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More Irrational Hate Mail from Arab Terrorist Lunatics

Monday, February 9th, 2009

I recently attended a symposium at UCLA entitled “Gaza and Human Rights.”

As I said, I felt like I had infiltrated a terrorist sleeper cell. There was nothing human about the speakers or most of the crowd. For those wondering what savage barbarians look like, I am sure somebody took pictures.

Since then, one of the anti-Semitic speakers, Lisa Hajjar, has had her terrorist mask ripped off. Her department has been shut down. Yet like cockroaches, anti-Semite Arab terrorist enablers are many. After publishing my column detailing the verbal genocidal atrocities committed by Arab terrorists posing as “academics,” I received hate mail that only a Palestinian homicide bomber (or a UCLA professor) could love.

Some of the bile is below. I redacted the foul language. As with most “intellectuals,” they cannot argue on substance. Instead they criticize spelling, grammar, and anything else that allows them to retain their rare combination of smugness and ignorance. Remember, those are the qualifications for being a leftist professor, although supporting terrorism helps.

One email came from a guy named Jascha, who insisted he was male. Rather than address the substance of my column, he offered the following:

“Pity that (me, eric) does not know the difference between ‘incredulous’ and word he sort of had in mind, viz., ‘incredible.’
Jascha Kessler
Professor of English and Modern Literature, UCLA”

Now I could have let that remark go, but letting it go is what supporters of Hamas say Israel should do. So I did what any decent person would do with garbage…I removed it.

“Ms. Kessler,

I wrote a column explaining that a Symposium on Gaza and Human Rights was the academic equivalent of a terrorist sleeper cell.

Your rebuttal was to criticize my not knowing the difference between incredulous and incredible.

Only an elitist gasbag, a terrorist enabler, or a college professor would offer that as a rebuttal.

I plan on making many more unintentional linguistic errors in the future. Your silence on the issue of Palestinian Terrorism support at UCLA would seem to be a bigger error.

Feel free to correct the record, and if possible, do so with significantly less arrogance.

eric aka the Tygrrrr Express”

The response I got was perhaps not a Fatwa, but at the very least a leftist Palestinian screed. It was incoherent, but I am sure somewhere on the web it can be translated form the original Jihad.
“Rebuttal it was not!  Schm*ck, you!  I was helping your credibility, not your credulity or incredibility.
Drop dead yesterday.  Gasbag, indeed.  Professor to you and your illiterate cohort.  Stay off the web for the public if you cannot distinguish between important words.  And are you a misbegotten sexist?  I am no Ms., and my name is male, all the way back to the patriarch Jacob.
Toothless, cursing gnashing blogger.  What you had to say was okay, but if you cannot spell in English, welll then, as the Brits say, F*ckall!
JK
As for my silence, I am anything but, brainless person.  Here is a letter published in the FT before the UCLA event took place, which I have taken steps to oppose.”

I deleted the link, because it was commentary on Kublai Khan. I honestly never thought I would mention Kublai Khan on my blog, but if this professor thinks that the Arab-Israeli conflict relates, so be it. I responded for no other reason than I knew the response to me would be classic.

“Jessica,

You may claim to be a poet and a linguist, but like most Islamists, you resort to verbal violence and rage. Do you speak to your students with such foul language? I recommend you do some deep breathing exercises or some meditation from Deepak Chopra.

If you are the best UCLA can do, than enrollment at USC should increase rapidly.

I notice you won an award by George Soros. Perhaps you can win a Nobel Prize like Yassir Arafat to complete your inconsequential career. After all, those who can’t do, teach.

I checked the terrorist watch list, and did not see your name. So before you criticize the spelling and grammar of others, if it was not for a misspelling due to your oddly spelled asexual first name, you would have already been captured.

I shall plant a tree in Israel in honor of your support of the Jewish state.

eric aka the Tygrrrr Express”

Sasha did not disappoint, although his/her responses would only reinforce the point of lunacy. At this point censorship would benefit us all. Besides, there was more hate mail.

Philip Andrew Jones was one of those fellows that started out trying to sound borderline cerebral before eventually descending into the Palestinian city of Bonkersville.I have taken excerpts of his comments without taking them out of context. This was to reduce length.

“Dear Sirs/Madams,

Although I realize that you do not answer emails,  however, I do hope that you would read the following:-  I find it quite strange that the writers and promoters of ‘Campus Watch’,  would charge UCLA with ‘Jew – Hate’.  I clicked onto quote, ‘…how best to spread…’ End quote.  Excuse me for any ignorance, but I did not sight any ‘hate’ in the news article on anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism or anti-Americanism.

As a very concerned person for the welfare of all human beings created equal under the LORD Thy God, I witnessed via main stream media and other news resources from around the world, the shocking scenes of high tech Israeli weapons raining death on civilian men, women and children trapped in the Gaza Ghetto.  Although 1300 human beings have been reported dead, further intelligence received is reporting that over 4 thousand have been genocide murdered.

I also have read concerning the ‘violent’ Hamas attacks on Israel – REALLY – but I suppose we could compare perhaps this Israeli atrocity to perhaps the British RAF bombing in Belfast, because of a terrorist attack in Manchester.  That Israel can murder on this incredible huge scale, with the blind eye of Britain and America being totally despicable”

Ok, so he is not completely nuts yet. He needed another sentence to let the madness flow.

“It quite interesting that Tony Blair has of course revealed himself to be the usual puppet of the new world order banking elite, which is keen to stoke up the Israeli action to help divert attention from the global banking collapse.”

There we go. The Zionist conspiracy to take over the world…those d@ng moneylenders. Tony Blair is in on it. He forgot to mention Kublai Khan. Luckily, he continued.

“While many are reticent about commenting, or being drawn into the debate about the ‘Israeli / Palestinian issue’, the brazen, wanton, criminal atrocities that have and will continue to be committed in this sick business by the superpower of the region are simply too heinous to be ignored.  It is not enough for Israel to hide behind their historic suffering, when their actions are so vicious and unacceptable today, Jewish politicians and their lobbyists in the West, must be made fully accountable.  No doubt, the smirking Mr. Blair has failed to stand and be counted due to US and home grown lobbying pressure.  Just where did New Labour funds come from?  No doubt also, that the United Nations has also failed to take action due to the powerful US/Israeli lobby.”

Yes, all those powerful Jews. I wonder why I never got a share of this money and power. Oh well, according to these bigots, my time will come at their expense. I can live with that.

As for that gutless, useless, worthless organization known as the United Nations, I am not sure whether I should be happy or sad that their humanitarian relief workers were robbed at gunpoint by members of Hamas.

http://www.israelunitycoalition.org/news/article.php?id=3614

As punishment, they are suspending aid to Hamas. Now that is talking tough. They are refusing to provide supplies and aid that were already stolen. Perhaps Hamas also stole supplies of Viagra, which could explain the impotence of the U.N.

As for the intellectual impotence of the blusterer, he continued misfiring on half cylinder.

“On a deeper level, what is it about the Israeli national political character, the ‘siege mentality’, that violence and murder against civilian populations can be pursued with such inhumane and calculated precision?  How can a culture that who say they believe in God be so immune to the cries of the dead, maimed and dying – in the prison camp they have created, of what remains of the country they annexed from the Palestinians so long ago?

Could it be that one possible answer is to be found in the laws of the ‘man – written’ so called secret Babylonian Talmud, which documents the most racist, anti-semitic, most anti-human writings ever written by the carnal mind of man.”

Forget Kublai Khan. It is all about the Babylonian Talmud. As for killing with “precision,” Israel should not be punished for not only defending itself, but doing so successfully. Conversely, Palestinians should not be rewarded just because they are the Inspector Clouseau of murderers. In fact, being stupid and incompetent killers should be killed with extra precision.

A third piece of hate mail was less serious. I have no evidence that the person is a bigot in any way. Also, since I contacted them first, and they responded to me privately, I will allow their name to be redacted.

However, my contact was polite. Leftists need to understand that incivility will be met with severity. I don’t coddle verbal homicide bombers. The woman (I think it was a woman) was from Iran, and not sympathetic towards my support of Israel. She also did not think much of conservatives.

“Reading your incredibly stupid comments and completely ignorant analysis of world events literally makes me nauseous. I choose not to communicate with stupid people, and your emails qualify as this type of communication.”

These people are the gift that keeps on giving, hence my using them for entertainment purposes in the same way that circuses hire clowns and elephants.

“You claim you don’t want to communicate with me, but yet you emailed me, which means you communicated with me. This makes you a liar.

