David tries to analyze what strategies we might most effectively employ to undermine the forces of greed and create a world more considerate of our fellow human and our environment. He also studies nature, sharing his knowledge, enthusiasm and labor in an effort to contribute to the maximum retention of native species and ancient ecosystems, and enjoys not only studying plants and animals, but eating them too.
He is keen on getting his fellow progressives to catch themselves when they serve our oppressors with language and behavior that these predators tricked us into using. Language examples include when an erstwhile progressive frames the military budget as the "defense budget" or when we use "we" or "us" when referring to actions of our government, a government largely controlled by our predators and the corporations they profit from. "WE" are not attacking Iraq and Afghanistan, etc., it is our renegade government that is doing so. (That said, it is still our job to work to gain control of, and rein in, that government.) Behavioral examples include when we take the bait to fight with fellow victims of our oppressors rather than fighting our oppression, as when progressive activists target their rage at so-called tea-baggers rather than uniting with them to fight the Predator Class that tricked these poor people into being their pawns.
David is a Jewish American, but likes to see himself as Semitic-American to emphasize that Arabs and Jews are the same race, His ancestors are from Europe, Palestine/Israel, Iraq and Africa and include. These ancestors include not only humans, but many other species of primates, as well as more ancient organisms.
I chose the name "Salaam" to emphasize my connection with our Arab brothers. The Arabic "Salaam" is equivalent to "Shalom" in another Semitic language, Hebrew.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 6:19:35 PM
Article: "Weak Public Option Myths That Liberals Believe"
Our democracy itself is a myth
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 11:53:20 PM
Article: "Fort Hood, Veterans Day And Defending America"
Americans in silent complicity with "Defense" Department
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:01:29 PM
Article: "Will a Landslide Bring You Down?"
"Democrat" was right-wing too - we need better candidates
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 8:07:12 PM
Article: "Blue Dogs' Fundraising Plummets"
not "health lobby" - it's "the sickness profiteers' lobby"
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 2:02:47 PM
Article: "Blue Dogs' Fundraising Plummets"
Don't conflate criticism of Israel with blaming "the Jews"
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 1:29:05 PM
Article: "Obama vs. FOX"
Any assassins would more likely be professionals
Monday, October 12, 2009 at 7:23:10 PM
Article: ""Spoiler Theory" Spoils Democracy"
voting a third party is not the only choice
Monday, October 12, 2009 at 1:30:03 PM
Article: ""Spoiler Theory" Spoils Democracy"
It's the rigged electoral rules that make "spoilers"
Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 10:59:34 AM
Quicklink: "Bill Sparkman: Tragic Details About Census Worker Found Hang"
This murder may be part of a greater plot against Obama
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 11:46:40 AM
Article: "Obama's Middle East Moment"
Not land, but global control drives the real policy makers
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 9:30:38 AM
Article: "Will the U.S. Peace Envoy Usher in Truth and Reconciliation"
could you post documentation on Netanyahu's claims?
Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 11:18:01 PM
Article: "Obama's Middle East Moment"
"honest opposition to this Israeli govt could be deadly
Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 11:15:21 PM
Article: "Obama's Middle East Moment"
honest opposition to far this Israeli govt could be deadly
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 7:21:20 PM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
addictons?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 2:16:14 PM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
I would like to see the criminals convicted...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 2:02:48 PM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
clarification
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 12:41:35 PM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
Prosecute? Who will actually do that?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 12:06:14 PM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
He may have been groomed (I don't believe from childhood)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 11:30:25 AM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
I didn't quite follow
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 11:13:32 AM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
William, You give us conspiracy theorists a bad name
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 10:46:48 AM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
What solutions do you have Robert?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 9:24:09 AM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
They killed kennedy, kennedy, king, wellstone, did 9-11...
Monday, January 26, 2009 at 11:44:21 PM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
hopeless?
Monday, January 26, 2009 at 10:34:48 PM
Article: "Prosecuting Bushite Crimes: It's a Genuine Dilemma"
The author of this article is right
Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 12:10:50 PM
Poll: "Poll: Anthrax Attacks Were An Inside Job-Do You Agree"
let's re-frame it as "establishment " or "corporate" media
Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 12:01:48 PM
Poll: "Poll: Anthrax Attacks Were An Inside Job-Do You Agree"
Americans are not stupid. We are ignorant and disconnected
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 5:37:24 PM
Article: "A Voice That Spoke The Truth / Martin Luther King Jr"
Abandon hope!... until we ACT, then there IS hope
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 9:30:03 PM
Article: "Franken and Coleman agree on one thing"
Speaking of Wellstone...
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 9:18:36 PM
Article: "Franken and Coleman agree on one thing"
Let's Divide the "Zionists"
Friday, January 16, 2009 at 6:08:38 PM
Article: "Kucinich on the Destruction of the UN Headquarters in Gaza"
voting one's conscience - we need IRV
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 8:41:10 PM
Article: "Kucinich on the Destruction of the UN Headquarters in Gaza"
optimism
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 7:48:24 PM
Article: "Kucinich on the Destruction of the UN Headquarters in Gaza"
They wanted either McCain or Obama or Hillary to win
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 4:20:42 PM
Article: "Kucinich on the Destruction of the UN Headquarters in Gaza"
Enemies closer
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 4:07:51 PM
Article: "Israel, Palestine, and a Personal Conflict"
Do you still stand by that Tijuana - California analogy?
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 3:32:26 PM
Article: "Kucinich on the Destruction of the UN Headquarters in Gaza"
Obama's words: rhetoric or do they reflect true feelings?
Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 11:20:15 PM
Article: "Obama May Let CIA Torturers Walk"
Why not start at the top?
Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 10:40:07 PM
Article: "Israel May Be in Violation of Arms Export Control Act , Kuci"
Kucinich might have been president, if...
Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 7:40:39 AM
Article: "It's Time For Israel To Face The Music"
but are these attacks "defensive"?
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 8:25:40 PM
Article: "Lost in the Rubble"
Obama wants to live long enough to make change
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 8:24:51 PM
Article: "Lost in the Rubble"
Obama wants to live long enough to make change
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 1:33:09 PM
Article: "Not Getting Gaza News on Al Jazeera? Then You're Not Getting"
Calling the Gaza bombardment "defense" is a right-wing meme
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 7:18:27 PM
Article: "Israel's Looming Catastrophe"
Both U.S. and Israeli leaders are "snakes"
Friday, January 2, 2009 at 6:00:22 PM
Article: "Israel: Attacks on Gaza will Likely Backfire"
The attack timing is no coincidence, nor the death toll
Friday, January 2, 2009 at 9:37:20 AM
Article: "Israel: Attacks on Gaza will Likely Backfire"
Defining ourselves as "persecuted" makes us pawns
Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 9:44:25 PM
Article: "Israel: Attacks on Gaza will Likely Backfire"
unless they're insane, Israeli policy makers WANT a reaction
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 5:01:10 PM
Quicklink: "Rob Kall: Middle East Politics Divides Progressives"
you reprinted that article with the term "Islamofascism"
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 12:25:18 PM
Quicklink: "Rob Kall: Middle East Politics Divides Progressives"
salaam and shalom
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 5:29:15 PM
Quicklink: "Rob Kall: Middle East Politics Divides Progressives"
"Islamofascists"?
Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 7:35:47 PM
Article: "Gaza and Tijuana; What if Rocket Bombs Were Launched from Me"
conspiracy denial