Socialism in America's Congress: A Primer (Vanity)

nicmarlo | 3/17/2003 | nicmarlo

[nicmarlo]

Socialism in America's Congress:
A Primer

[all links provided were current and up-to-date as of the date of posting;
I have no control over their effectiveness if they later change or disappear.]

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened." (Norman Thomas, 1936 presidential candidate on the Socialist ticket)

The war with Iraq has brought out the worst in liberals, all across America. We have witnessed those who preach "tolerance" become the most intolerant. We have listened to left wing tirades, ad infinitum, about the need for: diversity of thought, diversity of opinion, diversity of belief, diversity of values; yet when conservatives speak out, liberals insult us and assault us. Our criticism of their criticism "stifles freedom of speech." Our responses to their actions are called "hate speech" or "black listing."

Comparisons have been made of President Bush to Adolph Hitler and the Bush Administration to Saddam's "regime." Rather than blame France and Germany for failed diplomacy, on the eve of war, Tom Daschle, the "weasel of mass distortion," ¹ decreed that the fault rests entirely with George W. Bush, President of the United States of America. Members of the left are guilty of such acts as "peace riots," ² the desecration of a 9/11 Memorial, and imposing bans on patriotic displays of our flag or of yellow ribbons for our troops. On Hannity & Colmes, liberal Congressman Charles Rangel's vile remarks that our "soldiers are bombers of women and children," goes beyond the pale. Still more left-Americans cheered the edict that "a million Mogadishus" befall our soliders or prominently displayed their support for our troops only if they "shoot their officers."

Rather than condemn or show outrage to these vitriolic and reprehensible demonstrations and remarks, the DemocRats are guilty of partisan politics, justification, complicity, pacifism, or silence. As David Horowitz noted, "this anti-American support movement for America's enemies has deep roots in the Democratic Party" (America Under Seige).

One of the most egregious examples of their tactics is the anti-war lawsuit filed against our President and Secretary Rumsfeld. Of the numerous plaintiffs, 12 are members of the House of Representatives. Hadean's comment on that thread ( Decision To Throw Out Antiwar Lawsuit Upheld ) alarmed me: "the basis of the prosecution on the recent suit seemed to aim not only at the constitutional angle, but also at the sovereign right of the US to defend itself."

U.S. Court of Appeals' Decision to Throw Out Antiwar Lawsuit

COURT OF APPEALS ISSUES OPINION IN
JOHN DOE v. GEORGE W. BUSH
Opinion 03-1266, March 13, 2003:
(Plaintiffs who are members of the House of Representatives are:
John Conyers, Dennis Kucinich, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Sheila Jackson Lee, Jim McDermott, Jose E. Serrano, Danny K. Davis, Maurice D. Hinchey, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Pete Stark, Diane Watson, and Lynn C. Woolsey.)

"The court did not address the plaintiffs' argument that a congressional resolution authorized war with Iraq only with United Nations approval, saying the claim could not be evaluated because war has not started."

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On the thread posted in FR ( Decision To Throw Out Antiwar Lawsuit Upheld ), poobah posted the significant section wherein the Senate and House of Representatives, on October 2, 2002, empowered the President of the United States to use force against Iraq, as provided, in part, below:

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. October 2, 2002

1. AUTHORIZATION- The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to--
2. defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq ; and
3. enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.
4. PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION- In connection with the exercise of the authority granted in subsection (a) to use force the President shall, prior to such exercise or as soon thereafter as may be feasible, but no later than 48 hours after exercising such authority, make available to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate his determination that--
5. reliance by the United States on further diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either (A) will not adequately protect the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq or (B) is not likely to lead to enforcement of all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and
6. acting pursuant to this joint resolution is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorist and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.

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When Hadean looked up the Order by the Court of Appeals, he made the following observation:

...I read the Order you linked up to. In it, there's mention of the basis of the plaintiff argument referring to Ange v. Bush, 752 F. Supp. at 515. Did a search, and it led to this: American Center for Law & Justice Memo, September 17, 2001: Breakdown of Responsibilities for Use of United States Armed Forces.

In this memorandum, it starts going into the North Atlantic Treaty. It then goes into Article 5, the "Mutual Defense Clause." Sept. 11 triggered this Article, and the 19 member nations of the treaty agreed to invoke the Treaty's mutual defense clause.

This litigation was all that was necessary to set me off "digging."

What follows is a compilation of definitions, documents, articles, and warnings which I believe are credible and show a pattern, either of the DemocRat agenda or of a cohesive group within that party promoting their agenda; many links are either authored by Freepers or posted on Free Republic (kudos especially to Patriot62 and Cincinatus' Wife).

* image credit to www. ultimateamerican.com by longfellow

Where the tragic events of September 11, 2001 failed to bring long-lasting unanimity to our country, where it failed to seal friendships with our long-believed allies, the war with Iraq succeeded, undisputedly, in exposing their masquerades of concern for either America or human rights abuses. We learned much about who are "with us," and the values for which America stands, and who are "with the terrorists," and the values for which they stand; these anti-Americans include:

Tom Daschle, Nancy Pelosi, Jim McDermott, Charles Rangel, John Kerry, Robert Byrd, Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers, David Bonier, Pete Stark, Jimmy Carter, Hans Blix, France, Germany, Russia, Jean Chretien, Vicente Fox, Turkey, Jordan, Ramsey Clark, Scott Ritter, Peter Arnett, Eason Jordan, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, CNN, BBC, CBS, ABC, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Tim Robbins, the Dixie Chicks, Susan Sarandon, Jeneane Garafalo, Martin Sheen, Michael Moore, Ed Asner, Sean Penn, Harry Belafonte, Mike Ferrell, Richard Gere, George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Prof. Nicholas De Genova, A.N.S.W.E.R. and, of course, the irrelevant United Nations.

