Comments on: Watch out for flying pigs http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Andy http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942/comment-page-1#comment-19472 Andy Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:30:44 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942#comment-19472 <blockquote>I suppose that means the South really won the Civil War, then. It’s still here.</blockquote> Damn. If only the Union had finished the job, I wouldn't have had to spend two years of my life in Sumter, SC.

I suppose that means the South really won the Civil War, then. It’s still here.

Damn. If only the Union had finished the job, I wouldn’t have had to spend two years of my life in Sumter, SC.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942/comment-page-1#comment-19471 Meryl Yourish Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:31:11 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942#comment-19471 "Noreen" is done, and her comments deleted. The comments policy is clearly marked on every post, and if you need a refresher, click on the post I wrote that declares this a <a href="http://www.yourish.com/2005/09/17/78" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">No Israel-Bashing Zone</a>. The Google satellite map the troll linked was highly suspect, because it's not a link to Google---it's a link to a photo uploading service to a jpeg that says it's a Google satellite map. And voila: I found the picture, on an anti-Israel site. Say bye-bye to the troll. “Noreen” is done, and her comments deleted. The comments policy is clearly marked on every post, and if you need a refresher, click on the post I wrote that declares this a No Israel-Bashing Zone.

The Google satellite map the troll linked was highly suspect, because it’s not a link to Google—it’s a link to a photo uploading service to a jpeg that says it’s a Google satellite map.

And voila: I found the picture, on an anti-Israel site.

Say bye-bye to the troll.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942/comment-page-1#comment-19464 Meryl Yourish Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:29:03 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942#comment-19464 She slipped through the moderation net. Please don't continue the conversation. She's breaking the No Israel-bashing rule, and will doubtless be banned soon. She slipped through the moderation net. Please don’t continue the conversation. She’s breaking the No Israel-bashing rule, and will doubtless be banned soon.

]]> By: Cynic http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942/comment-page-1#comment-19463 Cynic Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:22:56 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942#comment-19463 Noreen, You a troll? It's a year since the Jews left Gaza and the Palestinians destroyed the greenhouses (those $100 million a year producers of fruits and vegetables) amongst other things left to them by "philanthropists". If you are worried about the division of land then go back to 1948 and ask why 5 Arab countries went to war against Israel, and the armistice of 1949, to lose the greater proportion of the land the UN offered the arabs (not the then as yet un-created Palestinian people)? Noreen,
You a troll?
It’s a year since the Jews left Gaza and the Palestinians destroyed the greenhouses (those $100 million a year producers of fruits and vegetables) amongst other things left to them by “philanthropists”.

If you are worried about the division of land then go back to 1948 and ask why 5 Arab countries went to war against Israel, and the armistice of 1949, to lose the greater proportion of the land the UN offered the arabs (not the then as yet un-created Palestinian people)?

]]> By: Paul http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942/comment-page-1#comment-19459 Paul Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:18:04 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942#comment-19459 The South didn't win the Civil War, but Southerners have long memories and often a defeat spurs people on as no victory can. I say this as a Southerner and a friend of Israel. :) The South didn’t win the Civil War, but Southerners have long memories and often a defeat spurs people on as no victory can. I say this as a Southerner and a friend of Israel. :)

]]> By: meg http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942/comment-page-1#comment-19429 meg Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:58:06 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942#comment-19429 Well, Meryl, four of the last five presidents have come from the South, and the one who didn't had a VP from the region. Maybe we did win the war after all. :) Seriously, media types do seem enamoured with "longevity," don't they? For example, Castro gets lionized for having outlasted XX American presidents. Now, this is because he's a dictator, but that doesn't really matter! I notice this in other areas, largely when there's really nothing else to recommend the cause/side/group/person that the reporter sympathizes with. Well, Meryl, four of the last five presidents have come from the South, and the one who didn’t had a VP from the region. Maybe we did win the war after all. :)

Seriously, media types do seem enamoured with “longevity,” don’t they? For example, Castro gets lionized for having outlasted XX American presidents. Now, this is because he’s a dictator, but that doesn’t really matter! I notice this in other areas, largely when there’s really nothing else to recommend the cause/side/group/person that the reporter sympathizes with.

]]> By: Cynic http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942/comment-page-1#comment-19417 Cynic Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:19:41 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/08/26/1942#comment-19417 <blockquote>They usually completely omit the part about the three soldiers who were killed</blockquote> Yes. And they OMIT the opening rocket and mortar barrage on the towns, villages and farms along Israel's northern border used to create the ambush that brought out the soldiers.

They usually completely omit the part about the three soldiers who were killed

Yes. And they OMIT the opening rocket and mortar barrage on the towns, villages and farms along Israel’s northern border used to create the ambush that brought out the soldiers.

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