Comments on: Still Blacklisted After All These Years (Walt & Mearsheimer in Chicago) http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Sun, 27 May 2012 21:50:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michael Blaine http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62402 Michael Blaine Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62402 <p>What continues to astonish me is the complete lack of empathy on the part of nearly all Americans for the Iraqis who have suffered due to the US invasion. </p> <p>It's bone chilling.</p> What continues to astonish me is the complete lack of empathy on the part of nearly all Americans for the Iraqis who have suffered due to the US invasion.

It's bone chilling.

]]> By: syvanen http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62403 syvanen Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62403 <p>Muravchik also called for taking out the regimes in Syria, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Who in the hell is the Chicago Council of Foreign Affairs?</p> Muravchik also called for taking out the regimes in Syria, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Who in the hell is the Chicago Council of Foreign Affairs?

]]> By: liberal white boy http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62404 liberal white boy Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62404 <p>I thought you said they were making progress. Harvard Professor Crushed In Freak Accident<br /> http://homo-sapien-underground.blogspot.com/2007/02/harvard-professor-crushed-in-freak.html<br /> </p> I thought you said they were making progress. Harvard Professor Crushed In Freak Accident
link to homo-sapien-underground.blogspot.com
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]]> By: Clara http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62405 Clara Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62405 <p>Lib white boy, that was hilarious though frankly, it doesn't seem that surreal anymore. (let's face it, look what they already achieve here. Destroy careers, lie to congress and no prison time, syping, postpone AIPAC trial and the list goes on)<br /> Best wishes and thanks for the much needed laugh. You're my No 1 Political satirist from here on.<br /> Best wishes from a liberal black woman<br /> </p> Lib white boy, that was hilarious though frankly, it doesn't seem that surreal anymore. (let's face it, look what they already achieve here. Destroy careers, lie to congress and no prison time, syping, postpone AIPAC trial and the list goes on)
Best wishes and thanks for the much needed laugh. You're my No 1 Political satirist from here on.
Best wishes from a liberal black woman

]]> By: Joachim Martillo http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62406 Joachim Martillo Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62406 <p>I agree with Clara.</p> <p>Just take a look at Harvard's web page, and contrast how both the University and the Gazette are featuring Ruth Wisse while using the Harvard web site search facility shows that from the standpoint of the University Walt is essentially buried.</p> <p>Here is my latest comment on Ruth Wisse: </p> <p>http://eaazi.blogspot.com/2008/03/wisse-kokht-kugl-mit-khazershmaltz.html<br /> </p> I agree with Clara.

Just take a look at Harvard's web page, and contrast how both the University and the Gazette are featuring Ruth Wisse while using the Harvard web site search facility shows that from the standpoint of the University Walt is essentially buried.

Here is my latest comment on Ruth Wisse:

http://eaazi.blogspot.com/2008/03/wisse-kokht-kugl-mit-khazershmaltz.html

]]> By: Joachim Martillo http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62407 Joachim Martillo Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62407 <p>BTW, the front page Globe story discussed in http://eaazi.blogspot.com/2008/02/globe-covers-academic-best-seller.html was based on a University press release.</p> <p>Somehow, Walt's much more important bestseller never made it to the Globe front page.</p> BTW, the front page Globe story discussed in link to eaazi.blogspot.com
was based on a University press release.

Somehow, Walt's much more important bestseller never made it to the Globe front page.

]]> By: Jim Haygood http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62408 Jim Haygood Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62408 <p>.</p> <p>"You'd think the Chicago Council might reinvite the bestselling authors, one of whom lives and teaches in Chicago, during this year-long series on an 'uncertain world.' No. Still blacklisted."</p> <p>The usual rule in investigating such anamolies is to "follow the money." According to the Chicago Council's 2005 annual report (the latest one available), 88% of the Council's $5 million annual income is from donations. The only contribution in the $100,000-plus range was from the Crown Family Foundation, associated with the council's chairman Lester Crown.</p> <p>And what can we learn about Lester Crown? According to Wikipedia, "He is a member of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science and of the Tel Aviv University's Board of Governors. His daughter, Susan Crown, is chairwoman of the Shoah Foundation. Together the family's net worth exceeds 4 billion dollars."</p> <p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Crown</p> <p>Uh-huh, yeah. You can believe what you want. My story is that Chairman Lester Crown and President Marshall Bouton had a royal showdown over inviting Walt and Mearsheimer, which Crown won because he's a billionaire, while Bouton's probably just an ordinary 7-figure net worth schlepper. The Weizmann Institute and the Shoah Foundation doubtless applauded that Israel's interests had been defended from the barbarians. "Nobody here but us Americans." LOL!</p> .

"You'd think the Chicago Council might reinvite the bestselling authors, one of whom lives and teaches in Chicago, during this year-long series on an 'uncertain world.' No. Still blacklisted."

The usual rule in investigating such anamolies is to "follow the money." According to the Chicago Council's 2005 annual report (the latest one available), 88% of the Council's $5 million annual income is from donations. The only contribution in the $100,000-plus range was from the Crown Family Foundation, associated with the council's chairman Lester Crown.

And what can we learn about Lester Crown? According to Wikipedia, "He is a member of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science and of the Tel Aviv University's Board of Governors. His daughter, Susan Crown, is chairwoman of the Shoah Foundation. Together the family's net worth exceeds 4 billion dollars."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Crown

Uh-huh, yeah. You can believe what you want. My story is that Chairman Lester Crown and President Marshall Bouton had a royal showdown over inviting Walt and Mearsheimer, which Crown won because he's a billionaire, while Bouton's probably just an ordinary 7-figure net worth schlepper. The Weizmann Institute and the Shoah Foundation doubtless applauded that Israel's interests had been defended from the barbarians. "Nobody here but us Americans." LOL!

]]> By: the Sword of Gideon http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62409 the Sword of Gideon Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62409 <p>How are Walt & Mearsheimer surviving, living in the shadows. Under constant threats from aipac hit teams. Always on the run, dodging, bobbing and weaving. How is it possible that their even still alive to tell their story. Does anybody know. This is right up there with Ann Frank. </p> How are Walt & Mearsheimer surviving, living in the shadows. Under constant threats from aipac hit teams. Always on the run, dodging, bobbing and weaving. How is it possible that their even still alive to tell their story. Does anybody know. This is right up there with Ann Frank.

]]> By: liberal white boy http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62410 liberal white boy Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62410 <p>SOG...this is not the Occupied West Bank and officially sanctioned indiscriminate killing is not allowed here. Not yet anyway. At least not that we know of. Maybe a little torture, but that's it.</p> SOG…this is not the Occupied West Bank and officially sanctioned indiscriminate killing is not allowed here. Not yet anyway. At least not that we know of. Maybe a little torture, but that's it.

]]> By: liberal white boy http://mondoweiss.net/2008/03/still-blacklist.html/comment-page-1#comment-62411 liberal white boy Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/03/28/still-blacklist.html#comment-62411 <p>Oh crap I forgot about Mossad's complicity in the terrorist attacks on 9/11(3,000 dead). Your right it's a wonder they haven't been target assassinated. Never mind.</p> Oh crap I forgot about Mossad's complicity in the terrorist attacks on 9/11(3,000 dead). Your right it's a wonder they haven't been target assassinated. Never mind.

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