No doubt, many of you have read about the deplorable and shocking statement made by Professor Nicholas DeGenova, a professor at the Columbia University in New York, at a "teach-in" (or the "bash America rally"): "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military. I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus."

In an excellent article, "Moment of Truth", David Horowitz condemns those remarks. Besides revealing socialist tactics, Mr. Horowitz also states that the organizer of the Columbia "teach-in," Professor Eric Foner, had this to say about patriotism:

"I refuse to cede the definition of American patriotism to George W. Bush," Foner said, drawing a cheer from the audience. "I have a different definition of patriotism, which comes from Paul Robeson: 'The patriot is the person who is never satisfied with his country.'"

Says David Horowitz, "it's true that Paul Robeson was never satisfied with his country. He was an icon (and member) of the American Communist Party, who received a Stalin Peace Prize from the dictator himself."

This anti-American, socialist/communist, theme is not restricted to our college campuses and universities. Through my own research, I discovered that many Progressive Caucus ("PC," how appropriate) members may be affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, seek trade with Fidel Castro, support Hugo Chavez, and/or desire to strip the rights of (or silence) conservative organizations (i.e., the Boy Scouts of America). Their statements and activities make suspect the motivation of all PC member's concern for, or loyalty to, either the Constitution of the United States of America or the American people.

Additionally, amid the crises since 9/11, if so many elected officials have failed to do the honorable or right thing, all under the media spotlight, it certainly behooves us to watch what they do in secret. We must be alert to: House/Senate Bills proposed which itend to erode the authority and supremacy of the Constitution of the United States; House/Senate Bills which attempt to replace capitalism with equitable distribution (through taxation or other means); attacks against the Judeo-Christian values and principles upon which this country was founded and replacement with other belief systems (i.e., humanism and moral relativism); attacks against individuals or groups who do not conform to socialistic beliefs and goals; and corrupt or questionable use of taxpayer dollars, i.e., Congressional trips to Cuba.

My desire is to inform and warn. I hope that the information which follows might "light a fire" and cause us to pay more attention to our Representatives, independently research their activites, and share pertinent information with others, both on FR and in our communities. (I also believe that this thread may serve one place to add information/links.) It is my strong belief that as our depth of knowledge and awareness increase as to how socialism is being infiltrated into America, the better prepared we will be to stop it and, hopefully, reverse its progression. Honest debate, armed with knowledge, leads to greater understanding and can aid us in our fight against members of the United States House of Representatives who have categorically and undeniably misrepresented, to their constituents, and to all Americans, their oath:

I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.*

* The oath of office required by the sixth article of the Constitution of the United States, and as provided by section 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 Stat. 22), to be administered to Members, Resident Commissioner, and Delegates of the House of Representatives, the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. 3331.

(coined by: ¹tractorman; ²Interesting Times)

I. Socialism Defined and its Objectives:

A. "Socialism" is ³:

1. a political system in which production and distribution of goods are controlled by 'the people' according to 'equity and fairness' rather than market principles;
2. a Socialist political movement, typically advocating the end to private property ownership and exploitation of workers;
3. a Marxist system in which pay and benefits are distributed according to 'need' rather than according to work done; and
4. the intermediate Proletarian Revolution phase as society changes from Capitalism to Communism.

Socialism's end game is Communism. Communism is the opposite of our Republican form of national government. Communism requires abandoning Constitutionally-protected rights of individual American Citizens for the "common good" of collective society.

See: Socialism, by Ludwig von Mises. (The complete online version of the book by Ludwig von Mises. "The book is one of the most famous analysis and criticism of socialism, including all varieties of socialism and its economic, cultural and social aspects."); see also: Chart of U.S. Socialist History, 1900-1990, taken from Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) website (originally posted in FR by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!); see also: www.marxists.org Encyclopedia of Marxism.

B. The Communist Manifesto demands the following:

1. end of private property ownership (Implemented);
2. progressive and heavy taxation (Implemented);
3. end of inheritance rights (Implemented through heavy taxation);
4. government confiscation of property of emigrants and rebels (Implemented);
5. a national central bank (Implemented);
6. government control of transportation and communication (Implemented);
7. government ownership of factories and agriculture;
8. government control of labor;
9. corporate mega-farms to replace family farms (Implemented to a large degree);
10. regional planning (Implemented); and
11. government control of education (Implemented).

See: The Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto; see also: Communism and Socialism

II. Warning to Americans:

" . . . Socialists, like Communists, Nazis, Klansmen, or other political groups, rightfully enjoy the same constitutional protections as the rest of us. Unlike their more radical aforementioned counterparts however, the socialists believe in changing the system by "boring from within" rather than through illegal violence and sedition. As such, they prefer legislation, often filled with deceptive legalese and passed through Congress by duplicitous means, as their choice of arms in their quest toward revolutionary goals. Socialists are gradualists rather than extremists. They are slowly chipping away at our G-d given rights."

