646 Solomon is a wise blogger

Solomon, a secular Jewish Bostonian, was raised and lived as a liberal Democrat, then made a change after 9/11. He has a blog called Solomonia, and on Dec. 11 he fantasized what Colin Powell might have said to the Muslim world when accused of favoring Israel.

“In my imaginary, perfect fantasy world, Colin Powell would seize the mic and say the following:

"OK, it's true. We do favor Israel over you, and I'm going to be very frank with you and tell you why.

We favor Israel over you because Israel is a democracy and you are not.

We favor Israel over you because Israel has a free press and you do not.

We favor Israel over you because Israel enshrines freedom of speech and expression and you do not.

We favor Israel over you because Israel practices freedom of religion and you do not.

We favor Israel over you because Israel does not persecute its homosexual citizens and you do.

We favor Israel over you because Israel has Nobel winners in the Sciences and Universities that foreigners consider attending. You have none of either.

We favor Israel over you because Israel's press, government and religious establishment do not incite hatred against us and yours do.

We favor Israel over you because you broadcast and publish statements that remind us of the Holocaust - an event we shed blood ending and built a museum to remember, and we know that Israel is the Jewish State.

We favor Israel over you because you have tried repeatedly to wipe Israel off the map while Israel has not tried to do the same to you.

We favor Israel over you because Israel supports our foreign policy efforts and you oppose them - in Iraq and elsewhere.

We favor Israel over you because Israel respects Women's Rights and you do not.

We favor Israel over you because Israel's economy is larger than all its immediate neighbors combined.

We favor Israel over you because Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin, has one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed, as well as the highest per-capita level of citizens with university degrees. You are all far, far behind.

We favor Israel over you because relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on earth - just like us...and unlike you.

I could go on, and on, and on, and on with all the reasons why it's natural and beneficial and obvious that we would be closer to Israel than to you, but I need to give the mic back at some point.

We welcome you to join us. My hand is out.

But it is up to you. Not us."
In my dreams.”

Solomon is a blogger to watch.