Jeff Burghauser – “Israeli History” – Video
Posted By simmons on October 18, 2012
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Introduction on Hungarian Jewish history (Hungarian audio) – Video
Posted By simmons on October 18, 2012
Introduction on Hungarian Jewish history (Hungarian audio) Hungary #39;s brief, golden age lasted from 1867 until 1914, during the half century of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Even though Budapest was badly destroyed in the Second World War and subsequently suffered from four decades of Communist-era neglect, the city is still a marvel of fin-de-siecle architecture, and we can see and feel her greatness.
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The Roots of the Rockefeller Family – REVEALED BY A JEWISH ELITE PUBLICATION. – Video
Posted By simmons on October 17, 2012
The Roots of the Rockefeller Family - REVEALED BY A JEWISH ELITE PUBLICATION.
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Israel to hold early elections in January – Video
Posted By simmons on October 16, 2012
16-10-2012 04:36 Israel is to hold early elections on January 22 after parliament approved the date set by out going Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The leader of the Likud party is being viewed as a probable easy winner of the poll which he called after failing to get his coalition partners to back his 2013 budget. Find us on: Youtube Facebook Twitter
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The Common Defense: What It Means to Conservatives
Posted By richards on October 15, 2012
Abstract: The Preamble of the Constitution gives paramount importance to the federal government to provide for the common defence. Yet there is a troubling misconception that all federal spending is more or less equal. The Founders recognized that, as George Washington famously said, To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. Fielding a first-rate military and exercising principled American leadership in the world depends on a robust economy. America is facing a budget crisis and a crisis of confidence. Washington has saddled Americans with such debt that it wants to cut defense to pay for burgeoning entitlements, but we should not be forced to surrender either security or our desire for liberty to fund government largesse.
Kim R. Holmes: This is the final event in our 2012 Protect America Month. We have held this month-long series for four years now to highlight the importance of national defense to the country. Weve held a lot of good events both across the country and here at The Heritage Foundation.
My colleagues and I at Heritage believe in Ronald Reagans idea of fusionismthat there are basically three pillars to the conservative movement: social conservatives who advance conservative values, fiscal conservatives, and national security conservatives who promote a strong national defense. We frequently need to be reminded of this. Particularly on the issue of national security, conservatives have been concerned about the number of threats we face.
There is, of course, the ongoing debate about cutting the defense budget. There is the issue of sequestration, which, if it goes through in January, will have a disproportionately negative effect on our ability to defend ourselves as it drastically cuts the budget of the Department of Defense.
There is, as we look around the country, some confusion about how much we actually spend on defense. There are people who, if you look at the polls, think we spend more on defense than we actually do. And there are people who believe that if you cut defense spending, you can somehow resolve the debt crisis. If you look closely at the numbers, however, you find that it is runaway entitlement spending that is feeding and will continue to feed the debt crisis, not defense spending.
Frankly, even among conservatives, there is some confusion about the place of the common defense in the U.S. Constitution. There is a tendency to see that providing for the common defence, as the phrase is used in the Constitution, is no different from any other responsibility of the federal government, since it is basically a budget item for the Pentagon. The Department of Defense is just another government program, no different from any other either historically or constitutionally or, for that matter, morally. Therefore, the phrase you hear so often today is, defense has to be on the table.
Conservatives know there is a difference. If you look at the enumerated powers of the Constitution, it does mention providing for the common defense, but you would be hard put to find anything in there about providing for health and human services. So if you consider yourself a good constitutional conservative, its important to make that distinction.
Today, to discuss this issue of how conservatives think about the common defense, we have two very distinguished gentlemenAmbassador Ken Blackwell and Dr. Stuart Butlerwith us, and well be joined shortly by Congressman Trent Franks. We are concerned not only about the debate about defense that is taking place among conservatives, but also about whats happening to the defense budget. I want to thank our distinguished panelists and our guests here today for joining us to try to get a better handle on the problem.
I especially thank Ken Blackwell and my colleague Stuart Butler for joining us to discuss this critical issue. Ken Blackwell, who will be speaking first, is currently Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment at the Family Research Council and a visiting fellow at the American Civil Rights Union and serves on the Board of Directors of the Club for Growth and the National Taxpayers Union. Twenty-two years ago, he worked at The Heritage Foundation as an analyst. Since then, hes had a distinguished career serving as the Mayor of Cincinnati, Treasurer and Secretary of State for the great state of Ohio, Undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, to name just a few of his many noteworthy positions.
Ken Blackwell received the U.S. Department of State Superior Honor Award for his work on human rights for Presidents George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill Clinton. He is currently a contributing editor and columnist for TownHall.com and a public affairs commentator for the Salem radio network. We have asked him to address what providing for the common defence means to social conservatives, and we are very pleased to have him here today.
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Israel shows off new drone technology – Video
Posted By simmons on October 15, 2012
15-10-2012 12:41 The future of warfare is here and is center stage in the skies of the Middle East. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.
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Rosie Perez to Romney: 'What if You Were Gay?'
Posted By richards on October 15, 2012
Remember the leaked 47 percent video in which, among other things, GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney joked about having a better shot at winning the presidency if he was Latino? Well, it wasnt funny to some show business figures who are speaking out in a series of videos titled Actually. It features a host of celebrities taking on Romney. Other include Sarah Silverman, W. Kamau Bell and Lizz Winstead.
