All About Everything - Change is not just in your pocket!

2012-01-16T13:29:00.002-08:00

Always check NEWS facts

Remember those with strategic agenda, plan or per planned objective are working toward achieving hire individual and collective goals. That could be nations, focus groups, NGOs, block of nations,...etc. The Internet generation has huge advantage and ability to vet news and information that is being presented even by so called "trusted" news sources. Western people in general are more inclined to do that than rest of the world. So when you read and hear news like Gulf of Tonkin incident type be weary...... we can't afford to find out 30 years later that in fact it didn't happened and was basically misinformation that help proper US forces to land in Vietnam because powers to be had already decided so. That happened with Iraq and you know the outcome..............

2011-11-01T21:25:00.002-07:00

Corporate greed, personal greed, unreal expectation, unmitigated consumption, and narcissistic existence will ruin the west and rest of the world by proxy unless we the people wake up and begin the hard work of reconfiguring the political, economical and social system. The old format does not work, its time to reprogram!!! The three legs will have to be based on same principles and universal laws for it to work.

2011-10-03T23:04:00.004-07:00

Do We Ever Learn From The Past?

Here we go again bunch of Republicans lined up to take over, they don't believe in science, no memory of free willy deficit spending of the two Bushes, one Reagan and Billy era that has piled on over $14 Trillion of dept for our children to deal with. The media whores are doing it again like they have done every 4 years since the peanut farmer Carter. Making it fun and exciting to debate whether global worming is biblical or how we are fucking ourselves. Can we take it from medicare, social security or tax the rich. They in the past thirty or so years talked about "JOBS" to come our nerves. The fucking real story with this sick economy is that there is no sustainable "JOB" to be had. Its like starting the physical therapy before fixing the fucking broken leg! The basic of the jobs are founded on barrowing from our future and not building on our present needs. You DO NOT engineer jobs!!

You can just create jobs without fixing the political, social and economical equation. Lets be clear this fucking mess we have is also not about some stupid corporations fight with people. The system is sick which has created the unreal expectation that we can be 5% of the world and continue to use over 20% of the world's resources.

I fucking give up!

2011-09-25T01:05:00.004-07:00

Nation of Palestine

Lets stop this madness and let have Palestinians be recognized as a nation. US, EU and Russia are irrelevant as to aspiration of a people that have been lied to and manipulated for over 60 years. No more negotiations or discussions, the apartheid regime of Israel needs to either accept the basic human and nationalistic presents of Palestinians or be like Afrikaners. Its time to give Israel ultimatum to either leave the occupied Palestinian land or be sanctioned by UN members.

A viable Palestinian nation will top the Arab spring and enhance national security of US and Europeans nations. Iraq and Afghanistan shenanigans (aka revenge killings and oil rush) of Bush era can end, even though the unending pain of those (Afghans, Arabs, NATO, and Americans) that have been killed or injured will never end.

2011-08-08T22:30:00.002-07:00

ARAB Spring - DOW Fall - OIL Winter - IMPERIAL Summer,

The problem is that we the people have been stupefied so much that nothing the elected have done since Reagan era is registering with us as fatally flawed. We borrowed and borrowed, continued with charging our lives with our national credit card. We were then sold on the notion that free market will save us all. Then we find free market is manipulated to protect "ICONS' of the economy, not so free market was it. The political/economical system now is essentially "Managed Market Economy" which means it will eventually fail like Communism if we continue living the "DREAM". It's time to demand for true market economy with basic "human rights" principles. Cut off the middleman and unwarranted profiteers. Let true free market be the driver. No EXCEPTIONS, no LOOPHOLES, no COMPLICATED TAX CODE, no CARBON EXCHANGE,......... Have clear laws that protects our global lives, health, planet, and human rights. That is the only role the government should have. Let right, left, ideals, and religion compete for audience without money behind them.

2011-04-27T22:27:00.004-07:00

Arab Revival or Managed Project?

It is perhaps the organic Arab revival to overcome Colonial and Cold War manipulation along with people getting to the point now to demand prosperity and accountability from their leaders that is in works. Bur one thing s clear and that is there are lots of other external players of various size and means that are injecting themselves in the process. West, China, and Russia are all out there seeking an orderly (defined differently in various capitals) transition that does not disrupt OIL this extremely addictive product. The Israel factor in this environment is irrelevant and has no baring on the outcome. That is how it should be when you talk about a movement involving 500M people vs 6M Israelites.

It is clear that those players care less about Arabs or North African people and care more about their own survival and prosperity. We have seen how they have used human rights, freedom, and rule of law to further their objectives, even if at times the call is Genuine. Just few years ago they were calling the same people (by all account majority of the Arabs) Muslin extremists, terrorists, and violent people. The people of that region will be tossed around in the prevailing wind until they get their sails in order.

The movement will in my opinion pass the test and with lots of up and downs bring civil society based on Arab culture to the forefront. They will then be demanding a fair and equitable place at the global table. Until then we will witness pain, injustice, interference, manipulation, out right lies and deception locally and externally. The news media will be fed crap to report. Aljazira will try to Americanize the movement but there are so many sources of news that Arabs will quickly learn how to navigate through psych-ops, half baked news and real news. At the end they can quickly see if the change is producing results, that is "will they better off then or not". Same thing that actor from Hollywood asked Americans back in 1979 and became president.

2011-04-10T01:22:00.003-07:00

US Budget Drama Its unbearable to see what US political system has de-evolved to. The fight over the budget on about $36B even though abortion and clean water act were involved when country is in such a deep doo doo makes rational reasonable people puke. But I guess we are running out of those people. The oil based economy, fiscal whoring, total waste of resources, drunkenness with consumption and lack of moral compass are the source of the issues but meanwhile politicians conduct politics like its 1970's. I don't think they realize cold war has ended and business as usual is no more. Iraq is still occupied - no war crimes trials yet Afghanistan is a mess with no end in sight Several hindered PEOPLE are illegally kept in Guantanamo Our friendly ARAB dictators are nice and keep buying our arms Israel continues to occupy Palestine Mexico is a mess South America is not America! Canadians don't like us

2011-03-08T21:52:00.004-08:00

Media and Information Revolution

For over 20 years technology has continually enabled information and news to travel almost unimpeded from individuals to individuals. This of course had profoundly changed the developed world path forward but more importantly has sped developing and rest of the world arrival to influencing and imparting social, economical and political change. This process by no means will be nice and clean due compressed time lines for realizing change but non the less inevitable. Developing world will not necessarily follow a per-determined model devised in Washington DC, London or Paris, they will blaze their own trail. At times their local and national interests will be even be more divergent to developed world's interests. There will be lots of cased where Middle East, African South American people will ask why do we help them when there is nothing in it for us.

The days of massive arms sales to dictators and persuading them to follow our advisor' recommendations on social, economical and political discourse are numbered. The "rest of the world" is beginning to think for themselves and will demand equal presents at the table. No more building shit Air Bases, airports and highways that will not be used because some dick head king signs the contract. The west will have to now begin to earn every dollar they make over there.

2010-10-24T16:55:00.002-07:00

FOX network in specific and corporate (military) media in general will have to get a diaper for Wikileaks and others that try to put human misery face to the illegal and immoral Iraq invasion and occupation (aka war by them). When the war is illegal and immoral our soldiers then behave immoral and illegal otherwise we have one of the most disciplined soldiers in the world. It is the corrupt politics that gets them in trouble just like Vietnam.

2010-10-20T23:50:00.003-07:00

Not Much Has Changed in US since Bush Neocon days:

1) Still Guantanamo is going strong
2) War and occupation is going on in both Iraq and Afghanistan
3) Health care is hard to find! I guess with Obama election the 40M uninsured disappeared.
4) Arms deals are rampant - $60B worth to Saudi Arabia to defend themselves from what? Stuff they have bought in the last 40 years are rusted out. If they had a civil society would not have agreed to these forced sales. They didn't do shit when Saddam invaded Kuwait! Why not just charge them for protection?
5) US economy is still fundamentally sick because nobody is paying REAL COST of what they are and are not getting - Obama team (aka same Bush group) just put some band aid on it
6) Global worming -- what is that no mention of it anymore?
7) 60% of oil is still being imported to US, no sign of reducing that. They don't even talk about it anymore
8) No Home for Palestinians -- that is going to bite again. FYI in 1900 there were 600,000 Palestinian in Palestine and 23,000 Jews living happily together.
9) Middle class is still disappearing - Rich are getting richer and poor are poorer
10) I guess the Ozone layer is back? And CO2 emission are in check now since Democrats took the whit house.

2010-09-20T22:20:00.002-07:00

What does KKK and Aboogharib have in common?

In both cases the violence against unwanted were condoned indirectly by the system which really allowed barbarism to prevail by creating the HATE environment. It proves again that even the most supposed civilized nation is capable of barbaric action. These actions were not just by few rouge soldiers as Bush said about Aboogharib or they said about KKK members lynching blacks. The videos from Apache helicopter is yet another sign of how deep the pure EVIL hate permeates in the system.

