Good headline, huh? And I believe it. Give me a minute, I'll start up about the Israel lobby too! But let's be clear, this link, to Alex Stein, who I believe is a Zionist who emigrated to Israel from England, supports these large themes in a limited, but eloquent, manner:
I hear there’s a lot being written about this outside the land, but I
thought I’d chip in nonetheless. I caught up with an old friend the
other day, now a lawyer in London,
and he told me a bit about how things were in London, particularly with
the recession etc. Plenty of his friends were being laid off; others
were finding it harder to find work. If there was a positive to all
this, though, it was the end to the sense of entitlement
that’s characterised my generation of North-West London Jews. We
were too young to remember the hardships of the 1980s, and then we
entered our best years during the boom of the 1990s. At university, we
assumed we’d walk into whatever it is we wanted to do straight away,
and then take the world by storm accordingly. I have to admit that I
even felt this when coming to Israel,
that my meagre qualifications in the UK meant I should be running the
country by the time I’m 30. Now this sense of entitlement is gone. This
is liberating. Thank God I have a job and thank God I can pay the bills
and live reasonably comfortably. There’s something more humbling about
taking each day as it comes, without the overbearing pressure of
massive expectations, each step forward felt like another hurdle
climbed. I suppose it’s back to basics, and I hope others are able to
feel the way I do.
Thanks to Drubetskoy for the spot.
Good one Phil. May be it helps when Jews step back from their focus on fake jobs aka bankers, lawyers etc. and come back to the real world and real work. (I know that Jews were forced into banking by the Christians during the middle-ages).
This would help to crush the barrier between Jews and Gentiles, which creates mistrust. In a way, we need more Jews to ride the bus, and less Jews flying Gulfstream.
Click the link to the original – quoted – blog and right above it see the evidence of total indifference to beating of a Palestinian on the streets. Alex Stein seems slightly bemused about the whole episode: Can's really see what the fuss is all about.
Thus the (self) portrait of a Zionist.
It's doing a number on hubris all round.
Eva – if you read the piece correctly you'd see that it's a piece of self-criticism; acknowledging my indifference and then arguing we need to take things like this much more seriously.
It's like this, we don't even have to focus on the Jews. Chelsea Clinton is Bill & Hillary's offering to the world. And who's her employer? Are hedge funds a good thing for average Americans, you know, "we, the people?"
What's the name of that novel, "Hillbilly White Trash mutually kiss Jewish Chosen"? Not a nice thing; it does not answer how Jews lost their special status with G-D, and actually relinquished their special status with the Mover Of The Earth.
Maybe Anne Coulter has a point neither the Clintons, nor the Obamas see. So what to expect from
Joe The (fake)Plumber? An American of German extraction yet…
Saw Joe the (fake) Plumber (aka Joe the Liar) on Bill Maher's show. Maher was far too nice to him as he said they had several things in common (being a "big supporter of Israel" was one).
Wurzelbacher makes 'Lonesome' Rhodes (A Face in the Crowd)look downright respectable.
AM – Tuesday, 13 January , 2009 08:09:00
Reporter: Karen Barlow
BRENDAN TREMBATH: Joe the Plumber, who became a celebrated working class man in last year's US election campaign, is now Joe the journalist.
His real name is Samuel Wurzelbacher and he's leapt right into his first assignment as a war correspondent in the Middle East.
And he's keeping the name Joe for this job.
Karen Barlow reports.
JOE WURZELBACHER: Hey guys, you want a story? Come here.
KAREN BARLOW: Joe the Plumber, or Joe Wurzelbacher, is teaching the media a lesson.
JOE WURZELBACHER: You guys want a good story, right? That's why you're here?
MALE JOURNALIST: Yeah.
JOE WURZELBACHER: Okay. One, I'm not the story. I'm just an average guy. The story here is people are being killed and the media are slanting it and trying to make it Hamas is, as far as, you know, Israel is being bad.
KAREN BARLOW: But Joe Wurzelbacher is more than an average guy and that's why camera crews are following his every move in Israel.
He's the Ohio plumber that grilled Barack Obama about his tax plan and was then held up by John McCain as America's working class man.
Joe Wurzelbacher says the US election campaign made him an expert on media bias and conservative US website pjtv.com agreed, sending him to the Middle East as a war correspondent.
He aired his views with Israeli media as he toured Sderot near Israel's border with Gaza.
JOE WURZELBACHER: I mean they seem to sympathize with Hamas as opposed to the real victims. You know and let me, let me clarify that…
KAREN BARLOW: Sderot is within rocket range from Gaza as Joe Wurzelbacher quickly found.
JOE WURZELBACHER: Not only the children but the innocent people in the Gaza Strip, you know… there, there, putting a very… where, where, where, where…
(Announcement heard sound of running)
KAREN BARLOW: One of the things at stake in the Israel-Gaza conflict is world opinion. Joe Wurzelbacher says he is giving an independent perspective.
JOE WURZELBACHER: This is the reality of the situation. Bombs are coming from the Gaza Strip, missiles excuse me are coming from the Gaza Strip and destroying their world. You know it's their world. You know their family their world is just… You know I wish I could express it better but believe me, you know, anger is at the top of the list along with sadness for the family.
KAREN BARLOW: The Israeli Government press office is showing Joe Wurzelbacher around Israel but won't let him into Gaza because foreign reporters are banned from entering.
BRENDAN TREMBATH: Karen Barlo