In making this statement, Vilnai has just acknowledged that there are times and circumstances where a holocaust is justified and permissible. This directly contradicts claims that what the Germans did (or what we are told they did) had no possible justification.

Maybe it is time to take another look at what was going on in Germany in the 1930s.

History records at least 79 instances of Jewish persecutions, expulsions, and genocides. Mr. Vilnai has now stated quite clearly that on some occasions, the actions of the targeted people justify such actions.

Let us take him at his word. - M. R.

And don't look for these 11 "temporary" Turkish bases to shut down anytime soon. - M. R.

In the US, teachers can be horrendous, but because of union regulations, they get passed along from school to school, so that the misery of their inabilities gets passed around, but not eradicated. - M. R.

The only time stronger preventative measures will happen here will be after tainted beef leads to a large number of cases of bovine spunigiform encephalopathy, and by then it's way too late.

As noted in the website http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow.cfm,

"Given the fact that the USDA only tests one cow out of every 2,000, no one really knows how many of these infected animals may have already entered the human food supply." - M. R.

*Yes, this page is a satire. - M. R.

What's going on? - M. R.

In contrast, most of the Jewish people living in Israel are Ashkenazi, who have no genetic link to the Biblical Hebrews at all. But they like to claim they do, as part of what Shlomo Zand correctly describes as the justification for the existance of Israel (on land stolen from the Palestinians, who actually ARE the genetic descendants of the Biblical Hebrews.

Israelis know this. They have actively suppressed scientific evidence that shows Palestinians and ARAB Jews are the descendants of Biblical Hebrews.

The irony here is how these converted Khazars, who are not actually descendants of the Semites, call me, an actual genetic descendant of the Biblical Hebrews, "Anti-Semitic"! :) - M. R.

I would not install Vista on any of my machines if you were giving it away for free inside boxes of cheerios!

Vista is the new incarnation of Windows ME. Bloated (reflecting the corporate structure that produced it), loaded with "unresolved issues" (meaning bugs) as it sits on the store shelves, and so overloaded with software to protect intellectual property rights that it often refuses to play legally owned media. In many ways, VISTA operates like a society that is being lawyered to death!

It is time to do what Apple has done, toss out the core operating system and change over to a UNIX-based system.

... because we're putting UNIX on those PCs anyway! - M. R.

Between Israel making threatening noises at Hezbullah, Hamas, Lebanon, Syria, and of course, Iran, this is probably not about presenting a show of strength: this is strategic. - M. R.

Back to spy school 101! - M. R.

Three guesses which one. - M. R.

However, the fact that BOTH of these twins are gay does support the theory that being gay is genetically determined, and NOT a choice, which kind of tosses that whole "It's a sin cuz da bibul sez so" argument out the window. - M. R.

Had this individual owned a gun, he could have defended himself. - M. R.

Seriously, Bush is just telling you that you are on your own now. The government that taxed you into economic ruin is not going to help you one tiny bit. - M. R.

Was it a "My way..or the highway" kind of approach?

Was there any listening going on about disenfranchisement,marginalization, and corruption in the Pakistani government? - M. R.

Until the aftermath of the next election, we are, unfortunately, going to have to endure the continuation of a foreign policy crew which absolutely never saw this coming.

Are geopolitical myopia, catastrophic lack of imagination, and ignorance of history the core prerequisites to getting hired to develop foreign policy for this administration? - M. R.

The search led me to this page, and apparently it's another spammer type operation. So if you get an email like this pointing to a website called fanbox, just delete it. - M. R.

And the longer Turkey stays and fights, the more destabilized the region is apt to become. - M. R.

- M. R.

Don't fly until there is some semblance of horse-sense in the screening procedure. - M. R.

I don't think there's much laughter in the Pentagon now at how badly Rumsfeld missed the mark on his estimate of what it would take to really handle the occupation of Iraq.

At Shinseki's suggested troop level, we would possibly have had enough troops to secure Iraq's northern border with Turkey.

The last two Bush administrations aptly deserve a booby prize for how the catastrophic unintended consequences of their foreign policy (if one can call it that) have played out. - M. R.

I don't like any of the "viable" candidates. There are just some I loathe more than the others.

The lesser of three evils is still evil. - M. R.

That being said, there is no question that oil is a finite resource. Even if Earth was a hollow tank full of petroleum, it has to run out eventually; the only question is when.

So, if oil is infinite, does it make sense to burn up so much of it in wars fighting over what is left of it? Because at the end of the wars there is still the day when the oil runs out. The only thing the war does is bring that day closer.

If we remain a civilization totally dependent on oil for energy, then this article is correct, on the day when it takes a barrel's worth of oil to bring a barrel of oil to the surface, we will revert back to stone age technology. That harsh fate is inevitable no matter how many wars are fought for how many wells.

And once the oil runs out, we will lack the energy to develop new sources of energy. We will have ideas but no means to make them reality.

Does it not make much better sense to invest some of the energy we have today in creating alternate sources of power, such as fusion, hydrogen technology, and ideas not yet thought of?

Our political leadership has focused their consciousness and awareness on what must be a dead end to civilization, because oil itself is an eventual dead end.

What we need is a political leadership with the wisdom to understand that the same money now spent conquering oil wells could easily fund research and development into non-oil based energy sources, sources with no expiration date on the labels!

But where to find such is leaders in this day and age! - M. R.

Please also make sure that you show this to every expectant mom you know. - M. R.

More about 9-11 HERE, HERE, and HERE. - M. R.

Time is on Turkey's side, so look for no quick retreat from this invasion of Iraq. - M. R.

Don't say I didn't warn you, because ... I did! - M. R.

It appears, however, that city, state, and federal officials are treating it like one.

It looks as though "quarantining" the homeless is their answer, as though their state of poverty and homelessness was contagious.

I hope all the people of New Orleans remember this time, nearly three years after Katrina, when they go to the polls for the next mayoral, state, and national elections. - M. R.

When people cannot understand the implications of actions and reactions in history, they are simply more apt to uncritically accept everything their leadership - and their televisions - are telling them.

This lack of true education creates a nation of followers and consumers, which is precisely what public education in this country has been engineered to accomplish.

Looking at these results, I would say that they are precisely where the government wants them to be; truly clueless. - M. R.

Way to go, Bush Administration! - M. R.

Unfortunately at this time, the foreign policy makers here in the US have little or no understanding of history.

If they had, they never, ever would have backed the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. - M. R.

With WHAT?? Camel dung?? Their own dung??

When water pumps and filters fail, dirty water can lead to huge outbreaks of diarrhea and cholera.

Of course, Israel understands precisely that this will be the outcome of a lack of clean water.

This has no relation to preventing militant rocket fire; it has everything to do with "softening up" all Palestinians with yet more misery for the massive military incursion Israel has planned for Gaza.

When this happens, do not expect many Palestinian survivors of this attack. - M. R.