Boozhy Headlines: Cartoons Claim Entire Editorial Staff

Sully reports the editorial staff of the alt weekly New York Press walked out today, en masse, after NYP publishers (in the 11th hour) refused to print the Danish cartoons that have become the focal point of a global war on free speech. 

As a citizen of the United States, a nation that prides itself on freedom, and also a nation whose freedoms are becoming rapidly subjugated by the current administration and big business, Boozhy applauds the New York Press staff.  The New York Observer posts the explanation from (the now ex) Editor in Chief Harry Siegel.

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[kyle]

The derogatory cartoons that have the Islamic world in throes of violent protests were first published in September 2005 by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. They were later republished in Austria in January, and then at the beginning of February in a number of European newspapers in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain.

There have since been angry and sometimes violent protests across the Islamic world, Britain and France. At least six deaths have been reported thus far. A hornets’ nest has been stirred with the end of the rapidly escalating crisis nowhere in sight.

Has it all happened innocuously and accidentally or is it a deliberate attempt towards an ulterior motive?

To answer this question let us go back in time to May 2005.

Only four months before the crisis, between May 5 to May 8, 2005, a group of powerful men from today’s finance, industry and politics huddled together in the warm and cozy rooms of the 5-star Dorint Sofitel Seehotel Überfahrt in Rottach-Egern, Germany. Outside the hotel, private and state guards patrolled with automatic weapons and sniffer dogs. The gray Bavarian skies rained on.

This secretive cabal of powerful men otherwise goes by the name of Bilderberg Group (a simple Google query will throw up thousands of results). The Bilderberg Group is the only private international organization that Time magazine rated 10 for secrecy on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being most secret).

So what do the defamatory cartoons have to do with the Bilderbergs? Let us first have a look at the names of just some of the attendees of the May 2005 conference. These were;

Josef Ackermann, Chairman, Group Executive Committee. Deutsche Bank AG, Germany

Joaquin Almunia Amann, Commissioner, European Commission

José M. Durno Barroso, President, European Commission, Portugal

Franco Bernabe, Vice Chairman, Rothschild Europe, Italy

Martin S. Feldstein, President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research, U.S.A.

William C. Ford, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Company, U.S.A.

Timothy F. Geithner, President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S.A

Donald E. Graham, Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company, U.S.A.

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, U.S.A.

Jaap Hoop de Scheffer, Secretary General, NATO, Netherlands

Allan B. Hubbard, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council, U.S.A.

John M. Keane, President, GSI, LLC; General, US Army, Retired, U.S.A.

Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc., U.S.A.

Neelie Kroes, Commissioner, European Commission

Michael A.Ledeen, American Enterprise Institute, U.S.A.

William J. Luti, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern & South Asian Affairs, U.S.A.

Jessica T. Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, U.S.A.

Kenneth B. Mehlman, Chairman, Republican National Committee, U.S.A.

Elena Nemirovskaya, Founder and Director, Moscow School of Political Studies, Russia

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

Andrzej Olechowski, Leader Civic Platform, Poland

Norman Pearlstine, Editor-in-Chief, Time Inc., U.S.A.

Richard N. Perle, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, U.S.A.

Friedbert Pflüger, Member of Parliament, CDU/CSU Fraktion, Germany

H.R.H. Prince Philippe, Belgium

Rato y Figaredo, Rodrigo de, Managing Director, IMF

David Rockefeller, Member, JP Morgan International Council, U.S.A.

Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation, U.S.A.

Dennis B. Ross, Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, U.S.A.

H.M. the Queen of Spain

Peter D. Sutherland, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International;

Jean-Claude Trichet, Governor, European Central Bank

James D. Wolfensohn, President, The World Bank, U.S.A.

Paul Wolfowitz, President designate, The World Bank, U.S.A.

And of course there were the usual prime ministers and U.S. government officials. Also present were the movers and shakers of the Western media including media heads from almost all the countries whose press chose to publish the insulting cartoons. The names of Messers Michael Ledeen, Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz, however, must ring some bells. (Click here for the complete list)

Also on the list of attendees was one Anders Eldrep from Denmark. Anders Eldrep (sometimes spelled as Eldrup) happens to be married to one Merete Eldrep. This lady is the managing director of company JP/Politikens Hus (JP for Jyllands-Posten) that published the slanderous anti-Islamic cartoons in Denmark.

Neither Anders Eldrep is an ordinary Tom, Dick or Harry nor his wife exactly a babe in woods not to have understood the repercussions of their actions.

Merete Eldrep, the wife, is a former Head of Secretariat at the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs and Deputy Director of the Danish Energy Authority.

