Before complaining of jet lag, suggesting that swine flu was conspiratorially developed in a lab, comparing the UN Security Council to Al Qaeda, embarrassing our own "black, African, Kenyan" President, questioning the Warren Commission Report, demanding the release of Manuel Noriega, and suggesting that perhaps next time we try "fish flu," "king of kings" and "leader of the revolution" Muammar Quaddafi just wanted a place to pitch his tent.
Selections from various news agencies:
An attorney for the town of Bedford, around 43 miles north of Manhattan, said the town ordered work to be stopped at the site late Tuesday.
"We believe the erection of a tent on the ... property violates several codes and laws of the town of Bedford," Attorney Joel Sachs said.
Sachs said officials found workers constructing the tent but could not communicate with them because they didn't speak English. He said they gave the order to stop the work to the property's caretaker.
"There is no such thing as diplomatic immunity when it comes to complying with local laws and ordinances," Sachs said. "This is a private piece of property and they have to comply with the laws of this municipality."
The Trump Organization said Qaddafi would not be coming to Trump's estate and insisted that Trump has not rented property to him. But it said part of the estate "was leased on a short-term basis to Middle Eastern partners, who may or may not have a relationship to Mr. Qaddafi. We are looking into the matter."onship to Mr. Qaddafi. We are looking into the matter.
But then, just before 5 p.m. came word that the tent was down and the notoriously eccentric Libyan leader had changed his mind. He wouldn't be coming to Westchester now.
Still unanswered is how he got access to the Trump estate in the first place.
It's Qaddafi's first trip to the U.S. since taking power in Libya 40 years ago. His plan to pitch a tent in Central Park was denied, and local protests foiled plans to set up in Englewood, N.J.
A Bronx developer also refused to rent two mansions when he learned the people who claimed to be from Sri Lanka were actually Libyans fronting for Qaddafi
Still, it seemed appropriate to ask the keepers of some New York City landmarks, particularly those that have allowed entertainers to pitch their tents, how they would feel about having Colonel Qaddafi put up his tent in their neighborhoods.
Dick D. Zigun, the unofficial mayor of Coney Island and impresario of its sideshow and museum, pointed out that the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus put up its tent this summer along the beach and took it down around Labor Day.
“Without question, Qaddafi is a circus,” he said.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a lot of catching up to do.
Didn't we try to kill him in the 1980's?
ReplyDeletereagan hit one of his mansions with a missile; killed one of quaddafi's sons.
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