One has to issue a vote of sincere thanks to the Italian and German governments, for their slapstick efforts to divert attention from the lingering political effects of the Iraq Deposition..
Gerhard Schroeder has announced he's cancelled his reservations at an Italian resort for his upcoming vacation. Now this follows a minor Minister in the Italian government heaping fuel on Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi's kapao comment of last week, by telling a national interview that he was quite familliar with the sight of German tourists in Italy.. that they could be easily identified as the loud, loutish blonde ones in the crowd. This prompted a response from the German media that this particular Minister has 'spaghetti for brains'...
European politics can still afford a good opera when it's necissary.. almost makes one yearn for lederhosen and Tyrolian hats, and conjures an image of a chorus made up of backbenchers..
The French might say 'plus que ca change, plus que le meme chose..' but then the French have said perhaps too much already..
For those who have inquired about the continuation of the thoughts on the Wiccan Rede and the Gospel of Thomas, the series will continue, when ongoing issues are resolved. Wisdom says we must accept that which we cannot immediately change, and patience demands acceptance of the timeframe others may have set. The work continues, and the workers abide.