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BZ
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It’s Five Years Off — Trust Me
The deals were made in unison. Some were obvious, some were not. Some were made by professionals, some were not. All ranks chimed in. The intelligence experts, the not-so-expert, the heretics, the loons, the Left and the Right.
All said this:
Iran will not become a nuclear power or have workable reactors in, at a minimum, five to ten years. Solid.
Iran first said: we only want nuclear power to create energy. Iran now says: we want nuclear power to build atomic warheads.
Hello? This just in:
Four days after sending back a rebellious but politely-couched answer to the West’s ‘stick and carrot’ approach, and five days before the expiration of the UN’s ultimatum to halt uranium enrichment, Tehran poured fuel on the fire regarding the issue of its nuclear development with the completion of a heavy water plant.
An official source announced the completion of the heavy water plant on Saturday. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the plant later the same day and issued a relevant statement.
From Reuters:
“No one can deprive a nation of its rights based on its capabilities,” Ahmadinejad said in his speech to inaugurate the heavy water project.
The Arak project, once complete, will produce plutonium as a by-product that could be used to make atomic warheads. But the reactor that will produce this is still being built.
Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to master technology to produce nuclear weapons. Iran, the world’s fourth largest oil exporter, insists it only wants to produce electricity.
“Iran is not a threat to anybody, not even to the Zionist regime,” Ahmadinejad said, using Iran’s term for its arch-enemy Israel, which the Islamic Republic does not recognize.
Once again I reiterate: like a nice football move, a quick feint from a great running back, the world took the bait and looked to Hezbollah whilst Iran made good on its promise to become a nuclear regime.
The political shakeout:
The United States has warned of swift action on sanctions. Britain, Germany and France have been less conclusive in public. But Russia and China, both trade partners of Iran, have been unwilling and could veto sanctions in the Security Council.
But let us not forget that France supplied some nuclear componentry to Iran. Russia and China? They couldn’t care less for the world opinion as long as they get their requisite share of Iranian petroleum.
And we’re worried about World Opinion?
I once wrote this about two years ago: when any nation says it isn’t about the oil, well, it’s about the oil.
Us too.
I can only hope I perceive the smell of cruise missile propellant and hear the metal clank of guided bombs affixed under the wings of attack fighters.
Israel and the US: do you hear me?
BZ
It’s A Service Industry, Dammit, And I’m The Customer
This is absolutely unacceptable, and I would have been one of the persons leading the riot, even despite the fact that there were federal regulations in play. You simply don’t treat customers like this; hell you don’t treat any people like this:25 August 2006
EXCLUSIVE: TRAPPED ON
FLIGHT 63
By Vanessa AllenPOLICE boarded a jumbo jet yesterday amid fears furious passengers would riot after being stuck in their seats for seven hours.The 352 travellers were kept cooped inside Virgin Atlantic Flight 63 on the ground after a technical problem.Take-off was finally aborted as the Boeing 747 taxied up the runway with a car driving alongside frantically signalling that the jet had an over-inflated tyre.Passenger Philip Robinson said: “You could feel the plane going bump, bump. God knows what could have happened if it had tried to take off.
But that wasn’t enough. There was more to the story:
Businessman Mr Robinson, 53, of Maidenhead, Berks, said: “It was appalling. No one apologised or knew what was happening.“Because of security we couldn’t take drinks on board and were only given two glasses of water. No one even had any food.”
Something like that is simply unforgiveable. Because of issues involving my elderly father, I am much more sensitive to the needs of older persons these days. No food? Two glasses of water in SEVEN HOURS?
Absolutely unforgiveable.
I am much less tolerant of poor customer service these days and I will walk out of an establishment with no explanation or loudly voice my opinion as a result.
I recently visited a Target store and had an employee tell me in a perky little voice: “No, sorry, we don’t take Visa anymore!”
“You must be kidding me, I just stopped here last week and you took Visa? When did this change?”
“Oh last week, you must have just missed it!”
In the meantime I watched other customers at adjacent checkout stands process their purchases with plastic, including Visa. I left everything stacked on the belt and went to the admin office. Enroute I heard the clerk say: “Geez, I was just kidding! Lighten up!”
I found the Manager and loudly proclaimed what her idiot checker had said. “Lighten the fuck up,” I yelled, “is what she says to me after refusing to process the means for a purchase in your store. Now, can you tell what part of that scenario makes any sense to you, as Manager of this store? We have a symbiotic relationship here and it’s very simple. You’re the store and you have items I wish to purchase. She’s the clerk and processes the transaction. You are to provide goods and services to me. If you can’t do it, I’ll find another store to conduct my business. Her job, as clerk, is to process the situation as efficiently as possible.
