Cachorros-quentes kosher

Ainda acabavam de podar o Bernie e eis que desponta o Arnie.

«The businessman known to most as "Arnie" was charged with 30 counts of bank and wire fraud for a scheme involving his kosher hot dog company and Denver's biggest sports venues.

If convicted, he faced more than 30 years in prison.»

Há qualquer coisa de extremamente poético em "cachorro-quente kosher" (kosher hot-dogs). Assim, de repente, até me lembra uma série de blogues rinofílicos assolapados cá do burgo. Cachorro quente kosher é, sem sombra de dúvida, um novo marco na cultura e na metáfora.

Mas o cronograma deste empreendedor Arnie é, todo ele, um poema:

«1967: Zaler graduates from North High School in Denver and enrolls at the University of Colorado, where he is an active member of the Students for a Democratic Society.

* 1974: Having developed an interest in politics, Zaler quits a job as a salesman and goes to work on Gary Hart's U.S. Senate campaign.

* 1979: Zaler runs for Denver City Council, but loses to incumbent Kenneth MacIntosh.

* Early 1980s: After moving to Arizona, Zaler starts a software company. He also begins a well-publicized push for the state to recognize the federal Martin Luther King holiday.

* 1994: Investors in the software company begin filing civil lawsuits against Zaler, saying they are not seeing promised returns.

* 1995: Zaler is charged in Grand County with fraud by check after writing a bad $11,000 check to a ranch where he stayed with his girlfriend for two weeks. He is later arrested by the New York Port Authority.

* 1996: Arizona prosecutors charge Zaler with more than 50 counts of fraud and other crimes, saying his software business was a pyramid scheme.

* 1997: Zaler is sentenced to 14,5 years in prison.

* 2002: With credit for time served and good behavior, Zaler is released. He returns to Denver, where he later opens Zaler's Kosher Meats.

* 2005: Zaler gets a contract to sell kosher hot dogs at the Pepsi Center.

* February: Zaler is indicted on 30 counts of bank, wire and mail fraud. The indictment alleges he lied to investors about contracts to sell hot dogs at Denver sports venues.

* April: A federal judge issues an arrest warrant for Zaler after an FBI agent says he has fled the country for Israel, in violation of his bond.»

Mas permitam que realce a minha parte preferida, onde, havemos de concordar, Arnie, bem à semelhança de Bernie, alcança foros de maravilha:

«With credit for time served and good behavior, Zaler was paroled in 2002. He returned to Denver, where he decided to get back in the old family business.

He also began ingratiating himself back into the Denver area's Jewish community.

The color scheme inside Zaler's Kosher Meats in Tamarac Square was blue and white, to show his support for Zionism, and he used the same logo his father and grandfather had used, according to a news story at the time.

He donated gift certificates to Jewish charities, and sponsored events such as a Jewish family picnic and a soup kitchen to raise money to end hunger in Israel.

In a story about the deli posted on a Web site run by the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado, Zaler said at least five rabbis had announced the opening of his deli from the podium of their synagogues.

In 2005, Zaler got a contract to open a concessions stand at the Pepsi Center. He also had stands at Coors Field and Invesco Field at Mile High.»

Caso para concluir: Lúgubres tempos, estes -tempos de prodígios e monstruosidades aberrantes! -, quando até os judeus se entregam, metodicamente, ao canibalismo.