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The god of this world
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Saturday Jan 31st, 2009
“When I saw an article today indicating that Wall Street bankers had given themselves $20 billion worth of bonuses, the same amount of bonuses as they gave themselves in 2004, at a time when most of these institutions were teetering on collapse and they are asking for taxpayers to help sustain them, and when taxpayers find themselves in the difficult position that if they don’t provide help, that the entire system could come down on top of our heads, that is the height of irresponsibility. It is shameful."
President Obama
That's what most people worship themselves and their own personal desires, greed, selfishness and wants, the idols of their lives. See, even if it's just a hut or a tin shanty or grass shack on an island, or a Cadillac or a wooden canoe, if it's what you'd rather have above all things on Earth and what you worship, what you love above God and others, then it's your idol, it's your god, it's your religion.
In the Capitalistic Commercial System, its temples are banks. Its temples are office buildings to which its devotees and worshippers resort to worship eight hours a day from nine to five, five or six days a week! They all seek and lust after the same things and not God! They worship things riches, power, money and wealth. Materialism is the god and the religion of this Earth today!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Saturday, January 31, 2009
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National Debt: It is not new for our government or any other to borrow money.
Most governments do so when in a crisis, such as a war.
What is unique today is that our government borrows during good times and bad, during war and peace alike.
But what makes our government’s debt so dangerous is that we are in debt beyond our total asset value.
In other words, we are broke. Unfortunately, there seems to be no thought of ever trying to repay the debt.
In truth, our government cannot even pay the interest on its debt, unless it does so through additional borrowing.
Ted Rudow III,MA
WE ARE BROKE!
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National debt: It is not new for our government or any other to borrow money. Most governments do so when in a crisis, such as a war. What is unique today is that our government borrows during good times and bad, during war and peace alike.
But what makes our government’s debt so dangerous is that we are in debt beyond our total asset value.
In other words, we are broke. Unfortunately, there seems to be no thought of ever trying to repay the debt. In truth, our government cannot even pay the interest on its debt, unless it does so through additional borrowing.
– Ted Rudow III MA,
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The national debt problem
Editor,
National Debt: It is not new for our government or any other to borrow money.
Most governments do so when in a crisis, such as a war.
What is unique today is that our government borrows during good times and bad, during war and peace alike.
But what makes our government’s debt so dangerous is that we are in debt beyond our total asset value.
In other words, we are broke. Unfortunately, there seems to be no thought of ever trying to repay the debt.
In truth, our government cannot even pay the interest on its debt, unless it does so through additional borrowing.
Ted Rudow III,MA
WE ARE BROKE!
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National debt: It is not new for our government or any other to borrow money. Most governments do so when in a crisis, such as a war. What is unique today is that our government borrows during good times and bad, during war and peace alike.
But what makes our government’s debt so dangerous is that we are in debt beyond our total asset value.
In other words, we are broke. Unfortunately, there seems to be no thought of ever trying to repay the debt. In truth, our government cannot even pay the interest on its debt, unless it does so through additional borrowing.
– Ted Rudow III MA,
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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After an alarm rang from a bullhorn, simulating air-raid sirens, the students fell to the ground and assumed a corpse pose, symbolic of those who died Gaza in the current conflict between Israelis and Palestinian.
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli students verbally clashed during a student-organized "die-in" Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon in front of Clark Hall....
Ted Rudow III,MA 1/29/09 Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quiet evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than fifty years, and quiet in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves. Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them, for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition. Now, it is happen every day!
Factories and warehouses are blown up in case they might produce or hide weapons. Individual Palestinians are harassed, humiliated, beaten, tormented, tortured, imprisoned, or killed every day. And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported, their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Debate heats up between students over recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Abstract:
After an alarm rang from a bullhorn, simulating air-raid sirens, the students fell to the ground and assumed a corpse pose, symbolic of those who died Gaza in the current conflict between Israelis and Palestinian.
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli students verbally clashed during a student-organized "die-in" Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon in front of Clark Hall....
Ted Rudow III,MA 1/29/09 Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quiet evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than fifty years, and quiet in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves. Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them, for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition. Now, it is happen every day!
Factories and warehouses are blown up in case they might produce or hide weapons. Individual Palestinians are harassed, humiliated, beaten, tormented, tortured, imprisoned, or killed every day. And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported, their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism!
Ted Rudow III,MA
class of 1996
Pork
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....Frightened people are receptive to his pleas for large and quick action: Just do it – we'll count the cost later. As Emerson said, when skating on thin ice, safety lies in speed, and the administration's confidence in what it is doing should be – this is not its fault – thin.
Economic policymaking in turbulent times is a science of single instances, meaning no science at all. When economic theories matter most – when the economy is in uncharted waters – all theories are necessarily untested. Hence attempts to derive prescriptions from the New Deal are somewhat surreal.
Furthermore, our language is bewitching our intelligence. Long ago – a year ago – Russell Roberts, economics professor at George Mason University, deplored terms that suggest that economics is a science akin to medicine. With a "stimulus," of a sort that makes the legs of a dead frog twitch, the government will "inject" money as a doctor gives a blood transfusion. Or as a "jolt" from a defibrillator.
Sensible people are queasy about throwing trillions of dollars at barely understood problems on the basis of untested theories. For Republicans, the question is: What are the duties of the opposition at a moment like this? The answer has three components, beginning with elementary political arithmetic:
Having received near 53 percent of the popular vote – better than Ronald Reagan's 50.7 percent in 1980 – Barack Obama won 100 percent of the presidency, and almost that much of the nation's leadership expectations now that the public, which really should diversify its investments, invests such extravagant hopes in presidents. To govern is to choose, always on the basis of imperfect information, and the president may never have more public support than he has now. He deserves some deference. Some.
