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		<title>By: Chesler Chronicles &#187; The Islamic Version of Orwell&#8217;s &#8220;1984&#8243; Is Upon Us</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chesler Chronicles &#187; The Islamic Version of Orwell&#8217;s &#8220;1984&#8243; Is Upon Us</dc:creator>
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		<description>[...] I&#8217;ve previously written, the London School of Appeasement and Terrorism dis-invited or banned Douglas Murray from chairing a panel about Islam and [...]</description>
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		<title>By: akhter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A reader wrote:
Dear Mr. Shamir,

I had the following letter from a friend in the U S, and if there is anyone who can help me with the TRUE dates, numbers and facts I am sure it will be you...first I thought why would I want to bother with someone like that? but then I thought these are the types who are poisoning the American mind. I know you have much more important things to follow on than this, but if you can give me some facts about the points that he mentions I would really appreciate it.

God bless you and keep your &quot;voice of truth and wisdom&quot; roaring in this deaf world.

An ardent reader of your articles and books

Sincerely

Ibrahim

The following is the letter, I am sure some points are going to make you just as mad as they made me....thanks again....Ibrahim

SUBJECT: JERUSALEM

1. **ISRAEL** BECAME A STATE IN 1312 B.C., TWO MILLENNIA BEFORE ISLAM;

Wrong. A princedom called Israel came to existence 500 years later, and it had no relation to the ‘Jews’ who appeared a millennium later. ‘Jews’ are not even mentioned in the Torah of Moses, only in the very late books of Esther and Ezra. Islam, or belief in One God, was established by Abraham/Ibrahim a millennium earlier, while Muhammad just returned to its roots.

2. ARAB REFUGEES FROM **ISRAEL** BEGAN CALLING THEMSELVES
&quot;PALESTINIANS&quot; IN 1967, TWO DECADES AFTER (MODERN) ISRAELI STATEHOOD;

Wrong. The native dwellers of Palestine were called “Palestinians” by Herodotes in 5th century BC, 2500 years before (modern) Israeli statehood; but Herodotes never heard of Jews, though he walked across the whole land. Jews appeared three hundred years later.

3. AFTER CONQUERING THE LAND IN 1272 B.C., JEWS RULED IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE THERE FOR 3,300 YEARS;

Wrong. The Jews conquered the land in 168 BC and ruled it for 100 years until Palestine was liberated by the Roman general Pompey the Great for they killed and pillaged the natives overmuch. Another 100 years later, there was not a single Jew in Jerusalem.

4. THE ONLY ARAB RULE FOLLOWING CONQUEST IN 633 B.C. LASTED JUST 22 YEARS;

Wrong. King Herod (1st century BC) was as full-blooded Arab as Omar ibn Hattab (7th century AD) and as the Mayor of united Jerusalem, Ragheb Nashashibi in 20th century.

5. FOR OVER 3,300 YEARS, **JERUSALEM** WAS THE JEWISH CAPITAL. IT WAS NEVER THE CAPITAL OF ANY ARAB OR MUSLIM ENTITY. EVEN UNDER JORDANIAN RULE,

Wrong. Jerusalem was the capital of Jews for 100 years (2nd – 1st century BC), and it was the capital of Christian Kingdom for 100 years, and a capital of a Muslim and Christian province for 1900 years, while it was the holy place of pilgrimage for all its history.

(EAST) **JERUSALEM** WAS NOT MADE THE CAPITAL, AND NO ARAB LEADER CAME TO VISIT IT;

Jerusalem was the centre of pilgrimage, and Arab, Muslim and Christian leaders came to venerate there, until being forbidden to enter by the Jews, while [first PM] David Ben Gurion went to New York before he came to visit Jerusalem, and [first President] Haim Weitzman hated the city.

