http://www.metafilter.com/tags/tomlantos Posts tagged with 'tomlantos' at MetaFilter. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:00:07 -0800 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:00:07 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68971/RIP%2DRep%2DLantos <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lantos">Rep. Tom Lantos,</a> 80, <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZIt9GQT76E88EcTRwJ3Xr94iMSQD8UO5R5O0">passed away this morning</a>. Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, he was <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/22/MNGN2AUP8I1.DTL">the only Holocaust survivor to ever serve in the United States Congress</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68971 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:00:07 -0800 congress congressman death foreignrelations holocaust houseofrepresentatives tomlantos awesomebrad http://www.metafilter.com/11327/Some%2Dlawmakers%2Dare%2Dshocked%2Dshocked%2Dthat%2Dthere%2Dis%2DantiAmerican%2Dsentiments%2Din%2Dsome%2Dcountries <a href="http://www.nandotimes.com/special_reports/terrorism/impact/story/129343p-1352918c.html">Some lawmakers are shocked, shocked that there is anti-American sentiments in some countries!</a> <i>"Why is it that from the streets of Jakarta in Indonesia to Pakistan to scores of other countries, the white venom of hate is oozing in a singularly ugly and sickening fashion?" Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., said Wednesday at a hearing on public diplomacy. Those are "two nations that we have helped enormously since they gained independence." The answer, he said, is bad P.R.</i> <b>What's your answer?</b> tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.11327 Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:35:57 -0800 antiamerican brokenlink indonesia pakistan tomlantos Rastafari