2fer Calm dinner in Tel Aviv -& Chas.BARKLEY sez Repukes insane

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http://www.nypost.com/gossip/cindy/cindy.htm

ISRAEL. Friends just back say that, unlike flights out of Lebanon, their plane home had many empty seats. They say Tel Aviv restaurants are packed. Beaches in Herzliya are mobbed. Malls everywhere are crowded. The airport, normal. No untoward sense of urgency. For this moment anyhow, it's business as usual. Israelis, having always lived under siege, go on with their lives. Tourists still exist but with an itinerary change. Instead of going north toward Tiberias and Haifa, it's south to the Dead Sea and Eilat.

In the words of one who returned Sunday: "It was surreal. We watched all this destruction on TV on CNN and then calmly discussed where we were having dinner that night."


http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/pagesix_u.htm

BAD VIBES OVER QUAYLE EXIT

THE reverb is still echoing over Dan Quayle's walkout in the middle of a John Mellencamp concert in Lake Tahoe last weekend. The singer-songwriter introduced his tune "Wall Talk" by announcing, "This next one is for all the poor people who've been ignored by the current administration." As Quayle exited, the former veep explained, "I didn't appreciate the comment, and besides, I didn't think the show was very good." But Mellencamp said he couldn't care less that Quayle got his knickers in a twist: "I certainly wouldn't have changed a word." NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley backed Mellencamp, saying, "He's right." While that may sound odd coming from a former conservative, Barkley told a local reporter, "I was a Republican - until they lost their minds." Quayle, known for his great golf game, served as veep under President Bush's father from 1989-'93.

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[meegbear]

1. Quayle, known for his great golf game ???

Oh, the New York Post. What a surprise.