Wednesday, August 23, 2006
The world is a mess. Israel is fighting Hezbollah and Hamas. The US is bogged down in Iraq. Iraqis' life span is less than it was under Saddam Hussein. China is still a Communist, totalitarian state. N. Korea may actually prove that they possess a nuclear weapon. There is the spectre of catastrophe due to rapid climate change. India and Pakistan are still enemies and both do possess nuclear weapons. There is still the chance of a global flu pandemic. Oil prices are still high enough to negatively impact middle and lower class Americans. Osama bin Laden is still alive. The Taliban are experiencing resurgence.
Sooooo, what is the number one news story? Jon Benet Ramsey. This is sick on so many levels. There is no reason for anyone outside of the Boulder, Colorado area to even know who Ramsey was. If we are going to make the murder of a child national news, then why not make the murder of EVERY child national news. And if Mr. Karr is seeking his Warholian 15 minutes of fame, why give him days and potentially weeks of fame?
To recap: Islamic terrorists are trying to destroy the USA. Iran wants Israel wiped off the map. But the real kicker is that a sexual predator ate prawn and drank champaign on a flight to the USA from Thailand.
Sooooo, what is the number one news story? Jon Benet Ramsey. This is sick on so many levels. There is no reason for anyone outside of the Boulder, Colorado area to even know who Ramsey was. If we are going to make the murder of a child national news, then why not make the murder of EVERY child national news. And if Mr. Karr is seeking his Warholian 15 minutes of fame, why give him days and potentially weeks of fame?
To recap: Islamic terrorists are trying to destroy the USA. Iran wants Israel wiped off the map. But the real kicker is that a sexual predator ate prawn and drank champaign on a flight to the USA from Thailand.
# posted by Billing Anders @ 9:55 AM 
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Hi everyone.
Just some notes on the last paragraph about Islamic terrorists, the USA, and Iran.
While there are, unfortunately, people committing terrorists attacks against the US, they aren't doing so for no reason. They are a result of America's foreign policy and not because people are jealous of freedom or something like that. There's a good article about this on a good old conservative website (The American Conservative) called "The Logic of Suicide Terrorism."
http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html
We could prevent terrorism against America by preventing the US government from allowing its military to do to things like kill upwards of 100,000 civilians in Iraq.
About the "Iran wants Israel wiped off the map" reference to Iran's prime minister's Ahmedinejad's comments. These are just misunderstood. Most people in America don't know that the largest community of Jews in the Middle East today, outside of Israel, is in Iran. The problem that Ahmedinejad has with the state of Israel, is that it was formed over Palestinian blood, and non-Jews are given a less than Jew status.
Also, here's an interesting interview with an orthodox Jew who claims that the official orthodox position has been against Zionism and the founding of a Jewish state.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fD5wcmkGTs
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Just some notes on the last paragraph about Islamic terrorists, the USA, and Iran.
While there are, unfortunately, people committing terrorists attacks against the US, they aren't doing so for no reason. They are a result of America's foreign policy and not because people are jealous of freedom or something like that. There's a good article about this on a good old conservative website (The American Conservative) called "The Logic of Suicide Terrorism."
http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html
We could prevent terrorism against America by preventing the US government from allowing its military to do to things like kill upwards of 100,000 civilians in Iraq.
About the "Iran wants Israel wiped off the map" reference to Iran's prime minister's Ahmedinejad's comments. These are just misunderstood. Most people in America don't know that the largest community of Jews in the Middle East today, outside of Israel, is in Iran. The problem that Ahmedinejad has with the state of Israel, is that it was formed over Palestinian blood, and non-Jews are given a less than Jew status.
Also, here's an interesting interview with an orthodox Jew who claims that the official orthodox position has been against Zionism and the founding of a Jewish state.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fD5wcmkGTs
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