November 26, 2008
The New Yorker thinks all these big names might work: The team of Barack (Grandpa Was a Muslim) Obama, Hillary (I’m a Clinton) Clinton, and Rahm (Israel) Emanuel (that’s his real middle name! and he was a volunteer with the I.D.F. during the 1991 Gulf War!), with Joe Biden and Bill Clinton pitch...
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Excerpts and, of course, my comments in bracketed italics:Middle East Priorities For Jan. 21...When Obama takes office in two months, he will find a number of difficult foreign policy issues competing for his attention, each with strong advocates among his advisers. We believe that the Arab-Israeli ...
go to article »November 25, 2008
Byrd's Chekhovian Resolution: can dance capture the blood, pain and suffering of this conflict? (Mike Urban/Seattle PI) Last Saturday, I attended an amazing artistic event. Donald Byrd’s contemporary dance group, Spectrum Dance Theater, performed his political-artistic meditation on the Isra...
go to article »November 22, 2008
A picture of Barack Obama's cabinet is starting to emerge, and it is not pleasing his more left-wing supporters. Some of them were already unhappy about the appointment of Clintonites like Rahm Emmanuel. Now, the New York Times is reporting that Hillary Clinton will almost certainly become Sec...
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November 16, 2008
Finally CNN gives Ron Paul a forum to voice his long-overdue points of view. Butthe election was last week! It is a true shame that this esay was not printed during the primaries last season, which might have changed the Republican choice from the sacrificial lamb McCain to a true Conservative who a...
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A constitution is not something you can just change at will with contradictory additions in order to target minorities. I'm pretty sure doing so isn't democracy.The thing is, why aren't people rioting yet? Do you know who this kind of legislation hurts? Sure, it hurts gay people. It hurts gay fa...
go to article »November 15, 2008
Rahm Emmanuel apologized officially to the Arab American Anti-discrimination group for what his father has said. His Father Dr. Benjamin Emmanuel who used to be a member in the Irgun terrorist group made an interview with Israeli Ma’ariv. He answered a question regarding the loyalty of his son who...
go to article »November 13, 2008
Dear Mr Obama: Tell me we haven’t been bamboozled. We need the change you promise, but something just doesn’t seem right. After eight years under a Bush administration that engendered misery at home and around the world, the United States had found itself distrusted, scorned and despised. ...
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Richard Sanders lays out Obama's record and positions clearly. I hope those who supported Obama in the presidential election -- mostly out of fear of McCain-Palin and seeing themselves stuck within the limited parameters of the two party duopoly -- face these realities. It is important that we look ...
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