We have a new contributor this week, Jeremy from Jerusalem, who is both a) rather funny and able to look at the Israeli elections from a properly right wing position without frothing at the mouth and b) desperately in need of a more catchy stage name.

Our new site may be found at: SNNSite.com and iTunes users should find that their existing subscription magically switches to the new feed.

On a personal note, my Aliyah continues and I’m actually in London waiting for my passport to be stamped so I can return to Israel as a fully fledged Oleh Hadash. Yay!

The feature interview is with Anne Franklin of Clintons for McCain. She says they want Barak Obama to lose this election, in order to clear the way for Hillary Clinton next time. They’re working overtime to defeat Obama in November.

Of interest to Israellycool readers, however is my blog news piece on Obama’s trip to the wall and the “stolen” or more accurately, cynically published prayer. Obama was a little bit to “me me me”. Something that Pamela at Atlas Shrugs jumped on.

Here’s part of what I said on the show:

But let us not forget Obama at the Western Wall (or Ha- Kotel to give it it’s Hebrew name). You may well have seen Obama trying to insert a note in the Wall and know that later, the very same note turned up, published in full in the Ma’ariv newspaper in Israel. Obama prayed for me, me, me….. more me’s than a thing with lots of me’s in it.

It’s now been confirmed by A Ma’ariv spokesman in the Jerusalem Post that “Barack Obama’s note was approved for publication in the international media even before he put in the Kotel, a short time after he wrote it at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.” The paper added that is was “pleased” with its “journalistic accomplishment.”

One of the most important central lessons of Judaism is to move away from personal fulfillment and toward what one can do for others. Judaism doesn’t regulate rights for the self, it lays down obligations toward others. One doesn’t live to make oneself happy: one lives to attain happiness through performing good deeds that make others happy. Jews say prayers for sick relatives or friends, and ask friends to do the same: they never say pray for me.

Obviously, Barack is not a Jew. Obviously Jesus was. I’m just saying.

That particular note of BHO’s so supremely violates all concepts of Jewish prayer its no wonder the Kotel kept pushing the thing back out at him. When I watched the video I could just hear the voice of G-d (or the New York Times editor): “NOW WRITE THAT AGAIN BUT PRAY FOR OTHERS!”

Podcast salutes Americas Favorite Mom « Shire Network News

Both last week and this we make extensive reference to Israel’s 60th and this week’s show includes what I believe to be one of the finest recordings of Hatikva performed by the Israeli Philharmonic. You can find the full recording on an exceptional boxed set here.

This week’s show can be found here:

Podcast says Happy Birthday Israel

and here is a link to last week’s show:

Podcast says peace in Israel, are we there yet?

You can catch the interview here. It commences at approximately 71:25, but you should check out the entire show if possible, since the guys are consummate professionals.

Podcast reveals resignation of State interrogator. Hooray!

Part 1: Podcast reveals smiley-face fascism in Canada

Part 2: Podcasts asks who will rid us of this turbulent priest?

Mark is talking about the crazy Human Rights tribunals in Canada that are taking him to task because of the “offence” caused by the publication of extracts of his book, America Alone.

Podcasts asks if Liberals are Fascist?

Jonah Goldberg is the guest on Shire Network News this week. His new book, Liberal Fascism, is causing a bit of a stir among liberals who don’t understand. Just don’t understand is how that sentence was meant to end. There is a whole blog about the books reception set up at the National Review.

You can buy his book from Amazon.com via the following link: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning.

This week’s guest writer on Blog News is Right Wing Duck. You can sometimes find him on IMAO. Let us know what you think.

Also this week we once again hear from Evan Sayet who’s got Bill and Hilary in his sights again.

Meryl Yourish is giving her liberal perspective on Fascism.

Doug Payton is considering what sort of culture bans ever reference to pigs. And Cowboy builders. You can find background here.

This week’s Winston Churchill quote is from The Gathering Storm:

Fascism was the shadow or ugly child of Communism… As Fascism sprang from Communism, so Nazism developed from Fascism. Thus were set on foot those kindred movements which were destined soon to plunge the world into even more hideous strife, which none can say has ended with their destruction.

We also have a very strong piece about Sderot from Meryl Yourish. You might want to listen.

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Podcast is securing our borders.

On this week’s show from Australia, me and my dad discuss the Australian elections, the upcoming Annapolis conference, and a subject closer to home.

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