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The Obama Watch
New Version of Menace
Who are those settlers our president so cravenly attacked on Muslim soil?
The President of the United States took a shellacking the other day, in his own words, so it is to be predicted that he might be looking for someone weaker than him to bully. Historically, when heads of government with tyrannical streaks confront the limits of their power, they beat up a Jew to get their mojo back. Jews thought that getting their own country would save them from this sort of treatment; it has not worked out quite that way, but at least they can grouse about it in cabinet meetings rather than in squalid ghettos.
Obama was visiting Indonesia, full of good will for another “new beginning” with the “Muslim world.” Apparently, saving Muslims from Serbs and Saddam Hussein and Somali warlords worsened our relationship with them. The program to use NASA to celebrate great Islamic contributions to science has failed to launch. To fire up the spirit of comity between West and East, Obama has courageously attacked those international menaces, the people of Israel, for obstructing peace by building housing units in Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Netanyahu fired back: “Jerusalem is not a settlement. It is the capital of Israel.” Yet this new escalation of American chastisement of Israel portrays the builders of new apartments in Jerusalem as enemies of peace.
Who are these bellicose banes, these obstinate obstacles, these improvident provocateurs? If you traveled to Israel and met them, you might be very surprised.
THERE IS A SETTLER CLASS in Israel. They are frontiersmen in the tradition of the Americans who tamed the Wild West. If you trek out to their remote outposts, you find weather-beaten muscular types fighting to carve lives for their families out of inhospitable terrain. Trailers on mountainsides are the starting point, and upward mobility does not aspire beyond prefabricated structures which outdoorsy Americans might use for summer homes in the Catskills or the Smokies.
These are some tough hombres. Some of them are religiously inclined and speak of Biblical prophecies and divinely orchestrated fate. Others are aggressively secularist types who credit their own brawn and ingenuity for whatever they achieve. They have in common an uncommon grit. They stand tall in the face of all the adversity the earth and hostile populations can throw at them. But these are not the folks buying apartments in the expanding urban neighborhoods of Jerusalem.
The way these new apartments are developed relies heavily on people who buy “on paper.” Say the plan is to put up 100 units. The developer starts with limited capital and the banks help a little, but there is not enough money there to make it work without a presale of about 40 percent. Buying an unbuilt apartment entitles you to a premium of about a third. So an apartment which will sell for $120,000 when constructed can be purchased in advance for $80,000. Naturally, the buyer with less cash is drawn to this deal.
What this leads too typically is a building filled with newlyweds. The two sets of parents chip in and the government helps by subsidizing special mortgages. They sign on shortly after the engagement and most often will be renting for a year or more before their place is ready. These tend to be Yeshiva or college students, entry-level working people, who fit your Manhattan straphanger model; these are not the Paul Bunyans who are manning the settlements.
They are ordinary Jews with — to borrow from Shakespeare — eyes, hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions, fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons. Suddenly their starter pad around the corner from Mom who works in the Municipality and Dad who drives a city bus has been designated a militarized zone by Obama and Secretary of State What’s-her-Name.
Maybe all of this will magically lead to a grand rapprochement. Israel and the Arabs will dance the hora together wearing burqas. White doves will fly overhead bearing olive branches. The lion will lie down and the lamb won’t have to lam. The swords will be beaten into plowshares. Yet the sensible person must proceed sensibly until reality is officially called off in favor of utopia. In sensible terms, this strategy looks to be counterproductive. There cannot be peace between Israel and a new country if the new country does not understand what is Israel and what can reasonably become theirs.
The new version of the Merchant of Venice has Shellac in the role of villain, as the world blames Jews for putting up walls. Those who prefer to avoid another shellacking would be well advised to direct their efforts more realistically, and more fairly.
About the Author
Jay D. Homnick, commentator and humorist, is a frequent contributor to The American Spectator. He also writes for Human Events. Here he speaks at the Rally for Religious Freedom in Miami on June 8, 2012.
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Booger | 11.12.10 @ 6:12AM
From the desk of President B. Hussein Obama:
To: Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu
Prime Minister Netanyahu,
Look, we have a real problem here. There is all kinds of trouble and turmoil coming out of your part of the world right now, and quite frankly I'm getting sick and tired of it. I'm tired of hearing about Iran, and everyone wanting Me to bomb them (not gonna do it; wouldn't be prudent at this juncture); worrying about the rising price of oil (which is actually a good thing, it'll help my plan to stop global warming); and Al Qaeda. Do you see a common thread here? Well, I do, so let Me point it out. It's you. Israel.
Look, before 1948 nobody ever had to worry about the Iranians getting a nuclear weapon, oil prices or Al Qaeda. But then you get your precious little piece of real estate over there, which you stole from the Palestinians just like the white folks stole this country from the Native Americans. And then you couldn't be happy with what you were given, you had to go and take more. Now, on top of everything else, you want to build more housing units for jews in East Jerusalem. What were you thinking?
Look, I've got the Saudis, the Iranians, the Turks, the Palestinians, the Jordanians, the Egyptians and everybody else yelling at me night and day about this. Of course I understand. Everybody knows if you let a bunch of jews move into a neighborhood it drives down the property values for everyone else who lives there. Next you'll have a bunch of freaks in yarmulkes walking around a chanting all them time, at least whenever they aren't out stealing babies' blood to make Matzos for passover. It's just crazy, and nobody wants you there. So I'm just going to have to tell you flat out to stop building in East Jerusalem. No more. Got it?
