Part ONE:
Even those who are not particularly sympathetic to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu could get a good measure of satisfaction from this interview with British Television during the retaliation against Hamas' shelling of Israel. The interviewer asked him: "How come so many more Palestinians have been killed in this conflict than Israelis?"
Netanyahu: "Are you sure that you want to start asking in that direction?" Interviewer: "Why not?"
Netanyahu: "Because in World War II more Germans were killed than British and Americans combined, but there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the war was caused by Germany 's aggression. And in response to the German blitz on London, the British wiped out the entire city of Dresden, burning to death more German civilians than the number of people killed in Hiroshima ... Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the R.A.F. tried to bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, some of the bombs missed their target and fell on a Danish children's hospital, killing 83 little children.
Perhaps you have another question?"
Part TWO: Benjamin Netanyahu gave another interview and was asked about Israel 's occupation of Arab lands. His response was, "It's our land."
The reporter was stunned - read below. "Yes, it's our land... It's important information since we don't get fair and accurate reporting from the media and facts tend to get lost in the jumble of daily events."
"Crash Course on the Arab-Israeli Conflict." (1.5 minutes to read!)
Here are overlooked facts in the current and past Middle East situation. A Christian university professor compiled these: Facts:
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem: Israel became a nation in 1312 BC, two thousand (2,000) years before the rise of Islam.
2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of a Palestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment of the modern State of Israel.
3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BC, the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand (1,000) years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 lasted no more than 22 years.
5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital,and Arab leaders did not bother to come visit.
6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned even once in the Koran.
7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem.
8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem.
9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: in 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left (many in fear of retaliation by their own brethren, the Arabs), without ever seeing an Israeli soldier. The ones who stayed were afforded the same peace, civility, and citizenship rights as everyone else.
10. The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab brutality, persecution and pogroms.
11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to be around 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be the same.
12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONLLY not absorbed or integrated into the Arab lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in the world that hasnever been absorbed or integrated into their own people's lands. Jewish refugees were completely absorbed into Israel, a country no larger than the state of New Jersey.
13. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: the Arabs are represented by eight separate nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself each time and won.
14. The PLO's Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel. Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank land, autonomy under the Palestinian Authority, and has supplied them.
15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the Jews were denied access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and Christian sites have been preserved and made accessible to people of all faiths.
16. The UN Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.
17. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel.
18. The UN was silent while the Jordanians destroyed 58 Jerusalem synagogues.
19. The UN was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
20. The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
These are incredible times. We have to ask what our role should be.
What will we tell our grandchildren about what we did when there was a turning point in Jewish destiny, an opportunity to make a difference?
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I will tell them that it was our moral duty to act with justice toward Israel or any other nation.
I'll will remind them of this quote from Joseph Campbell, "It's time to admit that the idea of a chosen people is just something used by primitive tribes to give themselves a leg up in the days when the snake could talk."
Some corrections are clearly needed here.
The Biblical state of Israel only existed for about 300 years.
In around 1000 BC, King David conquered Jerusalem and carved the state of Israel out of a chunk of what had been, for the previous 1000 years or so, the land of Canaan.
The Israelites felt compelled to conquer Canaan because their God told them they could have Canaan. That and the force of arms was their only claim to the land.
Israel thrived, more or less, until about 722 B.C. when it was conquered by the Assyrians.
Then conquered again by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.
Then conquered again by the Persians about 50 years later. The Persians remained in control until Alexander the Great conquered it around 331 B.C.
After the death of Alexander, the area bounced around in limbo until it came under Roman rule in about 164 B.C. This is when the area became known as Palestine.
At no time during the previous 2000 years was the are populated by a Jewish majority. It was populated by a mix of indigenous people who had been inhabiting the area continuously for 10,000 years. The Jewish people were just part of the mix.
The Roman Empire ruled Palestine until about 300 A.D. The Byzantine Empire ruled Palestine from about 300 A.D. until 638 A.D. when the Muslims took control and held it until it became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1517.
