Motley Moose – Archive

I am filled with such a wide expanse of feelings today. This week has been personally difficult, triumphant (the first of many to come), exhausting, and unimanginably interesting. I have started at least ten diaries (which I cannot finish), and have been unable to comment on, or even read many of the latest posts.

Oh and Barack Hussein Obama will be sworn in as our President on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. And my joy and anxiety are propelled exponentially. I have even worried that the shrub would die before the transfer of power and Cheney would complete the final stage of the coup (yeah, I am that freaking crazy!)

So, what to do…what to do? Aha! Let’s make fun of someone who is even crazier than me :~D So on with the show and this is for you Ann, you obscene, but oddly wonderful, little psychopath.

The debate over the behavior of the IDF during the conflict in Gaza reminded me of an episode from the first season of West Wing, “A Proportional Response”.  At the beginning of the episode, a jet carrying American citizens, President Bartlett’s personal doctor among them, is blown up by terrorists connected to the Syrian government.

An interesting thing happened this past week.  After running into a flock of geese and losing power a US Airways Airbus A320 – flight 1549 – ditched in the Hudson River.  All 155 passengers and crew survived.

Last night, flight 1549 flew one last time.

What is most interesting about this incident is the positive impact the accident has had on the US population.

I woke up in tears this morning.  

So many memories flooded back in the chaotic jumble that is my life, brain, history.

Some things are just beginning to sink in as I wait for Tuesday, and all of a sudden the flood of emotions became tears again.  I cried on election night.  I cried during speeches at the convention.

Me.  The hard-nosed radical feminist.  

And it’s okay cause I’ve got plenty tissues here.

Tears wash the soul.

Israel called off its three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, saying Hamas was “badly beaten,” but Hamas vowed to fight on.

According to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s statement, the unilateral ceasefire went into effect at 2 a.m Sunday local time (7 p.m. EST). The military warned in a statement early Sunday that further Hamas attacks “will be met with a harsh response.’  Within minutes of the ceasefire announcement, several missiles struck southern Israel.  

If Hamas holds its fire, the military “will weigh pulling out of Gaza at a time that befits us,” Olmert said. If not, Israel “will continue to act to defend our residents.”  Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni indicated that Israel would renew its offensive if Hamas militants continued to fire rockets at Israel.

Israel’s insistence on keeping troops in Gaza raises the specter of a stalemate with Hamas, which has insisted that it will not respect any ceasefire until Israel pulls out of the territory.

In Gaza, a Hamas spokesman in hiding, Fawzi Barhoum, said in a statement from Damascus that “we will not accept the presence of a single soldier in Gaza,” according to Agence-France Presse. “The Zionist enemy must stop all its aggression, completely withdraw from the Gaza Strip, lift the blockade and open the crossings.”

Beyond the potential for an effective end to heavy fighting on Sunday, the shape of any lasting peace was far from clear.  The length of Israel’s occupation of Gaza has now been put in the hands of Hamas. The Israeli government says it will not sign any deal with Hamas, which is committed to Israel’s destruction and whose rule over Gaza the Israelis do not want to recognize. But Hamas is seen as likely to reassert political control over Gaza.

Olmert said the ceasefire plan responded to an appeal from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has been at the spearhead of international diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.

The summit set for Sunday in Egypt is meant to give international backing to the ceasefire. Leaders of Germany, France, Spain, Britain, Italy, Turkey and the Czech Republic – which holds the rotating EU presidency – are expected to attend along with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and U.N. chief Ban.

Until now, I have generally been opposed to an investigation of the Bush administration, but a man I respect, Paul Krugman, and a man who makes my skin crawl, Keith Olbermann made strong cases for pulling back the curtain and taking a look at the Bush years.

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Until now, I have generally been opposed to an investigation of the Bush administration, but a man I respect, Paul Krugman, and a man who makes my skin crawl, Keith Olbermann made strong cases for pulling back the curtain and taking a look at the Bush years.

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On a foggy, cold evening in Corpus Christi, Texas one year ago tonight at 8:15PM, Lt. Joshua W. Gross, my brother-in-law, gave his 30-year life for our great country.  Beloved Josh, my head is bowed in prayer and remembrance for you today.

OK, here’s the deal, I love my grandma.  She’s a cool old lady from the north side of Chicago.  He’s an old school blue collar Dem, not a liberal.  But she voted for BHO so we’re good.  This isn’t some rant against old folks because I’ve got a grandma complex or something…  I’m just ready to cut loose on someone with a diary and this felt like a good place to start.

OK, so with Obama taking office next week, maybe I should be singing kumbaya and loving my neighbors, just filled with good feelings and not all this piss and vinegar.  But fuck that.