tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53495437016748023082024-03-13T07:11:16.825-04:00Kauffman's CommentaryYour Source for All PoliticsKauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-5622152695128690182011-02-11T00:36:00.001-05:002011-02-11T00:37:18.421-05:00New Free Jonathan Pollard Petition<b>BREAKING NEWS</b><br />
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If you believe that Jonathan Pollard should be released, please sign this Petition and urge your friends and colleagues to sign the Petition as well.<br />
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Time is running out. Spread the word.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-8091796216468160902011-01-28T15:07:00.000-05:002011-01-28T15:07:31.170-05:00Netanyahu, Pollard Awaits Obama's ResponseIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an unprecedented move at the beginning of January 2011 finally ceded to requests from the Israeli public to write a letter to President Obama. In the letter, Netanyahu urged the President to commute Jonathan J. Pollard's life sentence.<br />
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Netanyahu stated in his letter, "<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">since Jonathan Pollard has now spent 25 years in prison, I believe that a new request for clemency is highly appropriate." Pollard's poor health was another major factor in Netanyahu's decision to write the letter. </span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">The White House has noted that they recieved the letter and are reviewing it.</span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">Netanyahu's letter marked the first time that an Israeli Prime Minister formally called for Jonathan Pollard to be released. Many prominent U.S. officials have concurred with Netanyahu's sentiment, such as George Shultz, Michael Mukasey, and James Woolsey, and wrote similar letters to the President urging executive clemency.</span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">Since acknowledging that they received Netanyahu's letter, the White House has been mum on the Pollard case and has not stated when the President intends to respond to Netanyahu.</span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">Will President Obama formally respond to Netanyahu's letter or will he keep him hanging like he did the second time that the Israeli Prime Minister visited the White House? It is almost February and no response has been given by the White House. Time will tell.</span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">In the meantime, Netanyahu will be sitting in the waiting room twiddling his thumbs. How is that for another snub.</span>Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-90937868895627812010-11-23T18:29:00.001-05:002010-11-23T19:33:51.285-05:00To Groin or not to Groin?You want to fly this Thanksgiving to get grandma's turkey? Well, if you do, you better be ready to get some of your stuffing checked by a groping TSA official.<br />
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Alas, we have reached the point in U.S. history where it is legal for another person of the same-sex to touch you in an area where only you or your spouse have exclusive rights. This open nothing off-limits touching policy only applies if you opt out of or refuse to have an x-ray picture taken of your naked body as if that is even a viable alternative.<br />
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Do we deserve to be subjected to such a sexual assault in the name of national security? The answer to that question depends on who you ask. Some will say absolutely not. Others have said if "I have to be touched in a private area in order to fly safely, then I am all for it."<br />
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To Groin or Not to Groin is finally upon us. <br />
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I fall in a gray area. While I am not at all enamored with the idea of a minimum wage TSA employee putting his hands on a No Touching Zone, I also understand that in an age of terrorism we have to loose some of our rights to ensure our safety. However, I would only accept such a blatant and gross infringement of privacy if it actually protected us from terrorism. <br />
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In this case, the x-ray images and invasive pat downs which we are now accustomed to in U.S. airports are not protecting us from terrorism or airplane hijackings at all. In fact, they are being implemented in such a way that terrorists could easily walk right through security without being targeted for pat downs or even x-ray images.<br />
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As far as I am aware, you only need to choose between an x-ray image of your naked body or a rather intrusive touch-up of your intimate areas if you are specifically asked to be targeted for the body scanner. Otherwise, you walk through the security checkpoint like its always been done before.<br />
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This is not proper or efficient security. Moreover, it will not protect us from another attack as people are randomly being subjected to the intrusive treatment whether they resemble terrorists or not. Children as young as three have been patted down in an intrusive manner as has 80 something year old grandmothers in walkers. Whereas, Middle Eastern women with Burkas or Middle Eastern men with one-way tickets to a far away island somewhere routinely stroll by security with little fanfare even though they are more likely to fit the profile of a suspected terrorist. <br />
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It is because the body scanners and the pat downs are useless in the fight against terrorism that I am adamantly opposed to them. No one should be subjected to having their groin examined let alone by a High School dropout TSA official. However, if we have no choice but to subject ourselves to such a treatment, then let it be worth something. Unfortunately, our children and elderly among the rest of ourselves are forced to be publicly humiliated in the name of government incompetence rather than national security simply because we have opted to cash in on our freedom to fly.<br />
