Tuesday, December 31, 2013
What a Wonderful World
This is my favorite version of Louis Armstrong's rendition of "What a Wonderful World". Armstrong didn't write this song but he sure made it his own.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Quotable: Hagel on Reason for Iraq War
So why did we invade Iraq? I believe it was the triumph of the so-called neoconservative ideology, as well as Bush administration arrogance and incompetence that took America into this war of choice. This ideology presented a myopic vision of a democratic Middle East that would inject a large permanent American force presence in the region to act as the guarantor of a regional realignment. They believed that by taking the relatively easy step of toppling Saddam, they could begin to realize this vision through the use of America's unequaled military power, thereby establishing America's preeminence in the Middle East and bolstering the defense of Israel.
Source: Chuck Hagel. America: Our Next Chapter. (New York: HarperCollins, 2008) p. 50. At the time the book was published Hagel, a Republican, was the senior US Senator from Nebraska. He is the current US Secretary of Defense. Even though it was widely known at the time that the neocons were leading the US into another war for Israel, Hagel still voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
See also:
Source: Chuck Hagel. America: Our Next Chapter. (New York: HarperCollins, 2008) p. 50. At the time the book was published Hagel, a Republican, was the senior US Senator from Nebraska. He is the current US Secretary of Defense. Even though it was widely known at the time that the neocons were leading the US into another war for Israel, Hagel still voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
See also:
- "The Men From JINSA and CSP" in The Nation
- "Clean Break or Dirty War? Israel's Foreign Policy Directive to the United States", an IRmep Policy Brief.
- "The 'JINSA Crowd' and the Iraq War"
- "The Israel Lobby and the US War Against Iraq"
Labels: Chuck Hagel, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Neoconservatives, quotations, War, Zionism
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Puppets & Money
Last October, the Jewish Daily Forward reported: "[Janet] Yellen, whose nomination to head America's central bank was reported Tuesday, will follow her immediate predecessor Ben Bernanke who was Jewish, and Bernanke's immediate predecessor, Alan Greenspan, who was Jewish, too. There have been two other Jewish fed chairs in the past century. In fact, the other frontrunner for the position, Lawrence Summers, was Jewish too." This month Bloomberg reported: "Former Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer is President Barack Obama's leading candidate to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve ..."
In light of these developments, Tablet magazine wistfully asked: "Janet Yellen Is Poised To Be the Third Jewish Fed Chair in a Row. Where Are the Anti-Semites?" Author Weiss observes: "despite this historic Jewish run, anti-Semitic conspiracies about Jewish control of the world banking system seem, if anything, less common than they once were—all the more surprising because the degree of influence American central bankers have in the global financial system today surpasses anything the Rothschild tycoons were able to maintain at the height of their influence."
While contemplating the curious Jewish dominance of the US Federal Reserve Bank, I was reminded of these words attributed to Baron Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild: "I care not what puppet is placed upon the throne of England to rule the Empire on which the sun never sets. The man who controls Britain's money supply controls the British Empire, and I control the British money supply".
See also:
- "Diversity" Means No Protestant Christians on US Supreme Court
- Jews Could Decide Dems Presidential Nominee
- Jewish Grip on Washington Tightens
- Quotable: Free to Choose a Pro-Israel Candidate
- Waxman, AIPAC on US Elections: No Sweat for Israel
Labels: banking, government, Jews, money, quotations, Rothschild, United States
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Quotable: Happiness
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
Source: Gustave Flaubert. "Letter to Louise Colet." The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857, Vol. 1 (Harvard UP, 1980) p. 62.
Source: Gustave Flaubert. "Letter to Louise Colet." The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857, Vol. 1 (Harvard UP, 1980) p. 62.
Labels: psychology, quotations
