tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6392341603335120371..comments2024-03-29T05:30:32.626-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Too Bad for Christians in Iraq and the Rest of The Middle EastDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17582306148439327342010-11-01T08:58:32.249-04:002010-11-01T08:58:32.249-04:00Act 2, Scene 1
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Ent...Act 2, Scene 1<br /> <br />Original Text<br /> <br />Modern Text<br /> <br />Enter MISTRESS QUICKLY, with two officers; FANG with her and SNARE following<br /> <br />MISTRESS QUICKLY enters with Sheriff FANG. Deputy SNARE follows.<br /><br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />Master Fang, have you entered the action?<br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />Master Fang, have you filed the lawsuit?<br /><br /> FANG<br />It is entered.<br /> FANG<br />It’s filed.<br /><br /><br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />Where’s your yeoman? Is ’t a lusty yeoman? Will a'<br />stand to ’t?<br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />Where’s your deputy? Is he a strong deputy? Will he rise to the occasion?<br /><br />5 FANG<br />Sirrah! Where’s Snare?<br /> FANG<br />Sirrah, where’s Snare?<br /><br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />O Lord, ay, good Master Snare.<br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />Oh my goodness! Master Snare!<br /><br /> SNARE<br />Here, here.<br /> SNARE<br />Here, here.<br /><br /> FANG<br />Snare, we must arrest Sir John Falstaff.<br /> FANG<br />Snare, we’ve got to arrest Sir John Falstaff.<br /><br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />Yea, good Master Snare, I have entered him and all.<br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />Yes, good Master Snare. I’ve filed the suit against him and everything.<br /><br />10 SNARE<br />It may chance cost some of us our lives, for he will stab.<br /> SNARE<br />It could cost some of us our lives: he’ll stab.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />Alas the day, take heed of him. He stabbed me in mine own<br />house, and that most beastly, in good faith. He cares not what<br />mischief he does. If his weapon be out, he will foin like any<br />devil. He will spare neither man, woman, nor child.<br /> MISTRESS QUICKLY<br />Oh my goodness! Watch out for him: he stabbed me in my own house, and it was nasty. I swear, he doesn’t care what trouble he causes. Once he’s got his weapon out, he’ll thrust it like the devil. He won’t spare man, woman, or child.<br /><br />15 FANG<br />If I can close with him, I care not for his thrust.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91693558660729136032010-11-01T08:55:39.936-04:002010-11-01T08:55:39.936-04:00While the idea that returning to power those that ...While the idea that returning to power those that were so wrong is a solution to the problems they created, ludicrous.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52222427656197020232010-11-01T08:53:43.188-04:002010-11-01T08:53:43.188-04:00Is that a real name, Becky Quick?
She related to ...Is that a real name, Becky Quick?<br /><br />She related to Miss Quickly?bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18359794167900325092010-11-01T08:52:44.367-04:002010-11-01T08:52:44.367-04:00That was what I said, contemporaneously.
Many fo...That was what I said, contemporaneously. <br /><br />Many folks disagreed, at the time.<br /><br />Backing the President, no matter what.<br /><br />As Mrs Palin said:<br /><i>"that's what got us in trouble in the first place"</i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1317205939371494272010-11-01T08:51:33.879-04:002010-11-01T08:51:33.879-04:00.
All the ladies at CNBC seem to be going redhead....<br /><br />All the ladies at CNBC seem to be going redhead this year. Becky Quick is looking pretty good this morning (dumb as a stump, but still...)<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30039310483647785302010-11-01T08:49:33.676-04:002010-11-01T08:49:33.676-04:00Yes we wrote it. Made a big mistake, too.Yes we wrote it. Made a big mistake, too.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54661612603227116502010-11-01T08:45:45.230-04:002010-11-01T08:45:45.230-04:00I do not think that the Rangers will win the World...I do not think that the Rangers will win the World Serious.Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14823649566010522343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15428496632484800382010-11-01T08:42:38.758-04:002010-11-01T08:42:38.758-04:00.
We will see if you are right Dougo.
I took your....<br />We will see if you are right Dougo.<br /><br />I took your posts of <br /><br />Mon Nov 01, 01:24:00 AM EDT<br /><br />Mon Nov 01, 01:12:00 AM EDT<br /><br />and saved them.<br /><br /><br />When we award the <i>Boscos</i> for 2011 you will receive an award, either one for being prescient or or one for being pixilated.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19853420771163938562010-11-01T08:42:21.484-04:002010-11-01T08:42:21.484-04:00We established an Islamic Republic, for the people...We established an Islamic Republic, for the people of Iraq.<br /><br />Just as we did in Afghanistan.<br /><br />We did it with knowledge and forethought.<br /><br />Make no mistake about that.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77295998686875152642010-11-01T08:40:53.948-04:002010-11-01T08:40:53.948-04:00Recall the "we" did not allow the Iraqi ...Recall the "we" did not allow the Iraqi to hold "their" own elections, in June of 2003.<br /><br />"We" had to set up the proper process, for "them".desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86095108059036119762010-11-01T08:38:53.045-04:002010-11-01T08:38:53.045-04:00Not "they" bob, but "we".
