Again, do our elected officials realize there’s an energy crisis, and an economic meltdown, going on?
You be the judge.
Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-Bayside, said a resolution he sponsored condemning the lack of freedom of the press in the Arab world passed the House of Representatives yesterday.
The resoution also condemns anti-Semitic material published by the Arab media and the frequent government intervention in what the Arab media covers.
Agreed, now how about those gas prices?
From his statement:
Ackerman, the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, introduced the measure (H. Res. 1127) last April 22.
The resolution also expresses concern that many of the Arab governments to which United States has turned for assistance in ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are responsible for using their government-controlled media to promulgate incendiary speech regarding Israel and the Jewish people that makes U.S. efforts to help resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict all the more difficult.
The measure also calls on the President, the Secretary of State and all U.S. ambassadors to Arab countries to protest the lack of freedom of thought and expression in the Arab world and to advocate for the importance of freedom of the press and free speech in the region.
In addition, the resolution deplores the methods and practices utilized by the governments in the Arab world to exert control over the press, and on public expression which include overt censorship as well as intimidation, harassment and assaults of reporters, editors and publishers.
It is amazing this bubble that our politicians live in. What is also amazing is that the voters just keep voting the sames ones in over and over again….
Agree. When will our elected officials get their noses out of other countries busines and start concentrating on what goes on in this country like the loss of jobs overseas, the economy, and gas prices.
Better yet, why don’t we retire Gary Ackerman?