2010-09-01T23:06:00.002-07:00

Contract with America = 1990's (Rush got rich)
Tea Party = 2010's (Beck gets rich)
Operation Eagle eye = 2020's (Dick gets rich)
Homeland Liberation = 2030's (Jane gets rich)
Operation son of Plain = 2040's (someone will get rich)

Mean time on the liberal left side

Talk shit about working class helping needy to lift all Americans while pocking intern - 1990's
Come in for few years to relive right wing nut cases - 2010's
Rich socialist pays inheritance tax but move huge yacht out of state not pay taxes- 2020's
Business as usual but cater to liberals because they are about 60% of population - 2030's
When we kill enemy scum bags is different that those right wing nut cases - 2040's

Bottom line we'll be through back and forth between two gangs for decades to come!! Now that should make us feel worm and fussy

2010-07-12T23:01:00.003-07:00

There needs to be new sustainable uniform definition for CONFLICT FREE natural resource and manufactured products. Conflict free oil and other resources will have to be identified and nations that get these resources from the conflict areas will have to pay the price and be shamed. Oil from middle east, Nigeria, and all other none civil society based nations have to be clearly classified as CONFLICT OIL and banned or impose a great fine for importers much like Conflict Diamond. We need to apply the Apartheid type sanctions to bring organic civil societies to every corner of the world.

I such an standard is established I am sure no one would buy IPhone and LCD TVs produced bu indentured labor or oil from Saudi Arabia where women are mere belongings.

WE NEED UNIVERSAL NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED RESOURCE JUSTICE declaration by UN to start making long lasting fundamental change for all people.

2010-07-08T22:30:00.001-07:00

I suggest once reltaive representative goverment forms in Iran to name current Azadi (Freedom!) square in Tehran - NEDA.

2010-06-24T22:05:00.003-07:00

Afghanistan (war) occupation:

There is no way in hell that occupation of Afghanistan can result in "wining" the war. History is littered by occupiers losing at the end and HOMELAND defenders victory. Afghans will never accept or willingly work with an occupying force. We need to understand that there is no such a isolated thing as "insurgents" or Taliban that somehow US forces can kill or beat to submission. We are fighting Afghans with few Afghan expats like Karzai puppets taking photo ups. Afghan people know that, even those Afghans that out desperation form the Afghan Army know that US is violating their tightly held sovereignty and tribal pride.

We must remove WESTERN soldiers out of Afghanistan and let REAL Afghans rebuild their country to not our image but their own. Lets allow them to heal from 30+ years of foreign meddling and occupation starting from cold war to Bush war.

2010-04-12T22:06:00.002-07:00

Nuke Fest

Its is ironic that a nuke party is put together in Washington DC and only like minded gusts are invited. I wonder if that is how the slogan "we can" gets implemented by the new elected team on Pennsylvania Ave? Again you do not just engage your old buddies to help resolve a very serious issues such as having some crazy apocalyptic fringe group getting hold of nuke bombs and using it. Since at this time one of the main issues that fuels the craziness is the fact that Palestine is still occupied and not a viable nation one would think this issue would also be on the table. But we continue to tip toes around immoral Israeli occupation and continued prosecution of the Palestinians for over 60 years and try like many US administration have done before separate these issues.

Unfortunately unless we attack the occupation of Palestine front and center there will not be a safe and durable safeguards against a rogue group ultimately figuring out the nuke thing.

For sixty years now US and west in general have treated the symptoms of the Palestinian occupation disease and have not come to terms with treating the disease itself. I suspect it is because the ultimate solution will change how Israel functions as a nation. There are lots of pressure to delay this inevitable outcome and will through obstacles in its way.

CREATE A VIABLE PALESTINIAN STATE and you will have taken whole bunch wind out of the Islamic craziness and pool of recruits, until then these conferences and gatherings just preaching the quire.

2010-03-17T21:53:00.002-07:00

IraNestan,

I wonder how long we in the west will go along with nation building before its proven that is an oxymoron term. I wonder when Iraq and Afghanistan become model of western style democracy. The true stories of suffering and festering fear and hate in those countries are not being told in the mainstream media. Its buried in the cyberspace where soccer moms and T-ball dads will never venture to read and explore until another episode of "why they hate us " is played out.

This calm before the next storm is wary!!!

2010-03-05T11:23:00.002-08:00

Here is something fresh:

"Idle youth: slaved to eveything: by being too sensative I have wasted my life"

2010-02-02T22:34:00.002-08:00

60 minutes of HELL

Just wached the old Americam icon of the news(show) 60 minutes last Sunday. The Afghanestan story made me sad and more upset with Bush, neocons, and thoes people that yet again created this air of organized violnace against a people that have no choice but to defend themselves. The shooting and killing of both "bad guys" and what the poor sorry looking soldires called inocent people again confirms that we are there because our leaders lack Leadership qualities.

Being a reactively open society at the forefront of people power means we select our leaders ( from increasingly small pool of candidates) that do not lead this nation but continue with business as usual. They lack vision and higher goals so they push the pre 21st century militaristic approach to problem solving. We all know it too well this approach will elicit nothing but violent reaction. For every soldier we have in Afghanistan there are many Afghans that will react with hate and war mongering resolution while their children will carry that hatred towards American (yes all of us since we elect our leaders) for many years to come.

The way these poor Green Berate or regular soldiers were treating Afghan recruits was appalling to the middle east culture. It may be ok to treat a red neck from Oklahoma at the boot camp in some brain washing fort in the heartland but not in middle east. Who the hell all these expert advisers that think this will work and Afghan soldiers will take over in a year or two!

In the report all you had to do watch the Afghans faces and not listen to crap soldiers or interviewer was saying.

Just imagine if 300,000 Chinese occupy California and train Mexicans and African Americans to fight the freedom fighters that want to kick the Chinese ass, how would that fly?

I suggest watching the 60 minutes report with muted volume and just watch the Afghans. You will see why they will retaliate if not this year then next.

I thought perhaps there was a off chance that Obama would be different but no, he is only different in how the projection of power is marketed not its content.

2010-01-06T23:22:00.002-08:00

War as a TOOL

See, the war machine besides protecting the real HOMELAND is meant to be used as some sort of "pain killer" so the civilian folks can get some time to deal with the disease. Unfortunately we have forgotten this fact and have been using WAR on terror or drugs as the only means to resolve conflict. This of course will never get us out of the woods and in fact if used unmitigated will continue the cycle of violence like child abuse.

This whole notion that we can somehow FIGHT and win Terror with guns and bombs is mad. The "Terror" people (or what Bush called them Evil Doers) love nothing but that type of response because that is the only thing they know and have experienced. They are addicted to violence because of their failed states.

Let me be clear the failed states are not only those few that our drunken mass media refers to, counties such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, UAE, Pakistan, Yemen, and bunch of African nations are front and center on that list.

US military commanders I am sure know that. The military brass flourishes when there is conflict and that is why the civilian government needs to be in the middle and temper that propensity to "Wana Kill" frame of mind.

Much like domestic or child abuse we need to break the cycle of violence. That means sit down with the enemy and change the circumstance.

2010-01-06T23:06:00.004-08:00

Here is the recent story of terror, not that is much different than the same old stories of terror that have been told for so many generation. But since we have a very short term memory I list the recent wild west excursion in middle east:

FACTS
- 9/11 attack
- Invade and occupy Afghanistan
- Invade and occupy Iraq
- Surgical attacks on Pakistan (too big to Invade and Occupy, there is limit even for the superpower)
- Do some selective pruning in Somalia
- Get down and dirty in Sudan
- Clean up operation of various sots in north Africa
- Get busy in Yamen - expect first Us advisers on the ground followed by "Special Forces" then regular grunts

Predictions for this decade:

- Will need more engagement (nice Special Forces) in Bahrain
- Get some help for Qatar
- Jordan will need some attention
- These darn DRONES are cute and need to be used more
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This will go on for the foreseeable future, I have yet to even a mild attempt to deal with root causes ---- Corrupt and undemocratic but friendly REGIMES in the area and YES you wouldn't believe it by the big one "Unconscionable" occupation of Palestine.
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2009-12-21T23:01:00.002-08:00

Public Funerals

One way to assess a society's stand on individual freedom and cultural disposition is to examine how they conduct their public funerals and mornings. Watching the pictures from Iran's dissident Ayatollah Montazari funeral in Qom makes me wonder how even the so called "green" party and reformers view individual freedom. The pushing and shoving to either view the dead body or get close to it is symbolic of rank and file not really experiencing or ready to fully engage the hard work of freedom and democracy. The purely emotional showing indicates to me the lack of understanding what it takes to become an Islamic civil society in Iran.

The free Muslim citizenry will morn loss of the religion or national hero with come and reflection as opposed to pushing others to get to the body. The free individual will not violate the person next to them to express their sorrow or feelings. They will care more for the person next to them than Ayatollah or president so and so. They will file gently and pay their respect with dignity that the dead citizen deserves.

