For the first time in a long time, I am starting to actually believe that there might be peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Let's look at how things stand right now:
The current cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah is holding strong.
The Egyptians are cracking down on the flow of weapons into the Gaza Strip.
I can only hope that the good will and love being shown here will spread...
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My sarcasm detection packag... (Below threshold)1. Posted by jdubious | December 2, 2006 6:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My sarcasm detection package doesn't initialize until 7:00 SM. You ARE being sarcastic, right?
1. Posted by jdubious | December 2, 2006 6:53 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 06:53
2. Posted by harrison | December 2, 2006 7:16 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"I can only hope that the good will and love being shown here will spread..."
Oh, don't worry. It'll spread. It's in the streets of Beirut, too.
2. Posted by harrison | December 2, 2006 7:16 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 07:16
3. Posted by Oyster | December 2, 2006 7:43 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wow, I thought I'd just woken up in an alternate universe.
3. Posted by Oyster | December 2, 2006 7:43 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 07:43
4. Posted by Mac Lorry | December 2, 2006 7:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
WizBang may have been the subject of the Islamic cyber attack we have been hearing about. They are either posing as Jay or they messed with his links.
4. Posted by Mac Lorry | December 2, 2006 7:46 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 07:46
5. Posted by USMC Pilot | December 2, 2006 8:13 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay:
Don't hold your breath!
5. Posted by USMC Pilot | December 2, 2006 8:13 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 08:13
6. Posted by jp2 | December 2, 2006 8:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Just like a dam. But you know, one of those slow dams that takes a decade to break.
6. Posted by jp2 | December 2, 2006 8:39 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 08:39
7. Posted by Yogurt | December 2, 2006 9:05 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Who are you and what have you done with J.T.?
7. Posted by Yogurt | December 2, 2006 9:05 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 09:05
8. Posted by John F Not Kerry | December 2, 2006 9:17 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Imagine there's no war..."
An apt headline. Of course it would be great if no wars existed. The problem is that it only takes one aggressor to make a war. Another problem is that some on the left never even recognized the threat of the Soviet Union, let alone the one we face now from radical islamists. I would like to imagine that it is 70 Degrees here today in Minnesota...
8. Posted by John F Not Kerry | December 2, 2006 9:17 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 09:17
9. Posted by Faith+1 | December 2, 2006 9:18 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Heh, well it's obvious from the comments which commenters actually read the links for themselves and which ones don't.
9. Posted by Faith+1 | December 2, 2006 9:18 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 09:18
10. Posted by Bob Jones | December 2, 2006 9:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Imagine there's no Nancy Pelosi.
Imagine there's no Harry Reid.
Imagine there's no John Kerry.
Imagine there's no Hillary Clinton.
Imagine there's no Teddy Kennedy D-Chivas.
No, you can't? Then there's no way you can imagine peace between muslims and Jews.
10. Posted by Bob Jones | December 2, 2006 9:27 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 09:27
11. Posted by Justrand | December 2, 2006 9:40 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Wishing and hoping and
thinking and praying,
planning and dreaming
of PEACEFUL Palistinian farms...
that won't make 'em lay down their arms!"
(with HUGE apologies to Dusty Springfield)
11. Posted by Justrand | December 2, 2006 9:40 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 09:40
12. Posted by Old Coot | December 2, 2006 10:12 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Someone needs to check Jay's bedroom; I suspect a large empty seed-pod will be found. The authorities need to be notified ASAP.
12. Posted by Old Coot | December 2, 2006 10:12 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 10:12
13. Posted by 89 | December 2, 2006 10:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Bob Jones: That may have made sense to you, but to me that seems like nonsense on so many levels. Even without all those people you mention, there wouldn't be much of a difference in the Middle East, would there?
Besides, just to clarify, you're not advocating going back in a time machine and making sure that those people weren't born are you? Like Cindy Sheehan? If you are, I'll have to report you to the Time Police and the Secret Service too.
13. Posted by 89 | December 2, 2006 10:20 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 10:20
14. Posted by ET USN 71-78 | December 2, 2006 11:00 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Your headline must be inspired by the AP.
14. Posted by ET USN 71-78 | December 2, 2006 11:00 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 11:00
15. Posted by Lugnut | December 2, 2006 11:04 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay,
Where'd you get the quality crack you're smoking??
