Parisian Jews are thinking of fleeing to Israel in order to be safe. Our President admits he made a mistake by not being – over there – with world leaders locked arm in arm in protest of mad men murdering artists, journalists, and funny men. In other words……..
BOHEMIANS!
My stock is way up. I just talked to my friend, Casey Farrell in San Francisco who has been reading this blog for years. He thinks my newspaper has seen the future, even led humanity to this moment where the civilized world realizes why we are different from THEM, and what the main ingredient is that makes up or Precious Freedom.
For years I have been saying the SEED OF ABRAHAM is going to destroy our Bohemian Way of Life, just because it is SHAME-BASED. Making folks ASHAMED is the way to control people. Abraham’s God rules by SHAMING His lesser beings. For this reason I have been opposed to evangelicals and their ally – the Zionists! Thirteen years ago I came up with BAJA-ISRAEL as the ultimate sanctuary for all Jews who are besieged by Islamic Terrorists. Baja-Israel could be the new Left Bank, a place where secular Jews and their love of Math and Science can thrive – not to mention Arts and Literature. Crazy Orthodox Jews should be – LEFT BEHIND – because they are allies of the LEFT BEHIND evangelical crazies that took over the Republican Party and Congress. Consider Cuba! Baja-Israel would make great allies, they both Socialist in nature. I see a economic revitalization of Central America and Mexico.
The fact is, Bohemianism and Radical Islam are polar opposites, and thus the Free World should form a protective shield around creative people, and model the new Democracy after them, because – we are always awake – and are always on the front line fighting the true enemy of humankind ……THE MURDUROUS SHAMED SEED OF ABRAHAM!
I am not talking about Semitic peoples because Islam has taken root in India and Malaysia. Tim LaHaye and his LEFT BEHIND killers pray for a terrifying end of the world and the return of the Killer Jesus who will destroy folks who feel no SHAME!
Having Secular Bohemian Israel and Cuba close by, will give a sense of security to Artists, Writers, Beatniks, and Hippies, that there is a SANCTURARY they can flee to, when the Great Evangelical Kingdom of Jesus and Texas, overcome the United States.
Jon Presco
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2002/04/02/how-bout-relocating-israel-to-mexico/
Baja California: Jewish Refuge and Homeland
My Shtetele California: 19th Century proposal to make Baja California the Jewish homeland
January 23, 2010
By Rabbi Will Kramer
(December 24, 1971)
Not long ago, we reviewed Sam J. Lee’s Moses of the New World the story of the life and work of Baron de Hirsch. It made us de Hirsch-conscious.
In 1896, Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of San Francisco admired Hirsch’s success in South America and hoped that Baja California might become a new Israel with Hirsch-like help. Voorsanger wrote:
“It is encouraging to learn that the De Hirsch colonies in Argentina are
no failures. In California, we have not been successful with colonization.
Our means were too limited, our lands too rich and expensive. Isolated as we are, locked in between the sea and the mountains, we could not command the attention of the world.
“And yet, there are opportunities here, which, in their extent and character,
are larger than those offered in the sub-equatorial republic.
“Right across from San Diego, in Lower California, an empire is still awaiting fostering hands. The time will come when the inevitable migration of large numbers of colonists must be directed to these sunny slopes, which are Mexican in name only and which have a welcome for all honest men.
“These slopes, coasting a princely area of uncultivated, rich lands, need the exploring power of modern commerce and enterprise, and the impetus of population.
“It is still a comfort to know that whilst governments are restricting the right of admission, and nations cry out against the wanderers from abroad, there is still room elsewhere to make a new cradle forgrowing nations.
“The earth is still large enough to hold the children made of its dust.
Where to send them is often the question.
“But, like the mariners of old, when we go far enough, we are sure to
find land. We are always hopeful for lsrael, particularly now when
its hopes are enlarging.”
It’s not normal in a republic like ours to need police to protect our schools and have to tell our children not to wear their yarmulke in the street,” Lydia Layani, 62, shouted as people lingered in heated discussions after Mr. Netanyahu’s visit. “I don’t want to leave France, but I feel sick to my stomach.”
After marching in Paris on Sunday, Mr. Netanyahu said, “I wish to tell all French and European Jews: Israel is your home.”
That invitation has had particular resonance in France. It sent more Jews to Israel than did any other country last year—a record 7,000, up from about 3,400 the year before, according to the Jewish Agency, which oversees Israel’s ties with Jewish diaspora. By comparison, U.S. Jews accounted for about 3,500 of last year’s arrivals, and Ukraine, beset by armed conflict, for about 5,800.
Before the terrorist attack, the organization was forecasting that as many as 10,000 French Jews would move to Israel in 2015, based on inquiries and open applications.
The Jewish Agency promotes what is known to Israelis as “Aliyah”—Hebrew for “going up”—under a law that allows anyone who can show Jewish ancestry to immigrate to Israel with an expedited visa process, Hebrew language training, housing assistance and often a paid one-way flight. Aliyah is Israel’s main route for immigration.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/french-jews-consider-attacks-harrowing-consequences-1421089064
Weber’s tweet: “Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris. (For all the wrong reasons.) Obama couldn’t do it for the right reasons.”
Hitler visited Paris in 1940 after Nazi troops invaded and occupied France.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday that the Obama administration “should have sent someone with a higher profile” to participate in Sunday’s rally in Paris. The event to show solidarity with France after 17 people were killed in terrorist attacks last week drew millions of people — including 40 world leaders.
Weber, now in his second term representing Texas’ 14th District, garnered headlines last year when he sent an incendiary tweet from the House floor criticizing Obama as the “Kommandant-in-chef” and a “socialist dictator” during the State of the Union Address.
How ‘Bout Relocating Israel to Mexico?
