1600 Candles

So the Obama Administration courtesy of VP Joe Biden admonished the Israeli government for building more settlements in East Jerusalem on his recent visit to the country.

Shocking indeed that the Obama Administration's stand on the whole idea is ix-nay, a no-go, a don't put your toe over the line thing. Like Jonathan opined, Bibi's announcement that Israel will build 1,600 houses in supposedly occupied East Jerusalem may have been ill timed, but would any other time have been good? Let's look at some dates. Bastille Day? No, too French. Groundhog's Day? No, too animalistic. Fourth of July? Too noisy. An Obama kid's birthday? Too busy and too many balloons.

Like a visit from the IRS, there really is no good time because that day doesn't exist, at least not in this lifetime. The Palestinians and Arabs don't want to see one lousy settlement there let alone 1,600 because they don't want the Israelis or any Jews there, or anywhere else for that matter. If the Jews had settled in Uganda, which once had been considered, then they'd come after us there.

The unofficial mantra to the Palestinians and the Arabs has become "Jump," so we can reply "Thank you, sir and how high?" because our agreement to their every whim and desire relates to the fact that they have the oil and we don't, that and long festering anti-Semitism. So they could play "Old McDonald Had a Farm," on a juice harp there'd be a delegation marveling at their virtuosity and clapping at their very performances.