You are also Persian, which means you are a guest in my nation. You should kiss the feet of George W. Bush every night. I bet you were not that brave in your insults under Ayatollah Khomeini.

You need a hug.

eric aka the Tygrrrr Express

P.S. I publish my hate mail so my readers can see what passes for ‘intellect.'”

Yet a fellow named Tanweer Mahmoodullah livened things up. Mr. Wierd Dullard had his own screed.

“Hundreds of doctors and specialists have confirmed that Israel used White phosphorous and dime bombs on civilians. photographs, live and from Gaza do not lie! Israel has lied from day one. All its people, military and civilians should be tried for theft , murder, genocide, apartheid and crimes against humanity. hands up for Lisa hajjar and people like her who are brave and have a conscience. Israelis , get ready to be tried and persecuted!Your end has come!”

Wow, my time has come. Perhaps the fellow can sing “Time has come today,” before detonating himself.

As for “hands up,” perhaps he thinks this is a sporting event, and he was doing “the wave.” Given that these rantings occurred the same week as the NFL Pro Bowl in Hawaii, that could be an explanation.

Yet a better rationale would be that there is not rationale for those that are irrational.

These are Arab Palestinian terrorist enablers. This is how they behave. this is what they are. notice I said “what” instead of “who.”

Once again, these savages do not need a homeland. All of them, including the “English Professor,” need a thesaurus, and some soap to wash out their mouths. As for soap, make mine a double shot of lava. I always need a good scrubbing to cleanse myself from the stench my “critics” need behind.

eric

NFL 2008-2009 Pro Bowl Recap

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Today is the Pro Bowl. Many football fans consider this game to be anti-climactic. They need to shut up. The Pro Bowl helps me delay the agony of the offseason by one week.

http://www.nfl.com/probowl?icampaign=PB

I could care less who wins. I just want the game to be played. After today, I will spend my Sundays sobbing in front of the television, furiously clicking the remote in the hopes that the game will come on.

Sure, I could go outside and do things, but if I wanted to do things I would not have bought a big screen.

So after today, life is terrible until September.

Yes, the Draft and the schedule release are fun, but nothing compares to the game itself. Pre-season does not count.

In 2006 and 2007, I went to the Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii. I had a fabulous time. In 2008 I skipped the Pro Bowl only because I went to the Super Bowl.

I wanted to go to one more Pro Bowl, and 2009 was supposed to be it. Yet due to a series of bad luck circumstances, I will be watching the game at home in front of the television.

To make matters worse, in 2010 the NFL is moving the game from Hawaii to Miami. I love Miami, but this is a terrible move.I do hope they move it back to Honolulu.

Anyway, once the game is over, football season will be over. I wil, find the strength to get out of bed on Monday, but it will be a struggle.

Every offseason gets tougher for me. As one of my friends said to me, “I don’t know how you get through it.” I don’t know either.

Anyway, for those that love football, cherish the Pro Bowl not because of its significance, but because it really is all we leatherheads have left.

With that, below is the recap of the AFC vs NFC Pro Bowl.

In a game designed to allow maximum amounts of scoring, Kurt Warner (Cardinals) started out for the NFC and the team did not move the ball. Jeff Feagles (Giants) punted 61 yards, forcing the AFC to start at their own 3 yard line. Peyton Manning (Colts) started for the Colts, and quickly fired passes of 20 yard to Brandon Marshall (Broncos) and 18 yards to Andre Johnson (Texans). On 3rd and 7, Manning hit Tony Gonzalez (Chiefs) for 22 yards to the NFC 33. Manning hit Gonzalez for the 19 yard touchdown to put the AFC up 7-0.

Apparently one series was enough for Warner, as Drew Brees (Saints) took over for the NFC. Brees did hit Steve Smith (Panthers) for a 16 yard gain, but on 4th and 4 from the AFC 38, Brees was hit, causing a fumble. Robert Mathis (Colts) recovered at the AFC 45. Manning immediately hit Reggie Wayne (Colts) for a 22 yard gain. Ye back to back sacks of Manning by Julius Peppers (Panthers) and Justin Tuck (Giants) ended the drive. Shane Lechler, one of two Raiders playing in the game, punted.

The NFC took over at their own 12, and as the game entered the second quarter, Brees hit Smith for a 20 yard gain. Eventually, Lawrence Tynes (Giants) nailed a 37 yard field goal to get the NFC within 7-3.

Manning brought the AFC right back, with a critical 4th and 1 at the NFC 28. Marshawn Lynch (Bills) ran into a brick wall, and on a 4th or 5th effort, somehow converted. On the next play the AFC tried the halfback option pass, but the trick play was blown up in the backfield when Ronnie Brown (Dolphins) couldn’t get the pass off. Yet Manning came right back and hit Gonzalez for a 1st down at the NFC 15. The drive reached a critical 4th and goal at the 1. The 16 play drive took 10:42 off of the clock, yet only covered 59 yards. More importantly, with just over 2 minutes left in the half, the 4th down pass from Manning to Marshall was juggled and dropped incomplete.

The NFC could not move the ball, but the AFC got the ball back. Kerry Collins (Titans) took over for Manning, and from the NFC 30, hit a strike to Owen Daniels (Texans) down to the 7. On the next play Collins hit Daniels for the touchdown to put the AFC up 14-3 with seconds left in the half. Yet a defensive game featured a thrilling final minute of the half. The last play was a Hail Mary from Brees, and Larry Fitzgerald (Cardinals) came down with the 55 yard bomb to get the NFC within 14-10 at intermission.

The third quarter was a stalemate. The AFC went nowhere, and Eli Manning came in for the NFC to play the entire second half. Manning completed a couple of passes, but then went for the long ball. He was intercepted in the end zone. Durrell Revis (Jets) made a gorgeous one handed pick. However, the NFC got the ball right back when Jared Allen (Vikings) came around the blind side and brought the one hand chop down on Collins. Allen recovered the fumble at the AFC 10 yard line. On the next play, Adrian Peterson (Vikings) ran it in to put the NFC up 17-14 with a little over 2 minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Jay Cutler (Broncos) took over for Collins and led a 13 play, 89 yard drive for the AFC. With 7 minutes remaining in the game, the AFC had reached the NFC. At this point, a play occurred that would only happen in the Pro Bowl, where style points are more important than the substance of the game. Like the NBA Slam Dunk Competition, showboating is rewarded. Cutler, before the snap, placed the ball between the legs of Ron McClain (Ravens) before the snap. McClain took the hidden ball and ran it in to put the AFC up 21-17.

A 55 yard kickoff return had the NFC in business past midfield. From the AFC 45, Eli Manning hit Anquon Boldin (Cardinals) at the 20 yard line. The NFC was actually called for illegal defense, which is not only a basketball foul. In the Pro Bowl, zone defense is not allowed. Double coverage is not allowed either, so top receivers only have to outleap one defender. This moved the ball to the 10. On 3rd and goal from the 3, Manning threw up a fade route to Fitzgerald, who just did what he does. The NFC led 24-21 with 4 minutes remaining.

From the AFC 45, with 2 1/2 minutes remaining, Cutler threw an off balance pass under pressure that was deflected and intercepted by Julius Peppers. The defense held, but Carney nailed a 48 yard field goal to give the NFC the 6 point lead. After the kickoff, the AFC took over at their own 17 with 1:55 left and 2 timeouts. After 4 incomplete passes and 0 net yards, the NFC took over. Despite the AFC having 2 timeouts, Eli Manning decided to take a knee. This was because the NFC was already in chip shot field goal range anyway. Yet on second down, the AFC decided not to stop the clock. Since it is illegal in this game to try and block kicks, the defense felt the game was over. As I said, this really is a pick up game.

With 42 seconds remaining, on 3rd and 1 from the 8, Peterson slipped. 35 seconds remained. A blocked field goal returned for a touchdown would give the AFC a shocking 28-27 win. However, only allowing 3 rushers led to the anti-climax. Carney nailed the 26 yarder, his 3rd of the game. The NFC had the 9 point victory. Walrus Lite Andy Reid (Eagles) was the winning coach, defeating John Harbaugh (Ravens). Larry Fitzgerald was the MVP.

The score is less important than the fact that the long offseason now begins. Only 2 1/2 months remain until the 2009 schedule comes out and the NFL Draft takes place. The action will shift from Honolulu to New York City. Then in August comes the Hall of Fame Game from Canton, Ohio.

Oh well. Another NFL Season has come to a close.

30-21 NFC

eric

Infomercial Saturday

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Today is infomercial Saturday.

No, I have not turned into Vince, and I will not be selling you Shamwow or Slapchop. I am actually disturbed that I even know what that means.