I do however noticed signs of that sort of approach to public morning also which makes me more hopeful for blossoming of an organic and native democratic principles based on Islam and cultures in Iran.

2009-11-05T21:46:00.003-08:00

Killings at Fort Hood

This sort of craziness is not good for rest of middle easterners in US. I expect if few more of these incidents occur we are up for some sort of general reaction (aka encampment) or mass exodus forced by the government on folks in lieu of indefinite imprisonment. Gitmo could be expanded to house more of the homegrown suspects or likely to act violently.

This guy being apparently second generation middle eastern makes this whole situation more complicated. The no fly list and watch list right now is mainly made up of green card and first generation immigrants. Now we can expect that the list will grow with US born suspects.

We the middle easterners may even find out how Japanese felt back in 40's. The problem is the more government stereotypes the lot the more these alienated bunch will act up their stupid and ill mined crazy actions. In another words the longer the no fly list and watch list gets the more shit will happen here.

Isn't that just dandi!!!

2009-10-27T20:43:00.002-08:00

Oh dear Me -- Here is the head news, how stupid they must think the average American person is?

New York Times - Karzai's brother is on CIA payroll and suspected to be involved with the opium trade.

Its amazing that same ways of so called wining a war like the Vietnam era are being followed to the tee. Is this all the smart Pentagon and West Point guys can come up with. Saddam did that all the time and other desperate regimes are doing that every day. They kill the ones they are afraid of and are not willing to sell themselves! Do they really think if someone forsakes his native land and sells his services to a foreign agent can be trusted?

I wonder if CIA is still paying Hamid Karzai, the president?

With this approach we are doomed and will have to in a short time pluck the last American from the US embassy in Kabul, does that look familiar?

What a waste of life and limited resources we have in this planet. Isn't there a UN law against recklessness and disregard to human spirit because you have the largest Army and bank account in the world?

2009-10-16T22:29:00.002-07:00

Afghan Election

This whole so called democracy in Afghanistan seems fishy to me. The vote count and recount seem to go on forever. In some ways its reminiscent of the Iran election except the Supreme Leader in Afghanistan is not one person but the US government. I think after the election US perhaps decided that Krazai needs to go and they need new faces for US consumption. After all they are free!! The Abdolah Abdolah is by the way from the same team that came ( I bet he was even in the same US C30 plane) from US after American soldiers cleared Bagram.

I find this whole Iraq and Afghanistan democracy thing repulsive and sad. They are not free and everyone knows it, because if they were you would not see Karzai, Abdolad, Maleki,.... gang calling themselves "the elected". They very much remind me of early days of Ghazafi.

Supreme Ayatollah USA will have to keep installing leaders to secure the regime. We need regime change by the people of the area and for the people of the area. Obama is and will play the game since the "world control" board game was handed to him.

2009-10-09T22:29:00.002-07:00

Moon Bombing

I bet Pentagon and military generals are salivating over the bombing run on moon. These boys are thinking of star wars and fatter military budgets to keep enemies at bay!!!! The lame ass mainstream media of course plays it along pumping the event as scientific achievement.

2009-09-25T23:04:00.002-07:00

THE BEST IS YET TO COME

Let not forget the forgotten. The west with their violence are encouraging PATRIOTIC reaction. Vietcong were created by the actions of the west they did not exist before US took over the imperial presents from French. The more we the west deploy forces in the region the more profound resistance we will face, its natural and basic human response.

2009-09-14T22:34:00.002-07:00

9/11 Again!

Pre 9/11 conditions related to Middle East have not changed a bit. The events that lead to that vicious attack are still being played out. Israel still occupies Palestine with tacit or direct support from US and West. Saudi, Egyptian, Jordanian, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait kings and unelected DICTATORS get red carpet treatment in US. We seem to have either intentionally or unavoidably have ignored all the indicators that 800 million people in Middle east are not getting voices heard.

Iraq is still and will continue to be a mess, don't fool yourselves in believing that Jeffersonian democracy and freedom has arrived in Baghdad on board Humvee. And about Afghanistan the guerrilla war will go on indefinitely or until like Vietnam US loses appetite and/or decides that pulling out will be better than staying in another words body counts out number number of so called "elections". The covert operations, unmanned drones, and psych ops will not do a thing they just make good news bites and articles for folks back home, nothing more.

Pakistan will also be yet another source of continued pain and suffering for all the players.

Solution - As said before NEED A VIABLE PALESTINIAN STATE and the rest will be done organically without West having to do anything other than cultivating the process.

2009-08-24T21:03:00.004-07:00

Harsh Interrogation - well well well

I think its time for CIA interrogators to fly to Iran and attend the harsh interrogations at EVIN prison and be a mentor to those that are trying to keep Iranians safe. I am certain they could use some on the job training. FreeDUM and homeland security is protected through HARSH interrogations and sexually assaulting enemy mothers. Great new language is being developed, it makes George Orville smile!!

I am thinking weather the Americans that were picked up at the Iraqi border are being harshly interrogated, with Republican argument that it must be done this way, Iranians are entitled to harsh interrogation of these hikers. Is that a cover for some Seal or Ranger operation to locate targets in Iran???? Oh no we never do that, its just those crazy wingnutts that invade, occupy, carpet bomb, shock and awe the hated enemy.

I guess we will have to pay for electing bunch of wingnutts twice mind you for decades to come.

OH WELL .........

2009-07-24T12:31:00.002-07:00

West Moral Compass

West lead by US during the BUSH era lost the little post colonial moral capital they had by doing exactly what Chines, Algerians, Egyptians, Saudis,... others do to their opponent. Primitively with missiles killing 'suspects', detaining without charge 'profiled suspects' without any evidence, and supporting Israel when they bomb the hell of Lebanon and kill at will in occupied land.

Iran and other dictatorial countries then tell themselves what the fuck US and EU does it so let the basijis kick some local ass and kill them suckers before they kill us. Imprison anyone we think might want to harm us, does that sound familiar!!!

2009-07-12T18:21:00.002-07:00

Bubble Economies

We in US had Internet bubble in 90's, then Housing bubble 00's and are setting things up for Green bubble followed by Health care bubble..... as so on. The market economy that is not really free and at the same time not really supervised or allowed to have SMART REGULATION will have to survive with BUBBLES. The political economy that will continue to be messed with by the political party in power will waste resources, kill animals, start wars with WMD lies, and occasionally use patriotism to rally the troops. The system then is able to pacify "we the people" and fizzle any real grass root attempt the create sustainable and just social/economical framework.

2009-07-07T15:41:00.002-07:00

Iran Election (aka Selection)

Regardless of how the election results works its self out in the near and long term one fact remains solid that event in Iran will for GOOD change how Middle East is run. The dictators both US allies or otherwise will now have to content with new set of standards on accountability and responsiveness to PEOPLE. The unelected leaders in Egypt, Israel (until Palestinians get to vote), Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Sudan, Algeria, yes even Turkey are on notice that people are not going to just lay down and let the dictators ram it to them. The civil society standards are now being outlined in streets of Tehran and other cites in the middle east. These rules are not based on Judi-Christian values of some distant land but more real and close and based on Islam and indigenous cultural and heritage of the people of middle east.

Once they arrive at the Mecca of their civil society they may still have issues with west and their designs on resources and virgin markets, so don't count on happy ever after when they get their house in order.

The two countries that are off the list namely Iraq and Afghanistan can not begin this journey of people power until their nation is free of foreign occupation forces.

2009-06-27T22:29:00.002-07:00

Remember Old Conservatives?

Here is what they had in mind and partly acted on after 9/11 with Bush in and others in power:

American leadership is GOOD and to bring that good to everyone military, diplomatic energy, and moral principles to be used.

I am sure Iraqi's think they are being killed morally and with political energy, so as detainees in Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq that have not been charged and picked up for resisting military action for many years now.

2009-06-18T20:48:00.003-07:00

Iran election and US invasion

I find it intriguing that US and western media now complain about free flow of information about the Iran election protests and the deplorable way Iran regime is blocking reporters and other news outlets from free access to what is going on there. On the flip side here we are 6 years after illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq US military still manges how news, pictures, and videos are reported. They embed reporters with US military along with so called "minders". We to this day do not have a clear picture of what Iraqi's resistance made up of, are they just some nutty Isalmofacists or people fighting to get rid of their country of foreign invaders. Are they freedom fighters or just few (couple) of crazy dudes envious of our freedom.

We in the west including those little mouses on the other side of the pond have ZERO moral or ethical base to question what Iranian government is doing to keep it together. We did the same thing after 9/11. We summarily arrested anyone with as much as looking dark to rendering them to other surrogate killers and torcherers. The funny thing is that in comparison 9/11 attack was nothing for the US system and government compared to what is going on in Iran.