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At the end of the day, pat downs and naked body scanners should only be permitted if there is a reasonable suspicion that the traveler is a threat to national security. If there is no viable threat, the citizenry 's privacy should be the government's paramount interest.<br />
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The problem is of course TSA officials are not competent enough to decipher whether a Middle Eastern looking man from Saudi Arabia is more of a threat to national security than a three year old American boy from Kansas.<br />
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If you really want this invasive policy to change, I suggest that you contact President Obama at the White House and demand that he preserve the privacy of the American people since he is the one who authorized the TSA to carry out these pat downs in the first place.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-86410340332510234612010-11-02T10:23:00.000-04:002010-11-02T10:23:37.365-04:00Obama calls Republicans 'enemies'Remember when Obama was above the fray...........<br />
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Not anymore. President Obama has become just like the Washington that he vowed to change when running for President in 2008. <br />
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On a Hispanic radio station, Obama urged Latinos to vote Democrat in order to prevail over our 'enemies' meaning to prevail over 'Republican enemies.' He later admitted that calling Republicans enemies was a poor choice of words.<br />
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If you thought calling Republicans enemies was over the top, Obama gave a speech recently at a political event and told the crowd that Republicans can join Democrats if they like but they have to "get in the back seat."<br />
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Could you imagine if a Republican during the 2008 campaign told Obama to "get in the back seat?" There would be massive protests and total mayhem.<br />
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Not so with Obama. He gets a free pass. At least though we can now say that Obama is not above the political rhetoric that has plagued Washington for years. He is now part of the problem.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-5784885045394969182010-10-31T14:10:00.000-04:002010-10-31T14:10:59.972-04:00Sarah Palin On The OffensiveWith just a few days before voting begins on November 2nd that could potentially bolster Republicans to power once again in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, a new and fresh controversy is brewing in Alaska which involves none other than Sarah Palin.<br />
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The Republican Senatorial candidate Joe Miller is in a tight race with the current Republican turned Independent Senator Lisa Murkowski. (Murkowsi lost to Joel Miller in the Republican Primaries and became an Independent to run in the General Election).<br />
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Miller has leveled a charge against the CBS affiliate in the Anchorage Alaska area KTVA asserting that the CBS affiliate was attempting to concoct a falsified story in order to bring down the Miller campaign only days before the midterm November elections.<br />
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Apparently, a CBS staffer called Miller's spokesman to schedule an interview. Miller's spokesman did not answer and the call went to voicemail. Instead of ending the call, the CBS staffer was accidentally overheard talking to another staffer about possible stories that could derail the Miller campaign. The spokesman's voicemail recorded the conversation. In the recorded conversation, one staffer is heard clearly telling the other staffer to get a list of Miller's campaign volunteers to see which one is a child molester.<br />
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KTVA is denying that there ever was an attempt to create a nonexistent story which could cause Miller to loose the election on November 2nd. The News Director of KTVA claimed that the staffers were merely discussing possible stories about the Miller campaign.<br />
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Meanwhile, Sarah Palin is not buying KTVA's explanation and neither is Joe Miller.<br />
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Palin added some more flames to the controversy going on Fox News today with Chris Wallace blasting the media calling them "corrupt bastards" as she sees a double standard in the media in its bias towards Republican candidates.<br />
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Editor of Kauffmans CommentaryKauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-74666731917211642192010-08-31T23:30:00.000-04:002010-08-31T23:30:07.305-04:00Paramedic Is Called to the Scene of His Murdered WifeOne day before the Obama Administration succeeded in resuming peace talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis, Israel was rocked by another terrorist attack.<br />
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The West blamed the attack on "militants" who were looking for an opportunity to sabotage the resumption of peace talks. For Israelis, the attack was another indication that peace with the Palestinians is an impossible reality.<br />
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In the latest terrorist attack, a car with four people inside came under fire in the West Bank by Palestinian snipers from Hamas. When it was all over, all four people were massacred with gun shot wounds spearing their internal organs. The four occupants in the vehicle were <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">Yitzhak Ames, 47, and his wife Tali Ames, 45, Kochava Ben- Haim, 37, and Avishai Schindler, 24. The husband and wife had picked up two hitchhikers. While en route to their destination, the Palestinian terrorists fired on the vehicle from afar and then approached the occupants and fired on them at close range.</span><br />
