@Gulam
“He went on about how history teaches that the empowerment of women makes a nation richer and more peaceful.”

It is becoming clear that ‘empowerment of women’ kills a nation.  In the nations where women are ‘empowered’, that is, where they make up a significant portion of the work force, they are not doing what they have traditionally done, that is, have babies.  Thus the birth rate of the US white population, as well as the birth rates of many European nations, are below the replacement level, and their populations are declining. 

@Gulam
“A lot of what Americans have set aside as old prejudices is in fact thewisdom of the ages. “

Yep.

The Obama speech, and the Netanyahu dismissal
actually make our motives increasingly clear. The
Obama speech was motivated by the desire to get on
the right side of history. It was met by indifference
and distrust in the ME, especially in Egypt, by
reformers who watched the US stand on the sidelines
and only declare for the reformers after it was
apparent that Mubarak was toast. Obama’s comments on
Israel and Palestinian negotiations broke no new
ground. The reaction of Netanyahu, his unyielding
rejection of all the Palestinian positions, i.e. the
return to 1967 borders, the right of return, and the
right to make East Jerusalem the capital of the new
Palestinian state- negated any reason for
negotiations. Previous American actions are
interrelated. A short while ago the US was the only
veto in the UNSC to the resolution that declared the
Israeli settlements ‘illegal’, in support of existing
resolutions. Despite the threat of diplomatic
isolation from previous US agreements that these
settlements were in fact illegal. Had the resolution
passed, it would have removed the settlements as legitimate
bargaining chips(facts on the ground). Since they
could only be legitimized by a negotiated treaty,
only if agreed to by the Palestinians. The position
of Netanyahu, carefully articulated, referred to the
1967 borders as ‘indefensible’ and ignoring the new
‘realities’ of the changes on the ground.
Indefensible because the settlements would reside
outside of Israel proper, in the new Palestinian
state. Outside of the protection by the IDF. The new
realities are the hundreds of thousands of settlers
and settlements in the WB and other territories that
would be on Palestinian land. Indefensible, not due
to the new PA air forces or nuclear arsenal, but
because the settlers would have to become Palestinian
citizens and adhere to their laws. Israeli military
forces would have to withdraw. The shaky, weak
government of Netanyahu would collapse immediately
should the his government abandon the settlers to
international law, or in any new treaty. Only the
Palestinians could legitimize the settlements, by
agreeing to accept them as part of the bargaining and
the negotiation of new borders. Carving out a major
section of the WB where the IDF could continue to
shelter and protect the settlers. Obama in referring
to land swaps gives an opening for Israel to retain
their settlements despite their patent illegality.
Therefore the insistence in direct, discreet
negotiations. His dismissal of the September vote for
statehood in the UNGA reflects the weakness of the US
position and its inability to exercise a veto. With
the overwhelming majority of nations supporting
statehood, including our allies the vote would
accelerate the diplomatic isolation of both the US
and Israel. It would increase pressure to remove and
bypass the US as the mediator, and chief obstructer
of successful negotiations. The Palestinian factions
quickly rejected the idea of abandoning the UN vote
on their statehood. The Arab street has openly
expressed skepticism and indifference to the Obama
appeals-now that history has left the US behind. The
‘Arab Spring’ is about liberating the masses from the
numerous dictators we created and supported for many
decades. Attempting to bribe(pandering to) the Egyptians with
promises of debt relief and economic aid is too
little and far too late. Our control is slipping away
along with our reputation and influence. No one is
fooled. If the empire cared about human rights, they
wouldn’t have been using our Egyptian allies to
torture our suspects. Change is in the air,
unstoppable and continuing as we watch from the
sidelines. Palestinians with no hope of a military
conquest can win their state by non violence and the
support of the overwhelming nations of the world.

Gulam Heights—of prejudice and sexual discrimination, of repression, of injustice—what else?

Ardee I suggest that you go looking on the internet
to see how much of what I say is true. I am just quoting
what I heard in Israel from religious Jews who were
convinced that secular Jews in American were going
to bring on the deluge again. When you go looking for the information about
Jewish influence avoid the anti-Semitic sites like the plague. They are few
compared with the Jewish sites that brag about this rising control over the USA
and Europe, and the anti-Jewish racist sites are are not nearly as well done as
the pro-Jewish racist sites. Yes, there is some question as to whether or not it
is really fair to call Murdock a Jew, and Steve Jobs is a bit of an unknown, but
the ownership or control of most of the most important TV networks is pretty
straightforward. Facebook, Google, Del, PayPal, and Ebay are all Jewish, or so
say various pro-Jewish web sites.

