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quercus
Daughter of an Italian immigrant with a deep love for Italy, its Rinascimento, its art, and its people.
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Time Magazine is one of "Americas finest news publications"? Mr. Higgens should not be disseminating such inane propaganda.
Time Magazine, like its counterpart, Newsweek, is a joke. People Magazine dressed up a little and with just enough "faux" intellectuality to appeal to those who think they are somehow smarter than readers of People, when in fact they might not be even that smart.
The title of the article is just as silly as Newsweek calling Barack Obama the first "gay president".
Why in the hell should he care. I wouldn't.
I stopped listening to NPR when Diane Rhem allowed her guests on the Friday news round up shows to ignore Ron Paul. That was at least two months ago. The bias of NPR news has been apparent for a very long time, but I still listened to hear Rhem's show, such that it was worth. My time was wasted.
This past Friday, I turned on NPR just to see if anything had changed. It hadn't. The same tired guests, voicing the same, tired opinions. Nothing thoughtful, nothing insightful, nothing different.
If only the Nazis had asked France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and a host of other nations "how is the occupation illegal" it would have justified all.
But as the Nazis and Zionists have so much in common it is not surprising that Proudzionist asks such an absurd question.
Your criticism of a Nazi past or charges of anti-semitism carry no sting anymore nor will they ever again.
Giladg's remarks are a fine example of the banality of evil. I forget who coined that phrase.
As for the IDF lying, what else is new, they've been liars. Once you've been proven a liar you may as well be rendered mute, only fools we believe you.
How predictable. Just yesterday in comment to another article about the likelihood or not of Israel attacking Iran, I wrote that Israel to prove to itself it has cajones and from frustration about its weakness with regard to Iran would kick the Palestinians' ass. Well, they did.
Ugly, pathetic, racists.
Behind all the talk about Israel not attacking Iran because of strategic, tactical, political, what have you, concerns, there lies a fundamental observation about human nature. Israel is a 'bully' and bullies only attack those weaker than themselves It's just that simple. Israel would get a serious bloody nose from an attack on Iran.
Just out of spite, and to convince themselves they've still got cajones, they will probably go and kick the Palestinians' ass.
The Chosen People???? Hell no! Just people with all their stupidity and weakness.
Ron Paul 2012!
I was truly p***ed of when I heard Obama "I've got Israel's back" statement, but after pondering his remarks as shown above, perhaps we (meaning this who question this stupid Israel policy) have begun to make a difference. All leaders use diplospeak, they have to say "nice" things and make their guests feel "loved." It's all a show and intended to make everyone look good, and generally you desist from "spitting" in your ally's eye. But, I think the stance on Israel has shifted, even if just ever so slightly, and will continue to grow as the critics of the Israel policy grow.
Nearly everyone I know is sick and tired of the anti-semitic canard used each time Israel is criticised. And yesterday, when I read that Ron Paul was not invited to address AIPAC (no loss there, however) because of his "anti-Israel rhetoric" I really had to laugh. It's not enough to talk about Israel's sovereignty, all politicians must grovel. Well, ain't gonna happen anymore.
They can talk about anti-semitism as much as they want, that's really lost its sting, and the cynical abuse of the events of World War II demeans those who abuse it.
No, I think there has been a subtle shift, and it's never going to be the same again. Hallelujah!
Could not agree more. Ron Paul is the only anti-war candidate, the only candidate speaking out against the Patriot Act, the War on Drugs, torture, and yet, we hear his stand on abortion mentioned with horror. As if there is any moral equivalency between the right to abortion and the killing by the United States of human beings in other countries. THERE IS NO MORAL EQUIVALENCY BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS.
I am going to keep reiterating this advice. Contact your senators/representatives and tell them that 1) Israel must declare the number of nuclear weapons in its possession, 2) must open its nuclear facility to full inspection, and 3) MUST sign the Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty. Until that is done, concern about an ALLEGED Iranian nuclear weapons program is absent.
I called my two senators and representative, and the White House today with this comment: "Until the State of Israel publicly declares how many nuclear weapons it has in its arsenal, opens its nuclear facility to full inspections, and signs the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, I am uninterested in hearing about Iran's ALLEGED nuclear weapons program.
I would humbly suggest each of you do something similar.
DONT YOU SEE THAT THIS TALK IS A FORM OF BLACKMAIL by the Israelis. It's a subtle one, but it's blackmail nonetheless. Israel will not attack Iran on its own as it will get a serious black eye from that. So, it is attempting to convince the world that it would be better and with less chaos if another country (the US) were to do it for them. The other possibility is it just wants more weapons and can shake down the United States for additional aid, despite our own problems.
Kissinger (he's barely understandable now) is just a stupid mouthpiece for this blackmail.
In a discussion on the Weekly News Roundup with Diane Rhem about the results of the then just finished Iowa primary and the upcoming New Hampshire primary, Ron Paul was not mentioned once. Not once! They even spoke of Bachmann who by that point had dropped out of the race, but NOTHING about Paul. They were forced to acknowledge him when two callers brought up his campaign, but only reluctantly it seemed obvious to me. And Rhem never had the "balls" to question her guests about this terrible oversight. From that day, I have stopped listening to NPR and as far as I am concerned, they can pull all funding for "public" and I use that word lightly, radio.
I've recognized NPR's bias on many issues, particularly that regarding Israel and Palestine, but this was the straw that broke the camel's back.
You done yourself proud, JewishGoyim!
