Video: Paul Krugman and his audience eerily similar to Jim Jones and HIS audience

This is just plain creepy. It's definitely a softer version of what Jim Jones got the more than 900 people who followed him to commit suicide but it's very similar in two respects. The leader - in this case Krugman - espouses "death panels and higher taxes". The reaction he got was one of laughing approval. Who in their right mind cheers for death and taxes?

No one, which is more than enough evidence that these people are not in their right minds.

It's extremely bizarre to see and hear people cheer or laugh at something that will lead to either their own premature deaths or the premature deaths of their loved ones. It's a macabre form of groupthink and it's exactly what happened when New York Times liberal columnist Paul Krugman told an audience at an historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. last week exactly that.

Listen not to what Krugman says at about the 2:15 mark but also to how the crowd reacts.

h/t Breitbart:



Here is video of Rep. Leo Ryan (D) in Jonestown the night before more than 900 followers of Jim Jones ended their lives. Note how loudly the crowd cheers when Ryan states people in the cult think it's the "best thing that ever happened to them in their whole life".

One day later, Ryan was shot dead by Jones' thugs and all of the people who cheered, took their own lives. Is that something to cheer about?



Think it's a stretch? Do you remember the reaction Robert Reich got when, in 2007, he advocated death panels and higher health care costs while speaking at Berkeley?  In fact, the laughter Reich elicited was even more pronounced than what Krugman got. The students cheered the premature deaths of their parents as well as a future in which they would live fewer years as well.



Three weeks before Rep. Ryan showed up in Guyana in 1978, the people held a vote - led by Jones - in which they unanimously voted to commit suicide. How is what Krugman and Reich have advocated any different?

Oh, and another similarity... Jones ingratiated himself with Democrats.

Relevant portion starts at the 4:40 mark

**CONTENT WARNING**

The Truth about the shooting of Democratic Congresswoman on Joe Biden Gun Control task force

In 1978, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) was a legal aid to Rep. Leo Ryan (D-CA), the only U.S. Congressman to be murdered in the line of duty. In 2011, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) almost became the second. Speier barely survived the trip to Jonestown, where an insane preacher had moved his insane Temple, but not before she herself had been shot five times.

Incredibly, not only is she still a Democrat but the Joe Biden gun control squad appears to be enlisting her help in developing a plan of action, as she is one of twelve Democratic congressmen who make up the House Democrat Task Force on Gun Violence. The group met with Biden yesterday.

Make no mistake. Speier's presence on that Task Force has to do with her very real and personal history when it comes to being on the wrong end of a gun. After the meeting, CNN interviewed Speier and asked her about her experience at Jonestown in 1978 (beginning at the 2:00 mark). Conspicuously absent from the exchange is any mention of Jones' ideology and who he was in bed with - the Democratic Party. Jones was a Marxist. More on his relationship with very prominent Democrats after the video.

Via Daily Caller:



Jim Jones was a professed Marxist and moved up through the ranks of political power in San Francisco with the aid and assistance of several Democrats. He helped Democratic Mayor George Moscone get elected. In fact, through the use of Community Organizing, Jones and his Temple were very much responsible for Moscone's victory. As a result, Moscone rewarded Jones with a seat on the San Francisco Housing Authority, which oversaw more than $14 million, and later enlisted the help of then California State Assemblyman Willie Brown (D) to introduce legislation that would ensure Jones would become chairman.

Ralph Nader has a little known legacy of disgrace when it comes to Jim Jones as well. An extremely terrified couple who had defected from Jones' cult reached out to Nader for help, in confidence. He betrayed them. Their plea for assistance found its way from Nader to Jones.

Jones also ingratiated himself with other Democrats like then Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally and Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, who once said of Jones:

"I am really pleased and inspired by what I have seen. Here is truly a man - Pastor Jim Jones - who is touched by God."

