Iran?

I've been neglecting this blog alot lately; and while I don't have a decent post in me at this point, I can at least say: I hope Iran doesn't develope nuclear weapons and blow up the whole world. Profound, no? Let's see Achmanij..Achmedijen...Achmidejin... Mr. Iran President Guy squirm out of that one.

Of course, if he had a nuke (and had the authority to use it, which the President of Iran does not), the real targets would be either the US or Israel.

I honestly don't think Iran would use a nuke against Israel. What are they going to say; "Oops, I blew up the Dome of the Rock"? I don't think that would cut it for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Even so, I'm sure Israel can take out their nuclear plants if need be, and the threat of a nuclear strike is something that might even convince the almost unanimously hostile 'international community' to give them the green light. But then, maybe not.

As for the US, it's not really an issue until Iran devleops ICBM, though their new Jihadi Avenger Catapult is pretty fearsome.

Speaking of which, Iran guy just accused the West of having a Dark Ages mentality, which, if you remember that the European Dark Ages were the Muslim Golden Age, doesn't even make sense as an insult.

But... He Was Good to His Mother

I must say, even though Jack Abramoff is a corrupt, lying, cheating, law-breaking scoundrel who has disgraced my alma mater, I gotta love his style.

Good health to him

I've been too busy to update lately, but let me just say one thing about the situation with Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. Although I strongly disagreed with some of his policies - most particulalrly, the decades of settlement building - I hope he will recover and allow the democratic process to move forward.

A Note On Christmas From A Grinch

I am sorry to have to introduce the subject of Christmas . . . . It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken, disorderly subject; a wasteful, disastrous subject; a wicked, cadging, lying, filthy, blasphemous and demoralizing subject. Christmas is forced on a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press: on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred; and anyone who looked back to it would be turned into a pillar of greasy sausages."

- George Bernard Shaw

Happy/Merry/Joyous Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa/Festivus to everyone!

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Class of 2008 president arrested in bank robbery

Class of 2008 president Greg Hogan was arrested Friday on charges of robbery, police said.

The robbery occurred at the Wachovia Bank at 943 Union Blvd. at 3:02 p.m. Hogan handed the teller a note that demanded money and said he had a weapon. Police haven’t confirmed if he had a weapon.

According to police, Hogan – the son of a Baptist minister – then left the bank with $2,871 and entered a black Ford Explorer owned and driven by Student Senate President Kip Wallen. Hogan was arrested Friday at 8:30 p.m. at Sigma Phi Epsilon -- both are brothers there.

Police said Hogan confessed that he robbed the bank. Wallen was questioned and released. He has maintained he was an unknowing accomplice.

Is that perfectly clear? The son-of-a-minister student body president of Lehigh U. robbed a bank! And one of the student senators drove the getaway car (albeit uniwttingly).

Just look at this guy!



Oh, what nefarious intent lurked under that bow tie...


P.S. It appears a coca farmer has been elected president of Bolivia. Fancy that.