Hollywood helps Rahm haul in $10.6M
Donald Trump, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Spielberg have written checks for Emanuel. | AP Photos Close By MEREDITH SHINER | 1/20/11 6:37 PM EST Updated: 1/22/11 3:38 PM EST Rahm Emanuel has tapped his super-agent brother Ari’s Hollywood money network big-time in his bid to become Chicago mayor, gobbling up five- and six-figure checks from the likes of Steven Spielberg, “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin, Dreamworks mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, and the Napster founder played by Justin Timberlake in “The Social Network.” But Emanuel’s stunning multi-million haul wasn’t limited to the bright lights of the sunset strip — it also included huge payouts from CEOs and hedge fund managers across from New York to Silicon Valley, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Donald Trump and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. Emanuel’s shop announced Thursday afternoon it had collected $11.7 million, including $1.1 million already in the former congressman’s funds, since unofficially launching his campaign in October. That total — almost identical to what Gov. Pat Quinn spent in his statewide gubernatorial race this fall — puts Emanuel in a strong position as he tries to replace long-time mayor Richard M. Daley. Emanuel already has spent $2.2 million on friend David Axelrod’s Chicago-based communications firm to produce commercials that remind Chicago voters that the man who lived in DC for the past year and a half is still a native son. All state candidates in Illinois had to submit their financial disclosures by midnight for fundraising conducted before Jan. 1. Emanuel benefited greatly from a lag time in the implementation of newly enacted campaign finance reform laws. In 2010, any individual could donate an unlimited amount to any state or municipal candidate, but now the amount is capped at $5,000. Trump and Jobs donated $50,000, while Spielberg forked over $75,000 and Rubin gave $10,000. Sorkin ponied up $10,000 and Sean Parker — the creator of Napster played by Timberlake in Sorkin’s blockbuster “The Social Network” — donated $100,000. Record executive Geffen also gave $100,000. Katzenberg wrote a check for $25,000. A POLITICO review of financial disclosure documents posted on the Illinois Board of Elections website late Thursday night reveals that nearly two dozen donors cut one-time six-figure checks for Emanuel before 2011. The high-ticket contributors ranged from a “homemaker” in Winnetka, a neighboring suburb to where Emanuel much of his adolescence, to Hollywood agent John Fogelman — who works for the agency where Emanuel’s brother Ari is CEO. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47924.html#ixzz1BoaFRLI0 Published January 19, 2011 | FoxNews.com AP Wednesday: U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., accompanied by his wife, Hadassah, announced he is retiring in 2012. Sen. Joe Lieberman announced his retirement from the Senate on Wednesday, calling himself "a lucky guy," who will end a quarter-century career in Washington with no regrets. TSA BOSS REGRETS: ABCNEWS STAFFER GETS UNDERWEAR SEARCH... TSA BOSS REGRETS: ABCNEWS STAFFER GETS UNDERWEAR SEARCH... A traveller undergoes an enhanced pat down by a Transportation Security Administration agent: Staff have said that they also find the searches unpleasant Statement by Secretary Napolitano on Senator Lieberman’s Retirement Jason Douglass Infowars.com January 19, 2011 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano released a statement regarding Senator Lieberman’s retirement accrediting him with the creation of Homeland Security. At lease we know who to blame now for creating one of the most tyrannical government agencies is U.S. history. “The very existence of the Department of Homeland Security is due in large part to Senator Lieberman. Dating back to the first days after 9/11, he has been an instrumental architect of the very way we work to keep America safe from the evolving threats we face in the 21st century. ....” – Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano Congressman Paul said in the course of his work representing the people of Texas he has to endure TSA abuse, including the latest “enhanced pat down” that verges on sexual molestation. “I have to go through that all the time because I have metal in my knees,” he explained. “I get prodded all the time and it is disgusting and I tell them so.” Ron Paul: Crotch Groped by TSA, Calls for Boycott of Airlines TSA of senator Leiberman while the Pentagon has a program for the US soldiers to