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screw him, who gives a rat's ass

ANCA Endorsed Candidates Win Big in Senate and House Elections WASHINGTON, DC – The Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives yesterday ended Speaker Hastert’s Congressional reign, opening the door to the Speakership of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), a twenty year supporter of Armenian American issues, including Armenian Genocide recognition, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). Rep. Pelosi issued a statement last week pledging support for Armenian Genocide legislation during the 110th Congress. With the Senate majority too close to call, the victory of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), returns him to the Senate, where he has distinguished himself by blocking the appointment of Armenian Genocide denier Richard Hoagland as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia. "We are tremendously proud of the vital and energetic role that Armenian Americans played this election season - a watershed transition of Congressional power that holds great meaning for our community's legislative agenda," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "On the House side, we certainly welcome the fall from power of Dennis Hastert - who, as Speaker, prevented a bipartisan majority of his colleagues from voting for U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide - and his expected replacement by Nancy Pelosi, who has a strong record in support of Armenian American issues. On the Senate side, even as we await the final outcome, we are very gratified by the victory in New Jersey of Senator Bob Menendez - our top electoral priority this election season. Inspired by his principled stand against the Hoagland nomination, Armenian Americans throughout the Garden State - led by the ANC of New Jersey - truly came through for the Menendez campaign, delivering volunteers, campaign contributions, and, most importantly, tens of thousands of votes in support of his electoral victory," added Hamparian. ANCA endorsed candidates won overwhelmingly in the House, with 184 of 198 endorsed candidates securing decisive wins and three races still too close to call. Of the 159 members of the Congressional Armenian Caucus, 140 members won re-election, including Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI). Amongst those who lost their re-election bid was Armenian American Congressman John Sweeney (R-NY), who, with the support of ANC-NY, battled in one of the tightest races in the country. Armenian American Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) won her reelection bid with 71% of the vote. In the Senate, 13 of 15 ANCA endorsed candidates won their election bids, with the Virginia Senate race featuring Sen. George Allen (R-VA) and Democrat Jim Webb still too close to call. Winners included Armenian Genocide Resolution lead sponsor John Ensign (R-NV), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and House members Ben Cardin and Sherrod Brown who won Senate seats in Maryland and Ohio, respectively. Pennsylvania Senator, Rick Santorum (R-PA), lead cosponsor of the Caucasus Railroad Bypass bill, lost his Senate reelection bid to Democrat Ed Casey. Perennial opponent of Armenian American concerns, West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd won his re-election bid as well.

"Although the Republicans claimed Clinton deserved impeachment because he lied about his sexual indiscretions, many Democrats felt the indiscretions themselves were the main issue. In response, Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt, placed an article in his magazine offering up to $1,000,000 for information on sexual indiscretions by Republican officials. Flynt received evidence that Livingston had strayed outside of his marriage on many occasions, and was preparing to publish this information. Livingston got word that the article was about to come out. During debate over the impeachment resolution on December 19, 1998, Livingston surprised everyone by stepping down as Speaker-elect and announced he would resign from the House in May 1999. He was succeeded by David Vitter, who later went on to become the first popularly elected Republican Senator from Louisiana." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Livingston http://www.pbs.org/newshour/impeachment/he...ston_12-19.html We all should collect money and pay Larry to publish those articles lol

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this is truly sad and disturbing, they are milking our already poor country

"independent" is just a fancy word when used with Armenia

zurderer, go jerk off to Ataturk's naked pictures, I heard he has quite a few of them

