Arrest Warrant on DeLay/Time Apology to Armenians
And the House comes tumbling down. The White House is FREAKING out about all these indictments and the spotlight shifts every day to each one. This morning, the buzz was all about Karl Rove's scandal and the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame... on that note, I still can't believe Robert Novak is still walking the streets after outting her in his column... seriously, I was driving to work the other day and as I was about to drive through MY GREEN LIGHT, there was Novak crossing the street and stopping right infront of my car. I can't say the temptation didn't overwhelme me, but like a good citizen, I stopped my car and received the angry honking behind me, let him go, but expressed my rage to him. He grunted and moved on. So close. But had I hit him, I probably would have been sent to a Turkish prison or something... just for special ironic twist.
Just hours later, the spotlight shifts back to DeLay who has not shown for booking and a Texas Court has issued an arrest warrant for his booking. DeLay is charged with conspiracy to violate state election laws and money laundering, but if you ask me, that is just what is known. Bail is set for $10,000. I would pay that much for his mug shot.
I don't mean to dance and shout while our government crumbles and weakens us, but I confess my joy in watching the justice system work at the top. Saddam trials also began today, but everyone in the US seems too preoccupied with the Washington buzz. Oh, and, everyone seems pretty obsessed with the next hurricane headed our way, noting that it is headed for Florida, but completely ignores the fact that it is about to devastate Cuba and the Yucatan.... who cares about those commies anyway, right? (read with sarcasm) Someone just reported that it MAY not devastate Florida as much as they anticipate and said, "Great for Florida... bad for Cuba, but oh well." That is the only mention of Cuba in all news coverage I have heard.
Now onto Armenian news, Time Europe Magazine published a letter from ANC Europe's attorney Bernard Jouanneau condemning the magazine for including the Turkish Tourism DVD which included a 70 minute denial propaganda segment on the Armenian Genocide. The letter took up a full page in the magazine and appears on their website. Here was Time's response:
"TIME regrets distributing the DVD and we are very sorry for the offense it has caused. The so-called documentary portion of the DVD presents a one-sided view of history that does not meet our standards for fairness and accuracy, and we would not have distributed it had we been aware of its content. Unfortunately, the DVD was not adequately reviewed by anyone at TIME because it was believed to be a benign promotion piece. We have since changed our review process so as to guarantee more vigilance in future. We apologize to the Armenian community, and to our readers.”
I do appreciate Time's recognition of their mistake. However as far as I'm concerned, they still collected profit from the sale of that ad and therefore remains guilty of accepting the ad. Jouanneau says it best in his letter:
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901051017-1113684,00.html
(scroll down to "Turkish Tourism DVD")
Just hours later, the spotlight shifts back to DeLay who has not shown for booking and a Texas Court has issued an arrest warrant for his booking. DeLay is charged with conspiracy to violate state election laws and money laundering, but if you ask me, that is just what is known. Bail is set for $10,000. I would pay that much for his mug shot.
I don't mean to dance and shout while our government crumbles and weakens us, but I confess my joy in watching the justice system work at the top. Saddam trials also began today, but everyone in the US seems too preoccupied with the Washington buzz. Oh, and, everyone seems pretty obsessed with the next hurricane headed our way, noting that it is headed for Florida, but completely ignores the fact that it is about to devastate Cuba and the Yucatan.... who cares about those commies anyway, right? (read with sarcasm) Someone just reported that it MAY not devastate Florida as much as they anticipate and said, "Great for Florida... bad for Cuba, but oh well." That is the only mention of Cuba in all news coverage I have heard.
Now onto Armenian news, Time Europe Magazine published a letter from ANC Europe's attorney Bernard Jouanneau condemning the magazine for including the Turkish Tourism DVD which included a 70 minute denial propaganda segment on the Armenian Genocide. The letter took up a full page in the magazine and appears on their website. Here was Time's response:
"TIME regrets distributing the DVD and we are very sorry for the offense it has caused. The so-called documentary portion of the DVD presents a one-sided view of history that does not meet our standards for fairness and accuracy, and we would not have distributed it had we been aware of its content. Unfortunately, the DVD was not adequately reviewed by anyone at TIME because it was believed to be a benign promotion piece. We have since changed our review process so as to guarantee more vigilance in future. We apologize to the Armenian community, and to our readers.”
I do appreciate Time's recognition of their mistake. However as far as I'm concerned, they still collected profit from the sale of that ad and therefore remains guilty of accepting the ad. Jouanneau says it best in his letter:
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901051017-1113684,00.html
(scroll down to "Turkish Tourism DVD")
posted by Arsineh at 3:40 AM
6 Comments:
omg - Arsineh, the Novak crossing story is just too funny... I'm glad I wasn't in your seat!
And I agree the Time apology is not enough. They made a TON of $ off that DVD and ought not profit off of such a shady deal. Let them donate the entire profit to a good genocide education group and run a proper story on the Turkish Government denial issue...
What's so sad is that so many Americans love Novak. He has a short fuse, check this video clip out:
http://thepoliticalteen.com/video/novakwalkoff.wmv
I SAW THAT!!! Actually John Stewart made good use of that clip on the Daily Show. By the way, The Colbert Report (former Daily Show "Correspondent" turned "anchor" for an extra half hour of political analysis absurdity) is HILARIOUS!!!!
Novak is a mad man and I have so much regret for my restraint that day. Okay, not really, I cried when a butterfly flew into my windowshield once.
And I think the best use of that money Time got for that ad should be put towards The Genocide Education Project... those guys are kicking butt.
http://www.genocideeducation.org
http://www.teachgenocide.org
What about the recent local elections in Vanadzor? I spent the last two years there as a peace corps volunteer and it is disgusting to see such open and blatant corruption. I had former students email me about how Mayor Darpinian shut down the marchutney system so he could bus in people to vote. It is disgraceful. He needs to resign!
I heard about a similar scandal in another village in Armenia, forgive me, I don't remember the details. But the basic story was that the Mayor was a good man and did a lot for the people. Then when elections came, another man ran against him, went house to house offering a couple hundred dollars to these families who had received homes and so much help from the previous mayor. But because it was immediate cash in their hands, they voted for the corrupt man. It is disgusting and the only way to stop these things is by attacking the corruption one by one. The people need to feel empowered to make change... in the US and in Armenia. For so long in the US it seemed like people's beliefs were that nothing changes no matter who you put in office. Bush proved that to be completely false, and now political awareness and anger has spread like wildfire.
Reader,
There were comments about the " Attorney for NAMBLA represents the Turks (October 31, 2005)" post on this site but the editor of this site deleted them! Just because she/she wants to believe what he/she already believes ?!?!
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