There you are WEST has totally lost whatever MORAL capital that it may have had before 9/11. Having said that I find events in Iran lot more promising that if Bush type had been reelected in US. At least for the time being US is not drowning with FEAR and LOATHING.

In some ways perhaps criminal activities of US in the last 6 years could have a silver lining in how rest of the world will evolve into a more civil societies. Now that old "I am GOD's gift to you fuckheads" way of dealing with developing and even Europe is gone perhaps other nations can grow more Organically.

You see BUSH was not so bad after all. He proved that we are just as crazy as rest of the world, that we have the potential to display Hitler like behavior. We could cluster bomb and summarily execute people to prove our point that they had WMD!

2009-05-31T22:52:00.003-07:00

Health Care in US

Progressives can be so compassionate when it comes to domestic issues but don't mistake them for pussys. They will conduct foreign affairs with same intensity as the conservatives with even more gusto. The only difference is the way they go about it, much like old Bill Clinton they wine and dine them and then stick it to them. The one example that shows that both are after the same thing is how they great and hug king Saudi Arabia, be header, women suck my turban, money launderer, anti-democrat, fuck free press dictator that has kept the oil coming.

The US moral high ground of human rights and freedom is now flooded. I think with "war on terror" and Bush concentration camps and turchers the "Beacon of Hope" wiring is shorting and lights are going out! Perhaps its time for another way of saving this planet, this time though keep the oil and "my back yard" philosophy out of the equation.

2009-05-24T13:56:00.005-07:00

Preemptive Imprisonment - Torture

Not much has changes since Necons glory days of post 9/11. Mr. Obama is pretty much on board with basic principles of preemptive attach from all fronts established as foundation of the "war on terror". The progressives are even coming up with more hawkish approach now while making it look like "its good for you" and compassionate. They are saying we will detain you and torture you and its good for you because we know whats best for you and love you too.

They are searching for Legal Opinions to detain and torture "terror suspects" before they become terror suspects. The idea is that there are some people that could someday in the future decide to take up arms against US so we must get them first. It is an Orvilian act with no end in sight, I wonder if Nazi Germany back in 1920's started with the same line of thinking about Jews, Gypsies, and Gays!! Its remarkable that people with progressive social and human agenda can fall this far off the cliff.

The so called suspect could be an Arab or Somalian that perhaps a computer model based on some top secret indicators has determined say, Mr. Abdulah has to be detained before he gets to the point of thinking about planning an attack on US. Oh, by the way top secret panel will decide what constitutes which indicators will require action by our patriots. Of course they can't and will not tell us what those top secret indicators are because the enemy will know and change their tactics!!!

Alright they will pick some key elected officials to let them know some of the top secret indicators. Someone like Pelosi, but shocks she can't be trusted to keep her mouth shot or play with the top secret rules that is subject to change because of our enemies change in methods to inflict harm on us. After all they just simply hate us because of all the freedoms we have!!

I think this needs to become a movie ------ Forget Japanese internment we are taking that same fear-hate-revenge scene to a much higher level with Mr. Obama presiding at the wheel.

Isn't great to be in the land of free ---

2009-04-21T22:12:00.002-07:00

Obama and CIA

The signs are on the wall that this progressive president is not much different in content with his predecessor. He walks up to CIA HQ and tells the folks its ok to torture our enemies and you will not be messed with. While with other side of his multi-sided character promises to expose the old administration's misconduct on terror war.

Here is my prediction that this issue will be in the media for another few months and then gets forgotten like rest of the "irregularities" of our past such as Gulf of Tunks, Iran-contra arm deals, contra killings, Elsalvador right wing assassinations, Panama, Chile killings (Pinochet), Argentina assassinations, South Africa Apartheid military support ......

Well -- since we never seem to resolve the these undemocratic behaviors so guess what, it will be repeated again next time there is sensitive national interest situation.

2009-04-19T20:11:00.002-07:00

Obama's Global Game

We see him kissing royal dictators, smiling and shaking hands with leaders of Bush era rouge nations. The photo ops are nothing but window dressing because Bush way of kicking ass was getting out of hand. With 1.3 billion Muslims and another 3 billion or so die hard US haters things could have gotten ugly if neo-cons way had continued. Now comes Mr. Obama one of them at least looking like one of them. He will change tactics by charming axes of evil and terrorist supports.

In reality nothing has changed when it comes to US policy towards the world and its "national interest" far reaching need to facilitate its thirst for raw material and ever increasing need for larger markets. The changes in policy have to do with survival than real desire to make profound difference. Obama is after all a successful politician raised within the American system that is based on domination for its survival.

The market economy that is based on has to keep growing or otherwise will die. Growth at any cost is the foundation of the US social and economical framework. Smith-ian system can not survive on sustainability, if it stops growing it will collapse. The growth is not based on human values but mainly on economical accumulation which meas the only measure of success is when GDP percentage goes up. Capital has become the prime mover with the original purpose of human growth taking a back seat.

That is why leader of the so called free world Bush came out last year and asked "Fellow Americans" to not stop shopping!!!!

2009-04-12T23:35:00.002-07:00

US Gun Laws - World Nuclear Equation

What if Nuclear proliferation laws were based on US 2nd amendment and related gun laws. What if the world nuclear control organization had to deal with a strong NRA type lobby to keep Nukes out of the hands of few. At the end of the day if access to nukes are limited to few then how "The World People" can defend themselves from tyranny. If everyone had nukes then prehaps we all would think again when given a choice between resolving differences or resorting to war either preemptive or otherwise.

Just an idea worth exploring perhaps ----

2009-03-23T20:48:00.004-08:00

Carrot and Stick

I suspect if US economy improves when say DOW gets to 15000 Obama will change his tune on "engagement" with our adversaries. We have in the past 60 years only "so called" engaged our enemies when we had a short stick. When due to economical and geopolitical circumstances our STICK gets longer then forget the carrot and engagement.

This is how powerful pushes their extra territorial agenda to secure "national interest" which really in short means leveraging fire power to maintain tactical and strategic advantage. War and conflict are often only tools to short cut what otherwise would take a long time to achieve with even playing field.

Unfortunately now a days almost any relevant nation in the planet uses this approach so future conflicts with nastier results are inevitable until the power balance reaches an equilibrium. That is relatively when large number of nations stockpile nuclear weapons and other means to deter preemptive "war" by powerful factor. In that case I am sure Bush types or Obama would opt for "ENGAGEMENT" more often.

2009-03-13T10:16:00.002-08:00

Mid-East

Just another reminder Israel conflict will only be resolved in a sustainable way with one single nation made up of all the residents of that postage stamp land. No SWISS CHEESE please.

The nation could be then called ISRASTINE ----

Lets get going and quite dinking around until another 9/11 like attack.

2009-03-12T21:02:00.004-08:00

Patriotism, Profits, PONZI

The three P's of modern American experience are coming home to roost. Today Madoff goes to prison described as the size of a "walking Closet", I wonder what dimensions the writer was thinking about. I bet Madoff's walking closet in his New York apartment is not what most common folks think about when they hear walking closet. Sorry, I wonder what percent of American homes have @#$% walking closets anyway.

You see this why I think we have not come to terms with what is really happening with the American dream. The financial criminals much like the energy and Internet criminals before them are being rewarded for trashing "Good Will" and open and honest business practices. For over 30 years we are told that small government is what we need and getting government out of the pockets of business will produce results for all Americans. Well, you neocons and oldcons have a ball now, the trickle down economy and lase affair capitalism that you preached with Patriotism have gotten us to this place. The same criminals that profited from the unmitigated deregulation are in the White House making policy decisions to boot.

They will not change the course because they are the product of the misguided notion that the system as we know it can be fixed without changing the fundamentals. The same dude that made $17M in two years making investment deals few years ago now oversees the government agency that supposed to get us out of this mess. They will put TARP over our eyes and Stimulate us much like when Bush send $600 to everyone and then asked we buy stuff to help the economy get gong again, by the way that didn't work if anyone cares to remember.

The PONZI misters of the American dream are still hard at work with our social security and healthcare security on verge of disappearance ----- God Bless US all ---

2009-03-08T21:42:00.003-08:00

Mexico

Does anyone here in North America wonder why Mexico being next to greatest power in the world with democratic ideals second to none is still a backward third world country? I wonder why after so many years of looking at their neighbors up north they are unable to break from the cycle of corruption and dicatorialism.

Someone needs to look at this since we seem to just have accepted that they will keep coming across the border pick our produce/fruits, clean dishes, do yard work, and clean our houses.

OH, got it maybe those are the reasons why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-17T21:08:00.004-08:00

Fear Based Initiative - Post 9/11/2001 War of Terror

For about 7 years US was governed not based on superiority of our ideals or strength of our democracy but mainly based on FEAR of that sad day. The Bush administration set the course towards first by reacting to that horrible attack in such a way to elicit the most violent response that pursued. The us and them, seek and destroy, crusade, Islamic Fascist, and Islamic Terrorists terms were used to accentuate the WAR on Terror and bring all American including Obama and Clinton on board.

