I had a feeling that liberals were blowing smoke up our collective butts with the claim that the majority of Americans thought Terri Schiavo was better off dead than alive. Pull the plug they screamed - the Republicans believe it too, they're just using the issue to solidify their pro-life base - most normal people want Michael Schiavo be free of that parasite!
It turns out that if the poll questions were detailed enough to be clear as opposed to rigged to create a desired response, the moral values of the American people become clear.
Polls leading up to the death of Terri Schiavo made it appear Americans had formed a consensus in favor of ending her life. However, a new Zogby poll with fairer questions shows the nation clearly supporting Terri and her parents and wanting to protect the lives of other disabled patients.
The Zogby poll found that, if a person becomes incapacitated and has not expressed their preference for medical treatment, as in Terri's case, 43 percent say "the law presume that the person wants to live, even if the person is receiving food and water through a tube" while just 30 percent disagree.
Another Zogby question his directly on Terri's circumstances.
"If a disabled person is not terminally ill, not in a coma, and not being kept alive on life support, and they have no written directive, should or should they not be denied food and water," the poll asked.
A whopping 79 percent said the patient should not have food and water taken away while just 9 percent said yes.
My faith in American society has been restored.
By the way, here are the results of the ABC poll taken back in March. Is this a leading question to you? Compare it to the ones above.
Schiavo suffered brain damage and has been on life support for 15 years.
Doctors say she has no consciousness and her condition is irreversible. Her
husband and her parents disagree about whether she would have wanted to be kept alive. Florida courts have sided with the husband and her feeding tube was removed on Friday.
What’s your opinion on this case - do you support or oppose the decision to
remove Schiavo’s feeding tube? Do you support/oppose it strongly or somewhat?
63 percent were in favor of leaving the tube out and only 28 percent in favor.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Just wanted to give a Texas "yeeee-haaaaa" and bruchim haba'im to Ariel Sharon who will be visiting the Western White House tomorrow.
The meeting between Bush and Sharon comes as the Israeli prime minister seeks U.S. support for his plan to pull some 8,500 settlers out of Gaza starting in July. Bush, who supports the withdrawal, has been critical of Israeli plans to build 3,500 new housing units at a West Bank settlement near Jerusalem. He said he would raise the issue when he meets with Sharon in Texas.
"President Bush - I love what you've done with the place." "Oh, Arik!"
The meeting between Bush and Sharon comes as the Israeli prime minister seeks U.S. support for his plan to pull some 8,500 settlers out of Gaza starting in July. Bush, who supports the withdrawal, has been critical of Israeli plans to build 3,500 new housing units at a West Bank settlement near Jerusalem. He said he would raise the issue when he meets with Sharon in Texas.
"President Bush - I love what you've done with the place." "Oh, Arik!"
Update on the Rafah shootings as reported by the NY Times.
The Israeli Army said soldiers had opened fire on three Palestinians who were 300 yards into a closed military zone and ignored warning shots and calls to stop. The army said two Palestinians later told Palestinian security forces that they and the other three had been trying to slip into Egypt, allegedly to smuggle weapons and other goods. The army said it was continuing its investigation and had film of the incident.
If you can find a link to a mainstream media article (non-Israeli of course) that leads with Israeli soldiers kill suspected smugglers, instead of Israelis kill kids playing soccer, you get a pat on the back - this isn't a for-profit site you know!
My local paper the Dallas Morning News, even after it was obvious that there were conflicting reports of the incident, only reported that Israelis killed Palestinian kids playing soccer in what I imagine was a bid to save space.
By the way, the penalty for shooting smugglers is over 70 Qassam rockets fired haphazardly, mostly into Jewish residential areas. Luckily, only the petting zoo horse got it.
The Israeli Army said soldiers had opened fire on three Palestinians who were 300 yards into a closed military zone and ignored warning shots and calls to stop. The army said two Palestinians later told Palestinian security forces that they and the other three had been trying to slip into Egypt, allegedly to smuggle weapons and other goods. The army said it was continuing its investigation and had film of the incident.
