le Sigh.

[grindmonkeh]

Mike Wallace Interviewed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 60 Minutes. At the request of the Iranian President Ahmadinejad, the FULL UNEDITED version was shown on C-SPAN. "The cable public affairs net will air the 60 Minutes edited version, followed by the full 90-minute interview, to give viewers a window on what is left on the cutting room floor." - John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/11/2006

We can see what they cut out, a call for democracy. This is another example of Mainstream Media's continuing suppression of basic facts concerning Israel and the Palestinians and other dramatic details related to the Middle East. It is a scandal for news editors to suppress the fact that democracy is being denied to people and that U.S. policy makers are behind the injustices. It is a scandal that the mainstream media suppresses the fact that the President of Iran is calling for democracy.

MR. WALLACE: You are very good at filibustering. You still have not answered the question. You still have not answered the question. Israel must be wiped off the map. Why?

PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD: Well, don't be hasty, sir. I'm going to get to that.

MR. WALLACE: I'm not hasty.

(the following bolded text was edited and untelevised)
PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD: I think that the Israeli government is a fabricated government and I have talked about the solution. The solution is democracy. We have said allow Palestinian people to participate in a free and fair referendum to express their views. What we are saying only serves the cause of durable peace. We want durable peace in that part of the world. A durable peace will only come about with once the views of the people are met.

So we said that allow the people of Palestine to participate in a referendum to choose their desired government, and of course, for the war to come an end as well. Why are they refusing to allow this to go ahead? Even the Palestinian administration and government which has been elected by the people is being attacked on a daily basis, and its high-ranking officials are assassinated and arrested. Yesterday, the speaker of the Palestinian parliament was arrested, elected by the people, mind you. So how long can this go on?

We believe that this problem has to be dealt with fundamentally. I believe that the American government is blindly supporting this government of occupation. It should lift its support, allow the people to participate in free and fair elections. Whatever happens let it be. We will accept and go along. The result will be as you said earlier, sir.

The war profiteers are selling us another war through manipulative media. History will surely frown upon this age of America's corruption and greed. Remember remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot.


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Post-vaca to-do:
Fix the sticky throttle on my bike. Wash. Wax.
Make the ungodly noise from the pushmower go away.
Tow riding mower home and fix it.
Run heavier gauge power wire from battery to trunk.
Oil change the HHR.
Trim the Hedges.
Read something (offline).

Comments

[cd332.livejournal.com]

wtf? one wonders why there's never a meme to spread things like this around. well, it's never too late. can i swipe portions of this off of you for mj lj?

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

Please swipe anything you want to. Every day I read about the unethical words and actions that are representing our country and are going unannounced to or unobserved by the common people. All I can do is pass it along to anyone who will listen. Do the same if the opportunity arises.

[cd332.livejournal.com]

cheers.

you know we're gonna burn in gefilte hell for spreading this "anti-semite" rhetoric around right?

;-)

[traballenguas.livejournal.com]

Give 'em hell, bastard!