December 13, 2005
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT'S A ONE-PARTY TOTALITARIAN SHITHOLE RUN BY BEA ARTHUR IN DRAG
"The direct popular democracy exercised in the Libyan Jamahiriya represents an evolution of the conception of democracy & mankind should emulate it." — Former Democratic Senator Mike Gravel in Tripoli
In case you're thinking he's just a crank, Gravel was the person who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record, seconded his own nomination for Vice President at the 1972 Democratic Convention, & authored a book called Citizen Power, in which he advocated a guaranteed annual wage of $5000 whether one worked or not.
In 2003, he spoke at a conference for the anti-Semitic Barnes Review, which includes articles like Hitler: Overlooked Candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize; Holocaust Smoke & Mirrors; Joseph Mengele: A New Look; Masonry & the Secret Empire; & Resisting the Smotherout ("Worse than any German war crimes, real or alleged, were the actual crimes of the Allies.")
Posted by Jeff at December 13, 2005 12:29 PM
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Glad to see that our history of sending only the best of the best to the Senate has a firm grounding...
Posted by: EssEm at December 13, 2005 03:20 PM
This proves that there should be a web-based catalog documenting all the support American elected officials extend to one-time, part-time, or full-time enemies of the western democracies.
From the bit I know about the region, Libya is the "flyover state" of North Africa. (No offense intended to Nevada-to-New Jersey, which I make a point of never referring to as such.)
Posted by: Jeremiah at December 13, 2005 03:59 PM
It just rated lowest in the Economist's scale of political freedoms in the Mideast. That's behind even Syria & Saudi Arabia, which is an accomplishment
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at December 13, 2005 04:01 PM