15. Posted by Lugnut | December 2, 2006 11:04 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 11:04
16. Posted by DaveD | December 2, 2006 11:33 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
When Hezbollah irons out things in Lebanon, they'll be back.
16. Posted by DaveD | December 2, 2006 11:33 AM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 11:33
17. Posted by jainphx | December 2, 2006 12:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Peace,peace,they cried but there will be no peace.Seems to me I read that some where.Oh yea in the book.
17. Posted by jainphx | December 2, 2006 12:24 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 12:24
18. Posted by AmeriDan | December 2, 2006 1:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There can never be to many satire sites. Scrappleface, BlameBush!, and now WizBang.
Good stuff Jay. Sometimes you need a good laugh in the face of all this insanity.
I do wonder where the hardcore trolls are though. They should be here praising you, for what they see as a right on target post.
They would be wrong- but that's nothing new.
18. Posted by AmeriDan | December 2, 2006 1:25 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 13:25
19. Posted by Insomniac | December 2, 2006 1:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
JT is being held prisoner at the Carter Center and Jimmah has taken control of his blog!
19. Posted by Insomniac | December 2, 2006 1:42 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 13:42
20. Posted by AmeriDan | December 2, 2006 1:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
In the spirit of the ceasefire/ truce. I pledge to never post here again. Ever. I will also stop reading this blog. Never again will my lurker eyes look upon this website.
20. Posted by AmeriDan | December 2, 2006 1:58 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 13:58
21. Posted by AmeriDan | December 2, 2006 2:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hello everyone! Just thought I'd drop in and post a comment. For the heck of it.
Gotta go now, but I'll be back- reading all the new post at
one of my favorite sites.
See Ya 'round!
21. Posted by AmeriDan | December 2, 2006 2:03 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 14:03
22. Posted by Steve Crickmore | December 2, 2006 3:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Excuse me, I have been busy listening to Bush's weekly radio addresss on Iraq which unfortunately is even less realistic than any fanciful sub-editor's headlines, on what is likely to happen in 'the mid east' .
Bush: "I recognize that the recent violence in Iraq has been unsettling. Many people in our country are wondering about the way forward. The work ahead will not be easy, yet by helping Prime Minister Maliki strengthen Iraq's democratic institutions and promote national reconciliation, our military leaders and diplomats can help put Iraq on a solid path to liberty and democracy."
'Recent violence '. Actually many of us have been 'unsettled' about violence in Iraq for some time, and our dear leader must be the only one left in the world, who still believes Iraq can be put on a solid path to liberty and democracy.
22. Posted by Steve Crickmore | December 2, 2006 3:12 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 15:12
23. Posted by AmeriDan | December 2, 2006 3:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Excuse me, but I have been....."
-SteveCrickmore
You're excused. Goodbye.
23. Posted by AmeriDan | December 2, 2006 3:19 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 15:19
24. Posted by charlesmartel | December 2, 2006 3:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's called hudna. The only kind of "peace" allowed in Islamic law is temporary cease-fire so that Muslims forces can gain strength to fight another day.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/013837.php
24. Posted by charlesmartel | December 2, 2006 3:34 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 15:34
25. Posted by 914 | December 2, 2006 4:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
More like all the qualified terrorist jihadist's are maneuvuring their asset's to Iraq where they are desperately in need of homicide volunteer's
25. Posted by 914 | December 2, 2006 4:36 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 16:36
26. Posted by Larkin | December 2, 2006 4:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There won't ever be a lasting peace between the Jews and the Arabs. Just take a look at the exploding birth rates in the Arab countries and imagine what it's going to be like 50 years from now. Also, by then some of the Arab countries are sure to have nuclear weapons.
The Jews will eventually decide that the barren scrap of land they have there just isn't worth the constant threat they are under. The whole idea of the state of Israel was to give the Jews a place where they could be free from persecution but such a country already exists; it's called the United States of America. We should let all the Jews come here and let the Arabs have that worthless strip of desert.
26. Posted by Larkin | December 2, 2006 4:55 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 16:55
27. Posted by John F Not Kerry | December 2, 2006 5:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"We should let all the Jews come here and let the Arabs have that worthless strip of desert."
Posted by: Larkin
You may not have noticed, Larkin, that the Jews actually turned that wasteland into a garden spot. Also, there ARE more Jews in America than Israel.
