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Wednesday Overnight Open

Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 9:23:54 pm PST

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

Duke Ellington

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1 The Other Les  11/07/07 9:26:12 pm reply quote

Yes. That will do it.

2 Mazeman  11/07/07 9:26:32 pm reply quote

Well....

The Duke.

3 Ringo the Gringo  11/07/07 9:26:43 pm reply quote

It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing.

4 looking closely  11/07/07 9:27:14 pm reply quote

I thought blues was "laid down", not merely written!

5 markie  11/07/07 9:27:41 pm reply quote

Man, can you imagine the great music being made in heaven right now?

6 Mazeman  11/07/07 9:27:43 pm reply quote

As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?

7 markie  11/07/07 9:28:21 pm reply quote

Its always everyone else....

8 experiencedtraveller  11/07/07 9:28:21 pm reply quote

Giuliani/Sarko 08!

9 Bill Amos  11/07/07 9:28:23 pm reply quote

I thought this was spot on.

Islamic Terrorism isnt caused by Poverty but by ignorance

[Link: willamos.myblogsite.com...]

10 The Other Les  11/07/07 9:28:25 pm reply quote

re: #4 looking closely

I thought blues was "laid down", not merely written!

Only if you're working solo.

11 Syrah  11/07/07 9:28:41 pm reply quote

re: #6 Mazeman

As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?

Yes.

12 Sharmuta  11/07/07 9:29:09 pm reply quote

Sometimes pouting is sexy.

13 Catttt  11/07/07 9:29:22 pm reply quote

re: #11 Syrah

re: #6 Mazeman


As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?

Yes.

Hah. I was going to say "No."

14 Mazeman  11/07/07 9:29:52 pm reply quote

The Blues ain't on the charts.
It's in your hearts.

15 Syrah  11/07/07 9:30:24 pm reply quote

re: #13 Catttt

re: #11 Syrah

re: #6 Mazeman


As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?


Yes.

Hah. I was going to say "No."

Clearly, we are both right.

16 Catttt  11/07/07 9:30:45 pm reply quote

re: #6 Mazeman

As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?

This will help. Trust me.

17 tommygum  11/07/07 9:31:35 pm reply quote

I hate that song.

18 looking closely  11/07/07 9:32:16 pm reply quote

What the heck. . .

Duke Ellington Caravan 1952

19 Ed mahmoud abu al Kahoul  11/07/07 9:32:33 pm reply quote

Good night all. I just hope the good citizens of Talahassee, FL are prepared for the icy weather tonight. Zero degrees already, and six more hours of darkness with calm winds, clear skies and very low humidity.

20 freedomplow  11/07/07 9:32:36 pm reply quote

Dictator Watch

Gunmen fire on Venezuela protest

Gunmen have opened fire on students returning from a protest in Caracas against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's planned reforms.

Several people have been reported injured during the clashes, including at least two by gunfire.

The students were protesting against plans to remove presidential term limits, the subject of a referendum.

21 DesertSage  11/07/07 9:34:38 pm reply quote

I think Charles is trying to say that Hillary should write some blues and not try and run for president.

22 Ringo the Gringo  11/07/07 9:34:48 pm reply quote

“Grab your pig's feet, bread, and gin, there's plenty in the kitchen. I wonder what the poor people are eating tonight?”

~ Fats Waller

23 tommygum  11/07/07 9:34:49 pm reply quote

Doesn't seem to effect Sean Penn's adoration.

24 Mazeman  11/07/07 9:35:26 pm reply quote

re: #16 Catttt

re: #6 Mazeman

As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?

This will help. Trust me.

The blonde girl with the flowing skirt speaks to me.

Thank you. I've found a purpose; To make her mine.

25 looking closely  11/07/07 9:36:42 pm reply quote
26 tommygum  11/07/07 9:37:35 pm reply quote

Riding with the King!

27 DesertSage  11/07/07 9:37:40 pm reply quote

re: #16 Catttt

re: #6 Mazeman

As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?

This will help. Trust me.

Noam said that no one was to ever post that video ever again.