As a member of a Quaker meeting I have seen first hand how completely spineless and without any real 'moral' compass those who consider themselves on the left have become. The feminists among them are convinced that it is acceptable to murder people in countries because the women don't have the same rights as women here. They believe that mandating the freedom of abortion is more important than the lives of the already born in Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Pakistan, and any number of other places that have borne the brunt of American drone attacks.
They read the New York Times and they feel informed, intelligent, and enlightened. They worry more about what private schools they will send their children and think themselves thoughtful and concerned by writing letters to what they call prisoners of conscience in predictably Muslim countries, while men languish in Guantanamo --fathers, sons, husbands of people who probably have no idea what has happened and whether their family members are alive or dead.
They think they are involved and active citizens because they meet with the Congressional representatives to express 'concern' about the actions of the government, while their representatives, in the soothing and inoffensive words, of the car salesman tells them he/she "can feel their pain".
They with the "not-in-my-backyard" mentality who protest in front of the White House about some stupid pipeline, but haven't considered that the oil will be coming out of the ground pipeline or no.
"Liberalism" is dead and most liberals "brain-dead", thoroughly and completely propagandized, and so sure everything they believe is true and so completely resistant to new ideas. Will their children be better? One can only hope so, as they completely lost and essentially irrelevant. A pox on their liberalism.
And now, just as I finish this, I hear about a navy seal raid in Somalia! Somalia ... a dirt poor country playing host to a navy seal raid. What will most of liberals among us say -- not a goddamn thing.
And yes, I will be voting for Ron Paul.
They read the New York Times and feel smug that they are well-informed
Were you being coy, when you said you thought Adler's apology "sincere." Personally, I don't believe he's sorry for what he said, only that it became public.
Hell, as far as I'm concerned they don't need to give us any notice. Want to attack Iran, go right ahead, baby, you're on your own.
The Israeli leadership are really quite comical. All this 12-hour talk is what the Japanese call "saving face". I suspect General Dempsey went there to tell these clowns that they are on their own with an attack on Iran and this is their comical spin on it.
"Any generalization about Jews ..... or about any ethnic group ..." Such as talking about Jewish intellect, Jewish talent ... oh, that is ok. Just any generalization that is unflattering is the problem, eh? And what is culture? When you talk about Italian culture, Greek culture, English, etc., is that generalising?
Stick in a sock in it Donald!
I must demur. It seems highly unlikely that someone who would support Ron Paul would cast a vote for Newt Gingrich. Gingrich is anathema to Paul in every way one can imagine.
I think everyone is missing a very important point about the commentators in the traditional or mainstream media. They are employees. They can't say what they want. The say and speak as they are instructed to do by their masters. If there were to say anything important that would be contrary to those who own them, they'd be out the door in a microsecond.
This is why what they do or say is completely irrelevant. We only need to convince more people of that fact.
Proudzionist777. You are a fool Proudzionist. Israel seems well on its way to destroying itself because of internal contradictions, you can see it happening now. They don't have to worry about the Iranians, the Syrians, etc., etc., the question of who is truly a Jew will destroy Israel.So, the rest of the world should just keep out of Israel's affairs both domestic and foreign and watch the spectacle.
I have sent Dr. Paul money and will again, and I will do whatever I can to assist his campaign. The use of Beethovan in this ad is an insult to that great composer.
NPR has become a joke. This morning on the Weekly News Roundup with Diane Rehm, the guests and Rehm were discussing the republican presidential candidates. Everyone of the candidates with the glaring exception of Ron Paul, was discussed. The guests make a joke of what they call a "conspiracy theory" about the lack of discussion of Ron Paul, but guess what, it is a conspiracy. There could be no other way to interpret what is a determination to avoid all discussion of Dr. Paul. These people are employees of the news organizations they represent and I am convinced thery have been given instructions to avoid the topic of Ron Paul. If not, they would probably be fired. It would be funny were it no so terribly disturbing and it makes one wonder who is so afraid of Ron Paul?
I've just checked the website E tu, Mr. Destructo. Ratner's got to be kidding! Look at the list of contributors, one calling himself Mobuto Sese Seko, another calling him or herself, Idi Amin, and the owner .... Marty Peretz!
A poor choice of websites Ms. Ratner.
If Mr. Paul were brought into court to answer the charge of being racist and homophobic (that can't happen yet, thank goodness) any halfway decent lawyer could shred the case to bits.
While I am not a lawyer, I have so many questions about these newsletters. One of which is who was in possession of this cache and why? Is it credible that a man with a political position would write so openly and crudely about such matters? While we're on the writing topic, the style of writing is nothing like Mr. Paul's writing elsewhere (I've read two of his books). And that's only the beginning.
Case dismissed!
If you want to have a "marriage" recognized by the legal authorities, you have to get a license in the state in which you live. A license in essence is permission to engage in a certain activity, such as driving. It hasn't a damn thing to do with the federal government.
I've just read the article at salon and it said NOTHING. It took a remark Paul made and condemned him for it. There was nothing else written about why Mr. Paul would have the view of FEMA he does. It is precisely the same as was done with his remark about the DC criminal justice system and black folk and labeling him as racist for it. You want to know about the man, listen to all the debates. I couldn't give a damn what some fool at salon wrote.
To Richard Witty. The moment Israel obtained nuclear weapons, a nuclear arms race began in the region. Don't want others to get nuclear weapons? How about Israel get rid of its own.