ONE MORE REASON TO WIN - LET SIBEL EDMONDS SPEAK by W. David Jenkins III OpEdNews, PA Oct 29 2006 "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke Sibel Edmonds once told me to "put aside 9/11" and instead concentrate on the workings of the Defense Department, amongst other government establishments, because what she had been trying to warn people about was considered by those involved as nothing more than "business as usual." That was the real danger. What she had discovered during her short time with the FBI was so threatening to those doing such "business" that former Attorney General, John Ashcroft, couldn't slap a gag order on her (and Congress) fast enough. But a lot of us already know that. Truth be known, Dennis Hastert has a hell of a lot more to worry about than the Mark Foley scandal. In fact, he may be seeing the writing on the wall regarding his soon departure from Congress as a welcome relief. However, that result is not only contingent upon a Democratic win in November, but a Democratic majority willing to dig through the tangled mess that is Turkish and American "business relations." Now, one must understand why Turkey is a big player, albeit a clandestine one, on the world stage; that would be the desperate need for security and acceptance. Turkey shares with Israel common enemies such as Syria, Iran and Iraq and maintains relations in the U.S. in order to secure financial aid and military technology. These relations are enhanced by corporations, lobbyists and conservative think tanks who share a mutual interest in geo-political advantage in the Middle East as well as making some big money. These relations are connected between former and present Defense Dept. members, The Project for a New American Century members, AIPAC, MIC Inc., Jack Abramoff, The Livingston Group and others. In other words, the more you dig the bigger the headache you may succumb to, yet you'll get an idea of how intertwined all the players are. Would you like to go for a little ride? Let's start with Hastert. The House Speaker has received contributions from Turkish sources to the tune of at least $500,000 and Edmonds knows that there are tapes from wiretaps that will back up this claim. One of the groups who bragged on those tapes about these illegal contributions was the American Turkish Council (ATC) but Hastert denies any ties to this or other Turkish groups. Yet between 1996 and 2002, Hastert made multiple trips to Turkey and would return home with so many "gifts" that his support staff was surprised that the "plane even got off the ground." In turn, Hastert has been very helpful to Turkey by using his authority to pull Congressional backing for a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide. Hastert, of course has denied this. On June 3, 2003, Hastert's political action committee held a $1500 a plate fundraiser at Jack Abramoff's restaurant where he received large donations from, among others, one Duane R. Gibson. Gibson is a consultant with the Livingston Group who has been lobbying on behalf of Turkey for about six years at the cost of $1.2 million a year. The only problem is that the money is not coming from the Turkish government and of course the FBI wants to know exactly who is shelling out all the dough. This is what Edmonds refers to as "business as usual" and what is behind the facade in all of this is obviously so threatening, that the government felt it necessary to implement an extraordinary gag order on Sibel and threaten members of her family. Admittedly, the American - Turkish "connection" doesn't make for glamorous news when put up against Iraq, Iran or North Korea but many of the players in those headlines are also involved with Turkey. And if there was an active, inquisitive and motivated Congress in DeeCeeVille right now then people might recognize the threat that so far remains under the radar. Sibel stated many times that when certain intelligence regarding illegal activities (drug or illegal arms trafficking etc.) which benefited alleged terrorist sponsors and that same intelligence also implicated "certain allies or business interests" then that intelligence was not passed on to counter-terrorism agents in the field. Turkish front groups under surveillance by the FBI (ATC and ATAA) were making large payments to officials high up in the government as well as lobbyists with connections to some of these same officials. These same groups were also nuzzling up to groups like AIPAC who had a mutual desire to embrace certain business interests that could enhance their pursuit of intelligence, influence and aid against common enemies. With the rise to power of the neo-conservatives years ago and their drive to secure dominance in the Middle East, these front groups found new opportunities now that the American government was infiltrated with many of their "business partners." Douglass Feith and Richard Perle (PNAC), infamous