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Whoever Blesses Them (Larry Miller, Not Dennis- that is an urban legend, Explains the Middle east)
Weekly Standard ^ | Dennis, no, Larry Miller

Posted on 05/14/2002 3:48:40 PM PDT by pgkdan

I can't vouch for the validity of this...I received it as an e-mail today and found it to be on the money. If it's not Dennis Miller, it's certainly his style.

Dennis Miller monologue.

A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a service to all Americans who still don't get it, I now offer you the story of the Middle East in just a few paragraphs, which is all you really need.

Don't thank me. I'm a giver. Here we go:

The Palestinians want their own country. There's just one thing about that: There are no Palestinians. It's a made up word. Israel was called Palestine for 2000 years. Like "Wiccan," "Palestinian" sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the Israelis won the land in war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, and there were no "Palestinians" then, and the West Bank was owned by Jordan, and there were no "Palestinians" then. As soon as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the "Palestinians," weeping for their deep bond with their lost "land" and "nation." So for the sake of honesty, let's not use the word "Palestinian" any more to describe these delightful folks, who dance for joy at our deaths until someone points out they're being taped. Instead, let's call them what they are: "Other Arabs From The Same General Area Who Are In Deep Denial About Never Being Able To Accomplish Anything In Life And Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive Melodrama Of Eternal Struggle And Death." I know that's a bit unwieldy to expect to see on CNN. How about this, then: "Adjacent Jew-Haters."

Okay, so the Adjacent Jew-Haters want their own country. Oops, just one more thing. No, they don't. They could've had their own country any time in the last 30 years, especially two years ago at Camp David. But if you have your own country, you have to have traffic lights and garbage trucks and Chambers of Commerce, and, worse, you actually have to figure out some way to make a living. That's no fun. No, they want what all the other Jew-Haters in the region want: Israel. They also want a big pile of dead Jews, of course-that's where the real fun is-but mostly they want Israel. Why? For one thing, trying to destroy Israel-or "The Zionist Entity" as their textbooks call it - for the last 50 years has allowed the rulers of Arab countries to divert the attention of their own people away from the fact that they're the blue-ribbon most illiterate, poorest, and tribally backward on God's Earth, and if you've ever been around God's Earth, you know that's really saying something.

It makes me roll my eyes every time one of our pundits waxes poetic about the great history and culture of the Muslim Mideast. Unless I'm missing something, the Arabs haven't given anything to the world since Algebra, and, by the way, thanks a hell of a lot for that one.Chew this around and spit it out: Five hundred million Arabs; five million Jews.

Think of all the Arab countries as a football field, and Israel as a pack of matches sitting in the middle of it. And now these same folks swear that if Israel gives them half of that pack of matches, everyone will be pals. Really? Wow, what neat news. Hey, but what about the string of wars to obliterate the tiny country and the constant din of rabid blood oaths to drive every Jew into the sea? Oh, that? We were just kidding.

My friend Kevin Rooney made a gorgeous point the other day: Just reverse the numbers. Imagine five hundred million Jews and five million Arabs. I was stunned at the simple brilliance of it. Can anyone picture the Jews strapping belts of razor blades and dynamite to themselves? Of course not. Or marshaling every fiber and force at their disposal for generations to drive a tiny Arab State into the sea? Nonsense. Or dancing for joy at the murder of innocents? Impossible. Or spreading and believing horrible lies about the Arabs baking their bread with the blood of children? Disgusting. No, as you know, left to themselves in a world of peace, the worst Jews would ever do to people is debate them to death.

