Comments on: Why is Hillary’s right hand at State investing $50-100,000 in Israel bonds? http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Carol O http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35004 Carol O Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35004 <p>Do any other foreign state bonds get a USA federal tax deduction?</p> Do any other foreign state bonds get a USA federal tax deduction?

]]> By: Rowan http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35005 Rowan Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35005 <p>I just found a message in the spam folder at my blog from someone called "Dor", which said among other things <br /> <i>"I'll be glad to <b>let your neighbors know</b> that you support Palestinian terror."</i><br /> These trolls are all the same, aren't they? </p> I just found a message in the spam folder at my blog from someone called "Dor", which said among other things
"I'll be glad to let your neighbors know that you support Palestinian terror."
These trolls are all the same, aren't they?

]]> By: Richard Witty http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35006 Richard Witty Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35006 <p>Israel bonds are paying comparably to bank CD rates.</p> <p>Not a horrible choice.</p> Israel bonds are paying comparably to bank CD rates.

Not a horrible choice.

]]> By: Richard Witty http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35007 Richard Witty Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35007 <p>Carol,<br /> What specific tax deduction are you referring. I've never seen it.</p> Carol,
What specific tax deduction are you referring. I've never seen it.

]]> By: Jim Haygood http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35008 Jim Haygood Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35008 <p>As long ago as the early 1990s, the Wall Street Journal described the top tiers of the State Department as being an almost exclusively Jewish male preserve.</p> <p>Hillary's shameless, thoughtless selection of deputies makes clear that nothing has changed.</p> <p>How about a State Department that 'looks like America' for a change? I know that's a radical demand ... but these are radical times.</p> As long ago as the early 1990s, the Wall Street Journal described the top tiers of the State Department as being an almost exclusively Jewish male preserve.

Hillary's shameless, thoughtless selection of deputies makes clear that nothing has changed.

How about a State Department that 'looks like America' for a change? I know that's a radical demand … but these are radical times.

]]> By: chris berel http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35009 chris berel Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35009 <p>So, you've now just stated that being Jewish means you can't work for the government? Or are you saying there must be a quota? Exactly what racist position are you taking?</p> So, you've now just stated that being Jewish means you can't work for the government? Or are you saying there must be a quota? Exactly what racist position are you taking?

]]> By: Dan Kelly http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35010 Dan Kelly Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35010 <p><i>So, you've now just stated that being Jewish means you can't work for the government? Or are you saying there must be a quota? Exactly what racist position are you taking?</i></p> <p>No racist position. It has nothing to do with being Jewish per se, it has to do with fierce loyalty to another country at the expense of the one where you currently live and work and have agreed to serve in the interest of. </p> So, you've now just stated that being Jewish means you can't work for the government? Or are you saying there must be a quota? Exactly what racist position are you taking?

No racist position. It has nothing to do with being Jewish per se, it has to do with fierce loyalty to another country at the expense of the one where you currently live and work and have agreed to serve in the interest of.

]]> By: Nancy O http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35011 Nancy O Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35011 <p>chris, he's suggesting by analogy that if there are 11 whites on a jury, and one or 0 blacks, and the defendant is black, there might be a problem of objectivity. If that is a racist suggestion divorced from reality/common sense, please clarify why you think so. I know it sure would be a factor in voire dire jury selection by any competent lawyer. So savvy lawyers are also all racists merely because they<br /> deal in the practical when much is at stake?</p> chris, he's suggesting by analogy that if there are 11 whites on a jury, and one or 0 blacks, and the defendant is black, there might be a problem of objectivity. If that is a racist suggestion divorced from reality/common sense, please clarify why you think so. I know it sure would be a factor in voire dire jury selection by any competent lawyer. So savvy lawyers are also all racists merely because they
deal in the practical when much is at stake?

]]> By: Eva Smagacz http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35012 Eva Smagacz Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35012 <p>Somewhat selective that racist cry:</p> <p>If the defendant is Jewish, then jury of 12 Jewish jurors is perfectly all right, and to suggest otherwise is taking a racist position.</p> <p>If the defendant is Jewish, then jury of 12 non-jewish jurors is racist, because there is a problem of objectivity which sure would be a factor in voire dire jury selection by any competent lawyer.</p> <p>I sometimes think that the hasbara operatives are send here by a deeply camouflaged and embedded anti-semitic sleeper plant in the the Ministry of Propaganda in Tel-Aviv.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><br /> </p> Somewhat selective that racist cry:

If the defendant is Jewish, then jury of 12 Jewish jurors is perfectly all right, and to suggest otherwise is taking a racist position.

If the defendant is Jewish, then jury of 12 non-jewish jurors is racist, because there is a problem of objectivity which sure would be a factor in voire dire jury selection by any competent lawyer.

I sometimes think that the hasbara operatives are send here by a deeply camouflaged and embedded anti-semitic sleeper plant in the the Ministry of Propaganda in Tel-Aviv.

]]> By: Jamie D. http://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35013 Jamie D. Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/01/31/mazin-qumsiyeh-writes-in-an-emailassociated-press-story-the-two-men-selected-to-serve-as-hillary-clintons-deputy-secretarie.html#comment-35013 <p>Richard Witty said: "Israel bonds are paying comparably to bank CD rates."</p> <p>And we all know that the only thing that matters is money, right?</p> Richard Witty said: "Israel bonds are paying comparably to bank CD rates."

And we all know that the only thing that matters is money, right?

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