28 Jewels (AKA Julian)  11/07/07 9:38:41 pm reply quote

Obama Nails it to the wall

[Link: www.breitbart.tv...]

I think there's no doubt that we represent the kind of change that Senator Clinton can't deliver on and part of it is generational. Senator Clinton and others, they've been fighting some of the same fights since the '60's and it makes it very difficult for them to bring the country together to get things done."

29 Opilio  11/07/07 9:39:13 pm reply quote

re: #24 Mazeman

re: #16 Catttt

re: #6 Mazeman

As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?

30 tommygum  11/07/07 9:39:31 pm reply quote

Kathleen Willey on Hannity and Skelator.

31 tommygum  11/07/07 9:40:36 pm reply quote

Colmes will leave no inappropriate question unasked.

32 The Other Les  11/07/07 9:40:49 pm reply quote

re: #27 DesertSage

re: #16 Catttt

re: #6 Mazeman

As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?

This will help. Trust me.

Noam said that no one was to ever post that video ever again.

Well, there's this...

33 tradewind  11/07/07 9:41:10 pm reply quote

It's sooo over when even Bono gets it..but the far left Brit MPs quote O'Bambi and say pshaw...
They must get their talking points from Dems like Durbin and Kucinich.
[Link: www.nydailynews.com...]

34 1389  11/07/07 9:44:28 pm reply quote

Pigs have wings!

Hell freezes over!

And now this!

35 Sharmuta  11/07/07 9:44:29 pm reply quote

re: #16 Catttt

re: #6 Mazeman


As time passes, is it me, or the world, who's going insane?

36 Bordm  11/07/07 9:44:51 pm reply quote

re: #19 Ed mahmoud abu al Kahoul

Good night all. I just hope the good citizens of Talahassee, FL are prepared for the icy weather tonight. Zero degrees already, and six more hours of darkness with calm winds, clear skies and very low humidity.

Damn Gorebal warming must be to blame

37 Split Level Head  11/07/07 9:48:04 pm reply quote

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

— Duke Ellington


What a great quote. Thank you!

38 siiras  11/07/07 9:49:34 pm reply quote

Lemonade out of lemons.

Blues out of resentment or sadness.

39 The Other Les  11/07/07 9:50:33 pm reply quote

I tend to prefer the live version of any song.

The Mummer's Dance

40 Syrah  11/07/07 9:50:34 pm reply quote

re: #33 tradewind

It's sooo over when even Bono gets it..but the far left Brit MPs quote O'Bambi and say pshaw...
They must get their talking points from Dems like Durbin and Kucinich.
[Link: www.nydailynews.com...]

We need Bono and many more like him on our side.

If we allow the Fascist and the Nazi's to co-opt the the anti-Jihadist movement, no one will side with us but devils worse than our foes.

41 Salem  11/07/07 9:51:19 pm reply quote

re: #28 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Obama Nails it to the wall

[Link: www.breitbart.tv...]

I think there's no doubt that we represent the kind of change that Senator Clinton can't deliver on and part of it is generational. Senator Clinton and others, they've been fighting some of the same fights since the '60's and it makes it very difficult for them to bring the country together to get things done."

Hmm, I don't know. Obomba doesn't seem to understand that he's in the party of 60's Radicalism. Or maybe he does understand it. But I think the Dems and media who are clashing with Hillary mostly think of her as the worse half of a political dynasty who values her own empowerment over the party's, and is just naturally vulnerable to boot.

42 redc1c4  11/07/07 9:52:01 pm reply quote

the blues are the truth......

ant the truth is rarely expressed better than this: KoKo

(and if you don't like her, i have others. %-)

44 Mazeman  11/07/07 9:53:33 pm reply quote

Martin Mull Middle Class Blues:

Woke up this morning
Saw both cars were gone.

Yes, I woke up this morning
Saw both cars were gone.

Felt so low-down deep inside,
I threw my drink across the lawn.

45 Jewels (AKA Julian)  11/07/07 9:54:10 pm reply quote

re: #41 Salem

re: #28 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Obama Nails it to the wall

[Link: www.breitbart.tv...]