6. **JERUSALEM** IS MENTIONED OVER 700 TIMES IN THE BIBLE, BUT NOT ONCE IS IT MENTIONED IN THE QUR&#039;AN;

Wrong. Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Torah of Moses even once, while there are thousands of Muslim stories about Jerusalem, and Jerusalem is the place of Crucifixion and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

7. KING DAVID FOUNDED **JERUSALEM**; MOHAMMED NEVER SET FOOT IN IT;

Wrong. Jerusalem was founded six hundred years before King David, who was a Muslim prophet and ancestor of Christ anyway, and the Prophet Muhammad prayed there in his praying place, while one of the most important events in life of Muhammad (al-Miraj) took place in Jerusalem as described in Koran. Jewish connection to King David? They bombed this hotel!

8. JEWS PRAY FACING **JERUSALEM**; MUSLIMS FACE **MECCA**. IF THEY ARE BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, MUSLIMS PRAY FACING **MECCA**, WITH THEIR BACKS TO **JERUSALEM**;

Christians and Muslims venerate God in Jerusalem, Jews crucified Him there.

9. IN 1948, ARAB LEADERS URGED THEIR PEOPLE TO LEAVE, PROMISING TO CLEANSE THE LAND OF JEWISH PRESENCE. 68% OF THEM FLED WITHOUT EVER SETTING EYES ON AN ISRAELI SOLDIER;

In 2006, Jewish leaders did not ask their people to leave, but 70% of them ran away from the North in fear of Hizbollah missiles without ever setting eyes on a Lebanese guerrilla.

10. VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE JEWISH POPULATION OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES HAD TO FLEE AS THE RESULT OF VIOLENCE AND POGROMS;

Virtually entire Christian and Muslim population of Jerusalem was forcefully expelled from the Jewish occupation zone in 1948, while the Jews of Iraq, Morocco and Egypt enjoyed peace and prestige.

11. SOME 630,000 ARABS LEFT ISRAEL IN 1948, WHILE CLOSE TO A MILLION JEWS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES;

Arab Jews were seduced or forced by Zionists to leave their homes, while the Palestinians were expelled by the same Zionists.

12. IN SPITE OF THE VAST TERRITORIES AT THEIR DISPOSAL, ARAB REFUGEES WERE DELIBERATELY PREVENTED FROM ASSIMILATING INTO THEIR HOST COUNTRIES. OF 100 MILLION REFUGEES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR 2, THEY ARE THE ONLY GROUP TO HAVE NEVER INTEGRATED WITH THEIR CORELIGIONISTS. MOST OF THE JEWISH REFUGEES FROM **EUROPE** AND **ARAB LANDS** WERE SETTLED IN **ISRAEL**, A COUNTRY NO LARGER THAN NEW **JERSEY**;

The Palestinians are forever faithful to Palestine, while Jews do not mind to change countries and allegiances.

13. THERE ARE 22 MUSLIM COUNTRIES, NOT COUNTING **PALESTINE**. THERE IS ONLY ONE JEWISH STATE. ARABS STARTED ALL FIVE WARS AGAINST **ISRAEL**, AND LOST EVERY ONE OF THEM;

Jews live in 160 states, and sit in parliaments of 10 countries; there are or were Jewish premier ministers in France, Russia, Austria etc. In the Jewish state, there are no goy ministers, and goyim – whether Christian or Muslim have no full rights, even if they were born there.

Arabs started only one war, in 1973, and were victorious then, and in 2006 as well. The Jews won only one war, in 1967, because they perfidiously attacked without declaring the war.

14. FATAH AND HAMAS CONSTITUTIONS STILL CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF **ISRAEL**. **ISRAEL** CEDED MOST OF THE WEST BANK AND ALL OF **GAZA** TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, AND EVEN PROVIDED IT WITH ARMS;

“Destruction of Israel” means elimination of its racist character, like destruction of the Aryan Third Reich eliminated its racism, but preserved Germany. “Destruction” of Dixie, or of Rhodesia was also blessing for all concerned.

Israel ceded nothing to the PNA but the right to clean streets. Israeli army and police may, and does enter anyplace in the West Bank and Gaza which remain surrounded by the Jewish forces.

