Saturday, January 28, 2012

Robert Reich: Who Is Sheldon Adelson and What Has Newt Promised Him?, Reminder: A Great Event This Sunday

Hi. Here's a partial answer to some of Robert Reich's question Adelson is the major financier of the illegal settlers in Palestine and friend to the most extreme elements in Israel's  government, society and policies.  Yesterday's Democracy Now reminds me that he owns one of Israel's largest newspapers and is a financier of 'TheThird Jihad,' the rabid anti-muslim film shown to over 1500 NYPD trainees and cops; right now raising a  city-wide and City Council demand that Bloomberg fire NY Police Comissioner Ray Kelly.  When Newt was asked why he got this money, he said it's because Adelson knew he'd support the Israel of Adleson's close friend, Binyamin Netanyahu.  Gingrich then ourlined what that was 'there are no Paestinian people and they deserve no homeland nor right of return, and there's nothing to negotiate. (That's even to the right of Netanyahu and AIPAC), and is pushing for war on Iran.  There's more - but for another day, if needed.  -Ed
 
 
Who Is Sheldon Adelson, What Has Newt Promised Him?
Robert Reich’s Blog (1/25/12)

(Editor’s Note: How appropriate that a casino owner is one of the big power players in the biggest “suckers lose” gambling operation on the planet – the Corporate States of America! – Mark L. Taylor)

Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino owner, is now the poster boy for what’s terribly wrong with our campaign-finance system. Adelson, you may recall, had, before the South Carolina Republican primary, donated $5 million to the pro-Gingrich Super Pac “Winning Our Future” – giving Newt a pile of money for negative advertising against Mitt Romney in South Carolina.

Adelson has done it again. He and his wife Marian have cut another $5 million check for Gingrich to go negative on Romney in Florida. The money won’t go as far as it did in South Carolina – TV ads cost a lot more in Florida

– but it’s enough to give the Grinch a solid footing.

And, who knows? The Adelsons are billionaires. They might decide to put in another $5 million or perhaps $20 million into Gingrich’s Super Pac. The point is, there’s no limit.

Do you know who Sheldon and Marian Adelson are? Do you know what Gingrich has promised them, or what they think they’ll get out of a Grinch presidency? I don’t. But if Newt becomes President of the United States, they’ll be singularly responsible. And we better find out, because Newt will owe them big time.

Forget the Lincoln Bedroom. The Adelsons and their kids will have the run of the White House, including the Oval Office. Hey, they’ll take over the Old Executive Building next door and turn it into a casino.

Never before in the history of American politics has a single couple given more money to a single candidate and had a bigger impact – all courtesy of the Supreme Court and its grotesque decisions that speech is money and corporations are people under the First Amendment.

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From: estee chandler [mailto:losangeles@jewishvoiceforpeace.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:57 PM
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Sunday, January 29th - JVP-LA is a proud Community Sponsor of A Child's View of Gaza - Art Exhibit Opening in Los Angeles - Hollywood Woman's Club 4-7pm 1749 N. La Brea Avenue, LA 90046 - Event Reservations 310.657.5511

A Child's View of Gaza is an exhibition of 25 children's drawings from six children's centers in Gaza: Afaq Jadeeda Association, Life makers Center, Culture and Free Thought Association, Khan Younis, Qattan Center for the Child, Rachel Corrie Children's Center, and Al-Assria Children's Library. The exhibit will be on display at the Inside/Outside Gallery, Levantine Cultural Center, Jan. 17-Feb. 17, 2012. A special event will present the exhibit with guest speakers and the Naser Musa Ensemble at the Hollywood Woman's Club on Sun., Jan. 29, 4-7 pm, 1749 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles CA 90046. No ticket charge but donations will be requested. Event Reservations 310.657.5511.

In May 2009, an ad hoc delegation of 13 Americans traveled to Gaza to witness the aftermath of Operation Cast Lead. After visiting many children centers, homes, NGOs and seeing the powerful art the children had made during art therapy sessions, the delegation discussed how they could share Gaza's stories and needs with the world. A Child's View of Gaza lets the children share their own experiences through art.


Peace and HOPE,
~estee chandler
JVP-LA Organizer

"The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference." Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel


 



 

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