I think there's no doubt that we represent the kind of change that Senator Clinton can't deliver on and part of it is generational. Senator Clinton and others, they've been fighting some of the same fights since the '60's and it makes it very difficult for them to bring the country together to get things done."

Hmm, I don't know. Obomba doesn't seem to understand that he's in the party of 60's Radicalism. Or maybe he does understand it. But I think the Dems and media who are clashing with Hillary mostly think of
her as the worse half of a political dynasty who values her own empowerment over the party's, and is just naturally vulnerable to boot.

I've personally gotten sick of listening to arguments from around the time I was born. The sixties and the conditions that caused them are dead. and I'd really like them to quit carrying on over it and get on with what's going on now.

46 1389  11/07/07 9:54:56 pm reply quote

Slightly Fascist (old article, still relevant!)

47 Jewels (AKA Julian)  11/07/07 10:04:55 pm reply quote

How the Britsh View of the EU

Hmm...We could learn from this...

48 pat  11/07/07 10:09:00 pm reply quote

I managed to vote for LGF. How about the rest of you?

49 Dar ul Harb  11/07/07 10:09:25 pm reply quote

The thread is dead.
I'm off to bed.

50 Salem  11/07/07 10:11:25 pm reply quote

Obama lies over the airwaves
Obama lies on ABC
Obama lies on The Tonight Show
Please get this man off my teevee

Just sorta popped in my head...

51 pat  11/07/07 10:11:54 pm reply quote

re:

52 Bordm  11/07/07 10:18:15 pm reply quote

re: #48 pat

I managed to vote for LGF. How about the rest of you?

I've voted every day (it's allowed), not only for LGF, but for all the rest of the anti-jihad, anti-surrender blogs. It doesn't take long to check ALL the categories and vote for the good guys. Most of them are behind in the polls, unfortunately. [Link: 2007.weblogawards.org...]

53 Carl in Jerusalem  11/07/07 10:19:06 pm reply quote

Just saw that LGF is finally ahead of Kos (but still behind Farc) in the best community category at the Weblog awards.

Can I ask you all to go vote for Israel Matzav now in the Best of the Top 251-500 category? I'm currently languishing in third place (after leading for the first three days), but there are 1700 people online on LGF now and if they all go and vote for me, I'd be neck and neck with the frontrunner (a Koslink - so is the second place person).

Thanks and I'll be back later for the dead thread.

54 1389  11/07/07 10:19:40 pm reply quote

re: #48 pat

I managed to vote for LGF. How about the rest of you?

Done

55 Carl in Jerusalem  11/07/07 10:20:04 pm reply quote

By the way, the Weblog Awards site seems to have cleared up the problems they had last night (it's 8:20 AM here) and is loading pretty quickly now.

56 Bordm  11/07/07 10:20:26 pm reply quote

re: #53 Carl in Jerusalem

Just saw that LGF is finally ahead of Kos (but still behind Farc) in the best community category at the Weblog awards.

Can I ask you all to go vote for Israel Matzav now in the Best of the Top 251-500 category? I'm currently languishing in third place (after leading for the first three days), but there are 1700 people online on LGF now and if they all go and vote for me, I'd be neck and neck with the frontrunner (a Koslink - so is the second place person).

Thanks and I'll be back later for the dead thread.

I've voted for you every day, come on folks, support our friends

57 1389  11/07/07 10:20:28 pm reply quote

re: #53 Carl in Jerusalem

Just saw that LGF is finally ahead of Kos (but still behind Farc) in the best community category at the Weblog awards.

Can I ask you all to go vote for Israel Matzav now in the Best of the Top 251-500 category? I'm currently languishing in third place (after leading for the first three days), but there are 1700 people online on LGF now and if they all go and vote for me, I'd be neck and neck with the frontrunner (a Koslink - so is the second place person).

Thanks and I'll be back later for the dead thread.

done

58 BlueCanuck  11/07/07 10:20:34 pm reply quote

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59 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 10:25:44 pm reply quote

kos is awesome!

60 DesertSage  11/07/07 10:25:45 pm reply quote

re:

61 Bordm  11/07/07 10:26:33 pm reply quote

re: #58 BlueCanuck

re: #52 Bordm

I vote as often as I am allowed, alas it seems we are the vocal minority. Or the bad guys are using other means.

