Opinion: Mythical Illusions

What Will They Do Next

As the midterm election gets closer the right wing agenda of fear mongering is shaping up. Would you be really surprised if Karl Rove showed up on your TV in one of the commercials during Super Bowl touting his hears of whatever can get you off you chair and vote for his war party? Not at all. I think they could do it since they do have the money for it and most people will fall for it too.

The latest headlines and with that the pitch is getting feverish:
"“We are concerned that the influence of inspirational figures such as Anwar al-Awlaqi will increasingly motivate individuals toward violent extremism,” Mr. Blair said."

"Blair also separately warned that Al Qaeda or its affiliates overseas was planning a big attack against the US in the next six months."

So what is it that the right wing would not do to get your vote. There is nothing too far fetched. The fear mongering, the hate speech, malignment, and general paranoia. They tried that last time but it did not work. However, planned incidents made to look real like the incident on Christmas days work in the hands of those right wingers. It worked for MA senate seat and it could work again.

The latest arsenal is the "home grown" terrorism threat. It's the one that makes the least sense of all. But one wonders if the threat does not exist than what is the purpose behind creating this paranoia. The simple answer is that coming up with these statements and convincing people is opening up news doors for planning whatever, small or large for the same people that planned the Christmas day fiasco. It was an inside job and the purpose was not to kill anybody, of course, but to scare people off and make Obama and his administration looks weak and ill prepared. It worked.

Look for more of these little incidents in the future.

All satire aside, one must ask what is causing this so called home grown threat? What are the root causes of this problem? Obviously there are people of all color and stripes but what is it that compels a person to indulge in the fantasy of revenge? What is compelling a young man to have those thoughts? The problem is from the inside and not from the outside. The threat and the cause of the threat are both inside.

Imagine this. A young man born in the US, grows up here, goes to local schools, hangs out with local kids. There is some teachings at the elementary level of religion etc. A person like the guy who did the Fort Hood shootings. Growing up people try to assimilate and be part of a social group. Eric Harris knew too well what happens when you are unable to be part of group. When you are bullied to the breaking point. When you are butt of common jokes. That is where the structure that is suppose to hold sustain you breaks down.

It is a known fact that as you get older you become more attuned to your religion. This happens within any religion. But the problem starts when your religion is maligned day in and day out, on the TV, on the Internet, in the print media, in the movies, and everywhere else that you turn around you see your religion put down and stomped upon. The structure breaks down.

That is not all though. In addition to all that you see your country being bombed and your own people getting killed everyday. Inner strife, outside threats, perceived and otherwise alliances, conspiracy theories, lies, propaganda, the misinformation, and the hatred spewed at your country, religion, and many times at you is enough to drive anybody to whatever the next thing that comes along that can make sense of things. In case of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, it was the mayhem and murder they caused at Columbine but for others it could be any number of things.

So one must ask how much are we contributing to this "home-grown threat?" Do you think that the media has a role to play in creating this "home grown threat?" Just look at some of the headlines at it may make the point clearer to you but only if you really want to see it. unfortunately most people don't want to see the reality and take the easy route of blaming the rest of the world, the religion, the cleric, and whole slew of other characters which are really not part of the problem or maybe a very minor part of the problem. They do become a big part of the problem once the process has already started.

If you don't find love at home you go to a brothel?

Opinion: Mockery of Justice

Headline: Pakistani scientist found guilty of attempted murder

Our previous article predicted her fate. This was an open and shut case from day one. No matter the weak and non-existent evidence, no matter the disjointed effort from the defense, no matter the jury. This was a case whose outcome was decided long time before anybody set foot in the courtroom

The case was in New York, the city of hate. There is no jury in the entire state of New York that will not convict anybody that has even a shadow or a hint of relationship with terrorism. Right and wrong, guilty and Innocent goes out the window. Nobody will be able to live a day after finding a terrorism suspect not guilty.

The evidence was extremely weak. The bullet holes did not match with the bullets' size and capacity, the prosecution witness has contradicted himself during the testimony, and the judge has shown partiality by barring visitors and other non-sensible things. All the fabricated evidence coming from Afghanistan in the midst of an imposed war was suddenly believable because it serves a purpose. The entire dog and pony show was part of a circus.

Defense was weak and her mental condition did not help her own case. She was never given full access to her defense lawyers. She was tortured in many ways least of which was humiliating strip searches and making mockery of her during the transportation to and from the prison. She had no access to anybody that she could call friend. She should have given the opportunity to recover before put on a show trial. She was a weak woman, a single soul against the tyranny of the entire American justice system. Nobody can win against that when the system does not want you to win and the odds are stacked mile high against you.

