Comments for Martin Kramer on Facebook http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook mirrored in searchable blog format Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:03:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on A few readers were put off by words I used to describe Paul Krugman the other da… by Steve Plaut http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2012/04/26/a-few-readers-were-put-off-by-words-i-used-to-describe-paul-krugman-the-other-da/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Steve Plaut Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:03:45 +0000 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=531e7b3b06a2afb81dc22a18fb2e704a#comment-336 Just who is Krugman? Paul Krugman and I have something in common. He and I are both economists (with Princeton connections) who are completely undeserving of getting a Nobel Prize. Yet Krugman got one, thanks to his many years of service to the Left wing of the Democrat Party in trashing Bush and the Republicans and helping get Obama elected. The Nobel committee picked him out and decided to reward his political loyalty to the Cause. Kind of like Shimon Peres and Yassir Arafat getting theirs. I have never met an economist who thinks Krugman did anything academic deserving of a Nobel Prize and most cannot even point to anything particularly original in Krugman’s academic work. In fact, Krugman long ago gave up pretenses of being an academic and is simply a full time point-man and Basher of anything non-liberal for the NYTimes and the rest of the NFM (NFM stands for the Non-Fox media). Krugman’s knowledge of Israel is that he has spent a few days here a number of times years ago (and in fact I met with him during several of these). He is a completely assimilated Jewish liberuh who knows little about Israel and even less about Judaism. Even Tikkun is willing to overlook Krugman’s otherwise devotion to liberal capitalism in order to salute his bashing Israel: http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/04/25/paul-krugman-enters-the-fray-and-is-attacked-for-doing-so/ Just who is Krugman? Paul Krugman and I have something in common. He and I are both economists (with Princeton connections) who are completely undeserving of getting a Nobel Prize. Yet Krugman got one, thanks to his many years of service to the Left wing of the Democrat Party in trashing Bush and the Republicans and helping get Obama elected. The Nobel committee picked him out and decided to reward his political loyalty to the Cause. Kind of like Shimon Peres and Yassir Arafat getting theirs. I have never met an economist who thinks Krugman did anything academic deserving of a Nobel Prize and most cannot even point to anything particularly original in Krugman’s academic work.

In fact, Krugman long ago gave up pretenses of being an academic and is simply a full time point-man and Basher of anything non-liberal for the NYTimes and the rest of the NFM (NFM stands for the Non-Fox media). Krugman’s knowledge of Israel is that he has spent a few days here a number of times years ago (and in fact I met with him during several of these). He is a completely assimilated Jewish liberuh who knows little about Israel and even less about Judaism.

Even Tikkun is willing to overlook Krugman’s otherwise devotion to liberal capitalism in order to salute his bashing Israel: http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/04/25/paul-krugman-enters-the-fray-and-is-attacked-for-doing-so/

]]> Comment on A PR industry insider: "As Syria brutally murders its citizens, and Hamas target… by Jeffrey Shammah http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2012/02/13/a-pr-industry-insider-quotas-syria-brutally-murders-its-citizens-and-hamas-target/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Jeffrey Shammah Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:56:54 +0000 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=ec5e9d374c4c0b6db39cbe763f2810ee#comment-290 What is sad is that people know this, but accept it anyway. When they see the Vogue spread of Mrs. Assad, they just say, wow, how glamorous, and never stop to really think about what just happened. When Israel builds a home it gets attacked, and when its diplomats are attacked, as they were today in Georgia and India, the world just wants to see more glamor shots to shield them from the reality that they refuse to accept. What is sad is that people know this, but accept it anyway. When they see the Vogue spread of Mrs. Assad, they just say, wow, how glamorous, and never stop to really think about what just happened. When Israel builds a home it gets attacked, and when its diplomats are attacked, as they were today in Georgia and India, the world just wants to see more glamor shots to shield them from the reality that they refuse to accept.

]]> Comment on Highlights of The Washington Institute’s session with Rashid Ghannouchi: http://… by Sonia Benaissa http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2011/12/02/highlights-of-the-washington-institutes-session-with-rashid-ghannouchi-http/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Sonia Benaissa Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:07:05 +0000 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=adc3976adb7c2cf08c654aa03af4babc#comment-229 The remarks of Mr Ghannouchi have magically disappeared from the washington institute...wonder why a note said NOTE: Mr. Ghannouchi's opening remarks are no longer available for download. The remarks of Mr Ghannouchi have magically disappeared from the washington institute…wonder why
a note said NOTE: Mr. Ghannouchi’s opening remarks are no longer available for download.

]]> Comment on Burak Bekdil, sharp and amusing columnist at the Turkish daily Hürriyet, has out… by Sam Kaplan http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2011/09/16/burak-bekdil-sharp-and-amusing-columnist-at-the-turkish-daily-hurriyet-has-out/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Sam Kaplan Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:07:01 +0000 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=f109e7bcf652ddabf0d7ca997758dcb5#comment-205 Enjoy your honest portrayal of the contradictions in Turkish foreign policy, especially with a leadership nostalgic for an Ottoman Turkish Islamic empire that never existed. See my http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=9827 Enjoy your honest portrayal of the contradictions in Turkish foreign policy, especially with a leadership nostalgic for an Ottoman Turkish Islamic empire that never existed.

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]]> Comment on Mary Riddell has published an article on Gaza that is one uninterrupted lie. Rea… by Martin Kramer http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2011/10/10/mary-riddell-has-published-an-article-on-gaza-that-is-one-uninterrupted-lie-rea/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Martin Kramer Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:19:09 +0000 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=b53cf3f29b0dfdd752ee3cd34257167e#comment-146 Riddell writes of "the 10% of Gazan children so malnourished that their development is permanently stunted." Oh? “The Occupied Palestinian Territories have a stunting prevalence of 10%—the lowest in the Middle East—according to the study from UNICEF” (http://goo.gl/pVi81). In Yemen, it’s 58%, Egypt 29%, Syria 28%, Iraq 26%, Kuwait 24%, Saudi Arabia 20%, UAE 17%, Oman 13%, Jordan 12%, Lebanon 11%. (I checked the table, and Bahrain is 10% and Qatar—the richest country in the world by GDP per capita—is indeed lower, at 8%). So being under "siege" and “occupation” by Israel may be the best guarantee in the Arab world that your children will grow up to their potential. Full report: http://goo.gl/2DZKX. Riddell writes of “the 10% of Gazan children so malnourished that their development is permanently stunted.” Oh? “The Occupied Palestinian Territories have a stunting prevalence of 10%—the lowest in the Middle East—according to the study from UNICEF” (http://goo.gl/pVi81). In Yemen, it’s 58%, Egypt 29%, Syria 28%, Iraq 26%, Kuwait 24%, Saudi Arabia 20%, UAE 17%, Oman 13%, Jordan 12%, Lebanon 11%. (I checked the table, and Bahrain is 10% and Qatar—the richest country in the world by GDP per capita—is indeed lower, at 8%). So being under “siege” and “occupation” by Israel may be the best guarantee in the Arab world that your children will grow up to their potential. Full report: http://goo.gl/2DZKX.

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