How about then Democratic Governor Jerry Brown (yes, the one who is in office today)? Brown made several visits to Jones' Temple and clearly turned a blind eye to what was going on. Jones also rubbed elbows with Rosalyn Carter and Walter Mondale (see video below). Speaking of that video, note how Jones boasts about the fact that he was a Marxist (Obama has a history that very much involves studying Marxism and associating with Marxists). Also keep in mind how more than 900 people died in Jonestown; Jones was responsible but it wasn't done with guns:



In a book entitled, Six Years With God, written by Jeannie Mills (a pseudonym), the woman who was betrayed by Nader and ultimately lost her life, wrote:

"Just a few doors down the street from the San Francisco temple the Black Muslims had their temple. Jim made strong overtures of friendship to this strong group, even sending large contingencies of our membership to attend their services, to which they responded by sending their members to our services."

Two more ironic realities about Jim Jones that should raise bold red flags with Speier...

Jones attempted to buy favorable California media coverage - to some degree, successfully - with payoffs labeled as "commendation" awards to show support for the first amendment. Laughable, isn't it? Not surprisingly, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle received the largest amounts. Eerily salient today, isn't it?

The other reality the mainstream media will not touch is the fact that just prior to the mass murder / suicide in Jonestown, the group bequeathed all of its assets to the Soviet Union.

I cover all of this (and more) in much greater detail in Chapter five of Unsung Davids: Ten Men who Battled Goliath without Glory. The Unsung David in that chapter is a man named David Conn.

Instead of playing defense, the Republican leadership should be exposing the truth behind the groups and individuals responsible for Speier's shooting. In fact, it was the Democratic Party that enabled Jim Jones to acquire the power he did.

That Speier is still a Democrat defies any and all logic, unless one believes that Stockholm Syndrome is a real condition.

Parting thought: In an interview Speier gave last year, she talked about how many people approached her delegation in 1978 to SECRETLY ask for escape from Jonestown. If Speier were honest, would she ask for escape from the Democratic Party?

Video: TIME's Joe Klein compares Rush Limbaugh to Jim Jones

This would be laughable if it wasn't such a blatant act of projection. While on a panel filled with leftists like Chris Matthews, TIME Magazine's Joe Klein compares conservative voters to the followers of Jim Jones. In fact, Klein makes a direct comparison between Jones and Rush Limbaugh, saying that the talk radio giant is believed by his minions to be God.

First, some history. Jim Jones was an avowed Marxist who had the Democratic Party in his back pocket. To varying degrees, he had the support of then (and current) California Governor Jerry Brown, Willie Brown, and Ralph Nader. He was also the quintessential Community Organizer

Before you watch Klein, check out this history lesson on Jim Jones. Caution: Jones frequently used the "N" word. Additional language warning as well.

Via Anti-Communist:



Now that you have some perspective, check out Joe Klein.

Via Daily Caller:

U.S. Rep Who Was Shot at Jonestown Calls Peter King Hearings 'Racist'

Her name is U.S. Rep Jackie Speier (D-CA) and she was on the ground in Jonestown on November 18, 1978 when the Congressman she was working for at the time - Leo Ryan - was shot and killed. Speier herself was shot five times by members of Cult leader Jim Jones's 'Red Brigade.' If ever there was a human being who should have seen the dangers inherent in the Democrat Party, it's Jackie Speier. Jim Jones was a Marxist who revered Socialism. So does the Democrat Party.

Oh, Jones also allied with Muslims in San Francisco. Here is an excerpt from a book called, 'Six Years With God,' written by Jeannie Mills, who escaped Jone's cult:

Just a few doors down the street from the San Francisco temple the Black Muslims had their temple. Jim made strong overtures of friendship to this strong group, even sending large contingencies of our membership to attend their services, to which they responded by sending their members to our services.

Despite all this history, Speier not only remains a Democrat but she is calling Peter King's Muslim radicalization hearings 'Racist.'

Via The San Francisco Chronicle:

San Mateo's own Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier is a member of that committee and told us Wednesday that she is planning to "call out" King Thursday:

"This is one member's bias that he is now putting forth as the policy of this country and there are going to be many of us who will shout out and call him out on abusing his role as chair and abusing the Congress of the United States for whatever his personal bias is," Speier told us.

