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Actually, I am ‘pro’ anyone who exhibits the values that ascribe to:

Peace.

Love.

Humility.

Forgiveness.

Those values are in short supply everywhere on the globe, but they are especially scarce around here – the Middle East. Fly into this region, and you enter the ‘me first’ zone. Peace, love, humilty and forgiveness are in short supply.

I see it all the time among Israelis. The litany of heroic efforts by Israelis on behalf of Palestinians is long. The reverse, unfortunately, is very rare.

I’m going to shock you in a moment, so I need you to be sitting down:

Ready?

I am pro Arab.

That’s a shocker, right?

Of course, those of you who have been reading my ‘stuff’ over the years know what I mean by that. I actually believe that there is no contradiction between support for Israel and support for the Arab people. No contradiction whatsoever.

Now, why am I saying this?

Well, I woke up this morning and realized that some of the people that I admire most in the world are Arabs. Unfortunately, a lot of those Arabs can’t be mentioned here because they live in fear of their lives.

I’ve spent some time worrying about this guy, so I am incredibly relieved that he has been granted asylum.

His name is Mosab Yousef. His father founded Hamas, and he’s a hero:

Judge grants ex-Israeli spy US asylum
By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER , JERUSALEM POST
06/30/2010 20:53

Son of a Hamas founder passes US immigration background check.

WASHINGTON – The son of a Hamas founder who spied for Israel will be granted asylum in the US, a judge in San Diego ruled Wednesday.

We interrupt our normally scheduled programming to bring you an ITEOTW update.

ITEOTW update?

That’s right, It’s The End Of The World, and we have an update for ‘ya!

It seems that our big brother in Washington D.C. is working overtime to bring you into the warm embrace of monitoring and control. Here’s an excerpt from the InformationWeek article:

White House Preparing National Online ID Plan 

The proposed system for authenticating people, organizations and infrastructure on the web at the transactional level will require an identity ecosystem.

By Mathew J. Schwartz, InformationWeek, June 25, 2010 08:00 AM

There is only one thing that you CAN do when people make bad choices. You need to let them experience the results.

The Universe is a difficult and unforgiving place. Every cause has an effect. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. If you try to break this ‘law of causality’ you are going to get hurt. And, if you don’t teach causality to your children, THEY are going to get hurt.