The Town Crier

DOES ANYONE GIVE A DAMN ANYMORE?

2008-06-22T21:14:00.000-07:00

20 Sivan -
26 years...

Puma is the Bull Moose - Anti-Obama Hillary Supporters Unite

2008-06-06T14:35:00.000-07:00

HC Supporters for JM

HC Supporters Count Too

And if the DNC don't wake up soon, lookie what the Republicans did:
Democrats vs Obama dot com

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See also in Wired: Angry Clinton Supporters Start Rallying for McCain Online

It is clear - whether they choose to abstain, vote third party or go to McCain - Hillary Clinton supporters are not about to simply settle and let Obama merely inherit their votes in the spirit of "Party Unity."

A Tale of 2 Trinities: Where were they (Hillary and Obama) the Sunday After 9/11?

2008-06-06T12:15:00.000-07:00

Pfleger & Axelrod: Obama's Rove BFF With Pastor Who Called Hillary a Nazi

2008-06-01T23:05:00.000-07:00

Obama strategist raises money for Hillary's 'I'm white!' pastor
Black liberation theology church hosted Farrakhan, also well-known hotbed of anti-American sermons

SIMCHA FELDER IS RUNNING FOR THE SENATE

2008-06-01T23:00:00.000-07:00

Well, there you have it. Term limited New york City councilman from Brooklyn and Yeshivish Flatbush hero Simcha Felder who was heretofore hyped up as one of the many candidates vying for the citywide office of comptroller is reportedly instead mounting a challenge against state senator Kevin Parker.
Full story in the New York Sun
UPDATE: More Deatils in NY Obeserver

PSYCHOTIC CHUTZPAH

2008-05-30T08:21:00.000-07:00

Wow. The gall.

Apparantly MIchael Pfelger is a good catholic priest who is being maligned by the Hillary people. Submit at once to the ecto-cooler holiness of saint Obamaaaaaaa!

Obama Close Advisor Father Pfleger is ONE SICK DUDE

2008-05-29T12:42:00.000-07:00

Did he just call Hillary Clinton of all people a racist white supremacist? Did all those Trinity church goers cheer and clap at that? Shame. sick. Does this qualify as an illegitimate smear? How or why is this even tolerated?
SHEEESH.

MORE:

John McCain raises possibility of eliminating US aid to Israel

2008-04-17T21:35:00.000-07:00

Republican presidential nominee Senator John Sidney McCain III has raised the possibility of eliminating US aid to Israel as part of supposed "earmarks reform"
Ron Paul must be SO Proud:

Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) released a statement responding to ThinkProgress’s report that McCain’s promise to “veto every bill with earmarks” may eliminate U.S. aid to Israel. Berman sharply criticized McCain for putting attempts to “please certain parts of the electorate” above “indispensable security programs”:
For many years, Congress has earmarked critical military aid for Israel, our closest ally in the volatile Middle East. Confronted with this fact, Senator McCain last evening hastily issued what purported to be a clarifying statement indicating that he will ‘ensure America remains committed to the security of Israel, including maintaining America’s assistance levels.’
Unfortunately, this did little to explain his intentions. It is absolutely essential that Congress continue to require full funding for Israel. In the absence of an earmark, it is easy to imagine a situation in which funds hat are vital to Israel’s self-defense are diverted to the crisis of the moment or distributed to others based on political whims. Vague commitments to ‘maintaining … assistance levels’ offer cold comfort.
Senator McCain may be trying to please certain parts of the electorate by promising to cut pork-barrel spending, but he needs to learn to distinguish pork from indispensable security programs.

Noteworthy Pesach / Passover Linkage

2008-04-17T21:30:00.000-07:00

12 Page Pamphlet in English by Rabbi J. David Bleich on Halachos of Erev Pesach which occurs on Shabbos [Direct to pdf]
OU Pesach 2008 - Product Search, Pesach Guide, Special Topics and Information
YU Torah "Pesach To Go" 5768/2008 - Wealth of Materials - from Rabbi Soloveitchik and Beyond; Stuff for Kids, interesting Divrei Torah and Tibits and additional links
The infamous "Bangitout Seder Sidekick" 2008 - 48 Pages pdf of Entertainment, Humor and Enlightening information
Child Prodigy Tickles Ivory Keys For Chai Lifeline This Pesach Will You be in Florida (or Rye, NY)? See a unique performance and help a great cause - 3 Perfomances additional info.
Need a Seder? List of Public Seders
Have something to add? Drop a note in the coments.

Passover Gameshow Dillema

2008-04-15T21:59:00.000-07:00

"Just Words" McCain campaign Caught Red Handed with Inane Deceit Plagiarism

2008-04-15T21:50:00.000-07:00

And they blame it on the intern...as If they knew they didn't have original material in the first place? Can you really beleive anything they might put out from campaigns that are supposed to be personal and humanize candidates? What stupidity. Is this a standard practice of the campaign?

1. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/04/cindys_recipegate.html

2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-weiner/mccain-family-recipes-lif_b_96666.html

Delusional Obama Claims He Alone is the Greatest Advocate Against Anti-Semitism

2008-04-15T21:47:00.000-07:00

"Nobody has spoken out more fiercely on the issue of anti- Semitism than I have" - Barack Obama, shoting from hip

Holy flipping cow. This guy has chutzpah, and that is putting it mildly. Such cocky arrogance has not been seen on the presidential campaign trail since George W. Bush and Rudolph Giuliani thought they were actually qualified to be president. Sheesh.
The above statement is naive, ignorant and very very arrogant. Worse, it happened days ago, and of course has gone largly unreported and unchallenged. Imagine for a moment if Hillary Clinton had even dared to say such a thing? Imagine how they would have instantly jumped on her for "embelishments" and "tall tales."
ABC's Jake Tapper writes:

Somebody Call Abe Foxman April 09, 2008 8:22 PM
In Levittown, Penn., today, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, was asked about his church's magazine giving an award to Rev. Louis Farrakhan.
ABC News' Sunlen Miller has more about the town hall questioning HERE.
"This was done by a magazine that was connected to the church," Obama explained. "I would have never done it. It was primary focused on the rehabilitation work that they do for ex-offenders in Chicago. That doesn’t excuse it, that just explains it."
Obama reminded the crowd that he'd denounced his church’s praise of Farrakhan, saying, "I’ve been very clear about saying that was wrong. And nobody has spoken out more fiercely on the issue of anti- Semitism than I have."
Really? No one?
Elie Wiesel? Simon Wiesenthal? Alan Dershowitz?
No one?
Wow.
- jpt

On what planet is the above statement even remotely accurate? Even the biggest most loyal Obama fans cannot deny this is a most psychotic delusion. Even if it is going to be explained that he didn't mean people like Wiesel and that he was referring to his opponents, well then he is still very very far from the most outspoken (Obama doesn't come close to Hillary on this issue).
Obama is becoming unglued. He has been shooting from his cocky hip lately and is acting quite pompous, and yet - it goes unchallenged, unquestioned, and without explanation. Besides mentioning anti-semitism in his Martin Luther King Day speech, what pray tell has he done? What accomplishment on this green earth makes him the best?

