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TruthSpreader:
Dear Chaim, two questions for this week's Ask JTF.

1. Exactly how many pro-Israel people live in the Muslim world?

2. Can you please expose the good and bad aspects of Facebook? I know Facebook does help our movement grow stronger but it can be abused, like for example for my ex-girlfriend, Brittney said some horrible things to some of my friends, does this make her an evil person?

PS: Please wish my childhood friend, Kimberly Knous a happy birthday. She turns 30 today.

Meerkat:
שלום חיים

what are your thoughts on jdate?

on mitt rino: i sort of understand why evangelicals would have some aversion to him due to mormonism, but what is the problem with it from a jewish perspective? both christianity and mormonism attach something new to the tanach, so why should it be a criteria (for us)? I know a few mormons and a few evangelicals, both groups seem to be supportive of Israel. in the case of romney, i don't like him for his abyssmal record, but if a mormon candidate with a record akin to huckabee's showed up, hed have my support in a second.

if a candidate promised to actually pressure israel into starting over 9000 construction projects in yosh, would you support such a candidate for potus?

what are your thoughts on chechnya? do you think muslim nazi iran would betray moscow in order to "liberate" its muslim nazi chechen brothers (using nuclear bombs, G-d forbid)?

how many of the people in hayamin are from that dense leftist area in and around north tel aviv?

why do the failures joshua rosenberg (from australia),ben mizrachi, and steve weigang all have a parrot as a back ground pick for their zootube accounts? are they trying to make it obvious it's them?

who is Johnson brown (mentioned with a YSV in a member's name)?

Dr. Dan:
Shalom Chaim

First a commentary for the week:

Ever since Obama became president, socialism became legitimate to many people because they agreed with the idea of helping the less fortunate especially in these tough times.   And certainly, ideas to take from the rich, whether hard working or plain lucky, and to give to the poor and/or the lazy have gained either more sympathy or acceptance from non rich folk (as long as they aren't the ones harmed by these higher taxes).

Any decent person, rich or poor, will understand the need to help the less fortunate and unlucky.  Certainly, some of the wealthier people out there have so much money and things and waste it away on stuff that we, ourselves, could never understand their uses.  For example, one fellow might own three homes and two yachts, while another collect 4 Lamborguinis and own a home that has 15 bedrooms, but with only one person living in it 1/3rd of the year.

To each their own, right?  They worked hard for it. Who are we to say how they should spend it? Gd willing, if I had all that money, I would prefer to use it to change the world for the better as well as live comfortably enough. But that's just me.  

So is it fair for any super wealthy person to be FORCED to give his "hard earned" money to other people?  How about if we force obese and overweight heathens, like Al Sharpton and company, to share the wealth of their food to feed those who are starving?  At least the food will go to good use and help people with at least one basic need.  

The point I want to make is that there is a reason why in Judaism we thank Gd for everything from the moment we wake up, right after we use the restroom, before we eat and AFTER we eat, and before we sleep as well as a million other things.  It isn't just to thank Gd for what we have, but to remind us of what some other people might not have.  And if Gd gives to one of us what is essential, shouldn't we volunteer to give what is essential to someone who might not have it?  Maybe even help those who need a little help to also give to others in the future?  
The heroic settlers in Yehuda, Shomron and the hilltops have sacrificed a lot of the basic needs we all have.  They are protecting Israel and even the rest of the world.  I think, these are the people to whom we should share some of our wealth.

And my questions for the week:

1. What holidays and mitzvot will we no longer have to follow once the Moshiach arrives?
2. How warm of a place is Qaddafi ysv?
3.  I saw the Vegas debate and think Romney did the best job defending himself. Can you comment whether at this point we should or shouldn't support him since he will most likely do the best job of holding his ground against a biased moderator once he meets Obama in a future debate.  The rest if the candidates disappointed me.  Hermann Cain was so so and newt Gingrich was funny and snappy.
4. Tell us about a mission Rabbi Kahane gave you?

5. And a Dvar Torah of this week's Torah portion and Haftorah portion.


Toda,

Dr. Dan

Lisa:
Dear Chaim,

Here are 9-11 Avenger/YimachShemoToJohnsonBrown's questions for this week:

 
"Shalom dearest Chaim,
 
1: In ancient times, Teutonic peoples (the Hun/Ostrogoth/Visigoth/Vandal) tribes played the role of the noble Serbs today. They were the only peoples of Europe that offered sustained, heroic resistance to the Roman Nazi Empire, destroying several legions of Roman Nazi SS soldiers in the forests of northern Europe. Today, the roles are reversed and Germanic people are all Nazis and by and large, Italians are benign people. When did this shift happen?
 
2: Can Germany's anti-nazification laws be used against SStephanie Weifag (yimach shema)? Can we turn her in to the authorities of the modern-day Reich for her Nazi internet activities?
 
3: What is your opinion of pro-purity author Wendy Shalit? Is this a righteous Jew or a self-hating one?
 
4: Please talk about marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal, the so-called "guru of ganja". He has a Jewish name but I don't know if he really is.
 
5: If BHO (ysv) is reelected, do you think that he and his bro Van Jones will begin to accuse Israel of being behind 9/11?
 
You are a gentleman, a scholar, and a brother. G-d bless you and your family.
 
YimachShemoToJohnsonBrown"

Rubystars:
Greetings Chaim. I'm not sure who to support for the Republican nomination but the sad fact of the matter is it really doesn't matter who I support. By the time the vote gets to Texas, the nominee will already be decided and my vote won't matter. That's what happened last time. By the time the vote got here, McCain was the only one who had a real chance of winning the nomination with Huckabee a distant second.

I had to go to the democrat side just to try to vote against Obama, but he was already the clear frontrunner there too. I think this is one way of discriminating against 'red states' and making the Republican field weaker or more liberal.

Do you think it should be illegal for candidates to drop out of the race before every state gets a chance to vote, or do you think that all states should have their primaries within a few days of each other? Either one would help a bit with this situation.

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