{"id":825,"date":"2016-09-09T19:44:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T19:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=825"},"modified":"2016-09-09T19:44:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T19:44:20","slug":"aleppo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Aleppo"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m certainly in no position to refer to anyone as stupid. But I\u2019m also not running for public office \u2014 especially not the President of the United States of America. As you\u2019ve gathered from some of my recent entries, I\u2019m not impressed by either major candidate for president, so I think that I owe it to myself to at least learn what I can about the \u201cthird party\u201d candidates.
\nGary Johnson is running for the U.S. Presidency on the Libertarian Party ticket. As you\u2019ve probably heard, he was asked during an interview what he would do about Aleppo if he were elected president. I\u2019ll spare you all the bumbling \u2014 the bottom line was that he had absolutely no idea who, where, or what Aleppo is.
\nMaybe I shouldn\u2019t be overly critical, but I can\u2019t imagine anyone that\u2019s had the news on<\/em> in the past year not knowing \u2014 even if they weren\u2019t paying attention. Did I mention this guy is running for president?<\/p>\n

Most everyone knows that Aleppo is often (wrongly) referred to as the \u201ccapital of ISIS.\u201d Aleppo is one of the oldest cities in not only Syria but one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
\nInterestingly (maybe not) I first became aware of the Aleppo when our kids were much younger and we drug them to the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival every year. One year featured exhibits about the Silk Road \u2014 because of it\u2019s location, between the eastern Mediterranean coast and the Euphrates Valley, Aleppo was one of the key centers along the Silk Road(s).
\nAnyhow, I guess I\u2019ll keep looking for someone to vote for that\u2019s better than Popeye \u2014 maybe all these candidates should start reading my blog.
\n\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n

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