[Vision2020] Fwd: CNN - Holocaust museum shooting suspect tobe charged with murder

lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
Fri Jun 12 11:13:29 PDT 2009


Most of those on your list were left wing ideologues. It  may very well be that sone who espoused eugenics wer not Left wing ( progressives), but most were.  Yes I thing that Wilson was a left wing ideologue.
Roger
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From: bear at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:48:36 -0700
To: "lfalen" lfalen at turbonet.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fwd: CNN - Holocaust museum shooting suspect tobe charged with murder

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> Roger,
> 
> Not sure you can  the "american left wing ideologues" of the 1920's for
> that one, especially with such followers as  Marie Stopes, H. G. Wells,
> Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Emile Zola, George Bernard Shaw, John
> Maynard Keynes, William Keith Kellogg, Winston Churchill, Linus Pauling
> and Sidney Webb.
> 
> Do you really think that Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt and Winston
> Churchill were left wing ideologues?
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> > Joe
> > Don't try to shove your nut cases off on to the right, we have a enough of
> > our own. The Nazis were National Socialist. Hitler got his ideas about
> > Eugenics from the the american left wing ideologues of the 1920s. One of
> > those was Margaret Sanger.
> > Roger
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
> > Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:24:54 -0700
> > To: Moscow Vision 2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Fwd: CNN - Holocaust museum shooting suspect to be
> > charged with murder
> >
> >> Is right wing American terrorism on the rise?
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >> >> Holocaust museum shooting suspect to be charged with murder
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> The suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a security guard at
> >> >> the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will be charged with murder,
> >> >> authorities announced Thursday.
> >> >>
> >> >> James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist known for racist
> >> >> and anti-Semitic writings, also will face charges of possession of
> >> >> a firearm at a federal facility, said Chief Cathy Lanier of the
> >> >> District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department.
> >> >>
> >> >> Lanier said Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns was trying to help the man
> >> >> arriving at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum around 12:40 p.m.
> >> >> Wednesday by opening the door for him. The man then raised a rifle
> >> >> and killed him.
> >> >>
> >> >> The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington remained closed
> >> >> Thursday, its flags lowered to half-staff in tribute to Johns.
> >> >>
> >> >> Officials said after von Brunn entered the crowded and solemn
> >> >> Holocaust museum and shot Johns, guards returned fire and wounded
> >> >> him. Von Brunn is in the hospital in critical condition, officials
> >> >> said.
> >> >>
> >> >> Sirens blared as emergency vehicles converged on the area, which is
> >> >> near the Washington Monument and other popular tourist attractions.
> >> >> The museum was full at the time, with a "couple of thousand" people
> >> >> inside, said William Parsons, chief of staff at the museum.
> >> >>
> >> >> A six-year veteran of the museum's security staff, Johns "died
> >> >> heroically in the line of duty," said Sara Bloomfield, director of
> >> >> the museum.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Our thoughts and prayers go out to Officer Johns' family," the
> >> >> museum said.
> >> >>
> >> >> Von Brunn is a Holocaust denier, well-known to human rights groups
> >> >> for decades, who created an anti-Semitic Web site called "The Holy
> >> >> Western Empire." The Southern Poverty Law Center, which focuses on
> >> >> human rights, said von Brunn has "an extremely long history with
> >> >> neo-Nazis and white supremacists."
> >> >>
> >> >> He has repeatedly claimed "The Diary of Anne Frank," an iconic
> >> >> diary written by a teenage girl who was hiding from Nazis with her
> >> >> family, was a hoax. The guard died on the day the museum was to
> >> >> stage a play based on Anne Frank and two days before what would
> >> >> have been her 80th birthday.
> >> >>
> >> >> Investigators found a notebook in the suspect's car listing other
> >> >> locations in Washington that he might have considered as targets, a
> >> >> federal official told CNN.
> >> >>
> >> >> Von Brunn served six years in prison for trying in 1981 to kidnap
> >> >> Federal Reserve Board members because of high interest rates. He
> >> >> blamed his prison term on a "Negro jury, Jew/Negro attorneys" and
> >> >> "a Jew judge," he said on his Web site, "Holy Western Empire."
> >> >>
> >> >> One of many questions is whether von Brunn, as a convicted felon,
> >> >> should have turned in his weapons or been barred from owning them.
