And Blair Shall Speak Peace From Nation Unto Nation
Uri Dromi at The Baltimore Sun has an insight to why Tony Blair took up the doomed-to-failure post of Palestinian tin-cup rattler for his master, George Bush the lesser.
He mentions that, of course, Tony Blair will have imagined that after single-handedly bringing peace to Northern Ireland, it was logical that he would seek an even more fraught and intransigent region to prove that he really is God’s right-hand man on earth. The ex-celebrity-ex-Prime Minister forgets, however, that the politics of Ireland had run their course and he was the beneficiary of inevitable events.
As for Palestine, the article continues:
Eventually, the British left in 1948, bruised and hurt, abandoning another stronghold of their waning empire. Before that, they had dumped the problem of Palestine on the table of the United Nations, and when the General Assembly voted on Nov. 29, 1947, in favor of the partition of Palestine, the British representative abstained, thus expressing his government’s skepticism about the viability of that solution.
Now, 60 years later, the Brits are back, with Tony Blair showering smiles on the same wretched peoples, who are still struggling over the same piece of land.
But wait a minute - is this really Tony Blair, the former British prime minister? Or is this actually Michael Sheen, the British actor who plays him in the movie The Queen, next to Helen Mirren? Because we’ve had some celebs - Brad Pitt and others - coming here lately for a 24-hour visit, on a peace raid, then finding the paparazzi to be the biggest problem and vanishing into thin air. Jason Alexander, for example, came here, admitting that George Costanza, the selfish character he played on Seinfeld, “doesn’t know that the Middle East exists” - but, thank God, Mr. Alexander knew.
No, it’s Tony Blair for sure. Now I can see him clearly on television. Well, one has to admit, he had his bit of acting, at Princess Diana’s funeral, with the lines from 1 Corinthians 13: “Though I speak with the tongue of men and angels …” I loved it.
So the fact that other faltering celebrities go to the region explains why Tony Blair is there: hoping some of their gloss might rub off on him. However, it will not be too long before he limps off with his tail between his legs, another failure to add to his legacy.
Celebrity Hotel Cast Adrift
According to the Russian Siberian NewsLab organ, the celebrity hotel, drink-driver, old lag, Cabbage Patch Doll impersonator and possible drug-abuser is to be cut off without a penny.
Paris Hilton lost inheritance
Paris Hilton was deprived of her inheritance, Australia’s The Daily Telegraph reported. American star’s grandfather, head of family and hotel empire Barron Hilton, deprived his granddaughter of $60 million she had been due to inherit. Paris’s grandfather used to feel ashamed of her behavior too. However, after she was taken to jail for driving in a state of alcoholic intoxication, that was the last straw.
“He was, and is, extremely embarrassed by how the Hilton name has been sullied by Paris,” Jerry Oppenheimer, author of House Of Hilton, the story of the famous American family, said. “He doesn’t want to leave unearned wealth to his family,” Lenta.ru quoted Oppenheimer as saying.
It is said that Barron Hilton was the only family member who was engaged in the hotel empire business. The company was to have been sold in July 2007, and the 79-year-old tycoon said he would give all $2.4 billion to charity, thus depriving all of his children and grandchildren of inheritance.
Is this true? Who knows? Who cares? You get all sorts of bizarre stories surrounding celebrity hotels. It’s not as if anyone with a brain could care less.
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This may depend upon being British to see the funny side.
It is actually the Thailand Open Source Software Festival.
Nuf said.
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