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Looks like a great lineup again, Brad. I’ll be here to help with the blog side of things. No slacking off for me this weekend. 😉 … But thanks again to Kira for filling in for me two weeks in a row!
Now if I can just avoid any more family weddings we should be ok 😉
Looking forward to your show. I was finally able to listen to your interview with Ray McGovern on the archives.
It was very interesting, hope he comes back on.
*OT – To the famous 6 or 7:
Please call Sen. Dick Durbin and thank him for speaking
out about torture in Gitmo. He is being attacked by the White House and of course the Right Wing Media. Even Jon Stewart took an uninformed shot at him.
Please call him to thank him and ask him not to back down.
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Thank you.
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Friday, June 17, 2005 9:25 p.m. EDT
Dean Condemns Anti-Semitic DNC Literature at Conyers Hearing
WASHINGTON — A handful of people at Democratic National Headquarters distributed material critical of Israel during a public forum questioning the Bush administration’s Iraq policy, drawing an angry response and charges of anti-Semitism from party chairman Howard Dean on Friday.
"We disavow the anti-Semitic literature, and the Democratic National Committee stands in absolute disagreement with and condemns the allegations," Dean said in a statement posted on the DNC Web site.
Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, organized the forum on Thursday at the Capitol to publicize and discuss the so-called Downing Street memo.
MR. CONYERS WHY DO YOU HATE US AMERICAN JEWS?
WHY DID YOU ALLOW ANTI JEWISH MATERIAL TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT YOUR HEARING?
WHY DID YOU LET AN ANTI SEMITE SPEAK?
WHY DO YOU PANDER TO THE RADICAL MUSLIMS IN YOUR STATE?
YOU ARE A DESPICABLE AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN WHOSE SOLE REASON FOR BEING IN OFFICE IS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF YOUR DISTRICT.
IF YOU WERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE ANYWHERE ELSE IN AMERICA YOU WOULD BE SOUNDLY TROUNCED AND THROWN OUT OF OFFICE.
YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR YOUR ALLOWING SUCH ANTI ISRAEL STATEMENTS AT YOUR HEARING!
OUCH! SOMEBODY IS REALLY TICKED AT CONYERS AT HIS BLOG!
BRADDO:
FREIDMAN………… ANY CHANCE THAT’S JEWISH?
STRANGE YOU WOULD BE SUCH A SUPPORTER OF CONYERS BUT THEN AGAIN THERE ARE SELF HATERS IN THE WORLD.
Take it somewhere else jim, your juvenile desperation is off-topic on this thread. You have been warned repeatedly yet you insist on ignoring the rules and repeatedly disrupting. I vote for your permanent banishment at this point.
That said, great lineup Brad! See ya all here!
CONYERS PANDERS TO THE MOST RADICAL ISLAMIC ELEMENTS IN AMERICA IN HIS STATE OF MICHIGAN ….. YET HE VOTES IN A MANNER THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT IN AN ISLAMIC STATE HE WOULD BE THE FIRST THEY WOULD CONSIDER AN UNBELIEVER AND SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE QURAN REGARDING UNBELIEVERS.
I HAVE JEWISH ANCESTRY. I AM AGHAST AND DISMAYED THAT CONYERS WOULD ALLOW HIS DSM FORUM TO DEGENERATE TO THE LEVEL IT DID. I BELIEVE IT WAS PLANNED AND INTENTIONAL.
HOW ABOUT YOU BRAD? DOES THIS OFFEND YOU?
IT SHOULD….. OR DO YOU HATE YOUR RELIGION?
Durbin ‘regrets’ Gitmo remarks
By Rowan Scarborough
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 18, 2005
Sen. Richard J. Durbin expressed a conditional "regret" yesterday for his remarks linking Guantanano Bay interrogations to Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Pol Pot after Vice President Dick Cheney and the American Legion unleashed another day of rebukes of the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat.
Mr. Durbin had refused to apologize for his Nazi speech in a Senate debate Thursday. But as the high-ranking Democrat and his party continued to feel a political backlash, Mr. Durbin issued his third — and most contrite — statement yesterday.
"I have learned from my statement that historical parallels can be misused and misunderstood," said the Illinois senator. "I sincerely regret if what I said caused anyone to misunderstand my true feelings: our soldiers around the world and their families at home deserve our respect, admiration and total support."
"Senator. Durbin’s remarks could very well make him the ‘Hanoi Jane’ of this conflict," said outraged American Legion National Commander Thomas P. Cadmus.
Dick Cheney and the American Legion. There’s a parlay for you. A chronic liar and an organization steeped in nostalgia for past wars. "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."
Hang in there, Dick Durbin.
It’s a sad situation when those who tell the truth are forced to apologize, while the liars are rewarded.
I would also like to suggest that Jimmo be removed from this site. I do not believe in censoring free speech but he is breaking rules, cheating, lying, and offensive to others and that is not acceptable. He’s bringing hate and devisiveness where it’s not welcome. I have seen him regularly on other sites using several diffent names and his behavior is equally offensive there as well.
Thanks for all the great work Brad, Winter Patriot, Bushw@cker, Kira, et al. and if I could I too would send a generous donation. Have a great show today!
