Committees of Correspondence

Sunday, 17 June 2007

The Sex Workers In My District Objected.
From David's Medienkritik in Democrat Tom Lantos Implies Gerhard Schroeder is Lower than "Political Prostitute

"Speaking at the dedication ceremony for a victims of communism memorial in Washington, Lantos said their departure from the European scene heralded a closer relationship in the Atlantic alliance, which was badly splintered over Washington's decision to launch the invasion of Iraq without strong European support.

Lantos' remarks reflected the lingering bitterness over French and German opposition to the war, as he recalled how the US saved Europe from fascism and protected it from communism for generations. He said the two leaders had turned their backs to the US and its fight against the next wave of tyranny, Islamic fascism.

The congressman then provoked gasps of amusement and surprise in the crowd of several hundred when he said he would like to call Schroeder 'a political prostitute, now that he's taking big cheques from (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.

But the sex workers in my district objected.'

During his final weeks in office in 2005, Schroeder signed an agreement between Germany and Russia to build a pipeline under the Baltic Sea to supply gas directly to Germany.

After leaving office, he became chairman of the North European Gas Pipeline, which is 51-per-cent owned by Russian state natural gas company Gazprom - a move that provoked outrage in Germany.

Russia has used its energy reserves as a political chip in its continuing bid for hegemony in eastern Europe, and has come under severe criticism for repression of press and other freedoms."

As Medienkritik points out if Landon was a Republican, Neo-Con, Cowboy, from Texas, they Legacy Media would be frothing at the mouth in righteous indignation and condemnation.

But since he is a Democrat, Holocaust Survivor, formerly from Eastern Europe and now the Represntative in the US House for the 12th Congressional District of California

You will not hear much about his statements at the dedication of the memorial to the 100 Million Dead
(Victims of Communism Memorial)

Because his words cannot be used to hurl slurs at George Bush and also, possibly because,

if your politics are on the Progressive Socialist Left of the spectrum,

a memorial to keep alive the memory that International Socialism was repsonsible for more megadeath genocide than any other ideology in the 20th Century may, be personally embarrasing.

Don't you just love youtube? Don't have to read edited versions of a speech, you can listen to it.