> >> >>
> >> >> The U.S. Park Police has asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
> >> >> Firearms and Explosives to trace the firearm, an effort that is
> >> >> expected to provide its original sale and ownership.
> >> >>
> >> >> An FBI official said there was no warning or threat against the
> >> >> museum.
> >> >>
> >> >> Both Johns and von Brunn were taken to George Washington University
> >> >> Hospital, said D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty. Johns died at the hospital.
> >> >> Von Brunn was in critical condition, Fenty said.
> >> >>
> >> >> Johns, 39, was a resident of Temple Hills, Maryland, according to a
> >> >> statement issued by Wackenhut Services Inc., which has provided
> >> >> security services at the museum since 2002.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Obviously there are no words to express our grief and shock over
> >> >> the horrific event that took place at this museum today,"
> >> >> Bloomfield, the museum director, said.
> >> >>
> >> >> The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, said von
> >> >> Brunn has "an extremely long history with neo-Nazis and white
> >> >> supremacists."
> >> >>
> >> >> Witnesses to the shooting described blood on the floor and chaos
> >> >> within the museum's halls.
> >> >>
> >> >> Visitor Maria Hernandez told CNN she heard five shots and saw the
> >> >> wounded security guard.
> >> >>
> >> >> "It was definitely a security guard; he was down bleeding on the
> >> >> floor," said Hernandez, 19. "He was face down. His back ... blood
> >> >> was coming out."
> >> >>
> >> >> Sirens blared as emergency vehicles converged on the area, which is
> >> >> near the Washington Monument and other popular tourist attractions.
> >> >> The museum was full at the time, with a "couple of thousand" people
> >> >> inside, said William Parsons, chief of staff at the museum.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Never take your guard force and security people for granted," he
> >> >> said. "They did exactly what they were supposed to do to protect
> >> >> people in the museum."
> >> >>
> >> >> Dave Pearson, a sixth-grade teacher in the Washington area, said he
> >> >> was on the museum's fourth floor when he heard a loud noise.
> >> >>
> >> >> "At the time, we're visiting and all of a sudden there's like a
> >> >> boom, and all of a sudden they told us to stop where we're at," he
> >> >> told CNN. "Only thing we heard was a boom, and that was it."
> >> >>
> >> >> The shooting sent shock waves throughout the nation's capital and
> >> >> elsewhere.
> >> >>
> >> >> "I am shocked and saddened by today's shooting at the U.S.
> >> >> Holocaust Memorial Museum," said President Obama, who just days
> >> >> earlier had spoken emotionally about the Holocaust when he visited
> >> >> Buchenwald, a former Nazi concentration camp with Holocaust
> >> >> survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel.
> >> >>
> >> >> "This outrageous act reminds us that we must remain vigilant
> >> >> against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms," Obama said
> >> >> Wednesday. "No American institution is more important to this
> >> >> effort than the Holocaust museum, and no act of violence will
> >> >> diminish our determination to honor those who were lost by building
> >> >> a more peaceful and tolerant world."
> >> >>
> >> >> Israel issued a statement through its embassy, expressing sadness
> >> >> and condemning the attack.
> >> >>
> >> >> The Anti-Defamation League said the shooting "reminds us in the
> >> >> starkest way where the spread of hatred can lead."
> >> >>
> >> >> Happening "at the very place that was created to remember and teach
> >> >> about evil in the world," the attack "is an immediate reminder that
> >> >> words of hate matter, that we can never afford to ignore hate
> >> >> because words of hate can easily become acts of hate, no matter the
> >> >> place, no matter the age of the hatemonger."
> >> >>
> >> >> The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned "this apparent
> >> >> bias-motivated attack" and said it stands "with the Jewish
> >> >> community and with Americans of all faiths in repudiating the kind
> >> >> of hatred and intolerance that can lead to such disturbing
> >> >> incidents."
> >> >>
> >> >> The museum canceled a performance scheduled for Wednesday night of
> >> >> a play about racism and anti-Semitism, based on a fictional meeting
> >> >> between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, the teenage victim of a racist
> >> >> killing in the United States.
> >> >>
> >> >> Attorney General Eric Holder and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee,
> >> >> were among those planning to attend the play, which was written by
> >> >> Janet Langhart Cohen, the wife of former Defense Secretary and U.S.
> >> >> Sen. William Cohen.
> >> >>
> >> >> Langhart Cohen told CNN that Anne Frank's young life was ended by
> >> >> people filled with hate. She said it was hard to see that same hate
> >> >> manifest itself at this place of remembrance.
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
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