The Magical El Paso Floating Podium

In Berlin, you have the Brandenburg Gate, in Athens, the Coliseum, and in New York, the Statue of Liberty, but, what all of the places don't have, and could never have to the degree that El Paso, TX has, is.....A Magical Floating Podium.  That's right folks, a magical floating podium, the kind that jumps right out at you, gets in your way as your walking, and slams itself into you on your way to the baggage claim area.  

I have been sitting across from where the Magical Floating Podium starts it's day for the past two days, and the very sight of its floating ability is astounding, simply amazing.  The rundown of events involving this podium is too many to list, so I will spare the very best for this blog.

1.  As people are getting off their planes, making their way down the escalators enroute  to the baggage claim area, the cell phone and tablets begin to emerge, forcing the eyes to move down to the screen and amaze the onlookers with scenes never seen before.  Just as these people begin to get close to the baggage area, WHAM!!! from out of nowhere comes this 6 foot tall, 3 foot wide podium slamming itself into the cellphone attention deficit patrons of this fine airport.

2.  It is a fight every good magical floating podium finds itself in at random times of the duty day, the angry podium bouncer.  This is the person that, while engaged with his/her tablet, doesn't see the floating podium,  and without warning WHAM!!! slams into the side of it.  The Magical Floating Podium does what any good podium does, it stands erect, and looks down the nose at the individual without eyes on the top of the head.  This individual is now steaming mad, with smoke coming out of his ears, and fireballs shooting from his eyes.  He/she looks around wildly, to see who could have put this podium in their way!  Once the area has been cleared of any possible wrongdoers, the person then starts to swear, in unpure language, at the Magical Floating Podium, threatening it with physical abuse, if it ever got in their way again.  

More to follow with The Magical El Paso Floating Podium, as my time at the airport, and in full view of the sheer magical power of such a under empowered object of focus becomes more important to all that lay eyes on it.

The Israel Dilemma

I  call this article, "The Israel Dilemma" because the battle that rages in American politics, which can be  found at the barbershop as well as the White  House.  It seems that Americans are split where Israeli's  are not, right down the middle, on what the U.S. involvement should be, as allies, or peace brokers.  In  my honest opinion, we should be there in  Israel, helping them fight the Arab countries that surround them, kick them in the teeth on a daily basis, and then cry foul when the Israelis shoot back. It isn't fair, but then again, it was never designed to be fair.

In the United States, we have our  fair share of Israeli constituents, and with that, the people of Israel have made a very good living in the United States, with a hand in just about every capitalism aspect of this country, from Hollywood to Wall Street, Israel is supported in every way, shape, and form.  Elected officials are supported solely from these officials for one cause, to lobby the  support of Israel to the White House, and to badger every living soul until assistance is sent.

The fight between Israelis and Palestinians goes back to biblical days, and it will never end.  The war between Arabs and Jews will never end, even with the idea that Isaac and Ishmael are brothers by blood, but hate each other by birthright.  So, in the end, you have a country that nobody wants in the region fighting against a people that haven't a country of their own, but are unofficially supported by powerful friends.  Peace will be brokered, the missiles and rockets will subside, and then in a blink of an eye, it will start  all over again with new tunnels, and more lives lost.