Rally Demonstration Against Forgetting Israeli MIAs, Ironically Forgets Israeli MIAs

I don't understand this. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations together with the Jewish Community Relactions Council of New York are holding a "Free them now" rally on July 16th to demonstrate on behalf of Israeli soldiers missing in action, specifically the 3 kidnapped last summer as it will be one year since their capture. The bill for the event, as advertised by The Conference of Presidents, The Orthodox Union, and the World Zionist Organization all use the same billing and script with the tagline "Show the world we have not forgotten and will not forget them" which seems a little ironic, considering the omission of at least 5 other soldiers missing in action, 3 of which just this month passed their 25th year anniversary in captivity. What does this mean for the new captives? Will they too become irrelevant in a few years? What message does this send to the families of both the old and new captives? Anyone attending this rally should be there to support all of the MIAs and their respective families and demonstrate for the release of all of them.

Israel's Missing Children - Please Read

Sadly, you won't find anything like this of informative and detailed historic quality in any of our illustrious anglo Jewish Weeklies. Leave it to a British Christian...very thorough and worth reading, even if you know the stories. Patrick Reilly traveled to Israel and met with some of the families of Israeli Soldiers missing in action. From the aging Baumel and Katz families, to the young Shalits.
Israel’s Missing Children - 25 years of faith, hope, and love

I can't choose which parts to blockquote...just read the whole thing...

Rally Demonstration Against Forgetting Israeli MIAs, Ironically Forgets Israeli MIAs

I don't understand this. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations together with the Jewish Community Relactions Council of New York are holding a "Free them now" rally on July 16th to demonstrate on behalf of Israeli soldiers missing in action, specifically the 3 kidnapped last summer as it will be one year since their capture. The bill for the event, as advertised by The Conference of Presidents, The Orthodox Union, and the World Zionist Organization all use the same billing and script with the tagline "Show the world we have not forgotten and will not forget them" which seems a little ironic, considering the omission of at least 5 other soldiers missing in action, 3 of which just this month passed their 25th year anniversary in captivity. What does this mean for the new captives? Will they too become irrelevant in a few years? What message does this send to the families of both the old and new captives? Anyone attending this rally should be there to support all of the MIAs and their respective families and demonstrate for the release of all of them.

The Ultimate Flip Flop - Rudy Giuliani Flounders

He had a very bad week, filled with bad news and scandals. So what does he do? He goes back to the one thing he has going for him, and tries to redirect it. Very Poorly.
What did he say exactly?
June 2007:

"Islamic terrorists killed more than 500 Americans before Sept. 11. Many people think the first attack on America was on Sept. 11, 2001. It was not. It was in 1993," said the former New York mayor.
Giuliani argued that Clinton treated the World Trade Center bombing as a criminal act instead of a terrorist attack, calling it "a big mistake" that emboldened other strikes on the Khobar Towers housing complex in Saudi Arabia, in Kenya and Tanzania and later on the USS Cole while docked in Yemen in 2000.
"The United States government, then President Clinton, did not respond," Giuliani said. "(Osama) bin Laden declared war on us. We didn't hear it."

Maybe it was the air in Pat Robertson's auditorium, who knows, but not too long ago, the Deity of Nine Eleven had said -
September 2006:

"The idea of trying to cast blame on President Clinton is just wrong for many, many reasons, not the least of which is I don't think he deserves it," Giuliani said during a stop in Florida. "I don't think President Bush deserves it. The people who deserve blame for Sept. 11, I think we should remind ourselves, are the terrorists - the Islamic fanatics - who came here and killed us and want to come here again and do it."

Nevermind the fact, that the mayor of New York city in 1993 did nothing to improve the synching of the first responders, or improving their antiquated communications devices (that were still being used in '01) or increasing security and nothing like that. Naah, he was too busy chasing those pesky sgueegie men to worry about terrorism.

SHE DID IT AGAIN! Condi Rice Calls Hamas a "Resistance" Movement!

UPDATE - WorldNetDaily Article: Rice calls Hamas 'resistance movement' But unscripted remarks about terror group not published by paper

February 2007 - Remember this? Well she did it again.
June 8th 2007 - In a interview with the editorial board of the Daily News, US Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleeza Rice refers to a time that hamas was supposedly a "resistance" movement...does anyone realize the implication of the idea of submitting to the legitimacy that the terrorist group at one time was resisting something? The US State Department clearly classifies Hamas to be the trror organization that it is, yet the Secretary now has an established pattern as referring to them as a "resistance" group. GOP Jews were all apologetic last time. How about now? How about playing the partisan role reversal game? Less than 5 months ago, Condi called Hamas a resistance movement during a European Television interview. While some called on her to apologize, others waved it off as no big deal. Now what?

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2007/06/86255.htm

SECRETARY RICE: Mort, I fully accept that there are downsides to elections in immature political systems where democratic institutions haven't quite taken hold yet. The problem is I can't figure any other way to get the democratic institutions. I think that the -- my father used to say if you're on the horns of a dilemma, choose one; don't try to hang on both simultaneously.

