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cantoresq, your initial response precluded tochacha, and was worded as if tochocha doesn’t exist. Tochacha demonstrates that it is NOT only between them and G-d. Every Jew is responsible for the spiritual well-being of every other Jew.
Why do you assume if another woman gave her tochacha, they would be non-responsive? The “very technical requirements in giving tochacha” require that it be given unless one is CERTAIN it will be disregarded. See Sefer HaChinuch perek 239.
Cry.
Say Tehilim.
GMAB, where do they make characters like you?
squeak, good attempt at avoidance, but McVeigh was the home-brew variety while the World Trade Center bombing was foreign terrorism under Clinton.
squeak,
Really? Please get your facts straight before commenting.
1. For the third time, Clinton had a terrorist attack on U.S. soil (World Trade Center ’93) AND U.S. Military installations. (And for the record, under international law, US. embassies are considered extraterritorial and treated as being part of U.S. territory.)
2. There have been NO fatal attacks against the U.S., its military ships, or embassies resulting in the loss of U.S. citizens “in the last 8 years”, as you put it.
Thank You Mr. Bush!
squeak,
Clinton had THREE terrorist attacks on his direct watch. I mentioned them above. 9/11 was his fourth. The terrorists were planning 9/11 for YEARS. They planned it under Clinton’s watch, and implemented shortly after he left office, prior to any successor being in office long enough to reverse the lack of security and intelligence Clinton left us with after YEARS of neglect.
What exactly did Slick Willie do after the WTC bombing in ’93? Prosecute a couple of low-level terrorists, and ignore the leadership in Al Queda.
What exactly did Slick Willie do after the Embassy Bombings in ’98? Bomb a drug factory in Afghanistan in midst of his Monica “crisis.”
What exactly did Slick Willie do after the USS Cole bombing in ’00? NOTHING. He gave the terrorists the get-go for further attacks, meaning 9/11, giving them the idea that the U.S. was a weakling and let terrorists get away with bloody murder against Americans.
After President Bush ably and heroically led the nation through 9/11, he prevented a SINGLE terrorist attack from reoccurring in the U.S.
Aside from being the best friend Jews possibly ever had in the Oval Office, history will record President Bush as one of America’s great Presidents. He earned his place on Mount Rushmore. If you doubt this, read the what the author I quoted above said about President Truman and his dismal “approval ratings” when he left office.
The economic crisis, essentially the failure of the mortgage market, is a DIRECT result of the Clinton policies forcing banks to provide mortgages to unqualified minorities who clearly were likely to default. The rest is a deck of cards that tumbled down.
Clinton allowed multiple terrorist attacks on America (World Trade Center I, Embassy bombings, USS Cole) go UNRESPONDED to, except for a single bomb on a drug factory to distract from his Monica situation. This gave the terrorists the go-ahead to keep attacking America, leading up to 9/11, a mere 7 months after Clinton left office.
President Bush, like someone pointed out above, has prevented a second terrorist attack on the U.S. after 9/11. That is a major achievement. Anyone who does not suffer from insomnia will recall that after 9/11, all the terrorism experts said it was only a matter of time before the terrorists strike again. They said they would strike harder than 9/11, and they would strike soon. None of that occurred.
Thank You Mr. President!
NOVEMBER 5, 2008
The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace
What must our enemies be thinking
Earlier this year, 12,000 people in San Francisco signed a petition in support of a proposition on a local ballot to rename an Oceanside sewage plant after George W. Bush. The proposition is only one example of the classless disrespect many Americans have shown the president.
According to recent Gallup polls, the president’s average approval rating is below 30% — down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right.
This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats and Republicans. During his 2004 victory speech, the president reached out to voters who supported his opponent, John Kerry, and said, “Today, I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust.”
Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties.
The president’s original Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers alarmed Republicans, while his final nomination of Samuel Alito angered Democrats. His solutions to reform the immigration system alienated traditional conservatives, while his refusal to retreat in Iraq has enraged liberals who have unrealistic expectations about the challenges we face there.
It seems that no matter what Mr. Bush does, he is blamed for everything. He remains despised by the left while continuously disappointing the right.
Yet it should seem obvious that many of our country’s current problems either existed long before Mr. Bush ever came to office, or are beyond his control. Perhaps if Americans stopped being so divisive, and congressional leaders came together to work with the president on some of these problems, he would actually have had a fighting chance of solving them.
