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Free Republic | 3/24/01 | The NES Crew

[malakhi]

Dave, you of all people should understand the use of exaggerated rhetoric to make a point. :o)

[SoothingDave]

I would hope he'd massage that paragraph before re-printing in an American paper.

SD

[malakhi]

Also, I'd guess that people living in Israel have a different perspective on the steadiness of American support. While American citizens have always been strongly supportive of Israel, our government has vacillated between support and appeasement of the Arabs. Jimmy Carter, James Baker, Bill Clinton, and the career staff at the State Dept. are all examples of why Israelis might question the consistency of the support of the American government.

[OLD REGGIE]

That's incorrect. Was everything that an OT prophet said infallible? No.

What does that have to do with the price of cheese or the heresy of a Pope?

Please list the OT Prophets convicted of heresy by an "infallible" Council or by an "infallible" Prophet..

[OLD REGGIE]

He's my kind of guy!

Go here - In German town, Benedict XVI known for love of cats, conversation

[ET(end tyranny)]

It means that, God forbid, were the Arabs to win their cause and the Jewish state to go under, no people in the world would grieve and weep and mourn its loss other than our own Jewish kinsmen.

I tjhink the author is using 'people' synonomously with 'nation'. While there are many in the US that would mourn for Israel, there would also be a large portion that would not care. I think the author just means that there is no other Jewish nation to grieve.

[SoothingDave]

Go here - In German town, Benedict XVI known for love of cats, conversation

Given the MSM reaction to his election, you'd figure he was the type of guy who drowns kittens for sport.

SD

[SoothingDave]

His brother Georg still lives in Regensburg and is Benedict's strongest connection to the town he left for Munich when he became archbishop.

I was actually in Regensburg once, for dinner, when I was stuck in a local burg for a few weeks. Like many Bavarian towns, it was old and dominated by a lovely Cathedral. The steak was OK, but with that strange taste you get in Europe. I suspect it's cause the cattle aren't corn-fed. The beer was excellent.

SD

[ET(end tyranny)]

The part about him trying every type of christmas cookie might find him getting a lot of christmas cookies. Remember RR with the jelly beans?

[ET(end tyranny)]

The cathedrals I've been in seemed so dark.

[SoothingDave]

The cathedrals I've been in seemed so dark.

Well, this particular one I only saw the outside of.

I've been in a few in Italy, and they definitely have an atmosphere. It is a different sort of space, and they have a sense of permanence, with their giant stones and towering features. They're built for the ages in a way that too much of America is not. The new WalMart need only be built to last until they build a bigger, newer one.

SD

[ET(end tyranny)]

Atmosphere was a good word for it! lol They might be dark but their stonework is usually awesome.

[OLD REGGIE]

Given the MSM reaction to his election, you'd figure he was the type of guy who drowns kittens for sport.

Well, anything but a flaming progressive would be too much for them.

[Mr. Lucky]

Excuse me. I'm merely marking a spot. Malakhi keeps moving this thread without telling me.

[SoothingDave]

Excuse me. I'm merely marking a spot.

Great, now I have to re-mark it. :-)

SD

[Mr. Lucky]

Quite naturally, I suspected that high officials of the Catholic Church were involved.

[SoothingDave]

Before I forget, I hope y'all have a good passover.

SD

[CindyDawg]

That's ok, as long as you do:') I'm too busy trying to figure out the TBA. We both need to keep an eye on our guys though.

[OLD REGGIE]

Excuse me. I'm merely marking a spot. Malakhi keeps moving this thread without telling me.

And he swore us all to secrecy. :-)

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Thank you Dave.