"Freedom loving Americans would be well advised to keep a close eye on socialist Congressmen." ⁴

³ Freedom & Privacy Committee News: Socialists in Congress
⁴ 59 Socialists in Congress 2002, by Chuck Morse

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U.S. Title 50, Chapter 23, Subchapter IV

Sec. 841. - Findings and declarations of fact.
The Congress finds and declares that the Communist Party of the United States, although purportedly a political party, is in fact an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States. It constitutes an authoritarian dictatorship within a republic, demanding for itself the rights and privileges accorded to political parties, but denying to all others the liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. Unlike political parties, which evolve their policies and programs through public means, by the reconciliation of a wide variety of individual views, and submit those policies and programs to the electorate at large for approval or disapproval, the policies and programs of the Communist Party are secretly prescribed for it by the foreign leaders of the world Communist movement. Its members have no part in determining its goals, and are not permitted to voice dissent to party objectives. Unlike members of political parties, members of the Communist Party are recruited for indoctrination with respect to its objectives and methods, and are organized, instructed, and disciplined to carry into action slavishly the assignments given them by their hierarchical chieftains. Unlike political parties, the Communist Party acknowledges no constitutional or statutory limitations upon its conduct or upon that of its members. [snip]

The Progressive Caucus:

Who Are They and What Are They About?

I. Who They Are:

"All members of the Progressive Caucus are Democrats, except for Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who makes no pretenses and is a self-avowed socialist." --Dr. Miguel A. Faria, Jr.

Neil Abercrombie (HI) Tammy Baldwin (WI) Xavier Bacerra (CA) Corrine Brown (FL) Sherrod Brown (FL) Michael Capuano (MA) Julia Carson (IN) William "Lacy" Clay (MO) John Conyers (MI)	Danny Davis (IL) Peter DeFazio (OR) Rosa DeLauro (CT) Lane Evans (IL) Eni Faleomavaega (Am. Samoa) Sam Farr (CA) Chaka Fattah (PA) Bill Filner (CA) Barney Frank (MA)	Raul Grijava (AZ) Luis Gutierrez (IL) Maurice Hinchey (NY) Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL) Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX) Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH) Marcy Kaptur (OH) Dennis Kucinich (OH) Tom Lantos (CA)
Barbara Lee (CA) John Lewis (GA) Jim McDermott (WA) James P. McGovern (MA) George Miller (CA) Jerry Nadler (NY) Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) John Olver (MA) Major Owens (NY)	Ed Pastor (AZ) Donald Payne (NY) Nancy Pelosi (CA) Charles Rangel (NY)* Bobby Rush (IL) Bernie Sanders (VT) Jan Schakowsky (IL) Jose Serrano (NY) Hilda Solis (CA) Pete Stark (CA)	Bennie Thompson (MS) John Tierney (MA) Tom Udall (NM) Nydia Velazquez (NY) Maxine Waters (CA) Diane Watson (CA) Mel Watt (NC) Henry Waxman (CA) Lynn Woolsey (CA)
* denotes member July 2002, not on current list. At the present time, the list is accessible through Bernie Sanders' website, http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp. The following "cached" view link is provided in case that list disappears: Progressive Caucus. (And if the cached list should "disappear" in the future, I have preserved it on my computer.)

Many are members of the Democratic Socialists of America, "DSA," (National Director of the DSA: Frank Llewellyn). "After the Washington Times in November 1998 blew the whistle on the so-called 'Progressive' Caucus, action was taken to hide the true nature of the organization, and its membership list was eventually taken off the dsausa Web site." (November 13, 2002, Newsmax: Exposed: Pelosi's Socialist Ties.) Fortunately, through the use of the "Wayback Machine" at www.archive.org, we can see the evidence which links the DSA to the PC: http://web.archive.org/web/20020803090437/ and http://www.dsausa.org/pc/pc.members.html.

And we do not know how many may possibly be affiliated with or contribute to the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), as the SWP is allowed to keep this information secret. The SWP is exempt from "FEC reporting requirements that other political parties face, including identifying its contributors, the candidates it supports and the businesses it buys from." (March 31, 2003, by Sharon Theimer (AP), FEC Lawyers Back Socialist Workers Party.)

"The Socialist Workers Party was formed on January 1, 1938, from the Communist League of America after it was expelled from the Socialist Party by the SP's moderate leadership" and publishes The Militant. See American Red Groups for historical chart and further information about various commie/socialist groups within America.

II. What They Are About:

As taken from the 1998 archived statement by the DSA:

The Progressive Caucus of the US House of Representatives is made up of 58 members of the House. The Caucus works to advance economic and social justice through sponsoring legislation that reflects its purpose. The Caucus also works with a coalition of organizations, called the Progressive Challenge, to bring new life to the progressive voice in US politics.

In my opinion, the "Progressive Caucus" is nothing more than a front name; a disgraceful and deceptive attempt to conceal what they really are: a Socialist Caucus. Members of this group align themselves with marxist/socialist ideology and causes (as above-described, generally, and as follows, more particularly). Many have been, and continue to be, supportive of questionable leaders (i.e., Fidel Castro and Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez--for more information on Chavez, please see Cincinatus' Wife's excellent compilation (complete with a photo of his friend, Saddam Hussein): Hugo Chavez - Venezuela ; also see: Venezuela's Chavez: U.S. doesn't have right to decide "what is good and bad").

• April 15, 2003, by Richard Pollock: Where Are the Human Rights Groups? The Silence is Deafening.
• April 14, 2003, by William A. Mayer: Baghdad Nancy and Other Traitorous Fools
• April 8, 2003, by Elizabeth Nickson: The Relativist Left and the War: The Antiwar Movement is a Product of the Left's Refusal to Reason
• April 7, 2003, Newsmax: Democrats and Communism

  

  A small group of expatriates from the United States protesting the U.S.-led military campaign against Saddam Hussein's regime at the rally Saturday near the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia.