for their push into Iraq, were also recipients of hundreds of thousands of dollars from Turkish interests prior to joining the Bush Gang. Other groups with long ties to Turkey as well as upper offices in the government consist of the aforementioned Livingston Group, Solarz & Associates, and The Cohen Group. All three are top members of the American Turkish Council with Vice Chairman of The Cohen Group, Joseph Ralston, sitting on their board of advisors. Getting pretty tangled up, huh? One other firm I want to point out is the neo-con group, M.I.C. Industries Inc. who boast of some "Ultimate Building Machine" on their web site (it was worth a $60 million contract with Russia back in '97). Their board consists of amongst others, William Cohen (Cohen Group/ATC) and Richard Armitage (PNAC/Valerie Plame outing) and is headed up by one Michael Ansari who once teamed up with Alexander Haig in a corporation called US-CIS Venture Inc. which was established to assist in "developments" in Central Asia as well as establishing oil and gas pipeline projects through the region. M.I.C. Inc. is also one of the Livingston Group's top clients. These are some of the "business interests" I believe Edmonds' was speaking of and here's why. Enormous amounts of money are being funneled to top government officials and certain businesses whose members consist of former Defense Dept. officials, State Dept. officials and conservative think tanks that have a common interest in Turkey and Israel (in this case) and other countries that play a strategic part in a geo-political "business" plan. However, this money is not coming from those particular governments in question. Currently, according to former CIA agent Philip Giraldi, there is an investigation into Israel's illegal sale of U.S. military technology to countries like China and India. The companies mentioned in this article also have ties to the defense industry through their members' history in government service - who also share close ties with Turkish front groups (as well as an alliance with AIPAC and JINSA) currently under investigation by the FBI. That these Turkish groups would be involved in the same illegal sales with the aid of the aforementioned businesses is not that difficult of a dot to connect as it definitely reflects the "can of worms" that Edmonds' superiors at the FBI did not want opened. It's also worth mentioning that Turkey is a large hub in the drugs coming out of Afghanistan and Edmonds has alluded to the drug trade in her past statements. Yet, fellow FBI translator Malek Can Dickerson, who had encouraged Sibel to join the ATC, was suppressing intelligence Edmonds was uncovering regarding these front groups and their relationship to "certain allies and American business interests" in deference to the very organizations that the FBI had under investigation. One can look back at the names mentioned in this criminal activity and notice that many of the players were involved in the more glamorous stories in the news over the past years. Armitage (MIC Inc./PNAC) leaking the name of a CIA operative who was investigating arms trafficking to Iran and Feith and Perle (IA Inc./PNAC) who were instrumental in the invasion of Iraq and who are pushing for an attack on Iran are just three of the most notorious examples. One other thing I want to point out is the sorry state of affairs when it comes to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit database which is maintained by the Dept. of Justice. This database contains the "who and how much" when it comes to "foreign investment" in exchange for representation in DeeCeeVille. Luke Ryland (wotisitgood4.blogspot.com), who has done some remarkable and detailed work on the Edmonds story, pointed out on his blog that the "huge database that serves as the public's lone window on lobbying activities by foreign governments has been allowed to decay to a point they cannot even make a copy of its contents" according to a report by the Center for Public Integrity in June of '04. Even worse, as far as we know, that system is still operating on Windows 95. So much for investing in technology to fight the "war on terror." Sibel stated in an interview back in late '05 that "You can start from the AIPAC angle. You can start from the Plame case. You can start from my case. They all end up going to the same place, and they revolve around the same nucleus of people. There may be a lot of them, but it is one group. And they are very dangerous for all of us." I can't think of a better reason to take back the Congress. www.wdavidjenkins3.com W.David Jenkins III is a writer/activist living in upstate N.Y. His work has appeared in "Big Bush Lies" (Riverwood Books) and "The Girl with Yellow Flowers in Her Hair" (Pitchfork Publishers). He also has a regular column at oldamericancentury.org. http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_w_...reason_to_w.htm