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When paramedics arrived on the scene, all of the victims bodies were strewn on the street.<br />
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In an anguishing turn of events, completely unaware of what he was about to discover, Momy Ben-Haim one of the paramedics who was called to the scene of the terrorist attack<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody"> was shocked to observe his wife Kochava's body strewn on the ground. Kochava happened to be one of the doomed hitchhikers who was picked up for a ride by Mr. and Mrs. Ames.</span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">When observing his dead wife lying motionless on the ground, Ben-Haim screamed and shouted "</span><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">That’s my wife! That’s my wife!" He was taken away from the scene immediately to his home. </span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">Terrorist attacks in Israel are not just attacks on the victims. They are an attack on the entire nation. </span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody">If the Palestinians ever have any shot of convincing Israelis that they are committed to peace, they will have to rein in on the terror that killed these four occupants and wrecked the life of an innocent paramedic who had no way of knowing that his life would be changed forever in a matter of minutes as he embarked on the scene of unfortunately a routine terrorist attack. </span><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_article_control_lblArticleBody"><br />
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Obama has weighed in on the Ground Zero Mosque controversy. <br />
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Can anyone guess where the President stands on this issue?<br />
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No surprise. Obama supports the building of the Mosque next to Ground Zero.<br />
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He told reporters during a trip in Florida "Muslims have the right to build a mosque near New York's Ground Zero."<br />
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Obama later clarified his remarks by stating that he did not intend to comment on the wisdom of the project.<br />
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Either way, Obama is in tank with a Mosque which is funded by radical Islamicists.<br />
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And the fallout is just beginning. GOP Senator John Cornyn predicts that Obama's support for the Mosque could hurt him politically in the Fall elections.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-89330506128747904132010-08-11T22:12:00.000-04:002010-08-11T22:12:04.137-04:00Never Give Up on Life<object height="385" width="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EDgVske63cY?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EDgVske63cY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="385" height="385"></embed></object>Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-5425573814898843332010-08-11T00:53:00.007-04:002010-08-11T13:57:08.425-04:00Zakaria Snubs the ADL<div style="font-family: inherit;">CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Host of <i>Fareed Zakaria GPS</i>, made his own headline this week when he sent shock waves across the media world announcing that he was returning an award that he received from the ADL in 2005. </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">The Anti-Defamation League, headed by Abraham Foxman, is one of the premier civil rights organizations in the United States whose mission is to fight all forms of racism in particular Antisemitism.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">The ADL awarded its Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize to Zakaria five years ago.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">Zakaria was disturbed that the ADL opposed the building of the Ground Zero Mosque which prompted him to return the award, including a $10,000.00 stipend, to the ADL. Zakaria claimed that he could not in good conscience keep the award in light of the ADL's opposition to the Ground Zero Mosque.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">Abraham Foxman responded by asserting that he was "stunned, saddened and speechless" by Zakaria's decision to return the award.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, Zakaria has taken his liberal agenda too far. </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">While it is true that the ADL does have an illustrious record in promoting and encouraging religious freedom, it can not be expected to support an institution which is funded by the very radical elements which perpetuated 9/11.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">The ADL and others have made the decision to oppose the building the Ground Zero Mosque for a very legitimate reason since it correctly believes that constructing such an institution in close proximity to the ruins of the World Trade Center would be an affront to the memories of the victims of 9/1.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">The founder of the Ground Zero Mosque claims that he funded the building of the Islamic center to foster interfaith dialogue. However, Faisal Abdul Rauf is notorious for spewing anti-American rhetoric.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">Madeline Brooks of the American Thinker overheard Rauf in one of his sermons denying that Muslims perpetuated 9/11. This illogical delusional mindset is consistent with an interview Rauf gave on CNN after 9/11. In the interview, Rauf blamed the U.S. for 9/11 asserting "<span style="font-size: small;">U.S. policies were an accessory to the crime that happened. We [the U.S.] have been an accessory to a lot of innocent lives dying in the world. Osama bin Laden was made in the USA." </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rauf has also blabbered in the past "t</span><span style="font-size: small;">errorism will end only when the West acknowledges the harm it has done to Muslims."