While Beirut burns July 13, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Political Islam, US, Washington Consensus, World, Palestine, Maryland, US Congress , add a comment
(photo from Wash Post)
So, Israel is doing what it does best: bomb, kill and maim Arabs. It can’t help itself, it’s bent on making the same mistakes again, and again, and again - the very definition of insanity. Meanwhile, we, US taxpayers are paying for this continuous outrage to our conscience and humanity and our elected representatives - who were so eager to punish Palestinians for their election results - are silent, presumably in fear of the Israel lobby. Nor is the press or the so-called “liberal blogs” touching this. God forbid anyone should call Israel on its latest murderous rampage.
Meanwhile, Fromkin calls Bush the Bystander in this crisis - my feeling exactly.
Nazis gone wild in Montgomery County now??? May 26, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Islam/Arab Phobia, US, Maryland , add a comment
That’s what it looks like to me looking at this NBC pic of a car that belongs to a family friend!!! Seems to me the white supremacists are getting mighty frustrated NOT getting their way despite all the help they’ve had from cable news and talk radio. Don’t know if this has anything to do with my friends’ ethnicity or faith but nothing surprises me.
It’s notoriously dangerous to incite these people and then let them down, you know - we’re all too aware of the role played by hate radio talk in Rwanda and we’ve been getting a heavy dose of something very close to that for a while in this country.
Add to this the fact that - despite all the cheerleading about a “great economy” that only benefits the richest - it’s not working for these jerks who then have to take it out on the neighbors. Reap what you sow, etc.
Shame on you Congressman Van Hollen May 25, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Islam/Arab Phobia, US, So-called Democrats, Palestine, Maryland, US Congress , add a comment
This guy is a jerk. I called his office earlier this week to urge him to vote against this filthy anti-Palestinian, AIPAC suck-up piece of crappy anti-Arab legislation, only to be told that the guy was co-sponsoring the damn thing! Enough said.
Reconsidering the Zeese campaign for US Senate May 6, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Maryland, US Congress , add a commentWhen assessing a candidate, most folks - myself included - are initially attracted (or more often, these days, repulsed) by the person’s stand on the issues and how they mesh with our own. We also try, to the extent possible, to gauge the person’s character in terms of leadership, management and communications skills that could deliver results once elected to office. In the end, that’s all a voter like me really cares about: can this person actually deliver if s/he were to be elected?
I regret to say, my short experience as a volunteer with this campaign has raised big old red flags as far as the latter. I’d involved myself, as a volunteer, to help alert Arabs and Muslims to a campaign that I felt spoke to our core issues. After just a few weeks, I am now reconsidering my support and definitely putting my involvement on hold. Several reasons, all boiling up to this point of weariness:
Kevin Zeese has it going on April 25, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : So-called Democrats, Palestine, Maryland, Iran, US Congress , add a commentUnless you’re morally bankrupt, it is not possible to listen to what Kevin Zeese has to say and not want to support his campaign. The entire piece is well worth a read but here are some choice quotes, pointing out the obvious to the willfully blind:
I wonder who signed this ugly sounding thing - one more is a sea of daily aggression:
He [Zeese] said the question of whether the hawkish, hard-right, pro-Israeli Lobby in America wants to see war with Iran gets answered in an ad which was in the New York Times, the Financial Times, and other newspapers. Its a full page ad by the American Jewish Committee, put out on April 4th. The center of the bulls eye is Iran and the headline is: Can Anyone Within Range of Irans Missiles Feel Safe? I think thats a pretty inflammatory ad. Its signed by more than a hundred people…I think its a pretty strong indication of where the Lobby stands. That isnt the only proof we have that the hawkish Israeli Lobby wants to go to war.
Inflammatory? That’s putting it mildly. I wonder who were all these signatories and what their motives truly are, other than hate. They sure as hell aren’t motivated by anyone’s wellbeing in the US. (more…)
What does the Arab American Institute stand for exactly? April 18, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : So-called Democrats, Maryland , add a commentI was surprised shocked and mightily disappointed, yesterday, when I called AAI to ask them to help spread the word about Kevin Zeese’s run for MD Senate. The response I got was that “AAI’s policy is that we encourage our members to participate in the two major political parties, and we invite only the Democratic and Republican candidates to speak at our candidate events.”. Excuse me, WHAT? (more…)
Kevin Zeese (Ind - MD) for US Senate 06 April 2, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : Maryland , add a commentI attended today a Forum on the War in Iraq with (most) Maryland candidates for US Senate. All were invited but no Republican showed up. One Democratic candidate that I never heard of but is said to be the “frontrunner” and to have the blessings of his Party’s big guns couldn’t make it and sent in a statement which sounded very much like the canned load of crap we have been getting from the Party honchos.
I went to the meeting pretty much expecting the usual So-Called Democratic party line about Iraq and the Middle East. I went in favoring Kwesi Mfume for his record on civil rights and that was it.
Turned out, two candidates got my attention: Robert Kaufman and Kevin Zeese. This article in the Baltimore City Paper is as good an introduction to them and the challenges they face. Kaufman is running as a Democrat and Zeese as an Independent - and that, along with his outspoken, honest views, is what makes him interesting to me. We do need a viable alternative to the Democratic Party and candidates like Zeese make it a possibility. (more…)
