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(Blogging Lite today because I was busy having Day From Hell)

LGF:

As the Democrats willfully pursue a policy of surrender and isolationism, the rhetoric from the Islamic world gets more belligerent and aggressive.

Go figure.

Circ numbers :)

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Israeli deterrence

Lazer Brody:

.... The more folks remember the tragedy of Gush Katif, the more G-d willing we'll be able to prevent such future tragedies in the future. Therefore, we'd like you to take a 4-minute break, and see this clip about the final minutes of Netzer Hazani before the expulsion of the Jews from Gaza. Please, remember these images. Pray that such things don't happen in the future, and that Hashem spoil the clandestine designs of the back-room padded-pocket thugs, amen.

When you strengthen your observance of the Torah in Melborne, Australia, in Montgomery, Alabama, in Denver or in Saskatoon, you strengthen the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. When you learn another 5 minutes of Torah in Monsey or in Toronto, a Qassam rocket either falls in an empty field or blows up in the face of the terrorists that are firing it.

The more we strengthen our emuna now, the easier we'll be able to withstand the additional tests of emuna that we're likely to encounter on the way to the full redemption of our people, soon, amen.

There it is again

“If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me,” Mr. Wright said with a shrug.

“I said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen.”

NY Times: A Candidate, His Minister and the Search for Faith

... Mr. Obama was entranced by Mr. Wright, whose sermons fused analysis of the Bible with outrage at what he saw as the racism of everything from daily life in Chicago to American foreign policy. Mr. Obama had never met a minister who made pilgrimages to Africa, welcomed women leaders and gay members and crooned Teddy Pendergrass rhythm and blues from the pulpit. Mr. Wright was making Trinity [United Church of Christ] a social force, initiating day care, drug counseling, legal aid and tutoring. He was also interested in the world beyond his own; in 1984, he traveled to Cuba to teach Christians about the value of nonviolent protest and to Libya to visit Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, along with the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Mr. Wright said his visits implied no endorsement of their views.

Also noteworthy:

Mr. Obama’s ties to Trinity have become more complicated than those simply of proud congregation and favorite son. Since Mr. Obama announced his candidacy, the church has received threatening phone calls. On blogs and cable news shows, conservative critics have called it separatist and antiwhite.

Congregants respond by saying critics are misreading the church’s tenets, that it is a warm and accepting community and is not hostile to whites. But Mr. Wright’s political statements may be more controversial than his theological ones. He has said that Zionism has an element of “white racism.” (For its part, the Anti-Defamation League says it has no evidence of any anti-Semitism by Mr. Wright.)

And this:

On the Sunday after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Mr. Wright said the attacks were a consequence of violent American policies. Four years later he wrote that the attacks had proved that

“people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just ‘disappeared’ as the Great White West went on its merry way of ignoring Black concerns.”

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At the Trinity church website, Mr. Wright reassures us that

"African-centered thought, unlike Eurocentrism, does not assume superiority and look at everyone else as being inferior."

Whewf, I feel much better now, don't you?

But of course not so much better that I would go on my "merry way." G-d forbid. I certainly wouldn't want to align myself with the "Great White West." Would I? Isn't being Eurocentric bad? Should I have been black? If I can't be black, what should I do or be? I'm so confused.

I mean, I'm glad Wright doesn't think America attacked herself on 9/11, but on the other hand, if 9/11 was indeed a reminder of the presence of "people of color" in the world, or a warning to the "Great White West" not to ignore "Black concerns" ...

What's a White Jew to do?

Vote for Obama?

Will that make it all better?

Because he's Black?

Because he grew up in Hawaii?

Because his stepgrandmother is a devoted Muslim?

Sarah Hussein Obama of Kenya, Barack [Hussein] Obama’s step-grandmother, is a lifelong Muslim. “I am a strong believer of the Islamic faith,” she says. Photo / Evelyn Hockstein for The New York Times.

