“Graffiti for Intellectuals” was first published 14 years ago – in December 1992. It is a bi-weekly newsletter of information and commentary on politics, social issues and whatever else we think is interesting and challenging. It is mailed to over 1000 recipients who include all California Senators and Representatives, as well as other politicians, columnists, new media, and just activists and interested people in the U.S. and all other continents except Antarctica. It is also e-mailed to about 100 readers who preferred email to snail mail.
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July 7, 2008 - A SPECIAL 3 X "E" ISSUE: ENERGY, ENIVRONMENT, ECOLOGY! - DO IT AT NIGHT! - Avoiding power blackouts simply and profitably; THE TIMBER GENOCIDE - Stop murdering trees - and the Sunday paper has much of the blame; RESETTING THE EARTH'S THERMOSTAT - Put sulphur in the atmosphere and iron in the oceans, just like the volcanoes and enjoy a cool earth; FIVE SALUTES: To the Beverly Hillibillies, the Alaskan moose, two dunces, ANWR, the Cuban sea shores. What do you get? Five Ramirez masterpieces about the energy crisis. (What is it about "DRILL, DRILL, DRILL" that you don't understand?)
June 23, 2008 - PRIDE, SHAME AND BLAME - I believe that the only ethnicity in the U.S. that honors, respects and re-elects its crooks and evil doers is the black one. But lately, there are signs of change, or are there?; PEACE WITH FRIENDS by Caroline Glick - An unusual look at who may be the best friend and ally of Israel in the future. Her previous record is excellent - her predictions do come true, but is this too far off the wall? ; ENVIRONMENTALISTS' WILD PREDICTIONS By Walter E. Williams - Here is a list of previous forecasts of global catastrophes by respected scientists - including Al Gore's favorite - that have just one thing in common: they were all wrong! But being a scientific panic monger means never having to say that you're sorry - and it also means government grants, publicity and even Nobel Prizes.
June 6, 2008 - NON-EXISTENT MYTHICAL OIL PROBLEM. - Really!! - A thorough analysis based on available facts that proves the ezxistence of oil reserves that will last for decades and can be accessed almost immediately and even greater oil that vcan be produced from shale, rock and coal - enough for centuries if only our Congress allows it! - THROWING STONES AT HAGEE By Joel Mowbray, Washington Times, 5/15/08 - A FEW INTERESTING TRIVIA FACTS - A change of pace from the usual material; A GAFFE, AN ABSURDITY, A POLICY The usual wise and witty expose by Charles Krauthammer, 5/23/08.
May 26, 2008 - A SELDOM MENTIONED CAUSE OF MUSLIM BACKWARDNESS - It isn't the women's fault - quite the contrary, says Professor Lewis. ANTISEMITISM AMONG MUSLIM YOUTH IN AUSTRALIA - A fascinating b- but not surprising analysis by a left-wing high school teacher. THE G.O.P. AND RACE - Thomas Sowell examines the Republican party's policy on race and wonders at the way African-Americans eagerly forgive and ignore all the harm done by the Democrats.
May 14, 2008 - SUICIDE, PROSTITUTION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - The suicides in Guantanamo show the need for full compliance with the constitutional right to abortion and porno movies - STILL FEEDING THE WORLD - The blessing of bio foods and fertilizers and the stupidity of rejecting them - OUTLAWING THE PIG! A defense of the persecuted pig that is the victim of political correctness - an unexpected defense of a non-kosher and forbidden animal by a Jewish writer - GOLAN HEIGHTS - A TANGIBLE BENEFIT FROM A U.S. PRESIDENT - Going back to December 1981 and a forgotten promise by our 38th President (don't start counting your fingers - it was Gerald Ford) that was discovered in an old cartoon.
April 28, 2008 - MY OSCAR (MAYBE?) IN 2008 - Dreaming? Fantasy? Well, maybe. And then, maybe not. It's a good film and I hope you'll go to see it and if you are an Academy member - vote for it! See you in the movies! THE CLINTONS' TERROR PARDONS - It takes up all three pages but it is worth reading. I bet you didn't know about it- at least in such detail (I know I didn't) and I believe that more people should know the shame and the corruption of that White House.