Second, congressional Democrats have turned the 647-page stimulus legislation into an excuse for an excuse for wretched excess. They have forfeited some of the president's claim to deference.------------------
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01/29/2009
Although a lot of those poor countries are burdened with billions of Dollars in debt, all those countries put together still do not owe as much money as the United States does! The only reason the U.S. is managing to get by at all is because of their high salaries.--Ridiculous salaries where they're paying $75-an-hour to auto workers & that sort of thing. That can't last. It's just not going to last because they can't sell enough cars to keep paying such exorbitant wages!
They have been grossly overpaying their workers. The workers think they're underpaid, but they've been overpaid for years now, several times the salary for the same job in other auto-making countries such as poor Korea, where they get about $12-an-hour. Even in Japan they only get about $15-17-an-hour.--At least those are the last stats that I recall. Whereas they're getting three-to-five times as much in the United States for the same job, & sloppy work at that!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Those looking for deep, meaningful and possibly insightful words should know that they are currently in the wrong place. I wish only to make fleeting and discombobulated points, so don't get upset when you read the last word and still are not enlightened.
Now that I've scared away all the fuddy-duddies, I'd like to point out that since last November, the word "change" has been on the edge of the minds of most Americans....
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1/27/09 National Debt: It is not new for our government or any other to borrow money. Most governments do so when in a crisis, such as a war. What is unique today is that our government borrows during good times and bad, during war and peace alike. But what makes our government's debt so dangerous is that we are in debt beyond our total asset value. In other words, we are broke. Unfortunately, there seems to be no thought of ever trying to repay the debt. In truth, our government cannot even pay the interest on its debt, unless it does so through additional borrowing.
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January 23, 2009
University funds experience record decline
Stanford is expecting an “unprecedented” endowment decline of between 20 and 30 percent, Provost John Etchemendy told the Faculty Senate yesterday afternoon. Since 1964, only eight fiscal years have had negative nominal returns, the largest of which was an eight percent decline in 1974.
Still, the provost emphasized that this endowment decline only puts Stanford back approximately three years.
“We were a strong university then,” he noted, “and we will emerge from this a strong university.”
...................................................................
Federal reserve banks: These are the result of the Federal reserve act and are theoretically owned by the Federal Government. Each bank in the country that joins this system must deposit a certain percentage of their reserves in a central fund on which they receive a small interest. This fund, along with the Federal Government’s portion, form the master pool to cover the temporary cash shortages that were mentioned earlier. These funds are held in 12 banks spread throughout the U.S. These 12 banks, in effect, operate the Federal Reserve System and make enormous profits in the process.No one really knows who actually owns these banks as they are private, and in 70 years they have never published a government-audited financial statement. What they are doing is, in effect, as illegal as robbing a bank, but no one can stop them. It is in the process of creating these huge profits that they are destroying the country. The way that they are doing it is as follows: As the Federal Reserve has the right to print money (at a cost of $1.50 per $1,000), they can easily print money whenever they want to, and then loan it to other banks at an interest.This is as counterfeit and as valueless as if it was printed in a gangster’s basement, except that they have a license, and the gangster doesn’t. But the result on the economy is the same, as this money is not backed by gold. Originally, the Federal Reserve System (FRS) was not allowed to print more than four paper dollars for each dollar of gold that the government possessed, but as the government kept spending more, they had to borrow from the Federal Reserve who had to print more!
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....Frightened people are receptive to his pleas for large and quick action: Just do it – we'll count the cost later. As Emerson said, when skating on thin ice, safety lies in speed, and the administration's confidence in what it is doing should be – this is not its fault – thin.
Economic policymaking in turbulent times is a science of single instances, meaning no science at all. When economic theories matter most – when the economy is in uncharted waters – all theories are necessarily untested. Hence attempts to derive prescriptions from the New Deal are somewhat surreal.
Furthermore, our language is bewitching our intelligence. Long ago – a year ago – Russell Roberts, economics professor at George Mason University, deplored terms that suggest that economics is a science akin to medicine. With a "stimulus," of a sort that makes the legs of a dead frog twitch, the government will "inject" money as a doctor gives a blood transfusion. Or as a "jolt" from a defibrillator.
Sensible people are queasy about throwing trillions of dollars at barely understood problems on the basis of untested theories. For Republicans, the question is: What are the duties of the opposition at a moment like this? The answer has three components, beginning with elementary political arithmetic:
Having received near 53 percent of the popular vote – better than Ronald Reagan's 50.7 percent in 1980 – Barack Obama won 100 percent of the presidency, and almost that much of the nation's leadership expectations now that the public, which really should diversify its investments, invests such extravagant hopes in presidents. To govern is to choose, always on the basis of imperfect information, and the president may never have more public support than he has now. He deserves some deference. Some.
Second, congressional Democrats have turned the 647-page stimulus legislation into an excuse for an excuse for wretched excess. They have forfeited some of the president's claim to deference.------------------
......................................................
01/29/2009
Although a lot of those poor countries are burdened with billions of Dollars in debt, all those countries put together still do not owe as much money as the United States does! The only reason the U.S. is managing to get by at all is because of their high salaries.--Ridiculous salaries where they're paying $75-an-hour to auto workers & that sort of thing. That can't last. It's just not going to last because they can't sell enough cars to keep paying such exorbitant wages!
They have been grossly overpaying their workers. The workers think they're underpaid, but they've been overpaid for years now, several times the salary for the same job in other auto-making countries such as poor Korea, where they get about $12-an-hour. Even in Japan they only get about $15-17-an-hour.--At least those are the last stats that I recall. Whereas they're getting three-to-five times as much in the United States for the same job, & sloppy work at that!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Obama, Katy Perry and McDonald's gift cards: A whole bunch of crazy
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Those looking for deep, meaningful and possibly insightful words should know that they are currently in the wrong place. I wish only to make fleeting and discombobulated points, so don't get upset when you read the last word and still are not enlightened.
