Comments on: The shame of our brainwashed MPs

By: fool me once...

fool me once... — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:09:31 +0000

“He is speaking honestly as an Israeli overlord to one of the serfs”
Settle down, relax and unwind to Father Abraham as your “serf” typo is a sure sign of stress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWbMikrZ91U

By: happeh

happeh — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:20:49 +0000

“Percy is a mere 35 years old and a former school teacher. What caused the rude boy to forget his manners?”

He is speaking honestly as an Israeli overlord to one of the serfs, and not as a Briton speaking to a fellow Briton?

By: Ariadna Theokopoulos

Ariadna Theokopoulos — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:42:30 +0000

I know the right answer!
All except the very last one are correct because obviously what;s good for the jews is good for the world.
The last one is incorrect. It should be:
God has no better Teacher than Israel.
Simple: Torah, shmorah, Moses’ tables, shmables, it was all a muddle before the Talmud set it straight.

By: David Holden

David Holden — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:09:17 +0000

NB Mr Netanyahu’s office wish me to make clear that his remarks will do no permanent damage to the environment as they have been designed to be:

zio – degradable

By: David Holden

David Holden — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:03:19 +0000

from a recent examination paper in Modern History.

3. briefly compare and contextualize the following remarks taken from recent speeches by Middle Eastern politician Lord Netanyahu, and discuss in each case the extent to which you think the claim is evidence-based or flattering rhetoric of a staunch ally:

America has no better friend than Israel.
Britain has no better friend than Israel.
France has no better friend than Israel.
Germany has no better friend than Israel.
Australia has no better friend than Israel.
New Zealand has no better friend than Israel.
Canada has no better friend than Israel.
Saudi Arabia has no better friend than Israel.
Qatar has no better friend than Israel.
Libya has no better friend than Israel.
Syria has no better friend than Israel.
Iraq has no better friend than Israel.
Iran has no better friend than Israel.
Pakistan has no better friend than Israel.
Sudan has no better friend than Israel.
Mexico has no better friend than Israel.
humanity has no better friend than Israel.
God has no better friend than Israel.

By: Blake

Blake — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:54:48 +0000

Thanks for the correction.

By: David Holden

David Holden — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:41:11 +0000

Sir Bernard Ingham, Mrs T’s doughty enforcer, nuclear industry lobbyist and stage Yorkshireman, showed himself, with that quote, to be one of England’s leading nephelokokkygic* political orators.

* cf Aristophanes, the Birds BC 414

By: Ariadna Theokopoulos

Ariadna Theokopoulos — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:14:47 +0000

“Israel is a country misunderstood and misrepresented. Looking across the border with Lebanon and peering at Hizbullah strongholds, no more than 100 yards away from where I was standing, underlined the significance of Israel’s strategic frailty in the face of constant threat.”

As far as I know, this text was first given to Dubya to read when he was running for President (first term). He felt more comfortable giving it a local flavor and said something like: “When I went there and looked, I swear Israel is narrower than the Texas panhandle in places; it’s got serious strategic defense problems.” Not verbatim, merely as I remember it.

By: David Holden

David Holden — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:48:19 +0000

Mr Percy alternates tit-for-tat with refuse to discuss - as debating tactics these may be good for rabble-rousing but they are hardly the most incisive tools for dissecting complex issues. Mr Percys's apparent hyper-intensity may be due to the fact that the recently administered zio-enzymes are still fermenting in certain parts of his central nervous system. depending on circumstances full conversion can take as long as seven years, which is why trips to the Middle East come in useful. these can make a huge difference in curtailing the painful chrysalis phase, which William Hague described as the Dark Night of my Conscience. in his case the sense of loss was exacerbated by terrible migraines.

By: Roy Bard

Roy Bard — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:41:22 +0000

"Anyone who thinks the ANC will form the government of South Africa is living in cloud cuckoo-land" is apparently the work of Bernard Ingram, not Thatcher and was said some years before the ANC came to power.