Dan from Madison

ChicagoBoyz Book Recommendation Seconded

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Whenever I need new reading material I typically just scan the book notes here at ChicagoBoyz to get suggestions. Lex Green made a recommendation of “The World of Yesterday” by Stefan Zweig at this post.

I will have to second Lex’s thoughts and just come out and say it. This is one of the very best books that I have ever read. I read the whole thing in one weekend and could hardly put it down.

Not only is the subject matter of great interest and importance, Zweig’s writing is so beautiful it almost brings one to tears. The last paragraph hits very hard – moreso when you know how Zweig’s story ended.

So thanks to Lex for the recommendation and I will heartily second it. There are a lot of other great books in our book notes section here at ChicagoBoyz so if you are out of ideas, hit it.

Not An April Fools Joke

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At first I thought that this person, Hank Johnson, may have some sort of mental disease as he was wrestling with the relatively simple terms in the beginning of the video. Unfortunately, it looks like I may be dead wrong – I think he is simply dumb as a box of dead crabs. Any wonder why Congress is reviled, hated and mocked?


It had to be all the good Admiral could do to not laugh out loud at this theory – I wouldn’t have been able to keep my laughter contained.

Questions For Our Jewish Readers

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So this meetup between Obama and Netanyahu didn’t go…er…so well, from what I am reading. Some things I read tell me that this may alienate Jewish voters from Obama in the next election, or from the Democrats in the midterms.

I don’t have a lot of contact with many Jewish folks here in the wilds of Wisconsin, so I would like to ask those who may have more daily interaction with those of the Jewish faith a few questions.

If you are Jewish, does this latest episode make you not want to vote for Obama/Democrats if you voted for them before? If you have friends that are Jewish, is this what you are hearing from them?

I think that relations will keep souring with Israel as Obama’s term goes on – do you think that this will affect him in the 2012 presidential election?

Thanks!