15. DURING THE JORDANIAN OCCUPATION, JEWISH HOLY SITES WERE VANDALIZED AND WERE OFF LIMITS TO JEWS. UNDER ISRAELI RULE, ALL MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN HOLY SITES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FAITHS;

The Jews do not allow any Muslim below age of 45 to pray in the Mosque of al Aqsa, they do not allow Christians of Bethlehem to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem and do not allow Christians of Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem.

16. OUT OF 175 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS UP TO 1990, 97 WERE AGAINST **ISRAEL**; OUT OF 690 GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS, 429 WERE AGAINST **ISRAEL**;

And Israel accepted and fulfilled only one of them which equated Zionism with racism.

18. THE U.N. WAS SILENT WHEN THE JORDANIANS DESTROYED 58 SYNAGOGUES IN THE **OLD CITY** OF **JERUSALEM**. IT REMAINED SILENT WHILE **JORDAN** SYSTEMATICALLY DESECRATED THE ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY ON THE **MOUNT OF OLIVES**, AND IT REMAINED SILENT WHEN **JORDAN** ENFORCED APARTHEID LAWS PREVENTING JEWS FROM ACCESSING THE **TEMPLE MOUNT** AND WESTERN WALL.

The Jews destroyed one thousand mosques and churches in 1948; they besieged the Church of Nativity in 2002, they. Jews also desecrated hundreds of Christian and Muslim cemeteries, turned the mosque of Caesarea into a bar, and demolished the 5th century Church of St Barbara. Jews also enforced apartheid laws preventing goyim from coming back to the places they were born.

THESE ARE TRYING TIMES. WE MUST ASK OURSELVES WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, AND WHAT WE WILL TELL OUR GRANDCHILDREN ABOUT OUR ACTIONS DURING THIS CRISIS, WHEN WE HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

START NOW! SEND THIS MESSAGE TO 20 FRIENDS, AND ASK EACH OF THEM TO SEND IT TO 20 MORE. JEWISH OR NOT, IT DOES NOT MATTER.

That’s right! Do it!

TRUTH AND PEACE ARE VALUES COMMON TO ALL OF US. EVERYONE MUST KNOW!

