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- From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
- Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,soc.culture.jewish
- Subject: Re: Jews in Banks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.003309.26633@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 00:33:09 GMT
- Article-I.D.: midway.1992Nov19.003309.26633
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- In article <1992Nov18.175600.1908@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Nov18.003922.5269@ennews.eas.asu.edu>, makowsky@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (David Makowsky) writes:
- >> He was fired because the whole thing was a lie.
- >
- > How can you be so dogmatic in your belief that he was lying?
- >Evidently Harry Katz, member of AIPAC, thinks the lobby has indeed
- >acquired "disproportionate political power" as he said or I hardly
- >think he would have gone to the trouble to start taping conversations.
-
- Maybe Harry Katz wanted attention? Or maybe, indeed, Harry Katz decided
- that he didn't like AIPAC, and wanted to embarass them. I believe
- Katz prompted the AIPAC guy to say what he said.
-
- We've seen the same thing, when Gennifer Flowers tried to get Clinton
- to say something bad about Cuomo so she could sell her tape for more
- money.
-
- > I hardly need to make up a lobbying group to express my opinion
- >that a major part of our problem is lobbying groups. And regardless of
- >who likes it or not, I am free to speak out against the abuse of powers
- >by special interest groups, of which AIPAC is just one--although it is
- >a powerful one, which are so damaging to the best interests of this
- >nation. Frankly, I am tired of government by lobby and special interest
- >group. If being a loyal citizen who would like to see government restored
- >to the people is a crime, then I plead guilty. If you prefer government
- >by lobby, fine.
-
- So did the founding fathers of this country. Read the Federalist papers
- sometime.
-
- And I would argue that what AIPAC does *is* in the best interests of
- this country, but that's for another newsgroup.
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