tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post2982550071554191394..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Don't Expect Another Obama/Clinton Press Conference Anytime SoonDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38973066139604386822010-12-11T21:44:46.740-05:002010-12-11T21:44:46.740-05:00fuck, you guys are weird:
rat wrote:
"The s...fuck, you guys are weird:<br /><br />rat wrote:<br /><br />"The second ethnic cleansing without genocide occurred in Russia, during the 1990's. Well over a million Jews were cleansed from Russian society, not even a few died in the process."{<br /><br />Now, I agree that is a back hand slap at Russian Jewish immigration but to conflate that with the Soviet genocide of jews is silly.<br /><br />Ethnic cleansing could happen without genocide. Are you suggesting, allen, that WiO's proposed ethnic cleansing of Israel and the West bank necessarily means the Israelis will necessarily commit genocide to achieve that goal?Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70930443646239022142010-12-11T21:11:58.398-05:002010-12-11T21:11:58.398-05:00Ash,
Re: 1990's
Apparently you are not reall...Ash,<br /><br />Re: 1990's<br /><br />Apparently you are not really part of the conversation.<br /><br />When did the majority of Soviet Jewry leave the Soviet Union?<br /><br />Hint #1: The Soviet Union ceased to exist in what year? Feel free to wiki.<br /><br />You, however, have not given a single instance of cleansing without violence on a "genocidal" scale. I do not think you or anyone else here will be able to do so.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22162454608852916662010-12-11T17:40:04.856-05:002010-12-11T17:40:04.856-05:00ummm, doug, in the 1990's - I don't think ...ummm, doug, in the 1990's - I don't think so!Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58091186146736819792010-12-11T16:55:28.807-05:002010-12-11T16:55:28.807-05:00"As to the tens of thousands of Jews who died..."<i>As to the tens of thousands of Jews who died at the hands of the Soviet, leading to the diaspora, this would only be denied/ignored by the unread.</i>"Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51307052268662435282010-12-11T16:31:06.630-05:002010-12-11T16:31:06.630-05:00In the 1990's there was Genocide in Russia?In the 1990's there was Genocide in Russia?Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2285740388136381732010-12-11T16:26:00.339-05:002010-12-11T16:26:00.339-05:00BOXOFFICE SNEAK: 'TOURIST' Bombs Even With...<a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/first-box-office-the-tourist-bombs-even-with-johnny-depp-narnia-3d-opens-weak/" rel="nofollow">BOXOFFICE SNEAK: 'TOURIST' Bombs Even With Depp & Angelina Jolie; 'NARNIA 3D' Opens #1; 'FIGHT' Big...</a><br />Cool!<br /><br /><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101211/D9K1D21G0.html" rel="nofollow">Mangled teen found on lawn likely fell from plane...</a> <br />Not Cool<br /><br />"We feel it's important to inform federal transportation safety officials that it appears more likely than not that Mr. Tisdale was able to breach airport security and hide in the wheel well of a commercial jet liner without being detected by airport security personnel," Keating said.<br /><br />Keating called what happened to Tisdale "a terrible tragedy."<br /><br />"But if that was someone with a different motive, if that was a terrorist, that could be a bomb planted on there undetected," Keating said.<br /><br />Jon Allen, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, said: "We will work with the airport, which is responsible for access control security, to conduct a thorough investigation based on the facts and information provided by law enforcement."Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5146989565111614132010-12-11T16:16:34.449-05:002010-12-11T16:16:34.449-05:00"Well over a million Jews were cleansed from ..."<i>Well over a million Jews were cleansed from Russian society, not even a few died in the process </i>"<br /><br />Make a Bubble Chart for the <br />Bubble Head.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42157869618307663792010-12-11T16:10:57.463-05:002010-12-11T16:10:57.463-05:00Were the American Indians ethnically cleansed?
I ...Were the American Indians ethnically cleansed?<br /><br />I would say yes, as were the Celts and the Saxons.<br /><br />Of course it is situational ethics. The Germans justified it as did the European Christians that forced the Indians off their land. <br /><br />It is always dirty business but sometimes necessary in the eyes of those doing it and an injustice to whom it is done.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77315741205544866842010-12-11T15:32:28.233-05:002010-12-11T15:32:28.233-05:00Ash,
I learned to read English as a first languag...Ash,<br /><br />I learned to read English as a first language; try the first comment on this thread.<br /><br />"No genocide involved, there" seems pretty clear to me.<br /><br />"Well over a million Jews were cleansed from Russian society, not even a few died in the process" is also on the money.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24532348494896866592010-12-11T15:20:26.820-05:002010-12-11T15:20:26.820-05:00allen wrote:
"Therefore, to argue that this ...allen wrote:<br /><br />"Therefore, to argue that this ethnic cleansing contained no element of genocide is pure, unadulterated fantasy. "<br /><br />ahhh, manly men creating straw men to show just how manly they are!<br /><br />ummm, allen, the "pure unadulterated fantasy" is the notion that someone actually advanced that argument.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73381162621453833842010-12-11T14:59:15.745-05:002010-12-11T14:59:15.745-05:00As many as 2.5 million ethnic Germans were murdere...As many as 2.5 million ethnic Germans were murdered rather than repatriated. As many as 1.1 million German POWs died in Western Allied prisoner of war camps. Of course, millions of German POWs died at the hands of the Red Army.<br /><br />Among others, see:<br />OTHER LOSSES<br />An Investigation into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans After World War II<br />___James Bacque<br /><br />Those concurring with Mr. Bacque would include Colonel Ernest F. Fisher (101st Airborne, WWII) tasked with investigating conditions in allied POW camps. The Colonel went on to become Senior Historian of the United States Army.<br /><br />Therefore, to argue that this ethnic cleansing contained no element of genocide is pure, unadulterated fantasy. <br /><br />“Situational ethics”, indeed!<br /><br />As to the tens of thousands of Jews who died at the hands of the Soviet, leading to the diaspora, this would only be denied/ignored by the unread.<br /><br />Again, "Situational ethics", indeed!allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6637036904386071362010-12-11T14:25:55.440-05:002010-12-11T14:25:55.440-05:00That's twenty minutes after Obama left for the...That's twenty minutes after Obama left for the party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25313063394324197492010-12-11T14:24:30.427-05:002010-12-11T14:24:30.427-05:00It's my understanding that Bill went on for ab...It's my understanding that Bill went on for about twenty minutes discussing among other things, Haiti and the Start Treaty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21947174155085861392010-12-11T13:40:59.311-05:002010-12-11T13:40:59.311-05:00anti-ethnic cleansing is just sooo PC!anti-ethnic cleansing is just sooo PC!Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58612863861153692232010-12-11T13:27:10.319-05:002010-12-11T13:27:10.319-05:00You are lovely, Melody.
