One More "Blast"

The "Worldwide Web" has enabled us U.S. couch potatoes to watch the other guy's revolution, just like the first Gulf War had us glued to the telly worrying about Scud Missiles, Patriot anti-missile banks, and whether the Israelis would "go crazy" and steal the show. As I recall, they exercised appropriate restraint, and "we" won, but went back later. I'm still trying to figure it out. Is George W. Bush's library done yet? He won't throw me out. No, he won't.

NEWS THAT MAKES NO SENSE:

"Summary:  NATO's success in Libya shows how important and effective the alliance remains, writes its secretary-general. But with Europe rocked by the economic crisis and slashing military budgets, future missions will be imperiled unless NATO members get smarter about what and how they spend."
Success? I beg to differ. Another big mess!

"Nato forces operating in Libyan skies have no mandate to arrest suspects, he said. And Nato itself has said it does not want to put combat forces on the ground. The prosecutor said the other option for arresting Gaddafi is through the rebels fighting to end his more than four decades in power."

No "boots on the ground?" No arrest power? Is Hillary going to call and say, "Please, with lots of sugar on top, get the hell out of there." Or, we could offer him a fast food franchise. Or, British Petroleum could act right for a change. Standard>>Amoco>>BP. What did I say way back when? "Green and white? Ugly." I switched to Conoco-Phillips. These are the facts.

"At least one suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a Western-style hotel in the Afghan capital on Tuesday. There was no immediate word on casualties, and streets leading to the Intercontinental hotel are blocked. A man entered the hotel and detonated a vest of explosives, said a police officer."

That was in Kabul. Is the "Mafia Hyatt" in Westlake next? Stay tuned.

"Everyone from doctors and ambulance drivers to casino workers and even actors at a state-funded theatre were joining the strike or holding work stoppages for several hours. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or rescheduled as air traffic controllers walked off the job."

Los Angeles? Good! No? What's wrong with them? Tina let me off the hook. She said, "Over twelve percent? You'll never get a job." I did not hit her with the honest economist's rule of thumb, whereby that figure needs to be doubled. I was already trying to figure out what kind of movies she makes. And, I was looking at [REDACTED BY THE CHURCH LADY]

Fasten your belt, as they rattled my favorite, unflappble JFK Tower Man as follows:

"Can...Cancel takeoff! Cancel takeoff plans! Yeah, hold your position as...as you see what's going on. No need to speak about it on our frequency, there's [chuckle]"

Aviator later said:

"Yeah, that was quite a show. Thought it would be a short career."


"We" will address the two offending airlines tomorrow. As I often say in 1000 Oaks (T.O.), "What he #uck is wrong with you people, if you're what we can call 'people'? Creatures! Robots!" Is William Shatner still selling airline tickets? What unfamous words brought out the fake Secret Service? "This ain't Star Trek! Fire!" 

Maybe. I said maybe.