Regardless, she was going to be found guilty in New York and not taint its reputation as the city of hate.

They kept her in many prisons throughout all these years but she was strong enough to fend them off and never confessed to anything that she did not do. She was raped and beaten, and one of her kidneys was removed. She was tortured and humiliated. Her kids were taken away from her, they may have even been killed. How can one person suffer so much. How can God let that happen. The wisdom of it escapes all civilized people.

Tonight the scales of justice have tipped, in the wrong direction. Tonight lady justice cries but nobody hears her cries, she sheds tears and nobody can see them. Irony is, knowing that, some people are happy and they ravel in her pain. Tonight America celebrates in the agony of another innocent person's plight and misery not knowing any better.

Top 10 Enemies Of Peace

This time around the top 10 list contains 5 individuals and 5 organizations that have worked relentlessly and tirelessly towards defeating peace and promoting war. Since there are so many people and organizations working against peace in American it was hard to come up with a short list. Here is worst of the worst.

Individuals:

Ben-jam'in Nut-n-yohoo
Current prime minister of iz-ra-eel, convicted in the court of law of financial fraud he is the king of war, murder, and mayhem. He is a line of successive candidates that have been involved in shady financial deals involving construction/real estate/other financial dealings on the usurped land in the occupied territories. Despite the dubious distinctions White House always has a red carpet ready and laid out for him to walk on.

A-vig-doer Labor-mann
The labor of hate man. The # 1's (above) henchman and another guy who firmly believes in "cleansing" all the cities of goyim so he and his cohorts can practice their religion with absolute devotion. Whatever that religion happens to be.

Ileana Rosh-ligtn'in
Representative from Florida, if you want to pass a legislation of hate against any Muslim or Arab country she is the go to gal for the neo-cons, the AIPAC, and the inside woman for the wingnuts.

Henree Kiss-a-n-ger

Founding member of zionist regime and "respected" elder statesman. Kiss-a-n-ger has been instrumental in making skewed policy favoring iz-ra-eel for years now across multiple administrations. You can talk lot more when you talk from both sides of the mouth and this guy is master of talking from both sides of the mouth. It takes practice and it takes the audience to practice and understand whet the F**k he is saying with that nazi lilt he has.
For Additional readings about this monster:

http://thehashmark.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/tea-with-jonathan-are-lembit-gabrielle-and-sian-cheekily-blowing-life-back-into-politics/

Billiam Kris(h)tol
Son of Irv'ing kris(h)tol who is the father of neo-conservative movement in America. Like father like son. He started, funded, promoted, sustained and then dissolved Foundation for New Century whose main purpose was to invade Iraq, and depose and kill Saddam Hussein.

Organizations:

AIPAC
If there was one organization that has done more to derail the peace process, this would have to be it. Legalized, under the protection of IRS, the state department, the homeland security, FBI, and the CIA, the AIPAC operatives (hoods) raise money, spread hatred, change peoples' minds for the worse, and do anything and everything in their power to defeat the peace process.

Associated Press

Tool of the Tyranny. Using their might of 5000+ newspapers and 1700+ TV stations the not-for-profit news source misinforms the biggest number of audience. The beauty of it all is that most of these people don't even know they are getting the news from Associated Press.

FauxNews
The play on name says it all. Hateful, fraudulent, twisted truth. Neither fair nor balanced

New York Times

Three generation of biased, hatred, and one sided reporting. Another Tool Of The Tyranny that has no problem finding substance every single day to promote war. Opinions, editorials, news, pictures, cartoons, videos (on the Internet edition), and any other means using the new or old media techniques to malign anybody and everybody that is not jewish. The hatred spewed fits the major newspaper coming out from the City of Hate they call New York.

Foreign Policy magazine
A major Tool Of The Tyranny, this magazine churns out anti-peace articles month after month. The shine, the gloss, the fine printing and format is just the beginning. The list of articles promoting war, hatred, and bigotry is too long to fit anywhere on the entire Internet but needless to say there has never been a single issue that did not contain multiple pieces that in one or the other way suggested that annihilating the infidel Muslims, Arabs and anybody that sympathize with them is perfectly legal, moral, and exactly what is called for.

Headline: Israel Rebukes 2 for U.N. Gaza Compound Shelling

Smoke Gets In My Eyes

We are all safe now since Iz-ra-eel has now rebuked 2 people for shelling and murdering people at the UN Gaza Compound. Don't you feel safer now? A collective sigh of relief! Can we please have the drum roll! The applause! Standing ovation! Dancing in the streets?