April 14, 2008 - MAYBE BRIBING IS BETTER (AND FASTER) - In Russia the judge wouldn't dream of asking if court could be held on Passover; HOW I SPENT 3 WEEKS ON AN ARMY BASE - PART 4 Amazing, fifteen years later the article I wrote then applies to today - the same enemies, the same despair, the same problems, the same advice; MY GUN DIDN'T DO IT - I DID! How I lost a friend, saved a few lives (well, maybe only a broken bone or two) and became an even greater admirer of Charlton Heston; WELCOME TO THE RIGHT, MR. MAMET! Another soul saved, another liberal becomes conservative and joins Hitchens, Prager, Heston, Reagan, Horowitz and yes, Frumkin, in that select circle of people who decided to grow up and brave unforgiving liberal wrath.
March 31, 2008 - OBAMA'S BLACK MAGIC - How a magically great orator can make the obvious invisible; HOW I SPENT THREE WEEKS AT AN ARMY BASE or HOW I DIDN'T GET TOBE THE ISRAELI KILROY - The shower head I stole and donated to the army and the tank I didn't autograph; THE REAL WORLD THREAT: CLIMATE ALARMISTS! By Czech President Vaclav Klaus who is much smarter than our almost President Gore (and I agree with Klaus' diagnosis of Gore - see the picture); ISRAEL'S DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSE - An editorial from the New York Sun about the terrible Israeli response to the barrage of rockets and suicide bombers: trucks of bananas, cocoa, sugar and milk. Why is Israel so unspeakably cruel? Have they no shame?
March 17, 2008 - WHY JEWS DON'T LOOK LIKE ARAFAT? - We are all mongrels - I looked more Aryan than Hitler, Goering and Goebbels with my blue eyes and wavy blond hair; HOW I SPENT 3 WEEKS AT AN ARMY BASE or SECRET, SHMEECRET, AS LONG AS YOU ARE CUTE! - Part 2 - So where were we going and is the Israeli army really a resort?; INCONVENIENT FACTS AND DESPICABLE LIES - Amazing statistics I didn't want to believe until I checked them; OBAMA: ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILIES BEING ROUNDED UP! - Shameful if it were true, but it isn't.
March 4, 2008 - CAIR-LESS? YES INDEED, BY MORE THAN 90%! - C.A.I.R. has shrunk to nothingness but the media still respect it; THREE WEEKS IN ISRAEL 15 YEARS AGO - PART 1 - Digging through the archives and revisiting an old friend who knew the Israeli colonel who ruled our base; PUTIN'S TORTURE
COLONIES - The new Czar Vladimir is maintaining the old Russian tradition.
February 18, 2008 - 12 SUGGESTIONS - The way to get to the White House is to find what the overwhelming majority of Americans support; "EVERYONE WANTS TO BE JAMES BOND BUT I AM THE REAL JAMES BOND..." - True confessions of the spy who ran the Russian spying machine in the U.S, since the Soviet Union collapsed; A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE - A perecptive and ironic look at world's hypocrisy by a major historian, Victor Davis Hanson; WHO'S MAKING THESE NAZI-LIKE STATEMENTS? - A quiz you probably failed, by David Horowitz.
February 4, 2008 - THE UNHOLY TRINITY - Faster! Higher! More regrettable! The Olympics in Berlin, Moscow and Beijing; SEEING THE WORLD AS IT IS - Fouad Ajami, "Do they really, really hate us? I don't think so..."; THE GREAT EMINENT DOMAIN CASE YOU NEVER HEARD OF - Law professor Gideon Kenner - A witty and wise essay that reads much faster and more interesting than you'd think from the title. Don't miss it - there'll be a written quiz Wednesday!; ARE THE POOR GETTING POORER? - by professor Walter Williams who knows what he is talking about and tells it like it really is.
January 21, 2008 - IS IT A DEBATE IF ONLY ONE SIDE IS HEARD? - IS IT A DEBATE IF ONLY ONE SIDE IS HEARD? What if a hundred most distiguished scientists wrote a letter to the U.N.Secretary-General and it was ignored by everybody? THE VIRTUES OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE - A intimidating title of a very readable, amusing and researched article by three eminent men of science; BEARING UP! By Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska - Do you uhave sympathy for polar bears? You are not alone - the governor wants to talk to you!
