I'll start with the most disappointing. The AJC (American Jewish Committee) recently released the results of a new poll comparing the attitudes of American Jews with Israeli Jews. While 77% of Israeli Jews either strongly approve or somewhat approve of President Trump's handling of US-Israeli relations, that number dwindles to 34% for American Jews. And while a significant 85% of Israeli Jews approve of the moving of the US embassy to Jerusalem, only 46% of American Jews approve. I'll let the numbers speak for themselves.
The June 10, 2018 Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times had a front page story with this headline: "Lifelong Injury." The article discusses the thousands (per the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza) of Palestinians injured by Israeli bullets at the Gaza border with Israel. Never mind that Hamas has been sending tens of thousands of their people to mass at the Israeli border trying to breach the security barrier and/or throwing various weapons at Israeli troops. The article continues inside for 2 1/2 pages with plenty of pictures.
Here's a fun quote from the Times article: "...Israel accuses the militants of diverting funds for public services to military activities, an allegation Hamas denies." That's it, then? They just accept Hamas' denial? All of Hamas' rockets and missiles do not cost anything. All of the sophisticated tunnels built by Hamas, with tons of concrete and electrical wiring and ventilation cost nothing. Right.
The Times: "The (weekly border) protests, called to demand the lifting of the blockade and a right to return to ancestral homes in what is now Israel, were an exciting distraction from the grinding poverty." Maybe it would be better to not risk life and limb and do whatever may be possible to help your situation. Maybe show up at Hamas headquarters and protest their unwillingness to create a civil society to benefit their people. And let me ask the Times, assuming I lost my senses and decided I wanted to return to my ancestral home in Russia, would the Times care? I trust they do know about the Russian pogroms of the Jews.
This past Wednesday, the UN General Assembly passed yet another anti-Israel resolution. The resolution condemned Israel for what they said was "excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate" force against the Gazans during their mass efforts to breach the border with Israel. The resolution also called for "an international protection mechanism" for the Palestinians. My conclusions? The world only supports the Jews when they are being killed. If a General Assembly resolution had the same enforcement capabilities as a Security Council resolution, the world would be only too happy to send in troops to eliminate Israel.
The measure was propounded by Turkey and Algeria, and passed with 120 votes in favor, 8 opposed and 45 abstentions. Voting no were the US, Australia, Israel of course and some small Pacific Island nations. As the US has no veto power in the General Assembly, our Ambassador, Nikki Haley was unable to prevent passage of the measure. However, she did propose an amendment to the measure, specifically condemning Hamas for the firing of their rockets into Israel, the digging of the tunnels into Israel and the frequent border attacks.
That amendment actually passed by a vote of 62 in favor, 58 against and 42 abstentions. However, because of General Assembly rules, an amendment would have to pass with a 2/3 vote. The takeaway? I would have to give credit to President Trump and Ambassador Nikki Haley (along with Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon) for helping to slowly but surely change the anti-Israel sentiment at the UN.
Saturday, June 16, 2018
The Left's Non-Stop Hate
(Editor's note. This post contains language not used by this writer in the blog. However, as all the expletives come from the mouths of Leftists, I thought it was important to show the extent of their hatred.)
Last Sunday night the Tony Awards were telecast, and Robert De Niro was on stage introducing Bruce Springsteen. It was towards the end of the show, which I understand was relatively free of politics until that moment. De Niro walked up to the microphone and, and with arms raised and clenched fists, said: "First, I want to say fuck Trump. It's no longer down with Trump, it's fuck Trump." Nearly the entire audience stood and applauded. I can only imagine if during the Obama presidency, someone at one of these award shows got up and said the same thing about Obama. Would they have been beaten? I am sure they would have been roundly booed and forced off the stage. And that would have been the proper reaction to such a comment about a sitting President. But not for the lemmings in this audience.
Not to be outdone, the Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, came out with this: "I know children are being ripped from their mother's arms even while they're being breast fed. I know children are being marched away to showers, marched away to showers. Being told they are - just like the Nazis - said that they were taking people to the showers and then they never came back." Disgusting. Not only does he diminish the horrors of the Holocaust with such a comment, but he alleges that American immigration policy is tantamount to genocide. Just sick.
