Copyright (c) 1997 - Ingrid A. Rimland
· Twelve days to go to the Supreme Court hearing on whether the Communications
Decency Act will become the law of the political landscape. I promised the
group that is championing Freedom of Speech on the Net that I would remind
my readers right down to Day Zero to add the logo/link to their own sites
to demonstrate support.
Please do so! It takes only a minute, and it looks very classy. Here's how
you do it, once again:
1. Add the following link *TODAY* in a prominent location on your site:
<a href="http://www.ciec.org">
<img src="http://www.ciec.org/images/countdown.gif" alt="Countdown to
Supreme Court"></a>
<br clear=all><br>
2. IMPORTANT - Let them know you have joined the campaign:
Drop them a note at feedback@ciec.org The Censorship Busters will keep a running tally of the number of participating sites.
· New page. About two years ago, a little book came out entitled
"Keystone of the New World Order: The Holocaust Dogma of Judaism."
The author, Ben Weintraub, (pseud.), argued for a definition: Precisely
what does the "Holocaust" mean? Is it contemporary history? Or
is it a temporal religion?
Says the author: It CANNOT be both. It HAS to be one or the other.
If it is history, then it MUST be free of all social stigma, political persecution
and judicial criminalization - like any other historical issue.
If it is a religion, on the other hand, then it DOES NOT BELONG IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS in the United States, what with its constitutional provision separating
church and state.
Against that backdrop, consider this:
· According to Business Wire, Feb. 27, 1997, the law firm of Holland &; Knight LLP is sponsoring the annual Holocaust Remembrance writing contest presented by the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and the Georgia Department of Education.
The contest is open to Georgia middle and high school students and is designed to ". . . encourage young people to study the history of the Holocaust and to reflect upon its implications for modern life."
The theme of the 1997 contest is, "Anne Frank: What is She Saying to Us Today?" Participating students are asked to write a poem, newspaper article, story, play/dialogue, research paper, or essay which addresses the question.
"This writing project affirms the importance of critical thinking and responsible citizenship," claims Stanley H. Pollock, an attorney in the Atlanta office of Holland & Knight and one of the organizers of the Atlanta office's participation in the project. "Through this project, Holland & Knight hopes that students will learn the need for tolerance, respect and acceptance for their fellow human beings."
First place writing winners and their teachers will participate in an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C. On this V.I.P. trip, they will visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and other points of interest and have an opportunity to meet members of the Georgia Congressional delegation and other dignitaries.
Holland & Knight, which traces its roots to the early 1900's, has more than 500 lawyers. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa, Washington D.C. and West Palm Beach.
Small question: Would Revisionists be permitted to sponsor a similar contest
based on our documentation about the Anne Frank Diary - that it must surely
be fraudulent at least in part because some of has been written in ball
point pen, the ink of which has been already analyzed forensically. Ball
point pens came onto the market in the early 1950s. Anne Frank died of typhus
in a German camp in 1945.
The German mainstream papers are still breathing fire and brimstone about
"indignant right-wing politicians and neo-Nazis" from around Germany
who rallied in the Bavarian capital of Munich a few days ago to demand that
the exhibition of so-called "atrocities" of the Third Reich Army
be closed down.
More and more politicians, on the other hand, to our joy, are surfacing
who are trying to speak for the people. Edmund Stoiber, the CSU premier
of Bavaria, described the exhibition as "offensive", and Alfred
Dregger, Germany's oldest MP and honorary chairman of the governing coalition,
said it was ". . . shocking, confusing, shaming and wounding".
Well, good for them! They speak for many Germans.
· According to a March 3 Reuters Report, France's National Front
leader, Le Pen was quoted as saying that French President, Chirac, was ".
. . in the grasp...of Jewish organisations and notably the notorious B'nai
Brith,'' a U.S.- based Jewish masonic group.
Oy! What a thing to say!
