Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Rabbi Ovadia describes US president as "a slave" ruling the world

"Rabbi Ovadia Yosef , spiritual head of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party which forms part of Israel’s ruling coalition, criticized US president Barack Obama on Saturday describing him as "a slave" who rules the world and who wants to control Israeli policy when it comes to building in occupied Jerusalem. In his weekly sermon, Yosef protested that "American insidiousness tells us to build here and not to build there as though we were slaves working for them" then he adds that "We live in a time when slaves are governing us and are trying to control us" refusing the US administration request to stop illegal settlement building on Palestinian occupied territories."
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  1. vzaJuly 28, 2009 at 7:17 PM

    Then Rabbi Yosef must tell his ruling coalition that it is time for Israel to make it on its own WITHOUT U.S. aid of any kind! It is time for the U.S. to stop riunning interference for Israel at the U.N. It is time to make it ILLEGAL for any U.S. citizen to donate money to or assist in the support of illegal settlements.

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  2. anandJuly 28, 2009 at 7:24 PM

    Nicely said. Israel should make it on its own.

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  3. vzaJuly 28, 2009 at 7:34 PM

    But it may also bring unforeseen risks to the Islamist leaders of Hamas. The play currently seen nightly at Gaza City’s Shawa cultural center offers an example of how.
    Called “The Women of Gaza and the Patience of Job,” it consists of a series of contemporary and historical scenes about suffering. And while it might be helping to create a sense of solidarity among the people of Gaza, it pushes some local limits.
    In one satirical scene, for example, a Hamas fighter is standing over his rocket launcher about to fire at Israel when a woman asks about her brother, a fellow fighter.
    Oh yes, he replies excitedly, her brother is a hero. He made the Israelis quake in their boots. “He hit Tel Aviv!”
    From the audience emerges a dismissive laugh, for it knows how meaningless such boasting proved over the years.
    After the show one recent evening, its writer, director and star, Said al-Bettar, said he wrote the scene that way to make the point that, “We were the victims of a big lie.” He added, “The people paid a heavy price and society is looking for someone to express its views clearly.”
    Mr. Bettar, who is not a follower of Hamas and is popular here, said the government had not interfered with his work or criticized it. Besides mocking the rockets, he has done something else rather subversive — his entire cast (apart from himself) is female, and women sing on stage, something that is frowned upon by religious Muslims.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/middleeast/24gaza.html?_r=3

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  4. vJuly 28, 2009 at 9:08 PM

    Oh oh oh oh oh oh....don't forget to put this in...lol

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  5. vJuly 28, 2009 at 10:04 PM

    You know what your going to get for that, don't you vza? hehehe Suffer listening to this :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hDf-CyAtu4

    play it LOUD

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  6. MaracatuJuly 29, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    I am not endorsing this, but it is nevertheless interesting (despite its flaws).  Helena Cobban mentioned it in her blog:

    Bringing The Green Elephant Into The Big Tent

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  7. MaracatuJuly 29, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    Yesterday, during his weekly show on state-run television, renowned Cuban economic analyst Ariel Terrero recommended that the Cuban government place the management of certain sectors of the economy in “hands” other than the state’s.“new formulas” are put into practice. Although Terrero avoided using the word “privatization,” he explained that the Cuban government cannot successfully run the entire economy on its own and sectors like the food industry and certain types of small commerce can potentially be more productive...

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  8. anandJuly 29, 2009 at 3:53 PM

    Good news. Cuba should follow the Chinese and Indian examples.

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  9. vJuly 29, 2009 at 5:59 PM

    There are ways to proceed, but it could either be a good thing, or the worse decision ever made by the Cuban people.  It must not be allowed to grow in whatever sector to ruling oligarchs and massive corporate conglomerates. Second, it must not be allowed to be invested in to a monopoly of influence by outside interest, so as to be contorled in a neocolonial format.  These things onsidered change is desirable, however if they are not defined, it is merely the cat trying to get the best of the mouse again.

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  10. vJuly 29, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    Or, shoiuld I say - it will merely be a repeat of what China and India are TRUELY like.

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