I've been looking over the rest of Ronnie Schrieber's blog. He's already got me frightening the cat (well, I would have if I still had a cat). This is a gem (permalinks please):
So I have some questions to those who consider the Palestinians to be the indigenous culture with a long and storied history:Great Moments in Political Fiction
The Palestinians are the great political fiction of our era. More fictional than Yugoslavia. They are the Kwanzaa of nationalities. Of course, Joan Peters seminal book, From Time Immemorial, details how most “Palestinians†are in fact descended from recent immigrants to “Palestine†from surrounding Arab regions.
I say regions and not countries because nation states are sort of new to the Middle East. A holdover from European colonialism. Traditional Arab culture has loyalty to the clan or the faith, not some political entity.
Name 10 notable Palestinians who lived from 1700-1900.
What Palestinian was notable for bringing electricity to Palestine?
Who was the best selling Palestinian author of the early 20th century?
Name five Palestinian inventors or scientists.
A number of Palestinians have the surname, Al-Masri. Doesn’t Al-Masri mean “the Egyptian�
"The Kwanzaa of nationalities?" Too much! And the post before that takes on America's Finest. I get the distinct feeling Vegetative State is a PC-free zone.
