The infamous "right wing attack machine" a/k/a "partisan political operatives" a/k/a "a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas" just have too much great stuff out there to read to leave me time to post anything of my own. I know, sad excuse. But we've also been having a string of unnaturally pleasant, sunny days, and it's the end of September. So I'm, like, not spending them sitting in front of a screen.
Anyway, Meryl is designing some really great custom made greeting cards. Go buy some, and send your friends. Beats the hell out of Hallmark.
On a less jovial note, I see that the ZOA is unhappy with the President's U.N. speech of yesterday. Me too.
NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply disappointed that President Bush erroneously alleged, in his speech at the United Nations on Sept. 21, 2004, that Israel is guilty of “the daily humiliation of the Palestinian people.â€
Webster’s Dictionary defines “humiliate†as: “To reduce to a lower position in one’s eyes, or in the eyes of others.†The ZOA points out that Israeli anti-terror security measures such as checking travelers for bombs at security checkpoints does not “reduce them to a lower position†any more than does U.S. airline security personnel checking airplane passengers for bombs before they board a plane.
ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said: “People who want to pass through security checkpoints, whether at Dulles Airport or in Judea and Samaria, should be checked for bombs. That’s not ‘humiliating’. It’s a reasonable and ordinary part of our post-9/11 world. Anything less would risk the lives of innocent people, whether in Israel or America.â€
Well put. And that wasn't the only disappointing thing about the speech. The whole thing was, how do you say, limp. But not too bad as a stump speech, designed to win votes and avoid pissing people off, which I guess it what it really was. Feh!
As for the suicide bombing in Jerusalem today, what can I say? Cut through the crap and build the fence. For now.
