NOVEMBER 14 • 2019 | 5 Views for openers Down On The Farm letters W e used to be an agrarian society. We adjusted the school year to get students back to the farm to help with crops. We tried to create work that was like a day in the country. Even though we are now more industrial in our makeup, we still infuse our talk with references from down on the farm. Puzzled as a result of an exhaustive search for some- thing? It is like looking for a needle in a haystack, isn’ t it? Remember that if your leisure time seems to be nothing more than horsing around, it does not mean you are ready to be put out to pasture. Did your last vote make you feel as if you had backed the wrong horse? Well, just give a horse laugh to those who argue with you; tell them to get off their high horses and stop crowing about being so right. At least you did not duck your responsibility or chick- en out on your beliefs. If you enjoy performing, make sure you practice so that at your next perfor- mance you do not lay an egg. Your audience may be cowed by your popularity, encour- aging you to go whole hog. You can really get some- one’ s goat by appearing as gentle as a lamb and then eating like a pig. This is an especially good approach in a food contest and might encourage gamblers to bet the farm that you will not succeed. (“In a pig’ s eye, h e’ ll win.”). Well, before I decide to hoof it, I would like to observe that those who say I play with words just to milk a laugh are merely spouting udder nonsense. Why Broadway? Why would the JN spend three pages on New York the- ater when the Detroit area is alive and well with extraordi- nary theater? — Ruby Kushner Farmington Hills Revisionist History Jonathan Tobin’ s commentary column (“Why America Can’ t Escape the Middle East, ” Oct. 31) engages in revisionist his- tory in claiming that because the Iran nuclear deal was negotiated and put forward by a Democratic president, pro-Israel Democrats “fell into line” and supported the Iran nuclear deal “without batting an eye. ” The truth is that many congressional Democrats expressed serious concerns about the agreement. The Obama Administration worked very hard to allay those concerns by provid- ing many detailed briefings and arguments in support of the deal. In the end, four high-profile, pro-Israel Senate Democrats — Chuck Schumer, Bob Menendez, Joe Manchin and Ben Cardin (the latter being the rank- ing Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) — and a number of prominent pro-Israel House Democrats, including Eliot Engel (the lead- ing Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee), Nita Lowey and Ted Deutsch, opposed the deal despite intensive lobbying by the Obama Administration and its allies on Capitol Hill because (among other things) they felt it did not go far enough to allay concerns over the impact the agreement might have on the safety and security of Israel. Look it up if you don’ t believe me. These leading pro-Israel congressional Democrats who opposed the deal in 2015 even- tually came around to the posi- tion, once the agreement was in place, that it would be better to keep it than to blow it up. Many experts in the American and Israeli military-defense establishments shared that continued on page 10 Sy Manello Editorial Assistant Ask for Ronald J. Miller Associate Broker Signature Sotheby’s International Realty 248-420-9616 JUST LISTED West Bloomfield Almost 3000 sq. ft. 4 bedroom, 2 ½ bath Colonial on large treed lot with many updates offers new kitchen with granite counter-tops and large pantry, spacious living room and formal dining room, huge opens to enclosed porch, whirlpool and walk-in closer laundry and 2 car attached garage. Only $299,900.00 JUST LISTED West Bloomfield Updated 4 bedroom Colonial offers large family room with spacious living room, updated kitchen with granite coun- ter-tops, updated bathrooms, newer roof, 2 car attached garage and much more. $239,900.00!