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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Dan Rosner, Cougar Village assistant community director, was named the regional National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) Advisor of the Month for December 2012. NRHH is the recognition branch of the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH).
NRHH supports monthly recognition of student staff, programs, professional staff, faculty and more through "Of the Month" awards. Resident Assistant and former Cougar Village Desk Manager Teagan Smith nominated Rosner, who is a St. Peters, Mo. native. The nomination focused on Rosner's work as a mentor and supervisor to the desk manager staff and Cougar Village residents.
"Dan is more than just a staff member in housing," Smith said. "He is a leader, mentor and friendly face. Above all else, he is there to advise and lend his vast knowledge and experience to anyone."
Vicky Dean, NRHH advisor and Rosner's colleague, also commented on Rosner's nomination, "Dan is extremely deserving of being recognized at the regional level."
"As a graduate student seeking a career in student affairs, he has truly demonstrated a commitment to helping students," Dean said. "As he supervises students, they clearly see how completely committed Dan is to not only the job, but also the growth of everyone with whom he works."
For more information about NRHH and its monthly awards, contact Vicky Dean, firstname.lastname@example.com or (618) 650-5296.
Center, SIUE School of Engineering Dean Hasan Sevim, seated at a conference table in his office, is flanked by two members of the South Korean delegation from Tongmyong University.
A delegation of four administrators from Tongmyong University, South Korea visited Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's School of Engineering on January 15-16.
The administrators met with top SIUE officials, including Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe and School of Engineering Dean Hasan Sevim. The South Korean delegation's main objective was to discuss the establishment of a 2+2 program with SIUE in mechanical, industrial, electrical and computer engineering, and computer science programs.
The School of Engineering has had a similar 2+2 agreement in industrial engineering with Istanbul Technical University, Turkey since 2007.
The two-day visit ended with tentative curricula in all five disciplines. Administrators from both universities will finalize the details of the proposed 2+2 program over the next few months and expect to sign a formal agreement late in the spring 2013 semester.
In addition to the 2+2 program, discussions also were held about study abroad opportunities for SIUE students, as well as faculty exchange and cooperative research.
"The opportunities we have been pursuing with Tongmyong University and schools in other countries will bring a much desired diversification to our student population in the School of Engineering," said Hasan Sevim, dean of the SIUE School of Engineering. "The opportunities we will create for our domestic and international students will make them more attractive both in the regional and global markets."
Tongmyong University is a private institution located in Busan, South Korea, with a population of about 3.5 million. The city enjoys the economic livelihood of being one of the busiest port cities in the world. The four visitors were Tongmyon University Provost Young Yeol Choo; Park Jun-Hyub, dean of the College of Engineering; In-Ho Kim, chair of mechanical and electronics engineering, and Jin Young Hong, professor of electrical engineering and director of international programs.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration will take place at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom. During the luncheon event, the MLK Humanitarian and Scholarship awards will take place. This year's scholarship recipient is East St. Louis native and SIUE student Demetrius Coleman.
"Each year the campus community, as well as the community at large, plays a vital role in celebrating the life of the late Dr. King," said Sarah Laux, assistant director, civic engagement, through SIUE's Kimmel Leadership Center. "The honorees at this event exhibit his true humanitarian spirit in the things they do, and the lives they touch."
Dr. Ed Hightower, SIU Board of Trustees vice president and superintendent of Edwardsville schools, will provide the welcome remarks. He and SIUE Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe will introduce the award recipients:
• Coleman, a senior majoring in English language and literature through the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences. Coleman is the recipient of the MLK Humanitarian Scholarship Award. As a resident assistant, he has used his conflict resolution skills to mediate students with differing opinions and backgrounds through SIUE University Housing. He also has served in numerous volunteer positions improving the lives of others throughout the community.
• Charlotte E. Johnson, of Alton, a retired educator known as "the keeper of stories," is the recipient of the MLK Community Humanitarian Award. She works closely with the Alton Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. and the Hayner Public Library District. She was described by nominators as a "tireless volunteer" who has "dedicated her life to preserving history and educating everyone she runs into about the past."
• Dr. Aminata Cairo, assistant professor of anthropology at SIUE, who was described by one of her nominators as "consistently challenging her students to address their personal ideals about culture and cultural sensitivity." Cairo is the recipient of the MLK Faculty/Staff Humanitarian Award.
• Sophia Rotman, a senior at Clayton High School, is the high school essay award recipient.
• Allison Federer, a junior at Villa Duchesne High School, is the high school poetry award recipient.
• Andrew Bruce, a senior at Belleville West High School, is the high school visual arts award recipient.
As part of the event, members of the SIUE's Black Theater Workshop, the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School and the SIUE Flute Quartet will perform.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) Advisory Board will introduce the Construction Leadership Institute Alumni Leadership Award this spring. The award will recognize an outstanding graduate of the CLI program and honor the individual's exceptional contributions to the building community through their leadership, character and hard work. The initial award will be conferred as a part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the program, which will be held in the SIUE School of Engineering atrium on Friday, March 1.
"Many of the more than 200 building industry professionals, who have participated in the CLI program, now serve in leadership roles for St. Louis area contractors, suppliers, professional services firms, major facility owners and industry affiliated organizations," said Dr. Chris Gordon, CLI co-director and chair of the Department of Construction in SIUE's School of Engineering. "In conjunction with our dedicated advisory board, we decided to spotlight the positive impact CLI graduates have had on the local building industry and community."
To be eligible for the annual award, a CLI graduate must have demonstrated exceptional professional accomplishments and community/public service. Members of the St. Louis area building community and the public are invited to nominate a graduate for the award by visiting the CLI website at siue.edu/cli. Nominations must be received by Friday, Feb. 1, to be considered for the 2013 CLI Leadership Award.
The Construction Leadership Institute was created 10 years ago when building industry leaders approached SIUE to help create a program to accelerate the leadership development of high potential employees. It resulted in the annual program of nine weekly day-long sessions from mid-January through mid-March. The program is designed and continuously refined to develop and hone leadership and communication skills, and critical professional skills for emerging leaders in the building industry.
"SIUE is fortunate to have an exceptionally dedicated group of building community executives on the CLI Advisory Board," said Sandra Hindelang, CLI co-director and director of Executive Education in the School of Business. "Their hands-on development of the program has helped SIUE build a uniquely specialized and fine-tuned program. It meets the mission of improving the processes and outcomes of the building industry by preparing the next generation of leaders."
Organizations currently represented on the board include AGC-St. Louis, Alberici Constructors, Ameren Missouri, BJC Healthcare, Bond Wolfe Architects, BRK Electrical Contractors LLC, Guarantee Electrical Co., Holland Construction Services, IMPACT Strategies, Johnson Controls, McCarthy Building Companies, Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Murphy Company, Nooter Construction Co., Regional Union Construction Center, S.M. Wilson & Co., Southern Illinois Builders Association, and The Korte Construction Co.
About SIUE School of Business and the Department of Construction in the School of Engineering
U.S.News & World Report has ranked Southern Illinois University Edwardsville among the best Regional Universities Midwest for nine consecutive years and it is among the top 15 public universities in that category. The SIUE School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, representing the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. The Princeton Review lists the SIUE School of Business as one of the top 294 business schools in the U.S. and abroad. The SIUE Department of Construction is accredited by the American Council for Construction Education, a leading advocate for quality construction education.
Online registration is now open for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education 2013 Open House. The event is set for Saturday, April 6, from 8:45 a.m. - noon in the Morris University Center on the SIUE campus.
The School of Education Explore Academic Excellence Day allows prospective students to meet with professors, current students and advisors in the following programs:
Register online today!
The Friends of Art (FOA) along with the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Art and Design will hold its 34 th Annual Art Auction on Thursday, April 4, at Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC).
This year's auction embraces the old and the new. The auction will be held at LCCC located at 600 Troy Road in Edwardsville. The beautifully renovated site was the original home of the SIUE Art and Design department which was known as the Wagner Complex. This spring, the department will celebrate the opening of the Art and Design west expansion on the SIUE campus on March 21.
The 2013 auction features original donated artwork which may be previewed at 6 p.m. Gary Niemeier of Ahrens & Niemeier Auctioneers will start the bidding at 7 p.m. The lively event features fun and friendly competition that provides participants with almost as much excitement in bidding as winning the item itself. A cash bar will be available.
The 2012 auction featured 195 art pieces in all media that were donated by faculty, visiting artists, alumni, friends and advanced students. The silent auction sold 71 pieces a year ago.
Admission is free to students, those who have donated pieces for the event and Friends of Art members. Tickets for the general public are $5 at the door.
Since l979, the Friends of Art organization has assisted the department in staging this fundraiser. The event provides resources to bring local, national and international artists, and lecturers to the SIUE campus. In addition, the FOA annually sponsors awards for the annual high school exhibit and other SIUE student exhibits.
For event information and to view images of artwork to be auctioned, visit siuefriendsofart.siue.com/auction2013 or Facebook-Friends-of-art-SIUE. For additional information, contact Dianne Lynch at (618)-377-8622.
In an effort to further their mission to expand and integrate knowledge, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, for the first time, has taken an interdisciplinary approach in offering a new degree program. The Master of Science in Healthcare Informatics addresses the need to effectively use computerized systems for the benefit of providing quality patient health care.