If you can find a link to a mainstream media article (non-Israeli of course) that leads with Israeli soldiers kill suspected smugglers, instead of Israelis kill kids playing soccer, you get a pat on the back - this isn't a for-profit site you know!
My local paper the Dallas Morning News, even after it was obvious that there were conflicting reports of the incident, only reported that Israelis killed Palestinian kids playing soccer in what I imagine was a bid to save space.
By the way, the penalty for shooting smugglers is over 70 Qassam rockets fired haphazardly, mostly into Jewish residential areas. Luckily, only the petting zoo horse got it.
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Man, I hope the NY Times has another ombudsman in the wings that will be as honest as Dan Okrent is. In tomorrow's paper, Okrent rips into the Times for it's handling of the Columbia University report clearing it's Middle Eastern studies professors of anti-Semitism.
EXTRA! EXTRA! Read Not Quite Everything About It!
Some newspaper people seem to regard beating the competition as the opposable thumb of journalism, an essential characteristic that distinguishes winners from losers. I think it's more like the tailbone, a vestigial remnant from the era when reporters were still swinging from the trees - that distant time when New York had eight daily papers, and newsboys in knickers prowled the streets shouting "Extra!" whenever their papers had something the other guys didn't....
I wish I could say the Columbia story was an aberration. I wish as well I could prove it was not. Reporters who make secret quid pro quo agreements with sources don't pick up the phone to tell me they've just concluded a deal. I've stumbled across several pieces in the last few months that emit a slightly fishy aroma, but it would be unfair to cite specifics when reporters deny they've made deals and I can't prove otherwise.
Ouch.
EXTRA! EXTRA! Read Not Quite Everything About It!
Some newspaper people seem to regard beating the competition as the opposable thumb of journalism, an essential characteristic that distinguishes winners from losers. I think it's more like the tailbone, a vestigial remnant from the era when reporters were still swinging from the trees - that distant time when New York had eight daily papers, and newsboys in knickers prowled the streets shouting "Extra!" whenever their papers had something the other guys didn't....
I wish I could say the Columbia story was an aberration. I wish as well I could prove it was not. Reporters who make secret quid pro quo agreements with sources don't pick up the phone to tell me they've just concluded a deal. I've stumbled across several pieces in the last few months that emit a slightly fishy aroma, but it would be unfair to cite specifics when reporters deny they've made deals and I can't prove otherwise.
Ouch.
Which is (are) the highest paid Australian entertainer(s):
a) Nicole Kidman
b) Russell Crowe
c) The Wiggles
If you got this wrong, you don't have a pre-schooler at home.
The Wiggles have sung and danced their way to the top of a list of Australia's wealthiest entertainers, edging out Hollywood heavyweights such as Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe.
The four Australian performers topped BRW Magazine's list of Australia's 50 richest performers in 2004 with an estimated gross income of $34.5 million, up from $10.7 million in the previous year.
a) Nicole Kidman
b) Russell Crowe
c) The Wiggles
If you got this wrong, you don't have a pre-schooler at home.
The Wiggles have sung and danced their way to the top of a list of Australia's wealthiest entertainers, edging out Hollywood heavyweights such as Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe.
The four Australian performers topped BRW Magazine's list of Australia's 50 richest performers in 2004 with an estimated gross income of $34.5 million, up from $10.7 million in the previous year.
Since it's been a while since Israeli soldiers have been accused of killing innocent Palestinian children (and I'm not saying that they didn't), I figured I'd cobble together the various reports that are coming out of Gaza this afternoon.
I'll copy in the main body from the most recent Reuters report.
Israeli troops killed three Palestinian youths (near Rafah's Tel a-Sultan neighborhood in the) Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian witnesses said, triggering mortar bomb fire on Jewish settlements and threats by militants to drop a de facto truce.
The killings were the first since militants agreed with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in March to abide by the cease fire, and leading militant groups Islamic Jihad and Hamas issued warnings to Israel but stopped short of ending the truce.