A strange report, not verified so far, was sent to us regarding the eager
beaver bank clerk, Meili, who "rescued" papers about "Nazi
gold" from being shredded - allegedly at the request of the US-based
Anti-Defamation League.
Meili, who was reportedly promised tens of thousands of US Dollars for his
Judas act - in addition to a trip with family to the United States, a new
job, payment of his lawyers fees and other sundry benefits - has not been
able to collect as yet.
The Swiss paper NZZ (Neue Zuricher Zeitung) published a story about Meili
on March 4 where he is described as complaining that nobody has offered
him a job; there was no trip to the United States; and the ADL has not paid
a single Swiss frank yet, much less a US dollar.
That's how the cookie crumbles.
· And yet another Swiss politician sees no need for a big, fat Holocaust
fund.
Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti joined a growing chorus of critics of
New York based Congressman D'Amato.
"This man (D'Amato) is obviously neither interested in facts, nor in
a sensible dialogue,'' Cotti said in an interview last week with the Swiss
daily "Tages-Anzeiger".
Cotti's criticism was directed towards a statement by D'Amato, in which
he said the Swiss were viewed as guilty by the world and the debate was
now about penalty.
Blick, Switzerland's largest daily, had already editorialized that D'Amato's
criticism had gone far enough. The paper carried letters from readers saying
D'Amato should look closer at how the U.S. treated its Native American population
before he is too critical of other nations.
Cotti said it was not the first time that D'Amato had attacked the Swiss
in an insulting manner, but he was hopeful that people interested in cooperation
would make sure that such damaging attacks no longer took place in the future.
· And there is more. According to a Reuters Report of March 1, Christoph
Blocher, a leading Swiss industrialist and populist politician, told 1,000
cheering people on Saturday that Switzerland should neither compensate nor
apologize for any alleged wrongdoing in World War Two.
Blocher, a member of the Swiss parliament, told people at a Zurich hotel
that Switzerland should stand up against ". . . the excessive accusations
from domestic and foreign circles and demands for money,'' according to
Swiss News Agency SDA.
· Regardless. Hay is being made of that "Nazi gold" story.
The new Swiss President Arnold Koller proposed on March 5 that Switzerland
establish a $5 billion fund for "Holocaust victims."
He said the money could aid ". . . victims of poverty and catastrophes,
of genocide and other severe breaches of human rights such as, of course,
victims of the Holocaust."
Money for such a fund would use proceeds from Swiss gold reserves. Koller
said the fund could produce several hundred million dollars per year.
This proposed fund would be in addition to a fund created by Swiss banks
to help "victims." Koller said the Swiss would ". . . do
some good to those who endured unspeakable sufferings 50 years ago."
He added that the fund would be ". . . something unique and lasting"
and ". . . would have rewarding effects in Switzerland and abroad even
10, 20 or 50 years from now."
Moshe Fogel, head of Israel's government press office, was pleased:
"Any action taken by the Swiss government in the direction of dealing
with these issues in order to try and correct injustices of the past is
certainly welcome."
A penny for your thoughts.
· In the United States, a brand new industry is sprouting tentacles.
It is called Looting Corporations.
Barely has Texaco recovered from it's smear of having discriminated against
Blacks, now it is Avis-Rent-A-Car, accused of having discriminated against
Jews.
Several former employees say they were told to avoid giving discounts or
corporate accounts to certain Jewish businesses owned by ultra-orthodox
Hasidic Jews. One former employee said in a sworn declaration that agents
were told to listen for accents and be suspicious of callers from heavily
Jewish areas such as New York.
· And, finally, this one is a bit old but priceless:
The German Newspaper HNA of 19 Jan 97 covered the visit of the Russian
politician and ex-security advisor, Lebed, at the German Concentration Camp
Dachau. Lebed was asked to write a few lines in the guest-book at Dachau,
whereupon he left this bit of wisdom for all to take at heart:
"Don't shoot with pistols at the past or you must expect that cannonballs will come back to you".
Which shall be your Thought for the Day.
Ingrid