{sigh}

Nota Bene the "political ramifications"

My friend Shirl in Jerusalem brings this to our attention. More information on last week's attack on a young Jewish woman in Marseilles. At Arutz Sheva, she even has a name.

(IsraelNN.com) A young Jewish woman was brutalized by two Muslim Arabs in France Thursday.

Audrey Brachelle, 22, was attacked in the French city of Marseilles Thursday evening. The attack began as she walked back from her job as an accountant at a textile factory toward the metro station in the La Rose neighborhood of the city, which is home to many Jews.

Two Arab men followed her and attempted to steal her cell phone. After they grabbed it, the attackers noticed the Jewish ornament on the woman’s necklace, at which point she says they realized she was Jewish and began focusing on brutalizing her rather than stealing her phone.

The men then punched her in the face, sliced her dress with a knife and carved at least one Nazi swastika into her chest. They also cut off a clump of her hair.

Despite the swastikas and epithets expressed by the attackers, the French government is hesitating to admit that the attack was an anti-Jewish one. French Jews say the government is hesitant to admit the attack was anti-Semitic as that would have political ramifications and sway the upcoming presidential elections set to take place May 6.

Haaretz:

"I don't know what really happened, but it smells fishy," Farid Tayer, who runs a vegetable stand less than 100 meters from the scene of the attack, says. "It strikes me as a provocation connected to the elections. I think someone is hoping to filch a couple of votes off of this affair. Jews and Arabs have lived peacefully for a long time. The real violence here is on the part of Sarkozy, who's threatening to use force against us immigrants."

.... In 2004, a French woman claimed six North African immigrants attacked her and her baby in a train near Paris. She said they beat her and her son, and scrawled a swastika on her body. Political mayhem ensued, until it was revealed that the alleged victim was not actually Jewish, and that she had invented the entire story.

.... Meanwhile, Brachelle does not want to leave her home. Her concerned family members told Haaretz that she has been frightened, confused and suffering from acute headaches since the incident. "We can't even go near her, she just screams at us to leave her alone," they say.

And how's this for oxymoronic?

The Jewish community is determined not to see the incident reoccur, and is keeping a low profile on the incident.

oxymoron - from the Greek, oxumoron, from neuter of oxumoros, pointedly foolish.

Quote of the Day

"There were big hopes, but

Olmert is responsible for everything."

The Associated Press has the story.

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Democrats Disagree

See the Video:

"Do you believe there is such a thing

as a global war on terror?"

Oh, and if you're interested in Moktada al Sadr's statement concerning the Democrats, you can find reference to it in today's New York Times: Dozens Killed in Bomb Attack on Shiite Shrine.

Page A10. Scroll down to the eleventh and twelfth paragraphs.

"“Let us not forget the screams and wailing of your soldiers, as if they are bereaved children, calling upon you, 'Get us out of Iraq, otherwise we are dead, O Bush' ..."

Uncle Joe called it back in February, though the "truce" he
urged ("in the Washington political war over Iraq") is admittedly
. . . strained.

Comment at the Puffington Host

At Joe Scarborough's commentary, Debate Reaction: Winners and Losers, I found this in the comments:

"It's not all Republicans that are the problem.
Just the crazy ones."

Shavua Tov

Only in Israel - from Yeshiva World News

Very shortly, Coca-Cola in Israel will be the first in the world to manufacture the world most popular soft drink without preservatives or artificial food coloring. According to the Ynet News Agency, Coca-Cola Israel plans to maintain its original taste, shelf-life, and Kashruth.

Being the first plant in the world to successfully implement the advanced technological procedure, Muzi Werthiem, Cola-Cola Israel’s owner received the permission and blessing of Muhtar Kent, president of the Coca-Cola Company, who congratulated him on the great achievement.

The new drink, which will include both regular and diet Coke, will be on the market as of next week, and labeled “artificial coloring and preservative-free.”

Shabbat shalom

Oh, and Happy Blogiversary to me (and BtB).
Four years today, the 27th. Time flies when you're... blogging.