Today is a a day to link to others, all with products or services. I do this because I met these people, and like them. I sure as heck am not getting a fee for this.

Anyway, let’s start out with something dignified. Ward Connerly has a book out entitled, “Lessons from my Uncle James.” It is an easy read, and an enjoyable one at that. As usual with Ward Connerly, it is meaningful. I recommend his book.

http://www.acri.org/blog/buy-lessons-from-my-uncle/

Evan Sayet is back doing conservative comedy at the Laugh Facotry in Hollywood. Apparently the new President has not outlawed criticism of him just yet. The show is on Tuesday, February 17th.

http://www.evansayet.com/

Kate over at “Small Dead Animals” is an awesome blogger and a very nice person. Visit her often.

http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/

As always, Spree at Wake Up America has been a source of kindness towards me. Also, she is a republican Jewish brunette.

http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/

I had the pleasure of attending a business mixer put on by the Los Angeles Jewish Chamber of Commerce. It was refreshing being around so many Jews that not only understand business, but actually like business.

http://www.lajewishchamber.com/

The person who led me to the mixer is Jeff Gurman. He is in private wealth management.

http://www.gurmanwm.com

Evelyn Jerome Alexander is a principal at SJA Strategies. They are a political consulting firm that helps elect democrats. For those wondering if I am off my rocker, I am giving them a mention because Evelyn’s brother is Randy Steinberg, who I had the pleasure of debating. Although I do not see myself supporting their clients, if you are a democrat wanting to get elected, they will work hard for you. Randy is a great guy, and I wish him success in life, and look forward to our next debate.

Like Jeff Gurman, Also in the world of finance are:

Ilan H http://wwwghjadvisors.com

Michael Katz at Citi Smith Barney

Marc Lipson at Merrill Lynch

Scott Goodman at Entertainment Wealth Management

Andy K does web techie stuff.

http://webtecnik.com

Jacques P is a Travel Consultant.

http://www.pnrtravel.com

Yaroslav K films weddings.

http://www.whyfilms.com

Kambiz M is a real estate guy.

http://www.mashianassociates.com

Bernadette I provides nursing services inclusing home care.

http://www.treasurednurses.com

Alain B is an attorney.

http://www.avbesq.com

Brian H is the man behind Threaded Heritage.

http://www.getthreaded.com

David J is a marketing guy.

http://www.aboutresultsmarketing.com

Aviv M is another techie. Her company is ANETONLINE.

Alon Pesso is an auto and home insurance guy at Elite One Insurance.

Aaron O is a chiropractor.

http://www.drorpelli.com

For catering, EJ P will handle things.

http://www.angeliniosteria.com

Vanesa D sells fine art.

http://www.duekart.com

For eyeglasses and eye wear, Joel M will help you.

http://www.sigeye.com

We all have to go at some point. In conjunction with Temple Israel of Hollywood, there is Paul G working at Hillside Memorial.

Lastly, yours truly will have his book come out in March. Details to follow.

In the meantime, donate to my special Tygrrrr Express fund. The donate button is on my home page. It is the Tygrrrr Express fund solely for the benefit of the Tygrrrr Express.

This concludes Infomercial Saturday.

eric

18 Pro-Israel Companies

Friday, February 6th, 2009

I want to make it clear that my column today has been 100% “outsourced.” However, if the information contained herein is right, I reserve the right to take full credit.

Otherwise, I have absolutely not verified the accuracy of this information. I found out it, “interesting,” and am passing it along.

I was sent a list of 18 companies that are Pro-Israel in their business dealings. 18 is a lucky number in Jewish culture, although in New York the legal age for consent is 17. Anyway, Israel’s country prefix is ‘729’ on bar codes. You will typically only see it on imported foods and not the products listed below… as many of the companies below are American companies that financially support Israel.

THE LIST…

1. The Chairman and CEO of STARBUCKS, Howard Schultz, is an active Zionist.

In 1998 he was honored by the Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah with ‘The Israel 50th Anniversary Friend of Zion Tribute Award’ for his services to the Zionist s tate in ‘playing a key role in promoting close alliance between the United States and Israel’. At a time when other businesses were desperately pulling out of
Israel, Starbucks decided to help Israel’s floundering economy and invest in Israel. It has been revealed that Starbucks still continues to support Israel by sponsoring fund raisers for Israel.

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2. THE LIMITED STORES, Express, Lerner New York, VICTORIAS SECRET and BATH & BODY WORKS:
The Limited, Inc. was founded by Leslie H. Wexner in 1963 in Columbus, Ohio. 2,800 stores. Includes: THE LIMITED STORES, Express, Lerner New York, VICTORIAS SECRET and BATH & BODY WORKS, and employs over 115,000 people. Its founder, president and CEO Les Wexner is a Zionist. He is on the board of directors of Emet, the Pro-Israel Media ‘War Room’ whose function is to ensure that all media in the US stays biased in favor of Israel. In 1984, Les Wexner who is one of the world’s 200 wealthiest people
created the Wexner Foundation. Its mission state ment is ‘strengthening Jewish Leadership in North America and Israel.’ One of the programs the Foundation runs is the Wexner Israel Fellowship Program which annually brings up to ten Israeli have participated thus far. The Wexner Foundation sponsors ‘Birthright Israel’ – a program that pays for young American Jews to take free indoctrination trips to
Israel. It is also a long-standing supporter of Hillel – the bastion of Zionism on campus.

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3. THE HOME DEPOT: Its founder and co-chairman of the Board is an active Zionist. He created the board of directors of Emet, the Pro-Israel Media ‘War Room’ whose function is to ensure that all media in the US stays biased in favor of Israel.

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4. DISNEY: Walt Disneys Millennium exhibition at the Epcot Centre in Florida depicts Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Of the 8 million dollars it cost to set up the exhibition, Israel contributed 1.8 million and worked with Disney to develop its content.
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5. AOL/TIME WARNER: AOL ALLOCATES 30% OF ITS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO IN ISRAEL. (Can you believe it?!)

The buy up of Israeli company Mirabilis, creators of ICQ (internet chat program), for $287m in 1998 forms part of AOLs investment in Israel. In 1998, Mr. Ted Leonsis, CEO of AOL studios (a business unit of AOL) received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the ‘State of Israel’ in recognition of those individuals and organizations that through their investments and trade relationships have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

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6. COCA COLA: From 1966 onward Coca-Cola has been a staunch supporter of Israel. In 1997 the Government of Israel Economic Mission honored Coca-Cola at the Israel Trade Award Dinner for its continued support of Israel for the last 30 years and for refusing ro abide by the Arab League boycott of Israel. In contrast Pepsi abided by the Arab League boycott of Israel which ended in May 1991, after 1992 Pepsi is also trading in Israel. In 2001 the Coca-Cola World Headquarters hosted and was the main
sponsor of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala. It has been revealed that Coca-Cola Israel sponsors training programs for its workers on subjects including the Israeli-Arab conflict. The course content is created by a company funded by the Jewish Agency and the Israeli government. In July 2002, it has been announced that Coca-Cola is to build a new plant at Kiryat Gat.
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7. ESTEE LAUDER: Estee Lauder’s ch airman, Ronald Lauder, also one time chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, is the current president of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) – Ronald Lauder is an ardent Zionist.
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8. SARAH LEE. (Includes Hanes, Playtex, Leggs, Champion). This is also not to be confused with the frozen snacks company. This is in regard to the clothing giant. Sara Lee owns 30% of Israel’s leading textile company Delta Galil. Sara Lee is the world’s largest clothing manufacturer, this opens the worlds markets to Israel, with cloths originating in Israel and being sold around the world under one of the many famous Sara Lee brands. In 1998, Mr. Lucien Nessim of Sara Lee Personal Products received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the ‘State of Israel’ in
recognition of those individuals and organiza tion s, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.
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9. FOX TELEVISION, FOX ENTERTAINMENT:
The News Corporation Limited is one of the world’s largest media companies with total assets as of September 30, 2005 of approximately; US $58 billion and total annual revenues of ap proximately US$18 billion. News Corporation’s diversified global operations include the production and distribution of motion pictures and television programming; television, satellite and cable broadc astin g; the publication of newspapers, magazines and books; the production and distribution of promotional and advertising products and services; the development of digital broadcasting. News Corporation is the world’s leading publisher of English-language newspapers with operations worldwide. The Company publishes more than 175 different newspapers, printing more than 40 million papers a week. Murdoch’s New Co rp. invests heavily in Israel. Murdoch News Corporation was one of three US companies that was lauded for their support of Israel at the America-Israel Friendship League Partners for Democracy Awards dinner (25th June 2001).& nbsp;Murdoch himself co-chaired the dinner. News Corp.’s digital technology company based in Jerusalem, called NDS, has grown from 20 to 600 employees in the past decade.

