Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Ice Coffee
while up north in a border city called nahariya this past weekend and visiting the locals and trying to show some support and spend a little cash within their towns,
i went into an 'aroma' - israel's upscale version of starbucks - for my ice coffee fix.
i walk into the cafe, there is the standard eight people working there, looking very busy and efficient........kind of like any place you would find in california.
i saunter up to the register and ask if it is possible to order two ice coffees.
the register chick says yes and then looks at me and asks, "what's your name?"
now please note she wasn't flirting, she was merely asking me my name so she could put it on the order and have it organized.......
BUT there was one slight problem.
i was up north and maybe ten kilometers from the border of lebanon remember, i was the only friggin' customer they had in this cafe.
i turned around and looked over the entire place and looked at the blond, yes - she was blond....., and said, " i am the only one here."
she looked at me and couldnt quite understand why i would be upset.
so i added, " it would be impossible to mix my order up with anyone else's.."
she simply looked at me and meekly offered, "yes, but i am used to asking for the name."
and this my friends is the problem with life, this is the 'retail management' conspiracy against our planet......
people refuse to think out of the box, and if they do they are treated like scum.
we live in a world where it is much easier to just give in and say, i will do as i am told, i will think what i am told, i will be who i am told.
i went into an 'aroma' - israel's upscale version of starbucks - for my ice coffee fix.
i walk into the cafe, there is the standard eight people working there, looking very busy and efficient........kind of like any place you would find in california.
i saunter up to the register and ask if it is possible to order two ice coffees.
the register chick says yes and then looks at me and asks, "what's your name?"
now please note she wasn't flirting, she was merely asking me my name so she could put it on the order and have it organized.......
BUT there was one slight problem.
i was up north and maybe ten kilometers from the border of lebanon remember, i was the only friggin' customer they had in this cafe.
i turned around and looked over the entire place and looked at the blond, yes - she was blond....., and said, " i am the only one here."
she looked at me and couldnt quite understand why i would be upset.
so i added, " it would be impossible to mix my order up with anyone else's.."
she simply looked at me and meekly offered, "yes, but i am used to asking for the name."
and this my friends is the problem with life, this is the 'retail management' conspiracy against our planet......
people refuse to think out of the box, and if they do they are treated like scum.
we live in a world where it is much easier to just give in and say, i will do as i am told, i will think what i am told, i will be who i am told.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Apology From The Future
dear jews,
we are sorry, yes, again.
we have let our own hatred and jealousy stand in the way of what was correct and have allowed israel to be destroyed.
we didn't mean for it to end this way. we actually believed some years back we were doing the right thing when we stepped in the way and helped manipulate pressure against israel in order to stop the war it was waging against the hezbollah.
we didn't believe that the hezbollah would be able to re-arm so quickly. well, ok, maybe we did, but we didn't believe that they would use the new arms to spark another war for it's nebulous benefactor - iran........
and lead to nuclear mass murder .
again, please forgive us. we didn't mean to allow seven million israelis to perish from the iranians. yes, we thought the iranian govt. were a bunch of fanatics, but we believed that they would be convinced with economic incentives to join the brotherhood of nations.
as jews you should know that we have frequently looked the other way when it comes to your well being, but now that israel isn't around anymore at least you will be able to rest comfortably within your host nations and aspire to great things again.
and people will be less inclined to blame you for everything, this gives you at least another 60 years or so before people find enough reason to start killing you for all the troubles of the world once again.
we will always stand with you, if not on the ground at least always in spirit.
your plight is ours, we wish only the best for the jewish people.
again, we are sorry and will try to do better next time around.
yours sincerely,
the nations of our fine world
we are sorry, yes, again.
we have let our own hatred and jealousy stand in the way of what was correct and have allowed israel to be destroyed.
we didn't mean for it to end this way. we actually believed some years back we were doing the right thing when we stepped in the way and helped manipulate pressure against israel in order to stop the war it was waging against the hezbollah.
we didn't believe that the hezbollah would be able to re-arm so quickly. well, ok, maybe we did, but we didn't believe that they would use the new arms to spark another war for it's nebulous benefactor - iran........
and lead to nuclear mass murder .
again, please forgive us. we didn't mean to allow seven million israelis to perish from the iranians. yes, we thought the iranian govt. were a bunch of fanatics, but we believed that they would be convinced with economic incentives to join the brotherhood of nations.
as jews you should know that we have frequently looked the other way when it comes to your well being, but now that israel isn't around anymore at least you will be able to rest comfortably within your host nations and aspire to great things again.
and people will be less inclined to blame you for everything, this gives you at least another 60 years or so before people find enough reason to start killing you for all the troubles of the world once again.
we will always stand with you, if not on the ground at least always in spirit.
your plight is ours, we wish only the best for the jewish people.
again, we are sorry and will try to do better next time around.
yours sincerely,
the nations of our fine world
Sunday, August 06, 2006
To Be Continued
what shall i write today? shall i tell you i am confident, feeling down, inspired, or sullen?
should i tell you that victory is near and that there is no fear? perhaps.
but i am asked all too much, when it will be over, when will this war end. when will be able to stand in some sort of victorious manner..........
and i have no answer,
not because i don't believe it isn't going to happen, but because i have a grasp of history.
even after a victory over the 'boola, it will be seen in a historical text a hundred years from now as only a battle within a greater fight.
perhaps you think i wax poetic, that i enjoy this mood, but know that i simply believe i understand what is coming. this is not a hallucination i am suffering from but a logical thought deduced from what i have learned.
we may indeed beat the 'boola, we may cause them much in the way of harm, but it will all be for naught if we do not have a legitimate plan to deal with iran.
this is why i don't write everyday, why i don't give some type of statistical evidence about gains and losses won or suffered by the israeli people.
life as i have written before is more complicated than a five minute newscast.
we are not a mere film strip to be scene by the world and something that doesn't exist afterwards. we are not entertainment.
we have the unfortunate task of living within history as it occurs. as the players within we must have a stomach for consequences that others may no longer have.
we may have to witness terrible bloodshed, suffer immense injury........we must be willing to kill also.
should i tell you that victory is near and that there is no fear? perhaps.
but i am asked all too much, when it will be over, when will this war end. when will be able to stand in some sort of victorious manner..........
and i have no answer,
not because i don't believe it isn't going to happen, but because i have a grasp of history.
even after a victory over the 'boola, it will be seen in a historical text a hundred years from now as only a battle within a greater fight.
perhaps you think i wax poetic, that i enjoy this mood, but know that i simply believe i understand what is coming. this is not a hallucination i am suffering from but a logical thought deduced from what i have learned.
we may indeed beat the 'boola, we may cause them much in the way of harm, but it will all be for naught if we do not have a legitimate plan to deal with iran.
this is why i don't write everyday, why i don't give some type of statistical evidence about gains and losses won or suffered by the israeli people.
life as i have written before is more complicated than a five minute newscast.
we are not a mere film strip to be scene by the world and something that doesn't exist afterwards. we are not entertainment.
we have the unfortunate task of living within history as it occurs. as the players within we must have a stomach for consequences that others may no longer have.
we may have to witness terrible bloodshed, suffer immense injury........we must be willing to kill also.