• March 31, 2003, by Kevin O'Flynn and Oksana Yablokova, the Moscow Times: Expats Find a Place at Largest Antiwar Rally. "The expatriate rally . . . was organized by U.S. Democrats Abroad, which is "recognized as a "state" committee by the Democratic National Committee and are represented on the DNC by eight members."

• March 29, 2003, by Michael Tremoglie: What is the A.N.S.W.E.R.?
  . . . They are the International Action Center (IAC) and their tyrant-in-chief is Ramsey Clark. . . . The IAC is affiliated with the Workers' World Party, which is affiliated with ANSWER. All of these organizations are advocates of Arafat....
  
• March 23, 2003, by Doug Fiedor: Organized by the Communists (Anti-War Protests)
• March 21, 2003, by Lowell Ponte: Saddemocrats
• March 21, 2003, Clerk, House of Representatives: 11 Democrats Vote 'No' on War Resolution: . . . The resolution passed 392-11, with another 22 House members, 21 Democrats, and one Republican voting "present." Final Vote Results for Roll Call 83
• March 12, 2003, by Ryan Anderson O'Donnell: Big Brother for Peace (title in FR: ANSWER's Steering Committee: Traitors, and Commies, and Jew-haters - oh my!)
• February 25, 2003, by Paul M. Weyrich: Marxist Groups in the Anti-War Movement
• January 20, 2003, by David Horowitz: America Under Seige
• November 11, 2002, Worldnetdaily: Pelosi Leader of 'Progressive Caucus': Dems' Likely Top House Official Part of Powerful, Socialist-linked Bloc
• November 4, 2002, by Sherrie Gossett: Has Anti-War Movement Been Hijacked? Terror Alliances, Radical Politics Revealed at Forefront. (Thanks to Dergie for link; Dergie has more information about former attorney general (under XXX42) Ramsey Clark, the anti-war movement, and links to communisim/socialism.)
• September 11, 2002, by Chuck Morse: How Red is the Progressive Caucus?
• August 31, 2002, by A. V. Horton and A. B. Dawson: The Progressive Caucus Revisited
• Mason Weaver: Socialists Infiltrate Congress
• Progressive Coalition Supporting Socialist Agenda

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In 2003, 12 Members of the Progressive Caucus challenged America's right to wage war against Iraq without first obtaining UN approval. The President had already received Congressional authority in October 2002, but that was not "good enough" for these socialists. Although the "Dirty Dozen," swore to "support and defend...to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America," they filed a lawsuit against George W. Bush, President, and Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, as a means to undermine and challenge the authority of the United States' Constitution and the sovereign right of the United States of America to defend and protect itself. The 12 PC members and their ilk would betray our Constitution and have our country be subject to the whims of the United Nations, an entity which has proven itself immoral and irrelevant.

By doing so, these 12 DemocRats have proven themselves irrelevant, as well.

The Dirty Dozen must be held accountable for their actions.

12 Members of the Progressive Caucus

Links to Representatives are periodically unavailable.