Now that I've scared away all the fuddy-duddies, I'd like to point out that since last November, the word "change" has been on the edge of the minds of most Americans....
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1/27/09 National Debt: It is not new for our government or any other to borrow money. Most governments do so when in a crisis, such as a war. What is unique today is that our government borrows during good times and bad, during war and peace alike. But what makes our government's debt so dangerous is that we are in debt beyond our total asset value. In other words, we are broke. Unfortunately, there seems to be no thought of ever trying to repay the debt. In truth, our government cannot even pay the interest on its debt, unless it does so through additional borrowing.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Class of 1996
Fool's gold
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Endowment faces losses
By: Devin Banerjee :
January 23, 2009
University funds experience record decline
Stanford is expecting an “unprecedented” endowment decline of between 20 and 30 percent, Provost John Etchemendy told the Faculty Senate yesterday afternoon. Since 1964, only eight fiscal years have had negative nominal returns, the largest of which was an eight percent decline in 1974.
Still, the provost emphasized that this endowment decline only puts Stanford back approximately three years.
“We were a strong university then,” he noted, “and we will emerge from this a strong university.”
...................................................................
Federal reserve banks: These are the result of the Federal reserve act and are theoretically owned by the Federal Government. Each bank in the country that joins this system must deposit a certain percentage of their reserves in a central fund on which they receive a small interest. This fund, along with the Federal Government’s portion, form the master pool to cover the temporary cash shortages that were mentioned earlier. These funds are held in 12 banks spread throughout the U.S. These 12 banks, in effect, operate the Federal Reserve System and make enormous profits in the process.No one really knows who actually owns these banks as they are private, and in 70 years they have never published a government-audited financial statement. What they are doing is, in effect, as illegal as robbing a bank, but no one can stop them. It is in the process of creating these huge profits that they are destroying the country. The way that they are doing it is as follows: As the Federal Reserve has the right to print money (at a cost of $1.50 per $1,000), they can easily print money whenever they want to, and then loan it to other banks at an interest.This is as counterfeit and as valueless as if it was printed in a gangster’s basement, except that they have a license, and the gangster doesn’t. But the result on the economy is the same, as this money is not backed by gold. Originally, the Federal Reserve System (FRS) was not allowed to print more than four paper dollars for each dollar of gold that the government possessed, but as the government kept spending more, they had to borrow from the Federal Reserve who had to print more!
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Paul Krugman: Cheap shots aim to undermine sound fiscal policy
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 | Page 13A
As the debate over President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan gets under way, one thing is certain: Many of the plan's opponents aren't arguing in good faith. Conservatives really, really don't want to see a second New Deal, and they certainly don't want to see government activism vindicated. So they are reaching for any stick they can find with which to beat proposals for increased government spending.
Some of these arguments are obvious cheap shots. John Boehner, the House minority leader, has already made headlines with one such shot: Looking at an $800 billion plan to rebuild infrastructure, sustain essential services and more, he derided a minor provision that would expand Medicaid family-planning services and called it a plan to "spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives."
But the obvious cheap shots don't pose as much danger to the Obama administration's efforts to get a plan through as arguments and assertions that are equally fraudulent but can seem superficially plausible to those who don't know their way around economic concepts and numbers.
So as a public service, let me try to debunk some of the major anti-stimulus arguments that have already surfaced. Any time you hear someone reciting one of these arguments, write him or her off as a dishonest flack.
First, there's the bogus talking point that the Obama plan will cost $275,000 per job created. Why is it bogus? Because it involves taking the cost of a plan that will extend over several years, creating millions of jobs each year, and dividing it by the jobs created in just one of those years.
It's as if an opponent of the school lunch program were to take an estimate of the cost of that program over the next five years, then divide it by the number of lunches provided in just one of those years, and assert that the program was hugely wasteful, because it cost $13 per lunch. (The actual cost of a free school lunch, by the way, is $2.57.) The true cost per job of the Obama plan will probably be closer to $100,000 than $275,000 – and the net cost will be as little as $60,000 once you take into account the fact that a stronger economy means higher tax receipts.
Next, write off anyone who asserts that it's always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending, because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their money.
Here's how to think about this argument: It implies that we should shut down the air traffic control system. After all, that system is paid for with fees on air tickets – and surely it would be better to let the flying public keep its money rather than hand it over to government bureaucrats. If that would mean lots of midair collisions, hey, stuff happens.
The point is that nobody really believes that a dollar of tax cuts is always better than a dollar of public spending. Meanwhile, it's clear that when it comes to economic stimulus, public spending provides much more bang for the buck than tax cuts – and therefore costs less per job created (see the previous fraudulent argument) – because a large fraction of any tax cut will simply be saved.
This suggests that public spending rather than tax cuts should be the core of any stimulus plan. But rather than accept that implication, conservatives take refuge in a nonsensical argument against public spending in general.
Finally, ignore anyone who tries to make something of the fact that the new administration's chief economic adviser has in the past favored monetary policy over fiscal policy as a response to recessions.
It's true that the normal response to recessions is interest-rate cuts from the Fed, not government spending. And that might be the best option right now, if it were available. But it isn't, because we're in a situation not seen since the 1930s: The interest rates the Fed controls are already effectively at zero.
That's why we're talking about large-scale fiscal stimulus: It's what's left in the policy arsenal now that the Fed has shot its bolt. Anyone who cites old arguments against fiscal stimulus without mentioning that either doesn't know much about the subject – and therefore has no business weighing in on the debate – or is being deliberately obtuse.
These are only some of the fundamentally fraudulent anti-stimulus arguments out there. Basically, conservatives are throwing any objection they can think of against the Obama plan, hoping that something will stick.
But here's the thing: Most Americans aren't listening. The most encouraging thing I've heard lately is Obama's reported response to Republican objections to a spending-oriented economic plan: "I won."