We were told this is do or die, terrorists are ready and willing to attack again and kill more of us. So we the people based on fear gave Bush administration a blank check to go do whatever it takes to make us safe. So they did by torchering, rendering, profiling, waging wars (not just in Afghanistan), detaining people without charge, and ferrying 'suspects" from one place to another for "out sourced" torchering. I suspect lot more things were done that will not come out until later when a brave young journalist or ex-CIA guy comes out with revelations. Those reports will trickle in little by little as time goes on.

What we were NOT told was that 9/11 attacks was a criminal act even though its ompact was spectacular. It essentially involved one mode of attack with multiple targets. It only meant that we had several hundred hard criminals with twisted sense of ideals and justice that were willing to kill Innocent people to take revenge or spread fear.

Bush by uttering the term "Islamic" terrorists basically lumped 1.2 Billion people in that camp with those few hundred criminals. Well, good, Bush succeeded and now we have lot more than few hundred criminals to point our M16s towards. If we continue the horse trading with Pakistan and other nations and keep the covert operations going the situation will get even worse later. Bombing the so called targets in Swat or other areas by drones or missiles will only feed the resistance.

The Islamic world will take no less than perhaps one generation to forget dehumanizing effects of Bush's war on Islamic terror. Obama with all his charm will not pull the wool over their eyes. US will not be trusted as a balanced superpower in that region for another 20 years or more. Israel will also suffer from these actions with perhaps its physical state changing to something else, similar to what happend to South Africa.

We will see Russians cozying up to middle east countries to fill the US void and that can not be good for our long term objectives in that region. We need to engage the nations in the region with one simple and profound position that says we are unbiased and will adhere to the same basic human rights and democratic principles that we hold dear for our citizens.

NO MORE ONE SET OF RULES FOR WEST AND ANOTHER FOR THIRD WORLD.

2009-02-16T18:08:00.004-08:00

Obama

The old tired whites will view him as beginning of an end to the American Experience, the blacks see him as the house boy, but he is the future look of our planet.

The Obama factor regardless of the man that now resides in the white house will shape the future. The future of our planet is far more interesting than the man with opinons formed by his black and white surroundings. He is/will govern in a conglomeration of Regan, Clinton, and Bushe ways but his face will (and it already has) change all of us for the better.

Better times ahead, I say ---

2009-02-03T22:09:00.004-08:00

Victory Pictures

I was just reviewing the list of Obama cabinet and white house staff and noticed sprinkled with other pictures were good amount of "Iraq" ones. It made me think of the victory pictures of triumphant army posing with the dead bodies of the enemy. I wondered how Iraqi children will feel about these pictures once they realize their parents and family members were killed for no reason and too salt the wound the victorious army brought technocrats and politicians to the occupied land so they could see the prize and take pictures for the folks back home.

The most grotesque picture that I remember was of Robert Gates standing with soldiers holding "Texas A&M AGGIES" banner, his old stumping ground. It made me sad and more pessimistic about state of our UNION. The picture yet again reminded me of the Abu Gharib scenes of solders taking pictures with dead and alive prisoners.

I hope I'm not the only one that is disgusted here ---

2009-01-29T21:45:00.002-08:00

Here is yet another headline from the main (mesmerizing) media: Blackwater: We will leave Iraq if US orders it, someone is forgetting Iraq's sovereignty or we are just joking about that!!!!

You see, with or whiteout Obama the empire's machine will continue its course. We may change the conductor but the train will continue its path laid out by the market economy forces. The move will be towards gathering more capital and enrichment both materially and emotionally.

2009-01-27T21:53:00.002-08:00

Pay As You Go war

Here is the headline today from Afghanistan -- U.S. pays $40,000 after 15 Afghans die in raid --A this rate we can kill all the 24 or so million Afghans for mere 34 Billion dollars.

Again don't say later when they come back with vengeance why they hate us!!!! OK

2009-01-25T22:24:00.005-08:00

ISRAEL

Regardless of the situation with the oppressed Palestinians today one thing should never be forgotten and that is the atrocities committed against the Jews by Germans during WWII. I have read about and watched many footage of the concentration camps and its absolutely unacceptable and immoral to deny or other wise question what happened in 1940's. There were of course others who suffered the most inhuman savageri of our time by the Germans, noteably Gypcies, Gays, and Disabled people.

Having said that we should also never forget how Palestinians have been subjected to apartheid and oppression as long as they have been under Israeli occupation.

2009-01-25T20:28:00.002-08:00

Middle East stays front and center

Few days has passed since Obama took over the rains but Middle East mess seem as messy as it was during Bush, Clinton, Bush, Regan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Kennedy... It appears that strong Israel voice still remains in the White House led by No. 2 man Rahm Emanuel. The Jewish presents not as a conspiracy force but because an ethnic group that has perfected the art of being at the right place will stay in the "peoples" house. These American Jews will invariably make their mark on forming Borak's foreign policy that will continue the same one step forward and two step back. (Don't see real CHANGE in this conflict materializing)

I am not bitching about the American Jews outstanding organization and personal dedication, in fact I am mentioning this so our Arab, Indian, and Iranian Americans would take a lesson from Jewish way of active and focused political participation.

As you may know Mr. Emanuel has spent many summers in Israel working, helping, and being indoctrinated on how abused Jews are and why west should unconditionally support them. All I ask is that our American Arabs, Indians and Iranians also send their young ones to home countries for little home country bonding sessions like Jews.

FYI - Funny thing is that if Irish, Germans, Mexican, or Japanese American politicians would send their kids for summer kabus like visits to their respective countries good old Americans (third and earlier generations) would perhaps question their patriotism, but not for Jews, in fact it has become a source of American patriotism to spend time in Israel.

Again as I have written before many times no one is going to bring security, homeland, and prosperity to you, you have to earn it so Palestinians will have to get back on the saddle. No one will going to hand them a homeland, so they should fight on the ground and fight intellectually to wine harts and mind of those that can help.

2009-01-11T18:12:00.003-08:00

Existing ISRAEL

If the essence of the occupation of Palestine is not resolved only more painful suffering is in the store for both Israel and Palestinians. Since without West's moral and financial support Israel would not exist then the fault of not resolving this conflict is squarely on western powers. Israel and Palestinians can not and will not be able to resolve the conflict.

If West does not take charge and in say 10 0r 20 years (if the occupation continues) a nuclear device gets detonated in Journalism then no one is to blame but American and Europeans. Palestinians as they have for over 40 year will continue to fight the occupation with more sophistication and resilience.

2009-01-10T01:09:00.002-08:00

Iraq - anybody remembers anymore!

Didn't I tell you that we will all forget soon. Who gives a rats eyebrow that 100,000 heck 600,000 have been killed because of Emperor Bush and his anger for 9/11 attacks and Saddam the man. Does anybody even remember Neo-cons, or Machiavellian principles that rules Florence then and White House now.

I sure don't

2009-01-05T21:44:00.002-08:00

Gaza Invasion

Couple of things about the Israel's invasion of Gaza.

1) Invasion and occupation apparently is the operative word these days, thanks to USA. Russia follow suite and I expect China, India, and Venezuela could follow suite.

2) As US weaponry pounds Gazans we are now setting the clock again for the next time when average US citizens will invariably ask "why they hate" us.

OBTW - Where is the messenger of Change Sir. Obama on all this. I guess we can't have two president and a visionary LEADER. Promises Promises.

2009-01-04T12:00:00.003-08:00

Land of Ibrahim

I have written about this in the past but think it needs to be mentioned again. The ultimate Arab-Israel solution is to create a global nation with Jerusalem being its capital were all Ibrahim religions will be respected and allowed to freely be practiced. That is the "one" state solution that will work in the long run. UN will be moved from New York center of commercial shenanigans there and the city will become the center of the global organization. Jews, Muslims, Christians will administer the day to day operation of the "Global Nation".

I truly believe that is how future of Israel, West Banks and Gaza will be shaped. The only question is how long and how many dead bodies it will take for us to get there!!

Oh by the way Happy New year to sons of Ibrahim.

2009-01-02T19:47:00.002-08:00

Judaism VS. Christianity

I wonder why Jewish religion needs to be relevant in the 21st century when its son, Christianity has matured and able to provide for the same set of faith based values. I fine Jewish religion to be like Windows operating system while Vista is running all the major computers. With say no more that 20M people still clinging to that way of worship while over 2 Billion follow the newer version is it realistic to hedge world security on it? I know some say its the principle of the matter that we must fight for and not let rights of people be trampled.

2009-01-01T18:10:00.003-08:00

Gaza and Missile Diplomacy

Arab -Israel conflict has like any other conflict evolved from a totally unbalanced forces of a well supplied (recognizing Israel will not have survived without military supplies from WEST) army against a rag tag group of displaced tribal people with small arms and not much organization. The 1970's with so called PLO terrorist activities in retro respect was nothing but bunch of guys in prison yards shooting at the guards and walls.