And here is the problem, if you don't begin the politics of contestation because you're afraid of who might contest, then you're never going to get there. So yes, there are some downsides to the fact that over this long period of time, probably the most organized forces have been radical forces, not moderate forces. But if you say, "Well, we're going to wait until moderate forces organize so that they can contest the politics," you will -- you'll never get moderate forces because authoritarian regimes, authoritarian politics will continue to squeeze out the development of moderates. So I fully admit you may go through some rather uncomfortable transition, but I could make an argument to you about what happened in the territories, for instance; that it has been very interesting to see Hamas trying to come to terms with no longer being, really a resistance movement, but having to deal with politics.

A moderate Palestinian friend of mine said, "You know, they used to be the great resistance, running the streets with their faces covered and going after Israel. And now, they look like a bunch of politicians who also can't make the sewer system work." And they're clearly uncomfortable in that framework, which is part of why I think you see the military wing of Hamas trying to make this again about Israel and the Palestinians, not about the contestation of politics inside the Palestinian territories. So I admit it's uncomfortable, but I think it's also necessary.

FLASHBACKS (Jan/Feb 2007)
The Old Petition | Signatures |

• WND: Rice ripped for avoiding terrorist label on Hamas
• ZOA Calls For Retraction & Apology
• Malcolm Hoenlein Responds (Audio Link, scroll to 18:20)
• Ynet
• Christian News Condi: Hamas a "Resistance Movement?"
• Jerusalem Post on Gaffe
• The Forward
• The Jewish Press
• Washington Post
• Old Dry Bones:
  

POSTED 6/26/07 1:20pm

Wife and Bereaved Mother Confronts Witch Who Called For Husband's Murder on National TV

Ann Coulter Debates Elizabeth Edwards

SOMEONE SHOULD ASSASINATE ANN COULTER - Calling For The Death of A Presidential Candidate On National TV By Terrorist Attack

So if it is unpatriotic to question the government invasion of citizen's rights, what do you call it when a noted former official, and journalist goes on a national morning show and calls for the death of a US senator and presidential candidate by way of terrorist attack? Does she hope for another terrorist attack if indeed it will kill him? How does this go by uncriticzed? How do you explain this to his children whose mother is battling a deadly disease? Are these the type of family values ungodless half-naked people espouse?

Seriously, imagine if some fan of John Kerry's said this about some neo con? Imagine if any one of use tried to say something like this about anyone, much less a public official how quickly we might get arrested? This evil woman is the best selling spokesperson for everythig that is corrupt in this country, and this type of behavior is tolerated? And John Kerry got it heck for accidentally calling soldiers stupid?

Mobius has a way with words...

GOP Rejects $2.4B for Israel to Prevent Africa from Getting Condoms
What gets me is how the other side would be beating this if the partisan roles were reversed. GOP Jews take note, preventing birth control programs in aids riddled African Countries is more important to 164 of your "best friends" than sending millions in aid to Israel during a time of crisis.

Democratic Congress; Aid To Israel; Hypocrite Republicans; Birth Control; Aaron Sorkin

In a nutshell...Democrats successfully pass millions in Aid to Israel (a package wholly supported by AIPAC) despite the fact that 164 hypocrite Republican congressmen (supposedly Israel's Best Friends) voted against the aid package, apparantly due to the potential for a alittle to go to some potential birth control...opposition to which is more important and far exceeds the importance of helping Israel in a time of crisis...Flashback to a 2002-03 season episode of The West Wing, and you leanr that some things never change.

1) http://www.njdc.org/njdcspeaks/detail.php?id=713

2) http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/102610.html

3) http://www.westwingepguide.com/S4/Episodes/85_PRIVATEERS.html

Wrongly Deported Disabled American now Missing in Mexico

Brilliant incompetence....

BREAKING NEWS: Whitehouse officially endorses Hillary Clinton for president of the United States!

http://jewsforhillary.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/breaking-whitehouse-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president/

Sneaky Bushie

Via JTA:

President Bush extended a waiver on moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem just days before a Congressional vote on whether to urge him to move the embassy.

The White House released the text of the waiver of the 1995 law on Friday night, a "dead" time for news organizations and after the Jewish Sabbath had begun. Waiving the law, the statement said, "is necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States." It adds: "My Administration remains committed to beginning the process of moving our Embassy to Jerusalem."

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote Tuesday on a non-binding resolution congratulating Israel on 40 years of reunifying the city and urging the president to make good on the 1995 law. The Senate is considering a similar resolution. Bush has consistently waived the law, as did his predecessor, Bill Clinton.

My Friend Got Married, Mazal T- I mean Oy, Nebach! How dreadful for you!

Way back, we (the relatively small circle of Jewish Blogs) often circulated the "SLOW" - stupid letter of the week that might have appeared in one of the recent J-weeklies. These of course were supplemented by the many stange things people wrote in their respective columns.
It has been a long while, but I daresay this has got to be one the stupidest. ever. sheesh.