Healthcare informatics combines computer technology and clinical expertise to organize, analyze, manage and use clinical information to solve problems and make decisions.
"Healthcare informatics is an extremely important area right now," said Dr. Jerry Weinberg, associate provost for research and dean of the SIUE Graduate School. "In the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, the U.S. government has mandated that all healthcare records must become electronic by 2015. Healthcare professionals who do not accept certified electronic health records will be assessed a Medicare payment penalty. It is important for healthcare professionals to understand the technical side of their field, and this degree achieves that." An interdisciplinary committee was formed to make curriculum decisions for the program, and the graduate school oversees the group. The Healthcare Informatics committee consists of representatives from the SIUE Schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Nursing, and the College of Arts & Sciences.
Currently, the program is only available to employees at Barnes Jewish Christian Hospital (BJC) in St. Louis, through a corporate partnership, according to Mary Ettling, assistant director, Credit & Distance Education Activities in the Office of Educational Outreach. SIUE is one of few universities in the region that offers a master's in Healthcare Informatics.
The idea for the degree developed as a result of an on-going interest in a 10-week non-credit seminar led by SIUE Business professor, Dr. Mary Sumner, at BJC and subsequent collaborative meetings between stakeholders at SIUE and BJC. The first cohort completes course requirements in May, 2013 and 17 students will participate in the University's spring commencement exercises as well as a special hooding ceremony to be held on-site at BJC.
"The Healthcare Informatics program at SIUE provides interdisciplinary healthcare professionals with a master's degree specifically focused on healthcare informatics," said Kathy Ketchum, assistant dean in the SIUE School of Nursing. "Initiatives at the national level make a career in informatics quite appealing to a wide variety of professionals, including nurses."
Currently, the healthcare informatics program is only for BJC employees, said Weinberg, but the University plans to offer the degree to SIUE students and to other hospitals in the future.
Former Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation President and Chairman Robert A. Wetzel passed away Monday, Jan. 21, in Maryville, Ill. He became a member of the Foundation in 1982 and was a senior director at the time of his death.
Wetzel also was a founding member of the SIUE School of Business advisory board in 1994 and served until his passing.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at Eden United Church of Christ, 903 North Second in Edwardsville. Visitation will continue from 11 a.m. until the service time at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at Eden Church.
Read the complete obituary here.
The Construction Leadership Institute kicked off its 10 th year when it convened the program's 2013 session on Friday, Jan. 11. The CLI is a joint program of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's School of Business and the Department of Construction in SIUE's School of Engineering.
The curriculum is designed to develop and hone leadership and communication skills as well as critical professional skills. In addition to an emphasis on leadership and effective communication, segments of the program include training on relationship building, business development, finance, construction contracts, insurance and bonding, human resource issues, conflict resolution and legislative issues impacting the industry.
The 27 individuals in the class of 2013 represent a broad cross section of the St. Louis area building community. "Our participants greatly benefit from the diverse perspectives of their peers from across the Illinois and Missouri building industry," said Chris Gordon, co-director of the CLI and chair of the Department of Construction.
Companies represented in this year's program include Alberici Constructors, Ameren Missouri, Byrne & Jones, Cardinal Painting & Drywall, Contegra, Foresight Services, Inc., Icon Mechanical, IMPACT Strategies, J.F. Electric, Johnson Controls, Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc., Kwame Building Group, MC Industrial, McCarthy Building Companies, Nooter Construction, Northstar Management, Plocher Construction, RCS Construction, S.M. Wilson & Co., Scales Plumbing Co., Subsurface Constructors and The Korte Company.
The class of 2013 brings the number of building industry professionals that have attended the program during its 10 year history to 235. "Business success in the highly competitive building industry requires exceptional leadership, management and people skills," said Sandra Hindelang, co-director of the CLI and director of Executive Education in SIUE's School of Business.
"In the CLI, we've packaged those skills into a convenient, accelerated program using both faculty and industry professionals as instructors," said Hindelang. "Professionals, who have participated in the CLI, now serve in leadership roles for St. Louis area contractors, facility owners and professional services firms."
The program is held on nine consecutive Fridays and concludes on Friday, March 8.
About SIUE School of Business and the Department of Construction in the School of Engineering
U.S.News & World Report has ranked Southern Illinois University Edwardsville among the best Regional Universities Midwest for nine consecutive years and it is among the top 15 public universities in that category. The SIUE School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, representing the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. The Princeton Review lists the SIUE School of Business as one of the top 294 business schools in the U.S. and abroad. The SIUE Department of Construction is accredited by the American Council for Construction Education, a leading advocate for quality construction education.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville women's basketball Head Coach Paula Buscher has issued a challenge.
Buscher will be donating $25 for every three-pointer scored by the Cougars during her team's Pink Zone game Saturday, Feb. 16 against Austin Peay. She is challenging fans to match her pledge. Fans can sign up at SIUE home games beginning Jan. 26 or get more information by e-mail at email@example.com.
"The Pink Zone game is a great way for us to give back to community. It's a cause that is near and dear to my heart," said Buscher. "We work with healthy, young female athletes, and basketball is the perfect vehicle for us to raise awareness, raise funds, and to help the fight against breast cancer and hopefully find a cure."
The Austin Peay game begins at 4 p.m. with the doors opening at 3 p.m. Breast cancer survivors attending the game will be admitted free by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com for details. A men's basketball game against Austin Peay follows at 7 p.m.
There will be several events going on during the basketball game.
Governor Pat Quinn has officially recognized the week of January 20-26, as Illinois Nurse Anesthetists Week. The official proclamation highlights that Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) play a vital role by providing high quality and cost effective anesthesia care to patients in various of areas. CRNAs practice in every setting where anesthesia is provided in Illinois, which makes them an important part of the health care structure.
"CRNA week is celebrated by the Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthetists (IANA) to help raise awareness with patients about what we do and who we are," said Dr. Andrew Griffin, SIUE School of Nursing associate professor and nurse anesthesia program director. "Nurse anesthetists are important to Illinois because there are so many rural and critical access hospitals that depend on these trained professionals for their anesthesia needs.
"Our SIUE CRNA students will spend a portion of their clinical program training in critical access hospitals. This helps to equip them with the skills needed to provide care to these under-served areas."
Casey Griffith is a double alumnus from SIUE who earned his bachelor of science degree in nursing in 2003 and his master of science degree in nurse anesthesia in 2007. Immediately after graduating from the nurse anesthesia program, Griffith began working at the Wabash General Hospital in Mount Carmel as the facility's only nurse anesthetist.
"My ability to work alone for that first year is a testament to the quality education that I earned at SIUE," Griffith said. "The great variety of clinical sites and the opportunities to learn in multiple regions prepared me to work as an independent practitioner in a rural community. I was able to learn how to operate in settings that were more limited on resources than facilities in larger cities."
Griffith currently works as one of two nurse anesthetists at Wabash General Hospital. The rural critical access hospital has 25 beds, two operating rooms, a surgical department and an endoscopy suite. The two nurse anesthetists work on cases ranging from orthopedic joint replacements to hysterectomies.
"I like the independence that a rural setting brings and the autonomy that comes with it," Griffith said. "In larger settings, there are cases in which you are limited in your scope of practice. However in a rural setting, we are the experts in our focus, and we get the most use out of our education."
Governor Quinn's decision to recognize CRNA week will help promote the work that these medical professionals perform daily. "With the state of Illinois recognizing CRNA week, it helps bring attention to the 1,400 nurse anesthetists in the IANA who are helping to provide necessary anesthesia services to all of our communities," Griffin said.
Can hip-hop music, mock trials and community projects motivate high school students to find their voice and be more engaged in school?
According to Dr. Ernest Morrell, director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City, that is indeed the case. Morrell was the guest speaker at a reception sponsored by the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Morris University Center last week.
Morrell provided an inspirational presentation about his work capitalizing upon young people's interest in popular culture and participatory media technologies to increase their motivation and promote academic literacy development, civic engagement and college access.
Serving as an IERC national advisor, Morrell also engaged the IERC Advisory Board in dialogue about education reform and focused on new models for administrative leadership in urban schools.
The IERC, led by its executive director Janet Holt, Ph.D., conducts research on education trends in Illinois. It is advised by a board comprised of Illinois education researchers, education providers, state education agencies and other stakeholders.
The IERC is administratively housed in the SIUE School of Graduate Studies and Research.
The audience included SIUE Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe, Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Ann Boyle and Associate Provost for Research Jerry Weinberg.
The American Diabetes Association is hosting a Free Diabetes Education Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Morris University Center Saturday, Jan. 26, from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. The seventh annual Free Diabetes Education Program provides lifesaving information and a complimentary lunch. The program is made possible by the SIUE School of Pharmacy and the Meridian Society.
The program features topics related to both Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes. Participants have the opportunity to attend speaker sessions, a vendor fair, receive free screenings and speak directly with health care professionals.
"In fifteen years of caring for patients with diabetes, I have learned that the only advocates, who can really enact change, are the patient themselves," said Chris Lynch, SIUE professor of pharmacy practice and chair of the Madison County Community Leadership Board. "We want to empower people to make the right choices in their own lives."