Now please don't think I'm some how singling you out for this. There are plenty of other folks I'm going to be giving the old cease and desist to as part of this notice. Why right over here in the united states I'm going to have Attorney General Eric Holder put a stop to any more non-Hispanic whites building in East Los Angeles. Everybody knows East L.A. is the homeland of our proud Mexican immigrant community. Letting more white people move in there is a complete insult to them. Those white people insist on speaking English, which is not the native language of East L.A., making all kinds of noise about immigration control, and try to foist their culture off on the native community. So we're going to have building freezes for jews in East Jerusalem and non-Hispanic whites in East Los Angeles.
While I'm at it, let me say a few words about Eastern Europe. Up until the last couple of decades those people enjoyed a Socialist Paradise under the direction of benevolent Soviet leadership. But along came that b-grade movie actor Reagan, who had to go and make a mess of everything. Well, it's past time to set it right. So from here on out, I will be working with President Putin to restore Eastern Europe to its rightful sphere of influence, as per My re-set agreement with the Russians. We will be putting an end to the pernicious influence of capitalism and christianity, and restoring Eastern Europe to the socialist paradise that is its rightful destiny.
On the same note, I will re-direct the united states' Eastern Asia policy in a similar vein. This belligerent country I'm trying to save has spent far too much time and money on places like Taiwan and South Korea. It's time to admit that the Koreas will be better off under one strong leader, and that Taiwan rightfully belongs to China. In so doing I will be able to avoid costly and needless wars and bloodshed, and put an end to the disgusting pattern of this country in throwing its weight around in parts of the world where it is not welcome.
So, in a nutshell, Prime Minister Netanyahu, you are to stop letting jews move into East Jerusalem, while I will keep the whites out of East L.A., the capitalists and christians out of East Europe, and american influence out of East Asia. Once we have followed through on this plan we can be assured of lasting peace in our time. After all, once we give the Muslims, Mexicans, Russians and Chinese what they want we can be assured that they will be appeased, leaving us in peace and tranquility. I assure you that your only other choice is war, and that I will NOT support you in that.
Sincerely,
united states President for Life B. Hussein Obama
http://beautifulletters-bls.blogspot.com/
DaveS| 11.12.10 @ 9:53AM
The comparison made between Israel's establishment and Manifest Destiny (stealing from the Indians) is misleading: if anything, the establishment of Israel was legitimate. Insofar as stealing from the Indians, I'd like to see the deed to the properties taken (in other words, you keep what you can defend.)
Another DaveS| 11.12.10 @ 1:30PM
You do get that Booger's letter is a parody don't you? Or do you really think that the letter was from BHO?
Lighten up!
DaveS| 11.12.10 @ 6:26PM
It was a parody???
njoriole| 11.13.10 @ 10:23AM
Yes Dave, I believe it was.
DaveS| 11.13.10 @ 11:41AM
Gee, with a 140 IQ, I cannot believe I missed that [i.e. you missed the sarcasm]!
Bunky| 11.14.10 @ 8:38AM
Wow Dave!!
You must be a MENSA.
Nobammy in Lyin| 11.14.10 @ 10:25AM
Do you realize that mensa in spanish is a dumb female? If you had an IQ of 327 like me, you would know that. And if I could just get it up to 330 I wouldn't be illiterate in 2 languages!
Binky| 11.15.10 @ 1:26PM
He's not a MENSA usually, it's just that time of the month.
matthew s harrison| 11.12.10 @ 3:24PM
Booger-I am going to send you the bill this time, for the cleaning of my laptop. The coffee stains are becoming permanent, from spitting it out, each and every time I read your letters.
The stark realities you spell out in your letters are simple enough to even get through to the liberals-and they are written like a comedy sketch, so you will keep their attention....lord knows they don't read legislation, or books-rather they sit in front of their computers writing hate speech responses to huffpo and koz.
You make it easy to read your stuff-and as a "writer" myself-I can say I wish I had your talent!!! By the way, Hollywood is looking for "breeder" content, as they know the advertisers nowadays prefer the conservative viewing audience as opposed to liberals(we have jobs and can buy their crap). I suggest you pen a treatment for a new show-you would sell it in 90 seconds! Imagine how many more libtards you could piss off with a television show?!
Brilliant stuff as always brother.
Nancy in NC| 11.12.10 @ 4:23PM
Booger...have you not heard of policitial correctness, otherwise known as PC?
If you indeed have, you have broken every rule regarding PCness.
I love it!
old white guy| 11.12.10 @ 4:48PM
i know boogers letter is parody but iam so sick of the shit about israel i can't stand it. obama and all haters of israel are just f--king stupid. they lack knowledege, intellect and any critical analysis abilities. i wish they would just go away.
Occam's Tool| 11.12.10 @ 4:53PM
Yes, Old White Guy, but this Conservative Jew blesses you for existing.
Charles Martel| 11.12.10 @ 5:34PM
Boog, fine work as usual, but you are getting slipshod in the Dear Leader's use of pronouns: all first-person-singulars ought to be capitalized -- Me, My, Mine. (It's a wonder the Prophet Obama doesn't use the royal plural.)
Booger| 11.12.10 @ 8:40PM
OOOOPS.... Right you are. More caffeine, less alcohol. Well, 1/2 of that anyway.
Cordially,
Booger
Alan Brooks| 11.12.10 @ 11:32PM
The first question about the region is:
how did Rummy manage to botch it?
wsk| 11.18.10 @ 12:28PM
Seriously. You need your own column in American Spectator or TownHall.com.
Belajar SEO | Tutorial Blog | 11.12.10 @ 6:14AM
Saya admin blog Belajar SEO | Tutorial Blog dari Indonesia. dan obama banyak yg mengecamnya
Ryan| 11.12.10 @ 8:16AM
So's your mother!
butterfly| 11.12.10 @ 11:12AM
WTF?
