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2006-08-23 Olde Tyme Religion

"It will take 50 years for Israeli forests to return to what they were before the war"

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Posted by 3dc 2006-08-23 01:57|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Doesn't matter to muslims they would just cut them down and cook with them anyway.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-08-23 02:04|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-08-23 02:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Those interested in water-preserving material probably know fabric invented in Denmark - like a small-eyed net, it passes through an air and keeps the humidity inside.

Needs much less watering (or, natural rain is enough) in the zones where otherwise it is too dry for the flora to start growing.

Clever people are welcomed to use the achievements of the civilization.

Posted by Nesvarbukas 2006-08-23 03:08|| 2006-08-23 03:08|| Front Page Top

#3 From AFP? The frogs reported this atrocity, while CNN goes on Hizbollah led jaunts. Just the facts, bozos.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-23 05:07|| 2006-08-23 05:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Doesn't matter to muslims they would just cut them down and cook with them anyway.

Too true, SPoD. Who remembers what happened to the Nag Hammadi Codices?

Posted by Quana 2006-08-23 07:40|| 2006-08-23 07:40|| Front Page Top

#5 How are the Cedar forests in Lebanon doing?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-23 08:46|| 2006-08-23 08:46|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm interested, Nesvarbukas. A name or a link, please?

Nimble Spemble, the last I heard, Lebanon's cedars are headed toward extinction within our lifetime due to an infestation of some sort.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-23 09:15|| 2006-08-23 09:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, and the Arabs have destroyed Israel's trees since the 1930s, because they know the Jews care about them. If anyone wants to make a donation to plant replacements, the Jewish National Fund (to which I've donated my quarters since I was a small child), has a website.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-23 09:19|| 2006-08-23 09:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Israeli forests: "Why do Muzzies hate us?"

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-08-23 09:29|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-08-23 09:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Some people are full of shit. If Israeli forests are gonna take 50 years to grow, how long do you think it will take for the Lebanese forests to grow. And what about the Palestinian forests? But who gives a fuck about the Arabs, hey? After all, they're just getting in the way of the 'Greater Israel' aren't they?

You racist pieces of crap. And this site is meant to offer discourse. It's a joke. Must be American or Israeli.

Posted by Ebbinetch Unineth2587 2006-08-23 09:32|| 2006-08-23 09:32|| Front Page Top

#10 That is why the arabs will eternally live in a desert. Ever since cain. They really do not know how to manage sh*t. Conquer and destroy is all they know. T hell with em.

Posted by newc">newc 2006-08-23 09:38|| 2006-08-23 09:38|| Front Page Top

#11 Arabs in the way of a "greater Israel?" I guess you haven't been paying attention. It's the Arabs trying to wipe tiny Israel off the map. It's the Arabs who have been responsible for 99% of all terrorist acts so that the a caliphate can be created to restore the glory of the 7th century.

Posted by Jigum Hupolumble7870 2006-08-23 09:40|| 2006-08-23 09:40|| Front Page Top

#12 Must be American or Israeli.

I should hope so.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-23 09:46|| 2006-08-23 09:46|| Front Page Top

#13 Wait, RB is american??? That does it, I'm outta here, by Gum!!!!

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-08-23 10:10|| 2006-08-23 10:10|| Front Page Top

#14 Doesn't matter to muslims they would just cut them down and cook with them anyway.

Saw one of those Discovery Channel archaeology shows a year ago about a "lost city" in Yemen. Seems that a few thousand years ago, the locals had dammed a local valley and managed to catch most of the run-off from the too-short rainy season. The reservoir was used to irrigate fields, and the area became rich and prosperous; supposedly even the home of the "Queen of Sheba".

So they're showing the ruins of the city, and the ruins of the dam, and I started wondering to myself, "Why don't the locals build another dam? Maybe there's not as much rain, but we can build better dams now, and know more about irrigation, too. So why hasn't anyone in the oil-cash-glutted Arab world tried to re-create the success of all those years ago?"

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-08-23 10:12|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-08-23 10:12|| Front Page Top

#15 I find it ironic that the troll's initials are EU

Posted by Gir 2006-08-23 10:18|| 2006-08-23 10:18|| Front Page Top

#16 Our troll is posting via London.

Posted by lotp 2006-08-23 10:31|| 2006-08-23 10:31|| Front Page Top

#17 Hey Ebbinetech: forget greater Arabia. Just wait until the Jews set there sights on Persia. Now there's a great country / civilization, don't you think? The Persians have been around for what, oh about 5000 years? And look what they've got to show for it: Flush with cash for their oil they make the best damn IEDs in the entire middle east. And nobody is better at killing gays and subjugating the women folk than the Persians (although the Saudis might not think so). While we lowly westerners here in the USA have been a country for what, 230 years ? We just find cures for major diseases, feed a good portion of the world, create technology that boggles the mind, explore the universe, and uphold freedom and human rights like there's no tomorrow.

Western civilization (Judeo - Christian civilization) is superior to muslim - islamic culture by any measure. Which is why you and your muslims will lose in the end.

Posted by Mark Z 2006-08-23 10:41|| 2006-08-23 10:41|| Front Page Top

#18 hey, Ebbinetch Unineth2587. You're the piece of crap. You hide behind a fake name (and can't even make up your own, you let the site generate it). Drive-by trolling in never pretty, but sitting in mommy's basement in your underwear must make it look pretty good. FOAD, troll.

BTW, note my website and email attached. Feel free to discuss with me off-list, heh, then I'll have an IP addy. Yes, do that.