Not long ago I ran a search for “who makes porn,” and up immediately with a
site apparently run by a Jewish organization that absolutely gushed about how
that industry has always been dominated by secular Jews. I once tried to post
that link on a comment here, and the comment was automatically deleted. I
very rarely post anything other than here, but I do occasionally raise this issue
here, because this seems a logical place to discuss this most dangerous of
issues. The Jews who run this site would probably automatically block any link
to a list as you suggest that I post.

The most frightening thing of this sort that I have come across, however, is this
little jewel about anti-Semitism at Princeton. The arrogance is just so naked
here, the sense of entitlement. Bear in mind that Princeton was founded as a
school to train Protestant ministers, that according to the CIA Jews make up
1.7% of the US population, and that their percentage in New Hampshire, where
Dartmouth is located is .9%.

http://www.shmoozenet.com/jsps/stories/princeton.shtml

Gulam, May 20 at 10:19 am

So, would you mind posting your link to prove that “Jews own all the media”? While you are doing that could you tell me the original last name of Rupert Murdoch prior to ‘obviously’ having changed it from Schwartz or whatever.

Now I do know that Rupert’s dad was Sir Keith Murdoch, so he must be a Jew on his Mom’s side, huh?

I would go on but I must attend the latest pronouncement from the twelve Rabbi’s who rule the world. Bye now.

drbhelthi, May 20 at 3:48 pm,

Oliver North should have gone down in the Iran Contra Affair
Scandal, but like the whole Reagan administration they all got away
with their criminal activity.

Two Obamas;

One mounting on high horse dictating ME Policy terms 2 Arabs the other day and today a meek Obama being grossly humiliated by Israeli PM Netanyahu

The future direction of USGOV string-pullers was perhaps revealed today by
the C.I.A./Republican newspaper-mouthpiece in Florida, “NEWSMAX”.  Oliver
North, and other infamous-types, are rebuking Obama, accusing him of
“abandoning” Israel.  All of whose comments, with posed, serious-intent,
facially-distorted fotos, are published in the “NEWSMAX” online copy.

This release may be interpreted to suggest that the next 9-11 will not
occur with the Willis Tower in Chicago, or within the U.S.  Rather, it will
predictably occur in Israel.  Which would be used as grounds to scape-goat
Obama, remove him from office, and install the next puppet into the U.S.
Presidency.  Although, about thirty years ago, RockefellerSr. promised
Hillary Clinton the position, she might not be their no.1 selection,
currently. 

Just how the Rockefeller-Zionists, with the GHWBushSr/ C.I.A. might attempt
to install “Miss Hilly” into the position, is a significant question, the
answer to which has, thus far, not leaked outside the inner circle.  We
will probably know just after the destructive event occurs, predictably
before the end of 2011.  Perhaps very soon, since the propaganda tempo
continues to massively increase, as though an apex will be presently
attained.

“I would love to see a real change, but talk is cheap.  I am not giving
the benefit of the doubt anymore.”  = Gmonst

For former insiders, insiders and observers who recognize fraud, and folk
who actually practice “actions speak louder than words” rather than give
it lip-service, “doubt” for which to extend “benefit of the doubt” to
Obama, has not existed.  A review of his rise to power in Chicago tells
the inside story.

Arabian Sinbad, surfnow and Gulam may not be popular to the bloggers of
Truthdig who free-wheel on the “jew-hater” phrase.  However, it will be
interesting to see what little time passes before what they wrote will be
verified by on-line information, rather than Zionist owned, CIA
controlled, U.S. news-media.

For example, today, “Bild,” a German newspaper, carried a back-page
spread of accurate info on the Terminator-Adulterator from Austria,
who made it big in the U.S. of A., and bankrupted California.
For years, he has engaged in afternoon sex with Mildred Baena, the
housekeeper.  Nor did he reveal to his wife, Maria Shriver, that he had
had an affair with Mrs. Baena. Accurate info will reach the internet prior
to newspapers in the U.S.