Update, from HotAir:

First off, when has Obama spoken out at all against anti-Semitism outside of generic “hope and change” rhetoric about the tone and tenor of politics? He hasn’t been an activist for anti-Semitism even in his own church. He claims he didn’t agree with Jeremiah Wright’s honoring Farrakhan, but he didn’t speak out against it until people pressed him for a reaction to it. How about when his church reprinted Hamas propaganda in its bulletins? Did his fierce opposition erupt in protest? Uh, no.
And now “nobody has spoken out more fiercely on the issue of anti-Semitism” than Obama? That’s not just absurd, it insults the intelligence of everyone who heard it. Many people have spoken out eloquently on anti-Semitism on many more occasions than Barack Obama, which isn’t a difficult threshold to meet.
This is the Obama style of “hope and change”. When something controversial happens, hope that no one notices. If they do, change direction and get ahead of the event. In this case, Obama got so caught up in the moment that he transformed himself into the leading voice against anti-Semitism. Maybe no one heard him until now because of laryngitis.

Bush: Western Wall "Too Controversial" For Him To Visit

2008-04-15T21:46:00.000-07:00

Shame on the Jewish Media. Shtikah K'Hodaah DUMMY.
"Things are so screwed up that while the Pope can visit the Western Wall in what was clearly the "Israeli" portion of his visit, President Bush can't make the same photo op as part of his historic trip marking Israel's 60th anniversary,” Lerner opined. “And now an example of the incredible lack of thinking on the part of whoever is working on this trip: instead of visiting places associated with Israel's rebirth or ancient life - the idea is a photo op at a place remembered in history for the group of Jews who committed suicide rather than fall captive to the Romans.” - Dr. Michael Lerner, IMRA

UPDATE: See here for full statement from Dr. Michael Lerner of IMRA

Some best friend. First this clown makes a huge deal about his last trip to the Holy Land, yet he slapped the Israeli government in the face by snubbing the requisite formal invitation by Israel for the American President to address the Knesset. (Israeli Parliament). The White House reasoned that he could not speak in the Israeli house, because he would be unable to give a reciporacle address to the Palestinian legislative council... because there would be Hamas lawmakers present. [The very same Hamas lawmakers whose election Bush himself pushed for, lauded and applauded and naivly declared ["It's too early to know their intentions"].
President Bush is planning another visit very soon to participate in the Jewish State's 60th independence anniversary celebrations. Bunnypants will indeed give a speech to the Knesset this time (did we miss in a change from the alleged reason last time?) however he will issue an entirely new snub. Mr. Religious will defer the visiting the worlds most popular holy site, because it is supposedly "too controversial." Moreover, Bush will instead opt to visit another popular Tourist destination, Massadah, a historical place where 100 Jews committed mass suicide. How appropriate and fitting for the worst best friend Israel ever had.

UPDATE: [The delusional J-Media and and Republican groups have largly ignored these issues, but the A7 is not. In addition to this piece from several days ago, our old friend Yishai Fleisher (founder of Kumah) discussed the matter at length yesterday on his radio program "President Bush snubs the Lord at the Western Wall and rejects the Patriarchs at Hebron." ]

Arutz Sheva / Israel National Radio's Ezra HaLevi reports:

The Western Wall has been deemed too controversial a place for US President George W. Bush to visit. He is opting instead for Masada – where Jewish rebels committed mass suicide.
Bush will be visiting Israel as part of Israel’s 60th Independence Day celebrations. His visit will be 60 hours long. In addition to addressing the Knesset, Bush is reportedly searching for a symbolic location to visit, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as his tour guide.
Haaretz reported that Bush’s aids were leaning toward the Masada fortress. The site was where Jews held out against the Roman army, but were eventually beaten and committed suicide rather than face the humiliation and torture of captivity. Haaretz
mentioned the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hevron, the Golan Heights and the Western Wall, explicitly, as places deemed too controversial for Bush to visit.
The Western Wall, also called the Kotel ("wall" in Hebrew) or Wailing Wall, is the western retaining wall of the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. The mount itself is occupied by two Muslim structures and Jewish worship there is severely restricted. The Western Wall is highly symbolic as it has been the focal point of Jewish worship in the most recent return to Zion. It was approachable via a small alleyway prior to the War of Independence, was off-limits to Jews under Jordanian rule following the 1949 armistice and was liberated in the 1967 Six Day War. Among the most famous photos in Israel's history is that of IDF paratroopers looking up at the wall with awe following their participation in the battle for the Old City. Shortly after the victory, Israel bulldozed the area around the wall, creating a huge prayer plaza.
Muslims have recently been staking a claim not only to the Temple Mount, but to the Western Wall as well. They call it Al-Burak and say the religion's founder, Mohammad, tied his horse there during a midnight journey that took him to "the farthest mosque" - which they say is a reference to the Jerusalem mosque later given that name.
The Bushes also want to witness the Biblical prophecy of the ingathering of the exiles first-hand. White House staffers report that the Bushes are looking to meet with recent olim (Jewish immigrants to Israel) during the visit.
Bush will not be visiting Palestinian Authority-controlled areas or meeting with PA officials during his visit to Israel, but will hold a meeting with Fatah chief and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Egypt afterward.
Media analyst Dr. Aaron Lerner of Israel Media Research and Analysis says that the phenomenon of Bush steering clear of the Western Wall does not bode well and belies statements by Israeli officials’ claiming an improved relationship with the US due to Israel’s willingness to make repeated concessions to Fatah.
“Things are so screwed up that while the Pope can visit the Western Wall in what was clearly the "Israeli" portion of his visit, President Bush can't make the same photo op as part of his historic trip marking Israel's 60th anniversary,” Lerner opined. “And now an example of the incredible lack of thinking on the part of whoever is working on this trip: instead of visiting places associated with Israel's rebirth or ancient life - the idea is a photo op at a place remembered in history for the group of Jews who committed suicide rather than fall captive to the Romans.”
Dr. Lerner concluded, with tongue-in-cheek: “Then again. How appropriate. PM Olmert, who critics warn is following a suicidal path with the Palestinians, will visit Masada with Bush.”

Also see Haaretz: Bush likely to make symbolic visit to Masada, avoiding contentious sites

Organizers of Bush's planned two-and-a-half-day stay said they had been searching for a symbolic location for the president to visit, but wanted to avoid one that might stir controversy like the Western Wall, Golan Heights or Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron.

What exactly are they afraid of?

WND: US Drafts Plan To Divide Jerusalem, Forfeit Temple Mount!

2008-04-15T21:44:00.000-07:00

Divide Jerusalem? Forfeit the Temple Mount? Drafted by the United States? Under George W. Bush?