Like the president said in his 2004 victory speech, “We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America.”
To be sure, Mr. Bush is not completely alone. His low approval ratings put him in the good company of former Democratic President Harry S. Truman, whose own approval rating sank to 22% shortly before he left office. Despite Mr. Truman’s low numbers, a 2005 Wall Street Journal poll found that he was ranked the seventh most popular president in history.
Just as Americans have gained perspective on how challenging Truman’s presidency was in the wake of World War II, our country will recognize the hardship President Bush faced these past eight years — and how extraordinary it was that he accomplished what he did in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.
Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty — a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.
By JEFFREY SCOTT SHAPIRO
Mr. Shapiro is an investigative reporter and lawyer who previously interned with John F. Kerry’s legal team during the presidential election in 2004.
Nope.
But I read the Torah.
And follow the Rabbonim that interpert it.
cantoresq, how many of your congregants are appreciative of the experience of hearing a trained cantor, and how many are appreciative of the experience of making Kiddush quick?
…It took illini07 “a long time” deciding between Nader and Obama.
havomeseichel, If Obama is somehow disqualified after election day, Biden does not automatically assume the office of the Presidency. It would be up to the electoral college to decide. (They are the 538 people we are voting for on Tuesday — contrary to popular impression, voters do NOT vote for President.)
anon, indeed, epithets towards Jews do not rankle me. But that does not explain my comment. Quinn’s abhorrent behavior, a fact she chose to blatantly publicize, is recognized as such by all people of moral character, Jew and Gentile.
Is illini07 going to threaten me (again) with a slap in the face for that comment?
as “dear” as for as many votes it gets him!
he already threw his grandma under the bus during the DNC!
then she was a racist, when it was worth votes portraying her so.
now he needs her for the sympathy vote.
its inappropriate to say bd’e on a goy.
because it isn’t an ironclad prohibition. it has exceptions.
cantoresq, do you find this issue as relevant with the Chasidim?
I say, why don’t we start on the moderator’s idea NOW!
jf02, See the first post of the following page for your requested sources regarding smartcookie’s comment:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/tznius-standards/page/3
c’mon guys, it looks from your screen name your both the same age… be nice!
There not “my facts.” There from the Center for Disease Control.
eliezer,
You are probably correct.
Fictitious Donors Found in Obama Finance Records
Obama’s Foreign Donors: The media averts its eyes
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_donor_contributions_sil.html
Feif Un, from the CDC:
Teen Drivers: Fact Sheet
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, accounting for more than one in three deaths in this age group. In 2005, twelve teens ages 16 to 19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries.
How big is the problem, and what are the costs?
In the United States during 2005, 4,544 teens ages 16 to 19 died of injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes. In the same year, nearly 400,000 motor vehicle occupants in this age group sustained nonfatal injuries that required treatment in an emergency department. Overall, in 2005, teenagers accounted for 10 percent of the U.S. population and 12 percent of motor vehicle crash deaths.2
Young people ages 15-24 represent only 14% of the U.S. population. However, they account for 30% ($19 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among males and 28% ($7 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among females.2
Who is most at risk?
The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16- to 19-year-olds than among any other age group. In fact, per mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are four times more likely than older drivers to crash.
Among teen drivers, those at especially high risk for motor vehicle crashes are:
Males: In 2005, the motor vehicle death rate for male drivers and passengers ages 16 to 19 was more than one and a half times that of their female counterparts.
Teens driving with teen passengers: The presence of teen passengers increases the crash risk of unsupervised teen drivers. This risk increases with the number of teen passengers.
Newly licensed teens: Crash risk is particularly high during the first year that teenagers are eligible to drive.
What are the major risk factors?
Teens are more likely than older drivers to underestimate dangerous situations or not be able to recognize hazardous situations.
Teens are more likely than older drivers to speed and allow shorter headways (the distance from the front of one vehicle to the front of the next). The presence of male teenage passengers increases the likelihood of this risky driving behavior.
Among male drivers between 15 and 20 years of age who were involved in fatal crashes in 2005, 38% were speeding at the time of the crash and 24% had been drinking.
