Posted 11/10/2003 07:30:00 AM by Ocean Guy
Blogger Exodus

I've moved to the new digs, please adjust your blogrolls.

Posted 11/05/2003 10:00:00 AM by Ocean Guy
Exodus from Blogger

My long-overdue move is in process.

The gracious folks at Bloghosts are making the transition much easier than I feared, though it's taking a bit longer than I hoped. The new site is open but the content is extremely thin... that'll be fixed soon. A new design is also in the works, I'm excited about the make-over.

Allahu Akbar

Posted 11/03/2003 10:50:00 AM by Ocean Guy
Our Friend Abdel Rachman

I've been curious about the absence of Abdel Rachman from the networks, and was almost glad to see him during the Senate's hearings about our aid money going to fund the terrorists. Rachman was his usual deluded self:

The PLO/PA representative in Washington, Hassan Abdel Rahman, also testified. He initially claimed that the PMW film's translations of PA schoolbooks and speeches are "mistranslations." When challenged by the Senators on this point, Rahman then claimed that even if they were not mistranslated, "they are just expressions of religious belief, and it does not matter what they are saying, if it's a religious belief."

ZOA President Klein's testimony refuted a number of Rahman's allegations. In one dramatic example, in response to Rahman's claim that the PA wants to live in peace with Israel, Klein held up a piece of Rahman's own official PA stationery, which shows a map of all of Israel labeled "Palestine."

In response to Rahman's claim that most people in America and Israel support the creation of a PA state, Klein cited a recent McLaughlin poll showing 71% of Americans opposing such a state, and a recent Geocartography poll showing that 61% of Israelis opposing it.

In response to Rahman's claim that most PA Arabs oppose terrorism, Klein cited polls showing that roughly 70% of them support suicide bombings. He also noted a poll taken earlier this month that found that 59% of PA Arabs support continuing violence against Israel, even if Israel surrenders all of Judea, Samaria, Gaza, and eastern Jerusalem.

Refuting Rahman's claim that Israel had stolen Arab lands from "Palestine," Klein explained that there never was an independent country called Palestine, and challenged Rahman to "name one Palestinian king or queen." Rahman did not respond.

I wonder if the Senate was as entertained as I was.