This didn't happen under Clinton or Carter, it is being done by legacy starved "best friend" Bush and Condi.

The plan, divided into separate phases, among other things calls for Israel eventually to forfeit parts of the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site.
According to the first stage of the U.S. plan, which was obtained by WND, Israel would give the PA some municipal and security sovereignty over key Arab neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem.
The PA would be allowed to open some official institutions in Jerusalem, could elect a mayor for the Palestinian side of the city and would deploy police forces to maintain law and order.
The initial stage also calls for the PA to operate Jerusalem municipal institutions, such as offices to oversee trash collection and maintenance of roads.
After five years, if both sides keep their certain commitments called for in a larger principal agreement, according to the U.S. plan the PA would be given full sovereignty over the eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods and also over sections of the Temple Mount. The plan doesn't specify which parts of the Temple Mount would be forfeited to the Palestinians.
After the five year period, the PA could deploy official security forces in Jerusalem separate from a police force and could also open major governmental institutions, such as a president's office, and offices for the finance and foreign ministries.
The U.S. plan leaves Israel and the PA to negotiate which Jerusalem neighborhoods would become Palestinian. According to diplomatic sources familiar with the plan, while specific neighborhoods were not officially listed, American officials recommended sections of Jerusalem's Old City as well as certain largely Arab Jerusalem neighborhoods such as Jabal mukabar, Beit Hanina, Shoafat, Abu Dis and Abu Tur become part of the Palestinian side.

From TTC back to YWL

2008-02-19T17:00:00.000-08:00

Responseto YWL re, re, re, re ...

While people continue to question Obama for not criticizing his religious leaders the same question can also be asked of this country's most prominent methodists - the Bush's and Clinton's. Currently, one IS the president, the other wants to be his sucessor.
Beating on Clinton without even disclosing that Bush is too a member of the United Methodist Church is misleading and hypocritical.
I hear what you are saying. Bush isn't running. However, he actually is the president.
Are you saying that we cannot question actual leadership? (A fundemental aspect of our democracy?) Only the candidates deserve scrutiny? What about the people who are elected?
Bush actually IS the president for another whole year. Do you mean to imply that in eleven months from now when and if Hillary is the president that you're questions will no longer apply? Seriously, what you are saying is that in a year from now or six months from now, your challenge to Clinton will no longer apply. For if it doesnt apply to Bush now, it shouldnt apply to his fellow Methodist who will soon be in his same place. No?

BTW, this site has always had a comments feature. Sometime during our hiatus the service (Enetation) seems to have gone down for an undetermined time.

Obamarama x2

2008-02-19T16:30:00.000-08:00

Dear Yid With Lid, Bush is also A Methodist

2008-02-19T14:00:00.000-08:00

Clinton and Bush are members of the same Church.

Rabbi Genack: Cloned Animals Kosher

2008-02-18T15:30:00.000-08:00

But is it fleishig?

NEW HEBREW WORD - Named For Condi Rice used by Israeli Government Officials - Means Meetings that Accomplish Nothing

2007-11-12T20:30:00.000-08:00

New Hebrew word named for Condeleezza Rice
"LeCondel"

The long build-up to Annapolis, together with Rice's many trips to the region, have given birth to a new verb in Israeli government circles: "lecondel," based on Rice's first name. People say that they don't have time to "lecondel" - meaning, to come and go for meetings that produce few results.

Int'l Herald Tribune

NY Times

Arutz Sheva

Condi Rice Calls (Terror Group) Hamas a 'Resistance Movement' for 4th Time! ; Jewish Media Remains Silent

2007-11-12T19:35:00.000-08:00

Rice again calls Hamas 'resistance' movement for the fourth time in recent months
Rice again calls Hamas 'resistance' movement; 4th time in recent months Condi avoids terrorist label in unscripted remarks - by Aaron Klein

Aloof Jewish Media still giving her a free pass...

Rice Once Again Refers to Hamas As Resistance Movement. This the Fourth Time; Equates Iraq and 'Palestine' as Entities

2007-11-11T23:31:00.000-08:00

"And what you've at least got now in Palestine and what you've at least got in Iraq now is contestation between healthy political forces and more radical forces.
Hamas loved it when it could run the streets, faces covered, toting a few guns, and no responsibility for what happened to the Palestinian people. They were the great resistance force, and their only purpose in life was to threaten Israel."

- Dr. Condi Rice, Interview with the Dallas Morning News, November 9th, 2007

!?!? Condi Rice: Golan up for negotiation

2007-11-11T22:00:00.000-08:00

What the heck?

WALLS OF NAVI NECHEMIAH UNCOVERED

2007-11-11T20:59:00.000-08:00

Archaeologists announced the discovery of the walls of the Prophet Nehemiah uncovered during a recent dig. Of course the Jewish Media are very slow to pick up the story, when the Christian blogs are all over it.

Bush: Uproot Jews, Give PLO a Contiguous State

2007-11-11T19:00:00.000-08:00

Ignorance is far from bliss. Somethings never change.

No Alternate Side For observance of Tuesday

2007-11-11T09:36:00.000-08:00

Clyde Haberman does suspension of Alternate Side parkings rules for obscure observances and religious holidays

Rabbi: Shalom Auslander and noah Feldman are My Fault

2007-11-11T09:31:00.000-08:00

Of pizza, lattes and chocolate cake.
Rabbinical COuncil of America spokesperson, Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg of Kews Gardens Hills and currently SAR Hebrew Academy, does a 'mea culpa' concerning the recent controversies over the writings of Shalom Auslander and even Noah Feldman. From a simple read, it seems as though Rabbi Rosenberg feels responsible for their religious rebellion for when as their Teacher in high school he did not provide a congruous form of what he received as student via bayit cham.

Fred Thompson: I Won't Be President

2007-11-11T09:29:00.000-08:00

Even Fred Thompson doubts he'll be president
Sure, setting low expectations is an old political trick so that the outcome looks better, but uh...this is a bit much for the clown who was supposedly the GOP savior and saving grace in a pool of candidates that is just one big incoherent divided mess.

I'd Rather Pray and Sing...

2007-11-08T20:06:00.000-08:00

Good ... Grief.

When they came for the jews, the didn't ask who was smart and who was ignorant and who was just plain dumb

2007-11-08T20:01:00.000-08:00

tell us, how much to you really hate Hillary?
Rest assured, there are plenty of orthodox jews, torah jews and frumme yidden who are just as embarassed by these bretheren as we are.

WE LOVE THE (homeless) TROOPS!

2007-11-08T19:00:00.000-08:00

News flash: 1 out of every 4 homeless people in America are Veterans. One in four. Hows that for taking care of our troops?

And to think that the new spin on all 8 years of "pre 9/11" Rudy Giuliani is about how he "cleaned up" midtown by waging war on the squeegie men and turning homelessness into a crime.