Better yet, stand with the Islamofascists- it'll make sure you're not around when the final reckoning happens. You (and those like you) have no idea how really bad we can be. Don't wake the Viking...

Posted by jay-dubya">jay-dubya 2006-08-23 11:15|| www.technochitlins.com]">[www.technochitlins.com] 2006-08-23 11:15|| Front Page Top

#19 treee hugging! on rantburg, how sweet

Posted by bk 2006-08-23 12:03|| 2006-08-23 12:03|| Front Page Top

#20 There's forests in Palestine? Who knew? I thought the eeeevvvilll Jooooos cut every blessed tree down with their horrible Caterpillar tractors?

However, the Palis sure did a bang-up job with the greenhouses the Jews left behind in Gaza, so I'm sure their forestry techniques are state of the art. The vast acreages of noble pines, cedars, and firs will be refreshed in no time at all.

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-08-23 12:58|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-08-23 12:58|| Front Page Top

#21 Why not replant with agave cactus?
That way it would be nasty to walk thorugh, will not burn like pine trees and TEQUILA is made from it!

Win win win!

Posted by 3dc 2006-08-23 14:26|| 2006-08-23 14:26|| Front Page Top

#22 bk, I hug trees because they make for lovely tea parties, and lots of other Rantburgers hug trees because it makes for much better hunting when their flame throwers and AK-47s get tired of chasing paper targets at the gun club. ;-)

Ebbinetch Unineth2587, dearie, you have already converted to Islam, I hope. According to the lads who kidnapped the Fox newsies, soon it will be too late for those who chose to remain infidels. So charming, the Muslim laddies!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-23 14:32|| 2006-08-23 14:32|| Front Page Top

#23 Hey London-paki-troll,

First, the 'Lebanese forests' (or what little is left of them after they were hacked down centuries ago) were unaffected by the war because Israel was smart enough to target Hizbollah and not trees.

Second, what's a 'palestinian forest'? Send us a pic. I'd love to see one.

Oh, that's right. Almost forgot. Trolls aren't interested in facts, just blind name-calling. News for ya pal: the folks here aren't the least bit intimidated. Go put on your suicide belt and push the button.

PS - 'London-paki-troll' is a much better nick than the site generated Ebbinetch Unineth2587. Feel free to use it.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-23 14:43|| 2006-08-23 14:43|| Front Page Top

#24 "But who gives a fuck about the Arabs, hey?"

Just hazarding a guess here, but I'd say that not very many folks here care much for your pet Arabs.

Posted by Texas Redneck 2006-08-23 15:09|| 2006-08-23 15:09|| Front Page Top

#25 Race has nothing to do with disgust and revulsion for backwards tribalism and islam. islam is not a race, tribalism is cross racial. Nice try.

Save your trolling for someplace else.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-08-23 15:24|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-08-23 15:24|| Front Page Top

#26 3dc, a better barrier is the prickly pear, which gave its name (sabra) to the Israelis who turned what had been barren desert for centuries into greenhouses, rich fields and orchards.

Sabra is the word used to describe a Jew born in the Land of Israel. The word is derived from the Hebrew word, tzabar, the name of the "prickly pear" cactus (also known as the "cactus pear"), Opuntia ficus-indica. The allusion is to a tenacious thorny desert plant with a thick hide that conceals a sweet softer interior.

The Sabra Jews were born in Israel from parents of an obviously Zionist orientation. These children were brought up in a society that placed emphasis on a variety of values, including socialism, activism, and volunteerism. To the early Zionist immigrants, their children symbolized the future of their cause. The effect that this had on the future generations of Israel born Jews would be significant, leading to a new archetype of the Jew.

One of the major social aspects of the Zionist movement was the effort to put down the image of the Exilic, Diaspora Jew and create a "new Jew"; one modelled after the heroes of the Ancient Biblical era. ... The new Jew would be strong, decisive, intelligent, practical and completely independent. In particular, the Sabra Jew would have an intimate connection to the land itself, labouring as a farmer ...

Posted by lotp 2006-08-23 15:33|| 2006-08-23 15:33|| Front Page Top

#27 Has the Serria Club weighed in yet?

Posted by kelly 2006-08-23 17:18|| 2006-08-23 17:18|| Front Page Top

#28 Remember, Only you can prevent Arabs.

Posted by Smokey da Bomb 2006-08-23 19:15|| 2006-08-23 19:15|| Front Page Top

#29 Oh Ebbinetech, wherefore art thou?

* - crickets - *

Surely some response?

* - tumbleweed - *

Not even to the easily rebuffed #14? Hmmm? or the obviously debatable #20, the 'R' word was used in #25 so surely you can get some spittle up for that?

I was going to use some 'harsh' language, but I see TW on this thread, so I'll just say next time bring a better argument, a functioning mind or at least read something other than the Grauniad, 'Indy' (hah!) or the Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-08-23 20:02|| 2006-08-23 20:02|| Front Page Top

#30 I saw a satellite picture of the entire Arabian Peninsula. The only visible green areas are in Israel, Lebanon and parts of Syria. The ecological aspect of the Hizbollah war on civilians deserves further investigation.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-23 20:07|| 2006-08-23 20:07|| Front Page Top

#31 Tony (UK), please use language so as to maximize effective communication. Sometimes strong language is the optimum choice, and then you mustn't think I'll judge its use incorrectly. Besides, think how much I'll have learnt by the time you finish your post! ;-)

As for the poor troll, he noticed the discourse bit, but completely missed the expanded "intelligent discourse." Of course, his attempts demonstrate he doesn't qualify for the latter...

Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-23 21:40|| 2006-08-23 21:40|| Front Page Top

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