And Anders Elderp, her illustrious husband, is the current Chairman of Denmark’s Oil and Natural Gas Company DONG and has been Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Danish Finance up to the year 2001. He also has attended the last FIVE Bilderberg meetings thus far. Interestingly, a previous editor-in-chief of 'Politiken', another of JP/Politikens Hus's newspapers, namely Toger Seidenfaden, too was a long-time Bilderberger.

Now a little more about the Bilderberg Group.

In a rare interview given to BBC, Etienne Davignon, 73, the chairman of the Bilderberg Group and a former Belgian diplomat and European Commissioner, dismissed claims that the Bilderberg Group is part of a global conspiracy to rule the world by a self-selected elite of movers and shakers. His dismissal is as natural as publicly admitting the cabal’s sinister agenda would have been unnatural. Please read the interview to form up your own opinion. In my judgment the sole aim of the group is implementing a Euro-American, some say Anglo-American, blueprint of a New World Order for the express benefit of these elites.

The Bilderberg discussions are structured on the principle of reaching accord rather than through ceremonial resolutions and voting. Such is the power and status of the active members that if an agreement for action is arrived at, the resulting decision is expected to be implemented in the West as a whole.

In the post 9/11 geo-political milieu particularly, the group’s aim has been to buttress the foreign policies of the governments of the United States and Great Britain or, more simply, to help execute the precise formula sold internationally by the Bush/Blair combo. This new world order, with the group’s unflinching support, is being shoved down the collective throat of the world citizenry under the guise of “global war on terrorism”, and of establishing “democracy”, “peace”, and “freedom” in the world.

Just three quotes from the lamb talk of these Anglo-American leaders make clear enough readings of their intentions;

"Out of these troubled times [Iraq/Kuwait conflict], our fifth objective -- a new world order can emerge: a new era...We're now in sight of a United Nations that performs as envisioned by its founders." September 11, 1990 - Iraq Speech by President George H. W. Bush

"Our mission is clear: to rid the world of evil" - Pres. George W. Bush, post-Sept. 11, 2001

"Out of the shadow of this evil [9/11], should emerge lasting good... This is a moment to seize...let us re-order this world around us." - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Oct. 2, 2001 (BBC)

My questions then;

Was this whole anti-Islamic cartoon exercise actually nothing more than an innocent attempt at promoting the much cherished cause of freedom of expression on sensitive topics---anti-Semitism being disallowed, by word or action, by law in most of the western world?

Or, given the ominous times we are in, the Muslims are deliberately being provoked, exploiting their emotionality, into presenting themselves in one seething, throbbing mass of foaming-at-the-mouths herd of rabid cavemen image for their eventual annihilation? No one, after all, cries over the mushroom clouds blotting the horizons over beastlands.

[SendBoozhy2school]

Before you blog you should investigate what you are talking about, otherwise you are doing a grave disservice to yourself and your readers and are basically playing into the hands of propagandists.
This issue has nothing to do with free speech: the same paper, Jyllands-Posten, rejected caricatures of Jesus in 2003, the editor claiming that cartoons of Christ would offend people.

Here is the article in the UK Guardian (2/6/06) on the Jyllands-Posten rejection of Christ cartoons:
http://tinyurl.com/8dq8g

Here's the money quote from that article:
"Zieler received an email back from the paper's Sunday editor, Jens Kaiser, which said: "I don't think Jyllands-Posten's readers will enjoy the drawings. As a matter of fact, I think that they will provoke an outcry. Therefore, I will not use them."

Fleming Rose, the editor who published the cartoons in Denmark, is affiliated with Daniel Pipes, who can only be kindly described as a rabid Zionist.

Pipes runs Campus Watch, an organization that monitors and threatens professors in the United States who attempt to actually teach an accurate history of the Middle East.

In fact, Mr. Rose wrote an article for Pipes that is on Pipes website in Danish. The title translates as "The Threat of Islam."

Please check it out for yourself:

http://dk.danielpipes.org/article/2304

Beyond that the German paper, Berlin's Die Welt, that first published the cartoons, is part of a very large and very influential European conglomerate, Axel Springer, which is very open about its pro-Israel bias. But don't trust me, call the editor-in-chief, Roger Koeppel.

While you're at it ask Herr Koeppel why German hate crimes are limited to people who question the extent of the Holocaust. In fact, even to say that you question the number of people killed will land you a jail term in Germany. Ask Ernest Zundel. Actually, you can't -- lawyers cannot introduce evidence in Zundel's trial because then they themselves would be subjected to Holocaust denial laws.

Holocaust questioning is also punishable by jail in Austria, Switzerland and France. So much for free speech.

Your comment section contains a very interesting and factual post about Fleming's boss' ties to Bilderberg. If you don't know about Bilderberg then you should.

But honestly, please, if you value peace, research just a tiny bit before you blog again on such a sensitive subject.