The...Not "they" bob, but "we".<br /><br />The Iraqi Constitution was approved by US. We wrote it.<br /><br />That is what the "victor" does.<br /><br />What we did in Germany and Japan.<br /><br />"They" was Mr Bush and his cohort.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49526241525368563042010-11-01T08:36:22.520-04:002010-11-01T08:36:22.520-04:00In these circumstances gridlock sounds pretty good...In these circumstances gridlock sounds pretty good.<br /><br />They shouldn't have put that language about Sharia in the Iraqi constitution.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75211277028826897512010-11-01T08:29:03.501-04:002010-11-01T08:29:03.501-04:00Mrs Palin promises gridlock.
No surprise there. A...Mrs Palin promises gridlock.<br /><br />No surprise there. About what is to be expected from a quitter. A politico that refused to "go the distance".desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4534560061103736952010-11-01T08:27:05.791-04:002010-11-01T08:27:05.791-04:00That the sacrifice of the seven Iraqi security for...That the sacrifice of the seven Iraqi security force members is ignored, a bitter pudding, indeed.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80581700593158524492010-11-01T08:24:02.202-04:002010-11-01T08:24:02.202-04:00On the Midnight Truckers Radio---which is mostly p...On the Midnight Truckers Radio---which is mostly political commentary--there was a four minute cut from Sarah Palin about the very question about 'working with the President'-----"no no no no no!---not on principle---that's what got us in trouble in the first place"bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16909783875204749612010-11-01T08:23:09.121-04:002010-11-01T08:23:09.121-04:00Religion was not the motivating factor in the US i...Religion was not the motivating factor in the US invasion of Iraq. In fact it was not part of the program, at all.<br /><br />Or we'd have not established an Islamic Republic, there. If we were at "War with Islam", we'd have established a secular Republic in Iraq.<br /><br />One that forbade the Government from the "establishment of religion" We'd have mirrored our own system, there.<br /><br />We did not.<br /><br />Proof is in the tasting.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16702202919477356402010-11-01T08:19:16.551-04:002010-11-01T08:19:16.551-04:00That the Baathists were the most anti radical Isla...That the Baathists were the most anti radical Islamic force in the Middle East, a known fact.<br /><br />One that even was confirmed in the Story of "o". The clearing of the Muslim Brotherhood, by the Syrian Army, an indication of how the Baathists dealt with radical Islamists. They killed them.<br /><br />That Saddam was deposed, proof positive that the US was not at "War with Islam", but had other motives for removing a secular despot.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42993116211170210892010-11-01T08:14:10.638-04:002010-11-01T08:14:10.638-04:00Compared to the Russian operation in the opera hou...Compared to the Russian operation in the opera house, the Iraqi did fabulous.<br /><br />At least 129 hostages were killed in that Russian operation in Moscow. Whether the hostages were Christians or not, not remarked upon, contemporaneously.<br /><br />In the Belsen school hostage taking, 334 of the hostages were killed when the Russian security forces attempted their rescue.<br /><br />The Iraqi did just fine, considering seven of their people died in the attempt to free the church goers.<br /><br />We can assume that those Iraqi security force members were Muslims that sacrificed their own lives, to free those Christian hostages.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2731042535729314312010-11-01T08:12:21.263-04:002010-11-01T08:12:21.263-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26124721752641315112010-11-01T08:06:09.288-04:002010-11-01T08:06:09.288-04:00Situation in Egypt
The largest Christian communit...<b>Situation in Egypt</b><br /><br /><i>The largest Christian community of the Middle East is found in Egypt, which has ten to twelve million Copts, a Christian group comprising about 15 - 20% of the country's population. The Coptic Church is an independent church that broke away from the Byzantine Orthodox in the 6th century. Copts were the majority religion in Egypt until at least the 9th century, when it was overtaken by Islam brought by Arab conquerors.<br /><br />Egypt is torn by strife generated by Islamic opposition to Egypt's official secularism and its ties with the West. Islamic radicals attacked government officials, Copts, tourists and security officers in an insurgency that has killed 1,200 people since the early 1990s.<br /><br />Egypt is a major recipient of US foreign aid, despite blatant violations of religious freedom which occurs regularly. The Copts require presidential permission to open a church, their history can no longer be taught in schools, and converts to their faith can be arrested under the National Security Act. Few Copts are found in the Egyptian government.<br /><br /><b>The London Daily Telegraph reported:</b><br /><br />... in a single month during 1998, Egyptian police detained about 1,200 Christians in Al-Kosheh, near Luxor in Upper Egypt. Seized in groups of up to 50 at a time, many were nailed to crosses or manacled to doors with their legs tied together. Then they were beaten and tortured with electric shocks to their genitals while police denounced them as "infidels."