In a Poll, Obama vs Netanyahu, Obama Loses

I believe there are some whose decision to agree or disagree with a comment depends on who made it. In the case of two comments with differing viewpoints, some folks would be lost as to which they agreed with if the sources were unknown.

didn't reflect what was claimed in the story. More literary freedom expressed by the author of the subject line?

Those who did attend the speech gave Mr. Netanyahu multiple standing ovations, while the Democrats who boycotted held a press conference afterward at which they expressed support for Israel but not Mr. Netanyahu.

I notice James claims the "56 jackasses" are "a bunch of Anti-Semites!" (with an exclamation mark.) Yet they support Israel...How does that work?

They just don't like the way the messenger delivered the message? Recall YOUR post when you asked If you start of a question with HEY JERK!!!

I wonder if James will change his retirement dream and retire in Israel instead of Greece.

but the "Hey, Jerk" comment isn't something I see that fits here. I was, as best I could, trying to show a relative newcomer that his reprimand of a member's post could serve to do the opposite of what was intended. I made my comment directly to that person rather than discussing it with another member. Of course, my suggestion to the person wasn't met with a polite "Thank you for pointing that out."

There are many different personalities we all need to deal with on a daily basis and I think we sometimes put too much emphasis on who said what rather than what they said. Even someone we think is a jerk can make a comment worthy of our listening if we can get past the things that gravel us about them.

Diplomacy (from the Greek, meaning making a deal with other countries) is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations[2] through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics, culture, environment, and human rights. International treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by national politicians. In an informal or social sense, diplomacy is the employment of tact to gain strategic advantage or to find mutually acceptable solutions to a common challenge, one set of tools being the phrasing of statements in a non-confrontational, or polite manner.

I do remember the term from the TV show and I'm not sure exactly what it meant other than being another term for tyro. I didn't get the impression that it was used in a derogatory manner on the show but was more of a fatherly expression. If used in the forums here, I'd say it was to evoke a smile from someone but maybe not the person being addressed.

should, these days, be wary of headlines. They seem to have the purpose of grabbing attention to read further but further reading seems to often disappoint. There are no "Truth in Labeling" laws directed at the news media.

into not speaking directly to the people in America and around the world by using Bibi's election as an excuse..........but didn't hesitate to use the media himself to speak directly to Iran's people last week just before the nuke deal deadline.