EDITORIAL CITY HALL LOSES ITS WAY L.A. LEADERS NEED TO GET TO WORK ON L.A.'S BUSINESS.POOR Mahmoud Ahmandinejad. Not only does the Iranian president have the EU grumbling at him, the U.N. murmuring, and the U.S. hinting at airstrikes -- he also has the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on his case.
He must be quaking in his boots. The council has voted to condemn Ahmandinejad for his numerous deranged de·range tr.v. de·ranged, de·rang·ing, de·rang·es 1. To disturb the order or arrangement of. 2. To upset the normal condition or functioning of. 3. To disturb mentally; make insane. comments about the Holocaust. And while Ahmandinejad's comments are, to be sure, condemnable, it's hard to see what effect the council's fulminations could have on a lunatic LUNATIC, persons. One who has had an understanding, but who, by disease, grief, or other accident, has lost the use of his reason. A lunatic is properly one who has had lucid intervals, sometimes enjoying his senses, and sometimes not. 4 Co. 123; 1 Bl. Com. 304; Bac. Abr. Idiots, &c. dictator who couldn't care less what a bunch of L.A. pols have to say about him. Ahmandinejad has more than enough critics. But L.A. desperately lacks leaders who are willing to grapple with to enter into contest with, resolutely and courageously. See also: Grapple the city's problems, which they are paid so handsomely to fix. |
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