</i><br /><br />This has been going on for decades. My point in Iraq is: <br /><br />Was that considered when we occupied it? It is obvious, no.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-10747898630654672712010-11-01T08:01:47.957-04:002010-11-01T08:01:47.957-04:00Obama may not be to bright, but he is smarter than...Obama may not be to bright, but he is smarter than Ms Clinton and Mr McCain., Beat the tar out of both of them.<br /><br />If a frog had wings, doug-o, it'd not bounce its' belly when it jumped.<br /><br />Boehner was not "in charge" in 2009 and 2010, so we got what we got. If he is "in charge" in 2011 and 2012 we will still have Obamacare, because to fund his own pet projects he still needs the Senate to go along and Obama's signature. <br />Or his earmarks die.<br /><br />The GOP may win a majority in the Senate, but will not get to the magic number, 61 Senate seats. That is impossible for them to do. There are not that many Senate seats up for grabs.<br /><br />Of all the Republicans that will win in the House, how many are "Tea Partiers"? <br />Say that 50 seats do switch, there are only 20 or so "Partiers" amongst them.<br /> A minority of those that will be freshmen. No power, at all.<br /><br />Boehner will still back the status que. Just as he did during the Bush bailout.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50744720098471121782010-11-01T07:47:32.650-04:002010-11-01T07:47:32.650-04:00The acid test for me will be if the Republicans ta...The acid test for me will be if the Republicans take the road of "working with the president".<br />I don't want them working with the president, a la John McCain. The test is the health care bill. <br /><br />I want them to tell the president he is wrong and congress will not pay for it.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17022138462185433522010-11-01T07:23:15.807-04:002010-11-01T07:23:15.807-04:00While Christian population dwindles in Muslim Midd...While Christian population dwindles in Muslim Middle East, it thrives in Israel<br />"In fact, the Christian growth rate has outpaced the Jewish growth in Israel in the last 12 years!" But you wouldn't know that reading the NYT; nor would you know that the main reason Christians are dwindling is due to Muslim persecution. "NY Times Skews the News on Christian Decline in the Mideast," by Tamar Sternthal for CAMERA, May 17:<br /><br />Pope Benedict XVI's journey through Jordan, Israel and the West Bank prompted Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem bureau chief for the New York Times, to report on the declining Christian population across the Middle East. But his May 12 story, "Christians in Mideast Losing Numbers and Influence," misleads on crucial facts about this troubling trend among Palestinian and Israeli Christians. (The article also appeared May 13 in the International Herald Tribune.)<br />First, while the Christian population is diminishing throughout the Middle East, including the Palestinian areas, the opposite is true in Israel – a key fact Bronner inexplicably ignores.<br /><br />Second, contrary to Bronner's article, Palestinian Christians are not emigrating simply because of the "economy, economy, economy," but largely as a result of systematic Muslim persecution. Again, Bronner neglects this significant factor directly related to the topic of his story.<br /><br />The thrust of the Times story is that all societies in the Middle East are inhospitable to Christians, who have little future anywhere in the region. Sadly this is true in the Muslim-dominated nations surrounding Israel but it's not the case in Israel itself.<br /><br />The Situation Across the Mideast<br /><br />As Bronner notes, the Christian population throughout the Middle East has been declining for decades. In 1914, Christians constituted 26.4 percent of the total population in what today is Israel, the Palestinian areas, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, while by 2005 they represented at most 9.2 percent (Phillipe Fargues, "The Arab Christians of the Middle East: A Demographic Perspective," in Christian Communities in the Arab Middle East, Andrea Pacini, ed, Oxford University Press, as cited in Justus Reid Weiner's Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.)<br /><br />The Ignored Exception<br /><br />The exception to this regional trend is Israel, where the Christian population has thrived.<br /><br />As documented in the Central Bureau of Statistics' Statistical Abstract of Israel 2008 (Chart 2.2), in the last dozen years, Israel's Christian population grew from 120,600 in 1995 to 151,600 in 2007, representing a growth rate of 25 percent. In fact, the Christian growth rate has outpaced the Jewish growth in Israel in the last 12 years! In 1995, there were 4,522,300 Jews in Israel, and in 2007 there were 5,478,2000, representing a growth rate of 21 percent – 4 percent less than the Christian population grew during the same time....What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29291508923268399172010-11-01T06:02:45.143-04:002010-11-01T06:02:45.143-04:00They're All scum.They're All scum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23704900818168364082010-11-01T06:02:25.199-04:002010-11-01T06:02:25.199-04:00He's just a sleazy, shitbag asshole, too, thou...He's just a sleazy, shitbag asshole, too, though.<br /><br />His argument for running up a $1.3 Trillion Deficit seems to be that they had pollsters telling them that the public didn't care.<br /><br />He's overlooking that it was "Their" job to "Care."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com