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Silencing the critics
Avner Hofstein
Published: 18.11.08, 11:05
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31. silencing critics of democrats
elliot ,   usa   (11.18.08)
simply an extension of the political correctness cancer extant for decades advanced by left's misuse of language i.e. a strike is job action,arabs are victims of jews,bush and cheney caused the polar bears to drown, administered territories are 'occupied' etc...who can be agaist polar bears or for occupation...the left has always used stalinist logic and methods agaist dissent and MUST do so because it is everywhere and always a failure,even ideally!
32. silencing critics important
elliot ,   usa   (11.18.08)
article--note bho's hypocrisy in rejecting spending limits after agreeing to it,avoiding the town hall format,taking funds and support from terrorists and foreignors-allegedly without knowing-typical left -their acts and speech are always considered mainstream!
33. mark#19
Rod ,   Fargo N.Dakota   (11.18.08)
You sound like the typical woody Allen whiner, bah don'nt insult my master obamama LOL.You attack the person who is against obama not the facts.Now be a good boy and get your bagel lox and N.Y.T.
34. try asking obama to show you his real birth certificate
yahn goodey   (11.18.08)
this is another question you don't dare ask him either. i can't understand why so many americans would rather now be ruled by a kenyan born indonesian citizen instead of by 1 of their own that by law only is constitutionally allowed. but what would i know? i just read yesterday where one poster to an artical in arutzsheva said that by law benjamin netanyahu should have been appointed israels next pm after ariel sharon had his stroke but that our court system wanted olmert instead. is this true or not--i wouldn't know how to find out. we are "mushrooms"---kept in the dark and fed **** by our masters?
35. #28 if America gets involved in setting Israeli policy
USA   (11.18.08)
It'll be because the Israeli leaders allow them to. The blame for your weak government shall NOT be placed on the sane Jewish voters over here who voted for Obama.
36. This article is short on facts and long on biased rhetoric
USA   (11.18.08)
37. The "Obama Coma" effect
Ivri ,   IL   (11.18.08)
check this out www.howobamagotelected.com
38. The DEATH of Freedom
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (11.18.08)
Bolshevik? The DEATH of FREEDOM: Obama's Civilian National Security Force Obama promised change. The End of America as we know it: Obama: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwaAVJITx1Y
39. to #32, Terrorist Funding
Matt ,   US   (11.18.08)
Please provide the proof that Obama's camp accepted money from terrorists? do you have facts or did you just read that somwhere, probably on a Y-Net talback, and rewrite it? I'm sure your idea of a terrorist is anybody who doesn't support Israel 100% or who is Arab. You can't believe everything you read on the internet!
40. to all Israelis who are disgruntled over the US election....
Proud American ,   USA   (11.18.08)
If you are all so unhappy with President Obama, then i encourage you to press your leaders to disengage from America and don't accept any money, weapons, techonology or assistance of any kind. But until then, please quiet down. Without America, there would be no Israel. You may have been able to start your country, but without our help, you would not have made it through the Yom Kippur War . We are your longest and stongest alley. Please show some respect. We do not concern ourselves with your elections and leaders, so, please give us the same consideration and STAY THE HELL OUT OF OUR POLITICS. Give President Obama a chance to prove himself, like you would any other world leader. The man is not even president yet, and he is already being crucified.
41. McCain LOST--GET OVER IT!
(11.18.08)
42. 41 Irmo: McCain did not lose: America lost.
Rivkah   (11.19.08)
God lost. Babies lost since the most dangerous place in America for a baby to be is in the mother's womb or uterus. The coal industry Obama wants to tax into bankruptcy lost. Fortunately, history repeats. America is Manasseh and Obama will be the 43rd US President since Grover Cleveland was counted twice since he had non-consecutive terms. Britain is Ephraim and is on it's 43rd monarch. When ancient Israel from Saul to the last monarch of Judah ended, it was on the 43rd king. America will collapse after Iran is subdued since America is the notable horn of Daniel in the Bible. Alexander could not have been since Greece was not a nation from the ends of the earth. America is about to divide into four parts. The US Constitution has been trashed and trampled and ignored to the point there is no more country as the founding fathers intended. All that is something you want people to get over! As the pain of a lost child never leave a mother's heart, so the demise of this once great nation will be a sorrow to be carried to the grave, too. There is no getting over the communist/socialist/Islamic takeover of America.
43. #28 And yet the 78% WEAK Jewish voters will not lift one dam
finger to protect ,   Israel.Sane??NOT!!!!   (11.19.08)
44. Rivkah...
random ,   everywhere   (11.19.08)
take your meds and get a life! your constant posts are so far gone from reality I fear for your mental health and safety.
45. The Schvartsa won, Get over it, overweight white men.
Abe Froman ,   NY, NY   (11.19.08)
The rest of the world already has.
