WHITEHOUSE.gov: "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs" (SNIPPET: "The Obama administration today announced an emergency contribution of more than $20 million to relief efforts in Gaza, as part of the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund. That was announced by Senator Mitchell in the region this morning.") (January 30, 2009, 1:55 p.m. EST)
http://khosq.com/en-us/article/2008/11/30/youtube_samantha_power_america_and_the_age_of_genocide
I think that Israel has to be nuked out of existence before American Jews change their voting habits.
Samantha Powers recently married Cass Sunstein who was part of Obama’s campaign team. the following quote is in regards to a book he wrote.
“Sunstein (along with his coauthor Richard Thaler) has elaborated the theory of Libertarian paternalism. In arguing for this theory, he counsels thinkers/academics/politicians to embrace the findings of behavioral economics as applied to law, maintaining freedom of choice while also steering people’s decisions in directions that will make their lives go better. With Thaler, he coined the term choice architect.”
Wikipedia states,
“Libertarian paternalism is a political philosophy that believes the state can “help you make the choices you would make for yourself—if only you had the strength of will and the sharpness of mind.”
HOW PERFECT!
There is an illuminating article about coverage of the West Bank issue and Samantha Power’s appointment at:
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2009/02/ny-times-friedman-calls-for-us-troops.html
It is an article critical of New York Times columnist Tom Friedman who has taken the same position as Samantha Power.
A video of an interview Power gave about using U.S. Troop deployment to maintain Peace and Nation Build in the West Bank follows the article.
It is a must view!