Gaza
Published Sunday, July 24, 2005 by naptowngirl.
I recieved this picture and really thought it worth discussing. well not the picture exactly but the situation in Gaza.
Now generally speaking i'm not in favor of giving up land that was righfully won in a war however, when giving up said land means the difference between suicide bombers and no suicide bombers in israel, i'm going to have to go with GIVE UP THE LAND!!! It's a stretch of dirt that doesnt have any religious siginificance (that i know of). I'd have a lot bigger issue with giving up the west bank, but gaza is not the west bank.
There are loads of protesters down in a town called Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip and what i find most poigniant about the picture is that really... what's the difference between the Israelis who are fighting to keep the land and the Israelis who are sent to insure that the hand over goes smoothly? So the picture above is a photo of Chayalim (IDF soldiers) and protesters davening mincha separated by a fence... and an ideal... but not much else. After all, we're all Jews.
Now generally speaking i'm not in favor of giving up land that was righfully won in a war however, when giving up said land means the difference between suicide bombers and no suicide bombers in israel, i'm going to have to go with GIVE UP THE LAND!!! It's a stretch of dirt that doesnt have any religious siginificance (that i know of). I'd have a lot bigger issue with giving up the west bank, but gaza is not the west bank.
There are loads of protesters down in a town called Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip and what i find most poigniant about the picture is that really... what's the difference between the Israelis who are fighting to keep the land and the Israelis who are sent to insure that the hand over goes smoothly? So the picture above is a photo of Chayalim (IDF soldiers) and protesters davening mincha separated by a fence... and an ideal... but not much else. After all, we're all Jews.
gas, bombs and space
Published Wednesday, July 13, 2005 by naptowngirl.
i can't help but think about the lack of press a suicide bombing got yesterday when a guy tried to get into a mall in Netanya, Israel, couldn't, and decided to just blow himself up on the crosswalk outside instead. He killed 4 people and left 30 wounded. Why is this less important than the bombs that were set off in London last week? Everybody knows about what occured in London. The only people who seem to care about what happened in Israel yesterday are those who care enough to seek out Israeli news. Both were brought on by terrorist organizations. Makes one thing, doesnt it? At least, it makes me think.
Moving on... the price of gas here is outrageous. $2.61 was the highest i saw for regular today. although the standard is not much better. $2.49-$2.51. makes me sick. makes me wonder what the price of gas would be if our president wasnt a hot shot in the oil industry. I think a lot about what would be different if Kerry were president. sad isnt it? well, only 3 more years to go i guess.
lastly, i'm really happy to see that the space program is getting back on it's feet with the shuttle Discovery lifting off from cape canaveral today. hard to believe it's been 2 1/2 years since the Columbia disaster. We should think about Ilan Ramon and the other astronauts who sacrificed their lives for the advancement of science, those of the Challenger crew in 1986 and those of Apollo 1 in 1967. i'm sure this mission will be a success!
Moving on... the price of gas here is outrageous. $2.61 was the highest i saw for regular today. although the standard is not much better. $2.49-$2.51. makes me sick. makes me wonder what the price of gas would be if our president wasnt a hot shot in the oil industry. I think a lot about what would be different if Kerry were president. sad isnt it? well, only 3 more years to go i guess.
lastly, i'm really happy to see that the space program is getting back on it's feet with the shuttle Discovery lifting off from cape canaveral today. hard to believe it's been 2 1/2 years since the Columbia disaster. We should think about Ilan Ramon and the other astronauts who sacrificed their lives for the advancement of science, those of the Challenger crew in 1986 and those of Apollo 1 in 1967. i'm sure this mission will be a success!
The zoo
Published Friday, July 08, 2005 by naptowngirl.
So i've had a pretty busy summer so far. My friend David has been up here working for the summer so i've been busy doing all kinds of fun "fieldtrips" with him. Between that and life in general i havent had so much time to post. so here's a bit of my summer....
2 weeks ago David and I decided to go to the Bronx Zoo on like the hottest day of the summer. Ok, so it wasnt probably the hottest but it was in the 90's with crazy humidity. Anyway, we had a great time. saw alot of animals and got some cute pics too. here are David's Pics from our outting, and here are mine. I'm including a few cute ones in the post so you can see what i've been up to at a quick glance. Unfortunatley i did not see my favorites (black and white cows and sheeps), by the way, i got laughed at for having my favorite animals be farm animals. but it's ok. i had fun anyway. ;) That's not a typo back there either. One sheep, Two sheeps that's just the way it goes!
Here's David at the Bronx Zoo
And me with the big metal rhino (i leaned against it and burnt my arm) but for that picture you'll have to look at David's Pics (link above)
Here are some cool famingos
And a very cute giraffe (it's not an "ass shot" it's just a cute picture from the back side!)
So there you have it! I'll have more to post soon.
PS. Mazal Tov to Katie on the birth of her son Braden.
2 weeks ago David and I decided to go to the Bronx Zoo on like the hottest day of the summer. Ok, so it wasnt probably the hottest but it was in the 90's with crazy humidity. Anyway, we had a great time. saw alot of animals and got some cute pics too. here are David's Pics from our outting, and here are mine. I'm including a few cute ones in the post so you can see what i've been up to at a quick glance. Unfortunatley i did not see my favorites (black and white cows and sheeps), by the way, i got laughed at for having my favorite animals be farm animals. but it's ok. i had fun anyway. ;) That's not a typo back there either. One sheep, Two sheeps that's just the way it goes!
Here's David at the Bronx Zoo
And me with the big metal rhino (i leaned against it and burnt my arm) but for that picture you'll have to look at David's Pics (link above)
Here are some cool famingos
And a very cute giraffe (it's not an "ass shot" it's just a cute picture from the back side!)
So there you have it! I'll have more to post soon.
PS. Mazal Tov to Katie on the birth of her son Braden.
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