Why I Switched Parties
Published March 25, 2004
Radicals are dangerous people who believe to the bottoms of their socks they are absolutely doing the right thing. They cannot be dissuaded from strapping a bomb to their own waist even as their children cry mama don't.
Vengeance will be theirs because they have crossed that point of no return and there is no turning back. And there is no stopping revenge killings, from Ireland to the Hatfield's and McCoy's, to George W. Bush and Arial Sharon, to Hamas, al Qaeda, Bill Clinton, or Harry S Truman.
Truman was Man with a Good Idea who thought up Israel. Everybody thought it was a Good Idea too, except the people who lived there already, who weren't asked.
After all the violence, I am personally so disgusted that I say enough. Everybody out. If you can't play nicely, you can't play at all anymore. You blew it. Get out of paradise. Get out of the Holy Land. This Promised Land wasn't promised to Israel by the United Nations; it was promised to Man by God. The three major religions who claim it holy defile it every day. The world, through the UN, should say as one: disperse. You blew it. Get out. And it should be turned into a World Park, owned by the unnamed God we all agree on, the one that smiles down like the man in the moon and acts just like a Canadian.
The J-man tried to tell us. But the promised land, and all the problems that have flowed from it, was exactly what he promised. If we had taken care of it, things would be ducky. If we didn't, things would go like this. It's why he talked about forgiveness, because it's the only way to stop the domino effect. If you're a domino with legs, you take a step to the left, you save the world. Get out of the way. Don't add to it.
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- Why I Switched Parties
- Published: March 25, 2004
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- Writer: CW Fisher
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Thanks for giving me the clap, Tek, but I think commercial enterprise would be a huge mistake. No concessions should be made. I could see Disney and Six Flags and McDonald's and Pepsico all vying for position. Did you know that five years ago a McDonald's opened in Pompei within viewing distance of the ruins?
The more I think about this, the more I like it. Kick 'em all out. We need the parents to show up, like they did at the end of Risky Business and Lord of the Flies. Sometimes enough is enough. This qualifies.
Was it last year, the seige on Bethleham at Christmas? Made me sick. Remember that? Kick these jerks out. Time to go, says the world. How could they argue?
A friend asked me: Where would they go? I said: Scatter! None of our business. Just get out and figure it out yourselves. Israel's not that big. The world can absorb its population without a problem.
Great piece, Fisher. You're one of the best. (You ever get tired of me saying that?)
xxoo
Shark (who changes parties every five minutes -- Hey, I have *PDD!)
*Philosophical Deficit Disorder.
BEST LINES:
* testimony unfolds, leaving in its wake newly minted heroes and villains.
* Even though Condoleezza Rice hasn't testified in public, it's clear that Dr. Rice (just the fact she enjoys being called "Dr." is telling), is nothing less than an Executive Secretary whose job it is to protect the president from incorrect facts, inappropriate people and manners unbecoming.
* I see us heading for Lincoln's house divided.
* radical ideology: The element that is creating the most dangerous radicals quickest is the compound created by three parts politics and one part religion.
* Radicals... They cannot be dissuaded from strapping a bomb to their own waist even as their children cry mama don't.
(Whew!)
* This Promised Land... The three major religions who claim it holy defile it every day.
* If you're a domino with legs, you take a step to the left, you save the world. Get out of the way. Don't add to it.
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~I am humbled by Your Majesty!~
OH STOP. STOOOOOP!
Hm. Looks like "stoop." Shark! Stooop!
Excellent Curt - good reading. I'm with Shark, lots of Best lines in this one!
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You know... a few years ago when Clinton was in office and Israel and the Palestinians were playing "nicey-nicey" with each other, I came up with this great idea:
The Holy Land should be run by Americans. If it was run but true Americans, then we would run that place and everyone would come and we would be turning over a profit selling "Halal Big Macs" and "Mc Matzo Ball" Soup. We would know that keeping everyone safe and getting along would be the best way to make a profit from ALL parties involved.
Back then, I remember people thinking I was nuts, or being very sacrilegious. I think back then, I was on to something. To bad we didn't invade Israel as opposed to Iraq. We'd of had a Starbucks, Micky D's and Gap on every corner. Think of the the income and stock options!
Could you a imagine- An Old Navy that sold cheap burkas made in China or Thailand? Prayer rugs by Martha Stewart? Kosher K-mart? Maybe the Christian Cheesecake Factory?
Shame. =(