If you search Google Earth for ” Jericho, Palestine” it responds
with “Jericho, Israel” and when the program zooms in on
Jericho, superimposed on the landscape are the words
“Jericho, Israel” even though everywhere else on earth the
country name is not included with the town name in this
situation. When the Jews own all your media this is the result. The real scandal
is that the vast gentile herd ignores things like this constantly. This is not doing
American Jewish children and those in Israel any long-term favours, because
when the economy crashed that herd will turn and move in another direction.
The horrors of Nazi Germany did not occur in a vacuum and come out of
nowhere. Germany was the most liberal and open place in the world for Jews
during the 19th century, much as America was in the 20th. The arrogance on
display in this Google move is precisely the kind of thing that will bring on the
deluge, again, when the dollar goes into down the drain. Go read Josephus or
Jeremiah and see how similar all of this is to earlier cycles of Jewish history.

It was a good speech, but actions speak louder than words and so far Obama’s actions have not matched the rhetoric he espouses here.  I truly hope he will change courses and make the United States act more like the “values” we supposedly so dearly love.  Too often the real American values tend to be arrogance, strength through violence, and selfishness at the expense of other people on the planet.  I would love to see a real change, but talk is cheap.  I am not giving the benefit of the doubt anymore.

This speech is a master piece of rhetorical propaganda intended to masquerade Obama’s subservient mentality to his masters the Zionists and their evil propaganda agent, the AIPAC.

Evil Netanyahu’ public criticism of the speech is an orchestrated part of the scheme to masquerade the truth of his stand.

Today, and on Sunday, Obama will meet in secret with the Devil-in-Chief of Zionism and its intellectual terrorist arm in the USA, the AIPAC, and they will celebrate American-Zionist friendship and partnership in evil and everyone will know, again in secret, who is really in control of America!

Now Obama and Congress will kiss Netanyahu’s butt, even though,ultimately fanatics like him will be as devastating to Israel as Bush-Cheney were to Amerika. If you don’t believe me I encourage you to read former Senator Mike Gravel’s piece on Counterpunch.com today. He was an insider in the process as senator, and as long as he toed the line, AIPAC backed him. As soon as he worked for a fairer process, in regards to the Palestinian’s the relationship ended.

Norbert Salamon, May 19 at 11:05 am
(Unregistered commenter)
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Though I agree with the essence of your post, I would like to correct one serious error; that’s your statement about the Yemeni oil being gone. Yemen does not have any oil and it’s now one of the poorest countries in the world.

True that in ancient and medieval times, Yemen was the seat of a great civilization and its prosperity was based on international maritime trade and advanced agriculture. And that’s why when the ancient Greek historian visited Yemen, he was so impressed by its civilization and prosperity and called “Felix Arabia.” 

May I add, that coffee was a discovery of a Yemeni shepherd and the first large scale cultivation and manufacturing of coffee took place in Yemen in the 14th century, and was later on introduced to Europe and other parts of the world. The word “Mocha” is a Yemeni city where this industry was centered. The very word of “coffee” is an adaptation from the Arabic word, and the common word “Arabica Beans” is a testimony to this historical fact.

Now, that this whole coffee industry has been destroyed, Yemen has nothing to boast about except that its ruler is a puppet of the USA empire, if this disgrace can be counted as something to boast about; and that’s also precisely why modern Yemen has become a hotbed for so-called “terrorism.”

One does not count Medieval Age’s blessings unless one considers the savagery and troubles of our times!

I encourage all here to read today’s column on Counterpunch.com from former Sen.Mike Gravel entitled ” My Political Rupture with AIPAC.”  Gravel documents what I ,through my own readings, have been led to believe- and that is progressive and righteous Israelis as well as American-Jews are being mislead by conservative voices such as in the Likud, in the same way neocons misled Americans into war after 9-11.

“Whoever thinks Obama has no courage is nuts. After the speech he made today, for the rest of his life, he’s going to wake up every morning and find the bloody head of a gefilte fish tucked under the covers with him.” = TDoff

Disagree.
Mister B.H.Obama will find only the continuation of fraud that existed prior to his insemination, personalized to him prior to his birth in Kenya, transferred to him at birth.