Todd S| 11.12.10 @ 2:12PM
It is in Indonesian about some blog he runs and says something about people criticizing Obama. Lived in Indonesia for awhile, very nice people for most part but like most Muslims they are taught to hate Jews and Israel. Obama knows the best way to get them to like him is to speak badly of Israel like his stupid claims about the settlements.
Appleby| 11.12.10 @ 6:22AM
There is someone out there whose reach has exceeded his grasp, and the farther he remains from our country, the happier we all will be. Fortunately the Israelis are used to ignoring bombast from weak Presidents and the man in charge in Israel doubly so. Zero should start thinking about what Abraham Lincoln said -- that it is not so important whether God is on our side as it is whether we are on Gods side.
And stay away from volcanoes when spewing. Him and them.
LMajito| 11.12.10 @ 7:42AM
An enemy of Jews is an enemy of the God of Abraham. And the curse is upon him/her. Any body who has taken the task of destroying the Jew has become null and void...of all of the empires of old, none have survived...but the moment the Jewish accepted the responsability for the Torah at the feet of Mt. Nebo after Moses made the offer, they became the enemies of the world. The world hates the Jew because it loves darkness and Jewish Torah and tradition condemns injustice and evil deeds.
On the Arab and Jew conflict, there is a sex act that has have dire consequences. Abraham should have never accepted the Hagar offer from Sarah. Now after all of these centuries, the desdendants of Abraham from both women are still at odds with each other (which family does not have two sons who fight constantly with each other?).
Let us not forget that the reason why Hagar was expulsed from Abraham's camp was Ismael constant haranguing and mocking of Israel. So today the story still goes on.
So sad that the so called great orator can't even convince a band of refugees to stop attacking and thus have peace.
Was not Sir William Shakespeare who wrote 'charm us oh orator until the lion looks no bigger than a cat'?
Well apparently the POTUS can't even charm a cat to think it is a cat.
So sad...
Ken (Old Texican)| 11.12.10 @ 8:11AM
LMajito,
Well spoken, and much appreciated.
Mr. Homnick
Whew, that article had edges on it. Thank you.
Norman Conquest| 11.12.10 @ 9:40AM
No, it was not Shakespeare who wrote "Charm us oh orator until the lion looks no bigger than a cat."
It was Tennyson.
Claudia Monteverdi| 11.12.10 @ 10:42AM
Daamn damn Damn--you guys went and blew my cover--Not Tennyson\Schmennyson or shakey wakey-----Let's get this straight....It was ME!....I wrote it and submitted in a term paper for which I got an agreable B-...now all is lost!
thanks a lot you bunch of $#%$^^&$^&$^&^$&$,
Claudia
U Claudius| 11.15.10 @ 1:35PM
No, YOU wrote "Charm us, El Oratoro, until El Leon looks no bigger than Un Gato."
That plagiarist, Willy "Shake a Spear" Tennyson, added the word OH, and acted like he was some kind of wordsmith!
Wadoo| 11.12.10 @ 7:53AM
Translation of "Belajar SEO's" post":
I am the admin of the blog "Teach SEO" from Indonesia. And Obama has a lot of critics.
[Presumably and hopefully on that site as well.]
Intelligent Design| 11.12.10 @ 8:01AM
Obama should be sentenced to five years of hard attitude adjustment training. The first book he is required to read is "A Lethal Obsession - Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad" by Robert S. Wistrich. After he has some basic knowledge, we will have him read "The Israel Test" by George Gilder.
Booger| 11.12.10 @ 8:27AM
Maybe he should just have to share an office with Pelosi for the next two years. If that doesn't convince him of the error of his ways nothing will.
NavyBrat | 11.12.10 @ 9:33AM
Hell, Booger, he's already married to an Angela Davis wannabe. I don't think that Botox ruined clone Pelosi could scare him as much as his linebacker looking wife. I'd bet my next 5 paychecks that Michelle smacks him around.
Stephanie| 11.12.10 @ 11:30AM
You guys are killing me this morning!!!
Laughter is needed now!
Anglea Davis wanna be. I love it.
Intelligent Design| 11.12.10 @ 8:49AM
Message from Netanyahu to Obama (from Jerusalem Post): "Jerusalem is not a settlement. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the government had never agreed to place any restrictions on construction in Jerusalem, which has 800,000 residents.
The "peace process" is a bad joke. "Palestinian" means the same thing as "terrorist"; their goal is to wipe out Israel and kill Jews. Meanwhile Obama and H. Clinton are pledging $$ hundreds of millions in assistance to the "Palestinians", thereby providing funds to Hamas and various other enemies of the United States and Israel. If this is not aiding and abetting the enemy, what is? Congress should defund the traitors yesterday.
Louis Jenkins| 11.12.10 @ 9:01AM
"The program to use NASA to celebrate great Islamic contributions to science has failed to launch."
Islamic contributions to science? They haven't contributed anything to science in 1500 years. Unless its the number of goats, the number of abused wives, and the number of suicide bombers. When the Muslims come to rule exploration of space, or any science for that matter, will be passed tense. Get out of the business of running Israel Obama, you dope. Islam means to take over the world.
David in MA| 11.12.10 @ 12:10PM
Perhaps obama thinks he is the Mahdi.
I think he is the Anti-Christ.
oh, wait they could be the same......
Conrad Spiracy| 11.15.10 @ 11:00AM
To some, this may sound strange coming from me. I am NOT defending Islamo-fascist, jihadists, or radical Muslims, but.....
There are many Arabic/Persian folks who are quite well educated, and academically gifted. Two of the best Calculus professors I studied under more than 25 years ago, we Palistinian immigrants. Neither was very political (one was even anti-IRS!), but both were polite, and extremely good teachers.
