…. Every once in a while America does something so radical, so out of ordinary – something that old, encrusted, traditional societies like those in the Middle East could simply never imagine…
I sincerely hope Tom includes Israel into the list of ‘encrusted’ societies because it was there where I was told that, ‘If that black bum Obama becomes your President we all will be in big trouble.’ But hey, what is so radical about a young, articulate, brilliant, educated senator running for President. Gamal Abdel Nasser was that kind too. So was Bhutto. So was Indirah Gandhi. Again, Mr. F. implies something really unusual: a black man that is. He then says that nobody in Egypt would imagine a Copt to become a President of Egypt. I am not sure. Fairly recently in Russia a Jew was a Prime Minister. Something unbelievable by Tom’s standards. Now, if we have all people equal as we claim, it is absolutely NORMAL to have a black man to run for the highest office. Neatly, neatly, Tom, we will need to wash those pants of yours. And I am not at all impressed by your hairy legs. They look like the legs of an Arab. Prove me wrong.
4.Off With That T- Shirt!
My colleague Michael Slackman, the Times Bureau Chief in Cairo told me about a recent encounter he had with a worker at Cairo’s famed Blue Mosque…
Etc, etc- a reader can guess how that guy was most interested in Obama because he was dark-skinned and so on. Some nasty questions arise though. What was the American with the Jewish name Slackman (What a name! Sounds like a persona from Ostin Powers movie.) was doing in Blue Mosque? Are we dealing with the closeted Muslim? And what was that about green carpet? Was the man praying at the time and Mr. Slackman kind off waited to interview him? Why? To tell Friedman about him? And boy, how many times we had read about some peasant, worker, farmer, always abroad who ‘in his thick English’ puts his hopes on America. BTW, we never hear such thing to happen in our country. Don’t bother, Tom; we will use your T- shirt for a carwash.
5.The Dance Of The Boxers (Or Briefs?)
We’ve surprised ourselves…
Well, I guess sometimes if you take off those boxers and look in the mirror… Maybe Mr. Flatland is right here. We, the Americans had surprised ourselves. Despite all the crap we had we produced something tangible. Like all the others do as a matter of fact. We just had proven to the world that we are the same as everyone else. And no, the world is not flat. It is rather like a Mebius sheet- that topological surface when you come back to where you started one-way-through one path. That would be the path of humility and understanding. The path less taken. The idea is that you come back wiser than when you started. It is not for everyone. Friedmans and Slackmans just roll over the cliff.
6.Naked Pundit
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