</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Does Zakaria really believe in good faith that the ADL would support a Mosque spearheaded by a terrorist-supporting Imam?</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rauf is also known to be connected to the radical Islamic terrorist sympathizer group CAIR. His organization, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow, which raised the $4.85 million in cash dollars for the Ground Zero Mosque, is associated with Saudi Arabian leaders. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">How could anyone support the building of Mosque so close to Ground Zero funded by the very country which raised the 9/11 hijackers?</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Moreover, if anyone believes that this Mosque is not going to be a conduit for the radical Islamization of America, think again.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In addition to Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow, Rauf started the Cordoba Initiative. The Cordoba Initiative endorses Sharia law and monitors how each country, including America, follows Sharia law. Sharia law is a rigid system which requires that governance be based on the Koran without any democratic intervention.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rauf is now bringing his Cordoba Initiative Saudi -backed Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow partnership to the very heart of America.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shame on Zakaria for publicly deriding the premier Jewish civil rights organization simply because they refused to support an Islamic terrorist enterprise.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Freedom of religion does have its limits which Zakaria fails to understand.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In retrospect, it is a good thing that Zakaria returned the award to the ADL. He does not deserve to have such a distinguished award after all.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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Unfortunately, the PLO continues to be granted these diplomatic niceties on an almost automatic basis despite the fact that Abbas has showed no commitment to making peace with Israel and has made no effort to cease anti-Israel incitement on PA TV.<br />
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On the other hand, Israel has to give away the highway for Bibi Netanyahu to be permitted to stay at the Blair House for his meeting with President Obama. Go figure.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-57422395379672261942010-07-21T12:40:00.000-04:002010-07-21T12:40:20.210-04:00Air Canada Security Breach<object height="400" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DAB1GffSSZc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DAB1GffSSZc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="400" height="400"></embed></object>Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-67183879125341899152010-07-15T22:55:00.003-04:002010-07-15T22:57:58.845-04:00Memo To The United NationsATTENTION UNITED NATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS<br />
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If you want to take a break in criticizing Israel and branding the Jewish State as a pariah country and a human rights violator even when you have no evidence to support your anti-Israel viewpoints, I found the perfect place where you can turn your human rights supporting energies while you rest up before returning your attention to Israel.<br />
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Where is that perfect place?<br />
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The USA? Nope think again.<br />
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England? Nope think again.<br />
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Australia? Nope think again.<br />
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Can't think of another place that has human rights violations other than Israel and the United States?<br />
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Well let me give you a little help.<br />
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<b>NEWS HEADLINE: IRAN PLANS ON KILLING A PREGNANT WOMAN</b><br />
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<b> </b>A <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3920528,00.html">Tehran</a> court has ruled that a 25 year old woman convicted of adultery (who knows whether in fact this woman even committed adultery) will be put to death by stoning. The Judge shockingly decided to stone Maryam Ghorbanzadeh despite the fact that she is pregnant. Her attorney claims that Maryam will not be put to death until after she delivers. Whether or not Iran will have mercy on a pregnant woman remains to be seen. Since the ruling, Iran has made it clear that it will not stone Ghorbanzadeh but she could still be killed by other means. <br />
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Chances are not good that Ghorbanzadeh will escape death before she delivers if an Iranian Judge was sadistic enough to sentence a pregnant woman to stoning for supposedly committing adultery. Even if she escapes death until after delivery, a baby boy or girl will most likely grow up without a mother because of a cruel and inhumane Iranian judicial system.<br />
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Ghorbanzadeh is one of many Iranian women who have been sentenced to death or lashes for committing the crime of adultery. Iran's judicial system is so heavily slanted in favor of the husbands of these women that it purposefully ignores any evidence which debunks fallacious claims of adultery. The courts in Iran accept the accusations of Iranian men that their wives have had extramarital affairs with alacrity which means that if an Iranian man wants his wife dead; all he has to do is accuse her of adultery.<br />