On the plus side the last I checked we were ahead of KOS. At least that counts for something.

If all the LGF'ers would vote for all our friends, that were nominated in most categories, they would have a chance of winning. Check all the categories, you'll be surprised at who is in the running.

62 DesertSage  11/07/07 10:27:02 pm reply quote

re: #59 WrathofG-d

kos is awesome!

Did you forget to take your meds tonight Wrath?

:')

63 Colonel Panik  11/07/07 10:27:40 pm reply quote

re: #34 1389

Pigs have wings!

Hell freezes over!

And now this!

Nice to see Bolton speaking out against our policy of aiding militant Islam in the Balkans.

Have you seen this?
US Kosovo Policy is bad for Israel


Implications for Israel

While most Israelis may assume their country has no stake in the outcome of the Kosovo question, Washington’s proceeding with its current course would in fact adversely affect Israel’s interests in a number of ways:

1. It would set the precedent that a solution to an intractable political and territorial quarrel can and should be imposed by outside countries, even if one of the parties rejects the proposed solution as contrary to its vital national interests. While the question of how Israel should come to an accommodation with Palestinian aspirations for self-rule has resisted efforts to find a negotiated settlement, no one suggests a solution imposed from outside would likely be in Israel’s interest.

2. The theory that outside powers can award part of a state’s sovereign territory to a violent ethnic or religious minority would put in question not only Judaea and Samaria – which, in any event, are not formally part of Israel – but even such areas as the southern Galilee and parts of the Negev, where non-Jews have, or may eventually acquire, local majorities. Israel’s Muslim population is now just above 20 percent, roughly the same as Serbia’s if Kosovo is included. If Albanian Muslims can demand separation from Serbia today, and citing alleged past mistreatment, why cannot Israel’s Arabs do the same tomorrow?

6. Proponents of Kosovo independence scoff at Serbia’s claim that Kosovo represents not just any part of their country but its heart and soul – “Serbia’s Jerusalem.” Such a dismissive attitude betrays a cynical contempt for the essence of any nation’s life, which must rest on a common historical acknowledgment of its moral and spiritual identity, without which a people ceases to be a people and is little more than a random mob. If Serbia can be deprived of its Jerusalem today, what’s to say “al-Quds” will not be demanded of Israel tomorrow as the capital of an independent “Palestine”?

7. Proponents of Kosovo’s independence overlook or flatly deny the fact that Kosovo’s top Albanian leaders are tainted by terrorism and criminality, and that their record indicates an endemic inability to run a stable, civilized polity. In the same vein, today’s Pristina or Podujevo are reminiscent of Gaza or Ramallah – Saudi-financed mosques, armed men, and roadside rubbish heaps included.

64 juan  11/07/07 10:27:42 pm reply quote

Voted for LGF.

Off to bed. Goodnight, all --

65 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 10:28:22 pm reply quote

re:

66 redc1c4  11/07/07 10:28:59 pm reply quote

re: #49 Dar ul Harb

The thread is dead.
I'm off to bed.

DEAD?

67 DesertSage  11/07/07 10:29:59 pm reply quote

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68 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 10:31:01 pm reply quote

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69 Bordm  11/07/07 10:31:06 pm reply quote

re: #65 WrathofG-d

re: #62 DesertSage

What? You don't like the kos? He is like totally aweome.

Yep he's on the same level of Ron Paul and Rosie O'Dipstick

70 mbruce  11/07/07 10:32:39 pm reply quote

Yeh, but can Duke break a million points on Guitar Hero?


South Park tonight was hilarious.

71 Bordm  11/07/07 10:33:48 pm reply quote

re: #65 WrathofG-d

re: #62 DesertSage

What? You don't like the kos? He is like totally aweome.