Indeed he did – and he should disregard the huffing and puffing of those who lost.
.....................................................
01/27/2009 :
National Debt: It is not new for our government or any other to borrow money. Most governments do so when in a crisis, such as a war. What is unique today is that our government borrows during good times and bad, during war and peace alike. But what makes our government's debt so dangerous is that we are in debt beyond our total asset value. In other words, we are broke. Unfortunately, there seems to be no thought of ever trying to repay the debt. In truth, our government cannot even pay the interest on its debt, unless it does so through additional borrowing.
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Paul Krugman: Cheap shots aim to undermine sound fiscal policy
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 | Page 13A
As the debate over President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan gets under way, one thing is certain: Many of the plan's opponents aren't arguing in good faith. Conservatives really, really don't want to see a second New Deal, and they certainly don't want to see government activism vindicated. So they are reaching for any stick they can find with which to beat proposals for increased government spending.
Some of these arguments are obvious cheap shots. John Boehner, the House minority leader, has already made headlines with one such shot: Looking at an $800 billion plan to rebuild infrastructure, sustain essential services and more, he derided a minor provision that would expand Medicaid family-planning services and called it a plan to "spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives."
But the obvious cheap shots don't pose as much danger to the Obama administration's efforts to get a plan through as arguments and assertions that are equally fraudulent but can seem superficially plausible to those who don't know their way around economic concepts and numbers.
So as a public service, let me try to debunk some of the major anti-stimulus arguments that have already surfaced. Any time you hear someone reciting one of these arguments, write him or her off as a dishonest flack.
First, there's the bogus talking point that the Obama plan will cost $275,000 per job created. Why is it bogus? Because it involves taking the cost of a plan that will extend over several years, creating millions of jobs each year, and dividing it by the jobs created in just one of those years.
It's as if an opponent of the school lunch program were to take an estimate of the cost of that program over the next five years, then divide it by the number of lunches provided in just one of those years, and assert that the program was hugely wasteful, because it cost $13 per lunch. (The actual cost of a free school lunch, by the way, is $2.57.) The true cost per job of the Obama plan will probably be closer to $100,000 than $275,000 – and the net cost will be as little as $60,000 once you take into account the fact that a stronger economy means higher tax receipts.
Next, write off anyone who asserts that it's always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending, because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their money.
Here's how to think about this argument: It implies that we should shut down the air traffic control system. After all, that system is paid for with fees on air tickets – and surely it would be better to let the flying public keep its money rather than hand it over to government bureaucrats. If that would mean lots of midair collisions, hey, stuff happens.
The point is that nobody really believes that a dollar of tax cuts is always better than a dollar of public spending. Meanwhile, it's clear that when it comes to economic stimulus, public spending provides much more bang for the buck than tax cuts – and therefore costs less per job created (see the previous fraudulent argument) – because a large fraction of any tax cut will simply be saved.
This suggests that public spending rather than tax cuts should be the core of any stimulus plan. But rather than accept that implication, conservatives take refuge in a nonsensical argument against public spending in general.
Finally, ignore anyone who tries to make something of the fact that the new administration's chief economic adviser has in the past favored monetary policy over fiscal policy as a response to recessions.
It's true that the normal response to recessions is interest-rate cuts from the Fed, not government spending. And that might be the best option right now, if it were available. But it isn't, because we're in a situation not seen since the 1930s: The interest rates the Fed controls are already effectively at zero.
That's why we're talking about large-scale fiscal stimulus: It's what's left in the policy arsenal now that the Fed has shot its bolt. Anyone who cites old arguments against fiscal stimulus without mentioning that either doesn't know much about the subject – and therefore has no business weighing in on the debate – or is being deliberately obtuse.
These are only some of the fundamentally fraudulent anti-stimulus arguments out there. Basically, conservatives are throwing any objection they can think of against the Obama plan, hoping that something will stick.
But here's the thing: Most Americans aren't listening. The most encouraging thing I've heard lately is Obama's reported response to Republican objections to a spending-oriented economic plan: "I won."
Indeed he did – and he should disregard the huffing and puffing of those who lost.
.....................................................
01/27/2009 :
National Debt: It is not new for our government or any other to borrow money. Most governments do so when in a crisis, such as a war. What is unique today is that our government borrows during good times and bad, during war and peace alike. But what makes our government's debt so dangerous is that we are in debt beyond our total asset value. In other words, we are broke. Unfortunately, there seems to be no thought of ever trying to repay the debt. In truth, our government cannot even pay the interest on its debt, unless it does so through additional borrowing.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Monday, January 26, 2009
Shades of Israeli terrorism
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Dear Editor: Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quietly evident. It is very evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than 50 years.
And it is very quietly evident in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves. Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition.
Now, it is happening every day. Factories and warehouses are blown up in case they might produce or hide weapons.
Individual Palestinians are harassed, humiliated , beaten, tormented , tortured, imprisoned or killed every day. And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported , their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Top Stories for Thursday, January 16th, 2009:
Shades of Israeli terrorism
Dear Editor: Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quietly evident. It is very evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than 50 years.
And it is very quietly evident in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves. Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition.
Now, it is happening every day. Factories and warehouses are blown up in case they might produce or hide weapons.
Individual Palestinians are harassed, humiliated , beaten, tormented , tortured, imprisoned or killed every day. And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported , their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Did you hear it? That swirling, churning, gurgling sound as the country flushed Bush back to Texas?
Can you believe it? After 2,922 arduous, burdensome and oppressive days in office, George W. Bush is no longer the president of the United States.
This is important. Let me say it again.
After eight painful years in office, George W. Bush is finished. He's history. He's gone. He got the ol' heave-ho. Throw a shoe at him, he's done.
I'm personally thrilled that this country now has a president who can correctly pronounce the word "nuclear."........