	REPRESENTATIVES	ARTICLES
	John Conyers, Jr. (Member *) Michigan-14th District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	April 11, 2003, by Gail Schiller: Congressional Democrats call on education secretary to resign. ...for his recent comments saying he favors schools offering "Christian values." It was signed by Reps. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.; John Conyers, D-Mich.; Henry Waxman, D-Calif.; Barney Frank, D-Mass.; Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.; Sander Levin, D-Mich.; Jose Serrano, D-N.Y.; Mike Honda, D-Calif.; Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y.; Ted Strickland, D-Ohio, and Joseph Hoeffel, D-Pa. March 19, 2003, Floor Remarks of John Conyers, Jr.: Special Order on Iraq March 18, 2003, by Sherrie Gossett: Conyers Backs Away From Impeachment March 17, 2003, by Jeff Gannon: Democrat Conyers to Protesters: Impeach Bush (freeREpublic mentioned) March 16, 2003, By Denise Barnes and Patrick Badgley: "We need a Regime Change in the United States" February 7, 2001, by Walter Williams: Does America owe reparations? September 26, 2000, Newsmax: Are Democrats Preparing to Gang Up on Boy Scouts?
	Danny K. Davis (Member *) Illinois-7th District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	April 11, 2003, by Dennis Conrad: Nuclear Industry Offers Congressional Aides Dutch Treat . . . Doug O'Brien, an aide to Rep. Mark Kirk, and Richard Boykin, an aide to Rep. Danny Davis, were treated by the Nuclear Energy Institute to about $3,500 each in transportation, lodging and meals [to the Netherlands], according to recently filed disclosure reports.....Joining the Illinois aides on the Dutch trip were two other congressional staffers from South Carolina and Tennessee, two lobbyists from the Nuclear Energy Institute and a lobbyist from Chicago-based Exelon, which is the parent company of ComEd and operates 11 nuclear reactors in Illinois. Exelon is one of NEI's largest dues-paying members. Danny Davis has received PAC contributions from Exelon Corp totaling $7,000: 6/21/2001, $1,000; 11/14/2001, $1,000; 3/26/2002, $3,000; 7/24/2002, $2,000; see Energy/Nat.Resources;Electric Utilities at PAC link.] March 6, 2003, by David Enrich: Impeaching Bush re Iraq April 2001, BuzzFlash Interview: Congressman Danny Davis
	Maurice D. Hinchey (Member *) New York-22nd District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	Statement of Congressman Hinchey on War in Iraq: "...President Bush's decision to end diplomatic efforts to avert war in Iraq was a grievous error that will result in needless loss of life. This step was no surprise. It has been clear for months that the president had made up his mind on this matter and would not be dissuaded by the facts...." Attacking Iraq Would Be Dangerous And Wrong March 27, 2003, New York Post: Massacring the Truth (NY Post Bashes Rep. Hinchey for Accusing US of Massacre in Iraq) March 26, 2003, by Patricia Doxsey: NY Rep. Hinchey Under Fire for Criticizing Bush's Policy March 23, 2003, Statement by Hinchey: Upstate NY Congressman Maurice Hinchey Accuses President Bush of Committing "Massacre" in Iraq February 20, 2003, by Tree McElhinney: Critics of the Post-Sept. 11 Legislation Say it Compromises Civil Liberties Guaranteed by the Constitution: Some Mid-Hudson Communities Are Joining a National Grassroots Movement Promoting Civil Liberties and Challenging the Federal USA Patriot Act October 23, 2002, by Patricia Doxsey: Hinchey and Hillary on the stump, on the attack: . . . He said . . . President Bush is responsible for renewed problems with North Korea. October 29, 2000, by Eightbits: Attention Southern Tier, NY freepers! It's time to get rid of Maurice Hinchey: . . . During the 1998 election he received almost $500,000 from PACs, almost half of the PAC money was from labor unions. . .
	Jesse Jackson, Jr. (Officer *) Illinois-2nd District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	Statement on Iraqi War, March 7, 2003: President Bush still has not made the case for launching a preemptive attack on Iraq at this time. . . .However, the logical conclusion of the President's anti-UN argument that the U.S. needs no permission' to launch a preemptive attack against Iraq is an argument to replace the rule of international law and collective security with the law of the jungle (survival of the fittest) and world anarchy. . . .The President's position did not seem to be based on the truth.... February 25, 2003, by David B. Rochelson: Jackson Jr. Argues for New Amendments: . . . Constitutional amendments must be put in place to ensure equality in education, health care and housing, U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., D-Ill., said. . . . All of these inequalities stem from the delegation of too much power to the states, Jackson said. February 25, 2003, by Kate Randall: Jesse Jackson and the Chicago Dance Club Tragedy: . . . Democratic Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., also sprang to Kyles' defense . . . The Jacksons have good reason to rally around the club's owner, despite the fact that he was operating the facility illegally. Dwain Kyles is an active supporter of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition....
	Sheila Jackson-Lee (Member *) Texas-18th District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	April 14, 2003, by Jeff Johnson: Democrats Predicted Doom in Iraq, Now Want Control March 3, 2003, by Rachel Graves: Jackson Lee Unfazed by Jeers at Rally . . . Jackson Lee opposes war in Iraq. She was greeted with a mixture of cheers and boos as she approached the podium and was then drowned out by the crowd's chant of "USA! USA! USA!" and "Bush! Bush! Bush!" She was accompanied by police as she left the event.... January 21, 2003, Press Release: Sheila Jackson Lee website: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee joins peace groups to seek repeal of the authorization for military force against Iraq....Congresswoman Jackson Lee introduced legislation to repeal the Use of Force Against Iraq Resolution signed into law last October. August 19, 2002, Newsmax: Enron: A Democrat Scandal, Time Says: . . . Ken Bentsen, D-Texas, is the congressman who received the most money from Enron in the past 12 years. He got $42,750. The second-largest receiver was Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, who received $38,000.... February 6, 2002, Newsmax: Sheila Jackson Lee, Limousine Liberal: . . . On her web site Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee claims, "As your Representative in Congress, I feel that it is my duty to ensure that the government tirelessly works on your behalf." But in reality she seems to think taxpayers must work tirelessly on her behalf so she can be chauffeured one block to work. . . . Jackson Lee has a staff member pick her up in a government car each morning to take her to work. That might not be a head-turning event except that she lives . . . in an apartment building whose entrance is 200 paces - yes, paces - from the building where her office is located." February 20, 1999, by Andres Petit The Leadership of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus visits Cuba to Evaluate the U.S. Embargo, Meets with Castro: . . . Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, and Chair of the Black Caucus, Rep. Earl Hilliard, D-Alabama,Vice Chair of the CBC, and Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Texas, Whip of the CBC, were joined by 3 additional CBC members and others in a delegation that arrived in Cuba on Feb 17th. . . .
	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Michigan-13th District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	March 11, 2003, by Stephanie A. Crockett: Black Lawmakers Scrutinized for Accepting Expensive Trips:. . . Reps. Jackson, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) were recently sanctioned for accepting an all-expense-paid Caribbean cruise last year .... February 3, 2003: Thousands Support Affirmative Action Through Protest: . . . Among the speakers, there were . . . U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick . . .
	Dennis J. Kucinich (Co-Chair *) Ohio-10th District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributers	March 13, 2003, Statement by Kucinich on Iraqi War: President's War Abroad Increases Likelihood of Terror at Home. Recent news reports that our nation will go to a dark orange' terror alert status if war breaks out is a stark reminder that the President's rush to war in Iraq is making our country, and the world, less safe. March 13, 2003, by Kim Campbell: He Sees a Society Ready to Ban War: . . . Kucinich...insists the time is ripe for humanity to make that giant leap in conflict resolution. . . .That's why the visibility of the peace movement at this time becomes so important, because government is proceeding without listening.... March 12, 2003, by Sabrina Eaton and Stephen Koff: Kucinich Used Divisive Politics in Early Years, Politicians Say February 24, 2003, by Paul M. Weyrich: Dennis Kucinich Can Bring Pro-Life Democrats Back From the Dead: . . . He has reversed his position on abortion. The Congressman has taken pro-life positions since entering the Congress. But now, he says, his perspective on this issue has been broadened.... Global Renaissance Alliance Website About Congressman Dennis Kucinich's Proposed Legislation to Establish a Cabinet-level Department of Peace
