Fein's Comments (375)

“That would be true, if GAZA (and the rest of Palestine) wasn't under an illegal occupation by Israel.

As long as that is maintained, Israel can manufacture any excuse it wants - the facts prove
Israel is culpable.”

“"10. The Siege of Gaza - The siege corrupts the moral values of all Israelis, who, whether or not they are aware of what is being done to the people of Gaza, bear ultimate responsibility for all acts being carried out in their name."

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. 'No. 10' is the matter of most concern of most of the Jews I know, no matter their position concerning the occupation.

I will look for your articles on Haaretz.”

“Yes, 'everyone's' on Israel's side.

That's why the U.S. has to use it's veto just every UN meeting to stop some initiative to sanction Israel.

Oh wait, that just means that the UN (the rest of the world) are 'anti-semites.' LOL”

“Yes, it's galling to see my tax dollars support an apartheid state to the detriment of our own country's national interests.

As for 'Arab Failures' ; Israel's economy, measured in per capita income or in any other manner is far below that of it's Arab neighbors. (Who are by the way, not recipients of 6 billion per year US 'aid' nor donations from every synagog in the world.) FAIL”

“Unless the citizens are Jewish Israelis, right?

When one of them gets hurt in any altercation, it's an act of 'terrorism'.”

“Most succinct comment I've heard about the matter...”

“Thanks - yes it's very ironic.

And it's very revealing ; most of the people that use that argument don't
realize that's it's simply a basic racist premise that claims that the 'superiority' of the usurpers vindicates them.

It's the exact mentality utilized to justify the military oppression of indie Americans on behalf of 'Manifest Destiny.'”

“Actually the article should be titled, 'The ONE worst Israeli mistake of the decade'.

However, I think that the worst mistake was actually the Lebanon war - the world's given the Israeli Carte Blanche to do whatever they want to the Palestinians. But in Lebanon, the world saw the IDF get it's butt kicked. Quite bad for their image.”

“That's just a reworded standard Israeli propaganda myth (number 103) that states that the 'superiority' of the Zionists, who were able to grow bigger farms or whatever, than the indies gives them the 'right' to steal their land. (Very much like U.S. 'Manifest Destiny.')

The thinly disguised racism of this premise makes it ineffective outside of RW racist circles. But for the same reason, it's a very popular premise for racists.

And therefore, it's a very useful tool for Israeli RW propagandists.”

“It seems to be a popular trend to ignore the elephant in the room which is, that with almost no exceptions - the U.S. has no intention of ever withdrawing from any country it invades.”

“What a stunningly accurate assessment, so rarely seen these days.

U.S. intelligence is completely at a loss and the only foreign policy that they can ever seem to come up with, is to send to troops with no strategic direction.

The Pentagon has said that they feel that they can secure Pakistan's nukes if a regime that they don't like comes into power. I think that's their most stupid assessment of all time. And this time, the result has the potential has catastrophic potential

Too bad the Pentagon's completely compromised and driven by the insane greed of the the Military Industrial complex.”

“Many Thanks Mr. Dajani!

This is a plausable reason for 'the surge'. And, Obama certainly could not have announced the real rationale behind the escalation.”

“The real purpose of the 'Iraqi surge' was as a cover to simply pay off all the terrorist groups to hold off their attacks till we withdrew to our bases.

Something similar's probably going on in Afganistan that may allow him to declare a 'military victory' just like the NEOCONs did in Iraq.

And don't discount Obama's ability to use the failure of 'the strategy' to show once and for all, why the military shouldn't be calling the shots in foriegn policy.”

“ROFL!!

The Afgan war is possibly the stupidest, most hubristic debacle in U.S. history. NATO's 'commitment' is only maintained through the most blatent use of politcal leverage which is threatening to dissolve the alliance.

Chinese involvement in one of our stupid wars is certainly the NEOCON wetdream of the highest magnitude. But China's continuing economic ascendancy is maintained by their staunch refusal to engage in one of Washington's wars of choice.

So, despite being prime RW rabble rousing rhetoric, no serious strategist thinks China is that dumb.”

“I don't blame you Michael, for holding onto 'hope' for as long as possible.

But it's been obvious for a while now that Obama does not have what it takes to reverse the Right Wing's
disaster(s).

December 1st, 2009 will be the official day that the 'Hope' died.”

“Very astute article, right on the money!”

“What terrifies the RWNut coalition is the fact that all the 'confessions' and much of the other 'evidence' was extracted under torture and is therefore, inadmissible.

Also since the circumstancial 'evidence' is all from the U.S., military, there is likely no valid
evidence whatsoever.

Not that it will be a problem getting a death penalty. Any juror failing to convict these people will be
in extreme personal danger from the far more numerous, RW 'Terrorists'.”

“Yes, their term 'pseudoscience' works both ways.”

“Concur. An open mind = intellectual honesty. That having been said, nobody said it was easy. I think that you might agree that 'pseudoscience' works both ways.

Because it is most egregious when a scientist disavows his own discipline to smear a subject that's just too much for them to handle. (Scientists also have vested interests to maintain grants, ect. - remember 'cold fusion?')

I wonder if DanAckroyd planned that we'd be arguing this upto Hallowen? lol

It's very interesting for me, as 'Ghosts' have to be the toughest phenomena to quantify because of it's very nature. It is fascinating though, to learn that scientific principles have been focused on the paranormal since Plato http://www.encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org/articles/14_greek_civilization.htm”

“I think you're on to something, Bobby! Except that I think that they can afford to pay a lot more than 1%.”

“"Is it possible? Of course. It hasn't been DISproven"

Precisely, this statement is what separates the open minded skeptics from the cranks who claim they can disprove any evidence.”

“RedBearSaid

As soon as you start to distinguish between believers and non-believers you are into pseudo science. In science there aren't believers and non-believers, there are rational people who do their best to objectively analyze facts and arguments.

When my father died I had incredibly intense dreams where we had discussions which I always wished we had had when he was alive. Those dreams were more real to me than many of my every day experiences and to this day they give me a feeling that part of him is still alive. But I'm a rational person and I don't have to believe in ghosts and ghoblins to keep his memory alive in my heart.

FALSE Anecdotal comments are not 'pseudo science.' (Maybe read my whole post next time.)

And if that experience doesn't at least make you realize there's the POSSIBILITY of the phenomena, that's not r'ational', dude. You're got some kind of problem associated with this subject matter.

Anyway, you'll have plenty of scientific studies you can try to refute all you want.”

“Only ONE scientific study needs to conform to scientific principle for 'parapsychology' to be valid."

That statement shows that you don't understand the scientific method: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

What's that, a diversion? Nice try

Still going with the pejorative approach? 'Surely I must not understand science, if I disagree with you'. lol

I've told you about 3 times there were plenty of scientific studies. You're trying to divert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_dishonesty”

“What needs to be publicly addressed is the fact that U.S.'s policy of sanctioning Iran policy is heavily influenced by Israeli nuclear blackmail.”

“parapsychology part 2

If a scientist claims a professional opinion, he has to back it up. whether his opinion is pro or con. Otherwise he's a phony violating his own principles. If I was debating such a phony, (which we've established you're not) it's going to be a main issue.

I've personally experienced what falls under the parapsychology category with witnesses so I don't need photos and testimony. Nor do I care to convince 'non believers.' But the experience has made me VERY determined to debunk cynics for the benefit of those with an open mind.

I'm sure that you noticed that 99% of the 'skeptics' on this thread fall into the category of trolls and cynics since ALL they can come up with is insults and pejoratives - why debate a troll?”