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| ObamaÂ’s Applause Lines Tell Us Everything |
| 2009-09-23 |
| David Horowitz commented on The Ones sellout speech to the UN this morning. Sometimes one stray fact is enough to tell a whole story: The biggest applause lines by far were his declaration that “America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements” and his pledge to end the Israeli “occupation that began in 1967.” The chamber erupted at the words, and the applause lasted longer than any other interruption. The following section of his speech — describing U.S. actions to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio, H1N1, and global economic squalor — received no applause whatsoever: America will continue our historic effort to help people feed themselves. We have set aside $63 billion to carry forward the fight against HIV/AIDS, to end deaths from tuberculosis and malaria, to eradicate polio, and to strengthen public health systems. We are joining with other countries to contribute H1N1 vaccines to the World Health Organization. We will integrate more economies into a system of global trade. We will support the Millennium Development Goals and approach next years summit with a global plan to make them a reality. And we will set our sights on the eradication of extreme poverty in our time. Clearly, the audience is more motivated by death of the modern Israeli state than the deaths of the worlds poor. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #4 only the as-yet-unpoisoned children |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-23 21:33 |
| #3 And that's sad because, rj....? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-09-23 21:30 |
| #2 Sad thing is if H1N1 is as bad as some are predicting the only nation in the middle east that will be able to protect itself is Israel (and Iraq because of the large US presence). Can't vaccinate a population with hate and money diverted from hospitals into weapons and terror support. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-09-23 21:28 |
| #1 The U.N. like the Democrats see the sick and poor of the world as a resource to be exploited in order to advance their agenda. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-09-23 20:41 |