Good Idea

Just throwing a crazy idea out there, while we're brainstorming: how about Israel stop wounding so damn many Palestinians.

Damn! Elvis beat me to the punch.
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Stopping the explosions would certainly be more effective and humane than treating the injuries.

'Jocelyn Znaty, a stout 60-year-old nurse for Magen David Adom, the Israeli counterpart of the Red Cross, can hardly contain her glee at the site of exploding mortars below in Gaza. "Look at that," she shouts, clapping her hands as four artillery rounds pound the territory in quick succession. "Bravo! Bravo!"...Ms. Znaty lives in Sderot, the immigrant community on Gaza's border that has long been a target for rockets fired from Gaza by Palestinian militants...It's weird that we have to take lives in order to save lives'
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123136613816062175.html
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Uh....no.

Cincy, I thought that link might take us to Joe the Plumber, er, journalist.

So many posts today. This is cynical.

It's 'Joe the Welfare Recipient' first and foremost Andy.

Yeah a tent in Srderot might have helped the UN aid workers who were bombed and killed by Israel yesterday while trying to deliver humanitarian supplies.
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Joe Klein, the more you post, the dumber you look.
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Cenk Uygur of the young turks
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Ah, Joe's having a bad week. He's going to have to put his finger in the wind again to figure out whether to follow the CW of the rest of the idiot Villagers, or that of his well-informed commenters.
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I think we all know which he'll choose.
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Poor Jokeline.

OT is anyone from Swampland going to post on the Blago's impeachment?
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Or is that a non-story.

Wow, that's a horrible idea. I mean it just screams "cherry armchair general moron." Obviously from someone who's never spent time in a combat zone.
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I mean really, who the hell thinks its a good idea to set up a hospital to be run by the people who are killing and wounding all the civilians, in the town that was being most often hit by enemy rocket fire? You're just asking for some extremely distraught person from either side to do something violent and destructive. Not to mention the tone-deafness of the idea. You really think someone who lost two sons to an artillery shell is going to be mollified and NOT hate Israel because the third kid got medical treatment from the Israelis?

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You are a fair man of the "free and fair" American MSM.

And they trust us to broker peace in that Israel(US)-Palestinian(Arab) conflict because were are even handed.

This trashy propaganda seems to be the type that Israel would pursue (and, as usual, funded by the USA taxpayer.)

We are dying to hear from you some good propaganda that benefits the other side in that conflict ...
[Or are we waiting for 6 million Arabs to be killed ..]

Andy from MA Says:
" .. OT is anyone from Swampland going to post on the Blago's impeachment? Or is that a non-story. "

According to JK, there are other priorities - like the economy and Israel's supremacy - that take precedence over concerns over the rule of law in USA, the Constitution, human rights, Geneva Conventions etc.

I worry over JK lately. Maybe the Swamp should let him go ...

SeanDecoursey: Sally Quinn. Like what the farmer said when the jackass kicked him, "you just have to consider the source."

Sean DeCoursey forgot his password Says:
" .. You really think someone who lost two sons to an artillery shell is going to be mollified and NOT hate Israel because the third kid got medical treatment from the Israelis? .. "

"A good idea"?

Suppose a lobbyist or consultant in Washington would have recommended to the Al-Queda that they set up a hospital to treat those wounded on 9/11. ...

Now, what would be JK's or Goldberg's response if an Arab-American recommended such an idea? Suddenly it wouldn't be just a discourse or an intellectual exercise.

!!!! Now, what would I think of it if JK came up with the idea?

OT -- Court rules that "not THAT Jesse White" has to sign and seal Blago's appointment of Burris.
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Ball back in Reid's court. I said Reid would cave by 12 noon Friday. I'm only off by two hours.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/state-court-rebuffs-burris-on-senate-signature.html

Andy: read the judgement. Burris can obtain a copy of the registration of the appt by paying a fee. It cannot be denied to him. The Senate cannot demand one because the letter of appt was delivered personally to the Sec of the Senate by a Blago envoy. So Hopeless Harry can use that as a fig leaf. All the time, money and effort to deals with assorted egos. What a waste!

sevenoaks07 -- What the egos will out as Obama tries to get his stimulus package through congress. Congress is a lagging indicator of the change people voted for in november. While the financial world collapses around us, the members of Congress are unscathed.

OT is anyone from Swampland going to post on the Blago's impeachment?
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Or is that a non-story.
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It's only a story when it might look bad on Obama.

Joe - yes, this is an obvious and very good idea. Time for the Israelis to demonstrate that their enemy is not the people of Gaza. If they don't do it they add to the justified impression that they bear tremendous enmity to these people who are not their enemy.

Andy - I think Blago's impeachment interrupts the story line that the Democrats are persecuting the poor old man that Blago appointed to the senate.

Kathy:
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Senator-designate Burris certainly has the poor man's version of the Lincoln Memorial. When I lived in Maine, the Portland Western cemetary had the 15 to 20 foot tall obalisks commemorating the life some wealthy merchant or landowner. I always wondered what type of ego would commission such a memorial. Then I saw Burris's monument to himself.
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My wife and I have a running joke about the size of a man's stainless steel barbecue grill in proportion to his height, lack of self esteem, or other man related component that might be smaller in size. Our assumption is the larger the grill, the smaller the...well you get the picture. I have a hunch Mr. Burris has truly a 5 megawatt stainless steel barbecue grill.
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Since I have high self esteem, and am 6'0" tall, I only need to get by with a 25,000 BTU grill.
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"poor old Man pfui!!", someone we both know well might say.

Are any of you guys watching Blago's press conference? Apparently the Illinois House has impeached Blagojevich because he wanted to bring the people more health care. He's surrounded himself with the ill, including a guy who got a liver transport and who is now going to live a full and long and happy life, and "that is not an impeachable offense." It certainly makes it clear why Fitzgerald thought we needed a little bit of a reality check with the tapes. Now Blago's reading poetry (Tennyson, I think). Totally amazing.

Andy - very satisfactory

And Blago's grill...well it can power a major metro area.

Kathy: I watched on CNN. I was gobsmacked. What was this all about? Looks like Bush's Washington is not the only place where another reality operates. Bizarre. Is he going to get poetic justice? Will the Senate hand down its decision in iambic pentameter?