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  • Hillary to the Rescue, ‘Repairing the World’

    10/18/2007 5:17:45 PM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 34 replies · 31+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Hillary Clinton doesn't just want to give us all free healthcare, or fix things in Iraq. No, she's set her sights much, much higher -- nothing short of "repairing the world." At least, so says her avid supporter, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY). In the wake of Hillary's "National Women's Finance Council Summit," a campaign event in which she explicitly appealed to women to vote for her because of her sex [raising $1.5 million along the way], Lowey was a guest on this evening's "Tucker." Host Carlson was prodding the congresswoman to explain just what it is about a woman president...
  • Explaining Jews, Part V: Why Are Jews Liberal? (Dennis Prager Alert)

    04/24/2006 9:48:36 PM PDT · by goldstategop · 33 replies · 2,098+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | 04/25/06 | Dennis Prager
    The most frequently asked question I receive from non-Jews about Jews is, why are Jews so liberal? The question is entirely legitimate since Jews (outside of Israel) are indeed overwhelmingly liberal and disproportionately left of liberal as well. For example, other than blacks, no American group votes so lopsidedly for the Democratic Party. And the question is further sharpened given that traditional Jewish values are not leftist. That is why the more religiously involved the Jew, the less likely he is to be on the Left. The old saw, "There are two types of Jews -- those who believe Judaism...
  • Progressive rabbi fights Religious Right (More drivel from the left_

    04/18/2006 4:55:01 PM PDT · by Graybeard58 · 32 replies · 486+ views
    "So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down on the right hand of God." -- Mark 16:19 Right hand. Right side. Right way. Religious Right. It is easy to understand how conservative Christians have influenced politics and populace in America, says Rabbi Michael Lerner. It has been about taking ownership of the human need to feel valued, protected and directed. The activist, author and former darling of the Clinton administration was on the Easter edition of "Meet the Press" to discuss faith, morality and politics and will speak in...
  • The Un-Greening of Tu B'Shvat

    02/05/2004 2:31:46 PM PST · by Alouette · 9 replies · 72+ views
    Israel National News (Arutz 7) ^ | Feb. 5, 2004 | Steven Plaut
    Almost everything that most people "know" about Tu B'Shvat is totally wrong and completely false. Tu B'Shvat, the 15th day of the month of Shvat in the Jewish calendar, has been deconstructed in recent years and converted into a holiday of ecology and environmentalist political agitprop. It is waved about by the Tikkun Olam Pagans as a political banner to demand that all Jews support the Green political agenda. The wacko pagan "Eco-Judaism" movement, including its Tikkun dervishes, has made it their holiest of all holidays, a day to hug bushes and worship tree spirits and nature. And Jewish assimilationist...
  • TIKKUN OLAM AND THE STATE OF THE UNION

    02/01/2003 12:34:24 PM PST · by CBP · 7 replies · 166+ views
    Carl Pearlston | 31 January 20003 | Carl Pearlston
    Much commentary has been written about President Bush's State of the Union address, but little attention given to what, for me, was a key to understanding his message, motivation, and character. It was the simple but eloquent statement: "...we must also remember our calling, as a blessed country, is to make this world better." This short phrase encapsulated the innate decency and world-view of George Bush as a profoundly religious man, intent on carrying out the duty of care and redemption of God's world. He believes, as did the founders of this nation, that America was and is blessed by...