Now however this conflict is reaching a more equal balance even though Israel still enjoys F16s, guided missiles, Apache helicopters, A1 tanks, 2 Ton bombs from good old US of A. The Palestinians have finally arrived at contemplating how to fight the occupation. The Missiles are the sign of that profound shift. It began with Intifada and suicide missions and now has matured with industrial strength resistance against occupation. I foresee further development of Palestinian fire power and creative methods in the near future.

This profound shift is the only way for this conflict to reach the ultimate end. The Israelis have demonstrated for over 40 years that they will only respond when threatened with fire power. Now perhaps they will begin to see "real" negotiation is the only way they can survive. Not with F16s like they have been since 1967!!

2008-12-25T12:02:00.002-08:00

Merry Christmas - why it will not not be merry again

As I heard last night the catholic priest pronounce the "Christian's declaration of faith" it became again very clear to me that War, Invasions, Ethnic Cleansing, and all together Human suffering will continue into 2009 and beyond.

I know that Muslims and Jews also have the same declaration which it means in essence that the three organized religions will not mix. Once you declare a certain "faith" there is no way to accept the others as legitimate, that goes against the principal of "FAITH". Christians say we can help others overcome the wrong ways of going about it by LOVE and RESPECT to their ungodly ways. While Muslims say we need to help the non believers understand that their salvation depends on joining the "Devin" faith. As we go back and forth Jewish religion says what about us, please don't replace our faith by newer Version of the faith, that is Christianity.

With that we will continue to see HUMAN SUFFERING in 2009 and for the foreseeable future. Unless of course we put aside faith and make let say Human Rights Declaration" as the global constitution. This means all faith based organizations will have to be disbanded.

2008-12-22T10:50:00.002-08:00

Cluster Bomb vs Suicide Bombers

Both of these methods stems from desperation both are based on the notion that ends justifies the means. Hamas and US military have some things in common.

2008-11-12T22:17:00.000-08:00

War and Recession

Funny how we have moved on from illegal and invasion of a nation to a seemingly American made financial crises. This is pretty much the pattern end on crises by starting another.

No body will ever talk about Abu Gharib or WMD. Also ironically a Vietnam era WAR Criminal that was never even charged of killing Innocent Vietnamese died of ripe age of 75. The only regret he had was that he didn't kill more of them. I am sure there are similar stories to be told from Iraq and Afghanistan. Also pentagon closed the investigation of the Vietnam war criminal back in 1975.

I think we should let Milosevic go too he has done nothing different.

2008-10-06T21:18:00.001-07:00

Fighting Global Financial Terrorists

If Bush could have another four years we would be invading the financial den of terror that is seeking Weapons of Mass Defaults, supports unmitigated bail outs, and does not believe in god, apple pie, and hard work. The Taliban of the wall street will have to face the Sidewinder and Tomahawk missiles. We will take them out and eliminate their kids trust funds the source of the future terrorists. There will not be a hole on earth that they can hide their elicit gains and support for terrorising hard working western androids. We shall seek them on mountains of Swiss Alps or anywhere they hide. Any hard working and financially responsible person will join the coalition of the willing to root out the scum bags of the earth.

Except Bush will not be around much longer so we will go on occupying the savings and loans and major financial institutions for decades to come. Tax payers will continue to pay for illegal invasion and occupation of this institutions.

Does that sound familiar --- There you are -- keep plugging to IPODs and walk around with those fancy cell phones and watch Oprah. They will take care of you!!!!

Oh btw -- Homeland Financial Security has decalred situation ORANGE since the terrorist called GREED is planning an attach again.

2008-09-22T16:27:00.000-07:00

War on Terror

The problem with current world affairs and particularly so called war on terror (only an American adventure) is that in wars you have to have victors and vanquished. Assume that US bring all known weapons and intelligence to bare and defeats the "Terror", what will happened to the next of kins of the people that have and will die in the theater. Remember every time you kill an Iraqi, Afghani, Yemeni, Pakistani, Somali,..... many will morn the loss and think about revenge. Much like how we felt after 9/11, Embassy bombings, and other acts of "terror".

This administration has done nothing to break the cycle of violence (or Terror) it only has provided fuel to the fire. Someday like what happen with Russian aggression in Afghanistan and WEST's shenanigans in the 80's we will pay for killing Iraqi (200,000 to 600,000 nobody really gives a hoot about the numbers) today.

I hope we can change and start by changing our ways - whatever that means. Because the funny thing is that we all are looking for the same things in like but its the violence that propagates violence.

2008-07-18T16:21:00.000-07:00

Globalization = Modern Day Colonization

If universal labor and health laws are not devised and enforced the globalization is just another refined and Internet laced way of colonization of poor and uneducated. The only menacing part of this version would be that it now truly covers the world. Where as British empire on its hay day when sun never set on her empire is child play compared to 3-4 billion people that are salved to produce the first world's toys and wares.

Example:

The Apple company has over 500,000 Chines producing IPODs, IMACs, and IPHONEs for mainly the first world. The surfs are making 10 dollars a day with no labor or health security.

The argument that these people are better off than 20 years ago when they barely survived on the subsistence farms is bull shit. Its the same argument by British, France, Dutch, and Spaniards telling the folks back home how they are civilizing the savages.

2008-07-04T09:42:00.002-07:00

Obama Vs. McCain - VOTE 2008

In the last 30 years the US presidential candidates have all walked a generally narrow political path. For sure there were differences but more cosmetic than not. They were all internal CEO applicants that were committed to the company's way of doing business.

As far as governance we have not really seen any LEADERS but mostly EXECUTORS. These two candidates regardless of how white or black they are do follow the same pattern. So, you can go ahead vote for either of them and rest assured that if you are proud of the past and present performance of US then you will be fine.

These candidate have all risen from within the establishment that means this company only promotes within. The days of an outsider candidate reaching the top are gone. We will continue this inbreeding because its safe and we know what we are getting. Much like the European royalty did for centuries.

The USA Inc. will be successful in improving the bottom line and will work its darnedest to make senior executives get their hefty payouts and will keep try to get as much out of the rank and file as possible. Of course not to lose the worker's support occasionally they will give up some of the profits to keep the drones happy. That is called trickle down economy that was introduced in 80's. That meant the backbone of this nation and economy will get "trickles" to keep them going. That is the only difference between the first and the third world. In the third world there isn't a systematic way of keeping the faucet open to trickles for the worker bees. In those nations Executives (dictators, generals, clerics, ......) skim off the top all the time and nothing (systematically) gets through their greasy fingers.

2008-06-26T22:53:00.000-07:00

North Korea Has Nukes

Here we are north Korea is now a good guy according to Bush, the evil doers can be our friends. They can be waterborned or made partners, its up to how well they can manage themselves. That means we will only respond kindly to force, in this case nuclear arms. If you are well armed we will talk to you, heck we will even put you on the most favorite nation list. Labels such as terrorists and evil are for those that we know for sure we can kick their ass.

And then you tell me US administration hates foreign dogs. No ... no we just know when to shock and awe them or sleep with them to make ends meet. Just like a used car salesman we will say and do anything to make the sale.

I guess that has been the way we the homosapians have conducted ourselves for a long long time. Nothing unique about the US's version except that its the way it is now.

2008-05-20T21:32:00.000-07:00

Iraq Occupation is Now our Job

After over 5 years of illegal invasion and occupation of a nation we in US are now fully assimilated to accept it as inevitable, heck even as a good thing. Even PBS network is now running feel good reports from Baghdad, Basra,........ The Bush just like he was told by his military, Pentagon, and state department gurus succeeded to make an immoral act acceptable. All it often takes is time for people to get used to the idea and even think of it as their own.

This is the story of our generation and race with much more pain and agony to come since violence again is validated by this administration and our tolerance for inflecting unmitigated pain on others.

Now we sit and wait for another attack since no one had the balls to use 9-11 to change the way we conduct the WORLD.

Best of luck

2008-04-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

Pope's White House Visit

The visit validates Vatican's approval of the illegal and immoral invasion and occupation of Iraq with 300,000 to 600,000 Iraqis dead (who cares about keeping count). The lame duck Bush can now pass the legacy to the next president with Pope's approval. And they keep saying its not about religion, you can call it what you want but if smells like domination and looks like domination with Christianity flavor then it is.

2008-04-10T21:50:00.000-07:00

Guess which world leader made this statement today:

"The Palestinian issue is the ultimate test which measures the resolve of nations and governments in promoting democracy, freedom and human rights."

Didn't come from the Willing Allied Nation leaders or Africa, it came from one of the axis of evil.

Regardless of who said it, its the absolute truth and global worming is nothing compared to this issues right now. 70 years of human right and freedom violation is shameful.

Much like Tibet or even more deserving ---- Free Palestine

2008-03-12T20:36:00.002-08:00

About Eliot Spitzer Gone Wild Show

There is saying that "anything that rots is Salted, what do you do when the Salt is rotten"!

