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Barack Obama…prayer PR ploy? Heh, God’s watching!

Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: July 26, 2008

The door of perception…

There was a big flap in the media overnight when it was learned that a prayer Barack Obama slipped into the Western Wall in Jerusalem was lifted by “persons unknown” and allegedly sold to a Hebrew-language newspaper.
When a copy of the handwritten note was published, many of the faithful were outraged.
Rabbi Shmuel [...]

 
The morning papers were awash with news bites on the heels of Barack Obama’s brief stop-over in France – and his subsequent meeting with President – Nicolas Sarkozy.
Some reporters focused on their discussions about Iran’s nuclear program, global warming, and such.
But, for many, issues pertaining to U.S. and French relations appeared to be at the [...]