…so while I’m gone go read this post by Meryl Yourish that gives an important history lesson.
Hat tip to Captain Ed who referenced it on another topic.
Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
I’ve got a lunch meeting today…
Posted: April 26, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: arabs, history, Israel, reality
A few Morning Joe comments
Posted: April 9, 2010 by datechguy in media, opinion/newsTags: benjaman netanyahu, Israel, morning joe, race
Barnicle line about clunkers and Mercedes when comparing him, Pat and Jonathan to Savannah and Norah is an old fashioned complement that men used to be able to give to women without being considered sexist. I love that kind of thing.
The fact that Jonathan Capeheart & O’Donnell read racism into Gingrich 3 point line says more about them then about Gingrich. Guthrie’s and Barnicle not seeing the same reflects where they came from and how they grew up.
How can you mention Bibi not coming and not mention the administration not granting visas to the two Nuclear scientists?
Update: The Jammie Wearing Fool & Dan Riehl provides video for that great moment in journalism.
Around the blogroll 3/19/10
Posted: March 19, 2010 by datechguy in fun, gaming, opinion/newsTags: blogs, bridge, don't ask don't tell, double standards, Israel, nato, obama
Let’s take a peek around the blogroll and see what we can see:
Dan Collins notes a double standard on gaffes:
But despite all of the available evidence that so easily destroys the meta-narrative of Obama’s brilliance, we still have yet to see him get the same treatment that Gerald Ford, Reagan, Quayle, or G.W. Bush did; where are all of the jokes about his educated idiocy? About Hirohito signing the surrender aboard the Missouri? About him listing the 57 states? No one seems to see the humor in any of this.
This reminds me a bit of why I think Obamacare is such a priority for this administration.
On the left side of the aisle Dissenting Justice takes issue with John Sheehan and his opinion of Gay Soldiers in the Dutch army:
Sheehan’s comments are absolutely bankrupt. 23 of the 26 NATO members allow out gays and lesbians to serve in the military. Only the US, Turkey and Portugal do not. Under Sheehan’s “logic,” NATO itself is ineffective due to the presence of gay soldiers.
There is no question however that the Dutch certainly didn’t cover themselves with glory in Bosnia. I’ve given my opinion on gays in the military here.
And Finally Peg at What if notes that both the administrations dealings with Israel and her showing in the North American Bridge association championships leave much to be desired:
his kind of excessive and weirdly paternalistic attitude to the state of Israel, directed so clearly from the top, seems to come out of a kind of unexamined personal animus. The long record that Obama has of friendship with virulent enemies of Israel has not gone unnoticed.
As the old saying goes; only time will tell. Let’s hope that the rest of the time this week is kinder to my bridge performance, too!
Hey Peg, at least you never played with a partner who liked to bluff when bidding. It really changes the game.
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