Adapted from Phil Ochs, Love me I’m a Liberal
Oh, I cried at Sabra and Shatila,
The tears ran down my spine,
And I cried when Rabin was gunned down,
As though I’d lost a father of mine.
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A Bilingual Blog by Élise Hendrick
März 24th, 2013 — Israel-Palästina, Parodie & Satire
Adapted from Phil Ochs, Love me I’m a Liberal
Oh, I cried at Sabra and Shatila,
The tears ran down my spine,
And I cried when Rabin was gunned down,
As though I’d lost a father of mine.
Continue reading →
März 10th, 2013 — English, USA
In recent weeks, the Obama administration has released two documents related to its programme of extrajudicial executions[1]: The first was the secret memo that, like the Bush torture memo, was drafted by political appointees provide legal cover for criminal conduct I which the administration wished to engage. The second came in the form of Attorney-General Eric Holder’s letter to Rand Paul (KY-Plutocrat) in response to the latter’s question about the possible use of drones to execute US citizens within the US. The one is a secret get-out-of-jail-free card for internal use, whereas the other is a policy statement for public consumption.
In order to understand what Obama & Co. are telling us, we must read the two documents in tandem. Continue reading →