Yes, There's Always a Trick!

Olmert's too smart to just fade away.  And he hasn't resigned.  He's just planning on resigning.  At least that's
All this excitement over his "resignation plans" reminds me of the people spending their winnings before the money's in their hands.
what he says.  I'll believe it when I see it.

I'm ready for a new protest movement:

The law is very complicated. 

Background: Basic Law and Resignation of Prime Minister
Dr. Aaron Lerner IMRA 30 July 2008

While Prime Minister Olmert clearly stated that he would resign after the
election of a new Kadima head in the upcoming Kadima primaries, Israel Radio
has been broadcasting the following clarification in its hourly news
bulletins starting with the 9 PM news:

"Our state affairs correspondent Shmuel Tal clarifies that the person who is
elected to head Kadima will be asked to form a government and until he
succeeds in doing it Olmert will continue to serve as prime minister. If
the new chairman of Kadima fails to form a government Olmert will serve as
prime minister until after the coming general elections." click for complete article

All this excitement over his "resignation plans" reminds me of the people spending their winnings before the money's in their hands.  Ehud Olmert has not yet resigned.

The Kadima Party, full of egotistical opportunists all running to grab "the ring."  Actually, one very astute member of its leadership has been very quiet.  You always see him loyally at Olmert's side.  I wouldn't be surprised if when the dust settles after an inconclusive Kadima Primary, Tzachi Hanegbi will suddenly appear looking very mature and competant.

It breaks my heart to think that Geula Cohen's son is Ehud Olmert's protege`, but it seems pretty obvious.

Don't Get So Excited! There's A Trick

I'm a CPA's daughter and a lawyer's mother;  I'm very grounded and pragmatic.  As far as I'm concerned, until Ehud Olmert actually hands in a letter of resignation and the "cancellation" time is up, he hasn't resigned, and I'm not celebrating.  So far, like his dramatic announcement of Prostate Cancer, which never needed treatment, this resignation is just a smoke screen.

The Left knows how to plan activities, lobby etc. We, on the Right, are just a bunch of bumbling amateurs.

I've become so frustrated at how badly we handle things. There are time-proven techniques. Why don't we utilize them? Why don't we teach them to our grassroots organizations?

The New Israel Fund, the veteran Left-Wing umbrella organization, has Shatil. Shatil supports and trains community activists of various organization. Most are Left-wing and others are non-political.

I attended some of Shatil's sessions a number a years ago when I was working with a non-political organization.

I recently offered to help out the Hatikvah Party, but the professors running it totally snubbed me. There's another group I'd like to help. I have to contact them. I certainly don't know everything, but I do know that "we don't have to reinvent the wheel."

We'd be much better off following "how to succeed" techniques than our consistently unsuccessful guesswork.

Being polite when insulted, turning the other cheek and all that-- must cease!  When we're insulted, patronized, threatened, lied about etc we have to start telling those immoral, hypocritical, anti-Jewish Rights bullies to stop and watch out.  Generally, I avoid reading left-wing dribble, but yesterday I came across a NY Times op-ed which got me going, and here's what I wrote:

That's Not "Love" Buster

What makes this NY Times writer, NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, such an expert in Israel, history and civil rights? His op-ed, Tough Love for Israel? is an outrageous mish-mash of pseudo-facts, distortions and ignorance.

The Jewish Nation has a well-documented history thousands of years old, and the United States is barely a pisher, just over two hundred years old.
Today we may appear weak and leaderless, but like our ancient king, our strength will revive

Don't talk tough love to me, Kristof! Respect your elders. I don't need to hear your chutzpadik demands. Of all the nerve to instruct American politicians to tell us not to build and develop our country. Don't you dare compare Christian and Muslim history in the HolyLand to our Jewish History.

We Jews have existed long before those two other religions, both of which tried to usurp our forefathers, history and Land.

Don't let our tired Prime Minister fool you. He's not the real power. The Israeli people are, and we're not tired, not at all. We'll surprise you.

We'll surprise you and the world, just like King David did when he seemed definitely on his deathbed, oblivious to everything. Suddenly his beloved Batsheva walked in, the woman for whom he risked his throne. She told him that one of his older sons had proclaimed himself king, as if King David was already dead. But, she reminded him: "You promised me that our son, Shlomo (Solomon), would succeed you as king."

All of a sudden, King David came back to life and instructed her, his staff and son Shlomo exactly what to do. And Shlomo haMelech, King Solomon ruled.

Remember that the Moshiach, Messiah is descended from King David. Today we may appear weak and leaderless, but like our ancient king, our strength will revive, so stop talking about us and to us like we're an unruly child.

The Jewish People has existed thousands of years before America, and we'll be around thousands of years after you're history.

Lots of "scare" posts and letters are being distributed against Barack Obama insinuating that he'd be much worse for Israel than John McCain. I wonder.

My gut reaction is that they're all the same.
American politicians never waver on their determination to only do what's best for America in their eyes.

Both McCain and Obama have appointed a special Jewish advisor. McCain has the veteran politician, Democrat-Independent Joe Lieberman, and Obama has United States diplomat and former US Ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer.

Kurtzer and Lieberman are both Torah observant Jews who consider themselves Americans first.

I've been researching their positions and can only say that they really are just the same in terms of their Israel policy.

The big difference between the two is more in terms of their careers. Daniel Kurtzer is a career diplomat and Joe Lieberman is a politician, even running as Democratic Vice Presidential candidate. Also, Lieberman seems more a "policy purist" and did something very unusual for an American politician. He changed party allegiance. After decades in the Democratic Party, he became an Independent and now supports Republican McCain.

None of this can predict the future. But one important thing must be remembered, never forgotten. American politicians never waver on their determination to only do what's best for America in their eyes. They don't go around asking opinions of other countries nor expect others to defend them.

Israel and all Israelis must remember that.