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10. NESTLE: The swiss company owns 50.1% of Israeli food maker Osem Investments. In dec 2000, it an nounced it will invest millions of dollars to operate the new R&D centre in israel. In 1998, Mr. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe on behalf of Nestle, received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the ‘State of Israel’ in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.
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11. OVERSEAS ADVENTURE TRAVEL: Company is ba sed in Massachusetts, is known for their many world tours and relatively cheap group travel. The company donates money to over 50 countries in which it
operates in to help fund schools, food aid, etc. and averages between $5,000 and $25,000 per country. However, Israel received a flat $1,000,000 from Overseas Adventure Travel, as it’s president is a Zionist.
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12. IBM: IBM invests heavily in Israel. IBM senior vice-president and general counsel, Lawrence Ricciardi, who noted that his company employs 1,700 people in Israel, said in an interview with the Jerusalem Post, ‘This wedge of land and the huge ideals it represents are very important to IBM.’ IBM was one of three US companies that was lauded at the America-Israel Friendship League Partners for Democracy Awards
dinner (25th Ju ne 2001 ) hosted by Sharon. In May 2002 the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce awarded IBM the Ambassador’s Award’ in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the development of the Israeli high-tech industry and to advancing trade between the U.S. and Israel. IBM established operations in
1949 and was the first large American company with a wholly owned subsidiary in Israel, introducing computers to the country.
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13. KIMBERLY-CLARK: (Huggies, Kotex, Kleenex) In 1998, Mr. Robert P. Van der Merwe, chairman of Kimberly-Clark Europe received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the ‘State of Israel’ in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli
economy. Kimberly Clark Corp owns 49.9% interest in Israeli company Hogla (6/96) through America-Israel PaperMills $49.9m.
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14. RIVER ISLAND clothing chain, ISROTEL and IBROTEL HOTELS in Spain and Portugal, BRITANNIA PACIFIC PROPERTIES. (This one probably relates least to any of us) – a diversified international investment company, with headquarters in London, England. They said to be one of the largest real estate owners in the Sacramento Metropolitan area. It appears that the British based Lewis Trust Group is one of the companies developing hotels in the Aqaba Region. David Lewis, the Chairman of the company, is a prominent supporter of Israel. Mr Lewis’s activities have included the raising of money for the Jewish National Fund. He is also a member of the Israel-Britain Business Council. This organization is dedicated to the development of the Zionist State, by channelling British capital to the occupied territories for the benefit of the Zionists and the exploitation of the Palestinians.
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15. NOKIA: Nokia have started to invest heavily in Israel. Nokia general manager Lars Wolf said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post (4 March 2001): ‘We are really focusing on Israel from all perspectives, because we have an internal project called ‘Project Israel’ which means we a re looking at Israel from a networks perspective, from the perspective of Nokia Ventures Organization, and also from the perspective of Nokia Research Center.’ Nokia Venture Partners, a branch of Nokia Ventures Organization, launched a new $500 million fund in December 2000 and allowed that a ‘disproportionate’ amount of it would go into Israeli companies. Nokia Research Center is on the lookout for Israeli start-ups with
which it can cooperate.
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16. TIMBERLAND: (clothing, shoes, boots, jackets, etc.) Timberlands is a $1..1 billion footwear, apparel & accessories company. Its President and CEO Jeffrey Swartz is an active zionist. In a recent ‘solidarity visit’ to Israel, where he made it clear he was speaking as the CEO of Timberland, he suggested sending 100 IDF
soldiers to the US for a week as ambassadors for Israel. Although Timberland is a publicly traded company, his family holds approximately 47% of the stock and has approximately 81% of the voting power..
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17. DESERT EAGLE: Desert Eagles are the only firearms that Israel does not buy from the US or other countries. However, many of the parts of these firearms are imported from other countries and they
are merely assembled in Israel. Regardless, Israel prides them as their own and it is strictly an Israeli company.
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18. CATERPILLAR: Caterpillar is a company based in Illinois that manufactures large construction equipment such as bulldozers, tractors, various demolition equipment and has a line of ‘tough
guy’ clothing apparel. Caterpillar happily supplies Israel with all of its current fleet of D9 and D10 bulldozers, some of the largest armoured bulldozers in the world. officials to Harvard for a year long MPA program.

 

There you have it people. As I said, while one can nver be completely sure, I can safely say that these companies are most likely more Pro-Israel than Osama’s Jihad and Breakfast.

Also, to steal a line from David Letterman, I would rather shop at any of those places than, “Bed, Bath, and Bea Arthur.”

eric

An Arab Terrorist Professor Surrenders

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

A small victory in the War on Terror has just taken place.

A vicious university professor and terrorist supporter has been brought down.

I want to make it clear that not all Arabs are terrorists. In fact, not all Palestinians are terrorists.

Ok, now that the politically correct drivel is out of the way, let’s get back to the facts.

Most terrorist acts are committed by young Arab Muslim men. Timothy McVeigh was a statistical aberration.

The Bush Doctrine declared that those that support, harbor, or finance terrorists are terrorists themselves.

Lisa Hajjar may not have ever helped somebody put on a suicide belt, but she absolutely has fostered a climate in academia that offers the most mild and tacit criticism of Palestinian terrorism.

Several days ago I attended a symposium on “Gaza and Human Rights” at UCLA. UCLA’s Middle East Studies Department got together to help spread anti-Semitism and blood libel.

Lisa Hajjar was one of the “academics.”

As I stated when I first came back from that event (after giving myself a good scrubbing), Lisa Hajjar is no dummy. She is smart and articulate, which makes her all the more dangerous.

When I tried to get her to disavow suicide bombings, she snapped at me in front of the entire room, “If you think I favor suicide bombings then that Zionist hat of yours is screwed on way too tight.”

Yes, this is a woman educating our children. By the grace of Yahweh, she has finally been shut down.

Who knew something positive would come out of the financial crisis?

http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=18213

I would prefer she would have been shut down for moral reasons, rather than the traditional reason of a budget crunch, but anything that shuts her up improves society.

I wonder if she had the chance to visit Judea Pearl, the father of slain Daniel Pearl, while she was spreading her bile at UCLA.

She plays the ethnic card almost as well as she plays the moral equivalence card. She takes criticism of her and turns the tables by claiming that her critics are just Zionist, imperialist (insult typical anti-Semitic epithets here.)

“It is unfortunate that students will not have the opportunity to pursue a wonderful curriculum of socio-legal studies, that range from domestic issues and legal and political theories to the study of conflicts and rights-oriented social movements around the world,” Hajjar said.

Don’t worry Ms. Hajjar. There are plenty of places where students can go to become ill informed, know nothing zealots. After all, not every university has had their Middle East Studies Department shut down.

The War on Terror will not be easy. We kill one university program, and another one sprouts up.

I should take personal credit for this situation. That way Ms. Hajjar and I can both benefit. She can rail about the Zionist conspiracy, and I can build my street cred and impress republican Jewish brunettes. After all, they do love heroes, and a soldier taking down evil is quite studly, even impressing the toughest of Jewish mothers.

I would respect Ms. Hajjar more if she would just admit that she did not believe the garbage emanating from her mouth. I mean if she is just taking advantage of dopey college students to further her own career, she would be your typical soulless academic parasite.

Yet I suspect she actually does believe what she says.

I am not a psychologist. All I know is that she is a verbal homicide bomber.

Some will argue that with terrorists and cockroaches, killing one just breeds more.

I disagree. Once her program is completely dismantled, her students will be forced to actually learn something useful and use real majors to become productive members of society.

Her training camp has been busted. The next generation of academic thugs will not learn from her.

Lisa Hajjar has spent her life bashing Israel. My objection has not been that she does this, but that she teaches others to do this, and get paid for it.

As of now, like the War on Terror itself, her plans have been slowed.

I have smoked 3 cigars in my life, the last one 7 years ago. I had planned to have the 4th one by age 40.

I might consider a stogie today.

Then again, there is no time to rest on laurels. One terrorist sleeper cell has been given the Gaza treatment, with equal justification. Many more still remain.

Like all cockroaches and terrorists, academics talk a good game. Yet when enough pressure is applied, they surrender quicker than they can yell, “Jihad, Infide, Zionist Donkey Aggressor!”

She may be ugly on the inside, but her outside is not horrendous. Perhaps she can get a backup career doing Palestinian Porn. “Debbie Does the Gaza Strip” is always an option.

