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More like hoping.

>> ^gwiz665:
Are you saying they're not!?

Are you saying they're not!?

>> ^demon_ix:
>> ^Truckchase:
Wow; Maybe it's because I'm on xbox live too much, but does it seem that this generation of youth is just outright racist? (not just Israel, but everywhere)

If you really believe that, why not take a camera to a Jerry Springer show, and conclude that the entire population of the US consists of angry rednecks who sleep with each others' sisters and then start fighting over it?

>> ^Truckchase:
Wow; Maybe it's because I'm on xbox live too much, but does it seem that this generation of youth is just outright racist? (not just Israel, but everywhere)


If you really believe that, why not take a camera to a Jerry Springer show, and conclude that the entire population of the US consists of angry rednecks who sleep with each others' sisters and then start fighting over it?

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I'm jewish by birth and embarrassed to be one.

I always think its crazy that Judaism = Race & Religion.
You can quit being a Muslim, a Christian, a Hindu, .etc.
But, you cant quit being a Jew.

Sorry I was trying to post this to your comment on the video and posted to your profile by mistake.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

This post linked from DailyKos Today: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/4/738969/-Obamas-speech-of-El-Cairo-and-Epsteins-debut-as-fighter

>> ^jdbates:
This seemed very disturbing to me, One thing I was curious about the kid that listed a number, so i went to the jewish virtual library, I found this-
In May 1944, numbers in the "A" series and the "B" series were first issued to Jewish prisoners, beginning with the men on May 13th and the women on May 16th. The "A" series was to be completed with 20,000; however an error led to the women being numbered to 25,378 before the "B" series was begun. The intention was to work through the entire alphabet with 20,000 numbers being issued in each letter series. In each series, men and women had their own separate numerical series, ostensibly beginning with 1.
I don't want to diminish his grandmother's horrific experience, so I'am sure he was just drunk and got the number wrong. The racist comments were also very suprising!


I honestly don't know how to respond to that. You think you know his family history better than him simply because you read a short text online? That number obviously means a great deal to him, so please, stop the "I caught you with a technical error" trolling.

Edit - Let me battle your internet-fact with my own:
"Approximately 90,000 female prisoners were identified with a series of numbers created for female prisoners in March 1942 until May 1944. Each new series of numbers introduced at Auschwitz began with “1.” Some Jewish prisoners (but not all) had a triangle tattooed beneath their serial number."
From http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007056 by Googleing the phrase "auschwitz numbering"

>> ^sepatown:
"I'm a political science major so...."

".......would you like fries with that?"

Joseph Dana, one of the co-creators of the video above, has written the following to explain why he and Max Blumenthal made the video, and what he thinks it shows:

It’s about entitlement, stupid.

Max and I went on to the streets of Jerusalem at ten o’clock on a Wednesday to ascertain the feelings of the young population about Obama’s upcoming speech in Cairo. As is often the case, the streets of central Jerusalem were not filled with native Israelis but American Jews. Doubtlessly anyone who has visited Jerusalem has encountered the droves of American Jewish kids that are sent to Israel to study for a period of time from Teaneck or Westchester. We asked people a simple question, “What do you think of Obama and Israel?” Most of the people that we talked to were dual American Israeli citizens. The answers in this video reflect the education and worrisome perspectives that many American Jews harbor towards Israeli politics. The sense of entitlement that the American Jewish community has when it comes to Israeli policy is on full raw display in the words of these young adults.

Based on our interviews these people were from high socio economic backgrounds and had developed thoughts about current Israeli politics. The question is why more journalists are not covering this story. All you have to do is walk the streets of Jerusalem and you will find dozens of people that harbor the same beliefs. As a resident of Jerusalem, I can say that the people represented in this video are not members of a fringe group or simply drunk college kids. These people reflect the sentiments shared by many people in this country and this city. These people and their families are the core of the opposition to meaningful peace between Israel and her neighbors. This is what Obama is up against.

CAIRO — Muslim shopkeepers, students and even radical groups such as Hamas praised President Barack Obama's address Thursday as a positive shift in U.S. attitude and tone. But Arabs and Muslims of all political stripes said they want him to turn his words into action _ particularly in standing up to Israel.

Obama impressed Muslims with his humility and respect and they were thrilled by his citing of Quranic verses. Aiming to repair ties with the Muslim world that had been strained under his predecessor George W. Bush, he opened with the traditional Arabic greeting "Assalamu Aleikum," which drew enthusiastic applause from his audience at Cairo University.

Even some extremist Web sites, which have carried statements from al-Qaida in the past, gave rare praise for Obama by calling him a "wise enemy." One posting on a chat room expressed admiration for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "wearing a head scarf ... and she and Obama taking off their shoes" during a visit to Cairo's Sultan Hassan mosque.

Mohammed Zakarneh, a 33-year-old former fugitive militant in the West Bank town of Jenin, said Obama's speech "planted seeds of hope in our hearts, as Arabs and Muslims."

Obama's address touched on many themes Muslims wanted to hear. He insisted Palestinians must have a state and said continued Israeli settlement in the West Bank is not legitimate. He assured them the U.S. would pull all it troops out of Iraq by 2012 and promised no permanent U.S. presence in Afghanistan.

Thanks!

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>> ^therealblankman:
Reluctant upvote only because I want to hear the rest. Full speech post, please.


You're very right.
Fixed embed with full version.

>> ^therealblankman:
Reluctant upvote only because I want to hear the rest. Full speech post, please.


You're very right.
Fixed embed with full version.

Cairo Egypt is sooooo much worse than that.

Twernt Nut'n really.

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Wow! Thanks YDJ!

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*promote

Wow! Thanks YDJ!

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*promote