The circumstances surrounding the killing of the Palestinian youths and the numbers were disputed by Israel and the Palestinians, but Abbas called it a deliberate violation of the truce he and Sharon declared at a summit in Egypt in February.
"UNARMED CHILDREN"
"The Palestinian youths who were killed were unarmed children and did not pose a threat to Israel," Abbas said in a statement. Palestinian medics and witnesses said three youths aged between 14 and 16 were killed (or 14 and 15) (or all 14).
Local residents said the Palestinian youths were playing soccer (in a playground about 50 meters from the border fence) in Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza when Israeli soldiers, meters (yards) away, (fired warning shots) (or, without warning suddenly) shot and killed them (from an armed vehicle) (while they were running after the ball).
An Israeli military source said troops along the Gaza-Egypt border spotted five Palestinians crawling and then running toward them in an (unauthorized) area (or into Israeli territory) where militants smuggle in weapons using tunnels from Egypt.
(Israel Radio reported that Palestinian security services notified Israel they had detained two boys who were not hit by IDF fire, and that the group of five youths were smugglers.) (Or not.)
"Soldiers fired warning shots in the air, but they continued to run toward them. When they were meters away, the troops shot and hit two of them," the source said, adding the army had launched an investigation into the incident.
I'll copy in the main body from the most recent Reuters report.
Israeli troops killed three Palestinian youths (near Rafah's Tel a-Sultan neighborhood in the) Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian witnesses said, triggering mortar bomb fire on Jewish settlements and threats by militants to drop a de facto truce.
The killings were the first since militants agreed with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in March to abide by the cease fire, and leading militant groups Islamic Jihad and Hamas issued warnings to Israel but stopped short of ending the truce.
The circumstances surrounding the killing of the Palestinian youths and the numbers were disputed by Israel and the Palestinians, but Abbas called it a deliberate violation of the truce he and Sharon declared at a summit in Egypt in February.
"UNARMED CHILDREN"
"The Palestinian youths who were killed were unarmed children and did not pose a threat to Israel," Abbas said in a statement. Palestinian medics and witnesses said three youths aged between 14 and 16 were killed (or 14 and 15) (or all 14).
Local residents said the Palestinian youths were playing soccer (in a playground about 50 meters from the border fence) in Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza when Israeli soldiers, meters (yards) away, (fired warning shots) (or, without warning suddenly) shot and killed them (from an armed vehicle) (while they were running after the ball).
An Israeli military source said troops along the Gaza-Egypt border spotted five Palestinians crawling and then running toward them in an (unauthorized) area (or into Israeli territory) where militants smuggle in weapons using tunnels from Egypt.
(Israel Radio reported that Palestinian security services notified Israel they had detained two boys who were not hit by IDF fire, and that the group of five youths were smugglers.) (Or not.)
"Soldiers fired warning shots in the air, but they continued to run toward them. When they were meters away, the troops shot and hit two of them," the source said, adding the army had launched an investigation into the incident.
I think for the first time in my life I haven't watched even one pitch of a baseball game during opening week. Business obligations, family obligations and a generally overwhelming list of other things I want to do has kept me from even looking to TIVO a game and watch it in fast forward later.
That being said, if I do happen to stumble upon an Oakland A's game where Barry Zito is pitching, I'll be sure to root for everyone he's facing to strike out. Why? Zito's donating $100 bucks to wounded soldiers for every batter he faces.
He's pitching today, by the way.
That being said, if I do happen to stumble upon an Oakland A's game where Barry Zito is pitching, I'll be sure to root for everyone he's facing to strike out. Why? Zito's donating $100 bucks to wounded soldiers for every batter he faces.
He's pitching today, by the way.
Friday, April 08, 2005
It's been a tough Friday so far and I really do want to go to shul tonight, which if you're conservative like me often becomes a tug of war between what you've been taught to do but not told to do. Anyway, I needed a good laugh. Thanks to The Professor for pointing it out.
