Iran moves on

It's been a while since my last entry. In the interim we had two feet of powder to track up. And that is job one. Very cool to see one's oldest son leaving a powder rooster-tail hammering a line in the trees. Probably irresponsible too.

Back to the psychos in Iran....

We are coming close to the end game. According to the IAEA, "Iran is engaging in small-scale uranium enrichment and getting ready to install 3,000 centrifuges for industrial-scale enrichment." And, "Iran has shown IAEA inspectors rough sketches for casting uranium that may be used for a nuclear warhead."

Enter Israel. They cannot let this come to pass. The small-scale enrichment currently underway ... a surprise. But commercial/industrial enrichment ... armegeddon. Iran's President (another holocaust doubter) states, ``[w]e neither are bullies nor will give in to bullying.... We are acting on the basis of international laws and it's others who have to act in compliance with the law and the desire of Iranian people.'' Yeah, the Iranian people have even the foggiest idea of what nuclear energy is, its uses and why they need it. So we may not be bullies, but we clearly lie out our collective Iranian asses.

India wants "time for democracy to work" -- but since India wants to buy gas from Iran that runs in a pipeline through Pakistan ... they couldn't give a crap what Iran does. Iran is one of India's largest suppliers of energy (US-Saudi comparo), their enemy Pakistan already has nukes, and India has ICBMS or long range theater missiles that can reach Tehran ... so what the heck. And if they take out an Indian city ... so what? Kind of reminds me of France and Russia when asking for time for sanctions to work in Iraq. Yup, that brought Saddam to the bargaining table. All the while Kofi's son takes money and France's elite pocket even more. Democracy aside, I wonder what the US found in terms of contracts and paperwork showing Russian and French complicity in supporting Saddam? The US could not expose it, of course, without totally screwing up any hope of cooperation in the UN ... but I still wonder....

The Supreme Court of the US shot dead the liberal campus dodge of taking federal funds, but denying the right of the government to recruit on campus. 9-0. That is an old-fashioned shit-kicking. That means that you have no leg to stand on, back off, don't think of revisiting this in the near future (50 years) ... piss off. And even Ruth Bader-G joined with the majority: she is not even remotely kindly to the military or conservative thought, so this is pretty damn clear. Shove that up your pooper, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard!!! And don't bother to trot out the "don't ask, don't tell" pretext for keeping the military off of campus as though you are standing up for freedom of speech: try telling Larry Summers that you believe in that.

And Brokeback Mountain did not win best picture. Crash did. Hmm.... Whatever. Months of hype for an evening of little pleasure and less humor. And did anyone who voted for Keira Knightly in Pride and Prejudice EVER read the book? Huh? Or even see the brilliant A&E seven hour epic? Obviously not.

George Clooney: proud to be "out of touch" ... you're a moron.