use drug -opium ? homeland security failed in this ? Drug-Smuggling Pigeon Gets Its Wings Clipped at Colombian Prison Published January 19, 2011 | SkyNews A drug-smuggling pigeon has been captured outside a Colombian prison - after it found its load of marijuana too heavy. The pigeon was attempting to fly into a prison in Bucaramanga, in the country's north-east, with 1.6 ounces of the drug attached to its body. However, the flight plan was thwarted because of the illegal excess luggage - and two policemen were able to catch the bird as it flapped helplessly near a house. "This is a new case of criminal ingenuity," General Jose Angel Mendoza, Commander of Bucaramanga Metropolitan Police, said. "They were trying to smuggle drugs into Bucaramanga prison by using messenger pigeons," he said. Click here for more on this story about drug-smuggling pigeons from Sky News. THE PENTAGON : PROGRAM OF USING DRUG BY THE THE US TROOPS, SINCE THE VIETNAM WAR TO THAT AT AFGHANISTAN NOW. Concerns Raised About Combat Troops Using Psychotropic DrugsPublished January 19, 2011 FoxNews.com As U.S. military leaders gathered Wednesday to give their latest update on the rash of Army suicides, new questions are being raised about a U.S. Central Command policy that allows troops to go to Iraq and Afghanistan with up to a six-month supply of psychotropic drugs. Prescription drugs have already been linked to some military suicides, and a top Army official warned last year about the danger of soldiers abusing that medication. Psychiatrists are now coming down hard on the military for continuing to sanction certain psychotropic drugs for combat troops, saying the risk from side effects is too great. "There's no way on earth that these boys and girls are getting monitored on the field," said Dr. Peter Breggin, a New York-based psychiatrist who has extensively studied the side effects of psychiatric drugs. "The drugs simply shouldn't be given to soldiers." I TAKE THIS LIBERTY TO UPDATE THE SITUATION IN CAMBODIA 1979-2011. CAMBODIA REMAINS OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM. As suggested by Kissenger, Nixon ordered that the attacks occur in secret, and all attempts to expose the bombing should be stopped. General Wheeler informed his staff: "In the event press inquiries are received following the execution of the Breakfast Plan as to whether or not US B-52s have struck in Cambodia, US spokesman will confirm that B-52s did strike on routine missions adjacent to the Cambodian border but state that he has no details and will look into the question." (Shawcross, p22) The US sellout of the KHMER PEOPLE IN CAMBODIA in 1975, THROUGH HENRY KISSINGER.(CFR AGENT) (1) WHAT DID HENRY KISSINGER DO THE KHMER PEOPLE IN CAMBODIA ? HIS AMBASSADOR MR. JOHN GUNTHER DEAN, LEFT THE COUNTRY , FROM THE ROOF TOP OF THE US EMBASSY BUILDING , TO CATCH AN HELICOPTER , LIKE A THIEF , IN APRIL 1975. WHAT DID HE SAY ? 3. WHO IS THIS MAN ? Kissinger, in His Own Words "Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy." - Henry Kissinger, quoted in "Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POW's in Vietnam" Henry Alfred Kissinger recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, so was his Vietnamese communist friend . LE DUC THO recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. THAT Nobel Peace Prize WAS AWARDED TO THEM FOR 1. THE ABANDONMENT, OF THE US ALLIED ,THE SOUTH VIETNAM ANTI COMMUNIST REGIME AND THE MURDER OF THE NGO DIHN DIEM FAMILIES. 2. THE US INVASION OF CAMBODIA, A NEUTRAL COUNTRY, A UN MEMBER COUNTRY, AN ALLIED OF THE US GOVERNMENT. 3. THE ABANDONMENT OF CAMBODIA TO THE COMMUNIST IN 1975. 4. THE KILLING OF OVER 600,000 CAMBODIAN INNOCENTS ( The 3,500 bombing sorties resulted in 600,000 deaths. The American bombing of Cambodia was a closely guarded secret primarily because the U.S. was not at war with Cambodia.) p140 Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders. Vietnam must cease her occupation of Cambodia at once. THE MOMENT , AMERICA , STOPS COLLABORATING WITH THE CAMBODIAN ENEMIES(THE VIETNAMESE OCCUPIERS) ALL KHMER COULD FIND INSTANTLY PEACE & JUSTICE. Bury =========================================================================== (1) Data analysis : based Books 1. US Congressional records 1910-1975 2. Side Show Kissinger -Nixon and the destruction of Cambodia by William Shawcross 3. My war with the CIA by Norodom Sihanouk -Wilfred Burchett 4. A soldier reports by Gen Westmoreland 5 Andre Gromyko Memoirs 6. Other books... by Kissinger, Nixon, Reagan , Eustace Mullins, Antony Sutton and documents 7. 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