Then again, perhaps I should not anger her. As a lawyer, she might sue. Worse, she might get angry and explode.

If she does so literally, I just hope no Jews are in the vicinity.

Either way, the only thing that blew up was her wretched academic department. That is good enough.

Excellent riddance.

eric

Judea Pearl and the Normalization of Evil

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Maureen Dowd of the Jayson Blair Times once tried to justify the hatred emanating from Cindy Sheehan by declaring her viewpoint to be “morally absolute.” After all, she was a grieving parent. No parents should witness their children predecease them, but no one person can and should speak for everybody. Maureen Dowd and Cindy Sheehan both may wish to listen to Judea Pearl.

Judea Pearl is a computer science professor at UCLA. I have no idea what he looks like, and I doubt many people would recognize this average, everyday American. Yet Judea Pearl is the father of Daniel Pearl, the man butchered to death by genocidal Islamofacists simply because he was Jewish.

http://www.danielpearl.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl

Most of us will never understand the pain that Judea Pearl will never escape. His opinion may not be absolute, but I certainly care about what he has to say more than most people.

His recent article in the Wall Street Journal is entitled, “Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123362422088941893.html

The article should be read over and over again until anybody who doubts the existence of true evil becomes a believer.

America, Israel and the rest of the West are locked in a life and death struggle. On the American side is civilization. On the other side is barbarism. If civilization loses, we will all end up like Daniel Pearl, one way or another.

For those who think I am using the tragic death of a young man to scare the daylights out of people, may God and Judea Pearl forgive me if I am acting wrong.

The world needs to wake up yesterday. London 2007, Bali 2002, Madrid 2004, Israel every day, New York on 9/11 of 2001…these are not aberrations. These were all murders of Jews, and people supporting Jews. The bombing of Synagogues in Argentina and Turkey were murders of Jews and their supporters.

The 2008 bombings in Mumbai, India were deliberate murders of Jews and their supporters.

Enough is enough is enough is enough is enough.

My grandfather and his father went through it in Germany, and somehow survived. I will not live in a world where one more Jewish life is devalued.

Mr. Pearl speaks with more moral authority then I do.

“Neither he (Daniel Pearl), nor the millions who were shocked by his murder, could have possibly predicted that seven years later his abductor, Omar Saeed Sheikh, according to several South Asian reports, would be planning terror acts from the safety of a Pakistani jail. Or that his murderer, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, now in Guantanamo, would proudly boast of his murder in a military tribunal in March 2007 to the cheers of sympathetic jihadi supporters. Or that this ideology of barbarism would be celebrated in European and American universities, fueling rally after rally for Hamas, Hezbollah and other heroes of “the resistance.” Or that another kidnapped young man, Israeli Gilad Shalit, would spend his 950th day of captivity with no Red Cross visitation while world leaders seriously debate whether his kidnappers deserve international recognition.”

I don’t want to hear leftist claptrap about Guantanamo Bay, Abu Gharaib, Coerced interrogation, moral equivalence, cycle of violence, disproportionality, chickens coming home to roost, or any other nonsense.

I want the killers of Daniel Pearl brought to justice. I want the killers to be eradicated. I do not want to reduce the violence against Jews. I want it stopped forever.

Forgive me almighty God, but if Israel one day needs to use nuclear weapons to stop Islamofacist murderers, and no other alternative exists…and it is Jews or the barbarians…

At moments like this I pull myself back from the precipice, and pray that the unthinkable is never truly thought in terms of implementation.

I don’t have all the answers. On some days I feel like I have none of them.

Yet I do have one solution.

Let Western militaries do their jobs. Stop forcing ceasefires that are not worth the paper they are printed on.

Tell the plutocrats and dilettantes at the United Nations to shut up, sit down, and let the good guys finish the job. If they object, America should kick over the table and force them to get paying jobs instead of living like welfare brats off of American dues.

America and Israel have given money, sweat, and blood to make this world better. We do it because nobody else has the guts the strength, or the will to do it.

Yet the struggle is not just military. Mr. Pearl understands that one aspect of the threat comes from where he resides, an American University. We must root out the precursors to terror in our own cultural institutions.

“But somehow, barbarism, often cloaked in the language of ‘resistance,’ has gained acceptance in the most elite circles of our society. The words “war on terror” cannot be uttered today without fear of offense. Civilized society, so it seems, is so numbed by violence that it has lost its gift to be disgusted by evil.”

Imagine somebody coming into your home and violating you in the worst way. Now imagine how Daniel Pearl’s father Judea must feel knowing what his home away from home, UCLA, has become.

“At my own university, UCLA, a symposium last week on human rights turned into a Hamas recruitment rally by a clever academic gimmick. The director of the Center for Near East Studies carefully selected only Israel bashers for the panel, each of whom concluded that the Jewish state is the greatest criminal in human history.

The primary purpose of the event was evident the morning after, when unsuspecting, uninvolved students read an article in the campus newspaper titled, “Scholars say: Israel is in violation of human rights in Gaza,” to which the good name of the University of California was attached. This is where Hamas scored its main triumph — another inch of academic respectability, another inroad into Western minds.”

For those that want to deny that evil exists, or that we can dialogue our way out of this nightmare, or that we can turn back the clock to before Israeli athletes were murdered in Munich, or before Leon Klinghoffer was thrown off a cruise ship, or Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie Scotland…

This is the world we live in. Up is down, black is white, morality is relative, and self defense is akin to genocide. After all, one man’s murdered Jew is another man’s lampshade.

“Danny’s picture is hanging just in front of me, his warm smile as reassuring as ever. But I find it hard to look him straight in the eyes and say: You did not die in vain.”

I wrote a note to Judea Pearl today. He works within walking distance of my home. Yet I doubt I will visit him. He most likely wants to be left alone. Besides, there is nothing I can say to him. The only thing worth telling him is that the murderers of his son have been brought to justice. That is not true.

“Mr. Pearl,

I read your WSJ article today. As always, my heart goes out to you. I will never fully understand your pain, and hope that Hashem offers you and your family some serenity over time.

I was at that vile symposium at UCLA. When I asked Lisa Hajjar to condemn suicide bombings, she angrily retorted that ‘If you think I favor suicide bombings then that Zionist hat of yours is on way too tight!’

I covered the event from its hateful beginning to its equally hateful end.

https://tygrrrrexpress.com/2009/02/terrorism-and-blood-libel-reaches-ucla/

I let her know that her comments were out of line, bigoted, and racist.

I am the son of a Holocaust survivor, and the words ” never again” mean something to me.

I never met your son, but I will never forget him.

May God bless you always.

eric aka the Tygrrrr Express”

I do not know what else to do. All I can do is pray that somehow, Mr. Pearl is able to find an ounce of peace in his world.

All I know is that this War on Terror absolutely still does exist, regardless of those reluctant to acknowledge this using the proper nomenclature. In fact, for those who dislike the term “War on Terror,” call it by the better name…”War on Islamofacism.”

Judea Pearl must be given justice. This War on Terror must be won at any and all cost.

Never again. Ever!

eric

Terrorism and Blood Libel Reaches UCLA

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

I have never infiltrated a terrorist sleeper cell, but it seems that the enablers of terrorism congregate at UCLA, specifically their “Middle East Studies” Department.

I recently attended a symposium on “Gaza and Human Rights.” It is perhaps more than a coincidence that by combining the words “sympathize” and “terrorism” one gets the word “symposium.”

UCLA now stands for the University of Crooked Lying Arabists.

For those that want the condensed version, check out the fine organizations behind Frontpage Magazine and Campus Watch. My article was published there.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=A4C55979-6CF5-468B-9D95-E5B81AF19F28

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/6835

For those that desire the complete unabridged version, you are in the right place.

This was no human rights symposium. It was a conference on how best to spread anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, anti-Americanism, and blood libel.

The audience did have some Arab attendees, but a healthy plurality of the crowd consisted of 50 year old bald white guys and their various leftist causes that have no common links with Gaza issues outside of extremism and wrongheadedness.

The Che Guevara supporters were there, as were the Communists. Many of the students clapped when they saw others clapping, but spent the bulk of their time text messaging each other and checking their Facebook profiles. This might be the only benefit to their lack of attention span. The indoctrination process may not have succeeded, since lengthy diatribes do not fit into a 140 character Twitter world.

The spreaders of bile on this hate filled occasion was put together by Susan Slyomovics, the Director for Near Eastern Studies at UCLA. She was listed as the “moderator,” an ironic term given that there appears to be nothing moderate about her. She began this session with typical left wing academic condescension.

