In spite of major advances in life and the appearance of dozens of
children oriented cable channels, the traditional and class
Two year-old Paul, also known as the 'octopus
oracle,' predicts Spain's
2010 soccer World Cup victory by choosing a mussel from a box with
Spain's flag, at the Sea
Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, July 9.
Al Watan,
Oman
Paul the 'Octopus Oracle'
Could Do Worlds for Obama
"The
miracle octopus could be a critical factor in administration decisions about
undermining the Iranian nuclear project, and enable the president to choose the
best way to deal with North Korea. … Undoubtedly, Paul the octopus will find
fertile ground in the White House, where he can devote his talents and instincts to predicting the political future."
A multi-appendaged
soft marine creature has become more famous than Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie
and Madonna. His still infallible instincts enabled him to predict the results
of the World Cup by choosing the winning teams, which qualifies him to take a senior
position in the White House as an important adviser to the president. The
miracle octopus [Paul
the Octopus] could be a critical factor in administration decisions about
undermining the Iranian nuclear project, be it through negotiation or war, and
enable the president to choose the best way to deal with North Korea: the
Cruise or the Tomahawk … or an even better way, perhaps!
It is well known that
throughout history, the opinions of oracles have been sought before plans were
implemented, the most famous example being the French seer Nostradamus, who was among
the wealthiest and most important people on the French court due to his
world-famous visions. We also have the priest and soothsayer Rasputin,
who was a close friend of Tsarina of Russia Catherine the Great and a trusted
advisor to the nobility. There also reports confirming that before the defeat
of June 1967 [The Six-Day
War], some Arab politicians rely on the views of astrologers and fortune
tellers regarding military issues.
Seers
in politics: Nostradamus, Rasputin and - Paul the Octopus?
Undoubtedly, Paul
the octopus will find fertile ground in the White House, where he can devote
his talents and instincts to predicting the political future. He might even go
beyond political issues and opine on the qualifications of Bo the presidential
dog to perform his duties and suggest the best crops to be planted in Michelle
Obama’s White House garden, to say nothing of helping assess American public
opinion on Obama's performance on various hot topics, such as the trade-offs of
choosing Ayad
Allawi or Mohammed
Baqir al-Hakim to preside over the [Iraqi] Green
Zone. As far as the Red Zones are concerned, the White House is less
interested.
