Comments on: I Love New York

By: Swami

Swami — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:00:49 +0000

On the pictures over at Atlas shrugged, one of the protesters signs is misspelled.. It reads..”No comromise on Israel security”

What a bunch of morans! They can’t even spell..

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/images/stand_with_israel_rally_031.jpg

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:31:18 +0000

“…by an exponential factor of a hundred.” Yuppp! And this post brings to mind “Flip-Flop!”
Strengthens our argument: Ours. Weakens it or is no longer usefull: Theirs.

By: fshk

fshk — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:13:52 +0000

About the rally, I gotta say… NYC is overwhelmingly pro-Israel. It was either the heat or, well, something else that kept people away yesterday. A pro-Israel rally should draw half the city, you know? (But it was freakin’ hot in New York City yesterday.)

Don’t know if I can add anything useful to the discussion here; my understanding is that the fundies only support Israel insofar as they’re convinced it needs to exist for the Second Coming. Jews aren’t really part of that equation, so therefore it must be okay to be anti-semitic. Although, I don’t know why I’m trying to find logic in a rightie position, it’s not like it’s supposed to make sense.

The rightie response is like nationalism. If you critique US policy, you must hate America. If you criticise Israel, you must be pro-Palestinian. You’re with us or against us. All symptoms of the same thing.

Or maybe I just need to accept the fact that I live in Jew York.

By: Tom Hilton

Tom Hilton — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:40:54 +0000

On the other hand, I think Karl Rove might have directed the Right’s attacks elsewhere if the L.A. Times had had the courtesy to change its name to the Hollywood Times.

True…but ‘Hollywood’ itself could also (and sometimes does) serve as a code word for ‘Jewish’. Remember William Donohue’s comments: “Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular. It‘s not a secret, OK? And I‘m not afraid to say it.”

By: Steve M.

Steve M. — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:17:06 +0000

Also, the name of the New York Times contains the word “New York.” Many members of the president’s base consider “New York” to be a nifty code word for “Jewish.”

I think there’s something to this. On the other hand, I think Karl Rove might have directed the Right’s attacks elsewhere if the L.A. Times had had the courtesy to change its name to the Hollywood Times.