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November 15, 2008

If Not the Messiah, Well, Maybe a Rebbe?

Aggregated from: My Right Word

You've seen these pictures of the last Lubavutcher Rebbe around:I guess it was inevitable:...

November 12, 2008

Liberating America

Aggregated from: Sultan Knish

In 2003 American troops invaded Iraq to liberate it by removing a Hussein from power only to return 5 years later to an America in which a Hussein is about to take power. What happened is not an uncommon fallacy of great nations that marshal their resources for wars abroad while ignoring the wars...

November 11, 2008

And here come the Obama copycats [Israel style]

Aggregated from: Patriot Missive

Barack Obama’s biggest edge during his 2008 Presidential campaign was embracing the power of the internet. Apparently, Israel’s Bibi Netanyahu couldn’t help himself with his website’s latest redesign. Did you really think no one would notice, Bibi? I mean, it’s not like Barack Obama i...

November 10, 2008

Some Tough Talk on the Future of the GOP

Aggregated from: Sultan Knish

The first step toward understanding what went wrong in the 2008 election, beyond the voter fraud and the media's barrage of propaganda, is to address what the GOP should be and what it wasn't. The Democrats ran the 2008 election on personality and biography, which they could not have done if the ...

November 7, 2008

Rahm Emanuel’s Pro-Israel Past

Aggregated from: Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place

There seems to be a semi-conspiratorial meme developing in the left blogosphere that Rahm Emanuel’s appointment as Obama chief of staff (along with Dennis Ross‘ potential role at State possibly dealing with Iran or Israel-Palestine negotiations) involves a sort of “pro-Israel fix&#...

November 6, 2008

ZOA “Congratulation” To Obama

Aggregated from: My Right Word

ZOA CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA"The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has congratulated President-elect Senator Barack Obama and his running mate Senator Joe Biden for their victory in the presidential elections....We are proud to point out that Senator Biden was the keynote speak...

77% of Jews Voted for Obama; Take That, RJC!

Aggregated from: Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place

Despite the braying ads of the Republican Jewish Coalition and their conviction that 2008 was finally going to be the Republican’s “time” to capture the Jewish vote, it just didn’t happen.  Haaretz reports Obama received 77% of Jewish votes, which compares favorably to the ...

400 Years of Suffering Redeemed

Aggregated from: Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place

Jesse Jackson cries at Obama victory celebration Charles Blow has written one of the most eloquent meditations on Barack Obama’s victory considering it as a redemption of centuries of African-American slavery and suffering: History will record this as the night the souls of black folk, living ...

Obama nominates neocon for Chief of Staff

Aggregated from: Lebanese Chess

In another signal to the Middle East that Obama may not be all the change he claims to be, the US president-elect has nominated an Israeli-American, Rahm Emanuel, as Chief of Staff.Emanuel, an Orthodox Jew, was an Israeli Army volunteer during the first Gulf War, while his father Benjamin M. Emanuel...

It has Begun Already

Aggregated from: No Justice No Peace ... the Big Picture

Check out the article on Obama's choice for Chief of Staff : An Israeli !...