Posted by
Purplegimp on Saturday, February 28, 2009 12:00:21 PM
The gimp wonders if her three faithful readers realize how safe they are with our very own Bobbie guarding our Constitutional rights. A few days ago we had an e mail exchange on the very subject. I recommended that she stock pile ammunition for her gun. She replied that the only gun she has much practical experience with is a caulking gun. She then informed me that she had to cut our exchange short as she had an illegal alien cornered in her car port and she had to rush out and duct tape him to the supports and keep him covered with her weapons of mass construction until Sherrif Joe could send a posse to relieve her. Goshawk was kind enough to create this picture of our very own Bobbie. Uh, would you want to run into her in a dark carport?
Now, on to the answer to the question that got all this started in the first place. She asked me what Israelis think of Obumbler. In order to answer that, some things about Israel have to be explained first.
Israel does not have anything even remotely resembling a Constitution, and is pretty much unabashedly socialistic in nature, thanks to the founding immigrants who came from Russia at around the time of the revolution and became the leaders of the Jewish settlers here. They soon realized that modified Socialism and Judaism are a pretty good fit. They set up the Histadrut as a quasi pre state self governing entity which would own a bank, health clinics, bus cooperatives and many other companies. That is probably the reason that there was a system in place and ready to go the minute Statehood was declared. The Knesset and government were comprised mostly of Histadrut leaders until the first elections were held. There were some religious party leaders and Begin, of course. But the real power was with those who had had the foresight to set things up so they would have the power. Today the Histadrut is barely somewhat more than just a union. They do still own a national chain of high schools, a health clinic chain, and a few other things. There was even a time not that long ago when, if someone wanted a job they had to be a member of the Histadrut, belong to that health plan and have an account in that bank. As time moved on, those requirements were changed to being valid only for those who wanted to work in Histadrut owned enterprises. I am proud to say that I brought about the change in that. But that's a story for another day. How The Gimp Brought the Strongest Union to It's Knees in One Night! Back on subject, it's pretty hard for the average Israeli to understand what all the fuss about Socialism in America is about. They know very little about the provisions of The Constution, the health care system here is very good, so, they just don't get it. Their own experience in a semi socialist country makes Obumbler sound perfectly reasonable to them. Even the media don't get it. Some of their diatribes against the second amendment make me want to scream. Most Israelis still haven't really figured out what having Obumbler, HillBilly and Mitchell meddling over here will mean. Bibi Netanyahu does get it. After all, he pretty much grew up over there. He knows just how bad the new administration could be for us. It will take a lot longer for the average Israeli to figure it out, even though some are even now.
Oh dear. I completely forgot to answer Bobbie's first question and got carried away with the second. Israelis are not at all pleased with Obumbler's recent moves in the area. It looks like utter stupidity to most of to announce that he is going to bring lasting (or any other kind) peace by talking. It just doesn't work that way over here. It's not going to be pretty watching him learn the hard way that he couldn't be more wrong and that Israel is not the problem. Giving the Gazans millions of dollars to rebuild after the last go around with them is the dumbest thing he could do. Is he really going to be surprised when not one building is repaired, and all the money has gone to Hamass leader's bank accounts. That is exactly what will happen. The so called Palestinians do not want better lives for their people. If they did, they would have had a thriving State long ago. It really is that simple.
A good example is the rocket that landed in a high school in Ashkelon today. Had it been any other day of the week, the results would have been many dead and more injured. Ok, they know school is out on Saturdays, but those are not guided missiles they are shooting. They have no idea where they will land. They just point them in the general direction and fire them. They could as easily have hit a full synagogue. Of course, now that they know the rocket hit a school, they can try to repeat their success on a school day with devasting results.