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To: JohnM who wrote (216434)2/8/2013 9:30:54 PM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 542801
 
Speaking of Rand Paul....
by Ed Kilgore

Word's just in that the junior senator from Kentucky has signed on to deliver a "Tea Party" response to both the president's SOTU and Marco Rubio's official GOP response.

And before you can say "phony war," the MSM is setting this up as reflecting the yawning gap between the Rubio/Rove "establishment" and the True Conservative tribes--once again showing how no matter what happens to and within the GOP, its "center" keeps getting pulled to the Right.

I don't know what if anything Rubio or Paul will say on international issues; if so they will probably be offering a stark choice between immediate and ultimate war with much of the rest of the world. But on domestic issues, you'll need a crow-bar to pry them apart.



To: JohnM who wrote (216434)2/9/2013 6:10:24 PM
From: freelyhovering  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 542801
 
I'm posting this film here instead of the Books......thread because of it's international significance. I'm about 3/4's through it and am transfixed. I never really knew the details of the post WWII occupation of Israel by the British that lead up to Israeli Independence. This is a multi-perspective film that takes no sides in the current Israeli/Arab struggles.
en.wikipedia.org