Rant #2,048: Bits and Pieces

Here comes another entry of Bits and Pieces, where I talk about things that either don't deserve a full Rant entry or are subjects that I simply want to talk about in brief.

Here goes ...

United Nations Security Council To Vote On the U.S. Decision on Jerusalem: Look, everybody knows that the Security Council will vote a collective "No" on our country's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and everybody also knows that with the veto power it has, the United States will put the kibosh on this vote.

There will be no surprises here, but the veto that member nations will make clearly demonstrates that the world really isn't ready to battle terrorism the way it should be ready to battle it, and in fact, supports such behavior.

The Palestinians are terrorists. They have proven it since day one back in 1948, when they rejected the plan for their own state, instead wanting the entire area of the Middle East for themselves.

The Arab world has never fully accepted Israel as a partner in that area, but has worked with them here and there, because they know that Israel has the brainpower and the firepower to make a fuller stand there if they really wanted to.

Sure, there have been numerous conflicts over the years--the Six-Day War being one of those--but Israel has proven time and time again that it is resilient in the face of all odds being against them.

Today, we will have countries such as England and France voting against Jerusalem being the capital of Israel, and thus, supporting the Palestinians, who have proven time and time again to be terrorists, never wanting to have full and fair negotiations to settle this thing once and for all.

President Trump made the boldest move possible in acknowledging that Jerusalem is Israel's capital, and yes, he and his staff will be taking notes at just who votes against this decision, one that should have been made decades ago.

If a country votes against the decision, then they fall into the category of terrorist supporters, which is even more wrenching, since their own countries have experienced numerous terrorist episodes during the recent years.

What is completely misunderstood is that the acknowledgment of Jerusalem as Israel's capital is not taking sides by our country, standing with Israel over the Palestinians; rather, it has put the ball in the Palestinians court, forcing them to make a decision: will they act civilly, recognize Israel as the Jewish state, and move closer to their own statehood, including East Jerusalem, which they claim is their capital?

Or will they continue to act like barbarians, throwing rocks, rolling vehicles into people, stabbing people, all because they aren't getting their way?

Any country that votes against what the U.S. has done is supporting this, and thus, is a terrorist supporter. Period.

And I have to question them about not only not backing Israel, but if their not backing them doesn't have a hint of anti-Semitism in it, too.

Heck, maybe one or two countries will surprise everybody by backing the Jerusalem decision, but that is highly unlikely.

What is certain to happen today just shows that the world really would like Israel to go away, but sorry fellas, that ain't happening.

The days of the Obama White House condemning Israel, working out "deals" with terrorists and showing definite anti-Israel bias are over.

Now, the new millennium, at least in that part of the world, has truly begun.

Winter Rolls Into Town Today: Sometime past 11 a.m., fall will turn into winter, and we will be moving ever closer to the cold weather that this season brings with it.

Me, I am not looking forward to it at all.

True, I have already shoveled my walk twice as fall was moving out of the way, but when winter comes, so does the frigid cold and most of our snow, and if you have read this blog for any appreciable amount of time, you know that one of the things that I hate to do is to shovel snow.

Sure, when I was a kid, I loved the snow, but the older I became, the smarter I became when it came to the white stuff.

I found it to be nothing but a burden, something that you simply had to get through to move on with your day.

And as a driver, well, the snow took on a different perspective altogether--it is nothing but a hindrance, and can be very, very dangerous.

So as fall gives way to winter in about six hours from now, I rue the occasion, but I also understand that when winter ends in a few months, we move right into spring, so things will only get better.

TVOD At My House: The other day, when my home and my neighborhood suffered a power failure at 4:45 a.m. in the morning, it was bad enough, but let me tell you, the aftermath has not been very good in my home, either.

When the power came back on about an hour later, I found that either the surge in the power going off or the surge in the power returning completely knocked out our Dish Network receiver, so it is not lighting up and is pretty much dead.

We have our living room TV hooked up to Dish, with the rest of the house using Verizon. It is a long story why we use the two providers, one which I am not going to get into right now.

Whatever the case, we now have no TV in the living room, and I called Dish about it.

Evidently, in this neck of the woods, since Dish is not very popular--Dish is the satellite provider of choice in the middle of the country, but not on the coasts--they do not employ any technicians here anymore, so they said they would send me a receiver, but I would have to hook it up myself.

Well, you can only imagine the consternation that this has created for me, because even though I can fix various electrical things, I am not Mr. Engineer when it comes to other things, like wiring a satellite receiver.

They said they would help me, the instructions are included, etc., but until I actually do it, I won't know whether I am making a mountain out of a molehill or getting in too deep to breathe.

The receiver is supposed to come next week. Stay tuned ... this could be fun.

I will speak to you again tomorrow.