The Ottoman Empire remained in control of Palestine until the end of WWI when it was divided between the French and the British.
Although there was talk of establishing a Jewish homeland in the area, it wasn't until after WWII that the British finally punted, turned the issue over to the newly formed United Nations and let them decide what to do with Palestine.
The U.N. basically split Palestine into an Arab Palestine and a Jewish Israel in 1947. The decision was not well received in the region and remains unpopular today.
So, over the course of 10,000 years, Israel existed for 300 years because their God said so and for the last 65 years because the U.N. said so.
Israel is a consensual construct of modern international law. It's not as though Israel was brought into existence by God Himself and has remained inviolate for all of human history.
Great job on this post Joe. You Bet! We need Israel..
The United States has always looked at Israel as a ally of democracy in a region where’s there’s been nothing but uncertainties and especially in these days of the Arab Spring, and the "So Called" Muslim Brotherhood"
Israel is surrounded by all of the United Nations enemies of America the same countries who despise the peace and freedoms that America and Israel have been fighting for since I can remember.
And it's very important that we side with them now more than ever, now that we have a president who's alliance is with the Muslim Brotherhood, whoever they are!
The only real ally we have in that region is Israel.
If obama and his socialist friends are anti Israel, then I am for Israel. Like Farrakhan, and Sharpton and Jessie Jackson , and Jeremiah Wright who have been hateful anti-Semitic’s for years. Ignorance and racism is on the rise everywhere in America and only since Obana has been in office. But not to worry, there will be a return to conservative values come this November. Crackpot’s like Farrakhan and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be long gone before you know it and so will Barack Obama and his gang of socialist who would just as soon throw Israel to the wolves rather than risk his friendship with people like Hugo Chávez, or Ahmadinejad.
@XO - The Israelites felt compelled to conquer Canaan because their God told them they could have Canaan.
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XO, I believe the current scholarship identifies the Israelis as a Canaanite splinter group.
The religious narrative was needed to give them street cred in a civil war.
@Calfornia Girl - If obama and his socialist friends are anti Israel, then I am for Israel.
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Well reasoned.
Bonus points for citing the Farrakhan bogie man.
Ducky, frankly, anything that YOU are for, I am AGAINST!
And just for the record, I think that you are in ”La-La Land”
No way, Cali, I'm in Boston.
Ducky's here said...
No way, Cali, I'm in Boston.
Ah! That explains it!, do you happen to know another Kool-aide drinking Ding Bat who goes by the name of Shaw?
Tis sad but true...they certainly can't trust that fool in the white house and his staff of butt kissing commie socialists.
Number 8 is only true if the praying Muslim is geographically located somewhere on an imaginary straight line connecting Jerusalem and Mecca.
I was not aware that Jews prey facing Jerusalem (The West Wall perhaps?), but I can envision a particular geographic line of points which would allow a Jew to display his/her back toward the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as he/she preyed.
Is any of this meaningful? Other than my deliberate pun on prey/pray.
Dearest Bojangles,
California Girl said, "Ducky, frankly, anything that YOU are for, I am AGAINST!"
And you let this FANTASTIC once-in-a-lifetime set-up pass?
There is no hope for you my friend.
Mr. Netanyahu asks,
"Perhaps you have another question?"
"I do" responds the journalist.
"In your opinion, was the Irgun a Terrorist Organisation and was the 'aerating' of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946 a terrorist act?
I think Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best:
"... You declare, my friend; that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely 'anti-Zionist'. And I say, let the truth ring forth from the high mountain tops, let it echo through the valleys of God's green earth: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews -- this is God's own truth.
"Anti-Semitism, the hatred of the Jewish people, has been and remains a blot on the soul of mankind. In this we are in full agree-ment. So know also this: anti-Zionist is inherently anti-Semitic, and ever will be so.