.....................................................
Bush is drunk with power, warmongering; he's an egomaniac who is only interested in serving his own selfish interests and in making a mark for himself in the world. One who can do so heartlessly and cruelly and purely for materialistic gain. He has shown his lack of concern and sympathy for the poor peoples of the world time after time, and his lack of willingness to help the poor, suffering, tortured and maimed.
Of course, we are pretty much convinced that whatever Bush does, he does out of political motivation for political gain. 935 lies have been reported and still counting. Bush and Cheney and their crew lied day after day, week after week, month after month, and the media flooded the U.S. and the world with their lies about weapons of mass destruction.
It's disgusting that Bush could lie his way into the Iraq War, causing the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the death of 4,000 American soldiers, not to mention the tens of thousands wounded on both sides, and not suffer any consequences for it! The American people are either ignorant or apathetic.
Well, Bush and his cronies will suffer the consequences one of these days when they have to face the Lord and explain themselves, and lies and excuses won't work with Him! The people who are hurting now are the "big money boys", because now their money is inflating and exploding in an inflation explosion. Now it's the big investors, big business, big money and big governments whose money is dwindling down to nothing so it can't even buy much any more. In spite of the fact that industry is slowing down and therefore unemployment is increasing, there are so many safety guarantees to keep wages up and to give unemployment insurance and to keep prices up that there is still inflation in spite of a recession or depression this minute picking up speed!
The strange thing that's happening is that the inflation is picking up speed right along with the depression, just the opposite of what happened in the Great Depression. This time they're not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody! It's going to take the money down with it! And capitalism too!
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Issue date: 1/22/09 Section: Opinion thispageresult; } Media Credit: Andrea Frainier
Did you hear it? That swirling, churning, gurgling sound as the country flushed Bush back to Texas?
Can you believe it? After 2,922 arduous, burdensome and oppressive days in office, George W. Bush is no longer the president of the United States.
This is important. Let me say it again.
After eight painful years in office, George W. Bush is finished. He's history. He's gone. He got the ol' heave-ho. Throw a shoe at him, he's done.
I'm personally thrilled that this country now has a president who can correctly pronounce the word "nuclear."........
.....................................................
Bush is drunk with power, warmongering; he's an egomaniac who is only interested in serving his own selfish interests and in making a mark for himself in the world. One who can do so heartlessly and cruelly and purely for materialistic gain. He has shown his lack of concern and sympathy for the poor peoples of the world time after time, and his lack of willingness to help the poor, suffering, tortured and maimed.
Of course, we are pretty much convinced that whatever Bush does, he does out of political motivation for political gain. 935 lies have been reported and still counting. Bush and Cheney and their crew lied day after day, week after week, month after month, and the media flooded the U.S. and the world with their lies about weapons of mass destruction.
It's disgusting that Bush could lie his way into the Iraq War, causing the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the death of 4,000 American soldiers, not to mention the tens of thousands wounded on both sides, and not suffer any consequences for it! The American people are either ignorant or apathetic.
Well, Bush and his cronies will suffer the consequences one of these days when they have to face the Lord and explain themselves, and lies and excuses won't work with Him! The people who are hurting now are the "big money boys", because now their money is inflating and exploding in an inflation explosion. Now it's the big investors, big business, big money and big governments whose money is dwindling down to nothing so it can't even buy much any more. In spite of the fact that industry is slowing down and therefore unemployment is increasing, there are so many safety guarantees to keep wages up and to give unemployment insurance and to keep prices up that there is still inflation in spite of a recession or depression this minute picking up speed!
The strange thing that's happening is that the inflation is picking up speed right along with the depression, just the opposite of what happened in the Great Depression. This time they're not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody! It's going to take the money down with it! And capitalism too!
Ted Rudow III, MA
class of 1996
Saturday, January 24, 2009
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National Debt: It is not new for our government or any other to borrow money. Most governments do so when in a crisis, such as a war. What is unique today is that our government borrows during good times and bad, during war and peace alike. But what makes our government's debt so dangerous is that we are in debt beyond our total asset value. In other words, we are broke. Unfortunately, there seems to be no thought of ever trying to repay the debt. In truth, our government cannot even pay the interest on its debt, unless it does so through additional borrowing.
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"Still chasing the dream?"
He had a dream! And oh, what a dream it was! A dream of equality, a dream of unity, a dream of solidarity. What a fight, what a battle, as the brothers and sisters lifted their arms, hands raised and clasped together to show their strength and unity and oneness! What a fight, as we marched and protested and sang our songs of triumph and spoke our words of courage! What a fight, as we lifted high the banner of equality — equal rights for all men and women, regardless of color! What a fight, as we suffered humiliation and setbacks, degradation and injustice!
But I ask you, has that dream been realized? Or have our ideals and our aspirations fallen by the wayside? Where is the unity, the brotherhood, the oneness of heart and spirit? Where is the fighting spirit and the willingness to sacrifice and work hard, to lift up your brothers and sisters and make for them a better life? Look around you and see if his dream — and your dream, our dream — has become a reality.
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Dear Editor:
Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quietly evident. It is very evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than 50 years.
And it is very quietly evident in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves. Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition.
Now, it is happening every day. Factories and warehouses are blown up in case they might produce or hide weapons. Individual Palestinians are harassed, humiliated, beaten, tormented, tortured, imprisoned or killed every day. And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported, their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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He had a dream! And oh, what a dream it was! A dream of equality, a dream of unity, a dream of solidarity. What a fight, what a battle, as the brothers and sisters lifted their arms, hands raised and clasped together to show their strength and unity and oneness! What a fight, as we marched and protested and sang our songs of triumph and spoke our words of courage! What a fight, as we lifted high the banner of equality — equal rights for all men and women, regardless of color! What a fight, as we suffered humiliation and setbacks, degradation and injustice!
