This thing on my finger doesn't really do anything

 

It's Purely Thimbolic.

Ouch! A couple more of those and I'll have to move this blog to Tumblr!

Democrats reinstate ‘God-given’ and Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to party platform

Democrats reinstate ‘God-given’ and Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to party platform

By Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 1 hr 49 mins ago

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Facing unhappy pro-Israel groups amid a Republican-led outcry, Democrats gathered Wednesday at their presidential nominating convention made 11th-hour changes to the party platform to reinstate a reference to God and a declaration that "undivided" Jerusalem is Israel's capital.

Oh, good. I'm sure now that you've appeased the wingnuts, the Israel lobby and the Republicans, they'll all just leave you alone and let you get on with governing.



Seriously, do you guys have to capitulate to every "Republican-led outcry?" Can't you just once stand up and say no?