46. #40 -Hundreds of times moreAmericans than Israelis R unhappy
Alan ,   SA   (11.19.08)
You should try exposing your mind to US Media other than CBS and NYT . Ive seen plenty of "disgruntled" US Citizens comments . Not everyone is concentrating on the breed of the new White House Puppy!
47. to 25
sara ,   jerusalem   (11.19.08)
if israili jornalets are like you .they look to american policy through israili eyes only .. israil would loose not american my dear ... obama is usa presedent .. look to israili leaders and theirpolicy to their country .. osloe is nothing to americans but obama is the hope
48. to linda rivera
sarah ,   jerusalem   (11.19.08)
i think the change is mainly (the policy of orders is changed to policy of negotiotation ) you need to tolerate it and accept it
49. 44 Random: Sounds like you are one of those who will perish
Rivkah   (11.19.08)
from lack of knowledge. As the Bible puts it, "My people perish from lack of knowledge." You have neglected the most important study in life: God's words. My information is not for people like you. It is for people who are ready for the marriage supper with the Lord. "Watch always and pray that ye might be counted worthy to escape all these things that come to pass" the Bible warns. You will not be counted worthy to escape the coming tragedies of drought, floods, fires, famine, pestilence, invasion and captivity. You are so far off the mark that you will not even qualify for captivity. Get ready for the fires of hell or start learning about the great God who made you.
50. #44 It's curious to me how you constantly respond 2 Rivka's
post.She must be ,   challenging to you.   (11.19.08)
51. Answer to #34 on Bibi
Joe ,   New Jersey   (11.19.08)
Mazus, whom Sharon appointed, said that Sharon is temporary ill. So his deputy 9Olmert) will perform Sharon's duties a few days before Sharon will became totally healthy. The rest you know: Olmert was elected in March (3 months later) and Sharon is still improving his health. If Sharon were really ill then Bibi were the leader. People simly LOVE Olmert.
52. The new era of LIBERAL FASCISM is HERE!
dr. dave ,   usa   (11.20.08)
Obama, his hard core followers and close advisers are the Far Left version of the Far Right. Very well written article and a true breath of fresh air in this stinking political atmosphere.
53. #19
mark ,   ca   (11.20.08)
steve,speaking about morons, I can see most of the dems in senate and congress fit your category.people with a low IQ mostly voted your way.
54. I don't know if Israelis realize how misleading this is
a ,   us   (11.20.08)
Campaigns reshuffle the reporters traveling with them all the time, it's not unusual. The Dallas Morning News wasn't particularly upset about it, and the McCain campaign made similar decisions. http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/10/the-dallas-morning-news-and-th.html http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Off_the_plane.html The Florida news anchor asked incredibly obnoxious and confrontational questions, any campaign would have reacted negatively. The Obama campaign was wrong to shut them out but Obama's also appeared on Fox News multiple times, so he's not completely unwilling to face hostile questions. Bush has been probably the least media-friendly president in US history, did I miss the ynet editorials calling him a Bolshevik? The fairness doctrine isn't coming back. Nobody on the left in America cares about the fairness doctrine, the idea of it coming back is just a scary story conservatives tell themselves to rally the base. There is a lot of truth to this editorial's criticisms but every piece of evidence the author points to is wrong or exaggerated.
55. Fairness Doctrine in USA
Jerome Murad ,   Nassau County, USA   (11.26.08)
The Fairness Doctrine applied to the public airways only (basically, radio. It did/does not apply to tv). It required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest, and to air contrasting views regarding those matters. Contrasting views could be done through news segments, public affairs shows or editorials. In 1969 United States Supreme Court called it the single most important requirement of operation in the public interest the sine qua non for grant of a renewal of license So, what does the Fairness Doctrine NOT require: It does not require that each program be internally balanced. It does not mandate equal time for opposing points of view. It does not require that the balance of a stations program lineup be anything like 50/50. With regard to conservative talk shows, they have always flourished, even when this was enacted. In not one Fairness Doctrine decision issued by the FCC has ever concerned itself with talk shows It's codification of the principle that broadcasters had a responsibility to present a range of views on controversial issues. In 1987, the Fairness Doctrine was repealed under Ronald Reagan and conservative radio swept that land as radio stations saw no need to offer a counter point to these opinions. In 2002, Edward Monks, a lawyer in Eugene, Oregon, studied the two commercial talk stations in his town. He found 80 hours per week, more than 4,000 hours per year, programmed for Republican and fundamentalist Christian talk shows, without a single second programmed for a Democratic, liberal, or Jewish perspective. This was in EUGENE OREGON! Monks rightly concluded that "Political opinions expressed on talk radio are approaching the level of uniformity that would normally be achieved only in a totalitarian society.
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