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Title: Grover Norquist introduced "Jeff Gannon" to FreeRepublic.com
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Published: May 15, 2005
Author: Sabertooth/Nick Danger (intro, Fahey)
Post Date: 2005-05-15 23:48:00 by toddbrendanfahey
Keywords: FreeRepublic.com, introduced, Norquist
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#50. To: aristeides (#48)
Wasnt Gannon in West Chester PA?
That's where he went to college. He was born and grew up in a town in PA that I never heard of. And I think he lived in the Philadelphia area for a while (although maybe that's when he was in Delaware, which is very near Philadelphia.)
No damn wonder any realistic appraisal, discussion and analysis of the jihadi threat was diverted or stonewalled when it came too close to Bush. I love it. A jihadisymp is advising the POTUS and has his adviser's ear. Peachy. Anything to distract from the State Sponsors of 911, Saudi and Pak.
And speaking of PA: Randy McFarland, owner of Karmak, inc. made the following public statement: James Guckert (JD) worked for Karmak From April, 1999 to January, 2002. Karmak sub-contracted JD to manage the office, including accounting, scheduling, etc. When JD gave his notice to Karmak in December 2001, we knew his intention was to work in Washington, DC, however, we did not have any knowledge as to his future employment. JD was a good employee and pleasant to work with. His personal and political life was not discussed at work. Our professional staff is both ASE and I-CAR certified.
Also, from Roll Call re Norquist's wedding: http://www.rollcall.com/pub/50_83/hoh/8411-1.html Hot Ticket
Weston, MA is a suburb of Boston. If Norquist was born in Sharon, PA, he seems to have moved away at an early age.
The thing is whether Grover is a friend to Muslims or not it wasn't that religion that was responsible for 9-11.
I searched for a photo of Norquist's bride but didnt come up with anything.. it is VERY strange IMO that Norquist married Samah Alrayyes a Palestinian muslim and were married by a rabbi? What sense does that make? When neither are jewish according to the link re his wedding.
it's all quite odd..
Here is something else interesting on Gannon and PA: Scott Baker, News Anchor, WTAE-Pittsburgh I’m the guy who taught Jeff Gannon everything he knows about journalism. Okay maybe not everything. I’m still not clear on (sorry all hyperlinks on this one freak me out) his evident self-description of “Position: Top.” Except that I now gather that it has endangered the nuptial bonds of Julia and Brad. But I suppose I bear some responsibility for having lectured at the two-day journalism seminar Gannon attended. Just when it seemed like the Gannon/Guckert story was about to fade away for lack of interest (something slightly less than the interest in “Topic A with Tina Brown”), along comes the new Vanity Fair to re-energize the matter when Gannon himself couldn’t even pull an invite to the White House Correspondents Association dinner. This is what I get for trying to teach a simple little seminar on media career strategies? Jeff Gannon as my star student? I had more modest goals. Most kids trying to dive into media careers fail miserably. So maybe I can nudge them with a few helpful ideas. Hoped for result: entry level job in, say, a small market television station. Not so hoped for: center square of odd journalism scandal. The Vanity Fair article calls it a seminar for “aspiring right-wing journalists.” My mantra to the students involves getting rid of the “right-wing” and esteeming the value of solid day-to-day journalism. Good old-fashioned storytelling. TV commercials for weight loss programs often have tiny disclaimers about the thin person in the ad. “Results not typical.” I’m kind of hoping this is like that. But with my luck Corey Clark will soon be claiming I’m the guru of his love life. Posted May 9, 2005 03:03 PM
And we come full circle back to FR: Right-wing activist organizations are, of course, frequently interlinked. But the connections between the Leadership Institute, Free Republic (and its web radio project, Free Republic Network, created by millionaire Domino's Pizza franchisee Bob Johnson), and GOPUSA/Talon News are especially rich and suggestive. In August 2002, for instance, the Leadership Institute offered media training at Friva, the Free Republic in Las Vegas conference. A number of Talon News personalities made regular appearances on Radio Free Republic webcasts; it seems likely that the Leadership Institute offered a pipeline into the Free Republic Network, which itself was meant as a waystation to acceptance in more mainstream media. Jeff Gannon, for that matter, is known to have co-hosted a Radio Free Republic webcast with Chuck Muth, a Republican political consultant and one of the Leadership Institute's most prominent and active educators. And Muth's connections may offer us a path directly to whoever in the White House signed off on Gannon.
