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Sunday, 7 December, 2003
 
Post every day: a post homous toast.

Last week I think I decided I would try to post something every day. I wish to plead temporary insanity. More, possibly it wasn't me who said this. I believe it was the Brownies. They run about this place at night getting books down from my shelves and leaving them about. Opening newspapers on the dining table, always to the comics page! I thought they were supposed to be helpful, frankly they leave the place a mess. They've learnt to imitate my handwriting too and leave notes on my desk on little yellow (but different) sticky pads. Sometimes they will add to half written posts, though they do not seem to have mastered the Radio Userland multi-button "Post", "Publish", and "Post/Publish" configuration on their own. They trip themselves up here, by spelling things better than I can. This gives the game away nearly every time. They seem to be able to fire up the modem, judging from all the spam I get from 'pixie' sites.

I had started the weekend wanting to write something about the all volunteer Geneva plan, and the Israeli government's - how to put this - grandiose injunction that Secretary Powell not meet with them. Powell indicated he would meet with them anyway, additionally Paul Wolfowitz indicated he would meet in Washington with representatives of this plan also. I decided to hold off commenting on this until a steel cage wrastlin' match on a barge in the middle of the Potomac can be organized. Here's an idea; though, since the Likud government in Israel seems determined never to allow a true Palestinian state west of the Jordon river. And since the U S Government seems loathe to gainsay them, why doesn't the President or some designate get up and say this (no Palestinian sovereignty ever) in public so we can gauge the reaction and all get on the same page. The Israeli's are under no obligation of unilateral action, so this coyness serves little purpose.

My main goal for this week end was to read three chapters I photocopied out of a book called War and Democracy by Peter Manicas (Basil Blackwell, 1989) and a couple out of a new book by Gil Merom. Here I declare a measured victory or at least 'light at the end of the tunnel'.
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