I got a friend named Dick...You are lovely, Melody.<br /><br />I got a friend named Dick Nelson, the dumbest one in our class.<br /><br />We are great friends now, out at the casino.<br /><br />He always has a cigar in his mouth.<br /><br />Wonderful guy really, once you get to know him.<br /><br />He told me, Jacque was poking round.<br /><br />Watch out, this holiday season.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />(I'm working like hell to get these deeds together)Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77033304124135466502010-12-11T13:23:34.278-05:002010-12-11T13:23:34.278-05:00Rat speaks...
The second ethnic cleansing without...Rat speaks...<br /><br />The second ethnic cleansing without genocide occurred in Russia, during the 1990's. Well over a million Jews were cleansed from Russian society, not even a few died in the process.<br /><br /><br />No genocide, just prison, torture and murder for a few thousands...<br /><br /><br />Rat ignores the the brutal repression of the Jews of Russia that created the desperate need to escape the hell.<br /><br />The Jews that the russians targeted were not violent, nor suicidal, nor caused ied's<br /><br />They were scientists, poets, bakers and teachers...<br /><br />another fine revisionist history by our resident antisemiteWhat is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69050529795756043132010-12-11T11:48:08.371-05:002010-12-11T11:48:08.371-05:00Afternoon tune
Only because my name was inspired...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cCg0WkZjtA" rel="nofollow">Afternoon tune</a><br /><br /><br />Only because my name was inspired by the little girl on the couch.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76075050906140675442010-12-11T11:29:38.715-05:002010-12-11T11:29:38.715-05:00Family business is a bitch
Bernard Madoff’s son...<b> Family business is a bitch</b><br /><br /><i><br /><br />Bernard Madoff’s son Mark was found dead in his downtown New York City apartment from an apparent suicide, on the two year anniversary of the unraveling of his father’s Ponzi scheme.<br /><br />Mark Madoff, 46 years old, was found hanging in his apartment in the upmarket SoHo neighborhood by his father-in-law, who was asked to check in on him by Mr Madoff’s wife Stephanie, who was in Florida, a person familiar with the matter said.</i>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90121396697448762882010-12-11T10:28:52.708-05:002010-12-11T10:28:52.708-05:00The Crisis of the Middle
The decline in marriage ...<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/254974/crisis-middle-rich-lowry" rel="nofollow">The Crisis of the Middle</a><br /><br />The decline in marriage amplifies Middle America’s economic woes.<br /><br />The unemployment rate for people with a college degree or higher is 5 percent. If that were the rate for everyone, it’d be the 1990s again.<br /><br />But college graduates are only 30 percent of the country. For the rest of the population, the jobs picture is grimmer. For people without a high-school degree, the unemployment rate is more than 15 percent. If that were the rate for everyone, it’d be the 1930s again.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50153903644088033452010-12-11T10:08:19.490-05:002010-12-11T10:08:19.490-05:00Yes, that was an excellent video.
Makes you kind ...Yes, that was an excellent video.<br /><br />Makes you kind of wonder what the video our great, great, great grandkids will be watching will show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45932599296903865512010-12-11T09:46:32.046-05:002010-12-11T09:46:32.046-05:00.
Thanks Ash.
That was a great video.
(And th....<br /><br />Thanks Ash.<br /><br />That was a great video.<br /><br /><br /><br />(And thanks Deuce. If not for your post, I would have probably missed it.)<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46967726281679451362010-12-11T09:40:14.769-05:002010-12-11T09:40:14.769-05:00...or we are all mother fuckers now....or we are all mother fuckers now.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15871147867736369462010-12-11T09:39:35.529-05:002010-12-11T09:39:35.529-05:00Geronimo ain't yawning anymore.Geronimo ain't yawning anymore.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84480018408975923422010-12-11T09:37:51.228-05:002010-12-11T09:37:51.228-05:00No going back, we are firmly diversified into The ...No going back, we are firmly diversified into The United States of Vulgaria.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69167370003713292352010-12-11T09:34:39.175-05:002010-12-11T09:34:39.175-05:00No Ash, the cleansing went in the other direction....No Ash, the cleansing went in the other direction.<br /><br />White flight, remember?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com