"To pinpoint Muslims as if they're the only category --- it's wrong, it's discriminatory, it's racist and inappropriate. Hearings aren't supposed to be judged before they're held. They're supposed to be illuminating," she said.

It is astonishingly frightening that Jackie Speier did not learn the most important lesson of her horrible experience. The party she belongs to follows many of the same principles her would-be assassins did.

See for yourselves **CONTENT WARNING**



h/t Weasel Zippers

VIDEO: JERRY BROWN'S TEABAGGER MOMENT

As for the most despicable portion of this clip, California Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown calls the Tea Party movement 'teabaggers' without so much as batting an eye. It's obviously part of his vernacular at this point. However, his most absurd claim is that Wall Street is singlehandedly responsible for destroying $11 Trillion of wealth. These people are really something else. Brown was in bed with ACORN and protected them so overtly, he couldn't deny it. Recorded conversations proved this man should be prosecuted on obstruction charges.

Instead, he's running for Governor. Until an interviewer challenges Brown on what he knew about Jim Jones when he was previously the Governor of California, each outlet that does interview Brown is derelict to the point of nearly criminal conduct. Brown visited Jones' Temple more than once and knew much more than he's ever been willing to reveal.

As a Governor in the 1970's who looked the other way, Brown has blood on his hands. The fact that he's even being remotely considered for any public office is beyond egregious.

Via Brietbart

BARRACK COLUMN AT WORLD NET DAILY

Every once in a while - ok, more than once in a while - I get a burr under my saddle when I see injustice that is so blatantly egregious. The case of Les Kinsolving and how he was treated after being proven right about Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple is a prime example.

Possibly the most inexplicable aspect to Kinsolving's efforts, which included an eight article expose' written six years before the mass suicide at Jonestown, was what his colleagues didn't say to him when he was proven right.

Via World Net Daily:

The Kinsolving Standard

Posted: May 11, 2010

By Ben Barrack
© 2010

When White House press secretary Robert Gibbs fields a question from Les Kinsolving, it is often coupled with some annoyance at having to answer. Kinsolving is an aged journalist, but he is still unquestionably sharp; he also has a history that should command undying respect. In the briefings, there is a contingent that seems to perceive him as more entertaining than credible.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

As a writer for the San Francisco Examiner in 1972, Kinsolving wrote an eight-article exposé on the Peoples Temple, more than six years before the Jonestown massacre in Guyana finally revealed to the world how evil its leader, Jim Jones, was. Over 900 people collectively took their own lives on Nov. 18, 1978, in allegiance to Jones, a self-professed socialist Marxist who said he would "infiltrate the church" to "demonstrate (his) Marxism." On the day the third article was to appear, members of Jones' cult organized and marched outside the Examiner, ultimately intimidating the paper into not printing the remaining articles.

In addition to his employer succumbing to intimidation, Kinsolving's pleas to other media colleagues fell on deaf ears. The fourth estate in San Francisco had been effectively neutered by Jones, who was very politically connected – to Democratic politicians. The election of George Moscone as mayor of San Francisco in 1976 was both close and credited to Jones' efforts; charges of fraud were pervasive. Democrat Moscone owed Jones and even refused to investigate him in 1977, despite overwhelming evidence implicating him as a madman – evidence Kinsolving was fervently trying to present to the public and to authorities.

Another Democratic politician tied to Jones was then-California governor – and current attorney general of that state – Jerry Brown, who made multiple visits to Jones' Temple. With the availability of the three Kinsolving articles that did get printed in 1972, Brown's dereliction of duty with respect to his relationship with Jones should not only leave him with a disgraced legacy but have him nowhere near public office today. Brown's handling of the recent ACORN scandal is quite reminiscent of how he dealt with the Peoples Temple – he gave it a pass.

Other politicians that had some connection to Jones at the time included Ralph Nader and Willie Brown. Jones even met with Rosalyn Carter and Walter Mondale. He wielded significant power within the San Francisco political power structure. Yet, Kinsolving remained alone in his warnings, at one point finding himself No. 2 on Jones' hit list.