Speakers and topics offered at the program are:
More than 25.6 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes. It is estimated that 1-in-12 people have diabetes, and many do not know they have it. If current trends continue by the year 2015, 1-in-3 people will have diabetes.
Education is instrumental in curbing the life threatening results of unmanaged diabetes. Through education, individuals are equipped with the tools necessary to potentially mitigate and prevent the complications associated with the disease, which include heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, amputation, severe nerve damage and premature death.
Vendors hosting information tables at the fair will include the American Diabetes Association, Alton Memorial Hospital, St. Anthony's Health Center, Memorial Hospital, Senior Services Plus, Sanofi- Aventis, Illinois Eye Surgeons, Fresenius Medical Services, Anderson Hospital, American Audiology, Healthcare Resource Network and Omnipod.
To register for the program or for more information, contact Rawnie Berry at (888) 342-2383, ext. 6829 or email@example.com. Day of event registration will be available.
Desiree Bennyhoff, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna, is the new executive director at the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce promoted Bennyhoff after she had served as interim executive director since August 2012. Bennyhoff's main focus will be to raise membership retention and to enhance service to the business community.
"2013 will be an impactful year for the Ed/Glen Chamber," said Bennyhoff. "We are dedicated to strategically focusing efforts to best serve our membership through programming and benefits."
Bennyhoff's promotion was covered in an article on the Ed/Glen Chamber's website.
Bennyhoff was hired at the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce in 2009 as communications director. Under her leadership, the Chamber streamlined its identity and received statewide recognition for its marketing campaigns, branding and design.
The Chamber has received top communications awards from the Illinois Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives for its monthly newsletter, Common Ground; the website, edglenchamber.com; the Shop Chamber marketing campaign; the Annual Dinner & Auction campaign; the Community Profile & Resource Guide publication; and the large format community map.
She currently serves on the IACCE Board of Directors, where she spearheads the organization's efforts as communications committee chair, and is an executive committee member.
For more information on membership in the Ed/Glen Chamber, go to www.edglenchamber.com or call (618) 656-7600.
Ed Franklin, who retired from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2009, has taken his background in the audio visual department at SIUE and forged a new career in music.
Franklin used both his 31-year work experience in technology and his love for music to delve into the tuneful niche of electronic music. The electronic musician and sound artist is known as BADELF. His debut CD titled "Kate's Gone" was released in 2009.
A story about Franklin titled "BADELF cranks out tunes in retirement" can be found in a January 7th post of the Edwardsville Intelligencer.
Franklin's music, which he says is also popular in Europe, can be found on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Great Indie Music, Spotify, iHeart Radio and Jango Radio. To hear a sample of Franklin's melodious work, visit the video slideshow he produced this past Christmas Season on YouTube.
The Illinois Education Research Council (IERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville released a research report today that describes the diverse and potentially overlapping range of outcomes for community college students.
Outcomes examined include transferring to a four-year college, earning an associate degree, or earning a certificate while taking into consideration the differences in college readiness.
"Since community colleges have open enrollment and comprehensive missions, we thought it would be beneficial to explore the community college outcomes across different college readiness levels," said Eric Lichtenberger, IERC Associate Director of Research and the author of the report.
The study focuses on 26,513 members of the high school graduates who enrolled at a community college during the fall semester of 2003 and tracks their postsecondary outcomes through the end of the spring semester of 2010.
"In looking at the overlap between the outcomes, we were able to determine which groups of students might be at risk of leaving college without any degree or credential," Lichtenberger said.
Findings from the report indicate that community college entrants were less ready for college than other high school graduates, as measured by ACT's college readiness benchmarks in English, math, reading and science. It also concluded a sizable portion of community college entrants was well-prepared to make the postsecondary transition, noting that one in five had met three or more of the benchmarks.
The IERC further reported that associate degree attainment ranged from 42 percent for those meeting all of the benchmarks to 20 percent for those missing all of the benchmarks, while transfer rates ranged from 64 percent for those meeting all of the benchmarks to 29 percent for those missing all of the benchmarks.
"The better prepared community college entrants were overwhelmingly successful in terms of outcome attainment and many transitioned to a four-year college after earning a credential," Lichtenberger said.
This is part one of a two-part series of research reports that focus on the college outcomes of community college students. Part two will look at bachelor's degree completion among the students who transfer to a four-year college. For more information visit http://www.siue.edu/ierc/ or contact Lichtenberger, (618) 650-2840 or (866) 799-4372.
Several Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students were selected to perform in the Honors Voice Recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in the Dunham Hall Theater on the SIUE campus.
The Honors Voice Recital is an annual free event of SIUE's Vocal Studies Program in the Music Department to showcase the talents of its students, said Dr. Emily Truckenbrod, assistant professor of music. Musical theater selections, art songs, opera and oratorio arias are examples of songs to be performed.
Voice faculty selected 11 students to participate in the recital, based on their work ethic and progress during the semester, said Truckenbrod. John Gross, lecturer in the Music Department, will accompany the students.
Those performing in the Honors Recital include: Jennifer Brauer, graduate student enrolled in the Post-Baccalaureate Vocal Pedagogy Certificate Program; Julie Engelsdorfer, freshman, vocal performance; Tyler Green, freshman, vocal performance; Courtney Groennert, junior, music business; Kim McCausland, graduate student enrolled in the Post-Baccalaureate Vocal Pedagogy Certificate Program; Emily Ottwein, graduate student in vocal performance and choral conducting; Sarah Paitz, freshman, vocal music; Ben Rardin, junior, vocal performance; Zach Snyder, junior, music education; Cateana Spells, junior, music education; and Allison Wagner, sophomore, vocal performance.
A partial list of upcoming SIUE Music Department's spring 2013 Season is as follows:
• January 18-19, Bi-State Band Festival, 6 p.m. in Dunham Hall Theater (FREE)
• February 15, Faculty Chamber Music Showcase, 7:30 p.m. in Abbott Auditorium
• February 24, SIUE Choirs, 3 p.m. at St. John's Methodist Church in Edwardsville
• February 25, Jazz Band Concert, 8 p.m. in Dunham Hall Theater
• February 26, Concert Band & Women's Glee, 7:30 p.m. in Dunham Hall Theater
• February 27, Wind Symphony & St. Louis Brass Band, 7:30 p.m. in Dunham Hall
General admission is $12 unless stated otherwise. The cost is $9 for seniors and persons under the age of 18. SIUE students with a valid ID card will receive one complimentary ticket per performance, compliments of the SIUE Campus Activities Board.
Dates and times are subject to change. For more information, please call the SIUE Music Department at (618) 650-3900 or for ticket information call (618) 650-2774.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is among a number of Illinois universities making recognized strides in improving the lives of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender (LGBT) community. Campus Pride, a non-profit organization promoting LGBT-friendly campuses, gave SIUE a three-star rating on a scale of five in its Campus Climate Index.
Campus Pride designed the Campus Climate Index as a tool for assisting institutions in learning ways to improve their LGBT campus life and ultimately shape their educational experience to be more inclusive, welcoming and respectful of LGBT and Ally people. SIUE's participation in the index is the result of an effort initiated last spring by Safe Zone, an organization of faculty, staff and students seeking to encourage a safe environment that is welcoming to all SIUE community members.
"We have made serious strides toward creating a safer, more welcoming campus for the LGBT community," said Vicky Dean, Safe Zone co-chair and assistant director of housing at SIUE. "We have room for significant improvement in recruitment and retention, counseling and health, and support in institutional commitment.
"The Safe Zone Committee is now working on a strategic plan to increase our score, which will be completed by the end of the spring semester. We will update and submit our responses to the Campus Climate Index for re-evaluation in May. "
The rating criteria included an evaluation of LGBT policy inclusion, support and institutional commitment, academic life, housing and residence life, campus safety, counseling and health, as well as recruitment and retention efforts. SIUE scored highest in housing and residence life at 4.5, followed by policy inclusion and student life which both ranked at 4.0.
Other Illinois public universities in the Campus Climate Index included University of Illinois Chicago at 5; SIUC, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northern Illinois and Western Illinois University, all at 4.5; and University of Illinois Springfield at 3.
For more information, contact Safe Zone co-chairs Dean at (618) 650-5296 or firstname.lastname@example.com; or Dayna Henry, assistant professor of kinesiology and health education in the SIUE School of Education, at (618) 650-3857 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Visit the SIUE Safe Zone website at http://www.siue.edu/lgbt/.
The SIUE Student Nurses Association (SNA) held its annual Angel Tree Drive during the month of December.
The student organization collected more than 80 donated gifts from nursing faculty, staff and students. These gifts were delivered to the Oasis Women's Center in Alton in time for the organization's Christmas celebration.
The Oasis Women's Center provides temporary shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children. In addition, they offer a full range of services, from emergency food to individual support and advocacy against neglect.
"One of the major objectives of SNA is to get involved in community service," said Kelsie Biagi, a junior nursing student from Centralia and the SNA president. "Since the families at the Oasis Women's Center are adopted by donors, the items they receive are not only things that they may want, but specific things that they need. A large part of the culture of nursing is to reach out and help people. SNA is honored to be a part of this project each year."
