Daily Archives: 4 December 2010

Brazil recognizes Palestinian state

open quote SAO PAULO — Brazil says it has recognized the state of Palestine based on borders at the time of Israel’s 1967 conquest of the West Bank.

The Foreign Ministry says the recognition is in response to a request made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas last month to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Silva sent a letter to Abbas on Dec. 1, saying Brazil recognizes Palestine and hopes that the recognition will help lead to states of Israel and Palestine “that will coexist peacefully and in security.”

The foreign ministry says that the recognition is “in line with Brazil’s historic willingness to contribute to peace between Israel and Palestine.”

The announcement was posted Friday on the Foreign Ministry’s website. close quote (Read more from washingtonpost.com)

Here is a map of the world by which nations recognize Palestine.

What’s wrong with the scared, unreasonable, unscientific, uninformed, inattentive, stupid, mean, cowardly, racist American people?

What’s wrong with the American people?

Obama — Scared, Unreasonable, Unscientific. “Part of the reason that our politics seem so tough right now, and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time, is because we’re hard-wired not to always think clearly when we’re scared.”

Senator Kerry — Uninformed. Inattentive.

Bill Maher — Too stupid to be governed.

First Lady Obama — Downright Mean.

Attorney General Eric Holder — “a nation of cowards.”

NY Times editorial writers on opposition to Obamacare — “racist”

Ron Paul’s analysis of the Midterm Election

Jump to 4:00 to get into the more interesting part of the discussion.

@ 4:45 — “It’s always a good day when politicians get fired, and it’s even better when they get fired for the right reasons.”
:D :D

@ 5:20 — Washington’s definition of “compromise.”

@ 6:00 — Lots of anti-liberty results in local propositions.

@ 7:25 — Ron Paul speaks about Congressman elect Justin Amash from Michigan.

@ 9:15 — “This is not a victory for the Republican Party, this is a wake up call.”

(I’m a little less optimistic, but it’s nice to see a small step in the right direction.)

Cut, Cut, Cut the Budget… Just Don’t Touch Israel

open quote Politico‘s Laura Rozen reports, via the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, that House Republican whip Eric Cantor “would propose separating U.S. aid to Israel from the foreign operations budget, which the GOP may vote to defund”:

Cantor, of Virginia, said he wants to protect funding for Israel should that situation arise.

“Part of the dilemma is that Israel has been put in the overall foreign aid looping,” he said when asked about the increasing tendency of Republicans in recent years to vote against foreign operations appropriations. “I’m hoping we can see some kind of separation in terms of tax dollars going to Israel.”

Cantor’s statement was a sign that the Republican leadership was ready to defer to the party’s right wing on this matter. Some on the GOP right have suggested including Israel aid in the defense budget, and a number of Tea Party-backed candidates have said they would vote against what is known in Congress as “foreign ops.”

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