National Post Friday the 14th - comments

I noticed on page A9 that a U.S. commission has accussed India of failing to protect Christian and Muslim minorities. That is hard to understand. India like Israel is a democratic country, which like Israel mostly acts to protect itself against Islamists. It is not the democratic countries, but the Kingships like Saudi Arabia and other totalitarian regimes that oppress Christians most. Why pick on the relatively free democracies to criticize when there are many countries that harshly oppress religious minorities.

Glad to see that the United Church didn't pass the anti-Israel resolutions. Now is the time to discuss the facts with them and suggest that if they want to be do-gooders, they should pass resolutions condemning the fact that selling land to Jews in Palestinian controlled areas and Jordan results in the death penalty for the vendor. It would also be nice to see resolutions protesting anti-Christian laws in Saudi Arabia and other Islamic states.

Lastly we have our little dynamo, Karen Stintz honestly telling us that Toronto missed out on much of the Federal stimulus package because of the mayor's hubris. Mayor Crombie was a terrific mayor. Perhaps physical size is inversely related to the quality of Toronto mayors and we should encourage Karen to be our next mayor.

Comment on the Globe - Monday - Aug 10th

What a headline. Perhaps Instead of "Harper blames Canada for visa furor' they could have put, "Harper unable to amend Immigration Act with a minority government" or at least something which doesn't lead to incitement against Harper. I don't remember the NY Times haven't headlines like "Obama blames the U.S. for everything" at the Cairo conference - although that certainly was a possibility. Clearly the Globe is a "Liberal" paper and its editorial policy is anti-Conservative.
There are 4 letters to the editor supporting the United Church's position and saying that the church is not anti-semitic because it criticizes Israel. There is also one neutral letter. Contrary to what those letters say, it is not the criticism of Israel that is anti-semitic, it is the choosing of only Israel to criticize that leads one to think that anti-semitism has crept into the church. Similarly it is the Globe's publishing of 5 letters against Israel's position, and none that supports it, that leads me to think that the Globe's position is anti-Israel.