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11.11.2008

Fear of B.B.

B.B. ready to give a knockout to negotiations

I just read in the JTA today that Benjamin Netanyahu made a statement that if he were to be elected in Israel's upcoming election, he would "halt" negotiations with the Palestinians.
Personally, I was scared enough of B.B. already with his hawkish views and his not so great legacy as prime minister, but now I have proof that electing him will result in more of the same: warmongering, close-mindedness, and occupation.

When Tzipi Livni failed to build a coalition two weeks ago, Netanyahu was ahead in the polls, and I was worried that he had a good chance of taking office. Now it seems that the Livni is actually pushing ahead, although the race is still tight.

If we can see change actuallized in Washington, hopefully we can see it in Jerusalem as well.

11.05.2008

CHANGE for next 4 years! Or 8 years! Or infinity!

WOOOOO! We did it! We won!
Any by a landslide. Not only did Obama win a large majority of the national vote, he won 78% of the Jewish vote, and 95% of the black vote! (Watch this great video of Cornel West's personal take on Obama's win)

And on another totally awesome level, today Obama announced that he is choosing Rahm Emanuel to be Chief of Staff. How cool is that?
He was senior adviser to Bill Clinton, he has a lot of experience in congress, he is very focused on having peace and stability in Israel and Palestine, holds a liberal arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College, he served in the IDF, he belongs to an Orthodox synagogue in Chicago, he was a gifted ballet dancer in his youth, his father was in the Irgun, and his brother is a talent agent in LA and inspiration for Jeremy Piven's character on Entourage.
Also, he's fucking crazy and I love it.
Some examples: He once mailed a rotting fish to a former coworker after the two "parted ways"; at the celebratory dinner after Clinton won the '96 election, he threatened all of Bill's enemies with a steak knife; when Clinton was dealing with the Lewinsky affair, Rahm apparently dropped an f-bomb on Tony Blair; ending a phone call to a candidate, he's quoted saying, "Don’t fuck it up or I’ll fuck you. I’ll kill you. All right, I love you. Bye."
Sounds like Ari Gold to me.
And he justifies it as well: “In my house, when you say ‘fuck you,’ it’s a sign of endearment.” “You guys are enamored by my language. That’s not all that I do.” He's also a proven Congressional leader and powerful political strategist.

This next term is gonna be sweet.

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