TERRORIST ENDORSES RUDY

2007-11-07T19:00:00.000-08:00

If rogue websites can manufacture advertisement headlines that terrorists endorse Hillary, why can't bloggers do the same? After all, Pat Robertson did say that America deserved 9/11 - a sentiment echoed by the terrorists, and now the self righteous partisan hack has officially endorsed Saint Nineleven himself, Rudy Giuliani for president.

Thats right people, an advocate of the deaths of 3,000 innocent Americans wants the man who has abused those deaths for his own political gain to be this nations leader. Giuliani has gleefully accepted the support of this notorious bigot, whose antagonistic and intolerant views are in lockstep with his late great friend Jerry Falwell.

UNINTELLIGENT READING MATERIALS

2007-11-01T15:00:00.000-07:00

Twisted Logic and Rhetoric lacking Substance Prevails...

Shilling for Rudy in the 5 Towns: An Incongruous Anti-Hillary Bagel for Giuliani
Coulter Perfected Values: The Wicked Witch of Peroxide Doesn't Like the ADL
Random Bumblings: Following a recent beating on the Heimishe blogs, The beaten pontificates and preaches.

PERFECTED JEWS! The Ann Coulter Music Video

2007-11-01T04:00:00.000-07:00

Perfected - The Ann Coulter song and video

The JTA just did a profile of the Song's creator, Leach Kaufman, also the voice behind the infamous "Obama Girl" video.

FREE RICE! (But Not Condi)

2007-11-01T03:59:00.000-07:00

http://freerice.com

FUNNY JEWISH COMMENT THREADS

2007-11-01T03:58:00.000-07:00

Did you know that Bill Clinton supposedly wrote the secret Arab Israeli peace accords forged in Oslo, Norway?
Did you know that a former US President supposedly "gets money" from Osama Bin Laden?
Did you know that Rudy Giuliani apparantly kicked Arafat at an important meeting?
Did you know that The Jewish Press and Palestinian Terrorists endorse the same candidates for US Office?
Did you know that Senator Hillary Clinton got herpes from greeeting Suha Arafat?
Did you know that Condi Rice is has mad crush on Mahmoud Abbas?
Did you know that Abbas, is supposedly a much better non-terrorist than Arafat?

Neither did we. Boy are we ignorant.
Read the facts, and only the facts as they can only be explained, by the honest, knowlegable, intelligent truth seekers, lurking the so-called heimishe blogs.

BY A SHOW OF HANDS, WHO HERE HONESTLY THINK JESUS WAS A 'RAVING LUNATIC'?

2007-10-19T09:01:00.000-07:00

So in her latest pathetic attempt to misquote herself and further alienate all the other religions, Ann Coulter has made eeven further preposterous accusations and ideas as facts she has completely invented. In order to try and lash out at those who were offended and blasted the half naked emaciated peroxide scalp shrill for her completely inccorecttheological tirade on jews and christians, Coulter went so far as to say that Jews beleive jesus was a raving lunatic. She said this, in a feeble attempt to prove the point that although jews (supposedly, only in Coulter world) think her g-d was a raving lunatic, she is not offended, but though she legitimately should be.

Sorry Ann, hate to burst your bubble this jew doesn' think Jesus was a raving lunatic. In fact, he doesnt even think the perfect followers are raving lunatics.

As Ann Coulter though, "raving lunatic" would be an understatement.

coulter: But Judaism, as I explained -- Christians accept the Old Testament. Jews don't accept the New Testament, so, you know, as long as we're playing this new sport of "he who is offended first wins," if anyone's going to be offended by anyone else's religion, the Jews believe that my savior, a Jew, was a raving lunatic, and you don't see me sniffling and crying.

MEDVED: OK, be --

COULTER: Somehow we manage to get along without slitting one another's throats.

MEDVED: OK. Be careful, because I'm sure this is gonna come back. You don't really want to say -- because Jews do not -- traditional Jews do not really believe --

COULTER: Well --

MEDVED: -- that Jesus was a raving lunatic.

COULTER: I'm glad you don't mention it, but I think you have to.

MEDVED: OK, can we avoid getting into that particular argument, Ann, because -- no you don't.

COULTER: OK, except that my point is I'm not sniffling and crying. These are -- this is what the Old Testament and the New Testament are. You're the chosen people with, you know, Moses taking you out to the desert. We believe all that, all that. The Old Testament anticipates a Christ.

MEDVED: OK, we're coming --

COULTER: You say we --

MEDVED: Hold on. Hold on --

COULTER: -- got the wrong guy.

Republicans Stink

2007-10-18T21:00:00.000-07:00

The republican party has proven once again that they DO NOT GIVE A DARN about middle class American children who might be sick and do not have health insurance.
If there was one recurring issue upon which to be a single issue voter, this is it. Furthermore, party members in the 11th hour of the schip bush veto overturn push, resorted to despicably inane tactics.

BOMB BLASTS KILL 110; OVER 200 INJURED

2007-10-18T18:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/pakistan.explosions/index.html

Barack Obama and Dick Cheney Are Mishapacha Too

2007-10-16T21:30:00.000-07:00

Lynn Cheney: Barack and Dick are Related

In an interview on MSNBC Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Cheney said that in the course of researching her husband's genealogy for her new book, "Blue Skies, No Fences," she discovered that the two public figures share an ancestor eight generations ago.
"Think about this," Mrs. Cheney said. "This is such an amazing American story that one ancestor, a man that came to Maryland, could be responsible down the family line for lives that have taken such different and varied paths as Dick's and Barack Obama's."
...
But Obama's family ties to the Bush administration don't stop with Cheney. According to an article in the Chicago Sun-Times last September, Obama is also an 11th cousin of the president himself. The two share a 17th century Massachusetts relative.

IT'S TIME FOR A PALESTINIAN STATE!

2007-10-16T01:30:00.000-07:00

Right now.

Who said it?

a) Bill Clinton
b) Jimmy Carter
c) Mahmoud Abbas
d) Condi Rice

It seems Dr. Rice and her favorite huggy buddy Abbas are out to make Bushie's lasting legacy...

All she cares about is Bushie's legacy (which she has clearly stated in the past) and her hugging buddy Abbas' state. Not Israel's security and certainly not peace. Just a state. And "contentious" demands? I'm sorry but last I checked, basic security was not a "contentious demand" but a "right to life." And the GOP Jews still kiss her and Bushie's feet. Imagine if Hillary Clinton or John Kerry or Al Gore dared to say any of these things.