“I have done extensive research on Israel and Palestine. After all, this is not Fox TV. This is UCLA.”

Perhaps she meant Fox News, unless of course she was comparing her research abilities to Homer Simpson. She is one elitist that needs a research assistant to help her with her insults.

Yet snide insults are expected. Blood libel, even for this group, was over the top.

Gabriel Piterberg spoke next. He is a professor in the History Department of UCLA. On this day his job was to invent history out of thin air. He spoke of an “Israeli onslaught on the Palestinians of Gaza.” He accused IDF soldiers of committing war crimes.

He referred to the current conflict in Gaza as one between two peoples with an unequal moral claim. In his eyes the Palestinians are the “Native Indigenous Population.” The Israelis are “Settlers from Europe.” These labels are as vicious as they are preposterous. The Palestinians are as indigenous to Gaza as the French are to Japan. Yet Mr. Piterberg spoke of the “forced removal of the indigenous people in favor of the settler nation-state.”

He also offered an incomprehensible parallel between the Arab-Israeli conflict and Karl Marx observing situations in China and India.

He then spread the first poisonous blood libel of the symposium when he accused Israel of using white phosphorous to smoke out and kill Palestinian children. This completely debunked lie was repeated throughout the symposium.

He concluded by comparing the struggle of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to the Algerian struggle against France.

Lisa Hajjar spoke next. She is the Chair of the Law and Society Program at UC Santa Barbara. She was by far the most dangerous member of the panel due to the fact that she argues in a crystal clear voice.

She claimed that Israel was violating the Fouth Geneva Convention, which is false. The Palestinians are not a nation, and the Geneva Convention does not apply to them, in the same way it does not apply to Al Queda.

Throughout the event, Israel was referred to as an “occupier.” The Gaza Strip and West Bank were referred to as “occupied territories,” rather than the actual term of “disputed territories.”

Ms. Hajjar did concede, to the consternation of the leftists in the room, that “War is permissible. Not all war is illegal.” She also surprised the crowd by stating that collateral damage by itself is not necessarily a violation of war. She then thundered that “Civilians have a right to immunity. Intentionality is the key.”

This followed the second blood libel of the evening, the fraudulent claim that Israel deliberately targets Palestinian civilians. She repeated the white phosphorous charge. She claimed that Israel should “only target what is necessary.” She went further by stating that “Mayor Bloomberg needs a lesson in war.”

She claimed that “denying food and water is inhumane. It is a war crime.” Perhaps she was stating that Hamas, and the late murderer Yassir Arafat, are war criminals. After all, they starved their own people and diverted funds meant for food, and used them to purchase munitions. Upon further review, the only war criminals mentioned in her remarks were the people of Israel.

She brought up the phony issue of “proportionality,” before concluding with the bizarre and irrelevant statement that “Dick Cheney is the enemy of all mankind.”

Richard Falk spoke next. He is a Professor of Global and International Studies at UC Santa Barbara. He began by declaring that the situation was an “”unequal war,” as if Hamas should be rewarded for losing with the war equivalent of an affirmative action program.

He made the false claim that Hamas tried to initiate a ceasefire in July 2008 that would have avoided cross border violence. He actually claimed that this mythical Hamas ceasefire, “was a diplomatic initiative that would have ended the conflict.”

He then completely whitewashed the fact that Hamas is firing rockets into Israel on a daily basis. He claimed that Hamas firing rockets was “wrong, imprudent, and immoral, but the rockets did little damage, and were not a significant threat.”

Translation from the original Terroristus Enablus vernacular leads one to conclude that perhaps Mr. Falk feels that the Palestinians should be rewarded for being the Inspector Clouseau of murderers. In the real world, being an incompetent murderer is not better than being a successful one. First he claims Hamas enacted a ceasefire, and then he claims that because attempts to violate the fictional ceasfire at every turn failed to murder Jews, that Jews had no right to retaliate.

He then spoke of “Israeli aggression against a defenseless society,” forgetting that only moments earlier he justified their right to defend themselves using rockets.Forget a homeland. These people need a thesaurus. Perhaps they could take a linguistics class with Noam Chomsky, who shockingly enough did not attend this oppression session.

Mr. Falk then claimed that the Palestinians were winning the public relations war. Apparently the 100 people in the room were his sample size. He then wrapped up his lunacy litany by stating that “The United States and Israel are the most addicted to a reliance on moral superiority. They practice a genocidal geopolitics.”

The last speaker was Saree Makdisi, a Professor in the English Department at UCLA. Apparently he lacks friends in the Mathematics or Social Studies Departments, because his statistics were wrong, his geography was inaccurate, and his logic was deficient.

He claimed that the Irish Republican Army murdered more Britains than Palestinian rockets, again using a lack of technological craft as an excuse. He also claimed that “dropping ordinances is not ok.” What he neglects to mention is those ordinances that the IDF drops, in the form of leaflets, are evacuation warnings that save Palestinian lives.

He then stated that Gaza is a prison with 750,000 children. His claim that “the goal of Israel is to deliberately starve children,” added more blood libel to the event. He then claimed that “refugees have a moral and legal right to go back home.” This is contradicted by the fact that there is not one single Palestinian refugee in existence with regards to Israel. They came from Egypt and Jordan.

The speakers then took questions, showing more evidence that many of the attendees had little interest in the actual issue of Gaza. A “Democracy Now” spokesperson made a speech. Another person stated that “we need more Dennis Kuniches.”

One person from the “Leninists Workers Revolutionary United Party” made the preposterous claim that “Iran needs nuclear weapons to protect itself against the United States and Israel.”

Another individual cited Kitty Dukakis, the Jewish wife of failed Massachusetts 1988 Presidential Candidate Michael Dukakis. That was the second most perplexing moment, behind the elderly North Korean peace activist that was hurt by actions taken by Japan and North Korea.

One individual claimed that “Israel has violated the norms of civilized behavior, and that Palestinian resistance is the non-violent alternative. I am not sure what is non-violent about the “resistance,” but time was running short.

Yet there was still enough time for two of the panelists to spread more hatred.

Saree Makdisi thundered that, “If you want to stop the rockets into Israel, Israel must end the occupation.”

It took forever, but finally this was the expected admission of celebrating violence that the panel tried to suppress.

I then asked a question in a calm manner.

“You express anger at the killing of Palestinian children. How come you have not addressed the fact that Palestinians are killing their own children? What are your thoughts on Hamas deliberately using their own children as human shields? Do you object to the massacre of 1,000,000 of your people by Jordan? What about after the 2005 Gaza pullout where Hamas and Fatah killed each other and their children with no Jews in sight? Lastly, what about the fact that Yassir Arafat stole money from your children that was meant to feed them, and instead spent some of it on munitions that got your own kids killed, and diverted the rest of it to Suha Arafat in France?”

The moderator, who let everybody else have free reign provided that they agreed with the panel, demanded that I “condense” my question. I did.

“At what point are any of you going to ask the Palestinians to take personal responsibility for their own corruption and failures, and admit that they are virtually entirely responsible for their own miserable lot in life by choosing suicide bombings and terror over protecting their own children?”

Lisa Hajjar fielded the question. She began by stating that this was not about the entire history of the conflict, and it makes no sense to argue about who started things. That is usually what those who start conflicts say. She also stated that the issue was Gaza and the occupation, and that everything else was outside the scope. She claimed that it was expected for oppressed people to want to fight against their oppressors. I then interrupted her.

“What about suicide bombings?”

Ms. Hajjar then lost her cool, forgetting that the event was being videotaped. She snapped.

“If you think that I am in favor of suicide bombings, then that Zionist hat on your head is screwed on way too tight!”

I did not let her off the hook at this point. I replied forcefully that I was not a Zionist (although I deeply respect Zionism), and my hat was actually a Fedora. It was not a Chasidic hat. An “educated” woman such as herself should have known the difference. I then even more forcefully told her that “Your comment was out of line. It was bigoted and racist.”

While I doubt she regretted her attitude, she did realize that such comments hurt her cause from a public relations standpoint. This is the same tacit language that is used when describing suicide bombings as “not helpful.” She backed down, and apologized twice, although making it clear that everything else she said was justified.

The final moment of incredulity came when Saree Makdisi was asked to condemn Iran for funding Hamas with weapons.

Mr. Makdisi replied that, “Hamas is a political group. I have no idea where they get their weapons.”

This symposium should be a clear message to the world that Hamas and the “Palestinians” are one and the same. This panel of “academics” made no effort to distinguish them. The panel made no attempt to disavow murderous tactics. At no time did they mention that Israel has a right to exist, that Palestinians bare any of the blame for the current conflict, or that Palestinians are trying to murder Israeli children.

