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Date Posted: 03:56:04 05/21/02 Tue
Author: JC
Subject: But is it good for the Jews?
In reply to: JC 's message, "Greetings" on 03:48:41 05/21/02 Tue

(A good laugh from Eve Segal, the wonderful troublemaker from Phila. A poet, a photographer, a psychologist and even an adoptive mother of a monkey, Eve is one of the most outspoken and outrageous supporters of Palestine in the US)
Is it good for the Jews?
Headlines (mostly) from the New York Times of 26-29 March 2002 Compiled for your reading pleasure by Eve Segal
"Nigerian Woman Condemned to Death by Stoning is Acquitted" (3/26/02) � Is this good for the Jews?
"Beijing Launches Its Third Spacecraft" (3/26/02) � � But is it good for the Jews?
"Forget the Car Keys: Subway-Riding Mayor Sets a New Tone, Pushing Drivers Toward Mass Transit" (3/26/02)
��Yes, but is it good for the Jews?
"Helms Reverses Opposition to Help on AIDS" "Jesse Helms...has started to push for much more federal spending on the problem around the world...Mr. Helms wrote that his conscience was 'answerable to God' and said, 'Perhaps, in my 81st year, I am too mindful of soon meeting Him.' �o he called for [spending] $500 million ...on eliminating mother-to-child transmission of the AIDS virus in Africa."
��What about the Jews? Is this good for the Jews?
"Louisiana: A Dollar More An Hour. New Orleans can raise the minimum wage to $6.15 an hour, a civil court judge ruled . . ." (3/26/02_
��But is it good for the Jews?
"Bush Energy [Policy] Paper Followed Industry Push. As he helped the Bush administration write its natinoal energy report last year, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham heard from more than 100 energy industry executives, trade association leaders and lobbyists. . . Mr. Abraham did not meet with any representatives of environmental organizations or consumer groups . . ." (3/27/02)
��Is this good for the Jews?
"In Mild Winter, The Northeast Sees a Windfall. A relatively mild winter in the Northeast has helped cities and states save hundreds of thousands of dollars in snow-removal costs" (3/27/02)
But is it good for the Jews?
"Oregon: Smoking Declines. Oregon residents are well ahead of the rest of the country in quitting smoking" (3/27/02)
��But it is good for the Jews?
"Tax Official to Leave Post. The top tax official in the TreasuryDepartment, Mark Weinberger, will leave in mid-April . . . Mr. Winterberger, 40, the assistant secretary for tax policy, played an important role in shepherding President Bush's 10-year, $1.35 trillion tax cut through Congress last spring" (3/27/02)
��Is this good for the Jews?
"Court Says Agency Can Tighten Smog Rules. An appeals court ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency could strengthen smog rules for the first time since 1979, and enforce the first-ever regulation of the smallest soot particles." (3/27/02)
��But is this good for the Jews?
"Report on Social Security Adds 3 Years to Fund's Life: Improved Outlook Due to More Productivity . . . With no changes to law, the retirement fund will be drained in 2041, not 2038." (3/27/02) But is it good for the Jews?
"Timber Company Reduces Cutting of Old-Growth Trees: Move by Boise Follows Growing Pressure" (3/27/02)
��Is this good for the Jews?
"California: 'Morning-After' Pill Coverage. Gov. Gray Davis has ordered the state's health maintenance organizations to cover 'morning after' contraception and to ensure speedy access to the pills . . . H.M.O.'s will have to cover the costs" (3/28/02)
��Is it good for the Jews?
"Louisiana: Authorities Kill Pit Bulls. Seventy-two pit bull dogs deemed a threat to the community were killed by injection. . . . Because the dogs were bred and inbred for fighting, ...they could be prone to attack at any time." (3/28/02)
��Is this good for the Jews?
"Florida: Bear Protection Plan. The state has agreed to buy 800 acres near Ocala National Forest to help protect the threatened black bear . . . It is part of a plan to create a 74,000-acre corridor to protect bears as they migrate south of the national forest." (3/28/02)
��But is it good for the Jews?
Montana: Companies Agree to Cleanup. Mining companies have agreed to pay
$87 million to build and run a plant to treat highly toxic water that is rising in an open-pit copper mine in Butte." (3/28/02)
��Is this good for the Jews?
Bush Vows to Seek Conservative Judges." (3/29/02)
��Is this good for the Jews?
"California Dunes May be Reopened to Off-Road Vehicles." (3/29/02
��But it is good for the Jews?
"Rumsfeld Backs Plan to Hold [Afghan] Captives Even if Acquitted." 3/29/02
��It is good for the Jews?
Addressing Worries, Pentagon Says It Can Fight Wider War." (3/29/02
��Is it good for the Jews?
"Afghan Resilience Aids Recovery After Quake." (3/29/02)
��Is it good for the Jews?
"Smallpox Vaccine Stockpile Is Larger Than Was Thought." (3/29/02)
��Is this good for the Jews?
"Egypt: A Relic From Time of Exodus. Archaeologists in the Nile Delta have unearthed a colossal granite bust that could be part of a statue of Queen Nefertari, wife of the legendary Pharaoh Ramses II . . . A German-Egyptian team discovered the ...bust ...35 miles northeast of Cairo...artificats of the queen are rare in the Delta region. Nearby, the team found a status of Ramses II, who ruled Egypt in the 13th Century B.C., when some historians believe Moses led the exodus of the Israelites." (3/29/02)
��So is this good for the Jews?
"...the current Arab context sure isn't working in our favor." Thomas Friedman, 3/27/02
��The fundamental question is, is it good for the Jews?
"World Court for War Crimes Inches Closer to Reality" (3/26/02) � Can this be good for the Jews?
--
Evalyn F. Segal, PhD
Philadelphia PA USA
<a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.evesegal.net">http://www.evesegal.net</a>
"So long as Israeli settlements continue to occupy Palestinian land, Israel remains the aggressor." - Piero Weiss, Letter to the Editor, New York Times,
13 March 2002.
Acts of terrorism against civilians are despicable, always and everywhere. But remember that organized state terror harms far more civilians than the isolated acts of men and women driven mad by despair. - Eve Segal
��Sonnet: Against Making Blood Speak Out
��If I die one day from the bullet of a young killer-- � � � a Palestinian who crosses the northern border -- � � � or from the blast of a hand grenade he throws, � � � or in a bomb explosion while I'm checking the price � � � of cucumbers in the market, don't dare say � � � that my blood permits you to justify your wrongs -- � � � that my torn eyes support your blindness -- � � � that my spilled guts prove it's impossible � � � to talk about an arrangement with them
��-- that it's only possible
��to talk with guns, interrogation cells, curfew, prison, � � � expulsion, confiscation of land, wisecracks, iron fists, a steel
heart
��that thinks it's driving out the Amorites and destroying the Amalekites.
��Let the blood seep into the dust: blood is blood, not
words.
��Terrible - the illusion of the Kingdom in obtuse hearts.
��-- Meir Wieseltier
��Translated from the Hebrew by Shirley Kaufman � � � � � � � � � Published in The Nation, April 2002

>Hello Don Barone,
>
>Thank you for inviting me to your forum. It looks very
>good. It will be a breath of fresh air to be able to
>express opnions without being dubbed as an
>"ANTI-SEMITE" by the moderators who try to act like
>big deals when in reality are internet loosers with no
>life.
>
>My first article on this forum will soon follow..
>
>God Bless,
>JC

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