RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Mideast peace agreement will require “painful concessions” by Israelis and Palestinians who must work together to defeat those “committed to violence,” Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday.
After meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Cheney stressed the U.S. commitment to the creation of an independent Palestinian state, saying it was [...]
Monthly Archive for March, 2008
By Rebecca Catalanello, Times staff writer
Published Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:52 PM
TAMPA — “Sex,” “teacher” and “student” meet again.
A 45-year-old high school honors teacher was arrested Thursday, accused of having sex with a 17-year-old boy.
Police say Freedom High School English teacher Mary Jo Spack, 45, met two male students at a liquor store last Friday, [...]
(IsraelNN.com) Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama is currently hiding his anti-Israel views in order to get elected, according to a well-known anti-Israel activist. The activist, Ali Abunimah, claimed to know Obama well and to have met him on numerous occasions at pro-Palestinian events in Chicago.
In an article he penned for the anti-Israeli website Electronic [...]
Eight reasons I won’t vote for McCain
Posted in Politics on Mar 18th, 2008
Note: Klingenschmitt is a Keys supporter (whereas I prefer Ron Paul), but his points here regarding McCain are valid enough:
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By Gordon James Klingenschmitt
“Here are eight reasons I won’t vote for McCain and will continue to support Dr. Keyes wherever he leads our Exodus:
Sen. McCain refused to help me when I fought to pray “in Jesus’ [...]
Largest donors make electability
Posted in Babylon, Politics, Propaganda, Sodom on Mar 17th, 2008
By Jon Christian Ryter
If you examine the business interests of the largest donors, you can actually chart, with a fairly good degree of accuracy, the legislative agenda of any candidate running for office.
The largest donors this season have been what is construed as the Rockefeller-Morgan banks—which before New Hampshire were only backing McCain and Clinton [...]
The Boiling Frog Syndrome and US Politics
Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Politics, Propaganda on Mar 17th, 2008
McCAIN WOULD CONTINUE THE BUSH 2 DISASTER
By Steven Yates
NewsWithViews.com
Whether we like it or not, the power elite is getting what it wants again this election year. Having recognized the philandering, cross-dressing Rudy Giuliani as unappealing to most Republican voters and having been able to black out Ron Paul for the most part, they have [...]
NO link between Saddam, al Qaida - NONE
Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Propaganda on Mar 13th, 2008
ABC News’ Jonathan Karl Reports: The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention. This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report’s release and will no longer make the report available [...]
Is the United States moving toward military action with Iran?
The resignation of the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East is setting off alarms that the Bush administration is intent on using military force to stop Iran’s moves toward gaining nuclear weapons. In announcing his sudden resignation today following a report on his views [...]
Note: I am reposting this entire article because I think its message provides yet another sign of acharit hayamim — the End of Days — and the incipient darkness that has been slowly enshrouding upon us…
Call Me a Snob, but Really, We’re a Nation of Dunces
By Susan Jacoby
Sunday, February 17, 2008;
“The mind of this country, taught to aim at low [...]
McCain More Hawkish on Foreign Policy Than Bush
Hans Nichols
Wed March 12, 12:01 AM ET
March 12 (Bloomberg) — John McCain is at least as determined as George W. Bush to stay the course in Iraq and more confrontational than the president on foreign policy issues ranging from Russia and China to North Korea.
The perception that McCain [...]