Flimsy Sanity: The Coming War in Iran

Flimsy Sanity

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

The Coming War in Iran

I listen (shudder) to a conservative station in the morning so I can hear the "trading post" show. I started when I was looking for a car (by the way, I found an older Honda with pretty low miles so that stress is over). Anyway the call-in show is followed by Paul Harvey. That dumb old sexist Republican bastard (who makes up stories - like just a day or two ago he said a woman was driving and putting on makeup with both hands - sounds like bullshit to me as most women only use their dominant hand even in their bathrooms) was saying former stronger Presidents wouldn't have negotiated with Iran but would have stood up for America. Like Bush needs goading into another war.

Iran knows that nuclear capabilities is the only deterrent to US aggression. How would US feel if a foreign nation told them what to do?

I actually have a Paul Harvey story. When I worked at a truck stop near Shelby Montana, a co-worker's brother was telling me about their senior graduation keg party. The class met at an abandoned house in the country and started to slurp quite a bit of beer. One girl stumbled and cut herself on a piece of glass on the floor and being a little drunk, smeared the blood on the wall. This house had not been lived in for over a decade. Paul Harvey had a piece about how drugged devil worshippers destroyed a beautiful home and had some ritual involving human blood. His broadcasts are seldom related to actual truthful news and he has a huge audience (sigh).