	Jim McDermott (Member *) Washington-7th District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	March 26, 2003, by Patriot62: "Baghdad Jim" McDermott Sponsors Resolution to Rescind Authorization for War March 16, 2003, Gannett News Service: House Vote on a Bill to Limit Malpractice Awards in Lawsuits Against Health Care Providers: . . . A yea' vote was to pass the bill. Among those voting "no" were . . . Jim McDermott." October 6, 2002, by Patriot62: A Sunday With McDermott and the Hate America Crowd October 2, 2002, by Chris Weinkopf: Saddam's Three Stooges Sept. 29, 2002, Newsmax: Lott to McDermott: Shut Up and Come Home McDermott Statement, September 12, 2002: ...I have not yet seen evidence of proximate nuclear, biological or chemical threat that demands immediate military action. July 11, 2000, by Agustvn Blazquez with the collaboration of Jaums Sutton Castro's Cockroaches: . . . Washington's James McDermot is a fanatical supporter of Castro and the infamous Venceremos Brigades...
	Jose Serrano (Member *) New York-16th District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	March 11, 2003, Thor Halvorssen: Comandante Chavez's Friends: . . . Hugo Chavez Supports Saddam Hussein and Terrorism. Several Congressional Democrats Support Chavez. What's Wrong With This Picture? Late last year, 16 U.S. congressmen voiced their approval for Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Representatives Barney Frank, John Conyers, Chaka Fattah, Jan Schakowsky, Jose Serrano, and others complained in a letter to President Bush that the United States was not adequately protecting Chavez.... August 6, 2001, Alba Herrera-Rohdes: A Suggestion for U.S. Reps. Rangel, Serrano, Dodd and Waters: . . . In light of the recent vote in the House to lift the travel ban against Cuba, and knowing how much you admire Mr. Fidel Castro and his revolution, I suggest to you the following: . . . September 2000, by Hisham Aidi: Castro Revisits Harlem: Representative Maxine Waters (D) of California and Representative Jose Serrano (D) of New York, both long-time proponents of normalization of relations with Cuba, both referred to Giuliani's abrasiveness in their introductory remarks at Castro's Harlem speech. . . . Serrano recalled Castro's visit to the Bronx in 1995 and extended the greetings of New York's Puerto Rican community. "Thank you for solving a political problem in New York City.... June 6, 2000, Dr. Miguel A. Faria, Jr.: In Bed With Castro January 6, 1999, AfroCuban History: a Time Line II, 1900 - the present: U.S. Representative Jose E. Serrano introduces H.R.256, a bill to repeal the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 and the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996.
	Pete Stark (Member *) California-13th District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	March 20, 2003, Newsmax: Rep. Stark Accuses Bush of Terrorism February 26, 2003, by Lisa Friedman: 'No' Does Not Always Mean 'No' in Politics: WASHINGTON -- Just because a politician votes "no" on a bill doesn't mean he or she can't claim credit for it once it passes. That, at least is what Reps. George Miller, D-Martinez; Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto; Pete Stark, D-Fremont; and Lynn Woolsey, D-Marin; demonstrated recently when they broadcasted their legislative prowess in obtaining money for local flood control projects, roads, buses and schools. The only problem is, they actually voted against that local funding.... [article archived; use search term: "flood control projects" on link provided above.] January 25, 2003: San Francisco Athiests Award: . . . Congressmen Mike Honda and Pete Stark were honored with the First Amendment award for their courageous refusal to endorse the resolution condemning the Pledge decision issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in June.... March 20, 2002: Comments by California Congressman Pete Stark During House Debate on Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, Fiscal Year 2003: . . . "the overwhelming desire of the Republican Party is to destroy programs in the Federal Government, except those few intended for the very wealthy." [excerpt] March 20, 2002, Congressional Records: Pete Stark Compares Republicans to Nazis (on the record) June 16, 2001, Editorial, The Florida Times Union: Stark Raving Mad [Rep. Pete Stark's Vicious Attack on Rep. J. C. Watts]
	Diane Watson (Member *) California-33rd District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	Diane Watson's Statement on Iraqi War: Despite the steady build-up of U.S. forces in the Gulf region and the Administration's unwavering commitment to the use of force against Iraq, our government still has not made a credible case for going to war at this time.... December 19, 2002, by Laurence A. Elder: A Lott of Double Standards: . . . Congresswoman Diane Watson, D-Calif., demands Lott's resignation. . . . Watson said [in 1985], "[Ward Connely's] married to a white woman. He wants to be white. He wants a colorless society. He has no ethnic pride. He doesn't want to be black." At least Lott apologized, whereas Watson later defiantly said, "That's right. I said it.".... February 22, 2002, by Edgar B. Anderson: Leftists Rally Against Bush in Los Angeles February 2002, AP: Possible End to Cuban Embargo: . . . Recently, U.S. Representatives from California; including Diane Watson (D.-CA), Sam Farr (D.-CA), Mike Thompson (D.-CA) and Bob Filner (D.-CA), traveled to Cuba to meet with Cuban President Fidel Castro . . . When queried about the Bush administration's continued support for the embargo, Rep. Watson told the AP, "That might be the executive branch's view, but that is not the legislative branch's, and we make policy." February 2002, by Dan Clarke: Congressional Trip to Cuba: . . . Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) had dinner with Fidel Castro Sunday night, February 10th [2002]. . . . Thompson was part of a delegation from the House of Representatives, which visited Cuba over the weekend. The group, all Democrats, included Sam Farr of Monterey, Bob Filner of San Diego and Diane Watson of Los Angeles.
	Lynn Woolsey (Vice-Chair *) California-6th District Bio/Voting Record/Next Election Immigration Actions Report Card Top Contributors	April 11, 2003, by David Lightman: Aid Groups Hindered by War and Politics . . . "If the Defence Department runs the effort, you'll know we are not there to help the Iraqi people. You'll know we are there because this is a military coup," said Representative Lynn Woolsey. April 10, 2003, by Clark Mason: Woolsey backs Department of Peace bill March 12, 2003, Woolsey Statement on Iraqi War: Woolsey Against "First Strike" Military Policy March 10, 2003, AP: Bill Introduced to Repeal the Library and Bookstore Provisions of Patriot Act . . . Rep. Bernie Sanders, Ind.-VT., introduced the bill . . . its 23 co-sponsors include four San Francisco Bay area Democrats -- Reps. Barbara Lee of Oakland, Lynn Woolsey of Petaluma, Sam Farr of Carmel and Pete Stark of Fremont.... September 25, 2002, by Stephen F. Hayes: Woolsey thinks that the United States should learn about women's rights from Saudi Arabia . . ."Despite the United States' claim to be a leader of human rights, we are the only industrialized country that has not ratified CEDAW," she writes. "It's time to abandon this unfavorable distinction." And the way to do that, apparently, is not to continue safeguarding the rights of women as America does, but to sign an anti-discrimination agreement that boasts signatories such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Nigeria. February 9, 2001, Newsmax.com: Congressional Reagan-Haters Flip Gipper a Birthday Bird . . . What do Oregon's Peter DeFazio, Texan Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Californians Barbara Lee, Fortney "Pete" Stark, Maxine Waters, Loretta Sanchez, and Lynn Woolsey have in common? The seven House Democrats all refused to back a completely innocuous congressional resolution Tuesday wishing former President Reagan a happy birthday.... June 23, 2000, by David Limbaugh: The Raging Culture War: . . . Apparently frustrated that the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts have a right to bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders, California congresswoman Lynn Woolsey plans to introduce legislation to repeal the federal charter of the Boy Scouts, granted in 1916. "We're not saying they're bad. We're saying intolerance is bad," said Woolsey.....
* denotes position (Officer or Member) in Progressive Caucus

