On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:50:45 -0500 Robert Naiman <[email protected]> wrote:
> All other things being equal, I'd rather have Obama say good things > than say bad things. I'd rather have him shut the fuck up. What's the value of 'saying good things' if you obviously don't mean them? > But of course, people have a right to expect more from the President > of the United States than a nice speech. They have a right to expect > that he will use the many levers at his disposal to put pressure on > Bibi to stop the settlement expansion, or at least stop the expansion > that directly threatens a peace deal. What 'right' have they to anything of the kind? It's like saying people have a 'right' not to get eaten by a great white shark. This is what presidents *do*. > Whether he will do that remains to be seen. I'm not optimistic. But > it's far from impossible. I'm sorry, but salva reverentia tua, that's a level of optimism that makes Pollyanna look like Diogenes. -- -- Michael J. Smith [email protected] http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org http://fakesprogress.blogspot.com http://cars-suck.org 'I understand that you left your University rather suddenly. Now -- why was that?' 'I was sent down, sir, for indecent behaviour.' 'Indeed, indeed? Well, I shall not ask for details. I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason which he is anxious to conceal.' _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
