Neal Boortz
Tuesday, April 16, 2002

The Palestinian people have been taught, almost since birth, to hate Israel and Jews. You can't find a map in a Palestinian school that shows the nation of Israel.

The hatred is deep and intense … and no negotiations or negotiated peace agreements are going to bring peace to this situation. The homicide bombings will continue.

The only way for a true peace to become a reality in the Middle East is for one side or the other to achieve a complete military victory. Appeasement got us where we are … victory can bring peace.

We Can't Find Ours, the Israelis Found Theirs

Not trying to be critical here, just pointing something out. It's been six months-plus now and we still haven't taken care of Osama bin Laden.

Now we learn that Israel has captured the head of the Al Asqa Martyr's Brigade. His name is Marwan Barghouti, and he is now in the custody of the Israeli army. He was arrested not far from the headquarters of terrorist chieftain Yassir Arafat.

Israel apparently has documented evidence that this man has been involved in arming and compensating those who have launched attacks on innocent Israeli civilians. Israel says it is going to try him in a military court. Look for "world opinion" to oppose this trial and to demand his release.

I'm Learning a Lot These Days

I don't get to read every e-mail message that's sent to the program. Unfortunately, most of the messages are simply forwarded jokes or articles that we have seen many times before.

Among those messages that have been forwarded to me by our e-mail staff have been several that are dripping with blinding hatred for Jews. I have received many messages from morons telling me that my "Jew bosses" have told me what to say on the Israeli-Palestinian matter.

So thanks, folks, for the revelation. I had no idea how deep-seated and widespread the hatred of Jews is in this country. Thanks for crawling out from under your rocks and exposing yourselves.

Crying Palestinians

You can't help but be touched by the video of Palestinians in the town of Jenin surveying the damage to their homes and shedding tears as bodies are recovered. Yup - the sobbing Palestinians make a pathetic sight indeed - almost as pathetic as those videos we saw of cheering Palestinians after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

Are some of these weeping Palestinians we see on CNN the very same Palestinians who strap fake explosives to their children's stomachs so that they can march their children through Palestinian streets in shows of support for Yassir Arafat and the homicide bombers?

[See a photo at http://www.boortz.com/child_bomber.jpg.]

Before you get too overwrought over the sight of Palestinians mourning the bodies of loved ones or the rubble that once was their homes, just remember that these are the same people who danced in their streets while we were pondering the loss of life at the hands of Arab homicidal maniacs in the United States and viewing the smoking remains of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Do these Palestinians not know that the Israelis shed tears when they see bloodied and mangled bodies lying in marketplaces and on streets … the victims of Palestinian homicide bombers?

This Is What You Get From Schools Operated by the Government

If you've listened to me for any period of time, you have learned the cold truth about this little fraud called the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). In most cases it isn't a tax credit at all. It's a welfare payment.

Money is taken from one person who actually worked to earn it, and simply transferred to someone else. A freebie.

It's like the government is saying to this person, "Look, we, your elected representatives, are upset that you didn't earn more than you did working last year. We don't know whether your low earnings are due to your lack of marketable job skills or just due to laziness. The point is we're sorry you didn't make more, so we're doing something about it. We went out there and found another person who makes more than you do. We took some money away from them and we're giving it to you. Here's your check. Now, remember us on Election Day."

It seems that government schools have become an agency of your local politicians and the IRS in pushing this income redistribution plan. Here's an e-mail I received from one listener.

Neal, Just a little note to inform you about our wonderful (just kidding here) government school we have out here in Montrose, CO. On Friday of last week, our daughter brought home a brochure telling us to check to see if we qualify for the EITC. It was a brochure printed by the IRS, sent home with every child. Hopefully, I can earn enough in the very near future to afford one of the two private schools in the area. Dan _____, Montrose, CO

No, I Haven't Purchased a Lottery Ticket

Two basic truths about tonight's $325+ million Big Game jackpot. First - you aren't going to win. Second - whoever does win will find that this event will ruin their life.

If there is one common result from winning a huge lottery jackpot, it is misery. Those millions of dollars become much more of a burden than a blessing.

But … there is no way I will be able to convince you of that - so get out there and pay that lottery tax and take your receipt home with you! Tomorrow it will be worthless.

Oh, to Be at That Wonderful Age Where You Know Everything!

In the past I have suggested taking all of the pressing issues and questions of our age and turning them over to one group of people to solve.

Which group? College students! Young men and women of college age who are going through that magic portion of their lives when they know everything!

It's only when you get out of college that you start to discover what you really don't know. So – get 'em before they know what they don't know and have them solve all of our problems! Even the most vexing ones!

Daniel Uhlig is the photography editor for the Georgia Tech student newspaper The Technique. Daniel has the Israeli-Palestinian situation all figured out. The Israelis are like white supremacist South Africans. Ariel Sharon is the aggressor. Israel is a repressive theocracy. Sharon is trying to exterminate an entire nation.

Yes, Daniel has a real handle on the situation. Shortly he will surely be called out of his darkroom at The Technique and sent by the Bush administration to the Middle East to solve the problem once and for all.

Perhaps you would like to share in Daniel's superior knowledge. You, too, can know it all! Here's your link to his staff editorial: http://nique.net/issues/spring2002/2002-04-12/11.html

Neal Boortz is the hugely popular nationally syndicated radio host.

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