In yesterday's post, written in real time, I wondered what was happening in the hall to the lady who shouted out as Israeli PM Netayahu was addressing a Joint Session of the US Congress whose members began applauding loudly in an attempt to cover up the noise as she was strong-armed out of the room...
Protester Who Heckled Netanyahu Beaten, Arrested at Hospital
By Eric W. Dolan
The 28-year-old Jewish American woman was allegedly tackled by members of the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) during Netanyahu's speech to Congress after she yelled, "stop Israeli war crimes." #
Unfortunately she was sitting too far away from yesterday's speaker to hurl her shoes.
As our much-lauded President Abraham Lincoln said, "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men."
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May 25, 2011
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ReplyDeleteSome Congressional scholars, historians, and longtime observers of Congress are expressing dismay over what seems to have dramatically diminished the claimed, “World’s greatest deliberative body”.
http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/05/franklin-lamb-is-the-arab-spring-spreading-to-us-congressional-staffs/
Great news, will follow the link, thanks! jc
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