F-R. Well, we now know what the F, in FR stands for.
well, well, well bump! good job, zip.
I read something about Rabbi Lapin recently. First I was thinking it was that he spoke at the DeLay testimonial, but I think it was that Lapin was a recipient of Abramoff money.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
Also, here is something odd as well posted on 9/14/2001 posts from Samah Alrayyes, Norquist's bride:
The group mentioned in the link "Toward Tradition" ..here are the board members: CHAIRMAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jack Abramoff, MD Peter Huizenga, IL Jim Polack, WA Leo Strauss, NJ
Interesting little circle they've got going. I wonder if Strauss is son/grandson of neocon godfather?
Indeedy! I see that they have each other's backs too.
They are reserving the deluxe suite at the Grand Flamingo gulag for you, you dig too deep and look what you uncovered.
Is that in Florida? Near West Palm shopping ;P Hmm I wonder if these would be fitting accessories? :P
It's in Boca Raton
Fudge?
Isn't it though? Doing a search for Leo Strauss' descendents particularly named Leo Strauss would be quite a task..
Hmm.. well just as long as it's not near Venice Florida..
Here are some interesting connections between Abramoff, DeLay and Lapin: http://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/localstory.php?/wjw2/283229793291885.bsp Enter Rabbi David Lapin, brother of the Christian Right's favorite Jewish clergyman, Seattle- based Rabbi Daniel Lapin, the man who introduced DeLay to Abramoff in 1994. David Lapin is chief executive officer of Strategic Business Ethics, Inc. The Los Angeles-based company's Web site describes him as a "consultant to leaders of business and government in many parts of the world ... (who) is recognized as a profound ethicist and strategist." The Web site also pictures a smiling Lapin wearing a kippah. With Abramoff's help, Lapin in 1996 was awarded a $1.2 million contract by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to promote "ethics in government." The commonwealth's attorney general, Pam Brown, told The New York Times last week that her staff has yet to figure out what it was Lapin did to fulfill the contract. Lapin and Abramoff appear joined at the hip in the Marianas case, and two of DeLay's former top aides are also a part of that mix. Interestingly, for a time while Lapin was running his business on the West Coast, he was also running Abramoff's Eshkol Academy on the East Coast, serving as its dean. As investigators mull through the short- lived school's records, it is quite possible that this end of the story will become even more convoluted. Jack Abramoff's and David Lapin's misdeeds, if any such have occurred, will have been their own, not ours. In the end, however, we as a community will still pay a steep price for it all. If that is not a matter worthy of communal discussion and correction, it is hard to imagine what issue is. And this: Norquist And Abramoff, Old Friends. Grover Norquist helped run Jack Abramoff's 1981 campaign for National Chairman of the College Republicans and then served as executive director of the organization under Abramoff. Abramoff served as a board member of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), which was founded by Norquist in 1985. [National Journal, 10/11/03; The Hill, 3/26/03; http://www.atr.org/home/about/index.html] And this: Grover Norquist is the President of Americans for Tax Reform. Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist have known each other since 1980 when they took over the College Republicans together. Years later Abramoff turned to Norquist to help organize a coalition of anti-tax organizations to lobby against taxes on Indian casinos. Norquist worked with lawmakers and called editorial writers to oppose the legislation. The Choctaw Indian tribe, a client of Jack Abramoff, soon donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Norquist's organization. (Washington Post, November 8, 2004) Norquist is on record as saying, in 1995, "What the Republicans need is 50 Jack Abramoffs. Then this becomes a different town." More recently, in 2004, Norquist said, "To this day I can't find anything [Jack Abramoff] did or [is] accused of doing that's illegal, immoral, or fattening." (Weekly Standard, December 12, 2004)
Lapin is Seattle-based? Presumably he knows Michael Medved well. By the way, it's noticeable how many members of the board of Toward Tradition are from the state of Washington.
Good work...this is the story that should be hammered on relentlessly...with all the distraction stories trying to fill the void...latest being the Gitmo 'bad source' story...GET 'GANNON,' NOW !
Interesting little circle they've got going. I wonder if Strauss is son/grandson of neocon godfather? Let's not forget our W. Chester 'Beth El-ie,' Nicholas Berg...
Close enough.
I forget, what does G.O.P. stand for? Gay Old Pederasts?