From a collection of American-Jewish words:
MATZILATION - Smashing a piece of matzo to bits while trying to butter it.
MEINSTEIN - 'My son, the genius.'
FEELAWFUL - Indigestion from eating Israeli street food.
DISKVELLIFIED - To drop out of law school, med school or business school as seen through the eyes of parents, grandparents, and Uncle Sid. In extreme cases, simply choosing to major in art history, when Irv's son, David, is majoring in biology, is sufficient grounds for diskvellification.
OYVAYSMEAR - What one says when the cream cheese squeezes out of the bagel and falls on your clean pants.
From a collection of American-Jewish words:
MATZILATION - Smashing a piece of matzo to bits while trying to butter it.
MEINSTEIN - 'My son, the genius.'
FEELAWFUL - Indigestion from eating Israeli street food.
DISKVELLIFIED - To drop out of law school, med school or business school as seen through the eyes of parents, grandparents, and Uncle Sid. In extreme cases, simply choosing to major in art history, when Irv's son, David, is majoring in biology, is sufficient grounds for diskvellification.
OYVAYSMEAR - What one says when the cream cheese squeezes out of the bagel and falls on your clean pants.
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Liberals Angry, Bakery Sales Booming
Activist hit by pie at Butler lecture
David Horowitz, president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, had just started a lecture at Butler when he was hit.
Horowitz's supporters followed the assailants out of the hall, and confronted them with what a witness called "pushing and shoving." However, the attackers got away.
David Horowitz, now joins William Kristol, Pat Buchanan and Richard Perle as veterans of the recently attacked.
Activist hit by pie at Butler lecture
David Horowitz, president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, had just started a lecture at Butler when he was hit.
Horowitz's supporters followed the assailants out of the hall, and confronted them with what a witness called "pushing and shoving." However, the attackers got away.
David Horowitz, now joins William Kristol, Pat Buchanan and Richard Perle as veterans of the recently attacked.
When I first heard the Peter Jennings had lung cancer I felt sympathy and sadness. When I later found out he was a smoker, I felt sadness and multiple layers of anger.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Need I say more? Google Maps with satellite images. I can see my pool!
I like this too - Yagoohoogle - shows both Yahoo and Goole results at the same time.
I like this too - Yagoohoogle - shows both Yahoo and Goole results at the same time.
I watched quite a bit of this Frontline report last night on right-wing extremists in Israel. Very interesting. And scary. It's one thing to read about the people who want to blow up the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosques, it's another thing to watch them in action. As of Frdiay, you'll be able to watch the whole program online.
Israel's Next War?
Israel's Next War?
The City of San Francisco is looking to regulate what you and I write on our blogs. Get more than 500 hits and blog about local SF politics - better register with the blog police or you'll find yourself on the short end of a nastygram..or worse.
Blogs that mention candidates for local office that receive more than 500 hits will be forced to pay a registration fee and will be subject to website traffic audits, according to Chad Jacobs, a San Francisco City Attorney.
Here's their e-mail if you wish to comment....
board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org
Blogs that mention candidates for local office that receive more than 500 hits will be forced to pay a registration fee and will be subject to website traffic audits, according to Chad Jacobs, a San Francisco City Attorney.
Here's their e-mail if you wish to comment....
board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org
I was thinking of checking this out for myself yesterday, but luckily Riding Sun took the initiative and researched the recently announced winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
I looked at the twenty photographs and broke them into groups on the basis of content. Here are my results:
• U.S. troops injured, dead, or mourning: 3
(2, 3, 11)
• Iraqi civillians harmed by the war: 7
(4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 18)
• Insurgents looking determined or deadly: 3
(6, 15, 20)
• US troops looking overwhelmed or uncertain: 3
(7, 12, 14)
• US troops controlling Iraqi prisoners: 2
(16, 17)
• Iraqis celebrating attacks on US forces: 2
(1, 19)
Equally telling is what the photos don't show:
• US forces looking heroic: 0
• US forces helping Iraqi civillians: 0
• Iraqis expressing support for US forces: 0
• Iraqis expressing opposition to insurgents: 0
Maybe it's just that pictures like the one below, which can be found all over the internet, are taken by our men and women in the field and not by the "professionals".