Been under medical care lately. Yes, a lot of our younger medical professionals are Asian-Indian, but I have in the last few years been under the care of an Arabic Internist (who diagnosed a genetic blood defect) and Persian Urologist (who treated me for bladder cancer). I am thankful for all of these individuals. Now, if in their "secret" lives they are anti-American/Israeli terrorists, I say catch them, torture them, then put them in front of military tribunals. But, I don't really think any of them were/are.
The Muslim world may not have an organized, global class space, DNA research, transportation engineering, or other superb, massive scientific programs, but they have many who have achieved and contributed.
Heck, Dr. Farouk El-Baz was one of two leading geologists directing research for the Apollo missions and spoke openly of the Q'uran in the documentary "To The Moon." Last I heard, he wasn't strapping on bombs and heading for the Metro...
Con Spiracy
Excelsior!
NavyBrat | 11.12.10 @ 9:37AM
Good for Bibi. Tell this Muslim sympathizing communist atheist president of ours to get bent. I just wanna know where this guy (Obama) gets the stoned to dictate building policies in the capitals of other countries. No matter how many times I think that I can't be surprised by what this idiot does, I'm proven wrong.
NavyBrat | 11.12.10 @ 9:38AM
"...gets the STONES..."
Sorry.
Joan of Snark | 11.12.10 @ 12:01PM
I don't think "stoned" was really that far off the mark....
KyMouse| 11.12.10 @ 9:39AM
I've had the pleasure of getting to know a Jewish couple who live in a neighborhood (a so-called "settlement") that was Jewish as far back as the time of Jeremiah. From time to time, Arab kids across the way hurl rocks at them, especially when they're using their outdoor grill.
The couple tries to deal with the situation with humor. When one of the Arab kids raised what seemed to be a rifle over his head (one-handed, with the rifle horizontal), the husband silently returned the gesture -- with his long barbecue fork.
Humor doesn't always help: The neighborhood recently raised enough money to install a security fence that has motion sensors.
Claudia Monteverdi| 11.12.10 @ 10:49AM
Of course, the solution is oh so obvious...it's that damned outdoor grill that's doing it--best idea is to have Obama ban the damned things there ow soon they will be baking OBAMATASCHEN in them..(or even heart of hillary, if they could find it)...
Claudia
Claudia Monteverdi| 11.12.10 @ 10:54AM
OK Jay--lions BATHE in the BLOOD of the lamb (vachel lindsay et al)--taken on the lamb is mint or sometimes sprinkles of rosemary..so unsophisticated gastronomically speaking...tsk tsk..and the notion in bathing in their blood is not unappealing--to quote Jabotinsky....Jewish Youth..Learn to Shoot"....
Claudia ,
once again humbled by the pernicious pen of Jay--
ABNCP| 11.12.10 @ 11:26AM
This President, this incompetent boob, this incompetent boob. Does not anyone in his administraton tell him or can he not understand his constant love affair with Muslims and Muslim countrys is killling his Presidency. He cannot force himself to say that Islamic Muslim radicals are terrorists and they are the clear and present danger not only to his country but to the rest of the civilized world. As to the question, will he move to the center in his politics the answer is hell no. I'm afriad this man has a very dark side.
David in MA| 11.12.10 @ 12:01PM
It should be remembered, obama is a socialist/marxist indoctronated "community organizer", and as such an instigator who knows how to rile people up and get them at each others throats, his ignorant followers will do as he says, Reid & Pelosi showed this.
obama is a troublemaker who manages to remain out of trouble, that is until now.
He is no longer setting the ghetto thugs upon "the man", he is now playing with the "big boys".
The "BIG BOYS" play a little differently.
As he is finding out.
OLDRAY| 11.12.10 @ 12:01PM
Re BOOGER..I thought that was somthing one scraped out of a nose. Anyway, the simple understanding can be made when one considers recent polls made of Arabs residing in Jerusalem (east & west). Overwhelming majority they want to remain in Israel rather than any Palestinian authority.. That says it all. There are Arabs in the Knesset (Deputy Speaker is an Arab); the Israeli Hospitals have many Arab Doctors, Nurses and patients. Churches and Mosques flourish in Israe. The World Bahai Center is in Israel. None of these things exist in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria. The Christian Copts are suppressed in Egypt, murdered in Iraq etc. Actually the only middle east country where Arabs have freedom of speech is Israel..
David in MA| 11.12.10 @ 12:03PM
P.S.
The voters play a little differently also.
Bye Bye obummer...
Biehner/McConnell-----2012
Claudia Monteverdi| 11.12.10 @ 12:35PM
well now that we settled THAT bum's has and brushed off his beautiful michelle..let's talk 2.012......if we don't get smart the bastrd will still be there in 2,016..Smart?
no witches or anglers ..no colorado crazies..let's all love our sarah, but not this trip babe!
I land on Chris Christy with ease.I grab Rubio for Veep and Ryan for Secretary of the Treasury..the UN? hardly a hesitation we ALL know who we want, moustache and all..Let's make room for Lynn Cheney and Erich Cantor in that cabinet and a REAL secretary of defense with spunk and brains and patriotism..(I'd be glad to take that one but I fear I am doing my toenails that day)----most of all? Let's try hard as we can NOT TO GET STUPID and thus lateral the ball back toi these bums...get it
Love,
Claudia
Nancy in NC| 11.12.10 @ 4:30PM
I'm not sure Christy is conservative enough for me. I think he's on target fiscally, but I fear that he's breathed the air of NJ too long (and the Northeast) to get back of the kind of conservative principles that are needed to get this country headed in the right direction.
Margie| 11.12.10 @ 9:18PM
You're kidding aren't you?
