I hope the matzoh ball soup was cold...

*Heh*...Biden is in Israel flexing his Vice Presidential muscles trying to give the impression that the President he represents is interested in a peace initiative between Israel and the Palestinians. Benjamin Netanyahu used the occasion to announce that Israel will build a further 1,600 housing units in a Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem.

*SMACK*

What was Biden's response?

After the settlements announcement, Mr Biden arrived 90 minutes late for dinner with Mr Netanyahu.

Netanyahu and the crew probably got a kick out of this. The only ones inconvenienced were, likely, those preparing the meal.

Incidentally, this is the same "hardline" diplomacy used by the White House in dealing with the jack-assery presented by the Iranians and their obsession with securing nuclear capability. The current administration is, obviously, consistently inept across the board.

HARBINGER!!!!

DAMNING reports on the state of the National Health Service, suppressed by the government, reveal how patients’ needs have been neglected.

They diagnose a blind pursuit of political and managerial targets as the root cause of a string of hospital scandals that have cost thousands of lives.

The harsh verdict on the state of the NHS, after a spending splurge under Labour between 2000 and 2008, raises worrying questions about the future quality of the health service as budgets are squeezed.

It doesn't get any clearer than this. The United Kingdom's nationalized healthcare is a deadly joke. Caress the three paragraphs above and then think about the lack of transparancey, lack of consideration for the will of the people, and outright contempt displayed by the Democrats and President Obama in their pursuit of something very similar.

Key words above "...BLIND PURSUIT OF POLITICAL AND MANAGERIAL TARGETS AS THE ROOT CAUSE OF A STRING OF HOSPITAL SCANDALS THAT HAVE COST THOUSANDS OF LIVES."

This is about control of private lives and the force feeding of what politicians perceive to be necessary lifestyle management. The simple truth is that government has no business attempting to run your healthcare. The paramount truth is that they don't have the character or the competence to do so.