There was a report yesterday that "Iran offered to resume nuclear talks with the United States and other world powers next week after pushing for a shift of venue to Turkey to give Tehran an ally on the sidelines." Perhaps as soon as next Monday.
The article went on to say that the reason for talk resumption is Iran's hope to reduce or eliminate trade sanctions against them.
I, though, have a different take on the matter. Because I think it's just as likely that Iran's actually worried that some outside nation, whichever that might turn out to be, actually remotely accessed their secret codes and thus, might blow their nuclear weapons, and a good part of the country itself, off the map. So, the talk about easing of sanctions is fine, but fear of annihilation has a little more clout.
Then it's back to the post-election circus, which makes me wonder about politicians even more than I've done before. Because as anyone who's read my writings on the subject knows, I think the vast majority of them are brain-dead dolts, regardless of party affiliation. And now, as further proof, although 40% of the voting population clearly has no party affiliation at all, these political yoyo's are still playing their same stupid games.
The president himself has mumbled a few words about underestimating the voters and overestimating his party's power, yet doesn't sound like he's gotten any kind of a message. He seems more focused on finding and using other methods of getting his agenda accomplished instead of looking for ways to meet the public's wishes.
Then there's the inimitable Nancy Pelosi who might very well remain as head of her party in the House. Despite the fact that by doing that she almost virtually assures that her party can't recover, and makes it far easier for opponents to win in the next election. But arrogance, greed and stupidity, coupled with egotism are a hard combination to overcome. So, as far as Republicans are concerned, she's a gift from heaven.
On the other hand, the Republicans had the good fortune to be there when their opposition shot itself in the foot and deconstructed. And, yes, there are serious steps to be taken in unwinding health care reform, tax regulation, and getting the economy back on its feet. But it seems that they too can't deal with success, no matter how they attained it, and have begun to infight about who should lead the party toward further gains in 2012.
From my perspective, I know little about politics itself and am far more in tune with those in the uncommitted 40%. So I think that if these leaders take the election to be any kind of political mandate and try to do anything more than fix what's broken, the only place they're going to lead their true followers is off the cliff.
That's it for today folks.
Adios.
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