Kathy Griffin (recall her holding up the fake, decapitated head of Trump) is not happy with her fellow comedian Kevin Hart. You see, as Hart is black, she just cannot understand why he won't discuss/mock Trump in his stand-up act. "I personally think it's a pussy move because he's a black man." So, Hart gets no respect because, even if he should agree with Griffin about Trump, he chooses not to use it in his act. How dare he!
During the last presidential election we were told how so many Trump supporters fit into a basket of deplorables. We have now learned from the just released DOJ's Inspector General's report what some in the FBI thought of Trump supporters. Said one agent: "Trump supporters are all poor to middle class, uneducated, lazy POS (pieces of shit) that think he will magically grant them jobs for doing nothing." Actually, some Obama supporters thought they would get lots of free stuff from him. And, under Trump, unemployment is significantly down - so, yes, people are getting jobs.
And this from another agent: "I would have brunch with Trump and a bunch of his supporters like the ones from Ohio that are retarded." I guess the elitists do not worry about being politically incorrect, at least as regards Trump supporters.
A final thought. Obviously, conservatives view the world differently from the way the Left does. But there is a further underlying difference. While conservatives disagree with the Left on virtually everything, we can understand the origin of their beliefs. Leftists, however, do not understand the origins of our beliefs. They do not understand how we could have voted for Trump and will do so again. After all, they cried when Trump won. Everything happening now is just so sad. And Trump's election will mean the end of America and even Western civilization. As the New York Times put it in one of their recent editorials: "Assuming that American democracy endures..." (under Trump). If I tried to explain to a Leftist that many conservatives felt the same way about the Obama Presidency, they would look at me in utter disbelief. As they cannot understand conservatives, the obvious conclusion - to them - is that we must be evil. Hence, the bitter hatred.
Last Sunday night the Tony Awards were telecast, and Robert De Niro was on stage introducing Bruce Springsteen. It was towards the end of the show, which I understand was relatively free of politics until that moment. De Niro walked up to the microphone and, and with arms raised and clenched fists, said: "First, I want to say fuck Trump. It's no longer down with Trump, it's fuck Trump." Nearly the entire audience stood and applauded. I can only imagine if during the Obama presidency, someone at one of these award shows got up and said the same thing about Obama. Would they have been beaten? I am sure they would have been roundly booed and forced off the stage. And that would have been the proper reaction to such a comment about a sitting President. But not for the lemmings in this audience.
Not to be outdone, the Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, came out with this: "I know children are being ripped from their mother's arms even while they're being breast fed. I know children are being marched away to showers, marched away to showers. Being told they are - just like the Nazis - said that they were taking people to the showers and then they never came back." Disgusting. Not only does he diminish the horrors of the Holocaust with such a comment, but he alleges that American immigration policy is tantamount to genocide. Just sick.
Kathy Griffin (recall her holding up the fake, decapitated head of Trump) is not happy with her fellow comedian Kevin Hart. You see, as Hart is black, she just cannot understand why he won't discuss/mock Trump in his stand-up act. "I personally think it's a pussy move because he's a black man." So, Hart gets no respect because, even if he should agree with Griffin about Trump, he chooses not to use it in his act. How dare he!
During the last presidential election we were told how so many Trump supporters fit into a basket of deplorables. We have now learned from the just released DOJ's Inspector General's report what some in the FBI thought of Trump supporters. Said one agent: "Trump supporters are all poor to middle class, uneducated, lazy POS (pieces of shit) that think he will magically grant them jobs for doing nothing." Actually, some Obama supporters thought they would get lots of free stuff from him. And, under Trump, unemployment is significantly down - so, yes, people are getting jobs.
And this from another agent: "I would have brunch with Trump and a bunch of his supporters like the ones from Ohio that are retarded." I guess the elitists do not worry about being politically incorrect, at least as regards Trump supporters.
A final thought. Obviously, conservatives view the world differently from the way the Left does. But there is a further underlying difference. While conservatives disagree with the Left on virtually everything, we can understand the origin of their beliefs. Leftists, however, do not understand the origins of our beliefs. They do not understand how we could have voted for Trump and will do so again. After all, they cried when Trump won. Everything happening now is just so sad. And Trump's election will mean the end of America and even Western civilization. As the New York Times put it in one of their recent editorials: "Assuming that American democracy endures..." (under Trump). If I tried to explain to a Leftist that many conservatives felt the same way about the Obama Presidency, they would look at me in utter disbelief. As they cannot understand conservatives, the obvious conclusion - to them - is that we must be evil. Hence, the bitter hatred.
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