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance Ariel Belasen, from the SIUE School of Business, was featured in a Dec. 31, 2012 National Public Radio (NPR) article titled Could Post-Superstorm Sandy Rebuilding Energize The Economy?
The article examines the recent superstorm that caused tens of billions of dollars in damage to the East coast areas of New York and New Jersey. Belasen talked specifically about how the economics of Florida and the Gulf Coast rebounded following major hurricanes.
For more information, or to read or listen to the piece, visit NPR.
Dr. Andrew Pomerantz has been named the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 2013 Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award recipient.
The highly competitive award is given annually to a faculty member who has a proven record of combining research/scholarship and teaching. It emphasizes that SIUE is committed to the prospect that faculty members must be good scholars in order to be good teachers.
Pomerantz, a professor of psychology in the SIUE School of Education, joined the SIUE faculty in 1997. Since that time he has distinguished himself in the field of clinical psychology through 28 peer-reviewed journal articles, 6 book chapters and encyclopedia entries, and 2 textbooks. In its third edition, his textbook Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Culture has been used broadly by universities in the U.S. and internationally.
Winners of the Paul Simon award have demonstrated a significant contribution to their area of research or creative activity, as well as a true commitment to the integration of their research with their teaching practices.
Pomerantz receives the award in recognition of his academic accomplishments in clinical psychology, and for his contributions in the instruction of psychology students nationwide. He possesses a passionate commitment to the teaching of theoretical and practical concepts to future psychology professionals. Among his peer-reviewed journal articles, 12 include student co-authors. His presentations at national conferences include 13 student co-authors.
Pomerantz has served on more than 100 masters' theses committees; 48 of which he chaired, and 2 of which won the SIUE Outstanding Thesis Award. His former students and colleagues have expressed Pomerantz has an uncanny ability to connect to his students and inspire them to careers as scholars and practicing professionals.


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I was wondering what the "true" shelf life is on ammo.
I am not as worried about target ammo, I am thinking about ammo used durring CCW.
I try to cycle through my ammo evey year or so but it can get expensive. Is there anything wrong with keeping the same ammo for a few years?

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Six-Day War
Can Ecstasy, Primarily Known as a Club Drug, Help People Suffering From Trauma?
Israeli drug trials are investigating whether MDMA can be a useful psychiatric tool in treating post-traumatic stress disorder
Seeing the Strengths and Pitfalls of a Whole Country in the Lives of Seven Paratroopers
In his new book, 'Like Dreamers,' Yossi Klein Halevi chronicles the clash of Utopian visions that followed the Six Day War
Daybreak: Syria Seizes U.N. Border Crossing
Plus Austria withdraws from Golan Heights in response, and more
Why Jordan's Stability Is So Important
Remembering King Hussein, who died on this day in 1999
Sundown: A Shul Grows in Lebanon
Plus U.S. slams Israel over settlement announcement, and more
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What remains of Revisionist Zionism, the ideology of the late Benzion Netanyahu, is its 11th commandment: Don't be a fool.
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U.S. and Israeli policymakers are yet to acknowledge that their decades-long push to use the Golan to make peace with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a far-fetched dream
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Arbroath – A New York man is suing his gym for damages after he fractured a shoulder by slipping and falling in the steam room on what he described as a "foreign white substance." Marc Moskowitz claimed in court papers that managers at the Bally Total Fitness gym on E. 55th St. were aware that gay "cruising and lewd behaviour" is "commonplace at the steam room, sauna and locker rooms. Instead of having staffers clean the areas, Bally simply "left a hose and liquid soap" for people to clean up themselves, the papers state. As a result, Moskowitz claims, he took a tumble last August and needed surgery to repair his shoulder. Moskowitz, 66, who lives on the upper East Side, did not state in the papers how much he was seeking in damages. Moskowitz also insisted he had no idea these kinds of sexual shenanigans were going on when he joined the gym. "In fact, I didn't know about it," his lawyer, David Grover said. "Unless you're involved in that lifestyle you would not know that." Moskowitz is not gay, Grover added. "They used to have somebody at the gym who monitored this kind of activity and stopped it from happening," the lawyer said. "A few years ago, they stopped doing this." Buckhead's claims run counter to the Cruising Gays City Hookup Guide website, which has this review of his gym: "There are 2 LIGHTS in the Steam Sauna. The rear light is out 1/2 the time. When it is OFF the party is ON."
You don't have to be a homophobe or a germaphobe to side with this man. It's a very simple thing to ask people not to fuck while they're at the gym. Not requesting a lot of effort on anyone's part. "Don't fuck in the gym." Simple.
Yet here are hoards of gay dudes fucking in the gym, cumming all over saunas and not even having the manners to hose up afterwards. Gay sex is different than straight sex, fellas. It's double the jizz cleanup. Hose is there for a reason. Old men are slipping on your nut and breaking their shoulders — show some "pride". Marc Moskowitz didn't sign up for a sauna that smells like chlorine but uses no chlorine. What happened to your gay sex monitor? Seems like it's the wild west nowadays. "When the light is OFF the party is ON?" Marc Moskowitz deserves his broken shoulder money and about $5 billion for emotional scarring.


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Hillary is rushing to the Middle East to mediate the Gaza crisis, according to the NYT. Everything is being readied for her close-up. "Foreign diplomats who were briefed on the outlines of a tentative agreement said it had been structured in stages — first, an announcement at approximately 10 p.m. local time (3 p.m. E.S.T.) of a cease-fire, followed by its implementation at midnight, for 48 hours. That would allow time for Mrs. Clinton to arrive, and to create a window for negotiators to agree on conditions for a longer-term cessation of hostilities."
But she can't talk to Hamas. Even if she could it is uncertain whether they would listen.
Whether Hamas can enforce control over all of the militant Palestinian factions in Gaza to hold their fire during that period remained unclear. …
Mrs. Clinton will not meet with Hamas representatives on her trip, but with the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank, which is at odds with the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip. "We do not engage directly with Hamas," Mr. Rhodes said. Instead, Mr. Obama is focused on leveraging Egypt's influence with Hamas to press for a halt to the rocket attacks. "We believe Egypt can and should be a partner in achieving that outcome," Mr. Rhodes said.
However the damage has already been done to the narrative. According to the LA Times the conflict has derailed Obama's hopes for the 'Arab Spring'. "We will be put in the same corner as Israel," said Kurtzer, now with Princeton University. "This will be an extremely awkward position." It's almost as if the administration which was 'unconditionally' supportive of Israel didn't want to be.
In a region thrown into turmoil by the "Arab Spring" uprisings, U.S. support for Israel and its right to defend itself has been one of the few constants. That has not changed, despite the well-publicized rocky relationship between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
But by all accounts, the damage to U.S. influence in the region is likely to grow if Israel sends ground troops into Gaza to stop the Hamas militant group from firing rockets into Israel.
"The bottom line is that this will poison everything the United States is trying to do in the region," said Shadi Hamid, research director at the Brookings Institution's Doha Center in Qatar. …
Washington has struggled to regain its influence in the Middle East since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 brought to power populist Islamist governments that are more wary of Washington and more responsive to pro-Palestinian public opinion.
In the last week, U.S. diplomats have implored Egypt's president, Mohamed Morsi, to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. They want to steer Morsi away from taking sides in the conflict and putting at risk the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, which Washington views as a linchpin of peace and America's strategic role in the region. Administration officials have praised Morsi for his efforts and his seeming eagerness to maintain the Camp David treaty …
Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to both Israel and Egypt, said the crisis appeared close to a tipping point. If Israel sends armored columns into Gaza, Washington would be caught between pressing Israel to stop a conflict that has Obama's support, or being seen in the Arab world as complicit in the bloodshed.
At last the truth has been blurted out: the 'Arab Spring' has damaged Obama's influence not enhanced it. "Washington has struggled to regain its influence in the Middle East since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 brought to power populist Islamist governments that are more wary of Washington and more responsive to pro-Palestinian public opinion." This is contrary to the narrative peddled by the administration itself. That Obama led the 'Arab Spring', albeit from behind; that he led the drive against Khadaffy. That Morsi was his partner for peace.
Now this! A small, insignificant group like Hamas has been allowed not only to disrupt life for millions in Israel it has single-handedly "poisoned everything" by forcing Israel to react.
As the post The Last Turn of the Vise argued, Obama has at last been forced to choose between two contradictory policies: "he can no longer have it both ways". He can no longer express support for Israel and those bent on its destruction despite the best efforts of the US media without people noticing the contradiction.
But he can still say one thing in public and another in private. As the LA Times noted that while Obama expressed 'unconditional support' for Israel, "Obama said at a news conference Sunday in Bangkok, Thailand, that it was preferable for Israel to avoid sending troops into Gaza, for the sake of both Palestinians and Israelis." He is basically advocating a ground sanctuary for a group that his own administration cannot meet with because it is a declared terrorist organization.
Perhaps the reason Hillary is being sent to broker the 'ceasefire' is so in case things go bad Obama can let her hold the bag and disculpate himself from the fiasco. He can stand above the fray. But even if the ceasefire holds it will not have solved the fundamental problem at the heart of Obama's policy. He's promised the same vig to two different debt collectors and only has enough money for one.