The headlines are making the rounds on all major and mainstream media outlets. Even the New York Times has an article that stayed online the entire day. Not sure what will be its fate tomorrow. Thankfully its not part of any blog though. We would not want to give anybody opportunity to comment about the (mis)carriage of this great injustice now, would we.

This is a major coup for the forces of evil. They have gotten away with murder yet again. How cool is that. The widows and the children of the dead are happy now. Now that they know that some people have been "rebuked." They have been told: Please don't do it again. Avoid it if you can. The fact that its a rare admission makes it all good. Knowing (in)justice is served. The devil, as always is in the details though.

"The Israeli news media identified the senior officers as a division commander, Brig. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg, and the former Givati brigade commander, Col. Ilan Malka. Neither was demoted, but Captain Raz said the reprimand would remain on their personal records and could affect their chances of promotion."

Has anybody been fired? Has anybody been jailed for life for it? Has the US drone did a secret strike to exact revenge over this murder? Has there been any talk of money been paid for rest of the natural life of people (a la compensation paid and still being paid for holocaust)?

Probably not.

So what this circus amounts to is sweeping the murder of innocent people under the rug. The articles are written by friendly reporters to soften the blow and making it seem like justice is served on a platter and Iz-ra-eel has done great things for the humanity by "reprimanding" couple of low level officers.

"But the military maintained ambiguity about a more contentious issue, whether the artillery shells that struck the compound contained white phosphorus, as the liberal daily newspaper Haaretz reported Monday. The chemical can be used to illuminate battlefields or cause smoke screens, but can also burn flesh."

This is nothing but a smokescreen in the eyes of the world. Atrocity at the highest levels of at least two governments: Iz-ra-eel and the US.

US-China Rift: An Inside Job

Who Is Really Incharge Here?

US has pledged to sell 6.4 billion dollars worth of weapons to Taiwan in a quid-pro-quo to china for muscling Chinese government to agree to sanctions on Iran. While China fumes and makes vieled threats of retaliation there is very little that it can do to prevent this sale from going through. In addition, when the time comes they will also agree to additional sanctions against Iran. This has been going on for sometimes now and this is not a sale that was not anticipated. However there are other policy issues beyond the weapons sale.

Most importantly, this is not one of President Obama's policy but an inside job from the state department. The state department is totally out of Obama's control. Unfortunately Obama does not know the first thing as to what is happenning or what is going to happen when it comes to making or implementing US foreign policy. Obama is being kept occipied with the smaller domestic issues of relatively minor import while the all important and far reaching decisionsa re being made at a different level within and outside the state department. Even Hillary Clinton is out of the loop.

As a backdrop to the foriegn policy running amock, Obama, through his AG should assign a special prosecutor to investigate the hiring/firing policies at the state department. Just like the news business, the movie business, and the jewelery business the hiring and firing at the state department is very much controlled. Who gets hired and gets what assignment is strictly an inside job and only few people know the inner working of hiring process. The hiring process is not transparent. How can you explain the currnte makeup of policy makers, the under secretaries, the foreign operatives, and the rest of the gang at the state department. Who reallyl hires people and what is the process, if any, they follow to provide equal opportunity to all candidates.

Eric holder has been out of the news since he announced his resolve to prosecute those who ordered and facilitated torture at Guantanamo, Abu Gharib and other places. Does he have the appetite to take on more of what State departments is doing behind the President's back? Very unlikely.

Opinion: No Way Out

Can We Win In Afghanistan?

The answer depends on what we will take for a win. If winning means a stable Afghanistan in the image of America then go ahead and dream on. If you think that winning means leaving a reasonably stable country with some modicum of government that can defend itself and make alliances with opposition then there is some hope.

Winning outright would require us to send thousands upon thousands of soldiers. We are talking about in tune of half a million soldiers. We we even have that many soldiers? It would mean wiping off huge population of Afghanistan. It would mean wholesale massacre like what we did to the native Americans.

Allowing for alliances to form we have to recognize people for what they are. We are not capable to doing that. When you are the president of the United States and you see the floating city we call air craft carrier, and then he finds out we have several of those it can get to his/her head real quick. We have the best of everything. An air force that has no equal in the skies. All of these things are good to make you power drunk. Its easy then to want outright victory even at the expense of wiping out half the population of any given country because you think you can, because you can not think of any challenges in your way, you can not think of anything to stop you from doing that.