Ultimately, Kinsolving was proven right in horrific fashion. Apologies from his media colleagues, however, were not forthcoming; Brit Hume was the lone exception. It is truly an inexplicable phenomenon that people who didn't listen – some with blood on their hands – could be so prideful. It is a level of arrogant denial that may only be found in the aspects of human nature that lead to the spiritual abyss.

If ever there were a man who deserved to be the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Les Kinsolving is that man. Yet, like those apologies, it never came. He's earned his stripes nonetheless. What he did in the field of journalism should be required coursework for every journalism student – a case study in what to strive for. His work relative to the Peoples Temple is the standard for investigative reporting regardless of the degree to which journalists and politicians today, as then, ignore it.

Les Kinsolving should be revered, respected and, most importantly, listened to.

Click HERE to hear my interview with Kinsolving on May 9th during which we discussed the Jonestown tragedy at length from Kinsolving's perspective.

Here is a video that might just provide some insight into the evil the media ignored in the 1970's.

BARRACK SHOW: MAY 9TH, INTERVIEW WITH LES KINSOLVING

I had the opportunity to interview Lester Kinsolving for the upcoming May 9th show. Those familiar with Kinsolving most likely know him as a member of the White House Press Corps. or as a writer for World Net Daily. However, what many may not know is that he was the only journalist in San Francisco who was reporting on the dangers of Jim Jones several years before the Jonestown massacre which happened on November 18th, 1978. Kinsolving, as a writer for the San Francisco Examiner in 1972, saw Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple as something that very much needed to be investigated.

We discussed the newly released book about him, titled "GADFLY: The Life and Times of Les Kinsolving - White House Watchdog", which was written by his daughter, Kathleen. Les wrote eight articles exposing Jones in 1972, with the first one published on the front page of the Sunday edition of the San Francisco Examiner on September 17th of that year. When Kinsolving showed up for work on Tuesday, September 19th - the day the third installment was to appear - he was greeted by an angry mob of Jones' supporters; community organizers might be the best way to describe them. Subsequently, the Examiner did not run the rest of the eight articles Kinsolving wrote.

In my interview with Kinsolving, we spoke extensively about his experience investigating the Peoples Temple as well as his being #2 on Jim Jones' hit list. It can be argued that the media's refusal to report on Jim Jones for so many years contributed greatly to the tragic end in Georgetown, Guyana. Kinsolving told one reporter that he had "Blood on his hands".

I find it incredibly unfortunate that Kinsolving is often portrayed by the media and even Robert GIbbs, White House press Secretary, as someone to be marginalized and considered a bit kooky. When you read about Kinsolving being the only reporter to so doggedly pursue Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, you will find yourself wondering why this man isn't the standard by which journalism is measured. Then you realize the state of media today and the senselessness of it all only makes it more surreal. Kinsolving should have as many Pulitzer prizes as Michael Phelps has gold medals. Instead, he's almost mocked as someone not to be taken seriously.

Please check out the May 9th show - either LIVE or via ARCHIVE podcast - as I ask Kinsolving about the entire experience. It takes up the bulk of the interview. In particular, I found most interesting, his response to my question about the reaction he received from other journalists after the mass suicide at Jonestown - journalists who had refused to listen to him for so many years.

On another note, has anyone in the media bothered to profile the ideology of Jim Jones? The answer is no but the reason is even more disturbing. Jim Jones was a Marxist and a Socialist. This video via the Anti-Communist website is a must-see. The multiple recordings of Jones and others in this video are bone chilling. Be sure to watch because what happened at Jonestown was a consequence of following socialism, as are the riots taking place in Greece right now.

JERRY BROWN'S BEHAVIOR IS TO BE EXPECTED

Before I get to Matthew Vadum's article, let me introduce the name David Conn. I have had multiple conversations with him and his story is fascinating. In 1969, Conn was approached by two people he knew were members of Jim Jones' cult in the Bay area. One of those people thought Jim Jones was the greatest thing since sliced bread (Insert family feud buzzer here) and the other was extremely troubled by what Jones was doing. This prompted Conn to investigate further.

