I Found a nice little spot on top of the Sphinx, where I could set up an umbrella and listen to the President's speech in Cairo today. His speech was adorned with his usual humility, prayers of hope, and insulin resistant optimism. All in all it was a very good speech.
But as I sunned on top of one of humankind's greatest achievements, I wondered--what in the heck does all of this mean? There were no solutions, he didn't say anything that hasn't been said before, he did not make a pledge in support or defiance of our two wars that was not already in the news. Maybe a speech of everything and nothing is what the Middle East needed. Who knows. But I enjoyed my stay.
After packing up my umbrella, I flew my personal jet to Japan where I could keep an eye on my favorite enemy--North Korea.
Even though Kim has turned over power to Jung Un, it seems that he is still pulling the strings. North Korean ships crossed into the South's Territorial waters today to allegedly stop illegal Chinese crab fishing. Oh yeah right! And I suppose that the amphibious assault exercise was one great seashell hunt?
Do they believe we are that stupid? Well, yes they do. Apparently some in the west believe that we can inflict harm on the little dictator by cutting off his supply of liquor, lobster, and sushi. I'm not making this up. They think cutting off Kim and little Kim's supplies will force them to scale back the impending storm. Oh, if that logic were true, then world war II could have been won if only we had cut off Hitlers supply of vegetables and amphetamines.
Today has been a long day. Between the Kumbaya speech in Cairo and the impending naval disaster off of the Korean peninsula, I think that I'll just take a short vacation and head to London to serve as a spiritual coach to the lovely Susan Boyle. I would say more, but the gauntlet was dropped today--any negative talk from Westerners about that region is now considered islamophobia. Now that we have labels, we must take great strides not to talk negative in terms of the land of terror. I'm certain some sort of phobia will fall on our heads with regards to North Korea.
I suspect a pattern here. If you create a negative label for everything, then we cannot talk about it. Then of course it does not exist. Take for instance Swine Flu. The President suggested that we now refer to it as H1N1. God forbid that we offend a pig!
I'm tired, the sun in Cairo was hot, my trips to Japan and North Korea this week have worn me out. Maybe Ms. Boyle will sing me to sleep with Don't Cry for Me Argentina! I'm out.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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