"Why is this? You know that Zionism is nothing less than the dream and ideal of the Jewish people returning to live in their own land. The Jewish people, the Scriptures tell us, once enjoyed a flourishing Commonwealth in the Holy Land. From this they were expelled by the Roman tryant, the same Romans who cruelly murdered our LORD. Driven from their homeland, their nation in ashes, forced to wander the globe, the Jewish people time and again suffered the lash of whichever tyrant happened to rule over them.
"The Negro people, my friend, know what it is to suffer the torment of tyranny under rulers not of our choosing. Our brothers in Africa have begged, pleaded, requested -- DEMANDED -- the recognition and realization of our inborn right to live in peace under our own sovereignty in our own country.
"How easy it should be, for anyone who holds dear this inalienable right of all mankind, to understand and support the right of the Jewish People to live in their ancient Land of Israel. All men of good will exult in the fulfillment of God's promise, that His people should return in joy to rebuild their plundered land. This is Zionism, nothing more, nothing less.
"And what is anti-Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a fundamental right that we justly claim for the people of Africa and freely accord all other nations of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is anti-Semitism.
"The anti-Semite rejoices at any opportunity to vent his malice. The times have made it unpopular, in the West, to proclaim openly a hatred of the Jews. This being the case, the anti-Semite must constantly seek new forms and forums for his poison. How he must revel in the new masquerrade! He does not hate the Jews, he is just 'anti-Zionist'!
"My friend, I do not accuse you of deliberate anti-Semitism. I know you feel, as I do, a deep love of truth and justice and revulsion for racism, prejudice, and discrimination. But I know you have been misled -- as others have been -- into thinking you can be 'anti-Zionist' and yet remain true to those heartfelt principles that you and I share. Let my words echo in the depths of your soul: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews -- make no mistake about it."
Trust liberals to embrace "a blot on the soul of mankind."
Yes, Joe, we should support Israel but they are destroying themselves.
A majority of Israelis support a 2 state solution. They have a 48% top marginal income tax and 30% capital gains tax. 85% of public and private workforce are unionized. They have universal health care. The state pays for anyone to get a bachelors degree after a mandatory 2 years military service.
I understand why you want to assure the survival of that Socialist hellhole, so it can be destroyed by Gog and Magog, or whatever.
Sheesh Craig, the place ain't that much of a Socialist hellhole. It's the Start-Up capital of the world and more Patents are registered by Israel than by any other country - except possibly the USA.
And Gog and Magog are/is the Soviet Union - or so President Reagan tells us - so we no longer need worry.
And the fact a majority of Israelis support a 2 state solution does not make it right, feasible or even inevitable.
I mean, really. A majority of Supreme Court Justices supported President Bush in 2000 and a majority of Americans in 2004 - look how THAT turned out.
Aquarians Love To Cuddle get a life!
We don't need no stinken foreigners telling us how bad we are here. I you don't like us Americans then get the out and go back to wherever you came from.
All I ever see of you is when you are bitching and moaning about America.
Ms. Cuddles,
Haven't you been paying attention? "obama and his socialist friends" are destroying America because they think it's a good idea to do some of the things Israel and the rest of the developed world have already done. I didn't even mention that LGBT's serve openly in the Israeli military or that Israel recognizes common law gay "marriage" and gay marriages performed in other countries. Gay couples are afforded the same rights and benefits as straight, married couples. Will God lift his protection of His Chosen People over this abomination?
It's the Start-Up capital of the world and more Patents are registered by Israel than by any other country
How can that be? Aren't they punishing the Job Creators?
And Gog and Magog are/is the Soviet Union
Armies from the north, I think. Putin= Anti-christ? Pope Benedict? Carl XVI Gustav?
Anyway, if your going to base your foreign policy on the drug induced hallucinations of some guy on the island of Patmos, you know how it ends. All the nations of the world rise up against Israel, so what's the point? For Jesus to set up shop in Jerusalem, things are going to get ugly. "Stand with Israel" is merely cover, staying on the Big Guys good side when it all goes south.
Maybe Joe is some kind of Pre-trib, Amillennial Dispensationalist who will be raptured up before things get ugly. As for the people of Israel, as every True Christian knows, if you don't repent and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior (i.e., Jews), you're destined for an eternity in the lake of fire. Am I right or am I right?