For years, Conn ended up doing the investigative journalism that true journalists wouldn't do. Jones may have been certifiable but he was also politically connected and very powerful. According to Conn, "If you were in politics, you didn't get very far unless you knew Jim Jones." Conn was a blogger without a computer or internet access. He attempted several times to inform the authorities and the media. Not until 1972 did a reporter take note, writing 8 articles using Conn as his primary source. That reporter's name was Lester Kinsolving and he wrote for the San Francisco Examiner. After four Kinsolving articles appeared in the Examiner in 1972, Jones sent his henchmen down to the Examiner in true Community Organizing style (according to Conn) and bullied that paper into backing off. Ultimately, that's exactly what they did and the four additional articles on Jones were never published by the Examiner (although yours truly has access to them).

In the summer of 1977, about a year and a half prior to the Jonestown massacre on November 18th, 1978, Conn met with Dennis Banks and Lehman Brightman in the middle of the night to warn them both of how their affiliation with Jim Jones could damage the American Indian movement (they were both American Indians). Unbeknownst to Conn, both were closer to Jones than he thought. Brightman ended up blowing Conn's cover and phoned Jones. Here is a LINK to the transcript of that call (scroll to Part 4).

At the time, Jim Jones was the Chairman of the Housing Commission. According to Conn, the morning after his meeting with Banks and Brightman, Jones collapsed while leading an HC meeting and had to be whisked away via ambulance. "I still have my suspicions that Jones may have been present personally in the house when I had that meeting with Banks and Brightman," says Conn.

In any event, after Conn's cover had been blown, the media began showing interest in the story and Jones began re-locating his cult to Guyana. Conn believes there were two things that spooked Jones. The first was that Conn mentioned he had been in touch with a Treasury agent during his meeting with Banks and Brightman. In reality, he had been in touch with an ATF agent but Conn believes Jones grew very concerned that the IRS was after him. The other thing Conn believes bothered Jones immensely was the realization that someone had been onto him for that long without his knowledge. "Jones was incredibly narcissistic and a control freak," says Conn. "I believe to this day that the fact that someone knew what he was up to for that long without his knowledge and / or ability to control the situation disturbed him to a great degree."

Read David Conn's account of the DOWNFALL OF JIM JONES here.

So where does Jerry Brown come in? In 1977, Jerry Brown was the Governor of California and Conn is convinced that he looked the other way when it came to Jones. "There is no way Jerry Brown got to where he is," says Conn, "without knowing what kind of person Jim Jones was. I know for a fact that Brown made multiple visits to Jones' temple."

On top of all this, if Brown was truly interested in legitimately pursuing Jones, all he had to do was refer to or contact the San Francisco Examiner.

Onto Vadum's article in the AMERICAN SPECTATOR. Speaking of Community Organizing, Brown has always been a big fan.

The New Left crusader known as Governor Moonbeam when he was the state's chief executive from 1975 to 1983 has had close ties to the group for years, according to a former ACORN official.

Remember what Conn said about Jones sending his henchmen (community organizers) down to the offices of the San Francisco Examiner in 1972 to bully the newspaper into backing off.

Now, in 2009, we're learning that there is a very real possibility that Jerry Brown may be setting a pre-determined outcome in his ACORN investigation relative to James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles exposing them as enablers of prostitution and the sex slave trade.

Adding to Brown's woes, ACORN's lead organizer in San Diego, David Lagstein, was caught on tape suggesting Brown's investigation was a sham.

"The attorney general is a political animal as well," Lagstein told a Democratic gathering last month. "Every bit of communication we've had with [Brown's office] has suggested that fault will be found with the people that did the video and not with ACORN."

Brown's office was also revealed to have recorded reporters without their consent, an apparent violation of state law.
Is it possible that O'Keefe and Giles could be punished for unauthorized recording while the attorney general's former flak, Scott Gerber, who taped reporters, gets off scot-free?

Not to use an old American Indian metaphor but there appears to be smoke signals being sent from, of all places, San Francisco.

I had the opportunity to interview David Conn back on OCTOBER 4TH

Enjoy.