This thread is full of fascinating connections. I'm going to read through it thoroughly as soon as I get a chance. It's particularly interesting to see the details of freerepublic's connection to all this. And "Jeff Gannon" is still a poster in good standing there, I guess? Amongst all those good anti-homo bible-thumpers, too. How humorously ironic.
This piece sounds like something CNN might be interested in.
Funny, ins't it, the right ignores this story because of the aspersions it casts on it's holie than thou agenda. The left ignores it because it's uncomfortable with the homosexual aspects of the story. Aah, BI-partisanship. When it comes to arseholes and dicks both parties stand united.
By the way, it's noticeable how many members of the board of Toward Tradition are from the state of Washington. The mailing address for Toward Tradition is in Washington state: Toward Tradition PO Box 58 Mercer Island, WA 98040 And here are the links from TT: THINK TANKS & ORGANIZATIONS Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty Alliance Defense Fund American Enterprise Institute Catholic League of America US Commission for Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad Wallbuilders MEDIA: PRINT, RADIO, ETC. First Things National Review On-Line Maariv WEBLOGS Cox and Forkum Jessica's Well The Constitution of the United States The First Thanksgiving Proclamation
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I read this about ten times. My head is still spinning. Isn't that the same Jeff Gannon who is the male homosexual prostitute? Now he's hooked up with FR? Things just keep getting stranger and stranger.....
Sure seems that way.... this is weirder than weird
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#51. To: Zipporah (#50)
Wasnt Gannon in West Chester PA?
#52. To: toddbrendanfahey (#0)
#53. To: aristeides (#48)
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#54. To: All (#21)
#55. To: Zipporah (#54)
He and his fiancée, Samah Alrayyes, went to the same high school in Weston, Mass.
#56. To: Zipporah, Eoghan, Bayonne, zoroaster (#19)
Not that it matters much to most folks.
#57. To: aristeides (#55)
#58. To: 1776 (#56)
#59. To: aristeides (#48)
'I’m the Guy Who Taught Jeff Gannon Everything He Knows About Journalism.' | permalink
#60. To: All (#59)
#61. To: toddbrendanfahey (#0)
#62. To: 1776 (#56)
Not that it matters much to most folks.
#63. To: Zipporah (#60)
#64. To: Zipporah (#57)
#65. To: christine (#62)
Spot on.
#66. To: christine (#63)
#67. To: aristeides (#64)
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#68. To: Zipporah (#67)
Jack Abramoff, MD
Leo Strauss, NJ
#69. To: Dakmar (#68)
Interesting little circle they've got going.
#70. To: Zipporah (#67)
The poor suckers who trust the MSM have no idea, none.
#71. To: 1776 (#70)
They are reserving the deluxe suite at the Grand Flamingo gulag for you, you dig too deep and look what you uncovered. The poor suckers who trust the MSM have no idea, none.
#72. To: Zipporah (#71)
The Bridge Game is already full but there is Mah Jong too.
#73. To: TommyTheMadArtist (#61)
#74. To: Dakmar (#68)
Interesting little circle they've got going. I wonder if Strauss is son/grandson of neocon godfather?
#75. To: 1776 (#72)
It's in Boca Raton The Bridge Game is already full but there is Mah Jong too.
#76. To: aristeides (#64)
#77. To: Zipporah (#67)
#78. To: Zipporah (#60)
#79. To: Dakmar (#68)
Jack Abramoff, MD Leo Strauss, NJ
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#85. To: aristeides (#77)
Lapin is Seattle-based? Presumably he knows Michael Medved well.
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#86. To: Zipporah (#85)
#87. To: toddbrendanfahey, Zipporah, Jhoffa_ (#0)
This is also how I was able to arrange for Angelwood to attend a speech given by President Bush. It is how we met Jeff Gannon of Talon News, who now hosts a program on Radio FR.
#88. To: Elliott Jackalope, TommyTheMadArtist, Zipporah (#81)
I forget, what does G.O.P. stand for? Gay Old Pederasts?
#89. To: Diana, FormerLurker, Neil McIVer, TommyTheMadArtist, tom007, Uncle Bill, who knows what evil, Red Jones, robin, swarthyguy, honway, Sparker, Fred Mertz, MUDDOG, lodwick, continental op, itisa1mosttoolate, CWRWinger, OKCSubmariner, Elliot Jackalope (#88)
#90. To: tom007 (#88)
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