”I think we will look back in 10 years’ time and say we should not have done this but we did because we forgot the lessons of the past, and that that which is true in the 1930’s is true in 2010,”
-Byron Dorgan (D- North Dakota) in November of 1999
He said this in light of [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 25, 2009
Byron Dorgan was right
March 18, 2009
Aim to the face and shoot.
In which an Israeli instructs his fellow soldier that you don’t aim away from the body, you aim to the face and shoot.
Something tells me the shooting of Tristan Anderson was not an accident.
Saw this video from the amazing blog palestinevideo.blogspot.com. They also have a twitter.
March 11, 2009
Ellison and Baird in Gaza
They played this video to a packed room in DC. Change is coming, albeit slowly.
See two other amazing videos here, and more coverage from the amazing Philip Weiss here.
March 10, 2009
Chas Freeman on the Israel Lobby
I hope Obama reads Chas Freeman’s comments:
“You will by now have seen the statement by Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair reporting that I have withdrawn my previous acceptance of his invitation to chair the National Intelligence Council.
I have concluded that the barrage of libelous distortions of my record would not cease upon my entry [...]
March 10, 2009
John Legend – Lay Your Head Down
Legend drops some new material:
John Legend – Lay Your Head Down
March 8, 2009
This Week in Palestine
A war on 3 fronts:
1. Jerusalem and the West Bank:
Israeli government plans 73,000 new settlement homes in the West Bank. If this occurs, the settler population would be at 600,000.
IMEMC (International Middle East Media Center) reports that the Israeli Army kidnapped 292 Palestinians from the West Bank during the month of February.
Israeli government plans to [...]
March 5, 2009
My correction on “On The Media”
I regularly listen to On The Media, its a fantastic public radio show that critically analyzes journalism and the state of the media. But recently I was taken aback by a flippant comment made by the usually accurate Bob Garfield. Here’s what he said:
BOB GARFIELD: Houdaiby, like Danish imam Chendid, takes pains to distinguish between free [...]
March 4, 2009
Thoughts on Zasloff and Palestine
I read Jonathon Zasloff’s recent post regarding the People’s Voice plan with some dismay. Its not just that I disagree with the plan on several fronts (specifically demilitarizing Palestine, a unilateral move that effectively strips the future country of sovereignty and ignores the fact that its neighbor is a military superpower), what really bothers me [...]
March 4, 2009
Framework of a Franchise- Minnesota Timberwolves
It’s (finally) time to get back into continuing the Framework of a Franchise feature. For this one, I decided to do something for the guys at Canis Hoopus, who run a fantastic site, and do the Minnesota Timberwolves. As it turns out, they are also an excellent team for the new format of these pieces [...]
