Daily Topics - Monday May 23rd, 2011
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Hour One: The "Un-Patriot" Act extension...not all conservatives support it - Dave Nalle, Republican Liberty Caucus
Hour Two: How should the U.S. respond to the real-life challenges on the ground in the Middle East and North Africa? Joel Rubin, National Security Network and Salam Al-Marayti, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Hour Three: Can religion reduce crime and delinquency? Byron Johnson, "More God, Less Crime"
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The news at the top of the hour has a bit about Roger Ailes calling Sarah Palin stupid. Then they off-handedly mention that previous Republican candidates have "consulted" with Ailes. Why isn't that second part the big headline--that Roger Ailes is somehow the "pope" who crowns the Republican candidate "kings"?
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You keep talking about the "right of return" as a Palestinian position that Jews should leave Palestine and return to their ancestral home land. The "right of return" is a provision of Israeli law that allows Jews to immigrate to Israel. The Palestinian position has been that families of non-Jewish Palestinians who were forced to emigrate since 1948 be allowed to immigrate.
Please <em>stop conflating this term</em> with a position that Jews must leave Palestine. While some Palestinians still advocate that position as well, that is not the same as Palestinian "right of return."
The Israeli state has opposed Palestinian "right of return" because it puts a lie to their "democracy." It would ensure that non-Jewish Palestinians are the true majority.