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To: Brumar89 who wrote (802419)	8/18/2014 1:31:20 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 1580290

That sounds highly probable.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (802419)	8/18/2014 1:41:10 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1580290

>> I think that's exactly what's going on. In our inner cities, there's a bunch of young men who grow up admiring thug culture, they listen to music about it, they think it's cool and they aspire to be thugs and gangsters. And every day one or more of them get killed. I read 200 so far this year just in Chicago. The most important driver of these deaths is taxpayer dollars, which feed the drug trade in these areas. People who are working don't have time to participate in these behaviors. And the people in these high crime areas are heavily dependent on taxpayer dollars, which is where most of the drug money comes from. If we are, as a country, determined to pay people to be street thugs and drug addicts, we should not be surprised when they turn out to be street thugs and drug addicts. And these are the people who are doing the killing.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (802419)

8/18/2014 1:43:11 PM

From: FJB

Respond to of 1580290

Why Jordan Doesn't Want More Palestinians

by Khaled Abu Toameh • August 18, 2014 at 5:00 am

By mistreating the Palestinians and depriving them of their basic rights, Jordan and other Arab countries are driving them into the open arms of extremists, especially Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.

Jordan, Lebanon and Syria can continue their practices against Palestinians without having to worry about the responses of the international community or the media. No one is going to take to the streets of European and American cities to condemn Arabs for mistreating Arabs.

Human Rights Watch's recent report, "Not Welcome: Jordan's Treatment of Palestinians Escaping Syria" features a photo of the "Cyber City" refugee camp in Jordan, where a number of Palestinians are being held.

It is no secret that many Arab countries despise Palestinians and subject them to apartheid laws and strict security measures that deny them most basic rights.

The mistreatment of Palestinians at the hands of their Arab brothers is an issue that is rarely mentioned in the mainstream media in the West. Most journalists prefer to look the other way when a story lacks an anti-Israel perspective.

A story is big only when it is Israel that arrests, kills, or deports.

When Arab countries such as Jordan, Syria and Lebanon move against Palestinians, however, foreign journalists choose to bury their heads in the sand. Such has been the case with Jordan and its mistreatment of the kingdom's Palestinian majority.

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