Oh, I forgot to add Shelia uhhh Jackson-------uh----Lee

73 BlueCanuck  11/07/07 10:35:07 pm reply quote

re:

74 zmdavid  11/07/07 10:36:30 pm reply quote

I haven't checked the other threads to see if anyone posted this yet
Saw this on Hot Air:
NewsBusters: Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’

Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild "scientific" scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmental conscientious citizens. Only one reporter at ABC has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 minutes documentary segment.
75 Bordm  11/07/07 10:37:38 pm reply quote

re: #73 BlueCanuck

re: #61 Bordm

I am voting for all our friends. If we won't support each other no one will.

Amen, it may not mean much in the grand scheme of things, but since it pisses the Libs off it's worth it

76 DesertSage  11/07/07 10:38:29 pm reply quote

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77 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 10:39:35 pm reply quote

re: #76 DesertSage

re:

78 BlueCanuck  11/07/07 10:42:02 pm reply quote

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79 Salem  11/07/07 10:42:37 pm reply quote

I woke up dis morning
I hit the snooze button
I woke up dis morning
I hit the snooze button
I woke up dis morning
I searched around for da remote
Watched cartoons 'till seven
Put on my heavy coat
Grabbed da morning paper
From the fool who lives next door
Stuck in da rush-hour traffic
Didn't make the green arrooooow...

And it goes from there...

81 DesertSage  11/07/07 10:44:54 pm reply quote

re:

82 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 10:46:16 pm reply quote

Seriously.....we are discussing "global warming"........ are y'all trying to put me to sleep?

84 Bordm  11/07/07 10:47:59 pm reply quote

re: #78 BlueCanuck

re: #74 zmdavid

When they started talking about global warming and a rise of 5 degrees celsius I thought, damn instead of -35 in February it will only be -30.

/still damn cold.

I'm a swamp rat, I'd much rather sweat then shiver. Bring it on!

85 DesertSage  11/07/07 10:48:22 pm reply quote

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86 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 10:48:56 pm reply quote

re: #85 DesertSage

re:

87 Bordm  11/07/07 10:49:45 pm reply quote

re: #82 WrathofG-d

Seriously.....we are discussing "global warming"........ are y'all trying to put me to sleep?

Focus on the watch swinging in front of your eyes

//////snicker

88 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 10:50:52 pm reply quote
89 BlueCanuck  11/07/07 10:51:28 pm reply quote

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90 DesertSage  11/07/07 10:52:45 pm reply quote

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91 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 10:54:53 pm reply quote

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92 DesertSage  11/07/07 10:57:17 pm reply quote

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94 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 10:59:39 pm reply quote

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95 DesertSage  11/07/07 11:04:37 pm reply quote

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96 Bordm  11/07/07 11:05:31 pm reply quote

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97 DesertSage  11/07/07 11:08:18 pm reply quote

There is no 'sticky' heat in CA.

:')

It's a dry heat.

98 ethanxxx  11/07/07 11:16:33 pm reply quote

Has any one read any of these stories about the Chinese Government banning the Bible at the 2008 Olympics? The Koran however is perfectly acceptable. It hasn't received much coverage yet... but I have a feeling it will, and should. One story I read said they were banning "All" religious symbols. I'm not sure if I should be pissed that they are banning the Bible, or happy that they finally realized that the Koran is not a Religious text. I've been watching less and less of the Olympics every year... I think I'm going to pass on all of this one.

99 Bordm  11/07/07 11:17:54 pm reply quote

re: #97 DesertSage

There is no 'sticky' heat in CA.

:')

It's a dry heat.

I prefer air I can touch or cut with a knife. I like humid environments. Dry air causes my skin to crack and my nose to bleed. Besides, people tell me I look 10 years younger then my age. :) I'll take it!

100 Render  11/07/07 11:20:47 pm reply quote

As a quick favor for TFK, linking.

[Link: cbs11tv.com...]

SCREWED
BLUED
&
TATTOOED,
R

101 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 11:29:37 pm reply quote

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102 lummox  11/07/07 11:29:40 pm reply quote

re: #99 Bordm

re: #97 DesertSage


There is no 'sticky' heat in CA.

:')

It's a dry heat.


I prefer air I can touch or cut with a knife. I like humid environments. Dry air causes my skin to crack and my nose to bleed. Besides, people tell me I look 10 years younger then my age. :) I'll take it!