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Iranian women are not on the same power chain to accuse their husbands of adultery and have any expectation of being heard in Court as it is acceptable for Iranian men to have more wives and not for Iranian women to have relations with other men.<br />
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For example, 19 year old Azhar Bakri was sentenced to death because her husband accused her of having an extramarital affair. Bakri married her husband when she was only 14. Unfortunately, Bakri has suffered unbearable abuse by the guards while in prison as she awaits her death by stoning.<br />
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Iran is a country that is replete with egregious human rights violations of the worst kind on a daily basis. The leadership has no qualms about forcing their people to accept its radical Jihadist ideology through violence. It is a totalitarian brutal dictatorship stuck in an incomprehensible mindset that follows rigid constricted Islamic rules that have no place in the 21st century.<br />
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To stone a pregnant woman or any woman for that matter for committing adultery (most of the time there is no evidence of adultery) in a modern day era is an outrageous miscarriage of justice and a gross encroachment of international law and human rights.<br />
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It would therefore behoove the United Nations and its purported human rights partners to focus its wrath on the real source of human rights violations and horrific acts of violence against women in Iran.<br />
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Somehow my hunch tells me that the United Nations will continue to fall asleep at the wheel. <br />
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However, at least I gave the United Nations with an opportunity to shift gears if it gets tired in condemning Israel for building homes in East Jerusalem.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-22047931856433290022010-07-14T00:23:00.001-04:002010-07-14T00:25:22.256-04:00Convicted Felons Elected Al Franken<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="400" id="Redlasso" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://player.redlasso.com/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="embedId=9f28d511-d0d4-4699-8bf2-77f2d0f0e3e1&pid=undefined" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://player.redlasso.com/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" flashvars="embedId=9f28d511-d0d4-4699-8bf2-77f2d0f0e3e1&pid=undefined" width="400" height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="Redlasso"></embed></object>Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-62230078946561878922010-07-06T20:42:00.001-04:002010-07-10T21:33:39.225-04:00Doubting Obama's SincerityAfter two meetings with President Obama which ended with a cold shoulder, Israeli Prime-Minister Netanyahu has finally received his long awaited and much anticipated White House photograph with the U.S. President. (Mahmoud Abbas had no trouble getting his photograph taken with the President)<br />
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Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, joked ahead of the Obama-Netanyahu meeting "There are going to be more photographers there than at the Academy Awards.” <br />
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There is no question that the change in the White House treatment of Netanyahu is in response to an attempt by Obama to lure Jewish voters to the Democrats' side just in time for the November 2010 elections.<br />
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Will Jewish voters take the bait? I would imagine some will unfortunately.<br />
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But, the real question is how long will Obama's rosy treatment of Netanyahu last?<br />
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Obama asserted today at his July 6th meeting with the Israeli Prime-Minister that he and Netanyahu are 'friends.' "The press in Israel and the U.S. like to make a story," Obama retorted.<br />
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But, the press did not concoct a story when President Obama denied Netanyahu photo-op opportunities and left the Israeli entourage stranded in the White House last March. Friends do not treat friends the way Obama has snubbed Netanyahu during his two previous meetings at the White House.<br />
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The press was simply doing its job in reporting the news for a change.<br />
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While Netanyahu was treated better this time around, his grand entrance to the White House on July 6th did not come without high costs.<br />
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If you remember, Netanyahu was scheduled to meet Obama last month at the White House. Obama canceled that meeting following the Flotilla incident telling Netanyahu to "go home." [Netanyahu was in Canada when Obama abruptly canceled the meeting]<br />
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In order for Netanyahu to have his July 6th meeting with Obama under cordial terms, Israel had to significantly ease its naval blockade of Gaza which it did to Obama's approval.<br />
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Before the next meeting, Obama also expects Israel to extend its settlement freeze in the West Bank which expires in September.<br />
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By some chance Israel decides to not extend the settlement freeze; will Obama return to his cold stance and ban photo ops at future meetings between the two leaders?<br />
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Will Obama turn on Netanyahu if he builds another bathroom in East Jerusalem? <br />
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If so, Netanyahu might want to book his hotel room at the nearby Motel 6 for his next visit to Washington.<br />