The Gaza crisis has brought to the surface the underlying crisis in the administration's Middle Eastern policy. In the conflicts between the Iran and the Sunni countries and the Muslims versus Israel you cannot be all things to all men. You cannot flash two green lights at the same intersection. You cannot flash a public green light and private red light simultaneously. You cannot 'lead from behind' and 'lead from the front'. You cannot lie in public and lie private, as the administration has done in Bengahazi, Fast and Furious and on a whole host of other issues.
Sooner or later things catch up with you. And that time is now.
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54 Comments, 54 Threads
1. Annoy Mouse
"He is basically advocating a ground sanctuary for a group that his own administration cannot meet with because it is a declared terrorist organization."
Brilliant analysis. The Won is testing the limits of being cool and likeable without a known set of beliefs. Something our fascist press allows to happen without comment. Obama's blank slate upon which people may project their own beliefs works great until dissatisfaction causes the abused mark to project something far more negative than happy smoke and unicorn dust. But remember, Obama was Hamas's chosen candidate so they can blame themselves if it turns out that they did not choose well.
November 20, 2012 - 12:32 pm Link to this Comment -
2. batman
He can still appear to have it both ways if Israel believes any of his reassurances. He could "promise" better support for Israel re: Iran if Israel will back off. But by now we all should have known that every promise of this sort has an expiration date.
Israel will not likely have any more leverage in the future than it has now. Hope they use it wisely. Once Susan Rice or some other like her becomes Secretary of State the need for the Clintons to stay on good terms with the pro-Israel community, such as it is, will vanish.
November 20, 2012 - 12:35 pm Link to this Comment -
The time is coming but not yet. Israel will let it's arm be twisted now in hopes for US aid in taking out Iran's nuclear capability. I doubt that green light will ever be flashed by Obama and Bibi (as Biden so piquantly calls him) knows it. Israel and the Sunnis will be told to stuff it, Iran will emerge the hegemon and a majority of Americans will turn a blind eye, until the consequences catch up to them. But then, we will have free contraceptives, a President in office whose skin color is most pleasing and a "fairer" but nonetheless futile tax policy. You need an Auden to do poetic justice here.
November 20, 2012 - 12:40 pm Link to this Comment -
4. Annoy Mouse
I would say that Israel hardly needs the US for anything. Anything other than materials and commodities to keep up its negative trade balance. What they don't need is the US as an enemy.
November 20, 2012 - 12:45 pm Link to this Comment -
5. stephen b
Because leftists have no actual core values, they are completely unprepared to deal with people who know their core values down to the molecular level, and on one hand, willing to defend them to the death, and on the other, to promote them to the death.
November 20, 2012 - 12:50 pm Link to this Comment -
7. Chai Chai
The cost trade off for Iron Dome missiles vs the Hamas rockets is not a good one long term and Bibi knows it. Iron Dome provides a short term defense while the IDF readies a knock out punch.
A cease fire helps Hamas and gives them time to rearm while the IDF spends millions to replace their defensive shield. Israel needs to strike now while the fight is "hot" and once they have reduced Hamas leadership and arms stores then they can think about a cease fire, not before.
November 20, 2012 - 1:00 pm Link to this Comment -
8. Jim M
In a perverse way, I'm almost glad Romney lost. Now The One and his owners can deal with this mess all by themselves.
November 20, 2012 - 1:01 pm Link to this Comment -
9. grrr
Re # 8. Jim M
"Now The One and his owners can deal with this mess all by themselves."
Unfortunately they will try to pass it on you an me. With high degree of success.November 20, 2012 - 1:08 pm Link to this Comment -
10. Eggplant
Israel's next move is not clear. If it were just Israel and the Palestinians then a scorched earth tactic in Gaza based upon infantry invasion would seem the best move. Doing so would clear out the remaining rockets. However there is the issue of Syria and Iran….
Truth to tell, we do not want the world MSM distracted by Israel stomping the Palestinians while the Syrian government slaughters its own population and thus solidifies Iran's regional hegemony. Israel inflicting short and sharp punishment on Gaza's population through artillery followed by an Egyptian sponsored cease fire maybe the best tactic. Doing so enhances Egypt's status as a "moderate" Arab state and shifts focus back to Syria. One hopes that Hamas got a good price from Iran for setting up the Palestinians to be "whipping boys".
November 20, 2012 - 1:10 pm Link to this Comment -
Forgive me for asking a stupid question but can a woman be in the same room as the Hamas leaders and not be one of their wives?
#8 Jim M – unfortunately I feel the exact same way…however it will still always be blamed on Bush/Conservatives/Tea Party, etc.
November 20, 2012 - 1:13 pm Link to this Comment -
12. impeach 0bama
Israel should not agree to a ceasefire, unless it has a death-wish.
Friends don't let friends commit suicide.a quote from – The Morally Reprehensible 'Iron Dome' – Hamas's Best Friend
http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/the-morally-reprehensible-iron-dome-hamass-best-friend/2012/11/19/0/?printIron Dome is the best terror-containing system known to mankind. The only problem is, containing terrorism is morally corrupt, and a society that dedicates its resources to continuing to live next-door to a community run by terrorists is inherently insane.
@11 – perhaps you are correct, but i really dislike the Hamas-terrorists getting away with it.November 20, 2012 - 1:16 pm Link to this Comment -
13. grrr
I think that Morsi prodded Hamas in order to smooth the IMF money in. Classic mob tactic.
November 20, 2012 - 1:19 pm Link to this Comment -
14. Subotai Bahadur
First, Wretchard, you might want to check all the plugs and connections. All I can seem to get at #6 is some sqawks and static. Nothing coherent or worth listening to.
He is basically advocating a ground sanctuary for a group that his own administration cannot meet with because it is a declared terrorist organization.
Assuming that one wishes to use Ockham's Razor, does that not imply that he either is a supporter or associate of said terrorist group? Not that it comes as a surprise to about half of Americans. I rather suspect that HAMAS will not be able to stop all rocket attacks from Gaza or Sinai. Which means that there will be no cease fire.
Hillary's involvement in this will be the perfect capstone for her planned end to her career as she goes under the bus to take the blame, no matter what happens. If the cease fire holds; it will all be due to the influence of "Teh Lightworker"; Bees Pee Upon Him.
I am still an advocate of Israel displacing the entire population of Gaza to Sinai, to meet their fate as Allah should decide. The violation of the cease fire would be a good excuse for this. Start by a bombardment that destroys the already sketchy semi-potable supply of water in the north of Gaza. People will leave within 48 hours, especially when the attacks are backed with warnings that things are going to get kinetic right smartly.
Move the process down Gaza in stages, occupying and scraping the ground bare as they go.
Subotai Bahadur
November 20, 2012 - 1:24 pm Link to this Comment -
15. wretchard
What is it about anti-semitism that drives people into incoherence and fury? There seems precious little love for Palestine in the Arab world. They were expelled from Jordan, cast out of Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War; they were confined to refugee camps in Lebanon. Egypt doesn't want to open their borders to them.
So the big hoo-hah about Gaza hardly seems motivated by love. The designated role of Palestinians appears to be as the assigned victim of the Jew. That's his role. An exhibit in an international freak show.
In the end what drives this big emotional engine isn't love for Palestine. It's good old fashioned Jew hatred. The day the Jew is exterminated no one will give a rat's ass for Palestine.
Hate, not love, appears to be the most powerful motivation in modern politics. Man is a beast. Billions of dollars have bee poured into Gaza, whose area is about the same as Singapore's and all they have to show for it is Hamas and Fatah, two of the most worthless, corrupt and bloodthirsty organizations on the face of the planet.
And the most amazing thing is that these thugocracies command the 'support' of Reporters, Celebrities, Politicans and even liberal churchmen. Is it because they like Hamas? Hardly. Do they imagine they are good at governance? Not even the most deluded think that. Incorruptible? Decent? Hell no. They don't like Hamas or Fatah at all. Maybe at the bottom of it all they don't even like the Palestinian people.
Something else is at work in the liberal support for Palestine. The human soul probably feels the need raise itself from tedium; to give itself an importance in the midst of daily drudgery. And that need is greatest in those who've denied the existence of their own transcendence. For after you've denied the numinous what else is there to live for but hate?
Where the flower gives no fragrance, nor the cry of infants comfort; where the sunset is just another nuclear furnace to be avoided and every evening just another night less to live, then why not drink up hate, the finest anodyne of all.
November 20, 2012 - 1:30 pm Link to this Comment -
16. Chai Chai
#12 – Very good read and sadly true.
I have always thought that a steady artillery response to every rocket attack was the answer that would end Hamas grip on power and it is much more cost effective than Iron Dome or air fired missiles.
November 20, 2012 - 1:41 pm Link to this Comment -
17. impeach 0bama
w @16-
I am an agnostic, but this current conflict, and indeed your observations, are helping to turn me into a believer in the Torah.There is a recent article I saw at WND -make of it what you will.
12th-century rabbi predicted Israel's future
as an aside, any idea why my error in code in previous thread cascaded past my own comment and could not be fixed in subsequent comment tag closing the italics?November 20, 2012 - 1:51 pm Link to this Comment -
18. Annoy Mouse
"For after you've denied the numinous what else is there to live for but hate?"
