TIS POTPOURRI

Wednesday was Iran's President's i5 minutes of glory at the UN. Nothing new was said and these quotes are from an AP article: Ahmadinejad provoked a walkout by diplomats from more than 30 countries at the General Assembly when he attacked the U.S. and Europe as being greedy, arrogant and too ready to use military force. He has made similar waves in past gatherings in New York, but at home his powers have been weakened by Iran's ruling clerics.

 Hours after criticizing America ***In an interview with The Associated Press, Ahmadinejad claimed that explosive material and not planes brought down the World Trade Center, rejected the West's view of his country's nuclear ambitions and castigated U.S. policies from Libya to Pakistan. 

But he also complained that President Barack Obama never made good on a pledge to try to open a dialogue with Iran, and said he still hopes for a face-to-face meeting. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that time has not run out for the two countries to repair their bad relationship.
"I don't believe that this is a chance that has been completely lost," Ahmadinejad said.

Today Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will address the  UN General Assembly and put forth his request for national status. Some time later in the day Israel's  Prime Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu will also address the Assembly. He will probably focus on why the Palestinians should not be granted Statehood at this time and also focus on the danger to the world that Iran represents with its increasing nuclear capabilities.

All the above is  known conjecture. What will happen in the UN  Security Council  is more important. Obama has  announced  the US position. The position of the  countries that do not have veto power will be interesting. How much will represent  honest opinion or  political posturing may not be determined since those countries know that in face  of one Veto their vote is meaningless.

In our minute speck of earth we will remain interested in the outcome of Plainfield's Councils investigation. 
"What a tangled web we (mortals) weave"


If you thought that that quotation was written by the Bard, Shakespeare, you were wrong'
The author  of this famous and appropriate quote was Sir Walter Scott.
The actual quotation comes from these lines in 'Marmion" and I have bold faced the two lines that stand together"
 "Yet Clare's sharp questions must I shun
Must separate Constance from the nun
Oh! what a tangled web we weave
When first we practise to deceive!
A Palmer too! No wonder why
I felt rebuked beneath his eye "


How true!!!

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