tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post8084678822419536003..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #9023Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-57157198963464546192009-01-24T08:49:00.000-06:002009-01-24T08:49:00.000-06:00Sorry: "colonialism"Sorry: "colonialism"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-91451731007252191952009-01-24T08:36:00.000-06:002009-01-24T08:36:00.000-06:00I take your "life isn't fair" point but one of us ...I take your "life isn't fair" point but one of us seems to be misreading what Rdan is trying to articulate, possibly because the thinking is so muddled.<BR/><BR/>To my mind, in the penulitimate paragraph, Rdan is implying that Israel would be better off driving out all of the Palestinians for once and for all. <BR/><BR/>As for the final paragraph, the question "why aren't the Israeli's doing it" is either disingenuous or naive because Israel has "doing it" in dribs and drabs for the past 60 years. This is apparent to anyone who cares to look. Ethnic cleansing by a thousand cuts: the modern version of settler colonolism better suited to our more delicate sensibilities.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to quibble. I suspect we completely agree on this issue but there are serious problems with the piece by Rdan.<BR/><BR/>Azmi Bishara, an Israeli (Palestinian, Christian, former Knesset member) wrote: <BR/><BR/>"Zionist colonialism inhabits the space between two extinct models -- those provided by South Africa and French practice in Algeria. It is not a blend of the two, but rather a distillation of the worst in each."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-64972990548251631562009-01-24T08:09:00.000-06:002009-01-24T08:09:00.000-06:00I had hoped the readership was adult enough to con...I had hoped the readership was adult enough to consider things as they are, and not just the 'wouldn't it be nice' things. I see the mendacity in Israel's assault on the Palestinian population. It's the same mendacity that cleared North America of its natives, the same justification behind the US Right's "Let's go kill 'em all." foreign policy. <BR/>"The other" is less worthy - she started it! 'Them or us' is an historic - maybe even prehistoric - theme. And as long as one side has the guns, history if not justice will be on that side. Sad fact, might makes right in this world. 'Taint fair, just the way it is.<BR/>Doesn't change things not to look at it and think about what could be - but won't. <BR/>And if Israel (or the US) thinks that what they've achieved is peace, they haven't been paying attention. And that's the internal discussion I'd hoped the reader would have with his or her worldview.<BR/>ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-90650846330939456462009-01-24T06:25:00.000-06:002009-01-24T06:25:00.000-06:00@ "Better Late than Never"What a repulsive, hatefu...@ "Better Late than Never"<BR/><BR/>What a repulsive, hateful piece. Am surprised you linked to what seems to be a call for (further) ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians from Israel. <BR/><BR/>Rdan made a serious error in judgement in posting his "unpleasant" thoughts and I daresay you compounded it by drawing attention to it.<BR/><BR/>I am disappointed in you Mr. Michaelson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-47744006671646436442009-01-23T09:05:00.000-06:002009-01-23T09:05:00.000-06:00Climatologists - who actually study the subject - ...<I>Climatologists - who actually study the subject - were nearly unanimous (97%) that human activity was a major contributor to global warming.</I><BR/><BR/>Hahahahahaha - yep, climatologist are the only honest people totally not motivated by research grants and employability!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-39113891544667608122009-01-23T09:02:00.000-06:002009-01-23T09:02:00.000-06:00Rolandovich - I think the correct answer is "No on...Rolandovich - I think the correct answer is "No one knows." The theory (and apparent practice last autumn) was that the CDS bets were adjusted nearly daily. The other credal belief seemed to be that CDS were mostly offsetting and could be unwound with little ruckus.<BR/>Made no sense to me. If all these bets are offsetting, why bother to make them?<BR/>Yet in September we kept waiting to see the big write-offs and except for a few tens of billion at AGS, none appeared.<BR/>I say chop off their heads and see how far they can walk.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-8345527210820025572009-01-23T08:43:00.000-06:002009-01-23T08:43:00.000-06:00Under "Silliness Continues", Roberts' article: The...Under "Silliness Continues", Roberts' article: <BR/><BR/>The trillions of dollars in credit default swaps (CDS) should be declared null and void. These “swaps” are simply bets that financial instruments and companies will fail, and the bulk of the bets are made by people and institutions that do not hold the financial instruments or shares in the companies. The ideology that financial markets were self-regulating allowed illegal gambling free rein. There is no reason under the sun for taxpayers to bail out gamblers.<BR/><BR/>Would that be possible? I don't have a deep understanding, but it seemed that the credit seizure in 9/2008 was a result of Lehmen's CDS's essentially declared null and void. <BR/><BR/>Am I off? or is declaring CDS's null and void a real solution?Mark Derricotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591710456324015000noreply@blogger.com