Let them!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A reader wrote:<br />
Dear Mr. Shamir,</p>
<p>I had the following letter from a friend in the U S, and if there is anyone who can help me with the TRUE dates, numbers and facts I am sure it will be you&#8230;first I thought why would I want to bother with someone like that? but then I thought these are the types who are poisoning the American mind. I know you have much more important things to follow on than this, but if you can give me some facts about the points that he mentions I would really appreciate it.</p>
<p>God bless you and keep your &#8220;voice of truth and wisdom&#8221; roaring in this deaf world.</p>
<p>An ardent reader of your articles and books</p>
<p>Sincerely</p>
<p>Ibrahim</p>
<p>The following is the letter, I am sure some points are going to make you just as mad as they made me&#8230;.thanks again&#8230;.Ibrahim</p>
<p>SUBJECT: JERUSALEM</p>
<p>1. **ISRAEL** BECAME A STATE IN 1312 B.C., TWO MILLENNIA BEFORE ISLAM;</p>
<p>Wrong. A princedom called Israel came to existence 500 years later, and it had no relation to the ‘Jews’ who appeared a millennium later. ‘Jews’ are not even mentioned in the Torah of Moses, only in the very late books of Esther and Ezra. Islam, or belief in One God, was established by Abraham/Ibrahim a millennium earlier, while Muhammad just returned to its roots.</p>
<p>2. ARAB REFUGEES FROM **ISRAEL** BEGAN CALLING THEMSELVES<br />
&#8220;PALESTINIANS&#8221; IN 1967, TWO DECADES AFTER (MODERN) ISRAELI STATEHOOD;</p>
<p>Wrong. The native dwellers of Palestine were called “Palestinians” by Herodotes in 5th century BC, 2500 years before (modern) Israeli statehood; but Herodotes never heard of Jews, though he walked across the whole land. Jews appeared three hundred years later.</p>
<p>3. AFTER CONQUERING THE LAND IN 1272 B.C., JEWS RULED IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE THERE FOR 3,300 YEARS;</p>
<p>Wrong. The Jews conquered the land in 168 BC and ruled it for 100 years until Palestine was liberated by the Roman general Pompey the Great for they killed and pillaged the natives overmuch. Another 100 years later, there was not a single Jew in Jerusalem.</p>
<p>4. THE ONLY ARAB RULE FOLLOWING CONQUEST IN 633 B.C. LASTED JUST 22 YEARS;</p>
<p>Wrong. King Herod (1st century BC) was as full-blooded Arab as Omar ibn Hattab (7th century AD) and as the Mayor of united Jerusalem, Ragheb Nashashibi in 20th century.</p>
<p>5. FOR OVER 3,300 YEARS, **JERUSALEM** WAS THE JEWISH CAPITAL. IT WAS NEVER THE CAPITAL OF ANY ARAB OR MUSLIM ENTITY. EVEN UNDER JORDANIAN RULE,</p>
<p>Wrong. Jerusalem was the capital of Jews for 100 years (2nd – 1st century BC), and it was the capital of Christian Kingdom for 100 years, and a capital of a Muslim and Christian province for 1900 years, while it was the holy place of pilgrimage for all its history.</p>
<p>(EAST) **JERUSALEM** WAS NOT MADE THE CAPITAL, AND NO ARAB LEADER CAME TO VISIT IT;</p>
<p>Jerusalem was the centre of pilgrimage, and Arab, Muslim and Christian leaders came to venerate there, until being forbidden to enter by the Jews, while [first PM] David Ben Gurion went to New York before he came to visit Jerusalem, and [first President] Haim Weitzman hated the city.</p>
<p>6. **JERUSALEM** IS MENTIONED OVER 700 TIMES IN THE BIBLE, BUT NOT ONCE IS IT MENTIONED IN THE QUR&#8217;AN;</p>
<p>Wrong. Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Torah of Moses even once, while there are thousands of Muslim stories about Jerusalem, and Jerusalem is the place of Crucifixion and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.</p>
<p>7. KING DAVID FOUNDED **JERUSALEM**; MOHAMMED NEVER SET FOOT IN IT;</p>
<p>Wrong. Jerusalem was founded six hundred years before King David, who was a Muslim prophet and ancestor of Christ anyway, and the Prophet Muhammad prayed there in his praying place, while one of the most important events in life of Muhammad (al-Miraj) took place in Jerusalem as described in Koran. Jewish connection to King David? They bombed this hotel!</p>
<p>8. JEWS PRAY FACING **JERUSALEM**; MUSLIMS FACE **MECCA**. IF THEY ARE BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, MUSLIMS PRAY FACING **MECCA**, WITH THEIR BACKS TO **JERUSALEM**;</p>
<p>Christians and Muslims venerate God in Jerusalem, Jews crucified Him there.</p>
<p>9. IN 1948, ARAB LEADERS URGED THEIR PEOPLE TO LEAVE, PROMISING TO CLEANSE THE LAND OF JEWISH PRESENCE. 68% OF THEM FLED WITHOUT EVER SETTING EYES ON AN ISRAELI SOLDIER;</p>
<p>In 2006, Jewish leaders did not ask their people to leave, but 70% of them ran away from the North in fear of Hizbollah missiles without ever setting eyes on a Lebanese guerrilla.</p>
<p>10. VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE JEWISH POPULATION OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES HAD TO FLEE AS THE RESULT OF VIOLENCE AND POGROMS;</p>
