What effects the strike will cause falls into the category of events we still have questions about. Will a strike appreciably slow down the Iranian nuclear program? How will it affect U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Will a shaky Pakistan topple? What about the price of oil? The list of questions stretches far into the distance.
Another event for the category of unanswered questions could include the Supreme court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. While a Democratic majority makes this, to a degree, a moot point, the race card has popped up in this event. Much like the jack-in-a-box springing open, we don't really know which way the clown or the issue will go. In good times, the nation might be willing to put somebody at the head of the line because they have "empathy", but with jobs disappearing overnight, the case for pushing someone because of lifestyle qualifications, as opposed to actual job qualifications, seems blatantly political and thus, somewhat awkward.
Obama himself has been forced to defend Sotomayor in a rather limp manner, saying she meant something other than what she said. This rather artless attempt at changing someone else's words may work with the left wing press, but it remains to be seen whether this will convince the center and allow red state Democrats to vote for her. She may get on the court, but another question is how much political capital will Obama have to spend to get her confirmed. With a major health care debate revving up this fall, time and political capital are not something the President can spare. Looks like the schedule is full this summer.
Sorry, Barack, no vacation this year, but there's always next summer. Didn't those perennial losers the Brooklyn Dodgers say that every year? Well, Mr. President, you can always sneak around the corner and check out the Washington Nationals. They're every bit as bad as those old Dodgers of Brooklyn.
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1 - Ruvy
I was once a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, Dock. And they were not as bad as you make them out to have been. I mean every summer we could listen to them on the radio in the afternoons and evenings hearing them as we walked down Bedford Avenue and S. 8th St. in Williamsburg. It was great - till they moved to LA. What a bummer!
I enjoyed reading your piece. I think you over-rate the Israeli regime and their willingness to defy Obama and actually make sure we stay alive. I enjoyed reading what you wrote, but don't expect the so-called "leaders" here to have enough balls to do what is really needed. They are more likely to follow their usual pattern of kissing American ass.
Also you forgot the "back-to-school" activities for the Blessed of Hussein, which will most likely involve dealing with the swine flu as it makes a nasty comeback in October.
Just a thought for you, Dock, since you linked to an apostate Jew, Nostradamus. The two Jewish holidays that deal with Divine Redemption are Sukkot (beginning in October) and PessaH (in April of next year). The intermediate period is the flu season.
Have a great summer!
2 - Mr. Dock Ellis
Of course, you're right Ruvy. The Dodgers had some fantastic players and did win the World Series in Brooklyn. They were labled "bums" in an affectionate sort of way. The comparison would be the Cubs today, but that doesn't quite fit.
I would be very surprised if Bibi did nothing. Iran has famously declared it will "wipe Israel off the map." I believe they are sincere in their desire. I believe today the Middle East is one event from blowing wide open, like 1914. Perhaps, Barack Obama will be the modern day Franz Ferdinand. Going to the Middle East now is like sticking your head in the lions mouth-lots of risk for little gain.
I just hope we all make it to flu season. And I thought always thought Nostradamus was forced to convert. Perhaps I was wrong.
3 - Ruvy
Dock,
I might be wrong about Nostradamus - either he or his parents might have felt forced to convert to Christianity. Like you, I'm not sure; but I do know that if you shake his family tree, a whole pack of Jews come falling out of it....
But in the entertainment biz (and this all is really entertainment), you should never fuck up a good segue....
Gotta run,
Ruvy