He's pro-life, for a strong military, fiscally he's great~
What do you think is lacking, pray tell?
And his name is spelled Christie, by the way.
Margie| 11.14.10 @ 1:45PM
Speaking of Chris Christie ~ For your reading pleasure, view here the next Republican Campaign slogan:
"Let Me Help You Pack!"
http://michellemalkin.com/2010.....gn-slogan/
Margie| 11.14.10 @ 1:49PM
And there's a song to go along with it! See the lady singing? It's me! (Just kidding).
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=x2G3wGVAnlQ
Eddie Stair| 11.12.10 @ 12:49PM
Funny that this sham POTUS we have will talk big when he's away from American shores but wimps out when he's got the old teleprompter and the lib press in front of him. What an embarassment to this country AND the world as a whole. And don't even talk about Biden! That's another book in itself!
LEE KENAGA| 11.12.10 @ 1:14PM
IT WAS FORECAST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IN GENESIS THAT THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE CONFICTS BETWEEN ESAU FROM
WHICH THE ARABS ARE DESCENDED FROM FROM HAGAR THE CONCUBINE OF ABRAHAM AND THE JEWS DESCENDED FROM ISAAC SARAH THE WIFE OF ABRAHAM, SO WE ARE SEEING THEM
FIGHTING TODAY AS FORECAST, AND
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT UNTIL THE END OF TIME. SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE
SURPRISED ABOUT THE DISAGREEMENTS TODAY.
Ginger| 11.14.10 @ 10:16AM
Sorry, but Hagar was long gone by the time Esau came on the scene. The Arabs are descendants of Abraham & Hagar. Ishmael was their son from whom the Arab nations come.
Chris| 11.12.10 @ 1:16PM
Would some Jews please explain why American Jews voted for obama, and why they consistently vote for democrats who routinely push Israel to give up land, and make other concessions?
It is clear the muslims do not want to co-exist with Israel. They want to destroy it. How do you compromise with someone that wants to destroy you?
It should be no surprise that obama is anti-Israel. look at his friends, anti semites such as rev.wright, billie ayers who dedicated a book to sirhan sirhan, a muslim who killed robert kennedy because kennedy was pro-Israel.
NavyBrat | 11.12.10 @ 4:53PM
Chris:
I'm Jewish, but I can't explain it to you. Neither could my Dad, if he were still alive. It IS baffling. And frustrating.
Occam's Tool| 11.12.10 @ 5:09PM
Let's see, why Jews vote for Democrats, by a Republican Jew:
Many of my people are "stiff-necked." They also believe that the Democratic Party is still the party of FDR and HST, rather than the Anti-American feast it has become. Many are also politically ignorant, like my mother, who, and I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP, asked me what the difference between the Tea Party and The Green Party was.
Many are also in academe, where the herd mentality is Liberal.
Finally, those who selct for good survival instincts (and thus, Conservatism) tend to go where they can fight for their people. That would be Israel. The USA, interestingly, is the safest place in all of history to be Jewish, and has greatly spoiled American Jews, myself included. Unlike many of my co-religionists, however, I realize my spoilage and am appreciative.
But, may I say again, with very few exceptions (Tim*, Pat Buchanan, SL Toddard, and Ron Paul come to mind), Conservatives and letter writers to TAS are the most philosemitic people I know, something I found out while attending Texas Christian. An appreciation of Western Culture invites appreciation of the Romans, the ancient Greeks, and the Jews. And of those three, the Jews are still punching culturally and scientifically well above their weight. My thanks to Oldefarte for a beautiful comment, incidentally. And to Margie, Victor, and Ken for just existing.
Occam's Tool| 11.12.10 @ 5:11PM
"select for," sorry.
Tim*| 11.12.10 @ 6:46PM
Unlike Israel Firster Tool Job, We Tea Party Rebels don't have a "Litmus Test" Forcefeeding An Israel Firster Agenda on Our Tea Party Members or Candidates.
Read Our Mission Statement, Core Values & Philosophy.
Israel is Not a Priority Issue or even mentioned.
Ya Gotta Problem With That Tool Job?
Margie| 11.12.10 @ 9:33PM
You so share in Obama's philosophy.
He doesn't have a litmus test either, heh.
Tim*| 11.12.10 @ 11:20PM
Get Bent Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie.
Obama Is A Smacked Ass Just Like You Are.
I Agree With The Following Ronald Reagan Quote.
Ronald Reagan:
“The United States has thus far sought to play the role of mediator. We have avoided public comment on the key issues. We have always recognized and continue to recognize that only the voluntary agreement of those parties most directly involved in the conflict can provide an enduring solution. But it’s become evident to me that some clearer sense of America’s position on the key issues is necessary to encourage wider support for the peace process. . . . the immediate adoption of a settlement freeze by Israel, more than any other action, could create the confidence needed for wider participation in these talks. Further settlement activity is in no way necessary for the security of Israel.”
Margie| 11.13.10 @ 12:05PM
Quote Reagan all you want, snake.
You are a rabid anti-semite who spews filth daily against those of us who back Israel.
You aren't fooling most.
Most of all, you aren't fooling God.
Anti-semites share NOTHING in common with Ronald Reagan, a wonderful and God fearing human being who loved Israel.
Tim*| 11.13.10 @ 7:12PM
Oh Look ! There It Is Again.
The Anti-Catholic, Anti-Everybody Else's Religion Bigot Victor-Margie Attempts To Play The Anti-Semite Card For The Gazillianth Time.
We Ain't Buyin' Your Slandering Israel Firster Agenda Crazy Lady.
Aaaand, We Ain't Cavin' To Your Attempts To ForceFeed Your Fanatic Israel Firster Agenda On Us.
