Monthly Archives: August 2009

Obama to announce the end of Israel

According to published reports, when President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt met with HRH Obama this past week, one item of discussion was the would be dictators’ planned speech at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in September. Mubarak … Continue reading

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Willing suspension of disbelief, …. or too good to be true?

If you’ve never heard of the first expression, it is what movie/TV folk talk about needing to engender in an audience. i.e. you know that the killer didn’t REALLY chop off their heads with that chain saw, but you willingly … Continue reading

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Some facts about the health care debate…

Some of you may be quite surprised by this, but I have come to accept the need for some kind of public health care. Public health care IN ADDITION to what we already have, i.e. Medicaid/Medicare. The problem is, like … Continue reading

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Drip….drip….drip….drip….. SPLASH!!!!

Those who follow me know that for many months, since long before the election I have been discussing three essential elements to the Obama foreign policy that even the Republican idealogues seem unable to recognize. My belief as to why … Continue reading

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3 No’s redux…

Famously, the Arab world in 1967 at the Khartoum conference, issued their three “No’s”1) No peace with Israel2) No negotiations with Israel3) No recognition of Israel Of course, with his apologies to the Arab world, and throwing Israel under the … Continue reading

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Inconceivable

The White House yesterday revealed a list of 16 people that are to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award this country can award to a civilian.   While the list is generally somewhat questionable, there is one … Continue reading

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Follow up…

In addition to the previous post, Obama has made another change to US policy. Since 1995 passage of the Jerusalem Embassy Act, Clinton and Bush would semi annually sign a Presidential memorandum suspending the move of the embassy but ALWAYS … Continue reading

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Even now, can there be any doubts?

I was perusing the State Department’s website today. According to the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, passed by Congress and signed by then President Clinton, making it US Law, “Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of the State of … Continue reading

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Let’s have a beer…

Yes, I just had to weigh in. OK, let’s make it simple. Who the f*** is stupid enough to scream at a cop who is investigating a b and e, or breaking and entering? And what cop is so power … Continue reading

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