I disapprove: there's no reason to shoot a robber (as long as it ain't my stuff they're stealing) that's just plain wrong :/
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Originally posted by KEK View Postno means no, and so does pepper spraySig by The Carpentersigpic
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Originally posted by The Flyattractor View PostIts Martain Luther King Day....So why do Bankers/Post Office employees and Teachers get the day off?
I do not think that MLK would approve.no means no, and so does pepper spraySig by The Carpentersigpic
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Originally posted by Girlbot View PostThey made it a "National Holiday", so that denotes no mail, and no banking, and the stock exchange closes.
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So, what do the inhabitants of the Political Discussion Thread think of Obama's 2nd inaugural speech?Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
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Originally posted by KEK View Post
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It's elections day in Israel, and I voted. For Netanyahu, for economy and infrastructure-related reasons. So did my boss, who, unlike me, is a long-time Leftist and die-hard Netanyahu hater, but who voted for him because he realized that the Left is too delusional to be allowed anywhere near Prime Minister position. He and I did a quick unscientific poll in our office, and to our shock girls turned out to be much more hardline than guys; almost all the girls who work with me are voting for right-wing Naftali Bennett.If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.- Abba Eban.
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Originally posted by Womble View PostIt's elections day in Israel, and I voted. For Netanyahu, for economy and infrastructure-related reasons. So did my boss, who, unlike me, is a long-time Leftist and die-hard Netanyahu hater, but who voted for him because he realized that the Left is too delusional to be allowed anywhere near Prime Minister position. He and I did a quick unscientific poll in our office, and to our shock girls turned out to be much more hardline than guys; almost all the girls who work with me are voting for right-wing Naftali Bennett.If you wish to see more of my rants, diatribes, and general comments, check out my Twitter account SirRyanR!
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Originally posted by SoulReaver View Postdifferences between Netanyaho & this Bennett chap??
Netanyahu, contrary to how he has been portrayed in ever-clueless Western media, is a moderate rightwinter who is a centrist at heart, but he is also a hardcore pragmatist. He isn't opposed to Palestinian independence as a matter of principle, but he won't let Israel be suckered into a faulty agreement on bad terms the way Obama and the Europeans would have him do.
Bennet is pretty decent on social and economic issues, but he is a former head of the Yesha Council (settler lobby), ideologically opposed to the very idea of a Palestinian state, advocates annexation of about 60% of the West Bank and opposes more or less any action against settlers' illegal outposts. Basically, Bennet is how your media describes Netanyahu.
I can't wait for how the media will misinterprete these elections. A few things to be kept in mind when you read those op-eds:
1) The "peace process" was a complete non-factor in these elections. Resurgence of the Left is due to its reorientation towards primarily social and economic agenda.
2) Resurgence of the Left will have no impact on the peace process, which was killed by Abbas with generous help from Obama, and which will remain dead for the foreseeable future. Yecimovich and Lapid may occasionally talk about restarting it,, but they know it won't work. Plus they're more or less on the same page as Netanyahu on most Palestinian-related issues.
3) Bennett's popularity "miracle" is not due to some kind of sudden radicalization of the Israelis; his party simply absorbed the hardliner vote that used to go to Lieberman's party before its merger with the Likud.
4) The real surprise is the popularity of Yair Lapid. Until about a year ago he was known mostly as a celebrity journalist on TV and the son of Yosef (Tommy) Lapid, an extremely popular figure in the Israeli life and culture (Holocaust survivor, TV and radio journalist and at one point a government minister, with a gift for hilarious sarcastic quips). Lapid's main strength is that he looks good in a leather coat.If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.- Abba Eban.
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