"The Jews will eventually decide that the barren scrap of land they have there just isn't worth the constant threat they are under."
A great form of reasoning: If something is difficult, it's not worth accomplishing. The Jews' holiest city is Jerusalem, and you say they should abandon it? Why not tell the Muslims that they should give up Mecca? Giving in to evil only leads to more evil. I know that is a hard concept for you, because you think evil resides in George W. Bush, not those who are cutting off heads and bombing pizza parlors.
27. Posted by John F Not Kerry | December 2, 2006 5:40 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 17:40
28. Posted by chsrlesmartel | December 2, 2006 6:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The problem is not that Israel exists.
Everywere Muslims border non-muslims there is war. Just a few examples...Palestine, Kashmir, Sudan, Thiland, France, chechnya, nigeria, ivory coast, Afganistan, Phillipeans, Indonesia, Turkey/Greece, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, Chad etc.
If we allow Israel to fall, then we are next.
28. Posted by chsrlesmartel | December 2, 2006 6:08 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 18:08
29. Posted by Larkin | December 2, 2006 9:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
chsrlesmartel - I don't dispute for a moment what you are saying. Almost all the places where Muslims live among non-Muslims there is conflict and strife. This has more to do with Muslim intolerance of other faiths than anything else (although it's interesting to note that Syria has large Christian population that is not subject to persecution, and Iran has the Muslim world's largest population of Jews).
The statistics show that European Jews are leaving Israel faster than they are arriving. Since Israel is prosperous I can only assume this is happening because they have decided that they would rather not live in a state of constant warfare. This doesn't make me happy--it's just a fact. In the long term, Israel can't survive if the Jews decide they don't want to live there and the Arabs keep multiplying the way they are. I know some of you would like the Jews to nuke the Arabs to keep them at bay, but I don't believe the Jews will do that. They will not be willing to commit genocide just to maintain that piece of land.
29. Posted by Larkin | December 2, 2006 9:07 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 21:07
30. Posted by charlesmartel | December 2, 2006 10:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I if course would allow Isrealis to come here if they choose. I think they don't feel as safe in Israel becuase the U.S. is sick of Iraq and won't take a strong stance on Iran(a country that calls for their destruction regularly, will have nukes and missles that can reach Israel probably within months)
The minority populations in those states are part of Islamic law known as dhimmitude. Very oppressive, restrictive circumstances but nevertheless they are "protected" or "guilty" peoples(the word in arabic means both)
30. Posted by charlesmartel | December 2, 2006 10:04 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 22:04
31. Posted by OregonMuse | December 2, 2006 10:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yeah, but it doesn't have to be worthless. Imagine that, instead of jumping up and down all day long in the hot sun waving their AK-47s and shouting "Death to Israel/America", the Palestinian Arabs worked at, say, building a bunch of fancy schmancy tourist resorts? I'm talking big hotels, swimming pools, golf courses, the works. Kind of like Palm Springs, CA, only with a mideast flavor.
My gosh, if they did that, if they actually considered doing something constructive with their lives, they'd be absolutely awash in cash. My point is, the land they're sitting on doesn't have to be worthless. If they diverted one-tenth of the energy that they spend hating Jews to building and running these tourist resorts, the Palestinians would be some of the wealthiest people on earth.
Sadly, no...
31. Posted by OregonMuse | December 2, 2006 10:35 PM |
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Posted on December 2, 2006 22:35
32. Posted by Faith+1 | December 3, 2006 7:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Some 30 comments later and it's STILL APPARENT MORE THAN HALF OF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE LINKS TO JAY TEA'S ARTICLES.
Oops, capslock. Think I'll leave it as a gift from the Clue Fairy.
32. Posted by Faith+1 | December 3, 2006 7:41 AM |
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Posted on December 3, 2006 07:41
33. Posted by USMC Pilot | December 3, 2006 8:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Faith+1:
I read all of them, and am of the firm opinion that "I WISH I HADN'T WASTED THE TIME"!
33. Posted by USMC Pilot | December 3, 2006 8:46 AM |
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Posted on December 3, 2006 08:46
34. Posted by epador | December 3, 2006 10:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Where's Emily Litella when you need her?
34. Posted by epador | December 3, 2006 10:43 PM |
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Posted on December 3, 2006 22:43