Trying to get this posting in even as I run around with last minute packing and getting on the way to Orlando and latest issue - Turnpike shut northbound after Fort Pierce. Pressure!
Still have food shopping up there!
Well, as I used to tell my students - just look at the world and choose four troublesome spots and then list our test and tell me the least important, so I guess I will take my own advice.
Let's see. The Russian government has shut down the radio stations of the Tatars in the Crimean peninsula and why? Because they want their own station, free to express their thoughts and idea, their own culture. So....no radio stations. Seems to me I have heard this tactic used before and even closer to home. Now what was that again? Hmm......Aha! Got it! Yes, our own Channel 63 shut down for political reasons - a very daring 5 minute book club interview. Oh, my gosh! Golly gee, what were you afraid of in that interview, Ed Black, David Israel? There was not even one mention of you both but aha, there was my image, was there not? Do you know how dumb people think this was? Grow up, fess up, apologize to the Greggs and show appreciation for all their hard work and hey, even put the interview back on for another week or so. Truly....
Then of course we have the madman, Putin, having his planes fly all over the place, playing chicken with NATO nations such as the three Baltic states, Norway, etc. Exactly what is the point here? Does he truly want to start a world war, what with his backing of terrorists in the Middle East and the challenges with his planes, the Crimean invasion, the nervousness of the former occupied countries that were behind the Iron Curtain? It seems that many of the current leaders, and I hesitate to use the term, have gone loco, simply bananas, in their actions and the consequences are horrific if this continues. Same here in CV.
Then of course we have our esteemed leader, Obama, he who shouted, yelled and scolded all involved with the Israeli - Palestinian negotiations, the deadline, the deadline and what did he say today about the negotiations with Iran? Oh, never mind the deadlines. Huh! Did I miss something here?
And of course we now have the ever widening split in the Republican Party as the extremists here who would deny the civil rights of many are coming up, finally, against a backlash of the more moderate Republicans, at least the ones still left. They are coming up against the wrath of companies, of simple people, and even those who postulated these nauseating laws and signed them into action, are now backing down somewhat. You see, the point is that one must think before acting.
Now thinking before acting. That is an interesting thought and idea. It behooves some here in the Village to internalize it and act upon it. You see, what with the blogs and now a possibly weekly paper coming out, carrying the truth with it and being made available at all sorts of areas both in and out of the Village, the truth will out, the people will read and think and ooohhh, maybe we will have our own revolution here in the Village. Power to the people! as we said years ago. As we all share in the joys of the holidays, think about the violence in the world, the existential threat to the Israelis, the existential threat to the Christians in the Moslem states, the violence wreaked upon children by Boko Haram. the violence against women all over the world - and I heartily recommend reading the OP Ed piece by Ron Prosor that can be found either in the Times on line or on Gary's blog. Think about this and then ask Mr. Israel why he cannot strive for peace here in the Village, why he cannot recognize that his time of dictatorship has reached its zenith in the past and is now on its way to its nadir. Why can he not read the writing on the wall and at least try to work well with others. Make believe there is a report card coming out with that category. Does he want a "u" for unsatisfactory or at least an "I" for improving. Time to grow up, man up, get rid of the trash that abounds there, toss out rotten advisers, and meet with the people and hear them, really hear them and not the clacking of your keyboard and the voices in your head. Heed the people. Hear them. Read them.
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