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Throw them out
By Yossi Sarid

At the sound of the judge's words, the ground shakes, catches fire, and threatens to burn down the house. If this time the public doesn't get rid of the elected leaders who betrayed its trust, then this country will be incorrigible, lost.

Throw out Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz and save Israel  that's the battle cry now, that's the urgent mission of every citizen.

It's time for a national emergency operation in which all those involved will be thrown onto the ash heap of history. This nation has a large garbage bin, but it also has a large human stockpile from which new, clean people can be brought.

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The blundering duo, Olmert and Peretz, were not alone in overseeing the calamity. The entire cabinet of wretched creatures lent their deceitful hands to crafting this threat to our existence.

Olmert has already announced that he is determined to cling to his seat. "It's my workplace," he said once in a preposterous speech.

As of this morning he should be unemployed, we are hereby firing him. Let him return to his law firm, that's his natural workplace. There, among his learned and connected colleagues, he will feel like a fish in murky water.

After hearing the Winograd Committee's conclusions, it's as clear as day that we are not dealing with moving furniture around but with an overall renovation. It's obvious that all the furniture, especially the seats and those sitting on them, are being sent to the nearest garbage dump.

There is only one way to bring about a new arrangement from the foundation to the rafters - by holding general elections. Not swapping posts from defense minister to finance minister, not musical chairs, not even waiting around inexplicably for the final report, as though there is anything left to wait for.

There is nothing left to say now except goodbye. Just go home.

