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[quote] Did he speak German? Given your mother did not speak Hebrew, I can only assume she did not speak Arabic either. [/quote] My Kurdish friend speaks English. Either way, I can understand some Arabic if it's spoken slowly enough. :-) [quote] I'm going with Marv Rosenthal from Zion's Hope whom I've told you about before. He's been going twice a year bringing groups over for decades so he knows the best guides and hotels t

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To elaborate on meeting my mother in Tel Aviv... My father has only been in Israel once, on a kibbutz in the 60s before the 1967 war. Hence he never saw the old city of Jerusalem. My mother has never been in Israel. Neither of my parents speak/spoke Hebrew. I invited my mother to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem not only because I thought it would be fun for her (and me) to have a look at the youngest and oldest Jewish cities (I know both cities well already) but also be

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KFC, Excellent! I am going in March and I have invited my mother to meet me in Tel Aviv. We will visit Jerusalem together from there. I'll also study Hebrew at my teacher's house again and my mother will only be in the country for a long weekend. But it will be fun I am sure. It's true, there are a few Jewish Christians and they have not much spiritual support. Enjoy! Anthony, Dude, that was over a year ago. :-) Bahu revived the thread. But I am thankful

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Thank you, Bahu.

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Khadra1234, My point exactly. I have said that for years. Good to see you here.

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[quote] From each according to his ability to each according to his needs. Paraphrased well enough? And we do not have to go into a doctoral thesis to see how wrong that is, not in theory, but in practice. it has always failed and will always fail. man is not altruistic. [/quote] Did your family operate and succeed using another strategy?

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Man produces goods using raw materials. The produced goods are the property of the producer (barring other arrangements between individuals). But the raw materials are everyone's to use (barring government-imposed monopolies). Land ownership is a monopoly. There is a finite amount of land at any given place and all of it is owned. That's why you get monopoly prices for land. Rents go up because demand rises while supply doesn't change. That's the symptom of a monopoly. <p

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[quote who="Nitro Cruiser" reply="24" id="2846252"] Land ownership is a government-created monopoly and those that make money from it, That sounds like that fake business out of thin air (literally)... carbon credits. Put a price tag on anything, real or imagined, and force people to have a need for it, real or imagined, and wa la, instant payments by many and riches for the few. [/quote] Yes, that's what it is. The difference is only that for land i

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Land is not created by man and thus cannot be owned by man, is what I think. Freedom includes the right to walk where I want. If a government takes that right away and imposes monopolies, it better be because it's better for everyone (and it is), but it cannot be because somebody has the alleged "right" to take away my natural freedom. Land ownership is a government-created monopoly and those that make money from it, for example when land gets more valuable because the populat

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The big irony is that the arrogant punk thought that revealing the truth would be an excellent weapon against the dark forces of history. In reality the leaks showed that Israel was the only honest country where politicians and diplomats said exactly the same privately and publicly (and I expected no less from Avigdor Lieberman!) and that the US have downplayed the dangers of terrorism and Iran's nuclear project (rather than exaggerated them as the punk would surely have hoped). <p

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Formatting screwed up again on this thread: Take a third option: My solution to unemployment and unemployment benefits

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[quote] If you don't work, you don't eat. [/quote] Government provides several mechanisms to ensure that some people eat without working, social welfare is only one of them. <span style="font

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[quote] I make about $2,000 a week but it varies quite a bit, mostly royalties... [/quote] Not everyone has a very high income based on a government-created monopoly. Most people work very hard for money every week. $2,000 per week is a lot of money and so is $400 per week.

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Daftvador, May I ask how much money you make that you think that $400 per week is the minimum amoung people ought to live on? For me $400 per week is a lot of money. And I work hard for my upkeep.

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[quote] from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs [/quote] That's what Karl Marx said. He said it in a time when everyone definitely didn't get what he needed and when many people could not, for legal or other reasons, contribute according to their ability. Conservatives believe in "from each according to his ability". Conservatives think that everyone should work as much as they can. Today's liberals believe in "to each

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You want to finish with the whole entitlements mindset AND give everyone $400 a month? $400 a month is wealth beyond the dreams of most people on this planet. Even the radical communists in Germany (not the German government but the actual communist party) have never argued for that much money. Aren't new-borns more expensive than older children? Yes, it will never happen. Too radical, too expensive, and too completely unnecessary.

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*Areas where competition is physically impossible or legally limited: Physically impossible: shortest street between two towns; bridge over river at best location; shortest railway link etc. Legally limited: police force, military, government etc. Those are areas where the proposal folk could work (except I would really let them into the second list).

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Sweden has VERY extreme rape laws, very much in favour of victims (and, unfortunately, alleged victims). It is ironic that Assange fell victim to a law which would normally be celebrated by extremist liberals for protecting women's rights. It matches the irony of Assange's publications showing the opposite of what extremist liberals wanted to be the truth. But it has likely nothing to do with the US or any government that wants to "get" Assange for the leaks.

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I am totally in favour of your proposal. However, do note that at least in Europe welfare is simply paid to keep people from rioting. Whenever those payments are affected by politics, we have burning cars. I figure that in the middle ages those people were the local baron's thugs, another group of people paid to leave others alone. But assuming that we get those riots under control or that America doesn't have that problem (which is possible since Americans have a different mind

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Ok. I see this is one of the times where I should withdraw from JU for a few months or years. The personal attacks have started. I like not to get into that sort of thing. Thank you Nitro for your explanations. Let me just say that I don't even have television, do not watch the news a lot, rarely read anything the mass media produce and, as you can see on my own links page , the only American professional news outlet I frequen

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[quote] Of course the left fears Palin. [/quote] No, they don't. [quote] Just look at how far and how they go to attack her. Or is that just normal behavior for the left these days? [/quote] She is an easy target. If the GOP had other prominent leaders, the left would find it more difficult to attack them and it would cost them votes.

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[quote] The Democrats bank on those petty disagreements to garner votes. One only has to ask themselves when in modern history has a major politician's personal views on evolution or creationism impacted jobs, spending, foreign policy? Keep them focused on something that is of little consequence in the real world then sucker punch them after they have your vote. [/quote] I am thinking that George W. Bush's views on evolution (he understands it) certainly influence

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[quote] You are quick to "poison" the right, yet I have not seen similar "poisoning" on the left. [/quote] Really? Even though you commented on so many of my blog postings where I wrote about the racists in the Democratic party and why therefor I wouldn't have voted for Obama? [quote] Does that mean you would vote for someone on the left regardless of their stated positions? Clearly the left has as many (perhaps more) poison posi

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[quote] Ok, I will be Breitbart - name one lie. [/quote] Remember the Sherrod case? I saw the video Breitbart provided and the full video. I also read what he wrote about what happened and then what really happened. He lied. [quote] Oh, but they do (on both counts). You project your "European left" onto the "American left", and are wrong in that respect. They fear Palin because of what she represents (the sam

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[quote] I disagree. [/quote] I know. But that's not the point. I am telling you this as someone to the left of you. You can either listen to left-wingers (relative to you) or pretend that you know what they think. The first is better if you want to win. [quote] Left-wingers created Sarah Palin via their fear of her. Need proof? How many unsuccessful presidential candidates VP picks to you hear from today in a politically active