tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post9125844788580444151..comments2024-03-27T17:27:49.087-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: Netenyahu Hangs OnVixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-69769583431627432012015-03-19T23:35:05.319-04:002015-03-19T23:35:05.319-04:00The odd thing is, I feel like the outcome of the e...The odd thing is, I feel like the outcome of the election had very little to do with the US anyway, and didn't quite see any point in partisans in the country making too big a deal of it, because Israel isn't a two-party system and has these coalitions things--even if Netanyahu was squeaked out, the likelihood that this would overwhelmingly change things like foreign policy don't really seem that great. I suppose if one takes stock in the idea that personal coolness between Obama and Netanyahu drive anything, policywise, then, maybe a change of faces would make like, 1% worth of difference.<br /><br />There are days when I take a certain pride in lack of convictions...Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-8738171146867843932015-03-19T15:37:32.452-04:002015-03-19T15:37:32.452-04:00Hi Vixen, the vote for Netanyahu was even better t...Hi Vixen, the vote for Netanyahu was even better than his party expected. <br /><br />Some countries' elections, like France, are interesting because they're full of celebrity sex scandals of the most satirical and outrageous sort. Israel, not so much.<br /><br />It has caused me to add a third of my Wise Rules to Observe: never trust big business; never trust big government; and never trust big media. In fact, the public sphere has been so contaminated in this post-modern era that there is very little to be seen other than egoism, narcissism, and bias.<br /><br />This is all very consistent with the Kali Yuga and the counter-initiation. You literally have to move into subjects that receive little public discussion to get into an area that has not already been thoroughly contaminated.<br /><br />Foreign policy by petulance is less than we had hoped. <br /><br /> Turning and turning in the widening gyre<br /> The falcon cannot hear the falconer;<br /> Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;<br /> Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,<br /> The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere<br /> The ceremony of innocence is drowned;<br /> The best lack all conviction, while the worst<br /> Are full of passionate intensity.<br /> – YeatsFormerly Amherstnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-91782366186034035062015-03-18T09:46:21.206-04:002015-03-18T09:46:21.206-04:00Not my country, so I know I don't understand e...<i>Not my country, so I know I don't understand everything</i><br /><br />Ditto. But I understand this: With allies like Israel and Saudi Arabia, who needs enemies?<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com