The falsifications of both sides of his parentage, C.I.A. affiliates of whom the honorable Dr. B.H.Obama was unaware.  Dr. B.H. Obama was “removed,” to preclude his input.  The C.I.A. affiliations and the falsifications of his parentage, his step-father, his own falsifications to include the C.I.A. - falsified birth certificates and the products resulting from his 2008 POTUS placement.  Whether
he will be aware of the millions of deaths associated with his 20 yrs of CIA affiliation, to include those resulting from his 2008 POTUS placement, is a question. 

Another question, is the NAZI/Zionist entourage almost finished with his (mis)usage?  His swagging performance in the S.E.A.L. Hollywood-style debacle, and the assumption of authority by cabinet members would seem to point in that direction - - ?

US friendship matters:

Obama spelled out Middle East US policy for all the members of ‘Arab Dictators Club’; except one, the king of all Dictators-Saudi King

News Flash!
Promised land found in New Jersey!

I think Mr. Doff deserves a Chuckle Award. Where he errs is in thinking (if he does) that the Zionists don’t damn well know that Barry’s their boy 100%. Why waste fish?

TDoff:

“Whoever thinks Obama has no courage is nuts.”

He does. I am not nuts.

“After the speech he made today, for the rest of his life, he’s going to wake up every morning and find the bloody head of a gefilte fish tucked under the covers with him.

^^^ look who IS nuts.

Gulam:

What complete nonsense.

He went on about how history teaches that the empowerment
of women makes a nation richer and more peaceful. What
complete nonsense. The first thing that German voters did
once women started voting was to elect Hitler. Extending
the vote to women took place at the same time as world wars and the
butchering of civilians in numbers never before seen. Anyone who visited the
old Soviet Union became familiar with waiting in line to deal with large,
straight-faced women in positions of low-level authority. By putting women
into the work force America and Europe more than doubled their need for
energy and they drove the gap between the haves and have nots far far wider,
because most of the best jobs went to women whose husbands already had
good jobs. This entire obesity epidemic is another by-product of destroying the
home and passing those duties along to corporations that make fast-food and
disposable diapers. Letting women run wild in public has been since the
beginning of literate civilization been THE definition of decadence, and Moses,
St. Paul, Mohammad, Martin Luther, and Brigham Young would all agree whole
heartedly. A lot of what Americans have set aside as old prejudices is in fact the
wisdom of the ages.

gdstark: Thanks for the link. Something like a real functioning world gov is certainly necessary.

Richard_Ralph_Roehl: Thank you for saying something that needs to be said. Zionism is a big part of the Beast (and PC be damned).

Whoever thinks Obama has no courage is nuts. After the speech he made today, for the rest of his life, he’s going to wake up every morning and find the bloody head of a gefilte fish tucked under the covers with him.

To truly believe in democracy means we need to replace the United Nations.  The UN perpetuates the lie that dictators represent people, when we know that’s not possible without elections.  We need a United Democratic Nations.  Like this…

http://www.UnitedDemocraticNations.org

Democracy is the only solution for increasing world peace.

gary

The time has arrived for Amerikans to stop enabling the ethno-racist Zionist apartheid theocrazy of Israel to openly commit kidnapping, torture, murder, selective assassinations in foreign lands, piracy on the high seas, ethnic cleansing… and genocide in the WARSAW GHETTO OF GAZA.

Enough of putting Israel first… and Amerika $econd. Zionism is racism! Indeed! Zionist trib-all-eeego is branding every Jew on the planet as a bigot and a racist! And it makes Amerikans the target of righteous karma screaming for nuclear evaporation!Come on! Wake up! See it! See it! Zionism is evil! Zionism is racism.

You have to read BHO’s speech carefully assuming it will be the
same when he makes the final approach.  He wants Israel to
return to the 1967 borders.  To compensate he will afford the
parties to make land swaps and then there was one curious
condition; the new Palestinian state will non-militarized——
that should go over big with Hamas.  BHO will not take any
extraordinary measures in this regard until his second term. 
And BHO’s recriminations against the PA will not dissuade them
from seeking statehood this September——that will be an
interesting development——-could be a prelude to war.

You have to read BHO’s speech carefully assuming it will be the
same when he makes the final approach.  He wants Israel to
return to the 1967 borders.  To compensate he will afford the
parties to make land swaps and then there was one curious
condition; the new Palestinian state will non-militarized——
that should go over big with Hamas.  BHO will not take any
extraordinary measures in this regard until his second term. 
And BHO’s recriminations against the PA will not dissuade them
from seeking statehood this September——that will be an
interesting development——-could be a prelude to war.