Craig said.. "As for the people of Israel, as every True Christian knows, if you don't repent and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior (i.e., Jews), you're destined for an eternity in the lake of fire. Am I right or am I right?"
No, you're not right, in fact you sound like a freaking moron! You're not right, It's not funny, it's not even clever; it's just plain stupid.
That sounds like something you should be telling your psychiatrist. Because you are a very sick person. you're not just a self-hating creep, but a vulgar lowlife as well – SHAME ON YOU ....
Hopey-Changey: Whoa, hold on. Are you saying that it is NOT necessary to repent and accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior in order to make it to heaven and avoid going to Hell?
Because I'm pretty sure the entire New Testament says you're wrong and Craig is right.
I'm agreeing with the hope and change guy, you guys are idiots!
Case closed Believe whatever you want to. And so will I.
The reason why Christians are supportive of the nation of Israel and Jews in general is that we believe what God told Abraham, "I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee"
Many people like you believe that there is no salvation outside of Jesus Christ. I think that is very shallow of you to think that way. No one is forcing you to think they way you do, so why force others to think your way? Certainly, each individual, Jew and Gentile, will have to stand before God on his or her own, and we cannot claim to know the fate of every human being.
Of course Jews can get to Heaven. They just go to the Heaven that they believe in.
Jewish people believe in the “Mashiach” the “Mashiach” is a great leader who descended from King David . The Mashiach is often referred to as "Mashiach ben David" (Mashiach, son of David). The term "Mashiach" is related to the Hebrew term "Moshiah" (savior).
Some gentiles (non Jews) have tried to put an ugly spin on this theology, claiming that Jews should be forced to convert to their religion,
Jews do not believe that Jesus was the Mashiach. Assuming that he existed, and assuming that the Christian scriptures are accurate in describing him (both matters that are debatable), he simply did not fulfill the mission of the Mashiach as it is described in the biblical passages cited above. Jesus did not do any of the things that the scriptures said the Messiah would do. Jews do not believe in Jesus because he did not accomplish these tasks. I would say to you that that we must be more careful about what we say and how we think about what others believe in.
I hope that you got my point.
No, you're not right, in fact you sound like a freaking moron!
I read it in a book somewhere. John 3:16, For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
What was that Reformation thing about? Justification by faith alone. We know what the guy who kickstarted the Reformation thought of the Jews. The Great Reformer and Third Reich poster boy, Martin Luther, On the Jews and Their Lies;
I had made up my mind to write no more either about the Jews or against them. But since I learned that those miserable and accursed people do not cease to lure to themselves even us, that is, the Christians, I have published this little book, so that I might be found among those who opposed such poisonous activities of the Jews and who warned the Christians to be on their guard against them.
Give it a read, it's a real eye opener.
This "stand with Israel" position of the fundamentalist evangelical Protestant Christian is a very recent phenomenon. You don't have to drill too deep to find it has little to do with the Jews humanity and their desire to live in peace, and everything to do with 'commanded by God' to do it. It's the same shallow reasoning and lack of humanity that allows people to loudly proclaim their solidarity with those in Iran who protested the elections, then call for leveling the country because of their nuclear ambitions. What's a few hundred thousand more dead Muslims, anyway. We've got a prophesy to fulfill!
Craig said...
" I had made up my mind to write no more either about the Jews or against them. But since I learned that those miserable and accursed people do not cease to lure to themselves even us, that is, the Christians, I have published this little book, so that I might be found among those who opposed such poisonous activities of the Jews and who warned the Christians to be on their guard against them."
May I suggest that you take YOUR LITTLE BOOK, as well as your unsolicited advice and stick it where the sun don't shine!
This Craig creature
Is even more proof that liberals are in a state of arrested adolescence.
I have a heart, a brain, and a sense of pity, otherwise, I'd really tell Craig how i feel!