January 10, 2008 - THE MYSTERIOUS MISPLACED BILLIONS - Where did they go? Who stole them? And why doesn't anyone care and no one is punished?
* SECULAR EUROPE OR RELIGIOUS AMERICA? - Dennis Prager argues with Roger Cohen of the New York Times about religion's importance and influence
* BY THE NUMBERS - The always brillaint Mark Steyn talks about the season when a "homeless child" is celbrated but there are very few children born in Europe and guess what, America is blamed! And also emissions, emissions, emissions (but not really ours)
* 20 YEARS OF THE MONTREAL PROTOCOLS - A scientific study of the ban on the chemical gas that made air conditioning function and was this really necessary? A lot of scientists think that it wasn't but what do they know, right?
December 24, 2007 - STRANGELY IGNORED CONSEQUENCE - The controversy on the NIE report on Iranian nuclear weapons program ignores its obvious cause; SADDAM'S DAMN DAM - A disaster that will be blamed on America; THE SURRENDER DIDN'T HELP - Sherlock Holmes saw it but Watson and Ehud Olmert didn't; A SECOND LOOK AT ROMNEY - Is he the candidate we never get?
December 10, 2007 - TWO QUESTIONS AND ONE PREDICTION - The youth bulge strikes again; THANKS, AMERICA! - Praise of America by a talented immigrant, Mark Steyn; WHAT KIND OF WAR ARE WE FIGHTING? - By John Bolton, the man I would like to be our President.
November 26, 2007 - WHO IS MISCHKA KUKIN AND WHY DOES IT MATTER - His name isn't Kukin - you probably know his real name and never suspected that he wrote what he did; ANOTHER LETTER THE L.A. TIMES WILL NOT PUBLISH - This is a complimentary letter but they won't publish it anyway - they actually ran a story complimenting the police!; AMERICA'S STRATEGIES FOR VICTORY AND DEFEAT - A compelling analysis on what we are doing wrong and a coimment by Machiavelli why this is so.
November 12, 2007 - A TEMPEST IN A CHINATOWN TEAPOT (and an apology to the L.A. Times); TOUGH, SAD AND SMART - Bill Cosby and Dr. Alvin Poussaint, an odd couple taking on tyhe black establishment; SHOCKING: SCIENTIST COMMITS HERESY - Not all global warmiong deniers are lackeys of capitalist exploiters; A DECENT OUTCOME FOR IRAQ - A professor who is wise, a Shiite, a Lebanese Arab and a great human being speaks of Iraq.
October 29, 2007 - Did you really see Elvis riding a blue whale off Malibu? Do you have a problem with Ann Coulter and why? Finally - and unusually for Graffiti - two pages of cartoons you will not see in the L.A. Times.Take a look - they are clever and funny...
October 15, 2007 - Is popular opinion really the voice of God?; Burt doesn't doubt his conservatism and loves dogs; A former U.S. Secretary of State - and a good guy - speaks about Israel; Another great article by professor Hanson.
September 18, 2007 - Propehtic Pyramids, The Peace Racket, The Important Mitzvah of Pydion Shvuyim
September 4, 2007 - OPEN LETTER TO GEORGE CLOONEY: You mean well and you have collected a lot of money for Darfur, but who is checking it and where is it going? And wouldn't force be of greater use than dollars when dealing with murderers? ; THEY WANT US TO RUN AGAIN: We ran leaving our friends behind and most of us were proud. Should we do it again? ; MISINTERPRETING THE MIDEAST: An article by the former Chief of Satff of Israeli army who tells it like it is, and a map that you may want to copy and give to your friends - and enemies; WHO'S BLACK ENOUGH?: A black playwright who may not be black enough. His article was reproduced on a black website - and, surprise, surprise - even our own very politically correct L.A. Times. May be there is still hope...
August 20, 2007 - SOME EMPIRE WE ARE... - inspired by a stand-up comedian; WE'RE STILL THE WORLD'S CAPED CRUSADER - Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman flying home after saving a bunch of strangers?; EXPOSURE: OUT OF FOCUS - Blurry, under-exposed, over-exposed, sloppily reported but proudly unapologetic!
August 6, 2007 - CONTINENT OF LOSERS - PART II, The chicken and egg conundrum - what came first, violence or ideology? - and "My Three Watches" - an unexpected present from the past followed by "Avoiding the M-Word" - what is it?