I looked at the twenty photographs and broke them into groups on the basis of content. Here are my results:
• U.S. troops injured, dead, or mourning: 3
(2, 3, 11)
• Iraqi civillians harmed by the war: 7
(4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 18)
• Insurgents looking determined or deadly: 3
(6, 15, 20)
• US troops looking overwhelmed or uncertain: 3
(7, 12, 14)
• US troops controlling Iraqi prisoners: 2
(16, 17)
• Iraqis celebrating attacks on US forces: 2
(1, 19)
Equally telling is what the photos don't show:
• US forces looking heroic: 0
• US forces helping Iraqi civillians: 0
• Iraqis expressing support for US forces: 0
• Iraqis expressing opposition to insurgents: 0
Maybe it's just that pictures like the one below, which can be found all over the internet, are taken by our men and women in the field and not by the "professionals".
Saturday, April 02, 2005
I really liked Pope John Paul II. I am sorry to see him go. The Pope is one of the figures that will always define my understanding of the world - what it means to be a leader, and what it means to be an envoy for peace in a world full of violence.
The Church he led isn´t perfect and I didn´t always agreee with certain things that he did, or didn´t do. However, deep in my heart I believe that he always did what he thought would bring peace and salvation to the world.
I also believe that the Pope was about as good a human being as we get as far as a leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Worldly, intelligent, friendly and a source of profound change for good in Jewish-Catholic relations.
I attended a Kabalat Shabat service in Buenos Aires last night which was led by Rabbi Daniel Goldman. As he mentioned to the congregation last night, dozens of media outlets called him to ask what his opinion was of the Pope as he lay dying. Interest in a rabbi´s thoughts about the Pope couldn´t have even be contemplated in Argentina, he said, before the installation of John Paul II.
God rest his soul and God help the rest of us. My sincerest condolences go out to all those who sought to be nearer to God and godliness through their connection to the Holy Father.
Pope John Paul II places a letter into a crevice of the Western Wall. The letter, expressing the Vatican's apology for centuries of anti-Semitism, is to go on permanent display at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Memorial of the Holocaust.
Some reference material for your perusal:
Ioannes Paulus PP. II - The Vatican's official site
Wikipedia. With a list of all popes.
Israeli government page on the Pope's Visit to Israel in 2000.
Speech of John Paul II at Yad Vashem
As Bishop of Rome and Successor of the Apostle Peter, I assure the Jewish people that the Catholic Church, motivated by the Gospel law of truth and love and by no political considerations, is deeply saddened by the hatred, acts of persecution and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews by Christians at any time and in any place. The Church rejects racism in any form as a denial of the image of the Creator inherent in every human being (cf. Gen 1:26).
Praise from the Anti-Defamation League
The Church he led isn´t perfect and I didn´t always agreee with certain things that he did, or didn´t do. However, deep in my heart I believe that he always did what he thought would bring peace and salvation to the world.
I also believe that the Pope was about as good a human being as we get as far as a leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Worldly, intelligent, friendly and a source of profound change for good in Jewish-Catholic relations.
I attended a Kabalat Shabat service in Buenos Aires last night which was led by Rabbi Daniel Goldman. As he mentioned to the congregation last night, dozens of media outlets called him to ask what his opinion was of the Pope as he lay dying. Interest in a rabbi´s thoughts about the Pope couldn´t have even be contemplated in Argentina, he said, before the installation of John Paul II.
God rest his soul and God help the rest of us. My sincerest condolences go out to all those who sought to be nearer to God and godliness through their connection to the Holy Father.
Pope John Paul II places a letter into a crevice of the Western Wall. The letter, expressing the Vatican's apology for centuries of anti-Semitism, is to go on permanent display at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Memorial of the Holocaust.
