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| 2003-12-04 |
| EFL - Farouz blogging from Zayed’s site is the author I think ... this starts with a story about a boy who made a difference by rescuing starfish Leslye A. Arsht, Senior Advisor to The Ministry of Education in Iraq as a starfish thrower... From reading her comments, you would find out how we were brainwashed from early years at elementary school. It will take some time to remove all references to the old regime and its poisonous teaching. Another starfish thrower is the medical team at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel. They are treating an Iraqi infant born with a congenital heart defect. If the Iraqi old regime still existed, this baby would have never made it to the operation room in this medical center. The other starfish throwers are: Zeyad, Alaa, Omar, AYS and Nabil who are devoting lots of their time every day to report what’s happening in Iraq these days. These guys are the future of my native country. Not to forget Salam PAX who risked his life to report for us during Saddam’s reign and now is enjoying the benefits of freedom. Personally I dislike starfish and I think we could do without them but I get the point and besides, the fact that he can admit his early employment, recognize Salam PAX and Israel in the same post is pretty amazing |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #6 STAR FISH THROWER .....scrabble,scrabble,scrabble.... ARMY OF STEVES! 100 points |
| Posted by: john 2003-12-4 11:45:16 AM |
| #5 OK, I remember the story. Makes sense now, thanks. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-12-4 10:53:51 AM |
| #4 I say let the oyster killers eat rays and die. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-4 10:27:23 AM |
| #3 Steve I found an explanation here. It's the story of a young man explaining to an older man why he is throwing starfish back into the ocean. Each starfish that he rescued from the ebb tide and rising sun made a difference. If only to that one creature. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2003-12-4 10:02:45 AM |
| #2 It's the old story about a boy walking along the beach throwing starfish into the ocean. He can't save them all, but he'll save the ones he can. Here's one version: http://www.psalms150-6.com/stories/starfish.html. |
| Posted by: lkl 2003-12-4 10:01:33 AM |
| #1 Ok, somebody has to ask. What the hell is a starfish thrower? |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-12-4 9:39:37 AM |