H/T Shelly
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Hell Hath No Fury Like Thomas Friedman Scorned...............by Dan Friedman
[I’ve been receiving a lot of mail today about St. Thomas Friedman’s latest anti-Israel rant. It’s been ages since I read his column or his paper and I only visit the website to download and print the puzzle, which I get for free. In that same spirit, I’m not going to supply a link. If you want, you can find them without my help. But below are a few well-chosen words from comrade-in-arms Richard Baehr of the indispensible American Thinker who still seems to let Friedman get under his skin.
Richard, the thing to remember about Friedman (no relation, thank G-d) is that he thinks the world of himself, but the world just won’t reciprocate - especially a tiny part of it called Israel. This in turn makes Tom furious because for at least 25 years the Jewish state has defied his prognostications and made him look the fool. Worse still, the product of his compounding rage is all there on the record in black and white. May Israel continue to confound Thomas L. Friedman and make his blood boil. The sooner the piece of poison burns himself out the sooner we can forget him. df]
Richard Baehr writes:
Tom Friedman, the single most overrated journalist in America, has been obsessed with Israel and settlements for three decades. In mid 2010, he accused Israel of behaving like Syrian mass murderer Hafez Assad, who put down a protest in the city of Hama in 1982, by killing most everyone in the town, 20,000 in all in a single day. Somehow, Israel's behavior reminded Friedman of this atrocity, since he accused Israel of following Hama rules in the 2006 war with Hezbollah, and the 2008 war with Hamas in in Gaza . Friedman believes the events in Egypt represented a great opportunity for Israel to drop its qualms and just make peace with the Palestinians, since the deal has been out there for a long time, and especially since he exchanged peace plans with the Saudis over sweet tea. . And of course, for Friedman, Israel's concern over what might follow Mubarak, and the stability of the 31 year peace treaty with Egypt that has prevented a land war between the nations after they fought 4 in 25 years from 1948 to 1973, is dismissed as Israel choosing to protect the pharoah, rather than stand for democracy, and disappointing the Obama administration which was such a paragon of virtue, speaking so forthrightly and consistently during the crisis.
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Monday, 14 February 2011
Middle East Protests Spreading
The Protests are spreading throughout the Middle East. Algeria,
Sudan, Nigeria, Jordan, Yemen, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia... Who's next?
In Bahrain they are handing out cash worth over $2,500 to every family to keep them calm
Don't Forget the Muslim Brotherhood -
The Muslim Brotherhood has taken a greater role in organizing the protest against the Egyptian regime as it unfolds its independent political agenda. Rashad al-Bayumi, the Brotherhood`s second-in-command, announced in an interview with Japanese TV that the group would join a transitional government in order to cancel the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, as it "offends the Arabs` dignity and destroys the interests of Egypt and other Arab states."
He further stressed that Egypt does not need American aid.
The Muslim Brotherhood does indeed participate in political activity and defend the democratic process. That is not, however, because it has accepted the principles of Western democracy, but rather because the democratic process can be exploited to establish an Islamic regime which will then render democracy unnecessary.
Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Muhammad Mahdi `Akef told the Egyptian daily Al-Karama in 2007 that only Islam was the expression of true democracy.
"Islam and its values antedated the West by founding true democracy, exemplified by the Shura [the advisory council under the Caliphs]."
The Brotherhood`s official website notes that jihad is Islam`s most important tool in effecting a gradual takeover, beginning with the Muslim countries, moving on to reestablishing the Caliphate over three continents in preparation for a conquest of the West, and finally...
Read the entire article and the history of the Muslim Brotherhood at DoubleTapper
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Video: Your Life According To The Government
Rico writes: I am mindful of Jimmy Buffet's "love from a slightly different point of view' after watching this video.
- It's an interesting perspective, point-of-view.
While it is always good to have a 'plan'...Conventional Wisdom most often is NOT the 'plan' you want to have.
- Yeah, repeat after me: "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."
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