Get Bent Apocalyptic Crank Lady.
Margie| 11.14.10 @ 1:39AM
Oh look! it's the resident scumbag spewing the usual filth!
Tim*| 11.14.10 @ 10:07AM
Now,Tell All The Practicing Jews & Muslims Where You Say They Go When They Die Hypocrite White Trash Joisey Bigot Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie
Margie| 11.14.10 @ 11:37AM
Blah, blah, blah....
Tim*| 11.14.10 @ 6:58PM
Attendants Prepare The Rubber Room For Patient Victor-Margie.
Margie| 11.14.10 @ 11:15PM
Well I see you aren't keen on quitting the abuse.
That's ok with me.
God is watching you!
Impeach Don't Wait| 11.12.10 @ 10:29PM
"The USA, interestingly, is the safest place in all of history to be Jewish..."
Wow... So nice to hear.
And many there are who are committed to keeping it that way and making it better!
THAT makes me proud of this country! I get chills. That God could look out over men and see such a thing.
Yes, friends, the USA is a gift to ALL of us. It's too bad not everyone sees this.
Max| 11.15.10 @ 6:28PM
Hi Occam... Check into George Soros' background for more info on why some Jews are against their own. According to what I've seen/heard from Soros' mouth, his parents were Jewish, and his mother was VERY against aligning herself with Jews. It appears there may have been some fear of letting it be known they were Jewish... a very interesting man, Soros, who is working against everything America stands for.
Christopher Holland| 11.12.10 @ 5:14PM
The evidence is anecdotal, but my Jewish friends aren't nearly as enthusiastic about being Democrats as they were when Bush was the pinata to hit. They hated Bush, they would spit at the very mention of his name. They had doubts about Obama, but they went along with him, like a lot of people, just to get the taste of Bush out of their mouths. Now they have a bad case of buyer's remorse.
RCV| 11.13.10 @ 10:11AM
Unfortunately, the increased dangers to Israel 's security today grow directly from the destabilizing effects of President Bush's ill conceived decision to launch a war against Iraq. Iraq was a counterbalance to Iran in the region, but now it is a once and future ally of the Shiite alliance dominated by Iran, which also contols Hezbollah in Lebanon. The newly-empowered Iran threatens not only Israel but Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Ken (Old Texican)| 11.13.10 @ 12:08PM
RCV
Often people forget the words of Democrats during those decision days in 03 to "finish" the war with Iraq.
The mistake of believing Saddam when he boasted about his WMD stockpiles, caused even the wimpy UN to write the resolution for regime change.
As sad and awful as it is, however, our troops (and forward deployed equipment) on Iran's doorstep make up a HUGE counter-balance in the equation.
Some military brass I know tell me that if Obama pulled them out of Iraq, he would have a "sit down strike" on his hands.
Today, we have a really formidable force in place in Iraq. In two days we could airlift the "combat troops" to join up with their equipment if Iran launched a ground war.
Have you finished "scenario one" for our immediate future? (Texas Said No!)
Paul in Colorado| 11.12.10 @ 1:36PM
Knowing that many readers of the Spectator are unapologetic fans of H.L. Mencken, I'd like to suggest a reading selection. Toward the end of "Heathen Days" Mencken describes his visit to Palestine in the mid-1930s, and it is well-worth a trip to the library. His description of the lush Jewish settlements and their stark contrast to the primitive dwellings and agricultural methods of their Arab neighbors is still highly revealing. While the Jews used modern Ford tractors, fertilizers and irrigation systems, the Arabs trudged to their exhausted fields, carrying on their shoulders wooden plows - "the tools of Abraham". The Arabs responded to this disparity, then as now, not by learning new farming methods, but by shooting their Jewish neighbors, frequently in the back.
Mencken’s description of the problems the British faced in trying to control Palestine is also revealing. The Arab – Jewish conflicts were not unexpected, and their efforts to improve public hygiene predictably came to naught. However, it was the British Sergeant’s description of elderly Jews getting into fist fights over the seating arrangements at the Wailing Wall that tells us that peace won’t be coming to the Middle East anytime soon.
ClaudiaMonteverdi| 11.12.10 @ 3:01PM
So Jay,
Once again you have composed, nay, it hath been revealed to thee (how's that?) a most brilliant article with a most terrifying point, ie: the inevitible need for the waning despot to define a target, most freuently The Jews. You progressed form that faciley comprehended premise to CAIRO II, Obama's horror delivered amid thunderous applause and "righ on Bro" to a Moslem audience in Indonesia...easy enough to follow, simple enough to understand, terrifying enough to dwell upon....so what do I read from this audience.blah blah blah blah..all but one letter addressing the motif of the ensemble..
I strongly suggest all of you avid penmen to re-read this jeremiad, try to digest iton second reading..and start all over again...no Hagars or ad hominems or slogans...hiow about some thought?
Love,
Claudia
Oldefarte| 11.12.10 @ 4:09PM
Jews have contributed to society in numerous ways/fields [medicine, arts, education, law, business,etc], while other population groups have been recipients of Jews' taxpayer-funded governmental benefits. For jews to be historically persecuted, harassed, attacked, etc is deplorable and inhumane!!!!!!!!!
John II| 11.12.10 @ 4:41PM
Professor Obama's chosen venue for lambasting Israel seems finally to have completed an image of the Professor that's been taking shape for some months now.
Consider: he's in a Muslim country amid a garish and pretentious billion-dollar tour that has served no proportionately useful foreign policy goal whatever--except insofar as it may be useful to America's friends and enemies alike to know for sure that the present chief executive of the United States is a self-important, half-educated, vulgar, lightweight poseur ludicrously out of his depth.
