Until I came across The Nibble today, I didn't even know that National Pistachio Day existed. According to the article linked above our beef with Iran after the rise of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, dated in 1979, resulted in better pistachios. Following the hostage crisis a U.S. trade embargo against Iran stopped the pistachio import from Iran. As a result, California farmers needed to plant the crop here in the United States, and as a result, using America's superior farming methods, a better pistachio resulted.
Thus, was the beginning of the California Pistachio in the increased number it enjoys now. That is a great story about nuts. Now, since it is National Pistachio Day, I thought this post ought to also address more nuts in the world than just pistachios.
The nuts over at the ACLU have decided that in an effort to assist Senator Larry Craig (the toe tapping Republican that got caught in a public restroom hoping for a gay sexual rendezvous) they would declare that sex in restroom stalls is private, and that Larry Craig is not only guilty of nothing, but should counter with the argument that in the public restroom he should have an expectation of privacy. Let me get this straight. The ACLU believes that public sex in a bathroom is okay? And they are willing to support a Republican to prove it? Not only was Larry Craig nuts for getting himself into such a stupid mess, but the ACLU is nuts for actually arguing such an idiotic point.
Those nuts over on the Democrat side had a primary today in South Carolina, and amazingly, Barack Obama kicked Hillary Clinton's butt, taking over half of the total vote, and gaining 25 delegates over Hillary's 12, and Edward's 8. Don't get me wrong, I don't like Barack Hussein Obama, but for some reason I derive pleasure from any setbacks the Clinton Machine receives.
Microsoft has decided that an increase in technology means they should take more of a Big Brother attitude with their workers. That's right, Microsoft is developing software capable of monitoring people's heart rates, body temperatures, movements, facial expressions, and blood pressure all in an effort to determine the employee's productivity, physical well-being, and competence. This type of intrusion can only mean two things. First, we are heading into an Orwellian Society that even George Orwell would find shocking; and second, the Democrats are inching closer to the elitist led, socialistic society of human automatons they have been dreaming of.
In Iowa a Muslim Imam gave a prayer in the Iowa Legislature (which to me is like asking a Nazi to do the same during World War II) and the prayer asked for "Victory over those who disbelieve," and "Protection from the Great Satan." (Remember, the Great Satan is the good ol' U.S. of A. Many of the local citizenry and some of those elected officials in the session were concerned about the Muslim prayer. Well, I don't blame them for being concerned. I would also be wondering who the idiot was that asked an Imam to open the session with a Muslim prayer in the first place. That is just nuts!
A week ago in New York City (Queens borough) Shi'ite Muslims flagellated themselves during a procession marking the festival of Ashura outside the al-Khoei Islamic Center. Ashura is the 10-day festival that marks the death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson (and revered saint) Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq over 1,300 years ago. That's right. This happened here in America, ghastly, bloody, self-mutilation on public streets.
Over a year ago (and I finally learned about this now) an Islamic Prayer Center was opened at the Quantico Marine Base in Virginia, accompanied by a huge dedication (could you imagine the ACLU's outrage if a Christian Church was given a dedication on a military base?), and in the shadow of the Haditha Marines situation, no less. My God, how much more nuts can this get?
In the meantime, in Iraq, Shiites of the crazy kind slashed their heads to bring on blood in the hopes of hastening the return of the Hidden Imam (or Mahdi, or 12th Imam), a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad who disappeared as a child in the ninth century. The Mahdi will only return during a time of global chaos, and is predicted to bring about seven years of peace, and then will destroy all of the infidels (kind of sounds like the anti-Christ to me).
The fairytale, the "Three Little Pigs," has been found to be offensive to Muslims. Well, I suppose Little Red Riding Hood offends Wolves, Little Jack Horner offends plums, Jack Be Nimble offends lovers of candles, and Three Men In A Tub offends Gays who aren't promiscuous too.
And Finally, the final nut on National Pistachio Day: American al-Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn urged Islamist militants in a video to welcome George W. Bush when he visited the Middle East with bombs and traps, not flowers and applause.
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Okay, now for a non-nutty piece of information. . . did you miss today's broadcast of Political Pistachio Radio? Check it out. My guest was Gary W. Moore, author of Playing With The Enemy.
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