None of AIPAC's 7 American publications, Defense Digest, Near East Report, Homeland Security Monitor, Energy Monitor, Issue Memo, Israel Connection or Middle East Spotlight discusses ISIS, let alone instructs Congress how to vote on the war with the so-called "Islamic State." In general, if you want to know how AIPAC wants congressmembers to vote just check on what its most slavish adherents do.
Like most Americans, I don't like my congressman. Adam Schiff is a slimy Blue Dog/New Dem of low moral character who will do anything to further his careerist goals. He's far more conservative than his newly redrawn district but few voters in the district suspect as much.
(AE) – The media’s lies and disinformation about the events in Ukraine are absolutely breathtaking. The concerns and predictions laid out in my “REICH WATCH, E2″ video, posted on December 12, pretty much called the whole thing.
The American propaganda machine rolls on, superior to the paltry efforts of past American, British, and German public relations machinery. Then, it was enough to sketch terrifying cartoons of Huns or Jews or other ethnicities and fulminate nonsensically about racial purity. No more. We have evolved. Now the deception of the tirelessly distracted masses requires dissimulations of far greater sophistication.
You may have noticed that the latest polls show have completely turned around from October when voters were furious at Republicans for shutting down the government and were reporting 50-42% that they planned to back Democrats in 2014. Republicans have now opened a 49-44% lead over Democrats in this generic polling.
I don't want to demonize Henry Waxman. As congressmen go, he's been a fairly decent one, for the most part, relatively progressive and-- except on issues relating to Israel and the Middle East-- pretty open-minded. The only time I remember really disagreeing with him, in fact, was when he backed Cheney's and Bush's horrific decision to attack Iraq without provocation.
In 2000, I was especially excited about defeating radical right freshman and impeachment manager, Jim Rogan in the district next door. I didn't know much about the Democratic state senator running against him, Adam Schiff, only that he was a Democrat. I was kind of naive about DC politics back then. The online grassroots model of fundraising Blue America uses hadn't been invented yet and I helped Schiff raise money the old fashioned way.