So the image flashes and shimmers and finally crystalizes: The Professor comes off as an overdressed inner-city pimp.
DRed| 11.12.10 @ 8:36PM
Billion dollar tour? Come John-you're much smarter than that. If you're going to be insulting another's intelligence or level of education, you shouldn't be doing so while making laughably incorrect statements of your own.
John II| 11.12.10 @ 10:26PM
You're right, DReddie. The cost has exceeded a billion dollars. I was just rounding it off.
DRed| 11.12.10 @ 10:34PM
He's been gone 10 days. You think it costs over 100 million dollars, per day, for Obama to travel? Are we talking American dollars? That's preposterously stupid-I can't believe you're trying to make that argument.
John II| 11.12.10 @ 11:42PM
Hi again, DReddie. Allow me a few preposterously stupid points.
1. I don't recall saying anything about 100 million dollars per day. I referred only to the cumulative cost of the silly junket--before, during, and as yet for some time thereafter. It takes a lot more than ten days, for example, to deploy a fleet of 34 warships for a 10-day security mission.
2. I wasn't making an argument of any sort. I was making a droll observation. For months now I've been struggling to find the right image to capture the essence, so to speak, of Professor Obama--something akin to the magnificent 1980 MacNelly image of a diminutive Jimmy Carter dangling from the bottom edge of an ornate picture frame without a picture. With this most recent burst of self-inflated asininity, the Professor himself finally vouchsafed the image I'd been reaching for. That's not an argument; that's an observation.
You must work to improve your reading skills, DReddie, lest you acquire a habit of misunderstanding.
And now back to "The Three Stooges" in "Half-Wit's Holiday" (1947).
DRed| 11.13.10 @ 12:53AM
John, I'll take your suggestion about my reading skills to heart. Perhaps you could help me with this piece:
http://www.navytimes.com/news/.....a-110610w/
What was it Will Rogers used to say you should do when you found yourself in a hole?
John II| 11.13.10 @ 12:33PM
Oh. Thanks for the correction, DReddie--and please feel free to savor my chagrin.
But I like the Indian News Service version better, of course, because it helped inspire the image for which I'd been struggling so manfully for so many months.
I also like the DoD's dismissive term "comical"--that too is so broadly applicable. I can imagine Rogers saying something like "Never trust an Indian newspaper," but I'm certain he said something about the ease of spotting a goat among sheep.
I stand particularly but not generally corrected, still smugly fond of my image, which fits the indisputably comical nature of the Professor's Asian junket. And now back to "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), a great flick perhaps familiar to Indian journalists: "When the truth becomes legend, print the legend."
DRed| 11.13.10 @ 1:17PM
I'm more sad than anything, John. Those reports were so obviously ridiculous. I expected better from you.
As for your image, picturing our first black president as a ghetto pimp is hardly creative. I wouldn't be so smug about it.
John II| 11.13.10 @ 1:51PM
Well--what can I say? So much about this presidency has been so obviously ridiculous that I've just become inured to that which is obviously ridiculous. Yet I am more amused than sad. For the time being.
TeblackOne | 11.12.10 @ 10:58PM
You are right, i agree
Explosion Proof Light | 11.13.10 @ 12:29AM
For most Americans, Obama doesn't seem to be giving them something they don't have, but instead to be taking away something they already value.
jstwndring| 11.12.10 @ 7:02PM
As long as Islam exists, there will be no peace in the middle east.
And Obama will be gone in two years, or, less.
Mike M| 11.12.10 @ 7:24PM
Obama can say and do whatever he wants to Jews-he's a Democrat. Let it be a Republican and...
ClaudiaMonteverdi| 11.12.10 @ 9:25PM
you are sort of starting to comprehend what it was Jay's warning...Here's a clue, before you read it the 3rd time, thinki of his TITLE...The Version of Menace"----does that summon up any images or faint memories--let's "despoonerize" ir and we will see , out loud...THE MERCHANT OF VENICE....starting to catch on?
Lovingly,
Claudia
Free JAV | 11.12.10 @ 9:46PM
Obama should be sentenced to five years of hard attitude adjustment training. The first book he is required to read is "A Lethal Obsession - Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad" by Robert S. Wistrich.
http://freejavcollections.blogspot.com/
After he has some basic knowledge, we will have him read "The Israel Test" by George Gilder.
Free JAV | 11.12.10 @ 9:53PM
Obama should be sentenced to five years of hard attitude adjustment training. The first book he is required to read is "A Lethal Obsession - Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad" by Robert S. Wistrich.
http://freejavcollections.blogspot.com/
After he has some basic knowledge, we will have him read "The Israel Test" by George Gilder.
Nite| 11.12.10 @ 10:12PM
Palestine is now called Jordan. However, Jordan refuses to let the trouble makers from GAZA and the West Bank in the country. The US (Obama) and the Arab countries do NOT have the right to tell Israel what to do in their own country. The Muslim countries or the US would not like Israel telling them what to do in their countries. Obama needs to get a life or at least adjust his arrogant attitude towards Israel. If he was actually a christian and knew the bible, he would be afraid of the grief he is giving Israel.
DRed| 11.12.10 @ 10:28PM
We tell muslim countries what to do all the time. It's interesting that many of you aren't criticizing Obama for what he thinks Israel should do, but instead are criticizing just the mere fact that he disagrees with the Israeli government. But why is it that it's so unacceptable for an American president to have an opinion on what another country should do?
michiganruth| 11.12.10 @ 10:54PM
why? well, for one thing, he said during the election and during his apology tours that he was NOT going to "dictate" to other countries. remember? he was going to be different from that bad George Bush, who tried to tell people what to do.
oddly enough, that not-dictating thing didn't seem to include Israel, to which he dictates constantly.
