Comments on: IF I RULED THE WORLD: Members of Wooden Wand, Charalambides, My Brightest Diamond and More Share Their Presidential Platforms http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/04/if-i-ruled-the-world-members-of-wooden-wand-charalambides-my-brightest-diamond-and-more-share-their-presidential-platforms/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:33:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amy Hines http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/04/if-i-ruled-the-world-members-of-wooden-wand-charalambides-my-brightest-diamond-and-more-share-their-presidential-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-4819 Amy Hines Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:17:49 +0000 http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/?p=517#comment-4819 Whoever Jefferson Pitcher is: THANK YOU! You mentioned the most obvious answer to peace in the middle east: THE PALESTINIAN RIGHT OF RETURN! And it is obvious that you aren't some white supremacist or some crazy anti-Semite. None of us genuinely fighting for Palestinian rights are - we're just people that recognize one of the worst human rights tragedies of our time for what it is: attempted genocide. But when Israelis do it (who happen to have the most powerful lobbying group in Washington - AIPAC) it's not genocide to politicians, it's completely sanctioned, aided and defended behavior. I'm a little surprised that more of your fellow musicians didn't mention this issue, given their progressive lean. But I also noticed that several of them did mention their intention to emulate some former presidents, which you could not do in your administration if you were bent on achieving justice for Palestine, because each American President has just made the situation worse since 1948 onward! Whoever Jefferson Pitcher is: THANK YOU! You mentioned the most obvious answer to peace in the middle east: THE PALESTINIAN RIGHT OF RETURN!
And it is obvious that you aren’t some white supremacist or some crazy anti-Semite. None of us genuinely fighting for Palestinian rights are – we’re just people that recognize one of the worst human rights tragedies of our time for what it is: attempted genocide. But when Israelis do it (who happen to have the most powerful lobbying group in Washington – AIPAC) it’s not genocide to politicians, it’s completely sanctioned, aided and defended behavior.
I’m a little surprised that more of your fellow musicians didn’t mention this issue, given their progressive lean. But I also noticed that several of them did mention their intention to emulate some former presidents, which you could not do in your administration if you were bent on achieving justice for Palestine, because each American President has just made the situation worse since 1948 onward!

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