[ken]

What's to research? Boozhy made no comment on the motives of Jyllands-Posten or any of the people /organizations/states you mentioned in publishing the cartoons. He was, as far as I can tell, taking a stand for free speech in this country and the actions of the editorial staff at the New York Press.

Ye. Peace would be very nice.

[Teddy Pig]

WOW! There are allot of racist remarks in all that protest.

[Teddy Pig]

I think you may have hit serious freaks there Juan!

[Myackie]

why is anyone trying to justify moslem behavior over this? The cartoons are rather tame when compared to the horrific propaganda that emerges from islamic pens. I think the NY Times had it right when they said that the Imams circulated much worse pictures in order to incite the masses.

Maybe the papers did try to provoke...but burning embassies and killing people in response is way over the top.

It would be nice if moslems joined the 21st century for a change.

And Kyle...your paranoia is showing.

[Myackie]

see http://www.neandernews.com/?p=54

[Koray]

I am outraged that New York Press Editor in Chief Harry Siegel calls these carttons simple and not especially offensive. Those cartoons were not published innocently. It was very well calculated. After all the tension between muslim immigrants and european goverments in France, Germany, Nertherlands etc in the past few months, why publish these kind of cartoons (in the worst possible time) especially by a nationalistic right wing conservative danish newspaper? This free of speech argument is bullshit. Nobody is being forced not to talk but people are consciously pressing buttons of very sensitive issues and I respect new york press not to use their media power for some calculated people's aim and not to publish there cartoons.

[brisa]

You can be sure that the most video worthy of the rioting (fire bombs, etc.) are being thrown by agent provocateurs. Remember that these agents were active in the US during the Viet Nam War demonstrations, turning peacefull assemblies into confrontations with the authorities, then quietly slip away when the arrests started.

Flemming Rose, the editor of the paper that first printed the offensive cartoon is very tight with neo-con Daniel Pipes, an exteme Isreali firster and part of the Bolton, Feith, Wolfowitcz crowd. This is the bunch that helped shaped the intelligence prior to the Iraq invasion. The idea is to further demonize Islam as a religion and Muslims as a people.

Perhaps the Kissinger doctrine of selective world depopulation is at work. Consider this. World energy demand is bumping up against our ability to satisfy it. Fresh water worldwide is becoming scarce. There are just too damn many people. What is a super-power to do? Well one could start by contaminating the DNA of certain primitive cultures to curb their reproductive capacities. Depleted Uranium munition fall out is doing just that in Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq and, soon, Iran.

It's more than the oil reserves. It is so much more expensive to wage war than to just print up as much money as it take to buy Middle East oil. The government has shown it has no problem with printing up as much as they desire. Where did HIV originate? I don't believe there has been any scientific answer. The result is, of course, a massive depopulation of sub-Sahara Africa.

These plans have been in the works for a long time. The planet is infested with humans and is having trouble coping with their energy requirements and waste products. I think it was Steven Hawkins that said that at our present rate of reproduction, by the year 2600, humans would be standing shoulder to shoulder on every available scrap of land.

[Myackie]

wow brisa...I only wish these "plans" were in effect prior to 9/11.

[brenner]

u people are TEA-DEE-OUS

[raymondb.voteswagon.com]

I think these racist individuals have it all wrong. First they attack the Danish government for what is really just an example of free speech. Next they attack America, which has nothing to do with this cartoon issue at all. I think they need to be more tolerant and less racist.
Raymond B
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[sharmin]

Raymond - you speak of tolerance and racism, but where's your tolerance for their beliefs? Islam is the second largest religion in the world and the MAJORITY of it's followers do not believe in burning down embassies or violent protest. But of course, the media pays no attention to them because there's no story to sensationalize there. This may be an attack on free speech, but what about freedom of religion? Not publishing depictions of the Prophet Mohammad is a core belief of Islam. When someone purposefully goes against this, they mock your religion and your beliefs. The minute the exercising of your rights infringes on the rights of someone else, you should lose that right. So, maybe it's time the media was a little more tolerant and respectful.

[Gary]

I don't know about this entire issue. I don't like religion for this very reason. And now I am watching a country I love being maligned for one newspaper's actions.

What surprises me more is that this 'outrage' seems to have been stoked by both western media and the imams in Denmark (who decided to go on a 'tour' to Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iran to 'show them' the cartoons). It all smells as a potential for Al Queda/CIA-instigated (and financed?) promotion of super-radical reactions in order to create a growth in popularity in xenophobia. Look at the end result: Islamic radicals capitalise and recruit through the outrage of these blasphemic cartoons; and Denmark loses it tolerance of other cultures.

I personally feel that Danish law should've been upheld and the cartoonist should be punished for the active promotion of hatred against a people. After all-the Jyllends-Posten did turn down a cartoon about Christ. This is an embarrassment for an open and loving people.

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