Friday, March 17, 2006

Israel, Iran, Port Security, Stock Picks, and more

It's great to see such strong reader response concerning the Iran Freedom Foundation. On a similar token, here is another site supporting democratic change in Iran: Foundation For Democracy In Iran. Want to know, by the way, how Iran got its name, given that the country was called Persia for most of its history? Because its leaders supported Nazi Germany. Iran is simply the Persian word for "Aryan".

Israel advocacy site Israpundit has posted several excellent recent articles. First and foremost, Yoram Ettinger explains why, contrary to the Kadima Party platform, retreating from the West Bank and Gaza is the worst thing Israel can do demographically. Studies have shown that the Jewish population is in no danger of being overtaken by Palestinians, unless it relinquishes border control of the territories, which would allow the Palestinians to invite any and all Arabs to move into the area.

Also, contributor Israel Zwick has penned a campaign speech that Israel's political candidates really should have given, while Mark Gold explains how to define true Israel supporters. I don't know that I agree with quite everything Gold says (I think many strong Israel supporters, for example, might not own many Israeli products and investments simply due to lack of knowledge of their availability), but in general he is very on target.

Front Page Magazine, meanwhile, has published an open letter to all American Muslims.

Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) has introduced legislation requiring the Department of Homeland Security to screen 100% of inbound shipping containers at our ports. I haven't heard much about the bill other than through this article and similar news sources, but it is clearly vital to our national security, and we should do everything we can to support its passage.

Recently, I wrote an essay on the film industry demonstrating how leftist-driven movie content, and not the rise of DVDs and home theaters, has been behind Hollywood's recent downturn. Industry pundits, of course, have continued to blame home entertainment, but now, official moviegoer surveys are in. And the result: DVDs clearly are not the culprit.

Recommended Investment of the Day: Alternative Energy. I'm no stock guru, but Jim Cramer, the author of the linked article, most certainly is.

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