America may not be willing or able to directly help Israel secure their homeland against an enemy who is defended by professors for being unsuccessful in their genocidal ambitions. The heavy lifting is left to the Israeli Defense Forces.

Yet the least America can do is secure the perimeters of UCLA and root out the threats to our way of life emanating from that campus. After all, those who finance, harbor, or enable terrorists, are terrorists.

This symposium was a terrorist training camp. Luckily enough of the young minds were too busy being indoctrinated by Blackberry video games. Then again, those games involve blowing stuff up.

eric

Super Bowl XLIII Recap

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

The Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers played in one of the greatest Super Bowls of all time. The game is already an instant classic, and will be remembered for some time.

The Cardinals were playing in their first Super Bowl. The Steelers were looking to become the first team to win six of them, with their most recent triumph coming three years ago.The Cardinals were looking to shock the world against the favored Steelers.

A pair of people in heaven were staring down on the players. Fallen hero Pat Tillman was cheering on his Cardinals. Chomping on a cigar rooting for the Steelers was the legendary team founder Art Rooney.

The game got off to an odd start when the Cardinals won the toss and elected to defer. Rather than let their potent offense start the game, they chose to receive the second half kickoff instead.

Pittsburgh took over on their own 28. On 2nd and 8 from the 30, Ben Roethlisberger hit Hines Ward for a 38 yard gain to the Arizona 32. From the 22, Roethlisberger hit Heath Miller for a 21 yard gain, setting up 1st and goal at the one. Russell was blown up in the backfield for a 4 yard loss, and on 2nd down Pittsburgh got the 4 yards back. On 3rd and goal from the 1, Roethlisberger scrambled and was ruled to have broken the plane of the goal for the touchdown. Ken WHisenhunt challenged the call, and on further review, the call was reversed. On 4th and goal from the 1, Mike Tomlin decided not to gamble. Jeff Reed hit the 18 yard field goal to put the Steelers up 3-0 just over 5 minutes into the game.

The Cardinals punted, and the Steelers took over at their own 31. Roethlisberger quickly hit Santonio Holmes for a 25 yard gain to the Arizona 44. On 3rd and 10, Roethlisberger hit Holmes for 11 yards down to the 33. Another 11 yarder to Holmes moved Pittsburgh closer as the game entered the second quarter. After 11 plays and 7 minutes, the Steelers again faced 3rd and goal at the 1. This time Russell broke through, and the Steelers led 10-0.

The Cardinals took over at their own 17, and finally got going. Kurt Warner hit Edgerrin James for 10 yards. Completion to James for 5 and 11 yards were sandwiched around a 7 yard toss to Steve Breaston. On 1st and 20 from the Arizona 41, Warner hit Breaston for 13 yards down to the Pittsburgh 46. On the next play Warner went deep to Anquon Boldin for a 45 yard gain down to the one yard line. Warner hit Patrick on the next play to cap off the 5 1/2 minute, 83 yard drive that got the Cardinals to within 10-7 midway through the second quarter.

Pittsburgh had to punt, and Stever Beaston returned the punt 34 yards to the Pittsburgh 43 with 4:16 left in the half. A personal foul chop block penalty and a pair of sacks led to the Cardinals wasting the opportunity. The Cardinals punted, And the Steelers took over at their own 16 with 2:46 left in the half. Two plays later, Roethlisberger had a pass tipped and intercepted. At the 2 minute warning, the Cardinals had another golden opportunity from the Pittsburgh 34.

On 3rd and 10, Warner hit Tim Hightower for 10 yards and a 1st down. A 12 yard toss to Larry Fitzgerald had the Cardinals at the Pittsburgh 12 yard line. Tosses of 7 and 4 yards to Anquon Boldin had the Cardinals facing 1st and goal at the 1 with 18 seconds left in the half. At this point the game was turned upside down.

Even if the Cardinals did not take the lead, a gift field goal would have tied the game. Instead, Warner was intercepted at the goal line. Both of these quarterbacks have won a Super Bowl Championship, and both of them had been picked off once in this game. Yet Warner’s turnover was deadly, as James Harrison returned it 100 yards for a touchdown the other way as the half expired. It was the longest play in Super Bowl history, and Harrison needed help from every blocker to eventually score. Fitzgerald actually came all the way back and caught him, and it looked like Fitzgerald brought him down short of the goal. However, replays correctly showed that Harrison landed on Fitzgerald’s leg and rolled off of him into the end zone, never hitting the ground. The stunner had the Steelers up 17-7 at intermission.

The decision to defer the opening kickoff seemed to backfire on the Cardinals as the Steelers controlled the tempo in the first half. The Cardinals began the second half at their own 24, but after moving the ball just past midfield, the drive stalled and Arizona punted. Pittsburgh took over at their own 18. Roethlisberger then led a staggering 16 play, 8 1/2 minute drive that was helped along by penalties on the Arizona defense that looked like a complete meltdown.

On 2nd and 13 from the 15, a short pass was aided by a facemask penalty on Rogers-Cromartie that moved the ball to the Pittsburgh 36. On 3rd and 1 from the 45, Roethlisberger hit Hines Ward for 5 yards to midfield. A very questionable roughing the passer penalty on Dansby moved the ball to the Arizona 35. It appeared Roethlisberger got away with intentional grounding on the play. On 2nd and 11, Roethlisberger hit Holmes for a 15 yard gain down to the Arizona 21. On 2nd and 9, Willie Parker ran 15 yards to set up 1st and goal at the 5. The Cardinals stiffened, and on 4th and goal from the 9, another field goal had the Steelers up 20-7. Defensive holding on the kick gave the STeelers 1st and goal at the 4. Yet as badly as the Cardinals had blundered, they prevented Pittsburgh from turning out the lights. Again, the short field goal was good, and the 20-7 lead stood entering the final quarter.

For three quarters, this game looked fairly typical, and expected. The better team with the suffocating defense was shutting down the team with the high powered offense. The game looked over. It was just getting started. After an exchange of punts, the Cardinals took over at their own 13 with 11:30 minutes remaining in the game.The Steelers had the lead, but the Cardinals had Warner. The 2 time NFL MVP and leader of the Greatest Show on Turf was not going to let the Greatest Show in the Desert go down without a fight.

Warner unleashed a flurry of passes. He hit Breaston for 13, Urban for 18 more, Fitzgerald for another 6 yards to midfield, 22 yards to JJ Arrington down to the Pittsburgh 28, and back to Fitzgerald for another 18 to set up 1st and goal at the 10. Warner kept firing, hitting Fitzgerald for 6, Hightower for 3 more, and on 3rd and goal at the 1, the touchdown toss to Fitzgerald. Warner went a straight 8 for 8 to cover 87 yards and pull the Cardinals to within 20-14 with 7 1/2 minutes left. The Cardinals were just getting started.

Pittsburgh went 3 and out, and the Cardinals took over at their own 25 with 5 1/2 minutes left. Warner hit Boldin for 11 yards, and an unnecessary roughness penalty on Taylor had the Cardinals just past midfield. Warner then hit Breaston for 23 yards. The Cardinals had 1st and 10 at the Pittsburgh 26 with 4 minutes remaining. A go ahead touchdown would have made this a thriller, but nobody in the audience could have prepared themselves for the amount of action that would take place over the final 4 minutes.

An offensive holding penalty on Gandy followed by 3 straight incomplete passes briefly cooled off the red hot Warner. On 4th and 20 from the Pittsburgh 36, Whisenhunt had a major decision to make. Would he go for it with 3 1/2 minutes left? A 53 yard field goal attempt seemed risky, although Neil Rackers has the leg. Whisenhunt made a mind boggling decision to punt the ball. It turned out to be a brilliant move, as the Cardinals downed the punt at the one yard line.

After an incomplete pass, Willie Parker almost got trapped on the ground for a safety. He barely got the ball past the plane of his own goal with an extra effort. On 3rd and 10 from their own 1, Tomlin decided to throw the ball. Yes, this seemed to be an insane decision, since an incomplete pass would stp the clock. Another safe run would force the Cardinals to burn a timeout. Tomlin initially looked like a genius when Roethlisberger hit Holmes for 19 yards. Yet despair and elation quickly switched sides when the Steelers were called for offensive holding. The penalty on Hartwig occurred in the end zone. Instead of a critical 1st down, the Cardinals had their safety. 3 minutes remained, and the Cardinals were within 20-16.