Dear Ariel Sharon and Vicente Fox,
Thomas Friedman keeps squeezing New York Times columns from his “open letter” gimmick, so I figured I’d type a note to both of you guys.
Here’s the deal: that whole Israel/Arab thing is getting very ugly and a lot more people will die before Israel wins. Sure, Israel always wins, but what about the hassle? What about the lives lost, and the economic mess, and the general bummer of living in a Death Zone?
Does Israel really want to be the only functioning democracy in the Maniac Middle East, forever? And endlessly have to haggle and fight with the poor, backward dictatorships surrounding it? Hell, Israel doesn’t even have oil. Other than the historical thing, there’s not much to the Holy Land beyond desert, suicide bombers and some nice beaches.
(This is usually when Friedman tells his readers to sit down, as if they all read the NYT in an awkward standing position.)
That’s why I’m asking you both to consider my big idea of moving Israel to the lovely and sparsely populated Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Presidente Fox, you’re the first democratically elected leader of Mexico, and most Mexican Jews voted for you. Prime Minister Sharon, you’re an old warrior who needs a vacation and a bucket of Corona beer on the beach. Israel has money and smarts. Mexico has a bright future but could use a few hundred billion in foreign investment.
Here’s what Mark Twain had to say about Ottoman Empire-era Palestine in his 1869 book, “The Innocents Abroad”:
Of all the lands there are for dismal scenery, I think Palestine must be the prince. The hills are barren, they are dull of color, they are unpicturesque in shape. The valleys are unsightly deserts fringed with a feeble vegetation that has an expression about it of being sorrowful and despondent. The Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee sleep in the midst of a vast stretch of hill and plain wherein the eye rests upon no pleasant tint, no striking object, no soft picture dreaming in a purple haze or mottled with the shadows of the clouds. Every outline is harsh, every feature is distinct, there is no perspective — distance works no enchantment here. It is a hopeless, dreary, heart-broken land.
Baja California Sur is the southernmost chunk of the California peninsula, a thin and sparsely populated strip of desert surrounded by the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific Ocean. An online travel guide describes it like this:
The northern part of the state is typically hot and extremely arid, with vegetation typified by desert shrubs and cactus …. Baja California Sur is largely unpopulated and has the least number of residents of any Mexican state. The population is primarily mestizo — people with a mix of Native American and European ancestry — and many people are recent immigrants. The state has virtually no indigenous population, and only a tiny minority speak an indigenous language.
Perfect. The Israelis could all take a sleeping pill on the plane and wake up in a place that looks much like home — minus the angry Palestinians and maniac bombers. The Palestinians could awake to a land without Jews…and without any sort of modern infrastructure or economy. (Happy Israeli Arabs would be welcomed in the nuevo Promised Land, just as they are welcomed in Los Angeles.)
Lower Baja California has only 420,000 residents, most in the capital city of La Paz and the booze resorts of San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. But north of La Paz, it’s pretty much uninhabited desert, just like British-controlled Palestine before the Zionists arrived and made the harsh land blossom with fruits, vegetables, software companies and night clubs.
Unlike the Holy Land and all its complications, Lower Baja has never been a center of anything but piracy and tequila binging. Francis Drake was one of the many pirates to land on Baja, long thought to be an island. The Spanish Jesuits finally made a few permanent settlements. There wasn’t even a paved road from the Mexican mainland until a few decades ago. And check it out, Ariel: it’s said that Sephardic Jews came to Baja to escape the freakin’ Inquisition back in the 15th Century. (There’s a 1973 book about this, but I can’t find a copy.)
Baja California Sur has 46,920 square miles. Israel has 10,840 square miles — including the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Surely President Fox could spare a chunk of his least populated state for the sake of peace.
Would Israel rather be forever surrounded by hostile Islamic fundamentalists and progress-hating dictators or be a day’s drive or one-hour flight from Southern California and all the friendly Jews and non-militant Muslims in Los Angeles?
Vicente, your lovely nation has a healthy Jewish community. Why not sell a piece of Lower Baja to a people who will pump billions into the region? The Jewish homeland will do more than make a thriving nation from this land — they’ll bring a democratic model for all of Mexico.
Ariel, your nation can rebuild the ruins of the temple. Hebrews have experience in that sort of work. And sparkling modern cities like Tel Aviv can be quickly and easily recreated. The Jewish Homeland is intrinsically connected to the United States, another nation of immigrants looking for a better life. Why not just get over here and get rid of the Middle East nonsense? According to the Good Book, God didn’t even mention Baja back in Abraham’s time.
It’s the digital era, after all. Movies and DNA and books and music can all be perfectly copied. How about Israel? You think God cares about what chunk of dirt you call home? Sure, the Torah says otherwise, but the Torah also says you should sacrifice your son if a voice in your head gets too loud. Jesus Christ lived and died around one little piece of ground in modern-day Israel, yet the Catholic Church is based in Italy. Come to Baja, Israel.
Okay, I’m biased. I’m scared of suicide bombers and am fond of Baja California. I like quiet beaches and fish tacos and little desert towns on the sea. I’m tired of watching Israeli civilians blown apart, and I’m tired of the Palestinian people tossed around like a beach ball between Arab countries unwilling to accept the Palestinians as citizens.
Where do Jews and Palestinians live in peace? North America — right here in Los Angeles. Down with the Old World. Up with Fish Tacos. Let’s call ’em Gefilte Fish Tacos.
Ken Layne types from a shack behind his Los Angeles home. The author of trashy thrillers such as Dot.Con and the upcoming Space Critters, he has written and edited for a variety of news outfits including Information Week, the Sydney Daily Telegraph, UPI and Mother Jones. Since the Enron-like collapse of his Web paper, Tabloid.net, in 1999, he has been posting commentary to KenLayne.com
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