But I ask you, has that dream been realized? Or have our ideals and our aspirations fallen by the wayside? Where is the unity, the brotherhood, the oneness of heart and spirit? Where is the fighting spirit and the willingness to sacrifice and work hard, to lift up your brothers and sisters and make for them a better life? Look around you and see if his dream — and your dream, our dream — has become a reality.
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Dear Editor:
Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quietly evident. It is very evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than 50 years.
And it is very quietly evident in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves. Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition.
Now, it is happening every day. Factories and warehouses are blown up in case they might produce or hide weapons. Individual Palestinians are harassed, humiliated, beaten, tormented, tortured, imprisoned or killed every day. And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported, their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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He had a dream and oh, what a dream it was. A dream of equality, a dream of unity, a dream of solidarity. What a fight, what a battle, as the brothers and sisters lifted their arms, hands raised and clasped together to show their strength and unity and oneness. What a fight, as we marched and protested and sang our songs of triumph and spoke our words of courage. What a fight, as we lifted high the banner of equality — equal rights for all men and women, regardless of color. What a fight, as we suffered humiliation and setbacks, degradation and injustice.
But I ask you, has that dream been realized? Has that dream come true in your life? Has that dream been fulfilled? Or have our ideals and our aspirations fallen by the wayside? Where is the unity, the brotherhood, the oneness of heart and spirit? Where is the fighting spirit and the willingness to sacrifice and work hard, to lift up your brothers and sisters and make for them a better life? Look around you and see if his dream and your dream, our dream, has become a reality.
He now knows that this equality, this oneness of the races, this love between the brethren, this better world, this dream that we all sought so desperately, cannot be found only through the path. That this dream can only become a reality through love, the supernatural Love of God. This is what brings unity. This is what brings equality. This is what brings mutual respect. This is what makes a man willing to look past the color of the skin and see the heart and spirit, to see each man, woman and child as a creation of God.
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He had a dream and oh, what a dream it was. A dream of equality, a dream of unity, a dream of solidarity. What a fight, what a battle, as the brothers and sisters lifted their arms, hands raised and clasped together to show their strength and unity and oneness. What a fight, as we marched and protested and sang our songs of triumph and spoke our words of courage. What a fight, as we lifted high the banner of equality — equal rights for all men and women, regardless of color. What a fight, as we suffered humiliation and setbacks, degradation and injustice.
But I ask you, has that dream been realized? Has that dream come true in your life? Has that dream been fulfilled? Or have our ideals and our aspirations fallen by the wayside? Where is the unity, the brotherhood, the oneness of heart and spirit? Where is the fighting spirit and the willingness to sacrifice and work hard, to lift up your brothers and sisters and make for them a better life? Look around you and see if his dream and your dream, our dream, has become a reality.
He now knows that this equality, this oneness of the races, this love between the brethren, this better world, this dream that we all sought so desperately, cannot be found only through the path. That this dream can only become a reality through love, the supernatural Love of God. This is what brings unity. This is what brings equality. This is what brings mutual respect. This is what makes a man willing to look past the color of the skin and see the heart and spirit, to see each man, woman and child as a creation of God.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Students Confronting Apartheid by Israel (SCAI) rallied in White Plaza on Friday to protest Israel’s recent actions in Gaza. Members of Stanford Israel Alliance (SIA) also attended the protest, handing out information pamphlets on the Israeli cause.
By: Nikhil Joshi and Matt Serna
January 12, 2009
Student groups concerned with the violence, take action
At a protest Friday, students supporting both Palestine and Israel filled White Plaza with signs crying, “The Real Terrorists U.S.-Israel” and “Ceasefire Now,” as well as numerous Israeli flags. Evident that day and many others recently, campus groups on both sides have been galvanized by Israel’s recent campaign in Gaza and are quickly taking action.Though the Stanford Jewish community shares the global community’s regret for civilian casualties, many feel that Israel’s actions are justified as self-defense. Justin Hefter ‘11, vice president of the Stanford Israel Alliance (SIA), shares this view.“It’s terrible when there’s a war for any reason, and it’s also terrible that innocent civilians are dying, which is hard to deal with for anybody who cares about human life,” Hefter said. “The thing is, Israel has been pushed into the situation after enduring eight years of rocket fire, and anyone who values human life and dignity understands that. No country should have to endure something like that.”
Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quiet evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than fifty years, and quiet in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves.
Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them, for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition. Now, it is happen every day! And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported, their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism!
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Students Confronting Apartheid by Israel (SCAI) rallied in White Plaza on Friday to protest Israel’s recent actions in Gaza. Members of Stanford Israel Alliance (SIA) also attended the protest, handing out information pamphlets on the Israeli cause.
By: Nikhil Joshi and Matt Serna
January 12, 2009
Student groups concerned with the violence, take action
At a protest Friday, students supporting both Palestine and Israel filled White Plaza with signs crying, “The Real Terrorists U.S.-Israel” and “Ceasefire Now,” as well as numerous Israeli flags. Evident that day and many others recently, campus groups on both sides have been galvanized by Israel’s recent campaign in Gaza and are quickly taking action.Though the Stanford Jewish community shares the global community’s regret for civilian casualties, many feel that Israel’s actions are justified as self-defense. Justin Hefter ‘11, vice president of the Stanford Israel Alliance (SIA), shares this view.“It’s terrible when there’s a war for any reason, and it’s also terrible that innocent civilians are dying, which is hard to deal with for anybody who cares about human life,” Hefter said. “The thing is, Israel has been pushed into the situation after enduring eight years of rocket fire, and anyone who values human life and dignity understands that. No country should have to endure something like that.”
Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quiet evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than fifty years, and quiet in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves.
Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them, for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition. Now, it is happen every day! And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported, their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism!
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Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quiet evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than fifty years, and quiet in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves. Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them, for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition. Now, it is happen every day! And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported, their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism!