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Doubting Obama's sincerity is a logical reaction to the White House's royal treatment of Netanyahu. Obama played Netanyahu like a fiddle this time securing far reaching compromises from the Israeli leader that were prerequisites for the red carpet treatment at the White House on July 6th.<br />
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Even Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority did not have to satisfy prerequisites for his recent meeting with Obama. All Abbas had to say was that the Palestinian Authority is not inciting its people to kill Jews which is an obvious lie and Obama was easily persuaded.<br />
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Clearly, Obama does not schedule his meetings with Abbas based on his perception of the Palestinian leader at the time of the meeting.<br />
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However, recent history has shown that Obama's treatment of Netanyahu depends on the political climate at the time of the meeting.<br />
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Jewish voters should be duly advised not to get their hopes up that Obama is a changed man. His mood swings will dictate how Netanyahu is treated the next time he visits Washington.<br />
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Obama could easily turn on Netanyahu at a moment's whim.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-27796376462522744432010-07-02T19:50:00.001-04:002010-07-03T22:58:58.847-04:00Obama Doctrine: Talk to HamasWe were all accustomed to the Bush Doctrine. The Bush Doctrine pursued the elimination of terrorism wherever it can be found. Unfortunately, the Bush Doctrine has been replaced with the Obama Doctrine which espouses the complete opposite. Direct engagement with the very terrorists that President Bush vowed to destroy.<br />
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Obama Administration officials have praised Hezbollah calling them 'moderate.' The President has gone out of his way to reach out to Russia and the European Union who are notorious for powwowing with Arab terrorist-supporting regimes like Syria and Iran. It is well settled that no love is lost between Obama and Netanyahu Israel's Prime Minister. While Obama has done everything possible to distance himself from Netanyahu, he has done everything possible to cozy up to the Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the Saudi King. It is thus quite clear that Obama has reversed the Bush Doctrine completely. Instead of distancing the U.S. from its enemies and embracing its friends which is what Bush believed, Obama distances the U.S. from its friends and embraces its enemies.<br />
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One may assert that it is too strong of a statement to state that Obama is embracing enemies of the United States. Well, the previous statement may not be far off if a report from <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=173337">Worldnetdaily</a> is true. The report states that Hamas officials claim that members from the Obama Administration have already met with Hamas in Europe in secret meetings and that more meeting are planned for the future.<br />
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In the meetings, the U.S. officials asked Hamas to accept a Palestinian state in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. The U.S. officials would even be willing to make their meetings with Hamas public if they became more moderate. <br />
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Apparently, a U.S. official is scheduled to arrive in an undisclosed Arab country in the near future to deliver a telegram to Hamas from the Obama Administration. <br />
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The Obama Doctrine of reaching out to enemies of the United States originates from a perspective that the Bush Doctrine harmed U.S. interests at home and abroad by alienating the Arab world. In retrospect, the Obama Doctrine is the philosophy that is more harmful to U.S. interests at home and abroad.<br />
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By attempting to understand the enemy which the Obama Doctrine stands for, President Obama only intensifies the enemy's resolve to attack the United States. The enemy is not deterred by tolerance and understanding. Rather, the American drive to reconcile with terrorist organizations is a huge motivator for Hamas and others who share their thinking.<br />
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In actuality, these groups have no desire to come to any consensus with America. Hamas's perceived cooperation in meeting with U.S. officials is in fact their stepping stone for more ruthless attacks against the west. Hamas will ultimately use its connections with the U.S. as a ruse to enter the United States and push forward with its terrorist agenda.<br />
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While many were disenchanted with the Bush Doctrine, the Obama Doctrine is certainly a much scarier proposition. People may not have liked the fact that Bush supposedly meddled in other countries affairs by pursuing endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, the crux of the Bush Doctrine centered around protecting America at home and abroad.<br />
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The Obama Doctrine may be opposed to pursuing wars as Bush did, but it surely has no proven strategy to keep America safe if it strives to understand the modus operandi of terrorist organizations like Hamas.<br />
