Archive for the 'Citizenship' Category
The Mosque at Ground Zero
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010In my last blog I mentioned the justification of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With that in mind I would like to point out that as much as I support the decision to use these weapons I would oppose a US cultural center to be built a few hundred feet [...]
The Inconvient Tenth
Friday, August 6th, 2010The Tenth Commandment is one of the most inconvenient that I can think of. All the others are relatively easy. I know that most people can survive with stealing, murdering, etc. But not to be jealous of another’s good fortune, either socially or economically is extremely hard.
There are whole industries based on the violation of this commandment. Look at any news stand [...]
Some thoughts before a week’s Vacation
Sunday, July 25th, 2010My wife and I are going on a week’s cruise to Bermuda today. I realize that this will mean that I will not be able to blog as much as I will want to while we are at sea. (The cruise lines charges by the minute to use the web.)
So here are some thoughts to [...]
Check The Facts
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010I have always had the opinion that when I hear a story that seems too good to be true I should check it out even more that usual.
Thus when I heard the latest about Sharrod making what seemed to be racist remarks I held my piece. At first glance I understood that the woman was [...]
A Simple Solution to a Simple Problem
Friday, July 16th, 2010One of the most frustrating problems we have is voter fraud. We know that there are many people who vote multiple times or that there are some people who are not even qualified to vote who do vote. Note that Michael Moore was registered to vote as a Democrat in both Michigan and New York, [...]
About the Author: Shlomo Bar-Ayal is an Israeli-American, or an American-Israeli (I could never get that right) who is unabashedly pro-Israel, pro-US and a great guy.
He has an open mind to opinions that he agrees with.
As you can see from the picture he is also a rather handsome fellow. If he can ever get his picture on the blog!
Besides blogging on whatever he feels like blogging about on any given day he enjoys learning Talmud, davening, being the candyman in his synagogue, smoking his tobacco pipe, and partaking in an adult beverage every now and then