<p>Virtually entire Christian and Muslim population of Jerusalem was forcefully expelled from the Jewish occupation zone in 1948, while the Jews of Iraq, Morocco and Egypt enjoyed peace and prestige.</p>
<p>11. SOME 630,000 ARABS LEFT ISRAEL IN 1948, WHILE CLOSE TO A MILLION JEWS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES;</p>
<p>Arab Jews were seduced or forced by Zionists to leave their homes, while the Palestinians were expelled by the same Zionists.</p>
<p>12. IN SPITE OF THE VAST TERRITORIES AT THEIR DISPOSAL, ARAB REFUGEES WERE DELIBERATELY PREVENTED FROM ASSIMILATING INTO THEIR HOST COUNTRIES. OF 100 MILLION REFUGEES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR 2, THEY ARE THE ONLY GROUP TO HAVE NEVER INTEGRATED WITH THEIR CORELIGIONISTS. MOST OF THE JEWISH REFUGEES FROM **EUROPE** AND **ARAB LANDS** WERE SETTLED IN **ISRAEL**, A COUNTRY NO LARGER THAN NEW **JERSEY**;</p>
<p>The Palestinians are forever faithful to Palestine, while Jews do not mind to change countries and allegiances.</p>
<p>13. THERE ARE 22 MUSLIM COUNTRIES, NOT COUNTING **PALESTINE**. THERE IS ONLY ONE JEWISH STATE. ARABS STARTED ALL FIVE WARS AGAINST **ISRAEL**, AND LOST EVERY ONE OF THEM;</p>
<p>Jews live in 160 states, and sit in parliaments of 10 countries; there are or were Jewish premier ministers in France, Russia, Austria etc. In the Jewish state, there are no goy ministers, and goyim – whether Christian or Muslim have no full rights, even if they were born there.</p>
<p>Arabs started only one war, in 1973, and were victorious then, and in 2006 as well. The Jews won only one war, in 1967, because they perfidiously attacked without declaring the war.</p>
<p>14. FATAH AND HAMAS CONSTITUTIONS STILL CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF **ISRAEL**. **ISRAEL** CEDED MOST OF THE WEST BANK AND ALL OF **GAZA** TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, AND EVEN PROVIDED IT WITH ARMS;</p>
<p>“Destruction of Israel” means elimination of its racist character, like destruction of the Aryan Third Reich eliminated its racism, but preserved Germany. “Destruction” of Dixie, or of Rhodesia was also blessing for all concerned.</p>
<p>Israel ceded nothing to the PNA but the right to clean streets. Israeli army and police may, and does enter anyplace in the West Bank and Gaza which remain surrounded by the Jewish forces.</p>
<p>15. DURING THE JORDANIAN OCCUPATION, JEWISH HOLY SITES WERE VANDALIZED AND WERE OFF LIMITS TO JEWS. UNDER ISRAELI RULE, ALL MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN HOLY SITES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FAITHS;</p>
<p>The Jews do not allow any Muslim below age of 45 to pray in the Mosque of al Aqsa, they do not allow Christians of Bethlehem to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem and do not allow Christians of Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem.</p>
<p>16. OUT OF 175 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS UP TO 1990, 97 WERE AGAINST **ISRAEL**; OUT OF 690 GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS, 429 WERE AGAINST **ISRAEL**;</p>
<p>And Israel accepted and fulfilled only one of them which equated Zionism with racism.</p>
<p>18. THE U.N. WAS SILENT WHEN THE JORDANIANS DESTROYED 58 SYNAGOGUES IN THE **OLD CITY** OF **JERUSALEM**. IT REMAINED SILENT WHILE **JORDAN** SYSTEMATICALLY DESECRATED THE ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY ON THE **MOUNT OF OLIVES**, AND IT REMAINED SILENT WHEN **JORDAN** ENFORCED APARTHEID LAWS PREVENTING JEWS FROM ACCESSING THE **TEMPLE MOUNT** AND WESTERN WALL.</p>
<p>The Jews destroyed one thousand mosques and churches in 1948; they besieged the Church of Nativity in 2002, they. Jews also desecrated hundreds of Christian and Muslim cemeteries, turned the mosque of Caesarea into a bar, and demolished the 5th century Church of St Barbara. Jews also enforced apartheid laws preventing goyim from coming back to the places they were born.</p>
<p>THESE ARE TRYING TIMES. WE MUST ASK OURSELVES WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, AND WHAT WE WILL TELL OUR GRANDCHILDREN ABOUT OUR ACTIONS DURING THIS CRISIS, WHEN WE HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.</p>
<p>START NOW! SEND THIS MESSAGE TO 20 FRIENDS, AND ASK EACH OF THEM TO SEND IT TO 20 MORE. JEWISH OR NOT, IT DOES NOT MATTER.</p>
<p>That’s right! Do it!</p>
<p>TRUTH AND PEACE ARE VALUES COMMON TO ALL OF US. EVERYONE MUST KNOW!</p>
<p>Let them!</p>
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		<title>By: joeblough</title>
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		<dc:creator>joeblough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I begin to think that our outlook is too rosy -- that the things we hope to eliminate are simply part of the human condition.

