Pay Up People!

On Friday, Israeli Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz told an Israeli newspaper an attack on Iran looked "unavoidable" given the apparent failure of United Nations sanctions to deny Tehran technology with bomb-making potential.

"Our armed forces are at the height of their readiness and if anyone should want to undertake such a foolish job the response would be very painful," the state Iran daily quoted Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar as saying.

Some Israeli political commentators have accused Mofaz, whose comments helped drive up oil prices to a record $139 a barrel on Friday, of making them to advance his personal political ambitions.

In Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asked ministers at the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday to refrain from discussing sensitive matters publicly, officials said.

Israel, widely believed to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal, has described Iran's nuclear program as a threat to its existence. Olmert last week said it must be stopped by "all possible means."

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More Babies In Gaza

It is safe to say that families in Gaza have no problem having kids...in fact, they have so many of them that two things are now happening:

-Families in Gaza are making less money and 70 percent of the people live under the poverty line.
-People are running out of creative names to give to their kids.

I propose that we start a program in Gaza, name a kid in Gaza after yourself or after someone you like. Let's be honest, you are tired of naming buildings and streets after loves ones, you want something New! Maybe you you are unable to have kids (you are too unhandsome or too weird and no one will marry you for example)

We introduce our program that is both new and full of heart. Preserve your legacy by getting your name to Gaza for a low price. For a low fee, you will ensure a baby in Gaza carries a name of your choosing. Here is what this nominal fee will get you, you will get a birth certificate with the name you chose and a picture of the baby. A new picture will be sent to you every 6 months. All this, for the low price of 10 payment of 50 dollars.

Preserves Your Legacy_For Less

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Babies on US

The way many natives of the land look at foreigners in their land, is the same way we look at babies. First we are all excited, and interested; as time passes, the baby looks less its appeal and we lose interest!

When a foreigner comes to your land, you are interested in them, you want to learn about them and help them. The process of seeing the change is exciting, the longer they stay, the more they absorb of your habits. It even gets less exciting, in the same way that the second baby is not as exciting as they first one. The more of one group of guests, the less attention member of that group receive.

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Abraham

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln

Needless to say Abraham Lincoln is my all time favorite US President. Sorry Jeffersonian, we do not study much about him in Gaza.

This got me to think about that so many people I met in my career in the United States, in Blue, purple, and red states. A great deal of individuals who are loyal Republicans tend to have insecurities about the United States position as Super Power in the World. I think it would be safe to say that such insecurities hold such voters from trusting the Democrats- viewed soft or less aggressive. So such insecurities are based on fear that this great power, the United States might not maintain its power if it was not aggressive. In away the risk is obvious when you vote a Democrat, but not so when you vote Republican, and that's the problem.

This trend migrates to other countries. No one wants to see their country weak (whatever that may be) Israel is the same way, when they are not at war, they want a peaceful break; when they have a break, then it is the guys that are up for war. It is a cycle. No, I think it is more like a medicine that generates its own disease. for example, the moment a party has power, the moment that everyone expects them to do good things, disappointed, people turn around for the other party.

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Stick It!

A Press Release About words uttered by Senator Obama....

ADC is extremely disappointed in Senator Obama’s remarks about Jerusalem and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East made last week in Washington DC before the lobbying group AIPAC. ADC calls on its members and supporters to express their dismay by using the following talking points:

1. We believed Senator Obama when he said lobbying groups will NOT dominate his foreign or domestic policy, yet the Washington Post wrote last week that Obama was already pandering to powerful interest groups.

2. We believed Senator Obama when he said he believed in diplomacy and negotiation; yet, last week he stated that Jerusalem will be the undivided capital of Israel. U.S. policy has always held that the issue of Jerusalem should be negotiated between Palestinians and Israelis.

While we believed Senator Obama when he spoke of dialogue and diplomacy with Iraq’s neighbors in order to end the Iraqi war, he has already recanted that commitment.

3. Senator Obama should not wear the flag of a foreign country. He should wear the flag of the United State of America only!

4. Arab Americans are patriotic Americans and voters. They have been Diplomats, Cabinet members, Generals in the Armed Forces, Public servants, Doctors, Journalists, Lawyers, Researchers, and active in every walk of life. They are voters in every state, especially the most battleground states like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, and Florida.

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You Make Them Sick!

I do not think Muslims made the list, but Mormons have, but my favorite is "people who talk to their pets more than they talk to God"

I think more people back home need to see this poster to better understand that people here find it more important to speak up your mind than worry about offending others.

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AIPAC Kicks Out Aljazeera Report!

This would not have happend in Israel, but it would happen here,



Here is what a prominent Jewish Blogger has to say about it
By M.J. Rosenberg - June 5, 2008, 8:17AM

This is the kind of scene that would not happen in Israel. Clayton Swisher from Al Jazeera English asks as impertinent question about the upcoming AIPAC trial and gets thrown out.

In Israel, the question would have produced a debate -- screaming, hollering and God knows what else. Here, the reporter is banned. Good journalism though. I wish Swisher was asking this kind of provocative question at the White House press room. We need less politeness by reporters (again, see Israel).

Meanwhile the lawyer representing the AIPAC guys asks in an op-ed in the Forward. Why haven't these guys received their constitutional due of a speedy trial. The case looks very flimsy. Try them or free them. Just letting them dangle in the wind seems indefensible.

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