwell $162,598
Mark Udall $161,173
Christopher Dodd $158,132
Barbara Mikulski $152,050
Kent Conrad $150,410
Susan Collins $139,518
Mark Pryor $138,250
Jeff Merkley $136,130
Top House Recipients Funded
Mark Kirk $458,979
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen $141,507
Howard Berman $122,600
Eric Cantor $119,350
Ted Deutch $104,031
Steny Hoyer $100,050
Shelley Berkley $98,501
Gary Peters $94,522
Ron Klein $88,550
Nancy Pelosi $83,400
Steve Israel $77,000
Nita Lowey $68,600
Paul Hodes $65,950
Ike Skelton $64,049
Kendrick Meek $57,601
Deborah Halvorson $56,622
Gabrielle Giffords $56,000
Eliot Engel $54,600
Brad Sherman $53,500
Janice Schakowsky $53,195
Roy Blunt $47,550
Dan Burton $47,350
Alcee Hastings $46,150
Mary Jo Kilroy $46,135
Bill Foster $45,550
Debbie Wasserman Schultz $45,060
Robert Andrews $43,825
Patrick Murphy $41,000
Gary Ackerman $39,950
Brad Ellsworth $38,850
Silvestre Reyes $38,750
Lincoln Diaz-Balart $35,775
Steven LaTourette $35,325
Allyson Schwartz $33,625
Jerry Moran $33,300
Melissa Bean $33,150
Mike Pence $31,700
FULL LIST
http://maplight.org/us-congress/interest/J5100/view/all
The Rest of the Article here;
http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=8990
by Keith Johnson
With very few exceptions, the current crop of Armani suited sycophants who occupy seats in both houses of Congress must go! Topping the list are those who pledge their allegiance to a certain foreign power in the Middle East. Israel and her supporters have proven to be nothing less than an embarrassment to our country and quite arguably our greatest liability.
Foreign policy experts agree that Israel’s government has threatened American interests worldwide. The latest raid on a Gaza peace flotilla has strained relations between the United States and its key Muslim ally, Turkey. Israel’s refusal to stop housing construction in Arab East Jerusalem has chilled relations with other Arab nations and has jeopardized moves to reach a peace deal, which is critical to America’s greater international interests.
General David Petraeus, who oversees America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has made links in recent months between long-running Arab-Israeli conflicts and American security interests. In March, Petraeus told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee:
“Israeli-Palestinian tensions often flare into violence and large-scale armed confrontations…The conflict foments anti-American sentiment, due to a perception of U.S. favouritism for Israel.â€
In April, President Obama himself declared that conflicts in the Middle East were “costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure†and connected the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the jeopardized safety of American soldiers embroiled in battle with Islamic nations.
A government that claims to be concerned about ensuring its people’s safety cannot do so while turning a blind eye to Israel’s atrocities and providing her with unconditional support. So why does this unholy alliance persist?
In terms of foreign policy, the United States and Israel have a relationship similar to a character from the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Israel is the diminutive “Master†who is harnessed to the shoulders of its enormously strong, but dim-witted bodyguard known as “Blaster,†or (for purposes of this analogy) the United States government. Together they form “Master Blasterâ€, an uneasy power-truce that ultimateley benefits the brains over the brawn.
In America, this alliance is maintained—in large part—through the American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which provides significant campaign contributions to political candidates and uses their influence to pressure politicians to work on behalf of Israeli interests. Most of their money comes from Israel, and most of the money that comes from Israel came directly from the American tax payer. Its one big money laundering scheme. As I pointed out in a previous article, approximately 1/3 of the total foreign aid budget of the United States is annually sent to Israel even though they comprise less than .001 of the world’s population and has one of the world’s highest per capita incomes. Former Congressman James Traficant rightly pointed out recently that between the direct foreign aid grants to Israel, along with all of the other benefits including trade compacts, economic and military assistance, “Israel gets approximately $15 billion a year from the American taxpayers. That $15 billion is $30,000 for every man, woman and child in Israel.â€
In a recent interview with Russia Today, Cynthia McKinney, a former US Presidential candidate stated that Pro-Israel lobbying has bought both congress and the executive branch. Here is a list of the top AIPAC contribution recipients:
Top Senate Recipients Funded
Joseph Lieberman $1,226,956
John McCain $750,368
Benjamin Cardin $487,572
Mitch McConnell $415,710
Richard Durbin $376,387
Carl Levin $366,378
Arlen Specter $338,080
Debbie Ann Stabenow $329,053
Bill Nelson $324,691
Jon Kyl $312,358
Mary Landrieu $291,609
Frank Lautenberg $260,333
Robert Menéndez $219,135
Daniel Inouye $197,750
Harry Reid $179,640
Sheldon Whitehouse $170,421
Ron Wyden $163,771
Maria Cantwell $162,598
Mark Udall $161,173
Christopher Dodd $158,132
Barbara Mikulski $152,050
Kent Conrad $150,410
Susan Collins $139,518
Mark Pryor $138,250
Jeff Merkley $136,130
Top House Recipients Funded
Mark Kirk $458,979
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen $141,507
Howard Berman $122,600
Eric Cantor $119,350
Ted Deutch $104,031
Steny Hoyer $100,050
Shelley Berkley $98,501
Gary Peters $94,522
Ron Klein $88,550
Nancy Pelosi $83,400
Steve Israel $77,000
Nita Lowey $68,600
Paul Hodes $65,950
Ike Skelton $64,049
Kendrick Meek $57,601
Deborah Halvorson $56,622
Gabrielle Giffords $56,000
Eliot Engel $54,600
Brad Sherman $53,500
Janice Schakowsky $53,195
Roy Blunt $47,550
Dan Burton $47,350
Alcee Hastings $46,150
Mary Jo Kilroy $46,135
Bill Foster $45,550
Debbie Wasserman Schultz $45,060
Robert Andrews $43,825
Patrick Murphy $41,000
Gary Ackerman $39,950
Brad Ellsworth $38,850
Silvestre Reyes $38,750
Lincoln Diaz-Balart $35,775
Steven LaTourette $35,325
Allyson Schwartz $33,625
Jerry Moran $33,300
Melissa Bean $33,150
Mike Pence $31,700
FULL LIST
http://maplight.org/us-congress/interest/J5100/view/all
The Rest of the Article here;
http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=8990