BLOG ACTION DAY

2007-10-15T21:45:00.000-07:00

Christian Evangelical Leader: Ann Coulter is WRONG, INEPT IN THEOLOGY AND MUST APOLOGIZE

2007-10-15T21:30:00.000-07:00

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /Christian Newswire/ -- National Clergy Council president and chair of the Committee on Church and Society for the Evangelical Church Alliance, the Reverend Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK), released this statement today in response to author and commentator Anne Coulter's remarks on the Danny Deutsch Show:

"Anne Coulter may do many things well, but one thing she definitely does not do well is theology or Bible scholarship. Anne's comments to Danny Deutsch were inaccurate, inappropriate and a disservice to the Gospel. Anne needs to unequivocally apologize for entering an arena where she is inept. It's time for Anne to humble herself and admit she blew it."

Schenck, who grew up Jewish and converted to Christianity 35 years ago, holds degrees in Bible and Theology, Christian ministry and Divinity. A conservative Christian, he holds ministerial affiliation with the Evangelical Church Alliance, America's oldest association of Evangelical clergy.

http://www.earnedmedia.org/faa1012.htm

Coulter Defends Herself, Calls Deutsch Stupid Jew; NJDC Challenges GOP Candidates Ahead of Photo Ops; Vox Slanders JComm

2007-10-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

NEW Coulter Defends: Coulter: "I don't think most Jews are as stupid as Donny Deutsch"

Jewish Democratic Group challenges republican presidential candidates to condemn coulter prior to their addressing a jewish republican audience on tuesday

Vox Day / Worldnetdaily Defends Coulter; Slanders Jews, Sites Walt and Mershiamer!

Jews also make up seven percent of the current House of Representatives, 13 percent of the Senate, and, according to John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, authors of "The Israel Lobby," roughly 100 percent of George W. Bush's foreign policy advisers. One hopes that Mr. Forman's co-religionists have the wisdom to ignore his demand for the shunning of Miss Coulter as the Israel lobby's petulant demand for a third Middle East war, this time in explicit defense of Israel rather than U.S. national security, already has the potential to severely divide America's Jews from the rest of the country, Christians and nonChristians alike.

America is still quite friendly towards Jews, but the incessant attacks on Christianity by the likes of Deutsch, Forman and Abe Foxman have grown increasingly tiresome. Given this irritating behavior, and the historical fact that Jews have worn out their welcome in literally dozens of countries over the centuries, it is the height of foolishness for a small number of misguided individuals to demand that 80 percent of the American population remain silent about the tenets of its religious faith. Christians are dying for their faith in the Sudan, in North Korea, in China, Vietnam and Myanmar; they are not about to shut their mouths simply because a few Jews in the media disapprove of their beliefs.

You might recall Mr. Day from such doozies as comparing the solution to America's Immigration numbers to Hitler's solving of the 'problem' of Jewish numbers in Germany.

Rudy's Failure

2007-10-15T19:30:00.000-07:00

EARTH TO COULTER APOLOGISTS, SHE IS WRONG ABOUT CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY

2007-10-12T16:00:00.000-07:00

Menken Discovers Parrots Have Large Beaks

2007-10-12T15:01:00.000-07:00

I hope Donny Deutsch does indeed run for NYC Mayor in 2009, as was speculated a few months back.

Ann Coulter isn't hateful and nasty, but Disney villians are!

Al Gore Min Hatorah Minayin

2007-10-12T15:00:00.000-07:00

Enviromental sensitivity is NOT a political issue! It never was! 10-15 years ago it had nothing to do with partisan poltics.

Environmental concsiousness happens to be a Jewish concept ten fold.
Al Gore Min Hatorah Minayin?

Let us count the ways (compiled courtesy of our friends at coejl)

http://www.coejl.org/~coejlor/learn/index.php

BREAKING: WTC Bomber is now a PERFECT JEW (?)

2007-10-11T13:00:00.000-07:00

According to Matt Drudge, Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind opf the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, has seen the light while rotting in American prison, and has converted to Christianity, which according to conservative spokesperson Ann Coulter, makes him a perfect Christian, which is a step up from "imperfect jew."

The One Thing Rudy & Hillary Have In Common - Gerry Ferraro

2007-10-11T11:55:00.000-07:00

What is the one thing Hillary and Rudy have in common? No, it is not New York or that they both want to rule the world.
If nominated (for president of vice president) Rudy Giuliani, would not be the first Italian Catholic on the national ticket.
If notminated (for president or vice president) Hillary Clinton would not be the first woman on the national ticket.
The first woman and first Italian Catholic ever on the national ticket was Geraldine Ferraro, who was the democratic vice presidential nominee in 1984 running on the ticket with vice president Walter Mondale. (I still have a "Mondale Ferraro" button somwhere in a box of old toys).

Ann Coulter Disses Jews (Katherine Harris Style)

2007-10-10T21:59:00.000-07:00

Boy this rant was loaded.
She is such an evil pshyco. It's all here.
NJDC is calling for a boycott.

UPDATE: Video Link | QT (Warning: the Religious moral authority figure is dressed like a street skank as usual).
Whatch the whole thing, it's unbelieveable.

Nappy Headed? Maccaca? Hello?

ROTFLMAO! (truthfully)

2007-10-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

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Romney, Rudy, GOP Hopefuls have no patience for the disabeled

2007-10-10T13:30:00.000-07:00

The Great Jack Bauer Arrested For Being Stupid

2007-10-10T08:00:00.000-07:00

It seems actor Keifer Sutherland was arrested last night for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating substances.
I never liked Jack Bauer or people who didn't stop talking about him.

ISRAELI ATTACK ON SYRIA - HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTED, CONDI RICE OPPOSED

2007-10-08T05:30:00.000-07:00

Democrats or Republicans? Who Backs Israel? Bushies, or Clintons? Oh, the irony of it all.

Hillary Supported Israel, Condi Didnt.

Who ever thought we would see the day in which HILLARY CLINTON would fully support Israel and it's military action - an attack on Syria to take out nuclear devices - Only to find out a few days later that Bush administration's own CONDI RICE was against the measure - with the added preposterous idea that Israel is somehow going to "destabilize" the Middle East.
Has she taken a look at Iraq recently? Is it at all stable? Is that country still in the Middle East?

BUSH VETO Simple Math

2007-10-07T16:53:00.000-07:00

Appearing on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, house speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding last week's SCHIP veto by el presidente, pointed out the simple computation that medically insuiring 10 million American children for one year = equals the cost of funding 40 days of operation Iraqi quagmire.

Rice Opposed Mysterious Israel Strike on Syria

2007-10-07T09:34:00.000-07:00

This is rich, Condoleezza Rice opposed Israel’s attack on Syrian nuclear site

The Bush Vetoes

2007-10-03T10:42:00.000-07:00

1. July 19, 2006: Vetoed H.R. 810, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, a bill to ease restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Override attempt failed in House, 235-193 (286 needed).

2. May 1, 2007: Vetoed H.R. 1591, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007. Override attempt failed in House, 222-203 (284 needed). A later version of the bill that excluded certain aspects of the initial legislation that the President disapproved of, H.R. 2206, was enacted as Pub.L. 110-28 with the President's approval.