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  1.   "To ash heap of history"-undoubtedly one of Sarid`s Gurus,Stalin 23:44  |  Absolute Sweden 30/04/07
  2.   yossi would do worse 00:06  |  michel 01/05/07
  3.   Throwing them out 00:31  |  Gad Giladi 01/05/07
  4.   olmert decides not to resign 01:41  |  alex 01/05/07
  5.   And take with you the Oslo groupies 01:55  |  Moshe 01/05/07
  6.   Excellent message, Yossi. 03:26  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/05/07
  7.   Don`t give up, Gad # 3. 03:30  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/05/07
  8.   Correct Message , But Incorrect Messenger 04:46  |  Tod Zuckerman 01/05/07
  9.   Throw them 06:21  |  Silvian M 01/05/07
  10.   First time in my life I agree with Yossi 06:23  |  Alex 01/05/07
  11.   amen 07:55  |  dawn 01/05/07
  12.   Throw them out 08:32  |  Shlomo Benjoseph 01/05/07
  13.   mr. sarid acts in the same hectic way as mr. olmert and co. 08:32  |  saul a. readner 01/05/07
  14.   Wanted: professional football player 09:03  |  Joseph E . 01/05/07
  15.   Yossi is spot on, this time, but the left will never rise again, 09:04  |  Uzi 01/05/07
  16.   Excellent Yossi!! 09:47  |  S 01/05/07
  17.   Resignatiion but "no" to Yossi Sarid. 09:50  |  Vital 01/05/07
  18.   Here, Here 10:16  |  Niall 01/05/07
  19.   Inimitable Yossi Sarid Prose 10:25  |  Rowan Berkeley 01/05/07
  20.   It`s your workplace, Olmert? 10:27  |  Tzfonit 01/05/07
  21.   Although I consider you and your philosophy part of the problem.. 10:34  |  bat yam 01/05/07
  22.   And throw out Sarid 10:53  |  SJ 01/05/07
  23.   New Elections 11:11  |  Dan 01/05/07
  24.   Olmert and his gang 11:27  |  BigAL 01/05/07
  25.   ISRAEL NEEDS BIBI 11:38  |  Prof David Friedman 01/05/07
  26.   Havlaga and camaraderie is the left`s approach toward mortal 11:51  |  Uzi 01/05/07
  27.   Throw them out 11:59  |  Ralph 01/05/07
  28.   Oslo Accords were so much worse!! 12:00  |  Prof David Friedman 01/05/07
  29.   Throw them out 12:11  |  Ralph 01/05/07
  30.   To all of u...BELEIVE ME 12:50  |  Ali 01/05/07
  31.   Fix the Israeli Left -- It Is Fatally Broken Right Now 13:02  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 01/05/07
  32.   Sarid/Olmert 13:07  |  khana feiler 01/05/07
  33.   Bibi - Prof. Friedman 13:12  |  khana feiler 01/05/07
  34.   Yossi Sarid has no right to call for them to go. 13:23  |  Shlomo from Tel Aviv 01/05/07
  35.   Abbas can strengthen Olmert position 13:23  |  Tamir Gaza 01/05/07
  36.   israel.... lost its way 13:36  |  ravi 01/05/07
  37.   we have already paid: look at the beggars in Allenby street 13:38  |  michel 01/05/07
  38.   Israel is safe, but PM and DM should resign, NOW! 14:14  |  Inyaki 01/05/07
  39.   No Matter Which Way You Look 14:21  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/05/07
  40.   I think he has been over his head but give him a chance 14:25  |  The Equalizer 01/05/07
  41.   And This On Ha`aretz 14:36  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/05/07
  42.   Prof David Friedman #25 14:37  |  S 01/05/07
  43.   Many Complainers,Few Offers of alternatives 14:39  |  Ronnie Wolman 01/05/07
  44.   Bring in Djerjinski 14:54  |  Sal 01/05/07
  45.   Prof David Friedman, Let`s work together to bring Bibi back 15:23  |  Tosefta 01/05/07
  46.   No vetek here 15:23  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/05/07
  47.   HALF RIGHT,HALF WRONG!! 15:27  |  Ian 01/05/07
  48.   #43 You complain about posters but did not read posts #25,28 15:28  |  Tosefta 01/05/07
  49.   A Large Human Stockpile 15:30  |  Arik 01/05/07
  50.   Prof David Fridman and his acolades #25 15:32  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/05/07
  51.   Glug...Glug....Glug..... The Ship`s Taking on Water...Glug ..Glug 15:33  |  Klaudia 01/05/07
  52.   Yaakov Sullivan 15:35  |  ODP 01/05/07
  53.   Implosion of the Zionist dream 15:39  |  Mitch Cohen 01/05/07
  54.   Tosefta,why do you say this?????? 15:44  |  Ronnie Wolman 01/05/07
  55.   To Klaudia 15:47  |  Mark B. 01/05/07
  56.   Fake Tosefta Alert 15:51  |  Tosefta 01/05/07
  57.   They Should Go and Take US Gov With Them 15:53  |  Jane 01/05/07
  58.   Fake Tosefta Alert #45, 48 15:55  |  Tosefta 01/05/07
  59.   Prospects for new elections 16:09  |  Tosefta 01/05/07
  60.   #58 and Free Speech 16:24  |  Ronnie Wolman 01/05/07
  61.   Hollow and cheap words by Yossi Sarid 16:37  |  Jonathan S 01/05/07
  62.   To Tosefta and the Fake Tosefta Have a good day 16:42  |  Ronnie Wolman 01/05/07
  63.   Tosefta #59 on the possible outcome 16:42  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/05/07
  64.   Stop reading Sarid 16:43  |  PB 01/05/07
  65.   UNITY 16:52  |  Lay Greenman 01/05/07
  66.   Hey #53 Mitch Cohen in NYC 16:58  |  Teez El-Nabi 01/05/07
  67.   Jonathan S of Frankfurt on Israel`s future 17:00  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/05/07
  68.   an honest leader 18:04  |  j 01/05/07
  69.   Your future is too short (Yaakov Sullivan #63) 18:08  |  Tosefta 01/05/07
  70.   Fixing one`s own mistakes 18:17  |  Jonathan 01/05/07
  71.   michel on beggars in Allenby Street 18:22  |  sh 01/05/07
  72.   To # 8, Tod Zuckerman 18:53  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/05/07
  73.   For Sullivan, leftist exorcist of East Broadway 19:27  |  Jonathan S 01/05/07
  74.   there will never be perfect leaders..... 19:42  |  maria 01/05/07
  75.   Jonathan S on the need for the right #73 19:45  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/05/07
  76.   TOUGH WORDS from the far left weakling Sarid 20:01  |  Dr. Dave 01/05/07
  77.   I like Olmert, but is Israel better off without him? 20:12  |  Jason 01/05/07
  78.   For Sullivan, an appeasenik par excellence 20:17  |  Jonathan S 01/05/07
  79.   Elections aren`t the answer 20:21  |  noel 01/05/07
  80.   Dr. Dave roots for the good ole days!! #76 20:22  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/05/07
  81.   Impostor Tosefta is back with a vengeance & promoting Labor again 20:23  |  Tosefta 01/05/07
  82.   Flashman,Hydra,Bird etc 20:34  |  Ronnie Wolman 01/05/07
  83.   Yakoub Suleiman #75 Halevay you had in NY such corruption 20:34  |  Tosefta 01/05/07
  84.   Jonathan and his belief in power #78 20:42  |  Yaakov Sullivan 01/05/07
  85.   #4 alex.Olmert decides not to resign.WHAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING.. 20:43  |  Kath` 01/05/07
  86.   LIKUDNIKS AND LEFTISTS. 20:49  |  JOJO 01/05/07