More importantly than the safety, the Cardinals then received the ball. Pittsburgh kicked off the free kick from the 20, and the Cardinals took over from their own 36. The Cardinals needed only 2 plays and 21 seconds to shock the entire stadium. After an incomplete pass, Warner went deep to all world receiver Fitzgerald. The 64 yard touchdown pass was Warner’s 3rd of the game. With 2:30 minutes left, the Cardinals had stormed back. 9 points in 30 seconds and 16 points in quarter had the Cardinals turn a 20-7 deficit into a 23-20 lead. They were on the verge of shocking the world. Yet the only problem was that they scored too early.

In an exact replica of last year, one team came back to take a late lead, only to see their defense give up huge chunks of yardage when it mattered most. Yet things started badly for the Steelers. They began at their own 22, and a holding penalty gave them 1st and 20 at their own 12. Roethlisberger hit Holmes for 14 yards. On 3rd and 6 from the 26, Big Ben hit Holmes again, for 13 yards and a 1st down at the Pittsburgh 39. Roethlisberger then hit Nate Washington for 11 yards to midfield with 1:33 left. With 1:02 left, the Steelers took their 2nd timeout. Facing 2nd and 6 from the Arizona 46, Big Ben hit Holmes on a swing pass. In a complete defensive collapse, Holmes took it 40 yards to set up 1st and goal at the 6. Pittsburgh took their final timeout with 48 seconds left.

On 2nd down, Roethlisberger lofted a pass to the far corner of the end zone. The ball was lobbed just over the outstretched fingertips of 3 defenders. Santonio Holmes leapt up, caught the ball, and got his toes down inbounds just before tumbling out of the end zone. The play was reviewed and upheld. For the second year in a row, a go ahead touchdown had been scored with 35 seconds remaining. The Cardinals trailed by 4 points, but they still were not done. Arizona took over at their own 23 with only 29 seconds left and 2 timeouts.

Warner hit Fitzgerald for 20 yards to the Arizona 43, as the Cardinals called their 2nd timeout with 22 seconds left. Warner then hit Arrington for 13 more yards. The Cardinals took their final timeout. With 15 seconds remaining, the Cardinals had 1st and 10 at the Pittsburgh 44, well within Wanrer’s hail mary reach. Warner then went back to pass for the attempted miracle. He was hit as he threw the ball, and the Steelers fell on it. While it appeared to have been an incomplete pass and not a fumble, for some reason it appeared that there was no booth review. Ending in controversy is not good, but the replays could have been argued either way. After the game, NFL Officiating Head Mike Perreira confirmed that there absolutely was a booth review, and the fumble call was upheld. The Steelers had survived.

With the thrilling win, the Steelers did have their sixth Super Bowl win. Santonio Holmes, who caught 9 passes for 133 yards, including the fabulous game winner, was the Most Valuable Player. Big Ben won his second Superbowl in only 5 years as a player. He has often lamented that he played badly in the win 3 years ago. It is hard to say that the winner needs redemption, but in this game Roethlisberger played well. He was 21 for 30 for 256 yards. He threw the winning touchdown pass, and his only interception was deflected.

The Cardinals were 35 seconds away from giving an MVP award to Larry Fitzgerald, who caught 7 balls for 127 yards and 2 touchdown. Boldin added another 84 yards, and Breaston kicked in 71 more. Kurt Warner was a ridiculous 31 for 43 for 377 yards passing. He threw 3 touchdown passes, but had the one costly interception.

It is worth noting that the 3 highest passing games in Super Bowl history all came from the 3 appearances by Kurt Warner. He has passed for 414, 365, and on this day, 377, for a ridiculous 3 game total of 1156 yards. Yet in 2 of those games that he lost, he threw an interception for a touchdown. Today it was the longest play in Super Bowl history, the 100 yard return by Harrison that totally changed the complexion of the game. After the game, Warner would not say whether or not he would retire.

A ton of credit must be given to Owner Dan Rooney, and former coach Bill Cowher. Both Whisenhunt and Tomlin were Cowher proteges. Tomlin became the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl.

The Cardinals outgained the Steelers 407 to 292, but lost the turnover battle 2 to 1. Additionally, the Cardinals were done in by 11 penalties for 106 yards. The Steelers also added 7 penalties for 56 yards.

The Arizona Cardinals offered what might have been the best 4th quarter comeback in Super Bowl history, but the Steelers offered a thrilling comeback of their own while holding of the last furious Arizona Rally.

The Cardinals gave the people their money’s worth, but in the end, it was the Steelers on the top of the mountain as the winners of Super Bowl XLIII. They are the 2008-2009 NFL World Champions.

27-23 Steelers

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eric

Super Bowl Sunday…Disturb at your own risk

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

It is all over but the shouting. The Arizona Cardinals take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII (43) in Tampa, Florida.

For those expecting a Super Bowl Recap, waiting one more day will not kill you.

First things first. Congratulations are in order for the 2009 Hall of Fame Class, to be enshrined in Canton Ohio in August of 2009. Rod Woodson, Randall McDaniel, and Bruce Smith all made it, as did the late Derrick Thomas and the late Bob Hayes.

Yet the true joy was seeing Buffalo Bills Owner Ralph Wilson enter the Hall of Fame at age 90. He founded the Bills in 1959, and has been the sole owner for half a century. He has 2 AFL Championships, and 4 AFC Championship rings. He has not won a Super Bowl, but he is a winner. Most admirable is his willingness to criticize owners for putting money above fan loyalty by moving their franchises in the dead of night. At no time did Ralph Wilson even consider leaving Western New York. The NFL is better off for having his vision and leadership.

Yet today is about the Super Bowl.

Normally I either attend or host a Super Bowl party. The only exceptions were last year, and the 2002 season.

As 2002 became early 2003, the Raiders ended up facing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in San Diego. I drove down from Los Angeles to take part in the NFL festivities. Yet while it was fun being around so many fans, including the Raider Nation, I became worried. If the Raiders lost, I did not want to be around anybody. I watched the game in complete isolation, and it was the right move.

The 2008 season was magic. I finally got to attend the Super Bowl in person. For those who never have, do it. Yes it is expensive, but the memories will last a lifetime. As the Giants shocked the world and crushed the Patriots in their quest for perfection, I found myself saving the confetti. A half a century from now, when they show highlights from one of the greatest Super Bowls ever played, I will look at my kids and grandkids, and for the billionth time, remind them…”I was there.”

This year the ticket prices are ridiculously low, but I will watch it as the host of the party from my home. It will be the first Super Bowl for “the boy.”

My friend is bringing his 2 year old son. I am prepared. I have been tivoing episodes of “The Wiggles.” The Super Bowl will be on the big screen and the Wiggles will be on the small screen. There will be no cursing.

The boy got his first taste of my football pad for the AFC Title Game, and he was as lovely as the Steelers and Ravens played ugly. Yet this is his first Super Bowl. I hope he is not overwhelmed.

I am rooting for the Cardinals, but am under no illusion that the Steelers are the better team. When powerful offense meets powerful defense, defense usually wins. Last year was a great example.

I will avoid predictions because I have never been more wrong than this year. A good model for the Steelers to follow would be the 2001 season, where the Rams offense led by Kurt Warner met a buzzsaw Patriots defense. With Warner leading the Cardinals, the Steelers need to jam the Arizona receivers at the line and throw them off of their routes. The Buccaneers also did this well against the Raiders in 2002, another example of defense defeating offense.

No matter what, this will not be the greatest upset of all time if the Cardinals win. Super Bowl III, with Joe Namath backing up his guarantee of the Jets defeating the Colts, remains the all time shocker. Then comes the Patriots over the Rams to end the 2001 season, followed by the Giants 2008 shocker last year against the Patriots.

The Cardinals are only the second team in history to make the Super Bowl with a 9-7 record. The first team was the 9-7 Rams in 1979. However, that Rams team had just won their diviosn for the 7th straight year, the only team to ever do that. Ironically, even though that team was the weakest of all 7 of them, none of the other teams reached the Super Bowl, as they could not in previous years get past the Cowboys or Vikings. That Rams team also faced off against a heavily favored Steelers team. The Rams actually led 19-17 after 3 quarters before the Steelers won 31-19 to win their 4th Super Bowl.

Kurt Warner was not quarterbacking the Rams in 1979. That came 20 years later.

With Al Michaels and John Madden doing the broadcast, it will be outstanding from an announcing standpoint.

The food is prepared, with red meat in abundance.

The only thing left is what really matters, the game itself.

Check back tomorrow, and if you need anything at all from me…it can wait. The game is coming on.

Are you ready for Super Bowl XLIII!!!!!!!!!

Let’s get it on!!!!!

eric