Thus my vapid observation, the US government is the world's largest hate based organization.
November 20, 2012 - 1:57 pm Link to this Comment -
19. grrr
The problem is not a lack of simple or slightly more complicated solutions. The "Palestinians" were created for a single purpose and until the world decides that the purpose isn't worth a dime the show will continue. And it is not just Arabs and/or Muslims.
Israel was created on the ashes (and possibly shame) of WWII. And even than its creation was due to a tiny disbalance of after war politics. Now, almost 70 years later is a different story: Everyone "care" for "Palestine", UN breeds a 3-d (or is it 4-th?) generation of Palestinian refugees actively resisting any attempts to resettle them, everyone wants (or professes to want) a 2-state (or is it 2-stage?) solution,… etc.
It was a very illuminating moment when Shri-Lanka was about to eliminate Tamils the UN urged them not do it on the ground that "they will have no one to negotiate with" if they proceed.
It looks like that nothing will be resolved until some serious calamity.November 20, 2012 - 2:06 pm Link to this Comment -
20. Mike
"Sooner or later things catch up with you. And that time is now."
I hope you are right.
I fond myself in a strange mood after this election, for which I had great hopes that were truly "dashed" as if boats against rocks. There is gloom still upon he Land, and I see on Drudge there are the usual "let's ban Christmas" from the secular paganry…
Rush said the other day that they only thing that will save us now are events.
I am a proud American. I feel like I love this country like mad.
But I want our "President" to fail. I want events to overtake him. To me, he is not a real American in spirit. To me, he wants to wreck America and he is doing so. To me, he feels, now, as if he has won a decisive close battle and is now quietly gathering his forces for the final take-down of the Nation. He is preparing – so that he will not fail – patiently and methodically for the last battle. He waits just outside the gates of the citadel with and unstoppable command or Orcs, so to speak. He aims to crush us and to sow salt in the earth afterwards.
I am hoping some event will slow his plans and progress.
I am hoping against hope some unseen rescue is just over the hill on its way.
To feel this way about the USA is….I don't have the words.
Go Israel!
John Gault – call your office!
November 20, 2012 - 2:15 pm Link to this Comment -
21. wretchard
Perhaps the reason the Jews played such an important part in the 20th century drama is because they were by accident the litmus paper of hatred; the McGuffin in the plotlines spun by the demagogues. Because so many of them were liquidated we think it was about them somehow. But that is not the case. Prior to antisemitism there were the engines of xenophobia and class hatred around which to build movements — for nothing unifies so much as hatred — but only the concept of the Jew provided supranationally binding force to gather threads together.
They were just the caboose on the train of 20th century hatred. The Jews didn't cause Nazism as much as measured the temperature of the era. They were correlated with hatred — not its primary cause. Reasoning along that line, my main worry today isn't about anti-semitism per se, although if I were a Jew I would be primarily concerned with that, but with what that anti-semitism represents.
To me it says that a fever is rising; a fever which though ostensibly directed at the Jew is much more than that. When the Guardian and the British left wing get all so hepped up about Israel and wax poetic over Hamas, it is not even Jew-hatred that we observe, but just plain hatred, of which Jew-hatred is only the easiest to articulate because it is such a trope. The other hatreds are on the tip of the tongue; less easy to say but nevertheless there just underneath the surface.
Thus I tend to see in Gaza not as an Arab-Israeli problem, but the signature of something far more virulent; something that will engulf the region, given half a chance. The Jews are nothing more really, than one minority in a region of minorities. They are the archetype of the greater problem. Take them away and there is are still the Copts, Kurds, Shia, Allawites, Druze and Maronites — all at daggers drawn with majority communities.
But we don't see them clearly yet because the Jew is easier to see.
The biggest lie ever peddled was that the Middle East's problems centered around the Arab-Israeli antipathy. That is but one swallow in the flock. The Middle East's problems center around hate, fed by the hatred of the Left which really all about resentment. And we ain't seen nothing yet.
November 20, 2012 - 2:17 pm Link to this Comment -
22. CharlesWhite
wretchard (#16) "What is it about anti-semitism that drives people into incoherence and fury?" Hatred of God! Hatred and jealousy that there is a chosen people and those people seem to have survived and done well throughout history, this is also projected onto Christians, even those CINO have that burning hatred, it twists like a knife in their souls and they can't understand it but they know something is wrong, horribly wrong inside, it blinds them, it rues their life… very few ever find relief (forgiveness).
November 20, 2012 - 2:17 pm Link to this Comment -
23. Annoy Mouse
"Israel was created on the ashes (and possibly shame) of WWII. And even than its creation was due to a tiny disbalance of after war politics."
Good point. What separates the Palestinians and other bad actors in the ME from Europe is that the allies pummeled the later into a fine dust during WWII and the former, living in fine dust to begin with largely escaped a just punishment. Perhaps reestablishing Israel in their historic lands was the just punishment that Allies saw fit. What is clear is that the Palestinians lost and what they have desperately deserved since was thorough enough defeat to make the point stick, that they were and still are losers. Not as much as losers as the Germans, the Japanese or the Italians because they never had so much civilization to stake in the first place but they neither accepted the defeat that was roundly theirs and deserved.
For the sake of future Palestinians, the present people must be bombed and defeated mercilessly. It is the only way that future generations can get on with their lives and hope to be successful in their own primitive ways as Germany and Japan.
The bottom line is evil needs to be punished like a festoring wound should be cauterized.
November 20, 2012 - 2:20 pm Link to this Comment -
24. Annoy Mouse
It blinds them….
It binds them…
One Hate to rule them all, One Hate to find them, One Hate to bring them all and in the darkness bind them …—
I heard that Anonymous is hacking Israeli sites. Great, a Left wing Cyber-Guerilla army. How long do you suppose until those shills start turning up dead?November 20, 2012 - 2:27 pm Link to this Comment -
annoy@19: "…the US government is the world's largest hate based organization."
Liberals believe in equality, peace and the brotherhood of all mankind. Now if only they could rid themselves of those heinous conservatives.
November 20, 2012 - 2:33 pm Link to this Comment -
26. Annoy Mouse
yes… as long as they keep us from being free and can spend our money on their own narfarious pursuits, they are tolerant. We must in turn compremise with thier every whim. They are beneficient masters.
November 20, 2012 - 2:58 pm Link to this Comment -
27. Blast From the Past
How can Hamas meet with Hillary? They can't but the problem isn't that ours, they are a listed terrorist organization. That is a problem of no consequence to this administration which has swept far larger concerns under the rug. The problem is theirs, that she is an infidel female. Now being old ugly and foolish provides some protection. It worked for Madeline Albright. To ensure though that her interlocutors feel no distress something more is needed. Hillary should collect a set of fatwas confirming that (s)he is a man. It would even make Hudna happy.
My comment on the prior thread holds. The "root cause" of the problem, there is a phrase beloved by the Left, is not in Gaza but Iran. If Israel dismantles the Mullahcracy then Hamas becomes something also favored by the Left, a "police problem."
"We will bear any burden" – JFK
"I back him 1000%" – Mondale
"Unconditional support" – BHOWith support like Obama offers he deserves the sobriquet "Old Jock Strap."
Subotai Bahadur 15,
Your plan for Gaza resembles mine which I have worked out in boring detail on these pages. I call it the "Toothpaste Tube" strategy, start at the far North-east and advance 1/16th mile each day that violence emanates from the Strip.grrr 20,
I have made a similar observation about Sri Lanka. One correction, the Sinhalese government did not eliminate the Tamils, who are I believe doing better without Marxist terrorist overlords. They eliminated the LTTE in the teeth of pressure from the international Conflict Management community desperate to preserve a gravy train.November 20, 2012 - 3:03 pm Link to this Comment -
28. DPeterson
"14. Subotai Bahadur
First, Wretchard, you might want to check all the plugs and connections. All I can seem to get at #6 is some sqawks and static. Nothing coherent or worth listening to."
I rather thought it was the most intelligent thing Victor's ever said, myself.
November 20, 2012 - 3:05 pm Link to this Comment -
29. bede
I re: the business of hatred in general. Christopher Hitchens said it best. "Hatred will get you up in the morning.". As far as hating Jews is concerned it has always seemed to me that there is a good reason -jealosy. In my experience in law, medicine and science, Jews as a group are smarter. They are also more articulate ,funnier, and more creative. I am not Jewish, or even religious. As far as Islamic hatred of Jews is concerned, I've read in their book and listened. Hatred and intolerance are required. It just looks that way to me. I contribute with some tripidation to the fine site. Thank you Wretchard. I liked your book
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30. Subotai Bahadur
#25 Annoy Mouse
heard that Anonymous is hacking Israeli sites. Great, a Left wing Cyber-Guerilla army. How long do you suppose until those shills start turning up dead?
If the Men of the West are not to go quietly into the Long Night; all those who are attacking us, verbally and physically, under the assumption of perpetual impunity are going to have to be thoroughly disabused. Reason and restraint will not successfully counter visceral hatred. Nor will appeals to a better nature work to do other than encourage attacks from those who have no such nature. There has to be a degree of common ground between those who are at swords point in order to find a modus vivendi. If that does not exist, then only one will survive.
