The Queen Mom died yesterday. It was all over the news.
While I'm sad she died, especially since she was kind enough to agree to pay taxes and all, there was some pretty pressing news I wanted to keep up with yet I had to sit through mini-documentary tributes to her until they felt they could get on with the rest of the day.

Every.... single.... broadcast!

I am more interested in what is happening in the Middle East. I am interested in Bush's stance - that he feels that Arafat has the power to condemn these suicide attacks.
I am interested in what is happening there, that Arafat is essentially a leader of a people and yet it seems OK to everyone that he is holed up in a couple of rooms in his compound without electricity, running water or food.
Is this because a leader of a people is not recognized as fully official if there is no land to govern?
What would the former nomadic Israelis have to say about that? Isn't this what the fight is about? Legitimacy through land?

This reminds me of a conversation I had in highschool:
"If you piss on it, it's yours..."