Israel approves loyalty oath

I told you on this board about my "Rush Limbaugh Pledge of
Allegiance", right?

I Pledge allegiance to the Star of David of the Zionist State of
Israel and to the Racist ologarchy for which it stands, one Kigdom
under the ineffable Yahweh, exclusive, with criminal license and
prejudgement in favor just of Jews

I bet you all thought I was overstating the issue....think again....
here's what Aljazeera (HAR) says on this new development.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/10/2010101013028364300.html

The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a bill requiring new immigrants
to pledge loyalty to the "Jewish and democratic" state.

The language has triggered charges of racism from Arab politicians who
see it as undermining the rights of the country's Arab minority.

It has also raised tensions with Palestinians at a time when peace
talks are deadlocked over Israel's refusal to extend a moratorium on
new building in West Bank Jewish settlements.

The bill is backed by Yisrael Beitenu, an ultra-nationalist party
whose leader, Avigdor Lieberman, has been a vocal critic of Israel's
settlement freeze.

Sunday's vote may be a way to soften Lieberman's opposition to
extending the slowdown, though officials have denied there is any
connection.

Cabinet divided

Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, expressed his support
for the proposal before the vote. "The State of Israel is the national
state of the Jewish people, and it is a democratic state for all its
citizenship," he said.

"There is no other democracy in the Middle East. There is no other
Jewish state in the world. Unfortunately, there are many today who
tried to blur not only the unique connection of the Jewish people to
its homeland, but also the connection of the Jewish people to its
state."

Although the Labour party is part of the ruling coalition in
Netanyahu's government, the Israeli left has voiced significant
opposition to the new citizenship bill.

"There is a whiff of fascism on the margins of Israeli society," Isaac
Herzog, the social affairs minister, who belongs to Labour, told army
radio on Sunday.

"There have been a tsunami of measures that limit rights ... I see it
in the halls of the Knesset [parliament], in the commissions and
departments responsible for legislation."

Dan Meridor, a Likud party member, said the law would exclude 1.5
million Palestinians who are citizens of Israel and will create a rift
between them and the state.

Palestinians critical

Ahmad Tibi, an Arab member of the Knesset, told Al Jazeera that the
bill is aimed at Palestinians - and not at Jewish newcomers to Israel
- since they already enter on Israel's Jewish Law of Return.

"Palestinians will have to say that this country is for Jews, and
Palestinians are only guests. If you are saying you are democratic,
you should treat citizens with equality," Tibi said.

He said that Israel was trying to impose this on the Palestinian
Authority as a pre-condition for peace talks.

"It is time to tell the Arab summit to ask Israel to have equal rights
for Palestinians," Tibi said.

"The addition to the citizenship law is entirely racist and
transparent," Mohammed Barak, an Arab legislator, said.

"Israel's law books have long been a guide for some of the most
discriminatory and racist regimes in the world and in history."

Talks deadlock

Direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, led
by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, are currently at an
impasse due to Israel's refusal to extend the 10-month freeze.

Recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is one of Netanyahu's
principal demands in any eventual peace deal with the Palestinians.

Palestinians have repeatedly rejected this as it would amount to an
effective renunciation of the right of return for Palestinian
refugees.

Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu campaigned during last year's election for
a tougher version of the pledge, which would apply to Arabs born in
Israel and include a promise to serve in the military or perform other
national service.

Yisrael Beitenu is the second-largest member of the governing
coalition after Netanyahu's Likud party.

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Re: The Last Day of Jesse Dirkhising, The other side of the gay coin. Where is the gay media machine on this one ????

Thanks for sharing this Mark. 

 

As the article points out, not a lot of coverage of this story.   There are plenty more just like this one.

 

 

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:42 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmkahle@gmail.com> wrote:

Back in 1998 when a 21-year-old homosexual man was brutally murdered
in Wyoming, the media was unrestrained in its coverage. On the other
hand, little national coverage has been provided over the rape and
murder of a 13-year-old in Arkansas by two homosexual men. Both cases
are horrendous. What seems evident, however, that the media wants
spotlight crimes against gays and downplay crimes by gays.


His parents thought he was working as a hair stylist on weekends.
But when Prairie Grove, Ark., police responded to a 911 emergency call
at 5 a.m. Sept. 26, they found 13-year-old Jesse Dirkhising on the
floor, unconscious, near death, one of his wrists bound with duct
tape.

A half-hour later, he was pronounced dead at St. Mary's Hospital in
Roger.