Allowing for Alliances is the only way to go if we are going to come out ahead in Afghanistan. One man's terrorist is another person's hero. Think what you will but you will have to come to terms with that reality. There is nothing wrong with negotiating with anybody who wants to make peace. Currently America is perceived to be on the run. As long as that perception does not change the enemy will continue to fight back, a low level insurgency. But look at what its doing to us. Billions of dollars gone in the air, with more billions required just to sustain and keep the status quo. The Indigent Afghainis are not going anywhere. They can't go anywhere. They are all on the watch list and nobody to get them on board like the well connected Nigerian guy!

Sooner we allow for alliances to be made sooner we can put this fiasco behind us.

Blair: I believed 45-minute weapons claim 'beyond doubt'

Headine: Blair: I believed 45-minute weapons claim 'beyond doubt'

How stupid do you have to be to believe a claim like this?

Can you claim stupidity and get away with murder?

Those are the questions the Chilcot inquiry WILL NOT be asking Tony. Those are the questions that are most important. And those are the questions the public is asking but not getting the answer to.

Consider this:
You are a world class leader. (according to some) You have access to information that an ordinary citizen can not even imagine. You have your people that are specialists in their field of work. You have people whose only job is to not only keep you updated but also give you the entire picture. You have access to other world leaders that you can consult with.

You have been entrusted with the integrity of your country, most of whose people are civilized and educated people. You have access to exact information as to what is going on at the street level in your country and around the world. You know that you have just seen the largest street protest organized in the history of the country, both in number of protesters and the intensity of the protests.

You have one of the country you call your friend who is part of your military alliance opposing you with all its might. You have people at highest places from a friendly country opposing your views. You have people from all around the world opposing your view. You have people that have always agreed with you in the past but diagreeing with you now.

Most importantly you have lives of thousands of people in the balance, you have sovreighnty of a country in the balance, and you have your own experts telling the whole world you are wrong.
Despite all of these things you go ahead with one of the most stupid decisions of your political career? Is it just stupidity or an agenda.

Tony is stupid or still towing an agenda. The Chilcot inquiry is not only a judgement on Tony but it is also a verdict on George and Dick.

Today Tony is claiming stupidity and ignorance to prove himself right. He would do anything and everything including claiming to be stupid in the eyes of the world to prove he has no blood on his hands. Could anybody else have gotten away with such claims? Not surprisingly, when it comes to leaders of other countries even the indirect involvement gets you killed by a drone attack let alone taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and then claim stupidity and ignorance and get away with it. Is Tony a simpleton who would do anything that other people would tell him to do? At what point stupidity turns into murder and crimes against humanity?

Human Rights Group: Hamas Targeted Civilians

Defending one's land and people is hardly a crime

When you accuse Hamas of targeting Israeli civilians you are playing in the hands of murdering zi0nists, killing settlers, and crooked izra-eeli politicians.

The context is simple. First of all, Hamas is defending themselves and millions of civilians that they are responsible for. Just because the sold out American politicians say Hamas people are terrorists does not make them so. In addition to that do they have any sophisticated weaponry to target "anybody?" No they do not. They have to defend themselves with what they have and it's not much. The lack of accuracy on the part of the archaic weapons they have is not same as targeting civilians.

You are wrong. You are dead wrong with your assessment. The news media is going to make political hay out of this misguided report and accuse them of everything under the sun which is going to mitigate the atrocities the IDF and izra-eelis are perpetrating against civilians living in Gaza.

Shame on you Human Rights Watch.

Just Skip The Headlines

They are all lies and misinformation

I have been doing some non-scientific research lately. On my own. No mega funding, no celebrity endorsements, no big time media moguls involved in the process. That could be good or bad. First the bad part. I will not get the notoriety that my research deserves. I will not get famous for doing this research. I will not be called by NPR or the likes of them for a feature show. It will just sit there for anybody who just happens to pass by my post. Just a chance lookup of the "next blog."

Now the good part. It will be fair; as fair as it can be with one person’s opinion. There will be no spin other than my own. In today’s media for me those are invaluable traits. Those things do not exist anywhere, no exception. Let me repeat that: no exception. Are you getting my point yet.
The premise is simple. At for now once a day, usually in the morning after I wake up with cheap coffee and morning rituals I log on to the computer and look at the news. I have selected four news sites. Two (they call themselves) independent and two news aggregators as follow:
cnn.com
nytimes.com
news.yahoo.com
news.google.com

I look at the headlines and take screen shots. Just the headlines and the little blurb attached to each headline in the case of the news aggregators. No detailed article listing for who knows what slander lurks inside. Sometimes, depending on how busy the site is I may take two screen shots of the same site by scrolling down to get additional headlines and topics of interest. If I did not do that I believe that the outcome will be more non-scientific than it has to be.
I have started the process since the beginning of the year. I have the screen shots of everyday for all four sites.