StrictlyRight, I appreciate your civil response. I am not trying to force anyone to think my way. I'm just commenting on the intersection of religion and public policy. Our relationship with Israel based solely on prophesy and Revelation is insufficient, dangerous and anathema to our Constitution and secular form of govt.
Looking to the bible to formulate a foreign policy is useless since, as you accurately pointed out, even Christians can't agree on what it says.
May I suggest that you take YOUR LITTLE BOOK, as well as your unsolicited advice and stick it where the sun don't shine!...This Craig creature
Is even more proof that liberals are in a state of arrested adolescence.
Sidbirt, More proof that you, not all conservatives, have a problem with reading comprehension. It's not my little book, it's a quote from Martin Luther's little book.
I provided a handy link. Read it. Slowly, so you can understand. It's just a mouse click away.
Craig said...
May I suggest that you take YOUR LITTLE BOOK, as well as your unsolicited advice and stick it where the sun don't shine!...This Craig creature
Is even more proof that liberals are in a state of arrested adolescence.
Sidbirt, More proof that you, not all conservatives, have a problem with reading comprehension. It's not my little book, it's a quote from Martin Luther's little book.
I provided a handy link. Read it. Slowly, so you can understand. It's just a mouse click away.
No you may not, I didn't wish to read it then and I certainly do not wish to read it now.. Nor do I care to have any further conversation with you.
Nor do I care to have any further conversation with you.
Okay, but I got the last word.
Craig said...
"Okay, but I got the last word."
What a stupid childish jerk!
When you talk about religion,somehow it brings out all the childish jerks like this one.
Well done Craig. It's frustrating arguing with the dogmatic.
StrictlyRight - "Of course Jews can get to Heaven. They just go to the Heaven that they believe in."
So, there's more than one Heaven? A Christian Heaven and Jewish Heaven? With different rules for getting into each one?
Is there a Muslim Heaven? A Mormon Heaven? A Scientology Heaven? A Hindu Heaven?
What a stupid childish jerk!
Absolutely. I thought it was the proper response to the "adult" that took his ball and went home.
Well done Craig. It's frustrating arguing with the dogmatic
Thanks Duck. I know it's impossible to change any minds but it's fun to gently poke them with their own blunt logic.
People believe what they believe, you included, because we have no answer. We are grasping at what we think is the truth we can get our hands on and creating theories based on those discoveries, whether they be the Bible or science.
But who really knows so why shove your opinions on others hoping they agree?
What makes you think that the heaven you believe in is the "real Heaven?
Why do you continue to demonstrate your ignorance ?
I'm sorry that I confused you as a person with brains, but . I won't make that mistake again.
Craig: "It's frustrating arguing with the dogmatic."
About what are you not dogmatic?
I Don’t Usually Argue With Idiots…or don’t debate ignorant fools!
But maybe I’ll get lucky, the two idiots in this debate Craig and XO will just totally vaporize if i pray enough.
Please include me with brothers Craig and XO.
StrictlyRight - "People believe what they believe, you included, because we have no answer."
Um, no. I do have an answer based om empirical evidence, not faith. You won't like my answer.
"But who really knows so why shove your opinions on others hoping they agree?"
See, here's the deal. I'm not the one shoving my opinions down other peoples throats.
I'm not the one forcing my child to pray in school.
I'm not the one forcing my child to receive a sub-standard education that doesn't include actual science!
"What makes you think that the heaven you believe in is the "real Heaven?"
I don't believe in any Heaven or Hell because they don't exist! They are Fairy Tales told to children to frighten them into behaving. It's all a lot of nonsense!
The fact that people seeking political office pander to people who belive this ridiculous nonsense scares me. It makes me doubt their rationality and sanity.
Gods, angels, demons, devils, vampires, ghosts, werewolves and all of that other hocus pocus are B.S.!
This life we have here, every day, is all there is. Live it.
After you die, it's over. There is nothing.
Live life while you have it.
Xavier Onassis what makes you think that ANYBODY gives a horses ass what YOU think or what YOU believe?
