"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast"
-Oscar Wilde		 Brilliant at Breakfast title banner "The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself."
-- Proverbs 11:25
"...you have a choice: be a fighting liberal or sit quietly. I know what I am, what are you?" -- Steve Gilliard, 1964 - 2007

"For straight up monster-stomping goodness, nothing makes smoke shoot out my ears like Brilliant@Breakfast" -- Tata

"...the best bleacher bum since Pete Axthelm" -- Randy K.

"I came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum." -- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (1954-2015), They Live
Saturday, January 10, 2009

I'll bet the Israeli army had no idea they were lost without the wisdom of Not-Joe the Not-a-Plumber
Posted by Jill | 11:50 AM
You have to wonder on what planet someone thought this was a good idea:
Joe Wurzelbacher, the Ohio plumber who became briefly famous during the US presidential campaign when he tackled Barack Obama on his tax plan, is on his way to Israel to be a war reporter for the conservative website pjtv.com.

Joe, clearly determined to extend the 15 minutes of fame given him by the John McCain team when they picked him up as their electoral mascot, now plans to be the voice of Israel's 'Average Joe.'

Two months after publicly agreeing with a McCain supporter that a vote for Mr Obama was a vote for the death of Israel, he says he will spend 10 days covering the Gaza conflict from the Israelis' point of view.

Clearly a man for whom the phrase 'objective reporting' has no relevance, he told Toledo television station WNWO-TV; "It's tragic but what are the Israeli people supposed to do?

"I get to go over there and let their “Average Joes” share their story, what they think, how they feel, especially with world opinion, maybe get a real story out there,” he said.

“If given the opportunity to do some good however minute it may be, or could be something really good, you gotta take that chance. You have to do it,” he added, heroically.

Is he scared that one of the Hamas rockets might have his name on it? Not really. After all, as he explained, he's a Christian so God will keep him safe.

"Being a Christian I'm pretty well protected by God I believe," he said.


First of all, I don't think anyone can legitimately claim that Israelis aren't being heard. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the Israeli point of view is often the ONLY one being heard. Second of all, I wonder how the so-called "Average Joes" in Israel are going to react to an intellectually lightweight, uninformed, neanderthal moron like Not-Joe the Not-a-Plumber and Not-a-Journalist-Either telling them that they are Oppressed by American Liberals. And third of all, I wonder if Not-Joe the Not-a-Journalist is aware that Israel is a JEWISH state, and that perhaps the idea that HE will be protected from Hamas missiles because HE is a Christian is going to play in the streets of Tel Aviv.

Labels: ,

1 comments
Bookmark and Share
1 Comments:
Blogger D. said...
Please pass the popcorn--this will be good.

(The verification word was "underiz". How appropriate.)
1/10/09, 6:19 PM  
Post a Comment
<< Home