This is yet another symptom of how our leaders are nurtured and groomed from college days. Why is that once they make it to the top they somehow see themselves above all the rules. The list is long with violations covering the entire spectrum:

Kennedy's
Bush
Clinton
Reagen
Long list of governors
even longer list of Senators
Much longer list of House Reps
Mayors
State and county elected officials
CEOs
Don't even mention Catholic and Evangelical churches
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2008-03-06T21:03:00.000-08:00

How come all of West's so called alleys in Middle East are dictators? Oh, with one exception and that one tends bend all the human rights and democratic rules by occupying defenseless people. Then blaming them for why they are occupied. As someone in a sitcom said, "someone is gonna pay" for this messed up situation. By the way we can't blame colonialism or cold war for keeping this situation going.

2008-02-29T20:02:00.000-08:00

Best Crop Production Two Years Running

Afghanistan has had the highest opium production in 2007, of course beating its own record from 2006! Perhaps that was what Bush meant by bringing freedom to that country. I do recall though the same Bush team was blaming Taliban for opium production, how ironic.

All we need to have is for Iraq to start WMD production and we can say the job is done!!!

2008-02-17T19:56:00.001-08:00

Bush in Africa

If middle east didn't have oil Bush could have visited the place with much ease and wihtout secret travel plans. He could have looked down on thoes people too and even felt sorry for them. But instead he will have to hate the Muslems and keep druming up the Islamoterrrorist war beats. Thanks to global warming all this may change soon.

The neo and old-cons will have to find another front line since the market economy as practiced in the west does not function without conflict, its addicted to and gains strength from war and confrontation.

2008-02-10T13:30:00.000-08:00

Here are few thought on curent events:

1) Obama will not become the next president, this conuntry is not rady for a black president. Hillary is (will be) our next president and there is no ands or buts about it. I hope the media and our huge business interests would direct our attentions to something else and not treat us like idiots by covering useless so called news about - Huckfin, Mittin, Mc Caine, or Obama. I wish the vast phisical and intelctual resources could be used for good and not to dumb us up. Perhaps we the people want that or wagon came next!!!

Could this be the result of a market economy in bad health needing some majore surgery. Why can't we be discussing the funemental ills of our econiomical principles that is neither socilaist nor ture capitalist. This "Hybrid" economic base needs lots of attention and help.

2) I now keep hearing/reading the term "war torn" Iraq, the real description of what is going on there is "Ocupation Torn" Iraq. No one is dumb ehough to buy the clean and as if we had nothing to do with it term of "war torn" Iraq. I am still disgusted by the free media's coverage and dipiction of the Occupation Mayham in Iraq.

2008-01-15T22:06:00.000-08:00

Surprise Visits to Baghdad

Surprise visits to Baghdad by Western political and high military figures are nothing but another indication that this poor country is under occupation. Why else you would go to Green Zone without notice!! I don't think even an intelligent Red State voter is buying the spin that Bush boys and high powered media is putting on the military occupation of Iraq.

2008-01-12T13:21:00.000-08:00

US AND THEM

Here is what one of the most influential philosophical, political, and economical gurus of modern "American Rational Capitalism", Ayn Rand had said regarding Arab-Israelis conflict:

"Rand supported Israel during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, which she saw as an attack on a government that supported individual rights: "The Arabs are one of the least developed cultures. They are typically nomads. Their culture is primitive, and they resent Israel because it's the sole beachhead of modern science and civilization on their continent. When you have civilized men fighting savages, you support the civilized men, no matter who they are."

I didn't think fighting occupation meant you are a savage!!!! This is what the world is facing today -- a much conflicted ideology. I guess Iraqi's are also savages because they want to get rid of the occupiers, even they think they are benevolent.

Those orgies and wild "collectives" parties in New York in 40's-50's-60's must have not allowed her to fully "rationalize" her opinions.

One can see the same disconnect with BUSH's domestic and foreign policies now -- isn't it just adorable. The moral imperative of we are great and rest are either "savages" or "primitive" will be our undoing. May be its time to reconfigure this work in progress to bring in the Moral part of the lase afar Capitalism ideology out more.

Ms. Rand and her swinger life style couldn't produce any more than what she has. The sad part is that large number of so called great minds are following her half baked mind set.

2008-01-07T21:47:00.000-08:00

Developing world needs:

- Free Press
- Organic (local) marker economy based on indigenous values and cultures
- Free Health Care
- Individual freedom, even if it does not suite the west
- West getting its cock out of their business in the name of philanthropy, nation building, aide of any kind, fighting poverty, supporting freedom fighters, helping those poor inferior soles so Jeusis will love me, ........................

2008-01-03T20:35:00.000-08:00

Lets not forget those good old days of before 9/11 when we were intolerant of one another in a relatively good way. Boy have we the few and proud changed since that day. Those days of innocents when we would separate ourselves from the rest are gone. We have now grown as a nation and have faced the reality of being one of many. Our moral imperatives were left out to dry with Enemy Combatant", Guantanamo Bay detentions, Extraordinary Renditions, and detention without charges. We now are suspicious of way too many things and people and willing to let someone else take care of us.

Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, and Watergate seem like child play these days. Assassination of Kennedy feels more like walk in the park. Boy the old glory is now can really be called "old and mature glory".

This is not all bad or good, its just the way it is. We as the people of this planet (its not American any more) now have to show if we are cut out for this challenge. Our destinies are very much tied together now. We can't sit back hear and watch what happens on the other side of the pond. Not much of the pond is left to isolate and insulate us.

2007-12-23T17:52:00.000-08:00

All seems fine on the Western front for now. The cowboy has kicked some ass around the world and is now time for digesting the loot. It seems for now we don't have to invade, detain without charges, or torture anyone until the next Hooveresqu event. But don't worry the empire is busy collecting information on everyone, I mean any sole they can so to improve reaction time in the next conflict. We are all becoming well known to the secret organizations that now exist to know us better for our own good! All you have to do is look over your shoulder. I am sure this blog is also being watched!!!

Be Aware -----

2007-12-15T16:24:00.000-08:00

Palestine - Israel

The TWO state solution of today's discussion is only phase 1 of the final single nation outcome. Lets not forget that, they both need to begin to contemplate this eventuality.

Single Nation Under Three Profits

Happy RamaHoniChris day!!!!

2007-12-15T16:08:00.000-08:00

Well, well -- our own dictator lifted the emergency rule in Pakistan but slightly modifying the law to keep himself above the law. We in the west again (I should say will) support dictators that will help with flow of the OIL or our goods to their markets to feed our unmitigated need to produce fro sake production. The ones with bigger guns have won again.

Congratulation WEST has done it ---

9/11 a distant memory
Christmas shopping in full swing - shop until drop in full swing
Resistance neutered for now until another head grows
Our special advisers are all fully deployed
Torture is redefined to fit our needs ( unless someone else does it)
Homeland security is now an institution

Merry Holiday and Merry Intelligent Design

2007-11-30T22:18:00.000-08:00

Whats up with the one day peace conference in Annapolis when 70 years of war and occupation has been the rule. Its funny the place it was chosen to hold this time waster in called "AnnaPOIS". Its fitting that what Palestinians have lived under for over 70 years has been the POLICE rule. Again one STATE solution or WEST will keep materially and morally defending the occupier. Of course until it no longer pencils out in terms of benefit/costs. Much like other colonial and democratliberation campaigns of the 20th and 21th centuries.

2007-11-08T21:32:00.000-08:00

As I said before --- we in the west pretty much have forgotten the illegal and immoral invasion and occupation of Iraq. People and governments in Europe and US have moved on to other issues. The history will then have to be repeated again. The enemies such as Alqaida, Islamofacists, Taliban, Hezbollah, ...etc. are just common enemies. Until of course next spectacular attack from them. The whole scaring the bejusis out of the uninformed and ill-equipped electorate to let the government handle their safety and well being worked.

For the time being even the evil doers are taking time off and don't seem to have any action plans. Of course hundreds of the Arabs, Afghans, and Pakis die everyday but who gives a whoot!!! They don't worth as much anyways. Oh, another thing, we have all settled on one or two "Alliance Force" deaths a day as acceptable price of freedom. Isn't like an episode of Deep Space 9 or Glactica?????

Cheerios

2007-10-09T19:49:00.000-07:00

Alright we in our cosy home in US are so removed from reality of our empire working for us that our media reports events in Iraq with no "WOW' reaction. Here is such a report of an incident in Baghdad involving foreign security forces aka hired guns to supplement US army:

Four armored SUVs — three white and one gray — were about 100 yards from a main intersection in the Shiite-controlled district. As the car, a white Oldsmobile, moved into the crossroads, the Unity guards threw a smoke bomb in an apparent bid to warn the car not to come closer, said Riyadh Majid, an Iraqi policeman who saw the shooting.
Two of the Unity guards then opened fire. The woman driving the car tried to stop, but was killed along with her passenger. Two of three people in the back seat were wounded.