That applies to more than the Arab-Israeli conflict. A line will be crossed. It may be an official going beyond what the people will tolerate, or it may be a Defenestration; but once it happens it will go until it can go no more.
Subotai Bahadur
November 20, 2012 - 3:09 pm Link to this Comment -
31. Josh
Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye: I know, I know. We are Your chosen people. But, once in a while, can't You choose someone else?
Anti-semitism runs right back in western culture to the late Roman Empire, when in the formation of the Catholic Church they were, along with pagans, Arians, and Gnostics of all kinds, to be suppressed. Jews in Europe under Christianity did a little better and a little worse than as dhimmis under Islam. Only post-Renaissance, and for that matter in America, and post WWII did anti-semitism become something widely condemned. Only when the evangelicals in the US suddenly decided that any western faith community was their friend after all, post-9/11, did it start to become rare in the US. In other words, yesterday. And this just as the Palestinians decided to hijack the entire Jewish story, the diaspora, the holocaust, the longing to return, the mistreatment by the world, the existence as a coherent culture and group in the first place. Given the history of Jews and Arabs in Palestine during the early days of Zionism, this is a sick joke. Now 1948 to 1967 seem like the good old days? OMG. Er, so to speak.
But my point, such as it is, is that to see widespread anti-semitism in western culture is hardly news, the real news is that it was absent, unfashionable, for a few years.
The actual doings of the Jews in Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza (and the camps in Lebanon, and whatever is left up there today) for the last 60 years can and should be judged on its own. And it comes out 99.44% in favor of the Jews.
November 20, 2012 - 3:20 pm Link to this Comment -
32. grrr
Re # 21. wretchard
"….And we ain't seen nothing yet". How true.
And wretchard, I do not remember reading such beautiful and poetic prose on a consistent basis for a long time (if ever).
Thanks.Re #27. Blast From the Past
yes, you are right. I am sorry for a faulty memory: I do remember relevant facts and relations, but misnamed a particular bloody clowns.November 20, 2012 - 3:22 pm Link to this Comment -
33. Blast From the Past
bede 29,
Did you forget to note that Jews are also doting parents, valiant champions, talented cooks, snappy dressers and gifted with extraordinary endurance when making love?The worst charge that can be leveled against the Jews is that they attract such a low class of enemy.
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34. dlsada
Ask Lara Logan about the peacefulness of this putrid crowd. I'm sure when she arrived, she believed she was safe since she's certainly not Jewish. But a beast is not selective about the food pyramid.
Make them decide their own fate-"One more peep out of you cur-dogs and we'll blow you back to the dinosaurs." Of course our blank-slate, teleprompter-in-chief still thinks it takes just a well-calibrated oration. How's that Nobel Peace Prize looking now?November 20, 2012 - 3:31 pm Link to this Comment -
35. krontekag
Wretchard @ 22: "The Middle East's problems center around hate, fed by the hatred of the Left which really all about resentment. And we ain't seen nothing yet."
It's me against my brother, me and my brother against the family, me and the family against the tribe, me and the tribe against… and so on, a corrupt Russian Doll of nested hatreds all tracing back to the tribalism at the cores of the region's cultures. Political Islam distils and crystalises this.
As you say Wretchard, once the Jews are gone, they will be on to the next target. Sharks can't stop swimming.
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36. MarkJ
"In my experience in law, medicine and science, Jews as a group are smarter."
Let's just say that any close encounter with Anthony Weiner, Barbara Boxer, Noam Chomsky, or Debbie Wasserman Schulz will prove, beyond all doubt, that Jews have provided more than their share of knuckle-heads to humanity.
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37. impeach 0bama
It is said that only 10% of the Hebrews actually left Egypt at the time of the Exodus. The rest preferred slavery. The ones that did leave, died in the desert, so that a new and hardy people emerged.
During the period after the Roman conquest, a new rabbinical based Judaism emerged, after again losing a large percentage of the population.
During the Crusades, ditto, large number of deaths.
20th century see previous history.
My point – a winnowing of a people, maybe the smart and lucky survived.
A history of 4,000 years will not be ended by a group of 'goat-herders'.
There may be more winnowing – who knows -
but from my perspective, never, ever give up.This goes as well for the US, never give up to the destroyers of mankind!
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38. grrr
Re 36. MarkJ
"Let's just say that any close encounter with Anthony Weiner, Barbara Boxer, Noam Chomsky, or Debbie Wasserman Schulz will prove, beyond all doubt, that Jews have provided more than their share of knuckle-heads to humanity".
I think it is true. They seems to have thicker tails on both sides of the distribution. It looks like a blend of 2 distributions: smart and… political.November 20, 2012 - 3:44 pm Link to this Comment -
39. Eggplant
wretchard @ 15:
"What is it about antisemitism that drives people into incoherence and fury?"
Antisemitism has always baffled me. To me, Jews are just ordinary people who follow a different religion. What's the big deal?
I don't have time for the moonbat websites but do frequent ZeroHedge and BusinessInsider (I only lurk there and do not actively post). There are some serious Jew haters who often comment at those two websites. Oddly enough, no one bothers to shout down the antisemites after they make their offensive remarks. Perhaps I should but I subscribe to the notion that one should not argue with fools.
I just had a learning experience. I was reading the following Wikipedia article:
I found the following:
"Jerusalem was the original direction towards which Muslims prayed, until the Qibla was reorientated towards Mecca."
Again this is from Wikipedia so I have to assume it is a lie. Can anyone confirm that Moslems originally prayed to Jerusalem? There is another Wikipedia article that elaborates on this:
Supposedly the decision to reorientate the Qibla from Jerusalem to Mecca happened while Mohammed was still alive. This story puts a different light on things, i.e. Jerusalem was formerly Islam's holy of holies but was superceded by Mecca. Obviously the animosity between Jews and Moslems goes back to Mohammed. The Jews of Israel have planted themselves in a den of vipers. The decision to found the state of Israel in the former Ottoman Empire was incredibly unwise.
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I did some searching on the Internet to find out something about the rockets Hamas is using and found some interesting bits of data.
Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have been known to object to rockets being launched next door to their homes. They feared IDF retaliation (and they should have feared being close to those homemade fireworks). Hamas killed them.
The "justification" to some for the rockets fired at Israel is the "illegal blockade." But I believe the situation is similar to the "horrible sanctions" imposed on Iraq that supposedly cost so many children there their lives and health; food and medicine were never stopped from being delivered. Aside from that, it seems they can smuggle in 20 ft long rockets from Iran weighing over 2000 lb but not Twinkies, Cherrio's and pureed peas for the kiddies.
Sudan is a source and a conduit for weapons going to Gaza, and the IDF recently has bombed both supply convoys and weapons factories there. I had no idea that was going on, but the NYT says so, so it must be true.
Wretchard #15:
Don't forget that the Palestinians supported Saddam during Desert Storm and thus were summarily kicked out of Kuwait after the war. Arafat, Saddam, and a host of low lifes since then; they can sure pick'em.
Eggplant #39:
I believe that decision was made by Moses.
Subotai #14:
If you play No. 6 backward you hear "Paul is dead."
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41. Eggplant
RWE @ 40 said:
"Don't forget that the Palestinians supported Saddam during Desert Storm and thus were summarily kicked out of Kuwait after the war."
Also don't forget that the Palestinians in Gaza were literally dancing in the streets in a state of rapturous joy after 2,996 innocent Americans were murdered by Islamic fascists on 9/11.
RWE also commented about the wisdom of locating Israel in an area surrounded by rabid antisemitic savages, i.e. "I believe that decision was made by Moses." Despite Moses original choice, I suspect Baja California would have been a better alternative.
Josh @ 42 said:
"It's curious, really, the temple had been destroyed 400 years earlier, the Jews effectively in diaspora, not to mention suppressed by the remnants of the late Roman Empire, so why pay attention to Jerusalem at all?"
This is a genuine mystery. After the Emperor Hadrian razed the Temple of Solomon to the ground, he built a Roman temple on its site. Supposedly the Roman Temple eventually morphed into a Christian church during the Byzantine Empire. If the Qibia story is true, the early Moslems would have been praying towards an old disused Greek Orthodox church.
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42. Josh
io @ 37: It is said that only 10% of the Hebrews actually left Egypt at the time of the Exodus
Said by whom? It sure looked like more than that in the movie. I'd never heard this claim until pretty recently, from a newly "observant" Jewish friend. Their claim was that only those with true faith or the otherwise select, were the ones who left. This being a recommendation for those today to also cleave to the true faith, and a forewarning of doom on those who don't.
egg @ 39: Obviously the animosity between Jews and Moslems goes back to Mohammed.
Uh, yeah. As in mass-murder (and celebration thereof) of the Jewish communities as written in the Koran. Yes also on the two Qibla business, the Jewish hierarchy didn't respond to Mohammed so he decided to go his own way.
It's curious, really, the temple had been destroyed 400 years earlier, the Jews effectively in diaspora, not to mention suppressed by the remnants of the late Roman Empire, so why pay attention to Jerusalem at all?
egg @ 41: Despite Moses original choice, I suspect Baja California would have been a better alternative.