3. June 20, 2007: Vetoed S. 5, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007.

4. October 3, 2007: Vetoed H.R. 976, An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

Bush Vetoes Healthcare for Poor Children

2007-10-03T08:56:00.000-07:00

Culture of Life, Indeed

Eliot Spitzer: Why I'm Suing the Bush Administration

2007-10-03T08:40:00.000-07:00

Eliot Spitzer: Why I'm Suing the Bush Administration over Childrens' Healthcare

GOP Jews - Some Things Never Change

2007-10-03T08:36:00.000-07:00

Republican Jewish Coalition, a paragon of honesty, integrity, pleasantry, and balanced values.

Not Exactly A Senate Legistlation...Betray Us, Indeed

2007-10-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

Ann Coulter Against Womens' Right To Vote

2007-10-02T21:39:00.000-07:00

Ann Blames Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter for 9/11 and Dreams of Denying Women the Vote (which would presumably include herself, pending any drastic medical procedure)

US Government Officials on Hezbollah Payroll

2007-10-02T18:46:00.000-07:00

A top U.S. Immigration official has been accepting bribes from Hezbollah operatives in America for years. But the U.S. Attorney--Stephen Murphy III, the Justice Department's top official in Eastern Michigan--delays indictment for FOUR Years(!), while he quietly allows the Hezbollah criminals involved to flee the country. FULL STORY

Jewish National Fund Presents Free Seminar For Jewish Institutions

2007-10-02T16:00:00.000-07:00

Free - Jewish National Fund GoNeutral Bootcamp, a crash course in JNF’s new activism campaign. Learn how to engage and energize your school, synagogue or community to take care of the environment while creating a connection to Israel and JNF. The program will take place at the Marriot East Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Please contact Debbie Scher to register for the program and for more information at dscher@jnf.org or (212) 879-9305, ext 298.
To learn more about JNF's GoNeutral program visit us at http://www.jnf.org/goneutral.

GoNeutral Boot Camp Agenda - October 15, 2007; 4:00-7:00PM
Marriot East Hotel 525 Lexington Avenue (at 49th Street) New York, NY 10017

1. Opening with Blue Box Bob
2. Judaism and the Environment, the unique obligation Jews have to help.
3. Education on the Environment – PowerPoint presentation that will help you understand the problems we are facing and what we need to be doing about them.
4. Panel Discussion – “The Environmental Challenges faced by Israel and America; What JNF-KKL is doing about them.” (Go Neutral Advisory Board Members – Alon Tal, Tom Hoekstra and Michal Perle)
5. Overview of JNF Environmental programs and projects
6. Breakout Sessions to learn about speaking to synagogues, schools and other institutions on the environment and JNF.

Or, you can just blame the Mexicans like Michael Chertoff, a Jew who will doubtfully be attending.

That DovBear Is a Funny Guy

2007-10-02T15:33:00.000-07:00

Would you like by an oy?

The Most Active and Powerful Orthodox Jew in the New York City Council

2007-10-02T15:31:00.000-07:00

The Most Active and Powerfully Accomplished Orthodox Jew in the New York City Council is not Simcha Felder, it is David Weprin, who also happens to be the second most active city council member since Christine Quinn became speaker.
Mre info: Peter Vallone Jr. leads the pack

State of New Jersey Sues President Bush over Childrens' Health

2007-10-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

Governor Jon S. Corzine today filed a lawsuit on behalf of the people of the state of New Jersey challenging the letter issued by the Bush Administration limiting eligibility for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The lawsuit accuses the Bush Administration of circumventing the public rule-making process by fundamentally and arbitrarily changing the program via letter, which would have the effect of denying health insurance coverage for over 10,000 New Jersey children.

"Administration's Course Of Action Will Harm Our Children's Health"

More: Eliot Spitzer and New York State join New Jersey among the 7 states in the suit.

Chertoff: Chemical Pollution; Immigrants are the ones destroying the environment

2007-10-02T11:15:00.000-07:00

Just one more reason to suspect that Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff lost his marbles a long long time ago.

"Illegal migrants really degrade the environment. I've seen pictures of human waste, garbage, discarded bottles and other human artifact in pristine areas," Chertoff said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "And believe me, that is the worst thing you can do to the environment."

As if 'native' US Americans weren't a nation of litterbugs before the Mexicans came, not to mention all that rich middle eastern oil burning out the planet.

Famed Jewish Actress; Cancer Survivor Eyes Hillary's Senate Seat

2007-10-01T15:40:00.000-07:00

Actress turned activist Fran Drescher, she of Nanny fame, has her sights set on Hillary clinton's senate seat, should Clinton become the next US President.

Her activism began grimly, when she was diagnosed with uterine cancer. "I feel that I got famous, I got cancer, and I lived to tell about it," she says. "Now let's spin this!" Cancer first brought her to Washington, where she teamed with Democrats and Republicans to win passage of Johanna's Law, signed by the president this year, to create a campaign to educate women and health pros about the early signs of ovarian and other gynecological cancers. In June, she created Cancer Schmancer, based in Northern Virginia, to promote women's health issues. Along the way, she says she won first lady Laura Bush's help and was rewarded with a nomination to be a special U.S. envoy on women's health issues. Her appointment is stuck in the usual bureaucracy, but she swears there are no skeletons in her closet. "I'm a good girl, I am," she says. Her further political goal: being a New York senator. "If Hillary wins," she tells us of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, "I want that seat!"

Conservatives Pledge to Abadon GOP If Rudy Wins Nomination

2007-10-01T15:00:00.000-07:00

The fundies, neo-cons, christian right base who made* Bush President and have been his biggest supporters, will jump from the republican ship if liberal philanderer adulterer cross dresser flip-flopper Rudy Giuliani becomes the party nominee. (And threaten his chances via third party conservative candidate).

Giuliani Inspires Threat of a Third-Party Run

Religious right may blackball Giuliani

* Yesh Girsaot - some say it was due to 800 senile bubbies in Miami.

Rudy's Gun Flip Flop, 9/11 Tourettes, and Mike Huckabee's 72 Ducks in Heaven

2007-09-26T09:40:00.000-07:00

Argentiana's President Blasts Ahmadinejad over 1993 Bombing in Buenos Aries

2007-09-26T09:23:00.000-07:00

Nestor Kirchner had some tough words for the Iranian Dictator and his country's involvement / lack of cooperation concerning the 1994 AMIA Bombing in Buenos Aries killing 85 people.