Some reference material for your perusal:
Ioannes Paulus PP. II - The Vatican's official site
Wikipedia. With a list of all popes.
Israeli government page on the Pope's Visit to Israel in 2000.
Speech of John Paul II at Yad Vashem
As Bishop of Rome and Successor of the Apostle Peter, I assure the Jewish people that the Catholic Church, motivated by the Gospel law of truth and love and by no political considerations, is deeply saddened by the hatred, acts of persecution and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews by Christians at any time and in any place. The Church rejects racism in any form as a denial of the image of the Creator inherent in every human being (cf. Gen 1:26).
Praise from the Anti-Defamation League
From the NY Times Editorial Page regarding Iraq, January 12, 2005:
It's time to talk about postponing the elections.....Many Americans - and many Iraqis - worry that if the elections were postponed, the terrorists would feel empowered by having won. That might indeed be the case for the next few months. But that outcome would be far outweighed by the danger that would come from a civil war...Others argue that civil war is probably inevitable.....That kind of pessimism may be warranted. But given the horrific possibilities, we should make every effort to avoid that end. A delay in the voting seems to offer at least a ray of hope, and it pushes Iraq in the direction it desperately needs to go: toward a democracy in which all religious and ethnic groups have a stake.
From the NY Times News Pages regarding Iraq, April 2, 2005
Sunni Clerics Urge Followers to Join Iraq Army and Police
A group of Sunni Arab clerics, including some hard-line figures who fiercely oppose the American presence here, issued a statement on Friday urging their fellow Sunni Arabs to join the Iraqi Army and police.
The edict, signed by 64 imams and religious scholars, was a striking turnaround for the clerics, who have often lashed out in sermons at the fledgling army and police force and branded them collaborators....
American and Iraqi officials welcomed the edict as a sign that the Sunni Arabs, who largely boycotted the January elections, are taking steps toward rejoining the country's government and politics.
Notice the use of the words "striking turnaround". It´s only striking to those who still misunderestimate the Bush doctrine of promoting freedom and not giving in to terrorists.
It's time to talk about postponing the elections.....Many Americans - and many Iraqis - worry that if the elections were postponed, the terrorists would feel empowered by having won. That might indeed be the case for the next few months. But that outcome would be far outweighed by the danger that would come from a civil war...Others argue that civil war is probably inevitable.....That kind of pessimism may be warranted. But given the horrific possibilities, we should make every effort to avoid that end. A delay in the voting seems to offer at least a ray of hope, and it pushes Iraq in the direction it desperately needs to go: toward a democracy in which all religious and ethnic groups have a stake.
From the NY Times News Pages regarding Iraq, April 2, 2005
Sunni Clerics Urge Followers to Join Iraq Army and Police
A group of Sunni Arab clerics, including some hard-line figures who fiercely oppose the American presence here, issued a statement on Friday urging their fellow Sunni Arabs to join the Iraqi Army and police.
The edict, signed by 64 imams and religious scholars, was a striking turnaround for the clerics, who have often lashed out in sermons at the fledgling army and police force and branded them collaborators....
American and Iraqi officials welcomed the edict as a sign that the Sunni Arabs, who largely boycotted the January elections, are taking steps toward rejoining the country's government and politics.
Notice the use of the words "striking turnaround". It´s only striking to those who still misunderestimate the Bush doctrine of promoting freedom and not giving in to terrorists.
Friday, April 01, 2005
If there were no Israel, there would be no one to make comments like this regarding an Israeli team in the World Cup qualifiers....
May it be the will of Hashem that we go all the way, and get the opportuntiy to shine this light throughout the whole world.
Read the whole post at Jewschool about what it was like to watch the Israeli-France draw the other night.
May it be the will of Hashem that we go all the way, and get the opportuntiy to shine this light throughout the whole world.
Read the whole post at Jewschool about what it was like to watch the Israeli-France draw the other night.
