Although Hanukkah, aka the Festival of Lights, does not start until Sunday evening, at this point I am begging for light. Between a power failure that fried my power supply and several hours without internet access, I am starting to have homicidal visions towards the imaginary culrits messing with my computer.
The internet did not exist in my world until 1997, and yet it seems that virtually everything I do requires that it work. So at this point I am asking God and everybody else to respect the law as described by rock group Slade. Yes the guys who brought brilliant lyrics such as “See the chameleon, lying there in the sun, all things to everyone, run runaway” are in my thoughts as every electrical device in my existence simultaneously goes haywire. The title to that album is “Keep your hands off my power supply.”
Now for some linkage.
Edwin Leap has been nominated for a medical blog award. My blog just makes people ill. His helps them get better I suppose!
Kishore Jets writes intelligently about politics and economics from a fairly non-partisan point of view.
For politics with a humorous bent, check out http://www.scoopthis.org
John Kodak sent me some fun from the troops. Taking a riff from Jeff Foxworthy of course.
“You May Be A Taliban If . . .
Our troops in Afghanistan prove they’ve retained their sense of humor with the following ‘
1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer.
2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can’t afford shoes.
3. You have more wives than teeth.
4. You wipe your butt with your bare left hand, but consider bacon ‘unclean.’
5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
6. You can’t think of anyone you HAVEN’T declared Jihad against.
7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.
8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.
9. You’ve often uttered the phrase, ‘I love what you’ve done with your cave.’
10. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least one.
11. You bathe at least monthly whether necessary or not.
12. You have a crush on your neighbor’s goat.”
Tsofah offers us the Christmas-Hanukkah connection.
http://tsofah.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-hanukkah-challenge.html
My old boss is recommending the movie “Defiance.” Defiance is the story of the Bielski brothers, and it is a heck of a tale. Also, my boss’s best friend is Mr. Bielski’s son, so there is a personal connection. I have spoken to the younger Mr. Bielski on the phone many times, and it is an honor that his father’s story is being told. The Bielskis saved 1200 Jews from the Germans.
Gary Graham has a book out entitled, “Acting and other flying lessons.”
Renee from “American Truckers at War” did a post about shopping security.
http://familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2000/pub_detail.asp
Another nice guy is Jeff at Silver Republican. Check out his site on Townhall.
Well all, the office holiday party is hours away, so hopefully the Cowboys and the Ravens do not go into overtime.
Sunday will be a rewarding day of religion, aka NFL Football, followed by my other religion, Judaism, in the ritual of lighting Hanukkah candles.
Another friend of mine starts her new job at the Make a Wish Foundation. All I know is those kids with cancer force me to put things in perspective, and I hate doing that. After all, it is not easy to tell a child with cancer that the world is unfair because my internet has not been working.
I still plan on complaining, just not in front of them.
Hanukkah approaches. Let there be light. Happy Saturday.
eric
Eric,
Well we have an Imus Christmas Country Mix going on at Imus Times.
Enjoy all Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas All or Happy Festivus :)
http://imustimes.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/imus-country-christmas/
Happy Hanukkah!
JMJ
Happy Hannukkah Eric,
I intended to post this in the previous thread:
The interesting element of the Caroline Kennedy appointment is the extent to which Patterson was willing to bow before the explicit pressure from Ted Kennedy, with the apparent implicit support of Obama. If one was completely cynical, one could say that the difference between Blajovech and Patterson is that the latter didn’t have the temerity to question Obama’s “right” to appoint the Senator.
I’m not saying that there is anything wrong with what Obama is doing, after all the governor has the right to refuse Obama’s request, but it does undermine the ludicrous claim that there was no contact between Blago and the Administration (though obviously Obama was not involved in any of the illegal things that Blajovech was involved with.)
I’ve never lived in New York, but I’d have thought that if Obama really was serious about being ‘post-partisan’ (which of course he isn’t), he should have suggested that Paterson appoint an independent-minded Democrat, such as Ed Koch. He’s more qualified than any of the other candidates and as he’s 84 years old, Koch would probably have served only two years, allowing Kennedy/Cuomo/Lowery to fight it out in 2010.
I’m obviously not surprised that he’s not on Patterson’s shortlist, but I’m surprised that no-one in the press mentioned Koch, who supported Obama in the election.
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