Argentina's president denounced Iran's lack of cooperation in solving a terrorist attack on a Jewish center.
Nestor Kirchner in his speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly denounced the lack of Iranian cooperation in solving the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires.
“I want to stress here, in the United Nations headquarters, that unluckily and until today, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not collaborated with the Argentine Justice,” Kirchner said.
AMIA President Luis Grynwald and Aldo Donzis, the president of the DAIA Jewish political umbrella group, president, both praised the “braveness and force of the speech.” Sergio Burstein, spokesman for the “Familiares” victims’ relatives group, praised Kirchner as well. Familiares has asked Kirchner to raise the AMIA issue at the United Nations.
From its Buenos Aires headquarters, the Simon Wiesenthal Center lauded Kirchners’ “eloquent” speech and sought cooperation from the international community in the search for justice in the AMIA case.
In November 2006, the Argentine Justice Department demanded that Interpol arrest five Iranians and a Lebanese citizen accused of participating in the AMIA bombing, in which 85 people were killed.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad followed Kirchner to the U.N. podium.

Fred Thompson and the Teyeristises

2007-09-26T09:14:00.000-07:00

Hmmm... detainees for quesitoning at Guantanamo and Abu Grahib don't deserve due process, but Osama Bin Laden does? This coming from a person who took money advising the defense of terrorists who blew up a commuter airplane, nevermind the fact that his campaign advisor was one of only two senators to not sign a letter to the president condemning terrorist attacks in Israel. I used to think this guy was the Republican's version of a hyped up Obama, but he is much much less than that.

America Stinks, America Blows, America Is Bad - Do I Sound Unpatriotic?

2007-09-26T09:00:00.000-07:00

Steve Benan Writes:

It didn't generate much in the way of media attention this week, but a bunch of religious right groups co-sponsored the first-ever "Values Voter" debate a few days ago for the GOP presidential field. The top four (Giuliani, Romney, McCain, and Thompson) stayed away, but seven other Republican presidential hopefuls cozied up to luminaries such as Phyllis Schlafly, Paul Weyrich, and Don Wildmon.
There were plenty of bizarre questions and answers, but one of the elements of the debate that stood out for me was, oddly enough, the song that got things started. Event organizers invited the Church of God Choir, from Springfield, Ohio, to sing "God Bless America" -- except the lyrics were rewritten. Instead of a song about "the land that I love," and "home sweet home," this version condemns the country, saying we've all turned against God, and that He won't bless us. It was a big hit among the conservative Republicans in the room.
(The lyrics are here.)
I'm trying to imagine the response if, say, Yearly Kos hosted a Democratic presidential candidate forum, which started with a rewritten version of "God Bless America" that disparaged the United States.
It's the kind of thing Fox News would jump all over -- and every Democratic candidate on hand would be asked whether they agreed with the song's lyrical condemnation of the country. Bill O'Reilly would tell us that "God Bless America" is fine the way it is, and it doesn't need to be rewritten by liberals to serve a radical political agenda. Admittedly, it gets tiresome to hear "if this were a Democrat..." but in this case, I think it's appropriate.

Iraq Invasion Was Foregone Conclusion, Regardless of Saddam

2007-09-26T08:37:00.000-07:00

Tell us something we didn't already know. Oh, you mean Bush told you so?

Ahmadinejad, Ron Paul & Dennis Kucinich

2007-09-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the members of US House of representatives issued condemnations and voted overwhelmingly to officially denounce Irianian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and tighten snactions against him and his government. Holocaust Survivor Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA) led charge which passed 397-16.
Incidentally, two votes against were Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich.
I've noticed that for several votes taken recently in the house on measures concerning the Middle East, each has passed with very wide margins though two (and sometimes the only 2) dissenting votes were both cast by by 2008 presidential candiates Democrat Dennis Kucinich and Republican Ron Paul.

Darn Immigrants, Always Screwing Things Up

2007-09-26T07:35:00.000-07:00

Oops.

To Catch A Predator - Facebook Style

2007-09-26T05:57:00.000-07:00

NY Attorney General Takes on Facebook

The Cost of $9.11

2007-09-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

S-i-c-k.

Rabbi Shapira Hospitalized

2007-09-25T21:35:00.000-07:00

As mentioned, former Chief Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of Mercaz HaRav, Rabbi Avraham Shapira is very ill. He was seen in shul on Rosh Hashana in a wheel chair with an oxygen. He was hospitalized today as his health has taken a turn for the worse, details follow.

UPDATE: 9/26 am Condition Undate

Columbia DID Invite Hitler To Speak - in 1933

2007-09-25T19:30:00.000-07:00

News Flash.

Roundup - Some Goodies

2007-09-25T17:30:00.000-07:00

The Discrepencies in Rudy's record and rhetoric

A State political group distributed materials against a Jewish legsitlator to Jewish homes on Yom Kippur

Violent Crime is on the Rise in this country

Is Bush quietly advising Hillary on handling the Iraq war should she succeed him?

Rewriting the words to G-d Bless America is very patriotic! (Almost worthy of "Betray Us" legistlation)

Bloomberg Chides Rudy for Dropping Support of His on Gun Lawsuit to Pander to NRA Republicans

Thompson blasts Rudy for Blasting Pataki in Support of Liberal Rival Cuomo

Michael J. Fox Praises Israeli Stem Cell Research

2007-09-23T09:30:00.000-07:00

Michael J. Fox Praises Israeli Stem Cell Research

Fox, who is suffering from Parkinson's Disease, noted that his organization funds a lot of research in Israel.
"Disease is a non-partisan issue," Fox said. "We just look to whoever can help. What we are really about is getting people together to talk."

Senate Confrims Jewish Activist to State Department

2007-09-21T07:37:00.000-07:00

The U.S. Senate confirmed a prominent Jewish activist as chief of protocol for the State Department.

Nancy Goodman Brinker, a fund-raiser for cancer research and a prominent Republican Jewish activist, assumed her new job on Thursday.
Brinker, who founded the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation after her sister died of the disease, had previously served as Bush's ambassador to Hungary from 2001-2003. The former Dallas socialite and current Florida resident was easily confirmed by the Senate on Sept. 12.

Rice: Is It a "Peace Process" Or a "Palestinian State Process" Exclusively?

2007-09-20T21:45:00.000-07:00

"The president and I are absolutely devoted to working as hard as we can for the advancement of the Palestinian state"

Okay, then.
Food for thought-
Full transcript and video: Remarks With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Total number of times of times Rice mentioned the Palestinian State and achievement thereof: 11

Total number of times Rice mentioned peace and achievement thereof: 0

Coalition forces arrest Iranian Quds Force officer

2007-09-20T21:30:00.000-07:00

Coalition forces arrest Iranian Quds Force officer

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces arrested an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – Quds Force officer in Sulimaniyah today.
Contrary to recent diplomatic initiatives, this individual has been involved in transporting improvised explosive devices and explosively formed penetrators into Iraq. Intelligence reports also indicate he was involved in the infiltration and training of foreign terrorists in Iraq.
The Quds Force is a covert action arm of the Iranian government responsible for aiding lethal attacks against the Iraqi government and Coalition forces.

"Don't Tase Me, Bro!"

2007-09-20T21:00:00.000-07:00

ISRAEL IN NATO: WHO SAID WHAT WHEN?