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Israeli terrorism is both very evident and very quiet evident in that it occupies Palestinian lands brazenly, and has for more than fifty years, and quiet in that many little acts of terrorism happen every day in out-of-the-way corners that make no news or no waves. Fields and orchards are bulldozed, or farmers cannot harvest them, for fear of being shot. Food supplies are limited or curtailed, or made too expensive to purchase, resulting in malnutrition. Now, it is happen every day! And all this happens out of sight of the world, the victims unreported, their anguish unnoticed, yet the agony enduring a lifetime, for those who survive. This is terrorism!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Friday, January 09, 2009
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The people who are hurting now are the "big money boys", because now their money is inflating and exploding in an inflation explosion. Now it's the big investors, big business, big money and big governments whose money is dwindling down to nothing so it can't even buy much any more. In spite of the fact that industry is slowing down and therefore unemployment is increasing, there are so many safety guarantees to keep wages up and to give unemployment insurance and to keep prices up that there is still inflation in spite of a recession or depression this minute picking up speed! The strange thing that's happening is that the inflation is picking up speed right along with the depression, just the opposite of what happened in the Great Depression. This time they're not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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The people who are hurting now are the "big money boys", because now their money is inflating and exploding in an inflation explosion. Now it's the big investors, big business, big money and big governments whose money is dwindling down to nothing so it can't even buy much any more. In spite of the fact that industry is slowing down and therefore unemployment is increasing, there are so many safety guarantees to keep wages up and to give unemployment insurance and to keep prices up that there is still inflation in spite of a recession or depression this minute picking up speed! The strange thing that's happening is that the inflation is picking up speed right along with the depression, just the opposite of what happened in the Great Depression. This time they're not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Friday, January 09, 2009
Dear Editor,
The people who are hurting now are the "big money boys", because now their money is inflating and exploding in an inflation explosion. Now it's the big investors, big business, big money and big governments whose money is dwindling down to nothing so it can't even buy much any more. In spite of the fact that industry is slowing down and therefore unemployment is increasing, there are so many safety guarantees to keep wages up and to give unemployment insurance and to keep prices up that there is still inflation in spite of a recession or depression this minute picking up speed!
The strange thing that's happening is that the inflation is picking up speed right along with the depression, just the opposite of what happened in the Great Depression. This time they're not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody! It's going to take the money down with it! And capitalism too!
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Friday, January 09, 2009
Dear Editor,
The people who are hurting now are the "big money boys", because now their money is inflating and exploding in an inflation explosion. Now it's the big investors, big business, big money and big governments whose money is dwindling down to nothing so it can't even buy much any more. In spite of the fact that industry is slowing down and therefore unemployment is increasing, there are so many safety guarantees to keep wages up and to give unemployment insurance and to keep prices up that there is still inflation in spite of a recession or depression this minute picking up speed!
The strange thing that's happening is that the inflation is picking up speed right along with the depression, just the opposite of what happened in the Great Depression. This time they're not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody! It's going to take the money down with it! And capitalism too!
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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When killing more than 320 Palestinians and injuring close to 1,000
recently by dropping 100 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli
Southern Command GOC announced that the Israeli army will "send Gaza
decades into the past" in terms of weapons capabilities while
achieving "the maximum number of enemy casualties."
Despite these echoes from failed uses of force in the past, the
current Jewish-Israeli consensus nevertheless favors Israeli military
attacks on Gaza. "The goal of our military actions is to force peace
on them," stated Member of Knesset Yakov Margi (Shas) this morning in
a parliamentary discussion of Gaza. This attitude demonstrates that
neither historical examples nor Israel's own failure to
achieve "peace" through destruction, have a visible impact on Israeli
public opinion or government policies.
So instead of the ceasefire solving the situation, the Jewish
violation of it has complicated the whole picture even more than
ever. The Arabs can no longer negotiate a fair political settlement
from a position of strength and military advantage with American-
Jewish soldiers fighting with weapons for the American territory of
an American colony — Israel. The Americans have to win to save their
Israelis, their territory and they think, their very lives.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Editor,
When killing more than 320 Palestinians and injuring close to 1,000
recently by dropping 100 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli
Southern Command GOC announced that the Israeli army will "send Gaza
decades into the past" in terms of weapons capabilities while
achieving "the maximum number of enemy casualties."
Despite these echoes from failed uses of force in the past, the
current Jewish-Israeli consensus nevertheless favors Israeli military
attacks on Gaza. "The goal of our military actions is to force peace
on them," stated Member of Knesset Yakov Margi (Shas) this morning in
a parliamentary discussion of Gaza. This attitude demonstrates that
neither historical examples nor Israel's own failure to
achieve "peace" through destruction, have a visible impact on Israeli
public opinion or government policies.
So instead of the ceasefire solving the situation, the Jewish
violation of it has complicated the whole picture even more than
ever. The Arabs can no longer negotiate a fair political settlement
from a position of strength and military advantage with American-
Jewish soldiers fighting with weapons for the American territory of
an American colony — Israel. The Americans have to win to save their
Israelis, their territory and they think, their very lives.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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When killing more than 320 Palestinians and injuring close to 1,000
recently by dropping 100 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli
Southern Command GOC announced that the Israeli army will "send Gaza
decades into the past" in terms of weapons capabilities while
achieving "the maximum number of enemy casualties."
Despite these echoes from failed uses of force in the past, the
current Jewish-Israeli consensus nevertheless favors Israeli military
attacks on Gaza. "The goal of our military actions is to force peace
on them," stated Member of Knesset Yakov Margi (Shas) this morning in
a parliamentary discussion of Gaza. This attitude demonstrates that
neither historical examples nor Israel's own failure to
achieve "peace" through destruction, have a visible impact on Israeli
public opinion or government policies.