[nicmarlo]

SUPPORTERS OF ENDING THE EMBARGO CHANGE THEIR TUNE AS REACTION TO INCREASED REPRESSION IN CUBA

[Stultis]

Great compilation of much needed info on anti-American left-radicals. Thanks!

[nicmarlo]

thanks, Stultis, for your praise and pings! : )

[nicmarlo]

'Baghdad' Jim McDermott Took Cash from Saddam Ally

Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., who famously traveled to Baghdad last fall and pronounced President Bush a liar, accepted a cash payment less than a month later from an Iraqi-American businessman with ties to Saddam Hussein.

McDermott collected the payment from Shakir al-Khafaji, the same Detroit-based Baghdad apologist who paid former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter $400,000 two years ago to make a pro-Saddam documentary about Iraq.

Appearing live from Baghdad on the Sept. 29 broadcast of ABC's "This Week," McDermott proclaimed, "The president of the United States will lie to the American people in order to get us into this war." The comment generated a firestorm of criticism in the U.S. that earned him the moniker, "Baghdad Jim."

A little less than a month later, on Oct. 25, McDermott accepted a check from al-Khafaji for $5,000, made out to the antiwar Democrat's "Legal Expense Trust."

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[AFPhys]

What a TREMENDOUS job you did here.

Thank you so much for linking so many gems together for us.

I'm very glad I ran across this - though somewhat belatedly.

[nicmarlo]

Thank you, AFPhys.....and how did you stumble across this at 1:00 in the morning when it hasn't been posted/updated for awhile, lol? : )

[AFPhys]

1AM is normal life time hours for me ... LOL

Stultis had made a comment to me on a different thread. It was very perceptive, and I started to check into his other posts, and found this article mentioned, or maybe he bookmarked it.

[nicmarlo]

1AM is normal life time hours for me ...

8* ) that would make my eyes bug out if it were normal for me, lol! : )

[nicmarlo]

The LEFT...What we are really up against

[Stultis]

SEE ALSO (apologies, nic, if you already linked this one):

* FOR THE RECORD * - When Congressmen Support Terrorism -* The Enemies Within * (Insight Magazine, 22 Jan 03)

An Insight investigation finds that at least a dozen sitting members of the House and Senate have provided active support to terrorist organizations, armed clandestine groups that targeted and killed Americans, or regimes that sponsor terrorism. Some of the lawmakers have been at it for years -- even decades. [...]

[Barbara] Lee and [Carlottia] Scott [then staffers to Rep. Ron Dellums] pushed the PRG cause for some time, finally persuading Dellums to visit Grenada in early 1982. Insight has obtained a letter that Scott wrote to Bishop after that visit, following a stop in Cuba. Addressing the Grenadian leader as "My Dearest," she described ideas that she, Lee and Dellums had for promoting the Marxist-Leninist regime's cause in Washington. "Ron had a long talk with Barb and me when we got to Havana and cried when he realized that we had been shouldering Grenada alone all this time," she wrote. "He's really hooked on you and Grenada and doesn't want anything to happen to building the Revo[lution] and making it strong.

