[lbo-talk] Some fun with hate

[Chuck Grimes]

>From the news clips I've seen on this muslim study center, this looks like a 
pure hate campaign cynically run for election purposes. The best reponse is 
no reponse, no talks, nada. Democracy Now had a whole hour on this. It's 
here:

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/18/as_gop_and_some_top_dems

The most articulate member was Rabbi Irwin Kula of the National Jewish 
Center. Evidently the same day, Gwen Ifill on PBS tried the two sided 
approach, as if there was two sides to Muslim hate groups. For a cynical 
laugh at `balanced' news coverage:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/religion/july-dec10/mosque_08-16.html

Lazio wanted `transparency' where does the money come from? That demand for 
transparency turned on Fox news with a scream. Click `The Parent Company 
Trap'.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/

Where you find Fox owner Murdoch's partner is Alwaleed bin Talal, the same 
evil financier for the proposed Muslim study center. Most of this comes from 
Juan Cole today at:

http://www.juancole.com/

If you click on the Koch Bros link you get a New Yorker article from this 
week on Koch brothers funding of the tea baggers, climate deniers, and a 
string of other hate-Obama groups, here:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=1

CG