I have just hung up the phone with a good friend of mine who has relayed the following info to me. The Syrian Army has passed the word down from Assad that today sometime between now current time in Israel is 11:30pm (23:30) and the morning Israel will attack Syria.
BZ
Two bloggers I immediately recommend:
First:
Yoni Tidi, at Yoni the Blogger.
Yoni has been a constant on the Hugh Hewitt show for some time and lives in Israel. He provides incredible insight into the Middle East conflict. He has been a military sniper and still has connections deep within IDF and Mossad.
America should be pushing Israel to hit Syria. It would greatly help the situation in Iraq for America. Syria lets hundreds if not thousands of terrorist cross their boarder to attack American soldiers in Iraq, By allowing Israel to attack now this would reduce these terrorist crossing Syria to Iraq to zero, thus saving America lives. Syria also let Sadaam send his WMD to Syria, before America attacked Iraq.
If America pushes Israel to curtail attacks, instead of pushing Israel to attack Syria, America will in the end pay a price of American blood. It will be immediate with the soldiers in Iraq paying the price for American and Israel giving into cries of the anti Israel EU and UN. It will also be long term due to putting off the conflict with both Syria and Iran.
Atlas Shrugs by an Israeli named Pamela.
At the top of her blog, she wrote:
Western civilization hangs in the balance. This blog is part of the solution, the cure. Get your heads out of the sand and Fight the Great Fight. The Jew may be the canary in the coal mine, but you my friends will be the next. If you are not part of the solution, you are the problem.
Changing the world, one word at a time; Citizen Journalist, Citizen Soldier.
Please visit both sites.
BZ
Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has invited Iran to invest in his country’s oil and gas industries during talks with Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, the Iranian president.
Talking to reporters in Tehran, Chavez said that he hoped Iran would invest in Venezuela’s Orinoco region.
“We invite Iranian companies to the Gulf of Venezuela and the delta for gas production,” he said on a visit to Iran as part of a four-nation mission that included Qatar, Russia and Belarus.
Iranian investment in Venezuela last year was worth $1 billion, most of it in oil and gas and engineering sectors.
Venezuela and Iran are both members of the Opec and fierce critics of the US and the pair pledged to stand by each other in their struggles with the United States.
Chavez met Ahmedinejad on Saturday and said his country would “stand by Iran at any time and under any condition”, Iran’s state-run television reported.
Haq, a Muslim, told authorities he was angered by the war in Iraq and U.S. military cooperation with Israel.“He pointedly blamed the Jewish people for all of these problems,” Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske said at a news conference Saturday.According to a statement of probable cause, Haq told a 911 dispatcher: “These are Jews and I’m tired of getting pushed around and our people getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East.”
I acquired this picture from Gayle at My Republican Blog; for me it indicates all I need to know about the works of Israel vs. those of Hezbollah and, for that matter, all of Islam vs. The West.
Craven cowards hiding behind the skirts of civlians vs. REAL soldiers in ACTUAL UNIFORMS that are CLEARLY IDENTIFYING themselves according to their country.
Or: cowards vs. heroes — a concept that bears repeating and one in which I firmly believe.
‘Nuff said.
BZ
What would your list consist of for the:
Three best drummers in music?
Mine:
1. Ginger Baker (Cream, Material, Masters of Reality, etc.)
2. Neil Peart (Rush)
3. Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, etc.)
If you doubt that Ginger Baker is the best living drummer, then you need to check out the current Cream revisited DVD entitled Cream At the Royal Albert Hall, 2005. Thirty-seven years after their final tour, they are no less stellar.
Eric Clapton looks great; Jack Bruce looks like a Dachau survivor (but plays and sings wonderfully!) and Ginger Baker snags the drumkit as though he was 40 once again — but try to ignore his socks and shoes.
I have ancillary drummers of course; Carl Palmer (ELP), Carmine Appice (Cactus, BBA) , Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa), Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra: performed fabulously live!), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin, likely the strongest drummer ever!), Phil Collins (Genesis), Rick Allen (Def Leppard), Bev Bevan (ELO), Phillip Rudd (AC-DC) and, oddly enough, Ringo Starr. Ringo knew when to begin, and, more importantly in terms of tracks, when to stop. Sometimes simple really is good.
WHAT ARE YOUR THREE BEST DRUMMERS IN MUSIC?
BZ