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International News Title: Ryan Charges For Town Halls, Blocks Angry Voters Exploding Middle East Myths: 15 Years of Fighting Zionist Propaganda is the provocatively titled but undeniably heart-felt and humanitarian- minded new 235-page book by journalist Greg Felton. AMERICAN FREE PRESS is proud to be the publisher and proceeds from its sales will be put toward future publishing endeavors by AFP. Best-known as the author of the previous hard-hitting work, The Host and the Parasite—a panoramic survey of the intrigues of the Israeli lobby in Washington in collaboration with the Christian Zionist “New Right”—Felton has once again come through. In this myth-smashing collection of essays, Felton has targeted media cover-up and misinformation and mis-direction about Israel and the problems of the Middle East and has laid bare the truth about the blunt political force, blackmail, intimidation, boycott and other perverse measures that Israel and its network of influence and intrigue use to achieve their aims. It’s not a pretty picture, by any means, but it’s one that Americans need to know about. Felton’s essays address many different aspects of the whole problem and provide a valuable introduction to new readers who have never explored the issue of U.S. involvement in the Middle East. Softcover, 237 pages. In what appears to be an effort to avoid the free-for-all town halls that have plagued recent contentious congressional recesses, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and other Republican members of Congress have chosen to charge admission to their home-district appearances. Ryan will speak September 6 to the Whitnall Park Rotary Club in Greenfield, Wisc. Admission to the event is $15 per person and includes lunch. Ryan has no free public town hall appearances scheduled during the recess. The last time he held a free town hall, in Milton, Wisc. in April, Ryan was booed while trying to explain his proposal for the federal budget, which included drastic cuts to entitlement and benefit programs. Other Republicans around the country were on the receiving end of similar heat from their constituents. Ryan even had police remove one heckler from a town hall event in Racine, Wisc. Considering the backlash that Ryan, the chairman of the Budget Committee, faced for proposed financial legislation this spring, it's no surprise to some that he is avoiding open public events during the continued turmoil of the debt ceiling crisis. "Constituents deserve easy and free access to their elected officials," Center for Responsive Politics spokesman Michael Beckel told Raw Story. "Elected officials should have abundant opportunities for interaction with constituents and town hall meetings are one good way to ensure that citizens can have their voices heard in the political process. As an elected official, you don't want to price constituents out of meeting with you or telegraph the message that you only listen to people willing to pay for access." Beckel added that small fees for food would not price most out of seeing their representative, but that access was imperative. Ryan's spokesman, Kevin Seifert, stressed that the rotary club had invited Ryan to be a speaker, so the congressman had nothing to do with the admission price. "He has no control over the cost of the event any more than he has control over the menu," Seifert said. Seifert also noted that Ryan had received standing ovations at some of the 19 town halls he held in Wisconsin in April, and that while there are no traditional, free town hall meetings scheduled for the current recess, Ryan has two scheduled conference call town halls. He also plans to have more traditional town hall meetings in the fall. MoveOn.org Executive Director Justin Rubin told Politico that he wasn't surprised at the selectively scheduled hometown events for Ryan and other Republican lawmakers. “After Republicans voted to gut Medicare, and other vital programs, while protecting tax breaks for millionaires and corporations, it’s not surprising that they would not want to face their constituents in an open forum,” he said. “There seems to be no limit to how much our government is for sale.” Best-known as the author of the previous hard-hitting work, The Host and the Parasite—a panoramic survey of the intrigues of the Israeli lobby in Washington in collaboration with the Christian Zionist “New Right”—Felton has once again come through. In this myth-smashing collection of essays, Felton has targeted media cover-up and misinformation and mis-direction about Israel and the problems of the Middle East and has laid bare the truth about the blunt political force, blackmail, intimidation, boycott and other perverse measures that Israel and its network of influence and intrigue use to achieve their aims. It’s not a pretty picture, by any means, but it’s one that Americans need to know about. Felton’s essays address many different aspects of the whole problem and provide a valuable introduction to new readers who have never explored the issue of U.S. involvement in the Middle East. Softcover, 237 pages.
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