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ellaesther
06/04/09

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I had coffee with a friend in that very cafe (magazines and all!) the last time I was in Tel Aviv, last July. It was a different President, though, so my despair was much, much deeper as I drank my cafe hafuch! Indeed, sometimes I want to slap the current President for giving me hope again. Damn him, I'd given up! But I can feel my fingers crossing and my heart thawing.

The speech was amazing. His ability to rein in and do justice to the competing truths of all the people to whom he must appeal is astonishing. He really is kinda Lincolnian....

(Moment of cultural learnings: There is a "Lincoln Street" in Tel Aviv, and it shares a corner with "Wilson Street." These streets are pronounced "Leen-ko-len" and "Vilsohn." I loved telling people that I would meet them on the corner of "Leen-ko-len and Vilsohn.")
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TheUptightMidwesterner
06/04/09

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My friend in Senegal was impressed enough with the speech to write me an e-mail for the first time in almost 2 years to talk about it.
"Argument that Obama is magic and sparkles" pt.442.
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badmutha
06/04/09

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I don't think Americans are really grasping the enormity of what Obama is doing right now. For years, the whole Israeli situation has just kind of rocked along with both sides dying. He is really asking for a change. Bush didn't even meet with the folks himself.
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Flackette Goes Retro
06/04/09

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And this is what is angering my older relatives - that Obama is treating Muslims with respect and not just blustering at them. They call it "appeasement". I call it smoothing the way for diplomacy and constructive conversation.
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Mama Penguino
06/04/09

@Flackette Goes Retro: Mr. P and I can't even talk about Obama anymore. Mr. P thinks anything other than carte blanche for Israel means we're being handed over to the Palestinians. The blind eye has helped no one.
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battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch
06/04/09

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Ok, this is the part of the movie where the black president tells everyone a giant asteroid is hurtling towards Earth, but it's cool 'cause he sent a bunch of white dudes to go blow it up.

Right?
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poires et poireaux
06/04/09

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Is it wrong that I'm coveting that cafe's magazines?
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poires et poireaux
06/04/09

@poires et poireaux:

= most asinine comment of the day.
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MilointheMeadow
06/04/09

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Tank tops... I remember wearing those..

It is June and I am wearing a fleece hoodie. Still doesn't keep me warm enough outside with the wind. Bluh. Looks like I need to fly to Tel Aviv.
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girlwonder
06/04/09

@MilointheMeadow doesn't have a star and is totally okay wit...: Are you in DC? It was so cold this morning that, on my way to work, I wished I was wearing a coat. In June.
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MilointheMeadow
06/04/09

@girlwonder: Norway, but I grew up in Minneapolis and whenever I compare widgets between there and here, it kills me that it's actually 20 degrees warmer back home!!
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suck_it_monkeys
06/04/09

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I pretty much have a moment or two each week where I suddenly remember that he is really and truly our president. And then I sigh a huge breath of relief and gratitude.
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wordinedgewise
06/04/09

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I still can't flippin' believe he's really the president!
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