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Legitimizing a terrorist organization that is responsible for the deaths and maiming of thousands <a class="cssButton" href="javascript:void(0)" id="publishButton" onclick="if (this.className.indexOf("ubtn-disabled") == -1) {var e = document['postingForm'].publish;(e.length) ? e[0].click() : e.click(); if (window.event) window.event.cancelBubble = true; return false;}" target=""></a>of innocent men, women, and children, is a recipe for disaster that will backfire on the Obama Administration.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-20389807753493975152010-06-30T13:17:00.000-04:002010-06-30T13:17:43.449-04:00Newest Farrakhan Rant: Jews Control Black Entertainers<object height="3400" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lEVy4x1JmII&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lEVy4x1JmII&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="400"></embed></object>Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-62662409605784059442010-06-30T00:50:00.006-04:002010-06-30T00:55:51.820-04:00All Smiles as Obama Meets with Saudi King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">CAPTION: </span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Obama is so cozy with the Saudi King, he forgot to tell the King to "Go Home" to Saudi Arabia and get his facts straight as to why Saudi Arabia has one of the worst human rights crises in the world. Oh and on another note, Obama canceled his lunch plans with his wife to meet with the Saudi King. After all, the Saudi King has more value to the President than a Jewish Prime-Minister.</span></span></b>Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-71795602927252780102010-06-29T00:56:00.000-04:002010-06-29T00:56:32.837-04:00Kagan Not Qualified for the Supreme CourtElena Kagan has had many notable stops along the way in her legal career. Namely, she was a University of Chicago Law School Professor, Dean of Harvard University Law School, Associate White House Counsel, and most recently Solicitor General of the United States.<br />
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However, no where in her impressive career will you find Elena Kagan in a Judicial position. Other than Judicial clerkships, Elena Kagan has never been a Judge. Not only has she never been a Judge, she has never tried a jury trial in her whole career. In fact, she only gained experience in federal appellate practice litigation when she was appointed the Solicitor General in January of 2009 by President Obama. <br />
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How can we be assured that Elena Kagan will be a competent Supreme Court Justice when she has never been a Judge and only has limited actual litigation experience? Will her academic career be enough to provide her with the foresight to effectively serve on the Supreme Court?<br />
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These are the questions that Elena Kagan will have to answer in her confirmation hearings which began on Monday. She will have to respond effectively to questions from Republican Senators who want to know where she stands on the most pressing judicial issues of the day.<br />
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At the end of the day, Kagan will likely be confirmed because the Democrats have the Majority in the U.S. Senate.<br />
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But, this should not be a partisan issue. Prior Judicial experience should be a prerequisite for serving on the Supreme Court. You could argue about President Bush's nominees Justice Samuel Alito and and Chief Justice John Roberts' judicial philosophies. You could also argue about President Obama's first nominee Justice Sonia Sotamayor's judicial philosophy. <br />
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But no one could ignore the fact that both Alito, Roberts and Sotamayor all had several years of prior judicial experience which seems to me should be a requirement to even be considered for the Supreme Court. <br />
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Now, the Senators and the rest of the legal profession will only be in the position to surmise the kind of Judge Elena Kagan will become rather than have a past record to base its decision on whether Kagan has the credentials to be on the Supreme Court.<br />
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This flimsy evaluation that the Senators now have to rely upon because of the choice that President Obama has made in picking Kagan does the American people a disservice because it potentially could put someone on the Supreme Court who does not have the background to adequately assess the most important issues of the day. <br />
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The Supreme Court is the deciding factor on issues raging from civil rights, political controversies, criminal rights, abortion, marriage, among other hot topics. <br />
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For all we know which is scarce at this point, Kagan could rely on her liberal philosophy rather than any judicial framework when serving as Supreme Court Justice which is a frightening proposition. <br />
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We therefore should at the very least expect that the President of the United States will select a nominee who knows how to be a Judge to avoid any attempt by the nominee to wholly push his or her political philosophy on the American people. That should be the very minimum requirement. Otherwise, the Supreme Court will become another Congress rather than the distinguished judicial institution that it is now.<br />
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Unfortunately, Obama chose again to put his own liberal agenda ahead of the desires of the American people.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-25288259082219401222010-06-28T00:56:00.001-04:002010-06-28T00:56:52.324-04:00Pre-1967 Israel in Color<embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="400" src="http://blip.tv/play/hK8_gbOSAwI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"></embed>Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-77473403642951702332010-06-27T11:48:00.002-04:002010-06-27T11:49:36.125-04:00Biden Disparages a Wisconsin Business ManagerVice-President Biden may have only been kidding when he called a Wisconsin custard shop manager a "smart ass" after the manager told Biden that he could have the ice cream without charge if he lowered his taxes.<br />
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The business manager took no offense to Biden's response.<br />
