politics
This is a picture of Haim Harari who is, per Wikipedia, the Chair of the Board of the Davidson Institute of Science Education at the Weizmann Institute and Chair of the Management Committee of the Weizmann Global Endowment Management Trust in New York.
Here is a speech that he delivered at a meeting of the International Advisory Board of a large multi-national corporation, April, 2004 that is worth reading start to finish. It was posted in full on Free Republic some time later. It summarizes the problems we have with the Islamic world in much more concise way than I have previously seen. Well worth reading.
Below is the first paragraph. To read the whole speech click HERE.
A View from the Eye of the Storm
By Haim Harari
As you know, I usually provide the scientific and technological "entertainment" in our meetings, but, on this occasion, our Chairman suggested that I present my own personal view on events in the part of the world from which I come. I have never been and I will never be a Government official and I have no privileged information. My perspective is entirely based on what I see, on what I read and on the fact that my family has lived in this region for almost 200 years. You may regard my views as those of the proverbial taxi driver, which you are supposed to question, when you visit a country. Read more »
The first day of the book tour was a big suceess, an unprecidented success for the launch of a book tour in my humble opinion.
Here is the Sarah video from Grand Rapids. Click the play button to play it here or double-click on the thumbnail to watch it directly on YouTube. You'll get a bigger version on Youtube and you can double-click again on the YouTube video to go full screen if you like.
It was just announced today on Fox News and via an AP story that Obama is going to turn down General McChrystal's request for 40,000 more troops for the war in Afghanistan but will give the OK for an increase of 20,000 troops. This is all unofficial as I write this but within minutes of the news report a Freeper (someone who posts on FreeRepublic.com ) who goes by the name ecomcon gave a brilliant title to the less than satisfying Obama decision:
Halfganistan
You just can't beat Charles Krauthammer. Here he is discussing the Obama Administration's foolish strategy of attacking Fox News.
This is a 10 day moving average version of Rasmussen's Presidential Approval Index Poll. It compares those who Strongly Approve of Obama's performance to those who Strongly Disapprove. Right now the Strongly Disapprove side is ahead by about 7 to8 points.