July 16, 2007 - LOST CONTINENT, PART 1 - THE YOUTH BULGE - An intriguing explanation of the terror and violence epidemics through the ages; THE BAD, BAD FOUNDING FATHERS - we never really liked them; and LETTER FROM A GEORGIAN PRISON - our Georgia, not the one in the Caucasus, from a man who transcribes Braille books and has been dreaming for decades.
June 25, 2007 - WHEN THE NAZI FLAG FLEW IN COMMUNIST MOSCOW; HOW DARE THEY! - Arafat's stolen treasure (It should have been Carter's); ENGLAND WONDERS: what if Israel took a BBC hostage?; RESURRECTION! Quick, the wooden stake! The Evil Empire is coming back to life!
June 11, 2007 - MYTHS, LEGENDS AND REALITY - Immigration myths - past and present; LET AFRICA SINK - a very unusual thought provoking suggestion on how to deal with Africa; THE GREAT CIRCLE OF ENMITY - is imposed democracy possible or even desirable by our "friends"?
May 28, 2007 - FIFTEEN YEARS TO REMEMBER AS FRUMKIN SINGS; LETTERS UNFIT FOR PRINT; SHARANSKY GOES TO PRAGUE; NASRALLAH RESIGNS? NOT!
May 2007 - SPECIAL ISSUE ON GLOBAL WARMING (WARNIBNG: VERY POLITICALLY INCORRECT) A reprint of an article and a plea by an impassioned independent and courageous major scientist whose views are shared by tens of thousands of other scientists.
May 7, 2007 - CORPORATIONS WE LOVE TO HATE - Investing in pharmaceuticals for fun and no profit; WMDs - lost and (maybe) found; checkmate for chess champ; cartoons - a matter of taste (I like them, the L.A. Times doesn't).
April 23, 2007 - OCCUPATION? OPPRESSION? LOOK AGAIN! - The nonsense that has to be exposed again and again proves that Einstein was right; The Red Crystal and the 15 Brits; By now Condi probably agrees with Einstein (see front page article)
April 04, 2007 - THE FEAR WE HAVE TO FEAR - All about the horrors that aren't; a critique of Israeli kvetching (a feeling abbreviated as "Oy!"); the fecal tsunami - dejavu for Passover?; similar crimes but very different - and very unfair - consequences.
March 26, 2007 - WILL THE QUEEN WEAR A VEIL AND A HIJAB? - Muslims take London; Israel should outsource its government, says Friedman; Immigration myths you probably believe; What's Arabic for Hutzpah?
March 12, 2007 - BUT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY, ISRAEL? - A question that's being asked and the need to get rid of our prejudices to save Israel.Also, KIM'S KOREAN BILLIONS - all you need to know about the very rich monster thug.
February 26, 2007 - FORGIVE ME, COMRADE LENIN!; GLOBAL COOLING COSTS TOO MUCH; THE QUESTION NOT ASKED AND THE LOUSE THAT ROARED -
From armor plate for our tanks that Russia will control, to Putin's chutzpah and global colling, and liberal ideas in between.
February 12, 2007 - TYRAN-A-SOROS. Madness of King George. RIGHT ON: In Praise of Christian Zionists. Jeffersons's Quaran.
January 30, 2007, Special Winter Issue - RELIGION OF WHAT? by Miss Yashiko Sagamori
A response to a letter from an Indonesian Muslim, and amazing revelations of dirty money in Jimmy Carter's pocket, $10 MILLION, $15 MILLION - IT AIN'T PEANUTS by Alan Dershowitz.
January 22, 2007 - THE MORE IT CHANGES, THE MORE IT IS THE SAME: Putin does it to the Western oil capitalists; BIGGEST STORY IS OUR SELF-EXTINCTION; ARAB NATIONALISM IS DOOMED!; and SHAMEFUL COVER-UP BY MEDIA AND RAILROADING BY COURTS.
January 8, 2007 - GOT MILK?
The Deadly Cows; Are Russian Nazis in Danger?; Middle East Verities According to Friedman; and finally, Truth About the Filthy Rich Middle Class.
December 26, 2006 - TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB? MAYBE LATER...