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However, is this how the Obama Administration should be treating small business owners/managers calling them smart asses when they make a reasonable request that the government lower our taxes?<br />
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You decide. Let me know what you think of Biden's exchange with the business manager.<br />
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The letter, sponsored by Senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, contained the following language:<br />
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"We write to affirm our support for our strategic partnership with Israel, and encourage you to continue to do so before international organizations such as the United Nations. The United States has traditionally stood with Israel because it is in our national security interest and must continue to do so."<br />
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The entire letter can be read in full <a href="http://www.aipac.org/Publications/SourceMaterialsCongressionalAction/Senate_Letter_on_Flotilla.pdf">here</a>.<br />
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A similar letter was signed by seventy six Senators in April urging President Obama to stand with Israel after the President snubbed Prime-Minister Netanyahu during his last visit to the White House.<br />
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This latest letter had a more conciliatory tone which could explain why more Senators signed the letter this time.<br />
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Nevertheless, thirteen Senators did not sign the June 21st letter.<br />
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Here are the list of the Senators who did not sign the letter:<br />
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1) Jim Webb (D- VA)<br />
2) Robert Byrd (D-WV)<br />
3) John Kerry (D-MA)<br />
4) Patrick Leahy (D-VT)<br />
5) Jeff Merkley (D-OR)<br />
6) Tom Udall (D-NM)<br />
7) Daniel Akaka (D-HI)<br />
8) Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)<br />
9) Christoper Dodd (D-CT)<br />
10) Tom Harkin (D-IA)<br />
11) Bernard Sanders (I-VT)<br />
12) Jim Bunning (R-KY)<br />
13) Judd Gregg (R-NH)<br />
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Notice more D's in the non-signers category that R's.Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349543701674802308.post-75112371701364174182010-06-22T00:24:00.000-04:002010-06-22T00:24:53.183-04:00Turkey's PM behind the Flotilla<i>Kauffmans Commentary</i> reported on December 7, 2009 of Turkey's close ties with the Iranian regime and its opposition to procuring sanctions against Mahmoud Ahmadenijad's Iran.<br />
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The Turkish organization IHH's involvement in funding the Mavi Marmara's attempt to sabotage the Israeli blockade of Gaza is more evidence that Turkey is more and more becoming one of the bastions of radical Islamic terror in the Middle East which is a drastic significant shift from its longstanding moderate stance.<br />
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We now know that Turkey's own Prime Minister had ties to the Mavi Marmara ship that was headed for Gaza. This revelation certainly clinches the widespread perception in the Middle East that Turkey is no longer a moderate nation which Israel could count on for bilateral ties.<br />
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The New York-based publication <i>Hamodia</i> reported in its June 16, 2010 edition that documents seized on the ship demonstrate a connection between Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish officials and IHH. <br />
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A letter was found on the ship that was dated 10 days prior to Mavi Marmara's departure from the Turkish port. In the letter, an IHH representative requested the assistance of Turkish President Abdullah Gul to free an IHH member held in Israel. This letter reveals a cozy relationship between IHH and high-level Turkish officials suggesting that the Turkish government was well aware of IHH's hidden agenda in sending the Mavi Marmara to Gaza.<br />
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Passengers on board the Mavi Marma were more revealing in their testimonies with Israeli officials. <br />
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Some of the passengers stated that Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally knew of the Flotilla's intentions and did nothing to stop it. Those passengers stated that "the Flotilla sailed to Gaza with Erdogan's knowledge and blessings." According to these passengers, the Turkish Prime-Minister showed a personal interest in the Flotilla hoping that it would improve his status in the Arab world which he could exploit by using a confrontation with Israel to his advantage. Apparently, documents that were found on board the Mavi Marmara tend to support the contention of these passengers.<br />
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The documents found on board the ship also link the purchase of the Mavi Marmara to Erdogan. According to the discovered documents, the Mavi Marmara had been purchased by the IHH from a Turkish firm called IDO which was funded by the Istanbul Municipality. At the time the IDO was first formed, the Mayor of Istanbul was none other than Recep Tayyip Erdogan. <br />
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Despite the evidence which reveals the Turkish Prime Minister's support of the Flotilla, others have told Israeli officials that Erdogan knew what the Flotilla was up to and tried to stop them unsuccessfully.<br />
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Either way, a picture is emerging which once again debunks any claim that this ship could have carried peaceful activists.<br />
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In reality, it is seemingly apparent that the Flotilla on the Mavi Marmara was in fact a state-sponsored Turkish operation backed by Turkey's very own Prime Minister. Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537265423691195418noreply@blogger.com0