TDoff:  Could the reason be that the standard US official line is that Iraq is “a struggling democracy” whose people (of all shades of opinion)  already resent the “American presence” and if there is any hope of us getting out, it is based on them being “able to manage their own affairs.”???  (Note:  I am not advocating this attitude as my own attitude which (all too often) disgrees with “official” attitudes.)

Another issue is:  To what degree the White House is captive to the Pentagon (Eisenhowers “military industrial complex”)?  As long as this issue is not questioned, there may be no hope of defanging the MIC (especially if it means stopping wars), as those companies are not only intricately interlocked with the civilian sector, but are also employers of huge numbers of people who would otherwise be out of work. Such a shift will require a huge moral break-through.

Of course the original set-up of three branches, with the President being the Commander in Chief can be used to weaken the independence of the Presidential office itself while all the time seeming to strengthen it. The Founders could not possibly have anticipated the enormous powers the MIC has aggrandized. Where the rub comes in is that the military is not a democratic organization, and probably doesn’t want to become one. Complications are doubled by the fact that the “industrial” wing has recently become less and less democratic—in fact, seems to scorn democratic values. That leaves Congress—and as long as they are dependent on private resources to get elected, it is doubtful they will become more interested in “the people”.
Add to that the Supreme Court obvious recent scorn for “democratic values” and ... well ... lots of love, lots of thought, lots of intelligent nonviolent
participation, working toward reform, is about the only way I see ahead of us.

Obama needs to bitch slap AIPAC and BiBi this Sunday and tell them to earnestly play ball with the Palestinians or face cutoff of all U.S. Aid and immediate restrictions on military spare parts and munitions.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/05/16/obama-to-address-aipac/

Use that “Big Stick”.

Does he not get the chutzpah of asking the rest of the world to renounce violence given his own proclivities?

It was another worthless campaign speech. Even Obama’s “groundbreaking” comments on Bahrain were similar to what US presidents always say about tyrannical allies: “Yeah, ok, you guys are playing rough in the sand box, just behave and daddy will give you another candy.”

When’s the last time Obama announced he would spend billions on projects here at home? For US. With OUR money.
This is just the Obama doing the corporations’ bidding again. To Obama, democracy=capitalism. I hope they tell Obama to kiss their asses and keep his nose out of their affairs.

hello. the amount of damage this pariah has done
domestically, pleases me to watch his attentions
focused on international meddling. perhaps he feels
in his soul more bound to that region: than the
humanitarian atrocities in Russia or China. i am a
free American, and appreciate that we are in a
deepening spiral of division towards Muslim burka
communities, Sharia law, and socialism. if Iran
attacks us, we will smother them. it is a very
indignant feeling, in which my leader asks Israel to
unilaterally relinquish lands; in a modern world;
where borders are less significant. the status quo of
our relationship with Israel, is infinitely
sustainable; just alike their borders. he must have
had sunstroke, from the golf course, when he dreamt
he could wave a magic wand of billions of dollars of
American tax payer aid, and debt forgiveness; and
suddenly those camel jockeys would have exports
beyond petroleum. we don’t need no stinkin’ camels.
redistributing our tax dollars domestically, would do
more: to advance our values, and strengthen our
security. the kid is still trying to lead from
behind. he has no distinction between international
law between adjoining or agreeing nations, and his
version of imperial law. after all the work done to
disrupt the region, he is now only destroying his
political party. (if he is Republicant now, i did not
get the memo. last i read, he was {present}
Demoncrat, running for reelection.)

I would commend Norbert Salamon for thoughtful post.

I would add only that, as I listened to the President give yet another in a series of eloquent and ultimately meaningless speeches, I was rather amused ( not really) by his continued references to the rights of the people of that region while his administration continues to abuse the rights of people everywhere.

Why he did not include the repression of protests in Iraq for censure?

Gerard….

UBL send the same thing in his last communique——he told the
people of Tunisia and Egypt to not let this opportunity slip by!

You just can’t make this stuff up, but UBL and BHO were on the
same page.

“Through the moral force of nonviolence, the people of the region have achieved more change in six months than terrorists have accomplished in decades,” he said.

And more than wars have achieved in centuries!

Take heart.