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I don't see news headlines in Israel criticising France for adopting a similiar resolution regarding the Holocast. This insensitivity towards other people's sufferings will eventually come back and bite them

By Avirama Golan Ha'aretz, Israel Oct 22 2006 It is fascinating to see how France, time and again, insists on sticking its refined nose into the affairs of others and preach wisdom to them, instead of dealing with the boiling kettles on its own stove. The law against deniers of the massacre of the Armenian people is still provoking a lively debate in the French press. (France approved the law about two weeks ago by a narrow majority, following an internal debate over the severity of punishment.) In Turkey, the French law pushed intellectuals and writers oppressed by the regime into a corner, compelling them to defend their country. A day after winning the Nobel Prize, the author Orhan Pamuk hurried to declare that the French law constitutes "a blow to the principles of freedom of expression that France itself instilled." It is a shame, Pamuk said, that France does not leave the Turks to do their own soul-searching, which is occurring in any case. Another Turkish writer, Elif Shafak, was recently brought to trial in Istanbul for allegedly "denigrating Turkish national identity" in her latest novel, "The Bastard of Istanbul," which tells the stories of two families, Turkish and Armenian. In an article in Le Monde, Shafak asked the French to allow her nation to "heal the wounds of its history by itself." Sinan Ulgen, the president of the Turkish think tank Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), argued in an article in Le Figaro, that "France is weakening democracy in Turkey." This phenomenon is familiar to Israeli writers and intellectuals, veterans of the fight against the occupation, who stutter in an attempt to defend their country in the face of a buttressed, superficial, arrogant and self-righteous European stance. And like the French left's attack against Israel, which places doubt on the legitimacy of the state of the Jews, the new legislation derives from a combination of factors: a historical connection (some of the Armenians who were murdered during World War I were accused of spying for France), an elitist lobby of anti-Turkish Armenian immigrants in France, a desire to embarrass Jacques Chirac and weaken the right, and - at least among some of the legislators - an innocent aspiration, though somewhat self-righteous, for tikkun olam [making the world better]. The ones seeking to improve the world argue that the Armenian people have suffered a hardship for 90 years, in addition to what they experienced during World War I. The denials of the massacre are indeed an open wound. Turkey is not only to blame. Most of the world is responsible for belittling the tragedy and shunting it aside. In the soul-searching that has yet to occur here, the children of Holocaust refugees will have to examine why it was uncomfortable for them to recognize the magnitude of the suffering of others. In this sense, the law ostensibly does justice. But this is misleading, and not only because the measure was essentially an internal-political one, but also because even when the French left is correct, it is definitely not smart. In the introduction to the Hebrew edition of Raymond Aron's "The Algerian Tragedy," Professor Emmanuel Sivan analyzes this symptom: In France, he explains, politicians tend to be "frighteningly cynical - even, and primarily, when speaking loftily about morality - while the intellectuals tend to be detached 'moralists'." (This brings to mind, in particular, Albert Camus and his denial of oppression in Algeria and Jean-Paul Sartre and his support for the USSR in 1956 - A.G.) Thus, the moralists of the French left had little impact on the war crimes perpetrated by France in Algeria, while Aron, a centrist who spoke in the name of realpolitik, significantly contributed to the effort to convince the French to end the occupation. In the case of the law against deniers of the massacre of the Armenian people, the French left is again ignoring realpolitik. This only serves to muffle the internal Turkish debate that finally began to awaken after years of silence. The French should demonstrate sensitivity for denials. After all, it has only been a few years since they allowed references to the "war" in Algeria and lifted censorship from Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 film "The Battle of Algiers." Why now of all times, when France is in a tumult over a film exposing a new affair - the (denied) colonial use of North Africans as soldiers in World War II - is it so urgent for the left to focus on the Armenians? Perhaps it is because of another, concealed motive related to the fear of Turkey's entry to the European Union: the fear of Islam, which the Pope expressed in his native tongue during a visit to his homeland. This fear is the strongest thread motivating politicians in Europe today. The French, who are waging a desperate battle against head scarves and the teenagers in the suburbs, are on the eve of a dramatic election campaign and its perennial X-factor, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who threatens again to conjure up the dark ghosts and fears simmering on the republic's ideological periphery. An Islamic Turkey frightens the French, and the fear makes them forget smart realpolitik. If Raymond Aron were alive today, perhaps he would explain to the citizens of his country that the order of the day is actually to bring Turkey closer, help it prosper, encourage its democracy, and reinforce the voices of Pamuk and his colleagues. The insult and enmity now engendered in Turkey as a result of the French legislation were unnecessary. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/777575.html

have you seen the new ads by the GOP? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X-fDqQ-Xcc unbelievable!

What does everyone think?

Armenia's constitution is a joke

after almost selling out to Turks now he wants to be a president again?

stupid Azeris, instead of focusing on reducing poverty they are building walls, what a bunch of low life morons

I think there should be a rule on this board, that whoever denies the Genocide should be banned with no questions asked

does not matter if it becomes a law or not, the noise has been made, this was on major news networks around the world. It may sound bad, but this is a great marketing plot for our cause we will see what happens

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Just heard on CNN that Hastert might not last too long. Will this have any impacts on the Armenian Genocide resolution that is waiting for a vote?

the only thing left to do is change the Armenian flag to a Russian one

the cell phone, sun glasses, the new breed of priests, "rabiz priests"