As I believe was at least briefly considered circa 1890, when the entire region was still pretty wild and wooly. Site for the New Jerusalem. The wisdom of the original Zionist project, and the exact details of how it was approached, especially whether and when it would if ever result in an independent country, always attracted a lot of second guessing.
Have to figure the center of Jewish life was Europe at the time, Jerusalem had the historic priority, and Baja was a long way away.
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krontekag@35: "As you say Wretchard, once the Jews are gone, they will be on to the next target"
Administrators, scribes, money lenders and bookkeepers, Jews have long been the silver screen upon which the angst of the elites has been projected. In all of these roles, the Jews have proven to be superb players, second to none.
The past few decades have been the only time in history that the outright extermination Jews has been seriously contemplated. Perhaps the establishment of the Titan Moon Trading Company will turn our focus outward.
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44. Orphaned Son of Liberty
Subotai @14: Bees Pee Upon Him.
Oh Christ! Coke nasal… unfair!!
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45. impeach 0bama
42. Josh
one example of the many opinions of how many left Egypt.
an interesting take -
Op-Ed: Hamas Takes Israel's "Poison Pawn"
It is a chess game with life and death stakes.
Israel's seeming strategic decision not to destroy
Hamas once and for all is simply a response to the
changing geopolitical circumstances.http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12465#.UKwlVoawXqw
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46. El_Heffe
Eggplant #39:
I believe that decision was made by Moses.
I think you will find it was Abraham actually … at first any way.
… and as for baja california being a better spot … its interesting to note that in the westeren US as in the holy land there is a large body of very salty water connected to a smaller body of fresh water by a river called Jordan. the difference is that the salty body is to the north and the fresh body to the south and both are at high elevation in the USA where the orientation is reversed and the elevation is quite low in the holy land. its even got a city built around a temple with walled off grounds, and the mormons once staged an "exodus" to the place way back in the day. go figure.
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47. Akiva
Re 37. impeach 0bama, 42. Josh
"It is said that only 10% of the Hebrews actually left Egypt at the time of the Exodus"
Our sages put the figure at 20%, based on Exodus 13:18, which includes a double entendre alluding to the figure 1/5.In all fairness to the ones who stayed, Egypt had just been hit with 10 divine plagues and the Egyptians were cowed before the Israelites. Still, the message is don't get assimilated. I do wonder if American Jews would do any better than 20%.
Re 46. El_Heffe
"I think you will find it was Abraham actually … at first any way."Abraham went to the holy land at the urging of G-d, the Almighty Creator, see Genesis Chapter 12. Abraham was apparently from Kurdistan, as he was there when commanded to leave his homeland and relatives behind.
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48. Uncle Jefe
"How long do you suppose until those (Anonymous) shills start turning up dead?"
Um, not soon enough??November 20, 2012 - 8:06 pm Link to this Comment -
49. blert
Folks, I have it on the authority of the 2000-year old man that Moses was a shmo. For if he'd turned right, instead of left, then the Jews would have all the oil… and the Arabs would have the rocks.
However, now that oil shale and sub-sea deposits have been discovered in massive amounts… it may be that the 2000-year old man was premature in his judgment.
There is a real reason to suspect that only a minority of the Hebrews made the trek: they had to get out of town in such a hurry that they couldn't even wait for their bread to rise. (Seder tales)
In which case, it would seem that only those within close range could make the break.
Classic anti-Semitism often occurred in conjunction with the brutal interest rates charged by Jewish lenders to the European nobility. (The common man was not credit worthy, of course.)
Some cases became infamous: Shakespeare, aka the 17th Earl of Oxford, got behind on the vig and had to be bailed out by the Queen. He then scribbled some venom in Hamlet and elsewhere. The Queen tossed out his two lenders: they had to leave England within 72 hours. (That was some sprint to the coast!)
Rosenkranz and Güldenstern were obvious 'fictive' dodges as he aimed at the widely hated Rosenstern and Güldenkranz. (At least in noble circles) Not, too subtle, I'd say. Oh, well, they were out of town, out of the country, and had a death threat on their heads, should they return.
Their killer compound interest rates almost killed them. (The Queen took exception to 2% per week vigorish against a proxy for the Crown — her quasi-nephew. The Earl was raised by her Lord Chamberlain, IIRC. He's the true source for Polonius's dicta on lending and borrowing: that tract was mounted at the end of the house's hallway.)
That 'coincidence' and others proves that the 17th Earl of Oxford was the only man on Earth who could've written Shakespeare's works.
Yes, the Earl was a spendthrift. He was a 'river' to the thespian community. The Queen put the Earl on retainer — an otherwise inexplicable £1,000 per annum — and the rest is literary history.
Famously, infamously, the Jews were blamed by the nobility for financing many, if not all, of the European wars of that ancient time.
Of particular distinction were the Jewish lending syndicates that kept the Spanish Monarch on the field of battle long after his funds ran short — particularly Philip II — the biggest sovereign deadbeat/ defaulter of that or any other era. (They not only advanced the money — they delivered it to the battlefield — that is, a contract in Madrid caused monies to be advanced to parties up in Holland and such.)
Handling him established most of the modern norms WRT sovereign lending syndicates — lasting up into the modern banking era.
This facility cut both ways: it was Jewish liquidity that kept the Duke of Wellington in the field fighting Napoleon — in Spain, no less.
Such business was fantastically profitable. Ultimately, the Philip could drain the New World of metal and make good on his debts — losing more than a few treasure fleets along the way. In the meantime, he didn't have any options WRT interest rates. He was being charged gangster rates, of course.
It was in this way that loot from the New World ended up moving right through the monarch's fingers into the hands of weaponeers, bankers, and soldiers. (BTW, this was the first time a monarch had so much Hard Money that he could maintain standing armies of paid-for-their-time warriors: soldiers.) (Even Caesar ran a loot-based enterprise — with enslavement a huge factor in the equation.)
The other well of Western anti-Semitism was the re-writing of the Bible by the Romans.
You don't really believe that Constantine would permit a revised and promoted New Testament to blame Rome for the death of Jesus, do you?
Of course not. That's why the New Testament has this or that agitprop re-focusing Christian rage upon the Jews. It logically make no sense at all, of course. Jesus was turned in by his own intense disciple Judas, a Christian, then.
He was wrongly tried by Rome. He was executed, wrongly, by Rome.
And, yet, after all of that, there's plenty of agitprop in the New Testament to shift the moral blame onto a people that had zero influence on Roman occupation policy.
The Romans liquidated any and every dim threat to their social order wherever and whenever it occurred. While Jesus is remembered, such as his treatment was meted out to hundreds of unknown souls.
The Romans were as barbarous as the Nazis, let's not kid ourselves. Caesar's accounts tell of liquidating 400,000+ Celts in one afternoon — just for the economic advantage of it. He stole from the dead so much he was in clover. This particular atrocity was high up on the list of reasons why civilians in Rome feared him — and wanted him dead.
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50. beverly
In the end what drives this big emotional engine isn't love for Palestine. It's good old fashioned Jew hatred. The day the Jew is exterminated no one will give a rat's ass for Palestine.
Wretchard, my brother's best man at his wedding was a Kuwaiti who was a Gorky fan, among other things. . . . He said the arabs consider the Palis "the nig***s of the Middle East." And not in a pitying way.
They (the other moslems) despise the Palis, but they use them as a knife to the hated Jews' throats. Actually, those two things go together: the other moslems don't want to let the Eternal Refugees[TM] into their countries anyway.
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51. Barry Meislin
Well, maybe, but I'm not sure I'd rely on what Kuwaitis think of Palestinians, given what happened in 1990-91.On the other hand, I'm not sure I'd rely on what Kuwaitis think of anything.
In any event, way too many of them seem not to have forgiven the US for saving their asses in 1991.
(I guess it's what happens when you find yourself sitting on way too much oil for your own good.)
The very basic, elemental, no-frills tribalism at work in Araby is probably the simplest answer to why the West doesn't seem to understand a thing about the region.
File under: But they're just like us…. (or actually, given the amount of lying and psychosis that's been going on in the West for so long now, maybe we're on the way to becoming just like them?…)
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52. grey eagle
The secret to control of the Arab Street is water. Whoever controls the water controls the Arab Street. If you want a demonstration tomorrow with 100% turn-out with men screaming, weaping, rending their clothes, vowing deadly revenge – turn off the water tonight and take down the names tomorrow of those who get their water restored. Give extra rations to those who give the best performance. This is how Hamas gets instant obedience. This is who the PLO got obedience. Water is scarce in the desert towns.
Israel should sieze the water works and call for an anti-Hamas demonstration.
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53. PD Quig
The decision to found the state of Israel in the former Ottoman Empire was incredibly unwise.
Well maybe, but Mohammed wasn't even a squirt of daddy's sperm when the Jews were into their second millennium in the Holy Land. Given all that Islam has contributed to the world in 13 centuries, it's rather about time that they oriented their prayer rugs towards Washington DC.
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54. Kirk Parker
Josh (31),
Evangelicals became pro-Israel only after 9/11? Good grief, where have you been?
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