Every now and then I'll read
something or another and it’s like the world suddenly shifted when I wasn't
looking.
Case in point, I read on the
webby-news about the recent accord between world powers over Iran's nuclear
issue. This has been a three-decade long case of gridlock. It makes the
congressional stalemates between dems and repubs look like spasmic spats
between stoners.
So this was a momentous occasion.
What was the lead line in the article? "Iran Foreign Minister Zarif
announces on twitter feed that historic deal has been reached."
Really? A world-shattering treaty.
A momentous historic occasion. A three-decade standoff unstood off. And it's
first announced on twitter? Dare I ask? Was it a nuclear tweety?
Bet Twitter’s happy they're having
their IPO right now.
The other weird thing in the
article I read was from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. In which, if I may
say, he really put the yahoo in Netanyahu. Not Yahoo as in the search engine.
Yahoo as in country rube.
Because he said to the West that
this was not a historic deal, it was a historic mistake. It was, quote:
"Like giving Iran a Christmas Present."
What's wrong with this picture? In
the US this is about the time of year folks start warning about the "War
on Christmas." And here we have the prime minister of Israel, who, when I
last checked appeared to be a Jewish individual, talking about a Christmas gift
to a country that is officially Islamic.
Kind of gives hope for Peace on Earth
right there. I wonder though, if the Messiah was born today, would the angels
on high twitter?
“Hark,” the herald angels tweet.
“Peace on Earth, that's really neat.”
America, ya gotta love it.
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