As isolated as I am from the real conflict not too far south of me, I can go along my life as if it didn't exist. To keep a smidgen of reality and awareness in my system, I subscribed to Google news alerts of any published news articles about my area.
Some of the articles it finds are related to the nearby desalinization plant. It provides an incredible amount of water, and is powered by an offshore natural gas source.
Others articles might talk about the migration of birds, or the hardships of farmers, or the mayor, "is he accepting bribes??"
And, of course, there are usually one or two that discuss the Palestinian/Israeli conflicts.
My favorite one, though, was one that talked about the Kassam rockets that the Islamic Jihad occasionally shoot out of Gaza towards Israel towns and kibbutz in the Negev. Sderot has suffered considerably, and there were some wounded listed in this article. But no, that's not the funny part - Here is the funny part:
"On Thursday, a group of left-wing activists fired tomatoes, corn and eggs into the area from where Gazans had been firing rockets, in order to demonstrate the helplessness of the government.
The activists fired the vegetables from an improvised cannon, which was made from sewage pipes and flammable liquid. The vegetables were covered with soup in order to minimize friction.
Several minutes later, IDF soldiers arrived at the scene and asked the activists to stop the vegetable fire."
Two wounded in Sderot Kassam attack, JPOST.COM STAFF, Aug. 3, 2007 http://www.jpost.com/
THAT is peaceful protest the Israel way :P
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I was sure that this story was going to end like this: "The people on the receiving end of the barrage thriftily gathered up the vegetables, chopped and seasoned them, added chicken stock, and served soup for supper."
When Life serves you vegetables, make Soup!
That's a little disturbing. Just how many kamikazi Bob's and Humpty's were sacrificed during that demonstration, anyway?
Puzzlinglady
That So Rocks!
Activism takes many forms, but you either Look like Bob the Potato or you Act like Bob----0--=----
Cheers,
M
ps. get offthecouch,it'llhelputhnk
I hope the veg hasn't started coming down densely enough to disable our beloved blog-a-dora!
Please email the dearly beloved to encourage to rebuild from under the pile of rutabegas, eggplants, and TUK this Holiday Season. Maybe she's too busy planting the seeds from the fallout? So sad, hopefully another update will be forthcoming.
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