Buy Bonds

Attended a State of Israel bond reception last night. The hook was that it was honoring a good friend of mine who is a pillar of the Jewish community here in my fair city. The guest speaker was Ambassador Asaf Shariv, the consul general of Israel in Nuevo York and he turned out to be fairly interesting along with throwing out some good jokes here and there at the expense of his fellow tribesmen. "The economic meltdown in New York now means that Jewish women are for the first time marrying for love." Rim shot. Shariv said that he believes that Israel will resort to economic pressure via the United States to solve the nuclear threat from Iran. According to Shariv, Iran gets fifty percent of its gasoline from five companies, all of which are largely dependent on the U.S. of A for their existence. He essentially thinks the next administration will make some offers they can't refuse in order to exert pressure on the nut jobs in Tehran. Of course, this could mean that Shariv is just your standard Mossad operative having fun knowing that they've already identified each and every target for an old fashioned Israeli style beat down courtesy of the greatest air force in the world. One thing about the Israelis--they're not bound by any of that turn the other cheek bullshit or wondering what the French will think. They throw down when it suits them. Anyway, I got some sort of dessert dish and some warm champagne out of the deal, along with signing up for an Israeli bond. Did my part to help buy some new tank treads.