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THE INSIDE HISTORY OF THE ISRAEL LOBBY Former top CIA analysts Kathleen and Bill Christison give CounterPunchers the real scoop on the Israel lobby and precisely how powerful it is. Read how US presidents from Wilson, through FDR to Truman were manipulated by the Zionist lobby; how Israel bent LBJ, Reagan and Clinton to its purpose; how Bush's White House has been the West Wing of the Israeli government; how Washington's revolving doors send full-time Israel lobbyists from think-tanks to the National Security Council and the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans. For all who want a true measure of the Lobby's power, the Christisons' 8-page dossier, exclusive to CounterPunch newsletter subscribers, is a MUST read. CounterPunch Online is read by millions of viewers each month! But remember, we are funded solely by the subscribers to the print edition of CounterPunch. Please support this website by buying a subscription to our newsletter, which contains fresh material you won't find anywhere else, or by making a donation for the online edition. Remember contributions are tax-deductible. Click here to make a donation. If you find our site useful please: Subscribe Now! |
Today's Stories June 8, 2006 Bill Christison June 7, 2006 Dave Lindorff Sunsara Taylor John Walsh David MacMichael Mickey Z. Evelyn Pringle Myles Palmer Laura Ribeiro Website of the Day
June 6, 2006 Diane Christian Paul Craig Roberts Ralph Nader Norman Solomon Darmont / Genovali Manuel Garcia,
Jr. Subcomandante Marcos Patrick Cockburn Website of the Day
June 5, 2006 Bruce Jackson Chris Floyd Michael Neumann Heather Gray William Hughes David Swanson Alexander Cockburn Website of the Day
June 3 / 4, 2006 Robert Fisk James Petras Rosemary Radford Ruether Harry Clark Jeffrey St. Clair Ron Ridenour Ron Jacobs Fred Gardner Peter Montague John Walsh Greg Moses Sean Donahue Mike Whitney Dave Patten Ali Khan Robert Dotson,
MD Hammond Guthrie St. Clair / D'Antoni Poets' Basement Website of the
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June 2, 2006 Kathy Kelly Alan Maass Mickey Z. Dave Lindorff Chris Kutalik Sunsara Taylor Sam Husseini Mike Ferner Website of the
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June 1, 2006 Brian Cloughley David Peterson Lee Ballinger Jonathan Cook Mike Whitney Paul Rockwell Clifton Ross Kevin Zeese Website of the
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May 31, 2006 Dave Lindorff Joshua Frank Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz P. Sainath Ramzy Baroud Seth Sandronsky Mickey Z. Ralph Nader Jeffrey St. Clair Website of the Day
May 30, 2006 Lee Ballinger Jonathan Cook Gary Leupp John Ross Robert Jensen Michael Dickinson Michael Carmichael Tim Wise Harry Browne Website of the
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May 27 / 29,
2006 Paul Craig Roberts Kathleen Christison Kathy Kelly Christopher
Reed Lawrence R. Velvel Tom Barry Gary Leupp Col. Dan Smith Ron Jacobs Don Fitz Fred Gardner Peter Montague Raymond Garcia John Farley Seth Sandronsky Tia Steele Lenni Brenner Dr. Susan Block Scott Michael Perey Jeffrey St. Clair Poets' Basement Recipe of the
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May 26, 2006 Col. Douglas
MacGregor Brian J. Foley Michael Dickinson Missy Comley Beattie Pierre Tristam Joe Allen Kona Lowell Roger Burbach Website of the
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May 25, 2006 Les AuCoin Jeff Halper Dave Lindorff Ron Jacobs Bob Wing Elise Gould Robert Bryce Website of the Day
May 24, 2006 Michael Donnelly Patrick Cockburn Lucinda Marshall Dave Lindorff Shmuel Rosner Moshe Adler Heather Gray Pratyush Chandra Paul Craig Roberts Floyd Rudmin Website of the Day
May 23, 2006 Paul Craig Roberts Sharon Smith Sunsara Taylor Joel Whitney Alice Cherbonnier Ron Jacobs Kristen Ess Patrick Cockburn Website of the
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June 8, 2006 SoulmatesAnn Coulter and Rev. Fred Phelps: a RomanceBy MISSY COMLEY BEATTIE Fred Phelps, pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, has placed Ann Coulter's latest book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," in every pew of his church much to the delight of his congregation. "It's our new Bible," he's just pontificated to his flock. Exhilarated by Coulter's wisdom, they don't care that Phelps' wife Marge, mother of their 13 children, has left him. Remember Fred? He's the minister whose mission is to rid the world of homosexuals. His antics include attending military funerals, carrying signs that read, "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "Thank God for IEDs," protesting a government he perceives to be gay-friendly. Here's the story: Seems Marge was enraged when she saw her man's reaction to Coulter. Mrs. Phelps emerged from the kitchen just in time to see Matt Lauer's interview with Coulter and she certainly didn't like what she saw. Ann, sporting a delicate necklace from which a cross hangs and wearing one of her short, black sheaths to expose those long legs, is Viagra to Phelps. When Fred's eyes fixed on Coulter's signature move-flipping that blond hair off her face, Marge recognized "that look" in her husband's eyes and confronted him with a vengeance. But there was no stopping Fred. He immediately felt a hard-drive connection with Coulter and ordered copies of her book. After reading passages of "Godless," Pastor Phelps was heard repeating verbatim Coulter's condemnations of the New Jersey 9/11 widows, the four women who have pushed for an independent commission to investigate the government's failures prior to that day in September when their husbands perished. "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much," Fred said over and over until Marge picked up the sign that said "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and started chasing him around the room with it. And, then, Fred took another quote from Ann's book and launched it at his wife, "By the way, how do we know their husbands weren't planning to divorce these harpies?" Marge, at this point, exhausted and slightly disoriented, said, "Who are you calling a harpy?" Now, Fred Phelps and Ann Coulter have a cellular family plan, first on each other's speed dial. As soon as Marge returns from Mexico where she went to get a quick divorce, Ann and Fred will tie the knot. Questioned about the large age difference (think Anna Nicole and J. Howard Marshall), Coulter beamed, "When you find the person who shares your philosophy so perfectly, the decades are insignificant. Freddy and I are soulmates." Missy Beattie lives in New York City. She's written
for National Public Radio and Nashville Life Magazine.
An outspoken critic of the Bush Administration and the war in
Iraq, she's a member of Gold Star Families for Peace. She completed
a novel last year, but since the death of her nephew, Marine
Lance Cpl. Chase J. Comley, in Iraq on August 6,'05, she has
been writing political articles. She can be reached at: Missybeat@aol.com
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