This Gentlemen "StrictlyRight" came here to *try* and explain the meaning behind Joe's post ant you and your slime-ball friends insulted him to the extent where he most likely will never come back here again. And why should he?
Does Joe provide his blog for you idiots to insult his readers? I think not.
Some people don’t like to delete negative or insulting comments because they are afraid they’ll be accused of only approving comments that they approve . Well in Joe's case I think it makes him look bad when he allows you idiots to tear down people like "StrictlyRight" who made a sensible comment and was followed with a string of insults. But that's Joe's choice, I'm sure that I for one would not return here to be insulted by you fools.
I wouldn't and won't want to engage in a nasty war of words with people who leave insulting, and nasty comments on your blog. .
I could do without those who insult my religion but whatever.I guess I have to respect freedom of speech . But I don't have to come here looking for insults. Joe, I have read you blog many times before.
I don't always comment, but when I read a blog, I read the comments too..
The way I feel about it is, Why stay around long enough to comment if you don't like what you read? Just move onto something else. People who insult religion are just idiots. But to each his own. And that's all I need to say about that..
Thank you.
R Dawkins: Up to now, I have allowed XO, Ducky and Craig to comment here to expose the warpped and incoherent thinking of the radical leftist points of view.
I have, of late, seriously been reconsidering my position, as their comments consistantly degenerate to little more than throwing insults, particularly Ducky, whom I am thinking of banning.
He has no rational presentations, only contempt and insult.
XO is nothing more than an angry white guy who disguises his rampant racism as intellectualism.
Craig is somewhat rational, but has a midguided thought process that prevents him from seeing the falacies of his "reasonings."
I welcome dialogue, but these three provide little.
Strictly Right: Please don't come here and try to theosophise.
Jews get to heaven (of which there is only one) the same way Christians do: by the grace of God through faith in Messiah (OT-the coming Messiah; NT-the Messiah having come).
While having a disticly Christian perspective, this is a political blog devoted to political issues.
For a Christian perspective on life, visit http://www.scogginsnoggin.blogspot.com
Joe - "XO is nothing more than an angry white guy who disguises his rampant racism as intellectualism."
I defy you or anyone else to find anything I have ever said, on your blog, my blog, or anywhere else on the internet that could be construed as racist.
Joe, why blame Strictly Right who olny answered a question on the blog, and did it respectfully, blame the idiots who ridiculed him.
Why do liberals Xavier Onassis, and Ducky like hate America?
Why do they hate everything it has stood for, does stand for, and want to turn it upside down and into a 3rd world country..
Liberals want to cripple our economy to level us off with the rest of the world
They worship iconic liberals who supported eugenics. They want to rewrite the meaning of marriage in traditional America.
They want to ban all sorts of traditional American foods, ingredients
-They want to eliminate driving big cars and trucks
They want to dictate what we should eat and drink.
They want to tell us where I can smoke and where we can not..
They want to ban violent sports like MMA and football
They want our borders to be open to every crook and lawless invader who wants to walk in.
They attack Christianity, and Judaism but protect violent Islamic worshipers.
They hate the military and our war Heroes. (but only when it's a GOP war)
They hate the cops who protect us..
They hate private school teachers, but love public ones
They HATE the businesses that founded and built America (farms, oil, coal, steel, etc)
But LOVE the ones that are helping with our moral decline.
I can go on and on. But I just don't understand why liberals look at something as great as America, and wanna tear it apart .
I just don't get it.
Well to put things in their proper perspective lucifershammer and to answer your question at the same time..
Did you hear Obama in his recent global summit speech last week? He said and I quote
"I want to RE-Shape America"
Dose that answer your question?
Why in the world does America the greatest Nation in the World, need to be RE-SHAPED?