- Eveyone is aware of the problem but no one seems to know what to do - and history is repeating itself again. But what you should do is look at this issue's page 4 and do something aboput that right away. Please, please, before it is too late...
December 4, 2006 - NO MOSQUE AND NO RIOTS! WHY? - Iran mysteries revealed; lynching Pollard; Op-Eds vs. bullets.
November 20, 2006 - MEATLOAF AND LEMON COFFEE - The eating season is upon us!
November 2006 - THE DOOMSAYERS' FRIGHTFUL VISION IS FRIGHTFULLY WRONG, Special issue - Fall 2006.
October 30, 2006 - HOW DO YOU TALK WITH A RUSSIAN ROOSTER? - Do foreign animals speak with an accent?
October 16, 2006 - REASONING WITH ROBOTS - An impossibe dialogue
September 25, 2006 - THE UNWELCOME PARTNER - Why is Europe so nice to Iran? Written 10 years ago-true today!
September 11, 2006 – WHOM DO YOU CALL IF YOU’RE IN TROUBLE? America – world’s policeman?; Arabs in W.W.II; Excessive federal salaries?; The enemy loves death.
August 28, 2006 – SO WHY HAVEN’T YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS? Christians invade Washington; Falwell in my foxhole; Swastika and the scimitar; Hezbollah and Warren Buffet.
August 14 , 2006 – THEY’LL NEVER BELIEVE IT – AND THAT’S GOOD! Truth is our secret weapon; remarkable Arab editorial; Why hatred in Middle East?; Why Jews hate Bush?
July 31, 2006 – CRIME AND PUNISHMENT – Harvard is easy; If Protocols were real?; Bismarck – a role model for dictators; Bush’s inarticulate explanations.
July 17, 2006 – MURDERS IN NEW YORK – Intriguing murder stats; Mike Wallace has a problem; Again with the climate change!; White House response – a joke?
July 3, 2006 – WANNA BUY A HOMEMADE AUTOMOBILE? The cute rockets; Babies: the secret weapon; Are you afraid of the climate?; Not angry at son’s murderer.
June 19, 2006 – THE COOLING, THE WARMING, THE DEADLY POISON IVY!!! The not so hot warming; The bear is still growling; World prosperity is real; Bush’s history: A+
June 05, 2006
– THREE HATS AND A BONUS – Si’s 3 hats and a pretty lady; Not very protected Jews; No red flags for Soviet immigrants; Cable a la carte!
May 22, 2006 – DO MALNUTRITION AND BAD WATER CAUSE AIDS? Diagnosing AIDS; How to bomb Iran; How the Evangelicals really feel – interview with Rev. John Hagee.
May 8, 2006 – THREE STOOGES GO TO IRAQ – Stubborn, rude and stupid; Jordan option for peace; Freedom better than slavery?; A Muslim loves the Wall.
SPECIAL ISSUE - Spring 2006
– WAR AND PEACE TODAY – A brilliant analysis by Yashiko Sagamori.
April 17, 2006 – SECRET LEICA FREEDOM TRAIN – The saving photo mogul; Another look at the Oscars; Who really controls America?; The real Passover story by BBC and NYT.
April 3, 2006 – GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS IN DARFUR – The French soldiers are resting; Genocide goes on; U.N. is thinking about it; Genocide-shmenocide!!
March 20, 2006 – THE TRUTH-TELLER LIED – Upton Sinclair tells all; The long war; Conservatives agree with Dershowitz!; First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people.
March 05 , 2006 – DEMOCRACY IS WONDERFUL – Or maybe not; Clash or crash of civilizations?; Europe takes a nap; Hamas misquoted on peace.
February 20, 2006 – CONRAD AND L.A. TIMES REVISITED – Column and Pulitzer winning cartoons from 6 years ago and the 12 Danish cartoons; U.S. gutless media.
February 06, 2006 – WHY DID IT CHANGE? – The movie that puzzled my wife; They kill their own families; Gaza is a mess; Katrina hurricane racist?
January 23, 2006 – HISTORICAL MYSTERIES – So what did he die of?; Is W.W. IV here?; The missing Israeli soldiers; The real race: China vs. India.
January 09, 2006 - NOBLESSE OBLIGE! - How to become an American aristocrat.
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