A police investigation determined young Jesse was repeatedly raped
over a period of hours, including with foreign objects. While enduring
this ordeal, his ankles, knees and wrists were bound in duct tape and
he was gagged and blindfolded. He was tied to a mattress. He may have
been drugged, police say. A sedative called amitryptiline was found in
the home of two men -- Joshua Brown, 22, and David Don Carpenter, 38
-- along with Jesse's body.

There were other drugs, too -- and items commonly used in sexual
bondage. Apparently the boy was left bound and gagged after the last
rape, while his attackers went to get a sandwich to eat.

The cops say two men raped Jesse at least six times. Brown and
Carpenter have each been charged with six counts of rape and capital
murder. Hearings in their case are set for Dec. 8 and Jan. 13-14. The
trial is scheduled for April 10.

Just another brutal local crime, you say? Why is Farah recounting a
police blotter story from Arkansas? I don't know. Something bothers me
about this story. It ought to bother us.

It was big news in Northwest Arkansas, but the story of Jesse
Dirkhising hasn't made a ripple in the national news. I wonder why? I
wonder if it's because the victim is not a part of some politically
protected sub-group, a special class deserving of extra government
privileges? I wonder if it is because the suspects are, indeed,
members of such a group.

Remember how the nation stood riveted to the details of a hideous
murder that took place in Wyoming when a homosexual was tortured to
death? Never mind that the crime had little or nothing to do with the
victim's sexual proclivities. Uh-uh. That didn't matter. This was a
hate crime. New laws were needed. New brainwashing programs must be
introduced into the schools. New sensitivity outreach projects were
required by all media outlets. Bill Clinton sounded off. Janet Reno
chimed in.

And then there was Jesse Dirkhising. There was no hand wringing, no
candlelight marches, no national news coverage for the 13-year-old
victim of homosexual rape and murder. No presidential proclamations --
even though the heinous crime took place in his home state.

Brown and Carpenter have pleaded not guilty to all charges, by the
way. When police got to their home that morning, they were met by a
very upset Carpenter, who repeatedly told the cops, "He's not
breathing." When police asked about the duct tape, Brown told the
officers they were "just playing a game." When questioned further,
Brown allegedly assaulted one of the officers. It was only then that
he was arrested.

Apparently the affidavit recounting the crime was so gruesome that
parts of it were sealed to protect the defendants' right to a fair
trial. During a hearing in Bentonville, Carpenter read details of the
complaint against him. As he read, Carpenter repeatedly shook his head
and muttered, "No." Meanwhile, members of Jesse Dirkhising's family
sat weeping, while his mother clutched a teddy bear and a photograph
of her son.

"No one deserves to lose a child in this manner," said prosecuting
attorney Brad Butler.

That is true. But somebody did. Jesse Dirkhising was brutally raped,
tortured and murdered -- for fun, for thrills, for the hell of it,
because it felt good, maybe even because a certain politically
protected lifestyle has been elevated to virtual sainthood.

I don't expect to hear Bill Clinton or Janet Reno weigh in on this
one. It just wouldn't be appropriate. It might offend their core
constituency. After all, 13-year-old boys don't vote anyway. They
don't contribute to political campaigns. They don't march and demand
special rights.

But, in case anyone else is concerned, a fund has been established to
assist the family of Jesse Dirkhising with funeral and related
expenses. Donations may be made to Memorial Trust for Jesse, account
number 600054043, at any Community Bank in the Elkins or Prairie
Grove, Ark., area. Cards may be sent to the family care of the Benton
County Prosecutor's Office, 100 N.E. A Street, Bentonville, Ark.,
72712

God bless this little one. May he rest in peace. And may his
tormentors rot in Hell.

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Re: the socialists just love diverging opinions don't they?

It would be a real bitch to have an honest count.

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Re: More terrorism fear-mongering exposed as frivolous

