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To: i-node who wrote (451694)	1/28/2009 12:56:29 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574848

You laugh but Northern Gaza is a natural for growing flowers and fruits and vegatables that Europe can't grow in the winter. They could make a fortune.....much like Chile. There is little doubt that Gaza could be a lot of things it isn't -- specifically because the Palestinians prefer terrorism over economic growth. You cannot have both. One need only look at UAE for an example of what COULD be if they made some different choices. Its an erroneous comparison. UAE is an independent state. Gaza is a colony.

To: i-node who wrote (451694)	1/28/2009 1:13:19 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574848

GOP House Member To Rush Limbaugh: Back Off huffingtonpost.com ( Chris Matthews was wondering today if Rush is the defacto leader of the (R) party! ) Rush Limbaugh is taking heat from all sides for his comments about hoping President Obama's administration is a failure. Bill Bennett disagreed with his fellow conservative and said Limbaugh was wrong to say he wishes Obama will fail. Now Politico reports that Republican House member Phil Gingrey has a message for Limbaugh: back off. "I think that our leadership, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, are taking the right approach," Gingrey said. "I mean, it's easy if you're Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks. You don't have to try to do what's best for your people and your party. You know you're just on these talk shows and you're living well and plus you stir up a bit of controversy and gin the base and that sort of that thing. But when it comes to true leadership, not that these people couldn't be or wouldn't be good leaders, they're not in that position of John Boehner or Mitch McConnell." Media critic Michael Wolff thinks Limbaugh is just being played by Obama: Right now Rush is being played. The Obama dinner with conservative columnists, shortly before his inauguration, was as much about excluding Rush as coddling the columnists. Not only did the conservatives fawn, but Rush fumed. It got under his skin. Indeed, the rumor that he might in fact be there (likely coming from the Obama camp), and then his evident lack of an invitation, highlighted the slight. He's tried to make it out to be a political point ever since, but mostly he sounds like a guy who's hurt he didn't get invited to the hot party.