The Actually series is a partnership between the Jewish Council for Education, or JCER, and the SuperPAC American Bridge. The first in the series features actress/community activist Rosie Perez, who said the Republican nominee had a better shot at being president if he was a gay Latina.
Heres how things went down.
In the 47 Percent video leaked about a month ago, Romney was heard telling a group of rich donors, at a May fundraiser, about his Mexican heritage, so to speak. This is what the presidential hopeful said:
My dad, you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company, but he was born in Mexico. And had he been born of Mexican parents Id have a better shot at winning this, but he was unfortunately born of Americans living in Mexico. Theyd lived there for a number of years, and, uh, I mean I say that jokingly, but itd be helpful if theyd been Latino.
Fast forward to Oct. 14, just three weeks before the Nov. 6 election, and Romney is back on the radar for the controversial video.
Romney has been struggling to identify with Latinos and women voters. And Latinos are now knocking Romney on many of his stances from women rights to gay issues. Even his wealthy upbringing is once more an issue among some Hispanics. Heres what Perez had to say, in full:
Actually Mitt, that is so true. All you have to do is look at the statistics and Mitts point becomes crystal clear. Hispanics represents 17 percent of the population and account for less than 2 percent of all elected and appointed officials. The advantage is obvious. Think of all our Hispanic-American presidents from Jorge Washington to Jorge Bush uno y dos. And who could forget Presidente Jimmy Smits? Boricua! I mean, all Mitt needs is a little Sassoon. But just a little bit. I mean you didnt need to go full John Boehner on the spray tan. Oh God! But a clean cut Hispanic-American like Julian Castro or Ricky Martin (gasp) Oh. My. Goodness. What if you were just a little bit gay, Mitt? Think of all the advantages that would provide. No. Wait for it! What if you had a vagina? If you were a gay Latina this election would be in the bag for you. Unfortunately for you Mitt, you were cursed with the hard knock life of growing up as the son of a wealthy governor and auto executive? And when your father paid your way through private school, Harvard, Harvard Law and bought your first house? I just cant imagine how difficult that must have been for you. But the truth is, the reason why Latinos arent voting for you is because your policies suck. Being Latino wouldnt win you the election. But saying jokingly that you wish you were might actually lose it for you.
The organization behind the video is not Latino, however, but Jewish. In a press release, JCER, which has been behind other pro-Obama efforts since 2008, stated that it is supporting the Presidents re-election. It is also looking to bring others on board.
Recognizing that the Jewish community is not one-size-fits-all, JCER is creating cross-platform initiatives to develop the communitys narrative about Obama and to shore up support for his campaign in key swing states, the statement read.
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Specter dies as Congress is at its most polarized
Posted By richards on October 15, 2012
HARRISBURG, Pa. Arlen Specter, who spent much of his 30-year career in the U.S. Senate warning of the dangers of political intolerance, is remembered as one of Congress' best-known moderates and was a member of both major parties during his career. Now, two years after he was voted out of office, his death coincides with a finding by political scientists that Congress is more polarized than at any point since Reconstruction.
Specter, who died Sunday, even began a short-lived run for president in 1995 on a platform that warned his fellow Republicans of the "intolerant right." He lost his job after crossing political party lines to make the toughest vote he had ever cast in his career when, in 2009, he became one of three Republicans to vote for President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill.
Republican fury drove Specter to the Democratic Party, where he lost the 2010 primary.
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, who served six terms in the U.S. House and as President George W. Bush's first Homeland Security secretary, said he thinks a serious third party could emerge on the national stage in 2016 without bipartisan agreement on major issues including the debt and immigration.
"I think the American public is fed up with the inability of both parties to find common ground," Ridge said Sunday.
Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who served four years with Specter, said Sunday that he believes moderates can still bring people together.
"It's not going to happen naturally or by accident," Casey said. "We have to work at it. ... Each individual member of Congress has to take on personal responsibility. ... He has to keep the poison out of the water to avoid the kind of demonization that happens when people debate issues."
Specter, Casey said, was one of those people who could disagree without demonizing.
The other two Republicans who supported Obama's stimulus are Maine's two U.S. senators. One of them, Olympia Snowe, announced in February that she wasn't seeking re-election. She said she was frustrated by "'my way or the highway' ideologies."
In one study of congressional polarization, University of Georgia professor of political science Keith Poole mapped the political polarization of Congress by charting votes and found that the parties are more divided than at any time since Reconstruction after drifting further apart in the last 40 years.
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Why It Matters: Obama, Romney Spar Over Israel – Video
Posted By simmons on October 15, 2012
14-10-2012 23:24 GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney has sharply criticized President Barack Obama over public spats with Israel. Why does it matter?
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White House race opens up new cracks in US-Israeli relations – Video
Posted By simmons on October 14, 2012
14-10-2012 14:01 The race to the White House seems to be driving a deeper wedge between America and Israel over Iran's nuclear ambitions. President Obama is now using all his influence to rein-in Israel's increasingly-aggressive stance towards Tehran. Paula Slier reports on how wide their division has become
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