We may get relief, for periods of time, in particular regions or places, but ultimately all of the old irrationalities and evils will raise their head again.

While it may be the first time some of us have seen this sort of stuff with our own eyes, it is certainly not the first time it has happened. Nor is there any reason to expect that it will be the last.

Like anything else rooted in biology, and we certainly are that, human civilization requires constant tending to survive and remain healthy. The destructive forces of nature, and we can certainly count irrationality as one of those, will continue to act. 

Food rots. Gardens revert to weeds and chaos. And humans turn stupid and mad.

There is an interesting, if unproven, hypothesis out there about the origins of cancer -- that in point of fact, our bodies are producing mutated, defective cancerous cells all the time, but that normally they are eliminated by the immune system. And what we call cancer is actually an immune deficiency. 

It is certainly a fact that a baby born today is more or less identical with any savage baby born 10 thousand years ago. Normally they get civilized. But even under the best of circumstances a few criminals slip through and actually act on their criminal impulses.

It seems to me that our civilizational defenses are fatigued.

The oldest spiritual enemies of man are awake and walking the world, ignorance and envy, tribalism and power-lust, self-delusion and deceit, cowardice and the thirst for blood.

No philosopher has ever found a way to eliminate these forces and their periodic resurgence.

There is nothing for it but to gird our loins for battle, so to speak. And remember that men have defeated these evils before.

What one man can do, another can do.

Keep the faith.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I begin to think that our outlook is too rosy &#8212; that the things we hope to eliminate are simply part of the human condition.</p>
<p>We may get relief, for periods of time, in particular regions or places, but ultimately all of the old irrationalities and evils will raise their head again.</p>
<p>While it may be the first time some of us have seen this sort of stuff with our own eyes, it is certainly not the first time it has happened. Nor is there any reason to expect that it will be the last.</p>
<p>Like anything else rooted in biology, and we certainly are that, human civilization requires constant tending to survive and remain healthy. The destructive forces of nature, and we can certainly count irrationality as one of those, will continue to act. </p>
<p>Food rots. Gardens revert to weeds and chaos. And humans turn stupid and mad.</p>
<p>There is an interesting, if unproven, hypothesis out there about the origins of cancer &#8212; that in point of fact, our bodies are producing mutated, defective cancerous cells all the time, but that normally they are eliminated by the immune system. And what we call cancer is actually an immune deficiency. </p>
<p>It is certainly a fact that a baby born today is more or less identical with any savage baby born 10 thousand years ago. Normally they get civilized. But even under the best of circumstances a few criminals slip through and actually act on their criminal impulses.</p>
<p>It seems to me that our civilizational defenses are fatigued.</p>
<p>The oldest spiritual enemies of man are awake and walking the world, ignorance and envy, tribalism and power-lust, self-delusion and deceit, cowardice and the thirst for blood.</p>
<p>No philosopher has ever found a way to eliminate these forces and their periodic resurgence.</p>
<p>There is nothing for it but to gird our loins for battle, so to speak. And remember that men have defeated these evils before.</p>
<p>What one man can do, another can do.</p>
<p>Keep the faith.</p>
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		<title>By: George Jochnowitz</title>
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		<dc:creator>George Jochnowitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Markus,

Answers may never be found, both in science and in politics.  The method remains the same: searching, finding evidence and testing it, keeping one&#039;s mind open.  Dennis Overbye had an article about science and democracy in the science section of yesterday&#039;s New York Times.  It sounded very much like things I say in my book, THE BLESSED HUMAN RACE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Markus,</p>
<p>Answers may never be found, both in science and in politics.  The method remains the same: searching, finding evidence and testing it, keeping one&#8217;s mind open.  Dennis Overbye had an article about science and democracy in the science section of yesterday&#8217;s New York Times.  It sounded very much like things I say in my book, THE BLESSED HUMAN RACE.</p>
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		<title>By: Markus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Markus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Democracy is the political realization of the scientific method, as I always say.&quot;

