Funeral for the Living

Last Thursday, I posted that Arafat was dead. The reports started coming shortly after that that call was premature. They are still insisting that he's alive. So, why are they planning a funeral for as soon as TOMORROW if he's still alive?

He's dead, room temperature. They just refuse to acknowledge it because he has no obvious successor. They want to make sure that the guy who fills his shoes is worthy of the title “Godfather of Terror.” It can't be Osama, because then the U.S. would find out where he is and drop a missile on him. (Come to think of it, that might be the best way for Osama to avoid death. If he became the leader of the Palestinians, the world would demand he be respected.)