2007-09-20T15:00:00.000-07:00

This Week:
"We should open the organization's membership to any willing state that meets basic standards of good governance, military readiness, global responsibility -- regardless of location," Giuliani said. "I think we should consider countries such as Australia, Singapore, India, Israel, Japan."
- Rudolph Giuliani; September 19, 2007

Nine Months ago:
"We should be finding ways to upgrade Israel’s relationship with NATO. This could even some day mean membership. NATO’s mission now goes far beyond just Europe. Therefore, it is only natural that NATO seeks to include Israel."
- John Edwards; January 22, 2007

The selectively alert outlets were doing cyber cartwheels this morning over Saint Rudy, yet there was little recognition or memory afforded to Senator Edward's clearer and stronger language nine months ago. I'm just sayin...

RELATED: NSC seeks to place Israel in NATO
TRACKBACKS: NJDC | Politico

Trump: Starving US Americans Can Now Buy Maps Thanks to Miss Teen South Carolina

2007-09-20T11:59:00.000-07:00

Remember her from a few weeks ago? Lauren Caitlin Upton (teen usa south carolina) is now officially a high priced model for the Donald Trump agency.

Considering President Bush's constant boasting about his less then perfect grade point average, perhaps the almanac queen has a future in presidential politics.
She could team up with Dan Quayle, they would still be smarter than Bush.

School Board: Yom Kippur Game is On

2007-09-20T10:14:00.000-07:00

Kid's Yom Kippur Game will not be rescheduled.
Since when are Jews a "minority" in Florida? Hey Ann Coulter, step up!

The Columbia Student Article & Thread

2007-09-19T21:46:00.000-07:00

Ahmadinejad to Speak on Campus

Ahmadinejad at Ground Zero: Who Said It?

2007-09-19T21:33:00.000-07:00

"It is unacceptable for Iranian President Ahmadinejad, who refuses to renounce and end his own country’s support of terrorism, to visit the site of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil in our nation’s history."

A) Fred Thompson
B) Ban Ki Moon
C) Dick Cheney
D) Hillary Clinton

Rabbinical Decree: OK To Wear Crocs on Yom Kippur

2007-09-19T21:32:00.000-07:00

In case you were worried about wearing Croc for Yom Kippur as it is forbidden to wear leather shoes, Rabbi Yonah Metzger has issued a psak that indeed it is ok and just case you didn't get the memo, the prohibition against "Naalei Sandal" applies to leather only.

Former Chief Rabbi Critically Ill

2007-09-19T21:31:00.000-07:00

Former Israeli Chief Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva, Rabbi Avraham Shapira is in critical condition. A mass prayer gathering in his merit took place yesterday at the western wall.
הרב הגאון אברהם אלקנה הכהן בן הענע רייזיל (כהנא שפירא) שליט"א

Blind Psychologist bids to be first Rabbi Elected to Congress

2007-09-19T21:30:00.000-07:00

He's blind, he's a psychologist with a Harvard Phd and a busy bio/cv; taught, published and practiced for 30 years; received "private" semicha (rabbinic ordination) a mere 4 years ago and serves as Rabbinical Associate at a reform congregation in Alpine, NJ. Who is democrat Rabbi Dr. Dennis Shulman?

http://www.shulmanforcongress.com/

http://www.dennisshulman.com/
[ CV ]

http://www.mychavurah.org

(Hat-tip)

Update, More Media coverage of candidacy:
The Forward: New Jersey Rabbi Aims for Pulpit on Capitol Hill
Paramus Post: Democrat Dennis Shulman Forms Committee to explore U.S. Congress run
Blue Jersey: New Challenge to Garrett in NJ-5

After growing up in a close-knit Reform community in Worcester, Mass., Shulman said, he arrived at Brandeis University as an undergraduate interested in a career in the rabbinate but switched gears after a crisis of faith prompted by the loss of a girlfriend to leukemia during his freshman year. More than 30 years later, after completing coursework at New York’s Academy for Jewish Religion, Shulman was privately ordained by a panel of rabbis led by Rabbi Jack Bemporad, spiritual leader of Chavurah Beth Shalom in Alpine, N.J. Shulman long attended the synagogue with his wife and his two grown daughters and now serves as its rabbinical associate.

UPDATE: Here's a new article with a full-length interview - Dennis Shulman: Psychologist, Rabbi and Congressional Candidate

Huh? U2's IRISH BONO IS JEWISH?

2007-09-19T21:00:00.000-07:00

Maariv: Bono of U2 fame is a Bonofide member of the Tribe

For the hebrew impaired, according to the Maariv article, (recounting from the Chabad website Col Chabad) the rock star encountered an emissary of Chabad Lubavitch on a Manhattan street who obviously had no clue who he was. According to the account they made small talk, and Bono (born in Ireland as Paul David Hewson) explained that he was 'half Jewish' since his mother is Jewish. According to Jewish tradition, having a Jewish mother makes a person a full fledged Jew according to the Halacha (jewish law). The emissary then gave Bono a picture of the grand rabbi of Lubavitch, helped him don a Yarmulka and Teffilin (prayer philacteries) and proceeded to help the celebrity recite the Shema Yosroel prayer before the larged crowd that gathered to observe. Bono requested if he may keep the yarmulka as he has an upcoming performance in Israel.

According to all available accounts, Bono's Irish mother and father were Protestant and Roman Catholic respectively. There are also no available photographs of the supposed incident.

NYC Firefighters, 9/11 Rescuer Families Rip Rudy, Debunk Giuliani Deity Myth

2007-07-12T08:30:00.000-07:00

CBS: Firefighters Rip Giuliani, Call Him 'Urban Legend'
New DVD Criticizes Former NYC Mayor; Giuliani's Campaign Calls Video 'Mockumentary'
NYTimes: BiPartisan Firefighters Take On Giuliani
Urban Legend Website
The actual Video Itself:

US INtelligence Classified Report: War On Terror A Resounding Success!

2007-07-12T08:00:00.000-07:00

After 7 Years, Al Qaida Has Rebuilt Itself to Pre-9/11 Levels!

Former First Lady; Leading Environmentalist Dies at 94

2007-07-12T04:00:00.000-07:00

Former first lady and environmentalist leader, Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of former US President Lyndon Baines Johnson has died at the age of 94. Mrs. Johnsons was said to have had more involvement and more influence on her husband's presidency than any other in US history.

Pushing Israel to Pre 1967 Borders

2007-07-11T16:00:00.000-07:00

"And we're working toward the goal of a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace. Prime Minister Sharon's plan to remove all settlements from Gaza and several from the West Bank is a courageous step toward peace. His decision provides an historic moment of opportunity to begin building a future Palestinian state. This initiative can stimulate progress toward peace by setting the parties back on the road map, the most reliable guide to ending the occupation that began in 1967. "

Who said it?

A) John Kerry
B) Hillary Clinton
C) Bill Clinton
D) George W. Bush