Compared with other age groups, teens have the lowest rate of seat belt use. In 2005, 10% of high school students reported they rarely or never wear seat belts when riding with someone else. In a national survey of seat belt use among high school students:
Male high school students (12.5%) were more likely than female students (7.8%) to rarely or never wear seat belts.
African-American students (13.4%) and Hispanic students (10.6%) were more likely than white students (9.4%) to rarely or never wear seat belts.
At all levels of blood alcohol concentration (BAC), the risk of involvement in a motor vehicle crash is greater for teens than for older drivers.3
In 2005, 23% of drivers ages 15 to 20 who died in motor vehicle crashes had a BAC of 0.08 g/dl or higher.
In a national survey conducted in 2005, nearly three out of ten teens reported that, within the previous month, they had ridden with a driver who had been drinking alcohol. One in ten reported having driven after drinking alcohol within the same one-month period.
In 2005, three out of four teen drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes after drinking and driving were not wearing a seat belt.
In 2005, half of teen deaths from motor vehicle crashes occurred between 3 p.m. and midnight and 54% occurred on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
Definitely wait. Look at the horrendous accident stats for young drivers.
According to Torah law, married women must cover their hair whenever they are outside their home. A woman who fails to do so forfeits her kesubah and should technically be divorced by her husband (Kesuvos 72a; E.H. 115:1-4). Mishnah Berurah 75:14 and Beiur Halachah say it must even be covered inside the home.
Since the hair must be covered, when it is not covered it is considered an ervah, an uncovered area. No male may recite Kerias Shema, pray, recite a blessing, or learn Torah when the uncovered hair is visible to him (O.C. 75:2. This halachah applies to one’s own wife, sister, mother, etc. as well.). Accordingly, if such a person happens to be at the Shabbos table, Kiddush may not be recited.
The Mishna Brura states: even if it is the custom of this woman and her friends in that place to walk with uncovered hair publicly, in the way of immodest people, one may not recite prayers in view of her hair.
Aruch Hashulchan 72:7: “Now let us come and cry out regarding the immodesty of our generation, because of our many sins. For many years (some) Jewish women have been neglectful regarding this transgression, and they go with uncovered hair. All which they (the leaders, rabbis) have screamed about this has not helped or accomplished anything. Now the plague has spread, that married women go about with their hair just like unmarried women! Woe to us that such has occurred in our days.”
Anyone who says a married women can leave her hair uncovered in a rasha.
BHO has been caught taking foreign donations numerous times.
Btw, gmab I am quite impressed (if I haven’t so yet expressed) with your usage of YeshivaNet. How many sites did you have them open access to for your family? And who in your family’s initiative was it to use YeshivaNet, instead of treifnet?
No, just marveling at your wisdom and hoping you’d share it with all, so people don’t fall prey to this horrific danger.
GMAB, please elucidate your point to help others understand the dangers.
gmab, yes.
Pashuteh Yid: The Bnei Torah and the freier both drink tap water and believe in driving cars.
But no shaichos.
jf02,
A fathers sister (1/2, 3/4, or whole) is close.
He was elected in Nov. ’04, and was sworn into the Senate in Jan. ’05.
He personally brought his dear Aunt to his swearing in.
Joe S, Try mariner’s links and see if they help you.
mariner, there convoluted reason is their Marketing Department. They decided to call Windows ’95 that, instead of Windows 4.0, because of the terrible reputation that MS-DOS 4.0 earned itself. And if they called the next version by its logical number, Windows 9.0, they were probably afraid people would think Windows is getting old and start thinking Linux or Mac or whatever else.
sorry about that, i was thinking “knee-leghnth skirts”.
miami, Perhaps your comment should be made in “A Humorous Item”? 🙂
Acyually Bloomberg supported Giuliani’s requuest to add 90 days. It was Shelly Silver who prevented it.
Anyhow, the alternatives to Bloomberg are FAR worse than him.
How we can protect ourselves from an Obamination Administration?
its good I wasn’t eating when I read that last comment…
Still counting the Windows version numbers?
(sorry, couldn’t resist!)
Mi K’amchu Yisroel!?
Nowhere else can you find a nation quick in regret and easy in forgiveness!
BHO wrote about this Aunt that he suddenly suffering from amnesia about, in his book Dreams From My Father.
Modern, BMG came to Lakewood in 1943.
gmab, ich farshtay nisht
eric, I can’t answer that, but *I* had a dream Moshiach is coming any day now…