So instead of the ceasefire solving the situation, the Jewish
violation of it has complicated the whole picture even more than
ever. The Arabs can no longer negotiate a fair political settlement
from a position of strength and military advantage with American-
Jewish soldiers fighting with weapons for the American territory of
an American colony — Israel. The Americans have to win to save their
Israelis, their territory and they think, their very lives.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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Editor,
When killing more than 320 Palestinians and injuring close to 1,000
recently by dropping 100 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli
Southern Command GOC announced that the Israeli army will "send Gaza
decades into the past" in terms of weapons capabilities while
achieving "the maximum number of enemy casualties."
Despite these echoes from failed uses of force in the past, the
current Jewish-Israeli consensus nevertheless favors Israeli military
attacks on Gaza. "The goal of our military actions is to force peace
on them," stated Member of Knesset Yakov Margi (Shas) this morning in
a parliamentary discussion of Gaza. This attitude demonstrates that
neither historical examples nor Israel's own failure to
achieve "peace" through destruction, have a visible impact on Israeli
public opinion or government policies.
So instead of the ceasefire solving the situation, the Jewish
violation of it has complicated the whole picture even more than
ever. The Arabs can no longer negotiate a fair political settlement
from a position of strength and military advantage with American-
Jewish soldiers fighting with weapons for the American territory of
an American colony — Israel. The Americans have to win to save their
Israelis, their territory and they think, their very lives.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Monday, January 05, 2009
Farewell to Bush
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Letter to the Editor: Farewell to Bush
To the Editor:
Bush is drunk with power, warmongering; he's an egomaniac who is only interested in serving his own selfish interests and in making a mark for himself in the world. One who can do so heartlessly and cruelly and purely for materialistic gain. He has shown his lack of concern and sympathy for the poor peoples of the world time after time, and his lack of willingness to help the poor, suffering, tortured and maimed.
Of course, we are pretty much convinced that whatever Bush does, he does out of political motivation for political gain. 935 lies have been reported and still counting. Bush and Cheney and their crew lied day after day, week after week, month after month, and the media flooded the U.S. and the world with their lies about weapons of mass destruction.
It's disgusting that Bush could lie his way into the Iraq War, causing the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the death of 4,000 American soldiers, not to mention the tens of thousands wounded on both sides, and not suffer any consequences for it! The American people are either ignorant or apathetic.
Well, Bush and his cronies will suffer the consequences one of these days when they have to face the Lord and explain themselves, and lies and excuses won't work with Him!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
Local | Regional | Oddly Enough | Picture of the Day
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Monday, January 05, 2009
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1/5/2009
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Letter to the Editor: Farewell to Bush
To the Editor:
Bush is drunk with power, warmongering; he's an egomaniac who is only interested in serving his own selfish interests and in making a mark for himself in the world. One who can do so heartlessly and cruelly and purely for materialistic gain. He has shown his lack of concern and sympathy for the poor peoples of the world time after time, and his lack of willingness to help the poor, suffering, tortured and maimed.
Of course, we are pretty much convinced that whatever Bush does, he does out of political motivation for political gain. 935 lies have been reported and still counting. Bush and Cheney and their crew lied day after day, week after week, month after month, and the media flooded the U.S. and the world with their lies about weapons of mass destruction.
It's disgusting that Bush could lie his way into the Iraq War, causing the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the death of 4,000 American soldiers, not to mention the tens of thousands wounded on both sides, and not suffer any consequences for it! The American people are either ignorant or apathetic.
Well, Bush and his cronies will suffer the consequences one of these days when they have to face the Lord and explain themselves, and lies and excuses won't work with Him!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
Friday, January 02, 2009
Warmongering Bush
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Bush is drunk with power, warmongering, an egomaniac who is only interested in serving his own selfish interests and in making a mark for himself in the World. One who can so heartlessly and cruelly and purely for materialistic gain.--A man who has shown his lack of concern and sympathy for the poor peoples of the World time after time, and his lack of willingness to help the poor, suffering, tortured and maimed peoples
Of course, we are pretty much convinced that whatever Bush does, he does out of political motivation for political gain. It reported were 935 lies and counting every day now. Bush and Cheney and their crew lied day after day, week after week, month after month, and the media flooded the U.S. and the world with their lies about weapons of mass destruction.
It's disgusting that Bush could lie his way into the Iraq War, causing the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the death of 4,000 American soldiers, not to mention the tens of thousands wounded on both sides, and not suffer any consequences for it! The American people are either ignorant, apathetic, Well, I'll tell you, Bush and his cronies will suffer the consequences one of these days when they have to face the Lord and explain themselves, and lies and excuses won't work with Him!
Ted Rudow III,MA
LETTERS@baydailypost.com
We print letters
lettersbaydailypost.com Include your address and phone number for verification. Shorter letters are printed first and edited
least. Limit: 250 words.
Friday Jan. 2, 2009
Bush is drunk with power, warmongering, an egomaniac who is only interested in serving his own selfish interests and in making a mark for himself in the World. One who can so heartlessly and cruelly and purely for materialistic gain.--A man who has shown his lack of concern and sympathy for the poor peoples of the World time after time, and his lack of willingness to help the poor, suffering, tortured and maimed peoples
Of course, we are pretty much convinced that whatever Bush does, he does out of political motivation for political gain. It reported were 935 lies and counting every day now. Bush and Cheney and their crew lied day after day, week after week, month after month, and the media flooded the U.S. and the world with their lies about weapons of mass destruction.
It's disgusting that Bush could lie his way into the Iraq War, causing the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the death of 4,000 American soldiers, not to mention the tens of thousands wounded on both sides, and not suffer any consequences for it! The American people are either ignorant, apathetic, Well, I'll tell you, Bush and his cronies will suffer the consequences one of these days when they have to face the Lord and explain themselves, and lies and excuses won't work with Him!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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