Used to be a time when there was something called TV. That used to be a thing with a few channels on it that didn't have things crawling all over the screen in the middle of a program, which was usually a program that was on heavy rotation on ALL the channels with the occasional all-day marathon. You know, 12 hours straight of Two and a Half Assholes.
Used to be a time when there were newspapers, some that actually reported things. No, the front page of each is BLASTING what's on the inside, and that takes care of that page. And politics takes nothing to cover so they can take that and sports and comics and Voilà! There's a "newspaper!"
And the internet. Yes, well, I couldn't live without it, but we pay something like 10 times what they pay in England. I find myself going to the same ten-odd sites, day after day. I don't listen to music any more because most of it is Lady Gaga/Beyonce/Hip-Crap that could very easily be put completely together by a clever composing machine (believe me, the time will come, if it hasn't already).
But I'm riveted by a wave of intelligence that's sweeping the world. I'm talking about the Arabs, of course. Like they're waking out of a long nightmare in which the words "Insh'allah" control everything they do and have ever done.
To stretch a simile, it's the "tsunami" that's finally coming home to roost in the Arab world. It is a very, very good thing to see. It's a hard thing to watch entire countries still mired in the middle ages . . . did you know that the only two countries on earth to go from practically pre-industrial to leaders of the world in quality of life, industry and secularism within the space of a hundred years and are in the top ten of overall quality of life are Sweden and ISRAEL? Israel made a paradise out of the same tracts of desert that the Palestinas live on WITHOUT ISRAELI OIL and WHERE are the rich oil kingdoms when it comes to accepting Palestinian immigration? One word: NIMBY. Corruption should be in EVERY ARAB COUNTRY'S OFFICIAL NAME. Like, "The Corrupt Republic of Saudi Arabia . . . ." need I go on? Oh sure, corruption happens everywhere, but not on such BIBLICAL LEVELS.
Have the words "The Saudi National Aerospace Consortium is on the verge of sending an exploratory mission to Jupiter?" ever crossed your eyes?
"Palestinians judged most accurate people in the world at rock-throwing, the Arabic Olympic tournament shows. Three out of the top three medals go to a Palestinian, a Yemeni and a Libyan. In the pirate ship-boarding assault games, the Somalians came in decisively tops, with all ten contingents winning at least one medal."
Have you ever seen the words "Dubai Consortium (they all seem to be consortiums) send $3.4 billion in medical aid to stricken Japan, including floating hospitals, aid stations, and public assistance?
Nope. You see "Burj Dubai hotel tower tallest structure in the world; one night's stay in a stateroom will run you $8,500." And you see "Israel rushes substantial medical resources to stricken regions in Japan."
Have you ever seen a Japanese Israeli? If you have, I've got a photo of a blue tiger to look at.
Believe you me, I predict this year from Hell is JUST GETTING STARTED.
Heh. Some consolation comes from articles like these that show the shrieking Fatwa fuckwads for what they truly are.
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