It is probably a hackneyd observation, but Orwell's 1984.... which,
as a future time, is long past... is still sort of prescient when it
comes to the fear and propaganda manipulation of public opinion...but
not in a "Cold War sense......now it's "terrorism"..... seems to work
every time.
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On Oct 9, 7:05 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> Friday, Oct 8, 2010 11:09 ETMore terrorism fear-mongering exposed as frivolousBy Glenn Greenwald(updated below - Update II)TPM, November 17, 2009:Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Cheney and founder of the Keep America Safe PAC, claimed on Fox News last night that holding terrorism trials in New York "endangers the United States" and brings the country "back to a pre-9/11 mentality" . . . .She also hinted that civilian trials would lead to more terrorist attacks.New York Times, today:Not one, not two, but three terrorism cases weaved their way simultaneously this week through the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan. . . .The courthouse, on Pearl Street off Foley Square, has become "the cineplex of terrorism trials," said Karen J. Greenberg, executive director of the Center on Law and Security at New York University. Her words may have been mildly flippant, but her point could not have been more serious.Here we have all these cases unfolding in the civic heart of New York -- people accused or convicted of loathsome deeds involving mass murder, whether planned or carried out. Not only have the proceedings been handled within the rule of law, but also New Yorkers went about their business without so much as a raised eyebrow.The normality speaks volumes.What's most striking is how we collectively never learn lessons.  These are the same people who ran around screaming for two years that we had to attack Iraq or else Saddam would get us all with his mad chemical scientists (Dr. Anthrax and Mrs. Germ) and nuclear clouds, yet they are still listened to whenever they unleash their newest Scary Villains.  Fear is a potent weapon.
> Speaking of fear-mongering,The Guardiantoday has an articlewith this headline:  "Barack Obama accused of exaggerating terror threat for political gain."  It quotes numerous Pakistani and European officials as arguing that the Obama administration's travel advisory this week for Europe -- and its accompanying claim about ongoing plots aimed at Germany and France -- "was politically motivated and not based on credible new information."  In particular, these sources asserted that the alert "was an attempt to justify a recent escalation in US drone and helicopter attacks inside Pakistan"; was influenced by the imminent elections; and, most of all, that "President Obama was reacting to pressure to demonstrate that his Afghan war strategy and this year's troop surge, which are unpopular with the American public, were necessary."
> I wasn't particularly impressed with the reporting here:   Pakistani officials always downplay the Terrorism threat coming from their country and the European officials cited in this article are largely (though not exclusively) anonymous.  But then I sawthis Associated Press article this morning:NATO: terror threat in Europe justifies Afghan warAn al-Qaida-linked plot that triggered this week's U.S. terror alert for Europe underlines the need for the war in Afghanistan, a top NATO commander argued Friday.U.S. Adm. James Stavridis, NATO's top commander in Europe, said terrorists using Afghanistan as a base are still trying to target Europe and that this threat justifies a war that has grown unpopular in many places.This doesn't at all prove that the terror alert was designed to justify the war by spreading fear, but military officials wasted no time seizing on the alert for that purpose.  That is essentially how America is governed:  constantly ensure that Americans are petrified of an always-changing, always-expanding cast of Horribles so that they submit to whatever policies -- wars -- are alleged to be devoted to eradicating those threats.  There isn't much attention paid to what happens to a citizenry that is kept in a constant state of increasing fear, but there should be, because the way that degrades a nation's character can't be overstated.
>  
> UPDATE:  Several important items relating to these issues:
> (1) Here's an excellent 2-minute video of what is actually happening in New York as Terrorist trials proceed, in contrast to the swamp of fear-mongering to which we have been relentlessly subjected (h/tDaphne Eviatar):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I-W3JXAHBU&feature=player_embedded(2)As I indicated, the media led the way in War on Terror fear-mongering with articles like the one from CNN linked above, touting the scary Iraqis Villains "Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax."  But perhaps the nadir of that fear-mongering was the media's fixation on theMost Wanted Iraqis deck of playing cards, whichthey touted endlessly.  Today,Marc Lynch pointedme to something amazing that I had never seen before:  watchthis YouTube video from an Al Jazeeradocumentaryon the media's coverage of the Iraq War, beginning at the 4:50 mark, as the U.S. military introduces the playing deck and media figures become instantly desperate to get their own copies and then dutifully march forward to promote them.  It's really quite something.
>  (3)ProPublica's Dafna Linzer hasa very worthwhile exposéon one of the detainees the Obama administration is attempting to indefinitely imprison without any charges (no trial or even military commission).  Using inadvertently disclosed information, she compellingly documents how dubious the case against him is.
>  (4)Chris Floyd has an important essayon several complex issues, including some discussed here.  Without endorsing all of it, I highly recommend it.
>  UPDATE II:  I linked in the prior update to a clip fromControl Room, the 2004Al Jazeeradocumentary about media coverage and the Iraq War.  Despite how highly regarded it is, I was actually unaware of this film until Marc Lynch mentioned it to me today, and having now watched all of it, I can't recommend it highly enough.  The fact that it was produced in only the second year of the war makes it all the more extraordinary.  You can watch the entire film on YouTube, in 9 parts,beginning here(each successive part appears in the right-hand column on YouTube).http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/10/08/fear/index.html

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