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To: Thomas M. who wrote (1787)	9/3/2002 8:20:48 PM
From: Machaon	Respond to of 3959

<< Incorrect. Liberals have supported blacks, not the other way around. >> So, my fuzzy thinking anti-Zionist, you "know" that blacks do not support Liberals, right? Only a fuzzy thinking, hate mongering anti-Zionist would think that there are no liberal blacks. Your world is painted with one color and that is the color haze. Is being confused by choice or your birthright?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1787)	9/4/2002 5:20:45 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 3959

Re: Incorrect. Liberals have supported blacks, not the other way around. Blacks are liberal, conservative, and in between. Inaccurate... I'd rather say that "Liberals have bamboozled blacks, not the other way around. Blacks are predominantly liberal." For that matter, how many blacks voted for G.W. Bush? 5%? 10%? Of course, times have changed... Condi Rice got a NAACP award... Powell is highly visible... So that, today, 30% of black voters have a favorable opinion of Bush. Gus

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1787)	9/5/2002 6:28:14 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Israel, Europe's ominous precursor.... Thursday, September 05, 2003 European Arabs first By Nehemia Strasl This week, on the day school reopened, EU President Moshe Kats called for renewed cooperation between Europeans and Arabs, despite the "harsh events." By harsh events Kats was referring to the European Arabs recently arrested on suspicion of assisting terrorists in Europe. It is impossible to justify any act of terror by claiming deprivation and discrimination, because anyone who aids terrorists crosses the red line and himself switches from being a citizen of the Union into someone who wants to destroy it. But it is fitting for the European majority to make a personal accounting. Are its hands clean? Was it ever ready to accept the Arab minority as an equal among equals? To give some indication of the mood among European Arabs, here are reports of some recent conversations with four of them. M. is 25 years old. Three years ago he graduated from the College of Technology under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and received a degree in electrical engineering. He is married, has two daughters and lives in Bologna, Italy. Like many other young men in his neighborhood, M. is unemployed. I asked him why. "I applied to dozens of companies," he replied, "filled out dozens of questionnaires, but every time they notice that I am an Arab, they say, `We'll phone you,' and that's all. They never call. I am willing to work as an entry level electrician with a low salary, but no one is willing to hire an Arab. Even the big companies like Fiat and the ENEL SpA don't hire Arabs. How do they want me to make a living?" T. lives in Strasbourg, France. One day he phoned a cable television company and asked to be hooked up. The conversation with the company's representative was affable. All the questions were asked and everything was clear, until it came to the inevitable question of the address. A. said Neuhoff (). A heavy silence hung in the air at the other end of the line until the customer service person finally said "we don't do installations in Neuhoff." "Why?" asked A. "I don't know," she replied. "But that's what it says on the computer." Please have one of the managers to call you back with an explanation," said A. To this day he is waiting for an explanation - and without a cable TV service. V. spends many hours every day in the operating room at a hospital in Brussels, Belgium as a registered nurse. He has tenure and a good salary. One day he decided to build a house for his family in Dilbeek (a Brussels suburb). He applied for a mortgage at one of the large banks, at which he has his accounts, but was told quite bluntly by the clerk that there was no chance his application would be approved. "We don't grant mortgages in Arab communities," he said. "Why?" asked V. "My salary comes into the bank every month like clockwork." "That is our policy," said the clerk. An inquiry at the bank revealed an official explanation that the bank has difficulty registering attachments on land in Arab communities. S. is a driver for a cooperative German cab company. One day I asked him if he was a member of the company or just a salaried employee. He turned to me with an amused look and answered "I have been a driver with the company for 15 years already, but every time I applied to become a member, they laughed in my face and said, `There's no chance.' Germans who started working three or four years ago are already being accepted as members, and I, who am recognized as a dedicated and professional driver, cannot become a member." He went on to tell me that there are a few drivers who want to exploit the hostile atmosphere toward Turks and Arabs and have him fired. "They hate Arabs and embitter my life, but I keep quiet and work, because who else will bring home food?" With the approach of Christmas and the days of personal accounting between Christmas and the New Year, it would be appropriate for us to examine our relations with those living among us. Why is unemployment highest in the Arab community? Why is the level of investment per pupil the lowest for Arab children? Why do government companies not employ Arabs? Why do none of us learn Arabic? And why does practically no one have an Arab friend? This is not a tale that began last year with 911. This is their reality and ours since the framing of the European Union. haaretzdaily.com __________________ () cyberpresse.ca

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1787)	9/6/2002 5:50:43 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 3959

With Liberal "supporters" like these, who needs a GOP contender?!? September 6, 2002 Atlanta Jews seek to defeat Rep. McKinney's father By Steve Miller THE WASHINGTON TIMES A political upstart is receiving a surge of Jewish backing in his bid to unseat 30-year Georgia state representative Billy McKinney, the father of ousted U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney. Mr. McKinney, 75, finds himself the target of the Atlanta-area Jewish community after his most recent disparagement of Jews, which has bolstered the campaign coffers of his challenger in the Democratic primary, John Noel. Asked about his daughter's ailing campaign the day before her defeat in the Aug. 20 primary, Mr. McKinney said, "Jews have bought everybody. Jews. J-E-W-S." Mr. McKinney faces the 31-year-old Mr. Noel in Tuesday's runoff election. Mr. McKinney picked up 48 percent of the vote on Aug. 20 to Mr. Noel's 46 percent, forcing the runoff. The winner will have the seat, since there is no Republican challenger. [...] washtimes.com Isn't it time for the Democratic Party to rename itself the Israel First Party? I mean, it'd make more sense since blind support to Zionism is the necessary and sufficient criterion for any candidate to get endorsed by the Democratic Party.