Looks like a really interesting show, Brad! Thanks for all you are doing and the care you are taking with your selection of topics.
SECONDED!
Hi All
With engineer Eddie at summer camp, I’m left with the job of making sure the backup computer connection is set up for today’s show. This is just a test. It appears to be working. lol.
But, I’ll take the opportunity to tell ya all that it’s great to have you here! Always supportive of Brad and that is incredibly awesome. (Just between you and me, he really appreciates it!)
Amazing show today and Jaime is back in the studio with us! New engineer Gregory is working hard to make life easier for us. We must be on the right track, or something!
I sure appreciate kind, thoughtful people!! Life is just to damn short and valuable to be otherwise, huh? (Prep for this show has me a bit misty-eyed when I think of the sacrifices good people have made and continue to make for this country!)
Winter Patriot — glad to see you back today! Kira really did a swell job in your absence.
We look forward to hearing from you on The BRAD SHOW later on today!
PEACE EVERYBODY.
Hey Kat! Thanks. I may not be at home for the show tonight — had some plans that can’t be broken. I will be with all of you tonight in spirit if I don’t get back in time to blog with all you excellent folk!
It’s going to be another excellent show and I’m so proud of all of you who keep putting forth amazing effort to make it happen — and Brad keeps getting such Very Important People to interview.
I know tonight’s show will be waaayy !!!
The reporter Smith says he re typed the Downing Street memos that were given him then destroyed the ones he was given.
Interesting.
So we are to believe that only ONE set of these memos were leaked, that he transcribed them 100% accurately, even though he is a known anti war anti Bush anti Blair activist, then destroyed the only known copy of the memos, which are presumably safe in British Government hands yet.
I wonder if his typewriter perhaps accidently hit the wrong keys, perhaps instead of the word "fixed" the real memo says "is mixed". I wonder.
Guess we will never know will we, but one thing is for certain: the reporter is an activist with a MOTIVE to falsify the documents.
So he has a MOTIVE, he has access, and he has a mission. Sounds like Smith is the criminal here.
Catherine A,
Here’s my earlier post:
COMMENT #68 link
…Kira said on 6/13/2005
2 bills were introduced … by 8 representatives … 6 of them Democrats. Now what’s wrong with this picture????
Worrisome Move To Remove Presidential Term Limit from Constitution
This is very troubling. In recent months two proposals have been introduced to the House of Representatives to amend the Consitution of the United States and repeal the 22nd amendment. The 22nd amendment was put place to limit the number of times a president could be in office to two terms.
The first, HJRES 11 IH, was introduced on January 7, 2003 by Representative Serrano. On February 25, 2003 HJ 25 IH was introduced. These appear to be identical. The latter proposed amendment has 7 sponsors.
It is interesting to note that of the 8 representatives who sponsored the two proposal, 6 are democrats.
Mr. HOYER – Democrat
Mr. HYDE – Republican
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts – Democrat
Mr. SENSENBRENNER – Republican
Mr. BERMAN – Democrat
Mr. SABO – Democrat
Mr. PALLONE – Democrat
Mr. SERRANO – Democrat
====================
Should we research those 6 reps.?
RE#16 Jimmo: As usual your juvenile imbecile remarks don’t hold water. If the British Journalist was making up or had changed the DSM the Bush and Blair thugs would be all over it. Believe me there is an original document out there that makes them culpable in their crime, or it would be deny, obfuscate and outright lie after lie. In the past you have made statements on this site such as the Bagdad Burning Blogger had been imprisoned which proved to be false, and other accusations you have made which are numerous and too long to post here. Your credibility is zero on this blog.
Re #16 a responsible journalist may have destroyed the original notes after retyping them to protect the identify of the source. (E.g., there might have been handwritten comments which would have shown who they were from.)
Like Pushcat says in #18, if there were inaccuracies the Blair government would have pointed them out long ago.
Maybe I’ll get to hear the show tonight because now I have a sound card!
Hi, Brad:
HELP IS NEEDED! Perhaps you could mention this on your show tonight.
MSM MEDIA BLITZ NOW STARTING TO OCCUR — FINALLY!!!
U.S. War Plans Much-Discussed in Memos
-AP — 1 of 5 AP articles!!!!
see:
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Can’t wait to hear the show tonight!
🙂 Hello, I am the wife of one of the american civilian contractors that you talked with on your show today and was wondering if there was a way that i could hear the show. Do you have a archive of the show or anything i can maybe download and hear?? If so that would be awsome. Thanks for taking the time to talk to them.
Thanks again
Spoiled_Angel #22: Brad normal has a link up within a 24 hour period you can click on to hear the Brad Show.
Sorry about the typo. Brad normally has a link up soon for those who do not hear it initially.
Spoiled_Angel, The Brad Show will repeat tommorrow anyway. I forget the time it should be posted on Bradblog.
Spoiled_Angel #22: Brad normal has a link up within a 24 hour period you can click on to hear the Brad Show.
I wonder if his typewriter perhaps accidently hit the wrong keys, perhaps instead of the word "fixed" the real memo says "is mixed". I wonder.