“I’m not here to chat, make small talk, waste time or, for Christ’s sake, get lied to. Here’s what you can expect: a letter to the (city I was in) Better Business Bureau with a cc to your regional manager and a cc to the Target CEO and a copy to your parent company.” This equally stupid Manager began to make excuses for her clerk. I turned and left.
I sent all those letters. I received a letter back from the local BBB, and, one month later, from Target management indicating that clerk had been fired. I also received a Gift Certificate for $100.
Did I feel guilty or “bad.” Quite the opposite. I was pleased someone had some spine.
I’M THE CUSTOMER. I CAN TAKE MY MONEY ANY PLACE I CHOOSE.
AND I VOTE WITH MY FEET AND MY KEYBOARD.
BZ
Why Mommy, Why??
Just why is Mommy a Democrat?
- Because Democrats make sure we are always safe, just like Mommy does!
- Because Democrats make sure children can go to school, just like Mommy does!
As the book indicates:
Why Mommy is a Democrat brings to life the core values of the Democratic party in ways that young children will easily understand and thoroughly enjoy. Using plain and non-judgmental language, along with warm and whimsical illustrations, this colorful 28-page paperback depicts the Democratic principles of fairness, tolerance, peace, and concern for the well-being of others. It’s a great way for parents to gently communicate their commitment to these principles and explain their support for the party.
— Because Democrats make sure we all share our toys, just like Mommy does!
And not only do Mommy and the Dems socialize our toys, they want to socialize
our jobs, our vacations, increase our taxes, socialize our businesses, our work hours and our health care!
Because Democrats make sure that no one has guns and can defend themselves, just like Mommy does! Guns are bad, guns mean more gunracks, more Rednecks, more NASCAR!
Because Democrats make sure that bums and the mentally deranged are free to urinate, defecate and camp anywhere they wish, harrass anyone they want, drink freely, acquire injectables handily and get paid doing it — just like Mommy does!
Ah, the Democrats — I can learn to love them because they predicate their acts solely upon emotions and never let facts and reality get in the way of their feelings — just like a good Democratic Mommy does!
Oh no! I can’t get the book at Amazon!
BZ
Nothing Serious This Day
Sorry, I’m out of the capacity to embrace anything negative today. How about a smattering of levity?
During a test at a Catholic elementary school, children provided the actual following answers to various questions about the Old and New Testaments. These answers have not been changed, spelling included.
1. IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS, GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF.
2. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH’S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS.
3. LOTS WIFE WAS A PILLAR OF SALT DURING THE DAY, BUT A BALL OF FIRE DURING THE NIGHT.
4. THE JEWS WERE A PROUD PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH UNSYMPATHETIC GENITALS.
5. SAMPSON WAS A STRONGMAN WHO LET HIMSELF BE LED ASTRAY BY A JEZEBEL LIKE DELILAH.
6. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES.
7. MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH IS BREAD WITHOUT ANY INGREDIENTS.
8. THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT. AFTERWARDS, MOSES WENT UP TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
9. THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE.
10. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT ADULTERY.
11. MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA. THEN JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS IN THE BATTLE OF GERITOL.
12. THE GREATEST MIRICLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA TOLD HIS SON TO STAND STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM.
13. DAVID WAS A HEBREW KING WHO WAS SKILLED AT PLAYING THE LIAR. HE FOUGHT THE FINKELSTEINS, A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES.
14. SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVIDS SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES.
15. WHEN MARY HEARD SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF JESUS, SHE SANG THE MAGNACARTA.
16. WHEN THE THREE WISE GUYS FROM THE EAST SIDE ARRIVED THEY FOUND JESUS IN THE MANAGER.
17. JESUS WAS BORN BECAUSE MARY HAD AN IMMACULATE CONTRAPTION.
18. ST. JOHN THE BLACKSMITH DUMPED WATER ON HIS HEAD.
19. JESUS ENUNCIATED THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS TO DO UNTO OTHERS BEFORE THEY DO ONE TO YOU. HE ALSO EXPLAINED A MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY SWEAT ALONE.
20. IT WAS A MIRICLE WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND MANAGED TO GET THE TOMBSTONE OFF THE ENTRANCE.
21. THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE LORD WERE CALLED THE 12 DECIBELS.
22. THE EPISTELS WERE THE WIVES OF THE APOSTLES.
23. ONE OF THE OPPOSSUMS WAS ST. MATTHEW WHO WAS ALSO A TAXIMAN.
24. ST. PAUL CAVORTED TO CHRISTIANITY, HE PREACHED HOLY ACRIMONY WHICH IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MARRAIGE.
25. CHRISTIANS HAVE ONLY ONE SPOUSE. THIS IS CALLED MONOTONY.
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Have a great day!
BZ