He really admires you as a person and even more so as a leader with courage and foresight, principle and integrity. Believe me, he doesn't make that kind of statement often about anyone. The only other person that I know of that he expresses such admiration for is Fidel [Castro]."

Several other such U.S. lawmakers have championed a domestic terrorist group, the Armed Forces of National Liberation (known by its Spanish initials of FALN) that seeks to impose a Marxist-Leninist regime on Puerto Rico and secede from the United States.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the FALN planted more than 130 bombs and killed at least six people. Reps. José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), all left-wingers of Puerto Rican ancestry, embraced the cause of 16 convicted FALN members serving time in federal prison. Serrano called them "political prisoners," according to the People's Weekly World, the official newspaper of the Communist Party USA.

They campaigned to pressure then-president Bill Clinton to issue pardons to free the radicals, even though the terrorists themselves had not requested that their sentences be commuted. When Clinton agreed to grant them clemency in August 1999, Serrano blasted him for requiring them to renounce violence as a precondition of their release.

Of course there is no need to remind FReepers of Hillary Clinton's connection to the the FALN terrorists.

Hillary Clinton changed her position, but not two of her colleagues-to-be. Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) and the late Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) were the minority of two standing on the far left with the amnesty [i.e. voting against a Senate resolution criticizing President Rapist's commutations].

Several lawmakers even have rallied to the causes of American terrorists and terrorist collaborators arrested and imprisoned abroad. Lori Berenson, a member of the Marxist-Leninist Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in Peru, was convicted and imprisoned in harsh conditions under the country's strict antiterrorist laws.

Her congresswoman from home, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), has interceded on her behalf; so have Reps. Jim Leach (R-Iowa) and Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). McGovern has allied himself with violent revolutionary movements since the 1980s, when he was a staffer for the late Rep. Joseph Moakley (D-Mass.). He has helped the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in El Salvador, facilitating the shipment of material aid and American volunteers for the Cuban-backed group's rural civic-action efforts, according to documents and letters he signed in the 1980s that Insight has obtained.

Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) secured the release in the 1980s of Jennifer Jean Casolo, an operative with the FMLN, after Salvadoran authorities found her house in San Salvador had been a clandestine arsenal.

El Salvador was a breeding ground of sorts for witting and unwitting congressional support for foreign extremist groups that targeted American military and civilian personnel and U.S. interests. The country's bitter guerrilla war in the 1980s attracted a score or more of U.S. lawmakers to assist FMLN propaganda, civic-action and fund-raising operations.

Most of the congressmen seemed otherwise ignorant of El Salvador and unaware that the groups they were supporting were FMLN fronts. But some, including [John] Conyers, signed direct-mail fund-raising letters to raise money for FMLN fronts -- in Conyers' case, a group called Medical Aid to El Salvador, which channeled medicine and first-aid supplies to FMLN-controlled groups and regions. Insight has a copy of the Conyers letter, which the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador at the time, Edwin Corr, assailed in a long cable as being full of FMLN disinformation about the nature of the conflict and of U.S. involvement.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), now House minority leader and the most powerful woman in Congress, signed many letters on behalf of FMLN causes in the 1980s. Among the letters, copies of which Insight obtained, are requests to the U.S. Embassy and to the Salvadoran military and civilian leadership urging them to grant safe-conduct passes to radical American activists into FMLN-controlled regions.

A former Salvadoran ambassador to the United States tells Insight that his government felt intense pressure to grant the passes demanded by U.S. lawmakers, even though authorities knew the activists were with FMLN support groups and that their activities provided material support to the communist guerrilla forces and their civilian infrastructure.

Other sitting lawmakers who publicly endorsed, assisted or lent their names to FMLN causes include Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), and Rep. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), according to literature published by FMLN support groups such as the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador.

The FMLN assassinated American military trainers, U.S. Marines who guarded the embassy in San Salvador, American businessmen and CIA assets, and a retired American Jesuit priest, the Rev. Francisco Peccorini.

[nicmarlo]

Nope, that hasn't been posted or linked; and I was very much unaware of these organizations or the links between them and the Rats you highlighted. Thanks so much. That's an incredible find and will help in my continued research. Thanks, again.

[nicmarlo]

Thomas Sowell: Universal health care
Jewish World Review | May 6, 2003

If there was one defining moment in the debates among an already crowded field of Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination in 2004, it may well have been when Congressman Dennis Kucinich, pushing for government-provided health care, spoke with obvious disgust of the "profits" of the insurance companies and provoked a burst of spontaneous applause from like-minded members of the audience.

Insurance companies, like every other kind of institution, have to earn money in order to keep functioning. So does every individual who was not born rich. But some people react to the word "profit" with automatic responses, like Pavlov's dog......

[Susannah]

BUMP...list of the Socialist Democrats in Congress

[Paul Ross]

Additionally, amid the crises since 9/11, if so many elected officials have failed to do the honorable or right thing, all under the media spotlight, it certainly behooves us to watch what they do in secret.

An extremely profound point!

[MeekOneGOP]

[CyberAnt]

You are awesome - what a great resource. I'm going to bookmark this for use in the next election!! Thank you so much.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[TexasTransplant]

I need to see this again, and again

This is RICH

[philman_36]

My desire is to inform and warn.
I won't even bother trying to find all of the stuff I've put up on FR regarding this topic.
Good job, though, on your concise post.

[nicmarlo]

Thank you both for your comments.