Obama is also very selective about who and what he criticizes. when Palestinians shoot rockets into Sderot, or celebrate a terrorist by naming a public square after her, Obama says nothing. but when Israel says it's going to build some apartments in Jerusalem, ITS CAPITAL, Obama goes ballistic.
and Obama's condescending take on why the Israelis don't like him? it's his middle name, he suggests. yup, because in addition to everything else, Israelis--and Jews in general--are stupid.
DRed| 11.12.10 @ 11:18PM
Obama said he thought the construction in East Jerusalem wasn't helpful to the peace process. That's it. That's neither dictating nor going ballistic. Pretty mild stuff.
As for Obama thinking Jews in general are stupid, that's ridiculous. Ask Rahm Emmanuel, or David Axelrod, or Elena Kagan to start with.
michiganruth| 11.12.10 @ 11:32PM
I was referring to the Joe Biden trip last year, not the resumption of building now, after the freeze expired.
surely you remember that? the Obama administration DID indeed go ballistic, with Obama furious, Hillary on the phone berating Bibi, and the whole "I'm going to have dinner with Michelle and the kids--let me know if you want to talk" humiliation thing.
as for your other point, you must be one of those deluded goyim who thinks that if a person finds Jews useful in some way, he cannot therefore think poorly of Jews. uh, WRONG. just one example: Nixon and Kissinger. I'm sure you know that Nixon was forever making anti-Semitic cracks about Dr. K.
rrebell| 11.13.10 @ 9:03AM
Whether he is using some communist traitor type jews is inmaterial. He never makes "mild stuff" about anybody else (mohammedan, third world, non white, Iran, communist country, especially African). The mohammedan world main problem is the existance of a non-mohammedan country in the territory of past conquest of the mohammedan imperialism. Obama has use for the anti-Zionist Jews because they are the best help for him in his dark games against the United States against European-heritage people and for the mohammedan aims.
CraigC| 11.12.10 @ 11:09PM
Historically, when heads of government with tyrannical streaks confront the limits of their power, they beat up a Jew to get their mojo back.
I'll be stealing that.
rrebell| 11.13.10 @ 8:48AM
Large percentage of Jews are mentally deranged. This is the only people on Earth who votes against its own interest and in spite of all evidences. No other people are against the existance of its own (ancestral) country, not the Irish, the German, the Turk, not anybody only many Jews. Maybe some lefty Americans.
vtwin| 11.13.10 @ 10:47AM
huh?
Margie| 11.13.10 @ 12:09PM
Prime Minister Netanyahu fired back: "Jerusalem is not a settlement. It is the capital of Israel."
Amen, Bibi, Amen!
shipley130| 11.13.10 @ 12:43PM
There a few Jews involved in routing out Obama's real story, but not nearly enough. New information available says that congress DID NOT vet Obama's eligibility and nobody wants to take responsibility for it. I'm not planning on letting the issue drop and I hope American Spectator will not let it drop.
Intelligent Design| 11.13.10 @ 1:47PM
The Case for Profiling:
Let's follow Israel's example and get real. 99.9% of terrorist attacks worldwide over the past 4 decades have been perpetrated by followers of Islam. Airplanes, office buildings, schools, churches, trains, nightclubs, military posts. Gee whiz, I wonder if there is some way to use technology to profile using this data. How about a dedicated private Think Tank? TSA and other government employees will never solve it. In fact the TSA should be remodeled and turned over to private enterprise.
SPaquet| 11.14.10 @ 3:11PM
Have you forgotten the I.R.A., that accounts for at least .3% in the past 40 years? That's what a liberal fascist would explain-away and most entitled sloths and union snails in a union suite here in Cali(mexi)fornia would fall for it hook-line-and sinker. It's a reality show dress up like a state. Go Jerry![sarc.].
Rowdy Boots| 11.13.10 @ 8:48PM
Has there ever been a president of the United States that has made enemies of our friends and tried hopelessly to make friends of our enemies?
This is like a dream. How can the American People not see the disaster that is Obama Foreign Policy? Or should I say the lack thereof?
Impeachment on the grounds of treason, harm to the republic--there must be something we can do to protect ourselves.
2012--THY NAME IS FREEDOM!
ROWDY BOOTS
Rowdy Boots| 11.13.10 @ 8:48PM
Has there ever been a president of the United States that has made enemies of our friends and tried hopelessly to make friends of our enemies?
This is like a dream. How can the American People not see the disaster that is Obama Foreign Policy? Or should I say the lack thereof?
Impeachment on the grounds of treason, harm to the republic--there must be something we can do to protect ourselves.
2012--THY NAME IS FREEDOM!
ROWDY BOOTS
Ginger| 11.14.10 @ 10:25AM
The Bible says, concerning God's people Israel, "I will bless those who bless you & curse those who curse you".
Don't worry Obammy has a curse on his head.
What an idiot!
obadiah| 11.14.10 @ 9:14PM
//begin sarcasm//
Israelis are tough. They will never surrender. They will fight, fight, fight to the end. They will always win. No one can beat them. And they always have Masada!
//end sarcasm//
Tom Greene| 11.14.10 @ 11:38PM
Ginger,
How can you say Esau was no progenitor of any Muslims? Remember, he was the hairy one.
Oldegoat
Tommy Saputra | 11.15.10 @ 10:59AM
nice info...
glass shelving systems | 12.6.10 @ 4:11AM
There a few Jews involved in routing out Obama's real story, but not nearly enough. New information available says that congress DID NOT vet Obama's eligibility and nobody wants to take responsibility for it. I'm not planning on letting the issue drop and I hope American Spectator will not let it drop.