Mr. Bush, God bless him, is walking a tightrope. I understand that with vital operations coming up against Iraq and others, it's in our interest, as Americans, to try to stabilize our Arab allies as much as possible, and, after all, that can't be much harder than stabilizing a roomful of supermodels who've just had their drugs taken away. However, in any big-picture strategy, there's always a danger of losing moral weight. We've already lost some. After September 11 our president told us and the world he was going to root out all terrorists and the countries that supported them. Beautiful. Then the Israelis, after months and months of having the equivalent of an Oklahoma City every week (and then every day) start to do the same thing we did, and we tell them to show restraint. If America were being attacked with an Oklahoma City every day, we would all very shortly be screaming for the administration to just be done with it and kill everything south of the Mediterranean and east of the Jordan. (Hey, wait a minute, that's actually not such a bad id . . uh, that is, what a horrible thought, yeah, horrible.)


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Dennis Miller really is a very bright guy.
1 posted on 05/14/2002 3:48:40 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: pgkdan
Source ?!

I mean, do you think Dennis Miller really wrote this ?

2 posted on 05/14/2002 3:55:02 PM PDT by ChadGore
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To: pgkdan
Credit where credit is due ... this was written by Larry Miller, and previously published here. As a footnote, this post should also have the following addemdum:

Below is an excerpt from "Whosoever Blesses Them: The intifada and its defenders" by Larry Miller. This was in the Weekly Standard.
Larry Miller is a comic/actor.
Link: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/161yaihr.asp

*(We were originally told this was by comedian Dennis Miller. We are sorry for the error.) ----

3 posted on 05/14/2002 3:55:25 PM PDT by Hodar
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To: Hodar
Thanks for the clarification.
4 posted on 05/14/2002 3:56:43 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: Hodar
Discussed at length on this thread Thread . Still a great read, just wanted Mr. Larry Miller to get the credit he so richly deserves.
5 posted on 05/14/2002 3:58:07 PM PDT by Hodar
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To: pgkdan
No problem ... saw this posted a few days back, and remembered reading it. It's an awesome bit of work, and a worthy post too. Thanks for re-posting it, as some may have missed it.
6 posted on 05/14/2002 3:59:19 PM PDT by Hodar
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To: ChadGore
Why do you think I wrote this...
I can't vouch for the validity of this...I received it as an e-mail today and found it to be on the money. If it's not Dennis Miller, it's certainly his style.
Because I wasn't sure...I thought the e-mail was interesting so I posted it to share with Freepers.
7 posted on 05/14/2002 3:59:55 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: Hodar
Dang, you people are good. It didn't sound like Dennis Miller, but good article anyway.
8 posted on 05/14/2002 4:01:16 PM PDT by SolitaryMan
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To: Hodar
It really is a very good read...I especially appreciated the paragraph about reversing the population numbers...it's dead on.
9 posted on 05/14/2002 4:01:47 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: pgkdan
Somebody needs to check snopes.com. It is someone else named Miller ... Gary Miller, Bob Miller, Robert Miller ... but not Dennis Miller the comic.
10 posted on 05/14/2002 4:03:11 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: pgkdan
whats wrong, dennis? out of a job on mnf? finally came up for air, eh? he is like whorealdo....after all his smarmy bs with klinton, railing against rush, etc, he can lick my lizard.
11 posted on 05/14/2002 4:03:19 PM PDT by galt-jw
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To: BunnySlippers
I've been told it's Larry Miller and was published in The Weekly Standard and has already been posted...that's what I get for posting an e-mail.
12 posted on 05/14/2002 4:09:07 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: Hodar
Larry Miller's columns in the "Weekly Standard" are all very good.
14 posted on 05/14/2002 4:10:35 PM PDT by Let's Roll
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To: BurkeCalhounDabney
"Larry Miller is also the genius responsible for The Five Levels of Drinking."

Yes he is a Genius!

And as for "The Five Levels of Drinking"...

Been there... Done that!

15 posted on 05/14/2002 4:19:32 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
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To: pgkdan
I don't care who wrote it, I like it.
17 posted on 05/14/2002 4:33:19 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: pgkdan
I obtained the same email...I almost posted it, but it is pretty good.
18 posted on 05/14/2002 4:48:06 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: BurkeCalhounDabney
Ah... the good old days.
19 posted on 05/14/2002 4:49:08 PM PDT by Ronin
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