The Israel Lobby s Gay Rights Hypocrisy

So I went down to the lobby, and I saw this Indian guy.

And then of course, we wanted to have the simulcast lounge, the lobby and the Steinbeck forum.

And so we have this symbolism the symbolism of the Speaker 's procession every day through Central Lobby and most importantly, the carrying of the mace.

Bard argues the term Israel lobby is more accurate, because it comprises both formal and informal elements (which includes public opinion), and ...because a large proportion of the lobby is made up of non Jews.

You can't help wondering why vote seeking politicians are so proverbially overawed by the power of, for example, the Jewish lobby.

More and more people are speaking out, and the cosy protection offered by the Israel lobby is fading away little by little.

In 2009 a new body was formed, the Australian Secular Lobby , to promote secular education in Australia.

Politicians, however, hate to confess past errors.

The ball is now firmly in politicians court.

Credibility of int'l system tested.

The future scientists and philosophers, statesmen and generals.

A condensed version of the working paper was published in March 2006 by the London Review of Books under the title The Israel Lobby.

For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians and the public, needs to allow those politicians to be honest.

British politicians responded by reforming the social safety net.

Politicians ignore popular anxiety at their peril.

That lesson has been fully internalized.

The financial problems are pressing and monopolizing politicians attention.

Politicians have recently begun Twittering.

It's not just about politicians and laws.

Under pressure from an international lobby, multinational banks stopped investing in South Africa, resulting in economic stagnation.

We heard the politicians and preachers like everybody else but we never listened to them.

Politicians have a penchant for simple and powerful messages.

But Europe has no shortage of politicians.

Who doesn t enjoy a joke at the expense of politicians?

Serious politicians do not speak like that.

I no longer expect politicians to have integrity.

Are politicians making good decisions on my behalf?

But when politicians say growth, they mean borrowing.

Politicians can t stop such rent seeking behavior.

You just can t rely on politicians!

So they are taking refuge in fantasy.

Their motivating fear is the prospect of inflation.

Some politicians have described rape victims as adventurous.

They have the power to direct their firms campaign contributions, to offer positions or business to politicians relatives or associates (or to politicians upon retirement), and to use their businesses to support issues and causes that politicians seek to advance.

You can't help wondering why vote seeking politicians are so proverbially overawed by the power of, for example, the Jewish lobby the state of Israel seems to owe its very existence to the American Jewish vote while at the same time, consigning the non religious to political oblivion.

But our regulators and politicians also suffered from intellectual capture.

Yet politicians are largely ignorant of these trends.

But stalemate over Iran s nuclear policy could have serious consequences.

In recent months, Polish politicians became agitated about ritual slaughter.

Now there's a mood to put some of that stuff back in place, but the lobbyists are already there trying to weaken the regulations after the legislation has just passed.

If it is passed by Congress, where the rural lobby have a majority, the demarcation of indigenous land and the creation of conservation units will never again be approved .

In social psychological terms, precautionary policymakers set their regulatory focus on the prevention of worst outcomes, whereas proactionary policymakers seek the promotion of the best available opportunities.

This anger and fear are unfortunately ably represented by many politicians.

Many politicians are eager accomplices to this lunacy.