BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

Peter Berkowitz 's essay in the latest issue of the Weekly Standard provides good insight into what I think is the strategic irresponsibility of those in Israel's leadership who think that they can hold steady on a course that justifies failure on an a Palestine-Israel deal using Hamas and Iran as excuses. As things look today, the Likud Party and its chief, Benjamin Netanyahu , look like they are about to be given a stronger hand in the coming elections. And Netanyahu is pro-settlement, and in my view the continued expansion of settlements is the most toxic activity that is undermining the negotiations process and actually, in the long term, will assure a deterioration in America's support for Israel. Berkowitz points out : The major difference between the candidates went unaddressed at Herzliya. It concerns the future of Israeli settlements, the towns and cities built and populated by Israel in the territories it gained control over in 1967 in the Six Day War. While he...

Anyone besides me deeply distrubed that the media is treating Obama like the messiah? Sick of them trumpetting his Afghanistan visit rather than focusing on the realities of his flip flops and unclear policies? The stories of people fainting at his rallies and him being compared to the Beatles or Frank Sinatra? The 'softening' by his P.R. people of Michele? Blogs & sites disappearing or being scrubbed at the hands of the Obama Sheeple? Anyone else just sick at heart of the possibility of this guy being in the White House in January? American deserves and NEEDS better than this. By David Swanson A friend just described to me the scene in February 2008 in Richmond, Va., prior to the Tuesday Virginia primary in which Obama trounced Clinton. Both of them spoke at a Democratic Party dinner in Richmond, and a huge crowd outside and inside cheered and screamed, reportedly mostly for Obama. My friend said she'd not felt the same thing since the 1963 march on Washington. She...

WHEN PAT ROBERTSON SPEAKS, WACKOS LISTEN Just 2 years ago, Robertson was saying this. Now... think about who he's backing in the upcoming Presidential Election. 'nuff said. Robertson warns Pennsylvania voters of God's wrath Eight 'intelligent design' school board members lost election First posted in NOVEMBER 2005 Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting "intelligent design" and warned them Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck. Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the influential Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian Coalition, has made similar apocalyptic warnings and provocative statements before. Last summer, he hit the headlines by calling for the assassination of leftist Venezuelan Present Hugo Chavez, one of President George W. Bush's most vocal international critics. ...