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2003-12-24 Middle East

Hardships Leave Bethlehem With No Holiday

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Posted by Steve White 2003-12-24 2:04:36 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I saw a segment on ?CNN? about how the Christain are leaving Bethlehem because of the economic hardships. Thats what you get for trusting Arafart. Even if the JOOOOS left last week, few people would venture to the Holy Lands. Who wants to get blown up on Christmas?

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2003-12-24 9:57:03 AM|| 2003-12-24 9:57:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I saw a segment on ?CNN? about how the Christain are leaving Bethlehem because of the economic hardships. Thats what you get for trusting Arafart. Even if the JOOOOS left last week, few people would venture to the Holy Lands. Who wants to get blown up on Christmas?

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2003-12-24 9:57:03 AM|| 2003-12-24 9:57:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The Christian community in Bethlehem is one of the most dhimmized communities in the world. The Christians there, in general, will blame their problems on Israel. The Christian clergy (most of them, there were a few dissenters) didn't even think twice before giving sanction to Hamas with

Posted by mhw 2003-12-24 10:56:39 AM|| 2003-12-24 10:56:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Tsk tsk. Just another example of Arafart and his cronies' "Midas touch". The only problem is that what they're touching isn't turning into gold.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-24 11:10:09 AM|| 2003-12-24 11:10:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Everybody...
Boo Fuckin' Hoo Hoo.

Posted by tu3031 2003-12-24 3:12:41 PM|| 2003-12-24 3:12:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I guess that the Arafish will not make services at the Bethlehem Church of the Nativity this year.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-24 3:57:53 PM|| 2003-12-24 3:57:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 It's my understanding that indigenous Christians are leaving most Middle Eastern countries due to persecution. Complaining about the economic impact on muslims seems like the same Dixie-Chick type logic that Bob Mugabe uses. Economics is often marches with it's cruel shoes over the prone bodies of the stupid.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-12-24 5:03:15 PM|| 2003-12-24 5:03:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Economics is[sic] often marches with it's[sic] cruel shoes over the prone bodies of the stupid.

Wow, that's a great line, SH, and you made that up as you went along, didn't you? May we quote you? I mean, after cleaning it up. No apostrophe in possessive of "it."

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-24 5:41:00 PM|| 2003-12-24 5:41:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Economics is often marches with it's cruel shoes over the prone bodies of the stupid.

Damn! That's good. Consider it stolen.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-24 5:41:48 PM|| 2003-12-24 5:41:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 GMTA It is a memorable line. Poor SH now he's got to go thru the dread RB vetting process.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-24 5:51:38 PM|| 2003-12-24 5:51:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Ship: I once wrote offline to Fred bitching about spelling / grammar / homophone errors by the posters here, suggesting not that they watch their language, but rather their use of it. In fairness, I find from experience it's [here it's is proper] like a shark being chummed, one gets into a posting frenzy in its [here its is proper] grandeur, one gets sloppy.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-24 7:59:08 PM|| 2003-12-24 7:59:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Sorry about the spelling and grammar. My dad and sister both teach english at the high school level. They verbally beat me about the head and shoulders anytime that we meet up. Their (input and yours) keeps me taking myself too seriously.

I come to Rantburg to learn and for the mental challenge of rapidly assimilating the ideas that the regulars toss back and forth. I would process my posts through Word, but usually need to continuously reference the text of the post and other comments for inspiration.

Steal and revise as you see fit. I think the cruel shoes is actually a Steve Martin shtick from the late 70's.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-12-24 9:29:27 PM|| 2003-12-24 9:29:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Steve Martin was an economist??

I are a high-school graduate, in spite of getting D's and F's in English. I did always read a lot. I noticed Kid was terrible at spelling until she got hooked on sci-fantasy books. Her spelling and articulacy improved dramatically and I attribute it to the reading, getting used to seeing what words should look like on paper. I don't even think it matters what you read. I sometimes read history books for relaxation. Or grab a random encyclopaedia (Brittanica, as evinced by the spelling) off the shelf and crack it open in the middle. They're full of interesting stuff. I don't have patience for novels, etc. Someone gave me a copy of Da Vinci Code as a b'day present last month. I'm still fighting with it.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-24 11:37:45 PM|| 2003-12-24 11:37:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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