This Gentlemen "StrictlyRight" came here to *try* and explain the meaning behind Joe's post ant you and your slime-ball friends insulted him to the extent where he most likely will never come back here again
I assume I'm a "slime-ball friend". I, in fact, complimented StrictlyRight. "I appreciate your civil response.". He/she was the only person to attempt to address my comments. Other responses amounted to;
freaking moron! You're not right, very sick person, self-hating creep, vulgar lowlife, you guys are idiots, [stick my]unsolicited advice where the sun don't shine, This Craig creature, stupid childish jerk!, ignorant fools,
And that's from this thread alone. Then there's the Christian who's praying for XO and I (I'll include Ducky, too. Careless oversight by R.D.) to "totally vaporize". Joe, your readers appear to be overly sensitive and thin skinned whenever their ideology is challenged. If their/your convictions are so strong they should be able to stand up to a little criticism and not run away.
Don't you think it's fun to mix it up a bit? I guess you can ban us and go back to 4 or 5 affirming comments from the like minded.
For once Craig said something that I agree with.
"Maybe Joe SHOULD ban them all"
All Of You Vulgar Liberal's don't know when to leave well enough alone. Attacking someones faith is crossing the line and I for one think you have been acting like a bunch of disgusting school yard children. I know that I will not be participating in any further .discussions with any of you around.
Sorry Joe, it's you house, you must decide. whats best for you.
Craig: "Don't you think it's fun to mix it up a bit?"
Although it escapes most liberals, there is a difference between discussion and what goes on in this comment section.
And, no, it's not fun the way you, XO and Ducky go about it.
You behave badly, ridicule others, name-call, race-bait, de-contextualize, misinform and are generally nasty in attitude.
Those are all reserved for me on my blog, not my commenters.
As my header says: "Where I give you my slightly quirky opinion, and you can give me yours, as long as you're man or woman enough to be civil and control your language."
Key word: "civil."
I do not write for the purpose of receiving comments, pro or con. They are welcomed,as long as they are civil, but I write to express myself and my opinions.
But you three have crossed over the line of civility, and if you don't get back, I will begin deleting your comments.
You don't discuss, you attack and then whine like a baby because there is no "discussion" on this blog.
Like all liberals, you whine about the very things you do yourselves.
Frankly, I'm no longer amused by it and am weary of it.
Joe said: "But you three have crossed over the line of civility, and if you don't get back, I will begin deleting your comments.
You don't discuss, you attack and then whine like a baby because there is no "discussion" on this blog.
Like all liberals, you whine about the very things you do yourselves.
Frankly, I'm no longer amused by it and am weary of it."
BRAVO Joe!
Joe, would you explain what you consider uncivil?
Your guidelines prohibit swearing, which I do not do.
Other than that there are insults back and forth. You certainly allow right wingers to insult at will.
Ducky's here said...
Joe, would you explain what you consider uncivil?
I would say YOUR snide insults and put-downs.
Ducky: No single person (nor any married person) insults others in the comments more than you do.
Most of those who hurl insults are retaliating at you.
I do not support such retaliation, but I do understand it.
Now I welcome you to comment on this blog, but I would implore you to: 1)stick to the subject of the post; 2)presents facts and well constructed opinions about the subject and/or 3) contradict the facts or opinions offered with well thought out actual information.
Joe - I am 100% confident that I adhere to all 3 of your conditions, and always have.
Although I have been called every vile name imaginable and have had my motives and character attacked again and again, I have never hurled a single insult or mounted any form of personal attack against you or any commentor on this blog.
I'll attack and ridicule ideas and belief systems that I think are, well, ridiculous, but only in the context of either the original post or the direction of the comment thread.
That being said, this is your house and if you want to start deleting my comments I'll take it and like it.
Xavier Onassis said...
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That being said, this is your house and if you want to start deleting my comments I'll take it and like it.
Delete Away!
Wishful Thinking - Ha! That's Joe's call, not yours.
Thats why I'm Wishful Thinking
I really don't understand how opposing points of view are such a threat to people.
If you are so sure you are right, if you are so confidant in your world view, you should be prepared to defend it openly rather than deleting and censoring people who disagree with you.
XO: I haven't deleted anybody, yet!
Don't worry about it!
Just stick to the subjects of the posts and don't insult people.
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