Archive for November, 2008

Is the blockade of Gaza necessary for Israel’s security?

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

While I take issue with several of Ari Parritz’s points in his article entitled “One Qassam Too Many”, I will limit the focus of this article to a comment he made in passing when he referred to Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza as a “painful but unfortunately necessary means of defense”. Israel currently has a [...]

Movie “The Cup Final”

Monday, November 17th, 2008

I watched a movie today called “The Cup Final”.  It takes place in 1982 in Lebanon during the Israeli invasion and follows the story of an Israeli soldier “Cohen” who is taken prisoner by a band of Palestinian freedom fighters who attempt to bring him to Beirut in order to ransom him.  During the journey [...]

My two cents on bailing out the automakers

Monday, November 17th, 2008

“All it would take is one stroke of a pen and that problem would be solved”
Harry Reid talking about the 25 billion dollar bailout of the big three automakers
Wow, I never thought that all the problems that plague this country could be solved so easily!  One stroke of a pen really is nothing when you [...]

Auto workers, casinos, and labor unions

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Some things make sense to me and some things just don’t.  It makes sense to me that workers at the big 3 auto makers are looking for alternate forms of employment.  Dealing at a casino is legitimate work and considering the situation of the automakers, I’d be the first in line looking for a new [...]