But with the scientific method, there is one truth that one is seeking, facts to be established.  Whereas political decisions just as often involve opinions and preferences, based on innate difference in background and points of view.  Are you suggesting there is one &quot;true&quot; position for issues like, say, abortion or immigration, that ALL objectively minded people would take, regardless of whether they were Catholic or Jewish, recent immigrant or otherwise?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Democracy is the political realization of the scientific method, as I always say.&#8221;</p>
<p>But with the scientific method, there is one truth that one is seeking, facts to be established.  Whereas political decisions just as often involve opinions and preferences, based on innate difference in background and points of view.  Are you suggesting there is one &#8220;true&#8221; position for issues like, say, abortion or immigration, that ALL objectively minded people would take, regardless of whether they were Catholic or Jewish, recent immigrant or otherwise?</p>
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		<title>By: cfbleachers</title>
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		<dc:creator>cfbleachers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Phyllis, you are a lovely woman with a huge heart.  When I am asked what I think the terrorists will do to strike at us next, I always tell good people that they are incapable of thinking with enough evil to contemplate it.  You can&#039;t think as these folks do, Phyllis...because your frame of reference comes from good, not evil.

You regard the truth as a precious commodity to be protected and preserved.  There are people in this world, and unfortunately...now in our information stream, who regard it as a trifling thing, to be bent to their whim in order to deliver a &quot;message&quot; rather than facts.

Israel and America share a common denominator in this assault on honesty.  They are perpetual victims of slander, fraud and distortion. 

You, Phyllis...as a person of fundamental goodness, see individuals assigned to act as guardians of our information stream, to be holding a quasi-public trust.  One that must remain sacrosanct and placed above all political persuasions, individual agendas and party affiliations.

Those days are long gone, Phyllis.  The entrenched media minions and their morally bankrupt editors treat the truth with the ethics of a medieval bazaar.  Instead of selling their wares by intentional deceit, they twist, bend and corrupt the truth for the sake of the message.  They sacrifice the truth on the altar of leftism.

You expect that they will respond with guilt, shame or some long lost remnant of conscience when confronted with evidence of their crimes.  You can&#039;t shame a person or an institution of persons that has/have no conscience, Phyllis.

They know they are lying and they don&#039;t care.  They know they are gang raping the information stream, and that is their intention, that is the point of their existence.

They intend to shape opinion based upon a pack of lies.  It is the shaping of the opinion to meet their worldview, their beliefs, their whims... that is paramount.  And they cannot do so, if they were to tell the truth.  The truth is not on their side.

All of the issues, every one of them...depends upon honest reflection of actual facts, for an opinion to have substance.  If an opinion is formed and held based upon a pack of lies and distortions, it isn&#039;t worth the breath it takes to pronounce it.

When the stolen information stream gang rapists &quot;win over&quot; the sheep and feeble-minded, they have done so by casting faux pearls before swine, who wallow in their ignorance, believing it to be wisdom and nuance.

