Tag: Israel

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Politically Correct Speech

“When/if information of a trial becomes available, I will inform you immediately.

Please continue to pray for Israel (if that is your custom)“

Jessica Schwartz

I suppose “if that is your custom” is inserted to show inclusiveness toward non-prayers.  Color added for emphasis.

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May 17, 2012 Maxim

“If I win the Nobel Peace Prize,

you will know that I have failed.”

Tony Blair

speaking at the commencement of his Arab/Israeli diplomatic mission

as quoted by Jay Nordlinger in his new book:

Peace, They Say

A very good book about the Nobel Peace Prize and it’s winners.

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Happy Birthday Israel

The State of Israel was 64 years old this week which makes it about middle aged as nations go.

Happy Birthday Israel

To add a little more historic perspective:

  • Israel was founded before the fax machine and outlived it.
  • Israel was founded before the cassette tape and has outlived it.
  • The same for the floppy disc, the princess phone and the pager.
  • Looking at some companies Israel has out lived WT Grant, Polaroid, Wang and Lehman Brothers
  • It looks like Israel will outlive Kodak and Sears.  Although both of them were founded when Zionism was only a dream.
  • My favorite: Israel was founded before the Boeing 707 flew and it still exists.  Boeing 707’s are not flying much anymore.
  • Israel outlasted the United Arab Republic, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, the USSR and Tibet.
  • Since Israel was admitted to the UN somewhere near a hundred other countries have been admitted.

Did I miss any?

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What Enslaves Us Today?

Tonight is the beginning of Passover when our people celebrate the escape from slavery under the Egyptians and eventually making it to freedom in the Land of Israel.  It is a great holiday for reflecting on freedom and the right to move around.  I have posted a reflection on the implications of Passover and Immigration on my Rational Immigration site.

Simon at the Western Wall

Rabbi Grater who is my Rabbi at Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center published in the Huffington Post a Top Ten List of Enslavements.  I thought his list was a Progressives distorted view of the world. Full of bad assumptions and even worse solutions and so I prepared my own list of the Top Ten List of Progressive Enslavements.

To give you a flavor of it so you don’t have to go to the jump: The Rabbi’s first item is:

We are enslaved to the notion that capitalism and money are an excuse to do anything we want in the name of freedom.

Mine is:

We are enslaved to the notion that governments can create prosperity even though we have 200 years of evidence showing that less government and more economic freedom make everybody’s lives better.

To read both lists click here.  Your comments are welcome.