Archive for the 'Media' 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 [...]
If a Tree Falls in the Forest is it Bush’s Fault
Friday, August 13th, 2010One of the interesting facts of history is that Churchill never blamed Chamberlain for his woes in assuming office in 1940. This is an interesting fact since the situation that Great Britain found itself could very easily be put at the door of Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement.
I bring this up because it shows the [...]
Seeing Evil in the World
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Back in 1994 I remember that the Main Stream Media said that for years Israel had “demonized” Yasser Arafat as well as his organization, the PLO.
At the time I was amazed at the absurdity of the comment. I remember that the PLO had committed some of the most horrific acts since its founding in 1964. [...]
Some thoughts for the Week End
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Until Shirley Sharrod opened her mouth she actually had my sympathy. I wrote yesterday about my initial feelings. But Ms. Sharrod then went on the interview circuit and denounced the usual suspects, Fox News and Anrew Breitbart for all her troubles.
Strange. We now have the internal memos from Fox News that they were actually leery [...]
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 [...]
Thinking About Homelessness
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010I was thinking about the problem of the homeless. I began to think, how did it happen and how to solve it.
As I began to investigate the issue I made some startling discoveries. That the problem was not due to the free market system. That these are not people who are simply down on their [...]
Why Do They Rage?
Sunday, November 29th, 2009One of the interesting things that has happened is that the intellectual elites have not yet gotten over Sarah Palin. They rant and rave about how she is not all that bright or that she is dangerous, or both.
I guess that since they do not have President Bush to blame for all that is evil [...]
What Bible are You Reading?
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009On Sunday my wife and I sat down to watch the NBC show Kings. It is supposed to be about the struggle between King David and Saul set in modern times.
An interesting concept but it misrepresents the story in the extreme.
First,King Silas, who is supposed to be Saul, is a power hungry man in love [...]
How Can I Believe You When I Know You Get It Wrong
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009In 2000 my wife and I were in France on vacation. We were invited by a very sweet family for our Shabbat meals. During one of the meals the host asked me who I was planning to vote for. I said that I planned to vote for Bush. He was amazed. He could not believe [...]
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