It won't last, believe me.

103 victor_yugo  11/07/07 11:31:21 pm reply quote

re: #100 Render

As a quick favor for TFK, linking.

It's an old technique. ID thieves have been using non-profits (Red Cross, American Cancer Society, and the likes) to test the validity of stolen credit card numbers for some time now.

104 Clemente  11/07/07 11:34:49 pm reply quote

re: #77 WrathofG-d

Cats out of the bag now.

Oh crap! Bell Catttt's door, warm up the globe, secure the dilithium crystals, double the guard on the hamsters, and for pity's sake, tell Engineering to TURN THE BLUES UP TO 11!

105 IslandLibertarian  11/07/07 11:36:28 pm reply quote

...and if I never see snow again.............. so what!

This thread is "code blue".

Power to the Correct People!

106 WrathofG-d  11/07/07 11:36:31 pm reply quote

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107 redc1c4  11/07/07 11:38:09 pm reply quote

re: #96 Bordm

re: #88 WrathofG-d

re: #89 BlueCanuck

re: #84 Bordm

Unfortunately I am a bit of northern boy. Hate the winters, but also hate the sticky heat of high summer. Or it maybe that I'm just not satisfied with anything. ;)

I've lived in the extreme cold (-120+ with wind chill) and the extreme hot (115+ in the desert) I'll take 100f with 98% humidity. I'd much rather sweat then shiver. It’s easier to cool off then to get warm.

you were never an Infantryman or Cav Scout.

if it's cold, you can always do something to warm up, but if it's hot, all you can do is sweat..... which doesn't always w*rk. %-)

108 profitsbeard  11/07/07 11:39:17 pm reply quote

The National Anthem of too many places.

109 Clemente  11/07/07 11:40:51 pm reply quote

re:

111 1389  11/07/07 11:42:25 pm reply quote

re: #63 Colonel Panik

re: #34 1389

Pigs have wings!

Hell freezes over!

And now this!

Nice to see Bolton speaking out against our policy of aiding militant Islam in the Balkans.

Have you seen this?
US Kosovo Policy is bad for Israel


Implications for IsraelWhile most Israelis may assume their country has no stake in the outcome of the Kosovo question, Washington’s proceeding with its current course would in fact adversely affect Israel’s interests in a number of ways:

1. It would set the precedent that a solution to an intractable political and territorial quarrel can and should be imposed by outside countries, even if one of the parties rejects the proposed solution as contrary to its vital national interests. While the question of how Israel should come to an accommodation with Palestinian aspirations for self-rule has resisted efforts to find a negotiated settlement, no one suggests a solution imposed from outside would likely be in Israel’s interest.

2. The theory that outside powers can award part of a state’s sovereign territory to a violent ethnic or religious minority would put in question not only Judaea and Samaria – which, in any event, are not formally part of Israel – but even such areas as the southern Galilee and parts of the Negev, where non-Jews have, or may eventually acquire, local majorities. Israel’s Muslim population is now just above 20 percent, roughly the same as Serbia’s if Kosovo is included. If Albanian Muslims can demand separation from Serbia today, and citing alleged past mistreatment, why cannot Israel’s Arabs do the same tomorrow?

6. Proponents of Kosovo independence scoff at Serbia’s claim that Kosovo represents not just any part of their country but its heart and soul – “Serbia’s Jerusalem.” Such a dismissive attitude betrays a cynical contempt for the essence of any nation’s life, which must rest on a common historical acknowledgment of its moral and spiritual identity, without which a people ceases to be a people and is little more than a random mob. If Serbia can be deprived of its Jerusalem today, what’s to say “al-Quds” will not be demanded of Israel tomorrow as the capital of an independent “Palestine”?

7. Proponents of Kosovo’s independence overlook or flatly deny the fact that Kosovo’s top Albanian leaders are tainted by terrorism and criminality, and that their record indicates an endemic inability to run a stable, civilized polity. In the same vein, today’s Pristina or Podujevo are reminiscent of Gaza or Ramallah – Saudi-financed mosques, armed men, and roadside rubbish heaps included.

Thanks! I've added it to the link list in the blog post.