Who are these people who arrogate to themselves the right to rape my information stream right before our very eyes?  How dare they decide that the truth is theirs to trifle with and keep from me?  Every issue depends upon truth and facts, every one.  Therefore, those who steal the truth and facts for their own vile distortions are traitors to the people.  I would hang every one of them from the highest tree in the land...if only...we could get at the truth they have stolen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Phyllis, you are a lovely woman with a huge heart.  When I am asked what I think the terrorists will do to strike at us next, I always tell good people that they are incapable of thinking with enough evil to contemplate it.  You can&#8217;t think as these folks do, Phyllis&#8230;because your frame of reference comes from good, not evil.</p>
<p>You regard the truth as a precious commodity to be protected and preserved.  There are people in this world, and unfortunately&#8230;now in our information stream, who regard it as a trifling thing, to be bent to their whim in order to deliver a &#8220;message&#8221; rather than facts.</p>
<p>Israel and America share a common denominator in this assault on honesty.  They are perpetual victims of slander, fraud and distortion. </p>
<p>You, Phyllis&#8230;as a person of fundamental goodness, see individuals assigned to act as guardians of our information stream, to be holding a quasi-public trust.  One that must remain sacrosanct and placed above all political persuasions, individual agendas and party affiliations.</p>
<p>Those days are long gone, Phyllis.  The entrenched media minions and their morally bankrupt editors treat the truth with the ethics of a medieval bazaar.  Instead of selling their wares by intentional deceit, they twist, bend and corrupt the truth for the sake of the message.  They sacrifice the truth on the altar of leftism.</p>
<p>You expect that they will respond with guilt, shame or some long lost remnant of conscience when confronted with evidence of their crimes.  You can&#8217;t shame a person or an institution of persons that has/have no conscience, Phyllis.</p>
<p>They know they are lying and they don&#8217;t care.  They know they are gang raping the information stream, and that is their intention, that is the point of their existence.</p>
<p>They intend to shape opinion based upon a pack of lies.  It is the shaping of the opinion to meet their worldview, their beliefs, their whims&#8230; that is paramount.  And they cannot do so, if they were to tell the truth.  The truth is not on their side.</p>
<p>All of the issues, every one of them&#8230;depends upon honest reflection of actual facts, for an opinion to have substance.  If an opinion is formed and held based upon a pack of lies and distortions, it isn&#8217;t worth the breath it takes to pronounce it.</p>
<p>When the stolen information stream gang rapists &#8220;win over&#8221; the sheep and feeble-minded, they have done so by casting faux pearls before swine, who wallow in their ignorance, believing it to be wisdom and nuance.</p>
<p>Who are these people who arrogate to themselves the right to rape my information stream right before our very eyes?  How dare they decide that the truth is theirs to trifle with and keep from me?  Every issue depends upon truth and facts, every one.  Therefore, those who steal the truth and facts for their own vile distortions are traitors to the people.  I would hang every one of them from the highest tree in the land&#8230;if only&#8230;we could get at the truth they have stolen.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Palestinians need to be Judacized, civilized and uplifted for some 30 to 40 years.  Then maybe they will be capable of some form of rational self-government.  They do not come close right now.

And their loud-mouthed supporters in academia and the media?  Self-hating Americans/westerners.   I wish I could call them out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Palestinians need to be Judacized, civilized and uplifted for some 30 to 40 years.  Then maybe they will be capable of some form of rational self-government.  They do not come close right now.</p>
<p>And their loud-mouthed supporters in academia and the media?  Self-hating Americans/westerners.   I wish I could call them out.</p>
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		<title>By: jj mollo</title>
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		<dc:creator>jj mollo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it is fair to evaluate the various version of Truth in light of Deeds and Accomplishments.  The problem with Palestine is that the stark contrast is too much for Arab culture to bear.  The distinction is corroborated throughout the world where some societies grow rich and free, but others linger in medieval poverty.  Increasingly desperate versions of the Truth must be employed in defense of a clearly flawed social paradigm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it is fair to evaluate the various version of Truth in light of Deeds and Accomplishments.  The problem with Palestine is that the stark contrast is too much for Arab culture to bear.  The distinction is corroborated throughout the world where some societies grow rich and free, but others linger in medieval poverty.  Increasingly desperate versions of the Truth must be employed in defense of a clearly flawed social paradigm.</p>
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		<title>By: George Jochnowitz</title>
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		<dc:creator>George Jochnowitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is nothing as beaitiful as a fact.  In order to establish what is fact, we need science—research, testing, reconsidering—and democracy, the freedom to discuss and debate.  Democracy is the political realization of the scientific method, as I always say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is nothing as beaitiful as a fact.  In order to establish what is fact, we need science—research, testing, reconsidering—and democracy, the freedom to discuss and debate.  Democracy is the political realization of the scientific method, as I always say.</p>
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