That letter went to the , we would of sxsw love to hear your thoughts again. Hugh forrest is the interactive organizer for south by southwest in austin. Lets take a look at his response. E writes that is from the interactive director for sxsw. That is the interactive film and music Conference Held each year in austin, texas. A deal pretty conference. Lets go now to some of the headlines around that. In pr has a great take on this issue. Our first call this morning comes out of texas. Tony is on our line for independence. Tony, what you think about Edward Snowdens appearance . I look forward to it. I hope we are able to look at it. I think Edward Snowden is a type of hero because he has taken the chance to get information out there about the wrongs that are being perpetrated on the American People. It is people like Edward Snowden that are our only way to fix this stuff. I would want the doors opened up so we can find out what is really happening. There is just too much corruption. Ther
University, if you dont have your heart set on working in the u. S. Government or if youre retired. [laughter] but its hard to find people inside the Foreign Policy establishment who are willing to say what they think on this issue out loud. Just look at how chuck hagel and Samantha Power had to contort themselves during their confirmation hearings, and you see the lob bys continued lob bys continued influence. And please dont forget were still a long way from a deal with iran or a twostate solution, and the lobby will be working 24 7 to make sure that the United States doesnt do anything israel doesnt want. In short, reports of the lobbys demise have been greatly exaggerated, and given that fact, what do i think we ought to do about it . Ill just give you, i hi, four basic lessons here. Lesson number one, its just politics, stupid. First lesson i would emphasize is this is all about politics. Israel lobby is powerful because it has all the features that make an Interest Group powerful
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