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Category Archives: Barack Obama
The Popularity Of Peace
Joe emails: For the first time since I can remember, the Prime Minister of Israel is more popular, and wildly so, in Israel, than the President of the US. Netanyahu, who is now presiding over a country unified in its … Continue reading →
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The Obama Doctrine
Joe emails: We have had the Monroe Doctrine, the Truman Doctrine, the Reagan Doctrine, and the Bush Doctrine. We now have the Obama Doctrine. The Obama Doctrine essentially is that U.S. must, unfortunately, project force. It has to do so … Continue reading →
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Will Rabbis Take Up Obama’s Healthcare Challenge?
How many rabbis will be able to resist the urge to pontificate during the Days of Awe about matters on which they know little? Noam Neusner writes in the Forward: In the hands of Obama the potter, American Jews are … Continue reading →
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Evan Sayet Is Not Suggesting The CIA Assassinate Obama
Evan Sayet writes on Facebook: To the pros at the CIA…use your power to take down Barack Hussein Obama. He’s out to get because he hates America. You love America, that’s why you became heroes. Take this enemy of the … Continue reading →
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Obama’s Priorities
Evan Sayet writes on Facebook: "Obama pardons Black Panther thugs but threatens America’s heroes in the CIA. If you doubt what Obama’s plans are, there’s but one more piece of evidence." "If you don’t know Obama’s position on an issue, … Continue reading →
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Rabbis Talk To The President About Health Care Reform
I love this! These rabbis make me so proud! Such tough questions they asked! From The Washington Jewish Week: Moline noted that in the lead up to the president’s address, as the rabbis waited on hold, "there was a lot … Continue reading →
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Evan Sayet Compares The Obama Administration To The Nazis
From Evan’s Facebook status update: Harry Reid: "These are nothing more than destructive efforts to interrupt a debate that we should have, and are having," Reid said. Simple question to those who aren’t terrified by the Nazi-style take-over of our … Continue reading →
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Why Was Joe Biden Included At Yesterday’s Beer Summit?
Conservatives do not have a clue. You have to be a liberal to understand this. If Joe Biden had not come along, it would’ve been two blacks (Obama and Gates) and a white (Crowley). The President wanted the colors equal … Continue reading →
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Israelis Don’t Regard Obama As A Friend
An editor of the left-wing Israeli newspaper Haaretz writes in the New York Times: Six months into his presidency, Israelis find themselves increasingly suspicious of Mr. Obama. All they see is American pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to freeze … Continue reading →
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What Professor Gates Did to President Obama
Joe emails: What Madoff did to sully the otherwise sterling reputation of Jews in money management is nothing compared to what Professor Gates has done to make Obama look like a total zero. If you want to know how middle … Continue reading →
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