The Palestinians are obviously not ready for their own state yet as anyone with a gun makes the Abbas "government" wet it´s pants.
Palestinian officials on Thursday backed away from a declaration that they would go after gunmen who shot up Mahmoud Abbas' office building and rampaged through Ramallah, underlining the difficulties authorities face in restoring order in the chaotic West Bank.
Abbas, who was in the building but was not hurt in the gunfire late Wednesday, ordered a crackdown, and security officials said the renegades had "crossed a red line" by attacking the seat of government. But in the light of day, the officials adopted a conciliatory line, and one admitted they feared coming under armed attack themselves.
Now compare this with the actions of Prime Minister Allawi of Iraq who had three relatives kidnapped by insurgents.
The premier himself had commented that he was “concerned” about his relatives’ fate but would not give in to the kidnappers’ demand. All three were eventually released without incident.
Palestinian officials on Thursday backed away from a declaration that they would go after gunmen who shot up Mahmoud Abbas' office building and rampaged through Ramallah, underlining the difficulties authorities face in restoring order in the chaotic West Bank.
Abbas, who was in the building but was not hurt in the gunfire late Wednesday, ordered a crackdown, and security officials said the renegades had "crossed a red line" by attacking the seat of government. But in the light of day, the officials adopted a conciliatory line, and one admitted they feared coming under armed attack themselves.
Now compare this with the actions of Prime Minister Allawi of Iraq who had three relatives kidnapped by insurgents.
The premier himself had commented that he was “concerned” about his relatives’ fate but would not give in to the kidnappers’ demand. All three were eventually released without incident.
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Post this under just plain creepy. I know that Hillary Clinton is trying to be all things to all people, but even to the point of changing her physical appearance?
When I first looked at this photo, I thought to myself, "Gee, Hillary looks about 10-15 years older." What happened? Is it the stress of her husband´s health problems?
Then, I read the caption.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at a hearing of the Special Committee on Aging last month.
I swear this is not a joke. Here is the NY Times page.
Post this under just plain creepy. I know that Hillary Clinton is trying to be all things to all people, but even to the point of changing her physical appearance?
When I first looked at this photo, I thought to myself, "Gee, Hillary looks about 10-15 years older." What happened? Is it the stress of her husband´s health problems?
Then, I read the caption.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at a hearing of the Special Committee on Aging last month.
I swear this is not a joke. Here is the NY Times page.
So what is it exactly that makes so many liberals enjoy physically attacking conservative speakers?
Not too long ago, it was Ricahrd Perle - Protester Throws Shoe at Richard Perle (video here)
Then, William Kristol - Conservative gets pie in eye at Quaker college
And most recently, Pat Buchanan - Pat Buchanan Attacked (video)
Oh, I know there are those who think this type of thing is pretty funny. But is that the appropriate response?
Now I don´t like Pat Buchanan very much, but when these are invited guests in what is supposed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas, shouldn´t they feel safe from physical harm?
Now I´m not going to be a Krugman and predict the political affiliation of the next person to commit an assassination, but he seems to ignore the anger of the wackos on the left.
If anyone can let me know of a recent appearance by a liberal pundit or politician which led to a personal attack, I will be glad to update this post with the appropriate denunciation.
Not too long ago, it was Ricahrd Perle - Protester Throws Shoe at Richard Perle (video here)
Then, William Kristol - Conservative gets pie in eye at Quaker college
And most recently, Pat Buchanan - Pat Buchanan Attacked (video)
Oh, I know there are those who think this type of thing is pretty funny. But is that the appropriate response?
Now I don´t like Pat Buchanan very much, but when these are invited guests in what is supposed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas, shouldn´t they feel safe from physical harm?
Now I´m not going to be a Krugman and predict the political affiliation of the next person to commit an assassination, but he seems to ignore the anger of the wackos on the left.
If anyone can let me know of a recent appearance by a liberal pundit or politician which led to a personal attack, I will be glad to update this post with the appropriate denunciation.
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