How does the White House or others in the elected and non-elected side of US government will spin this and other occupation crimes. I know the "US get of Iraq" minded democrats will window dress this and other atrocities being committed in Iraq in our names too. After all they voted for this and can't turn back track their slightly different counter parts the "elephants". These two four legged mammals are much alike when it comes to real issues anyways particularly foreign affairs.

2007-10-04T22:50:00.000-07:00

How is this pssible in a freedom minded open sociatiy? Let alone AP reporting such an oxy moran event as planned opening of an "embassy" in an occupied land by the occupier:

Opening of US Embassy in Iraq delayed AP = 10-4-2007

If it was Russia or Cuba we would laugh out loud about it. But its our own god loving, freedom based system that is accountable and responsive to its people!!!!

2007-09-28T00:08:00.000-07:00

Well, here we are again --- US plans $2.3B arms sale to Iraq. I don't know that an occupied country can buy arms from the occupier. This must be another part of the market economy doctrine that we don't know much about.

There is something wrong with this picture - You have over 300,000 soldiers and hired guns occupying Iraq and now have to sell them arms so, "they can take over policing their nation". Why not take their oil then also.

2007-09-14T13:26:00.000-07:00

Considering logical realities of an occupied land any Iraqis that is pictured along side US political or army figures will be a target. At the end that individual will either be dead or living in California. We all witnessed the same in Vietnam. So why we are doing this? And more importantly why Iraqis are doing this --- I say Iraqis should be their own people and not rely on foreign forces for legitimacy or political support. For the US they should stay out of the lime light, if not for any other reason then the fact its just "killing" those people.

Besides now US is a co-conspirator for crimes against humanity our "Iraqi Allies" are committing. Are we ready to go to Hague and defend our actions????

2007-09-07T21:39:00.000-07:00

I am not sure if its me or if others see the absurdly of US settling the nuclear dispute with North Korea just because they got the bomb. Doesn't that tell every country that sees itself in US cross hair or real (or perceived) interests in danger to go get the bomb. The west with US leadership is reinforcing the old and destructive notion that only powerful wins. It is a sad day for our human race to be reduced to such a primal being. I hoped, I guess naively, that we perhaps reached a high enough level to rise above our animalistic nature and resolve conflicts without use or even threat of force.

With the North Korean settlement mess we have moved back the clock on any progress we may have made on peaceful conflict settlement. We continue to reward violence with violence, invoke fear of violence to justify inflicting violence and terror on others on the grounds of preserving "democracy and freedom". We raise nationalistic blood pressure to justify preemptive military attach on our "enemies". We lump whole lot of people as our enemy and broadcast fear to our citizens to justify our actions.

Meanwhile the little white dove is getting tired of flying solo.

If we as people are not careful this whole mess will set us back few decades -----

2007-08-22T22:32:00.000-07:00

Here is the CNN headline for today:

"US rethinks vision for Iraq" and you tell me we are not an empire!!! Also don't ask why they hate us.

2007-08-20T20:33:00.000-07:00

I was just wondering why there needs to be so much mistrust, animosity and conflict in international relations. Looking at my immediate surrounding it appears that almost all of our conflicts are based on not a profound evil vs good differences but rather little misunderstandings leading to bigger and bigger gap. The Arab and Zionism conflict is basically compilation of mistrust accented with disregard for natives of that land beginning in 1800's. Now both sides live with these monster of hate and vengeance. Is that what we are as human being, perhaps so, since it appears that we are not moving on any path that could change the paradigm.

As an Iranian expat I was asked to plug a very good Iranian-American young and hip Internet TV site named WWW.bebin.tv so here it goes ------ You see, I had not planned to plug anything in my blog but promises are made to be broken, OK.

2007-08-17T22:22:00.000-07:00

No. 2 US commander in Iraq said today "we are planning quick strike raids to smash al-quada and other insurgence in all of Iraq before reducing our forces". I bet same promises were made in Vietnam. Insurgency of this kind by definition could not be smashed, they are fighting in their homeland. The "homeland insecurity" will have to be smashed.

2007-08-14T22:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks to US invasion and occupation of Iraq and several decades of colonial rule before that and ruthless Iraqi rulers Arab world and Iraqi's can have larger pool of "widow prostitutes". The killing and mayhem has produced young Iraqi women that now have to sell their bodies to feed themselves and their children. I don't see any investigating reporter on this beat!!!! WONDER WHY????

2007-08-12T21:12:00.000-07:00

Here is another mass media 9/11 fear based avoidance of reality:

No one reports on life in Iraq as if the 27 million people do not exist. Its now just Alqada, Iran, Shia, and Sunnis that are involved in fighting and occasionally killing few US soldiers. What about the people? Women, children, elderly, teachers, shop keepers, engineers, taxi drivers, .....

What happened to lack of food, electricity, fuel, health care, and all those other amenities we blamed Saddam on--- does anyone even remember!!

What we don't, can't, or choose not to remember is bound to be repeated again much like years of killings and carnage.

2007-08-12T01:30:00.000-07:00

Its amazing that still military and political machine can blame Iraq carnage on everything but US occupation. Are these people real or what. To top the amazement mass media still fearful of 9/11 goes along with this like nice little sheep. I haven't read a single major paper that would suggest perhaps Iraqi's are fighting occupation and foreign soldiers lording over them.

Suggest watching the movie "Algiers". No one, I say no one would cow down before occupation.

2007-08-01T19:13:00.000-07:00

The global military industrial complex is hard at work:

$20B Arms sales to Gulf States
$49B Arms give away to Israel and Egypt
Major France arms sales to Libya

To only list the few major achievements and we the little people are kept occupied with global warming, AIDs, starving Africans, sub prime fiasco, still recovering from US mass corporate fraud of 1990's, Gas prices, China taking your job .........................................

2007-07-29T22:19:00.000-07:00

We in US must be relieved that Israel is ok with us selling Saudi Arabia and others in the region $20B worth of military hardware. Why not just ask Saudi royal family to pay $20B for protection and let contractors (hired guns) do the job. Then we don't have to worry what if these weapons fall in to evil doers hands. We could also let Israel decide how and when to sell our military weapons in Middle East.

Does anybody wonder anymore why they hate us???

2007-07-29T13:02:00.000-07:00

Here is the headline from major coporate news media " US plans $20B arms sales to Middle East". As if the buyers are bunch of 2 year olds that must/will listen to daddy!!! Don't you wonder why they hate us and thier puppet leaders -----

2007-07-25T19:42:00.000-07:00

So much has been said and written about Saudis Wahabiasim and how its penetrated into even their school text books. I wonder how Israel is addressing its treatment of Palestinians in their text books? Are they telling their young people how their grandfathers expelled millions of Palestinians to make room for their homeland. I guess not and no one will report on that in our corporate media since the subject is untouchable. I wonder how long we can keep this double standard going and have a straight face about it. Arabs are not buying that anymore and so rest of the world.

2007-07-24T21:54:00.000-07:00

Keep partisan politics and patriotism out of college campases, let the freedom ring in that last hamlet for unashamed, unregulated, unedited, uncorporated,...... to remain free to lash out at will. That goes for Colorado University as well. So much fear after 9/11, we must shake this paranoia loose or all will not be well for long.

2007-07-22T20:24:00.000-07:00

The problem with unjust and without cause occupation of another nation is that you keep getting deeper and deeper in justifying violent suppression of natural/organic will to fight the occupier. This cycle continues until your original objectives become a faded memory and irrelevant. All you deal with then is the next attack and how to manage your next counter attack. Your soldiers become either numb to the unjust nature of their presents and few get vocal about the wrongs they are doing. But vast majority of them will carry on like a good soldier, because that is what they are trained to do and its human nature. It has nothing to do with valor or patriotism, these two qulaities come to play only when you fight injustice.

Mean while the occupied's goal remain the same as the first they of the shock and awe. The few sick soldiers will commit atrocities that will go unpunished, because you can't afford to deal with them just like in Vietnam, Israel, Sudan, Kuwait, Afghanistan, .... Few soldiers will do good humanitarian things but their work will drown in the sea of death and destruction.

Again its not the soldiers that are the evil doers. The policy makers will have to answer for this act. They who proposed and voted to invade and occupy knowing this would be the outcome, don't let them fool you that they didn't know. If they didn't know that we would be here today five years after that decision the whole system and political establishment is doomed. So, I don't believe for a minute that they didn't know!!!!

2007-07-12T21:45:00.000-07:00

Here is another twisted irony piling up on top of everything surreal we have experienced since 9/11. For US to withdraw from Iraq at this time is in par with same illegal and immoral decision to invade and occupy this poor (not withstanding vast oil and gas reserves) country.

That would be an outrageous chapter in our human story ----- God save the empire ---

2007-07-09T19:47:00.000-07:00

Major news outlet in US today carried "Iraq government missed all targets", gee, didn't south Vietnam miss then all too way back when. This says a lot about our independent US media that is still fearful of truth after over 4 years of lies and deception they've so patriotically have carried.