When All Else Fails, Try Laughter: Israel to 'thank' fly-in activists in mocking letter

So, some 1500 'activists' give or take a few wackos decided to descend upon the Tel Aviv airport to express their indignation at Israel's human rights outrages...outRAGEs, we tell you...

Notice how the 'activists' always seem to target democracies and ignore murderers and tyrants?

Well, the Israeli government, no fools they, notice. And they've prepared a 'welcome' for them--an open letter, translated to many languages, and a summary deportation, at the expense of the airlines that flew them in.

"Dear activist," reads the letter that will be translated in a number of different languages. "We appreciate your choosing to make Israel the object of your humanitarian concerns. We know there were many other worthy choices."

For instance, the letter – drawn up in the Prime Minister's Office -- noted, they "could have chosen to protest the Syrian regime's daily savagery against its own people, which has claimed thousands of lives".

Or, they could have chosen to protest "the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown on dissent and support of terrorism throughout the world."

Or, if they just had to come to this part of the globe, they "could have chosen to protest Hamas rule in Gaza, where terror organizations commit a double war crime by firing rockets at civilians and hiding behind civilians."

But instead, the letter read, "you chose to protest against Israel, the Middle East's sole democracy, where women are equal, the press criticizes the government, human rights organizations can operate freely, religious freedom is protected for all and minorities do not live in fear."

Classic Bebe Netanyahu. Makes Lefties insane, because it simply states facts, and points out what childish schmucks they are.

If only the 'activists' would fly themselves into Syria and protest there...wonder what would happen to them?

The Left's War On Women--Karen Floyd Weighs In

Hilary Rosen, bless her heart.

She sounded off with candor, speaking from the heart, flying her true colors. It was really refreshing to hear her attempt to flatten Mrs. Romney with her class-warfare cudgel.

She did us all a favor, really, and those who attempt to silence her (from any corner) are in error. She is truly A Voice Of The Left, and expresses The Left's deep contempt for anyone outside their tent.

We need her, to remind us who The Left is, and who we are, and what needs to be done to remove them from power, from any ability to impact our lives and families.

Mzzzzz Rosen, OldSouth salutes you!

Another strong, vibrant, high achieving woman (from South Carolina--yes they do exist there!), Karen Floyd, took the time today to bow in the direction of Mzzzzzz Rosen, and OS thinks her words are worth sharing:

Mothers’ real-life experience in managing household budgets makes them intensely aware of a simple fact: you cannot spend more than what you take in. Unfortunately, that is what our government is doing day in and day out, in epic proportions. Fiscal austerity must be practiced for any household to survive. Priorities must be funded, and conveniences sometimes must be sacrificed. Moms make tough choices every single day to ensure that needs are met. They cannot do what our government has done – try to be all things to all people, by offering an ever-growing number of handouts without any eye toward sustainability.

Mothers also worry about the future of their children, and with the massive debt our country is accruing, they have reason to be concerned. Under the Obama administration, the national debt has grown to a level greater than the country’s economic output for an entire year. Every man, woman and child in the United States currently owes $50,017, according to the National Debt Clock. By 2025, entitlement spending alone will consume all federal revenues. A mother’s fundamental goal is to leave her children more opportunity than she herself had. The government’s spending trajectory is making that impossible.

Once again, OS salutes Mzzzz Rosen, and cheers Mrs. Floyd. The more they both weigh in, the more clearly our choices become apparent.

Orphaned Housing, Declining Neighbohoods In Louisville--A Cautionary Tale Of the Shadow Inventory

You might not know it, but Louisville has much more going on, and much bigger problems than the current food fight between labor and management at the Louisville Orchestra.

This article gives some insight:

97-year-old house at Virginia Avenue and South 32nd Street in Parkland has languished for years, with its overgrown grass and a piece of metal drip edge hanging over the porch.Last April, Louisville Metro Government employees made an “emergency” visit to board up the house because “people have been going in and out stealing copper and hanging out.”

A month later, metro officials filed criminal charges against the property owner, Dartanya Hill — a move reserved for only the most negligent property owners.

But while he remains the house’s legal owner, Hill contends that he “surrendered” the $42,910 one-story home and three other western Louisville rental properties in 2007 when he went through bankruptcy.

Now he is suing Bank of America, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo, claiming the mortgage creditors have left him in “legal limbo” by keeping their liens on the dilapidated houses but also refusing to take title — and thus legal responsibility — for them.

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Sweet. The banks write mortgages that at bottom say: 'Make your payments, or we'll seize the property.' This owner went through bankruptcy, and voluntarily surrendered the banks' property back to them. They refused to take them back, and also refused to release the lien. In other words, they know the properties are deep under water, that they were never worth the money lent on them. They now refuse to have them on the books, and simultaneously insist that the debtor still owes the full amount of the remaining mortgage. The taxes have piled up as well in the meantime, but the city doesn't wish to seize them either.

So the houses sit and rot, attract vermin vagrants and criminals, and serve to pull the neighborhood down into the black hole with them. Whose gunna lend money on the house next door to one of these houses, or down the block for that matter?

After all that money was shoved at the banks via TARP, the Fed, and the FDIC to save them from themselves, we have this mess on our hands.

Mr. Hill's former houses are part of that large 'shadow inventory', in legal and financial limbo. Until someone begins telling the truth, and takes the initiative to clean up this mess, this problem only gets worse.

OS nominates the banks for the role. They lent the money, it's their risk.

Not ours.