SPECULATIONS ON SPECULATIONS

I've mentioned this before, but that's not going stop me from doing it again. The press just can't not keep trying to report things before they can be reported. This time it's Sharon and all of our news outlets are trying to outdo each other in the 'will he recover or be a resident of the cauliflower patch' sweepstakes. Even the densest of viewers has to have figured out by now that there is simply no answer to that question now, nor will there be for a long time. Come on guys, report what is known and leave the predictions to tea leaf readers.
It would also be nice if all the politicians would stop arguing about who is Sharon's ideological successor. As if anyone could possibly even begin to guess what went on his mind over the last two years. The more I think about it the more I am convinced that one or more western leaders had a very unpleasant chat with him about Gaza and that certain threats might have been involved. Sorry, but and Alzheimer like disease doesn't explain that much of an about face. Credible threats do, and there a few people out there I wouldn't put it past. The thing is, we'll probably never know.