Can you guess the rest of my article? If you don’t want to guess or maybe you are eager to get my spin and if so then please read on. Otherwise I know you have better things to do.
The story broke on Christmas day. How timely is that. People are off work, they have all the time in the world to surf the web. They are feeling somewhat religious, but definitely more than other time. And wham bham!!!! Some guy wants to blow up a plane. It could not have happened at more opportune time, now could it? It’s a boon for the news media, match made in heaven. Any other clichés I can use. I’ll spare you.

The results of my non-scientific research so far:

Everyday without fail, the top of the news is nothing but more bad news, related stories that rehashed, the stories that are made up to look new. Lies, lies, and more lies.

The word on the street is that this guy tried to get on the plane without a passport. He was successful in doing so from one port to another, then board the plane once more, without the passport and head to Detroit. Really? So is it security failure or a planned activity.
His father tells CIA his son is mixed up in things he should not be and nobody takes notice. Was that by design or just an overlook on the part of the CIA. What transpired at the terminal to bypass all the checks. Once again one is forced to conclude that there might be some collusion on the part of some inside people to get this guy on the plane.

The timing, the circumstance, the details. I for one don’t believe any of this. But the aftermath is equally disturbing. It’s the relentless crusade on anything Islamic, anybody Muslim, anything and anybody from Muslim world. All part of the plan. In the meantime the Patriot Act was up for renewal at the start of the year. There were concerned senators that had made the case to make amends for many wrongs that were perpetrated by previous administration. I have yet to see any debate on that issue. It’s a real issue that is of concern and should be of concern to ordinary citizen.

There was the promise of closing the notorious torture heaven called Guantanamo Bay, USA, prison. I saw a news article specifically talking about people being released from Guantanamo Bay and involved in terror activities. The article had no names, no references, no specifics. It was a made for news article from Associated Press to convey a point. No debate is going on regarding that promise. This was a promise because of which many voters went to polls and voted for democrats. Yesterday the promised deadline passed without any serious action or lack therof and any serious consequences. There were no articles in the New York Times, nothing on the CNN, no mention of this in the first State Of The Union speech last night. There are approximately half of the detainees approved to be sent to their home countries but no real dates set for them to be realeased. Any little thing can delay the whole process of overdue justicebeing served.

The wholesale derailment and hijacking of Obama’s entire agenda (read our earlier article) is a foot note because news media is too busy concocting stories on how Muslims are out to get America, left, right, and center.

For an ordinary person it's difficult to tell what is the truth and where the lies begin. It's one thing if the facts are presented as they may be. Good, bad, or ugly. The problem lies when there is the spin from the sources that are suppose to give you the facts. Most people do not have the time to dig the truth and so whatever is displayed on the screen becomes the truth. Therein lies the great rewards for the media. When a dog is rewarded for barking, it continues to do so; it increases its barking for more food and more treats.

Opinion: Advantures Of Ms P

Some years ago I came across somebody who, for the sake of brevity and confidentiality, we would call Ms P. She had a nice personality, she was great to look at, a nice body to spare, and for most part she was easy to get along with. Or so I thought. At times I thought she was bipolar.

We were doing video projects together, projects that we thought was going to one day make us world famous. We got along superbly. Maybe it was too good to be true and I should have gotten a clue early on. We got together to work on these project and since there were other people involved in the process, they began to think we were an item. Unbeknownst to me she actually thought we could be an item. Long story short, we met many times over the course of 6 or so months and one thing led to another and before I know it she convinced me that all I really wanted to do was to get on with her. Yes, like any man’s man I dreamed of her, thought of her, and even made love to her without her being there. Eventually it did happen which is where the story really begins. Or perhaps it’s where it ends.

One day we were chilling and she told me she was going to get something to drink. This should have been my first clue. But unfortunately not for me. I had to learn the hard way. All she wanted to get for drink was hot water. Hot water? That was the first time I had ever seen anybody take water, heat it up in the microwave and sip it like a cup of coffee. It took me years to get over that one. I am still not quite over that one.

Next came one of the projects. We lived this morbid project for many months and granted there were many many interesting moments but the stigma of the whole project was something similar to an actor being cast in the first role and the possibility of it staying with that type of role for his/her entire career. The project was about Suicide prevention and how these two women were part of the American Suicide Prevention Association etc. etc. It was downhill from there.
The next project came along and it was about the Bundt. Is that how you say it? Well it was about the Nazi chasing the jews all over the world and how these people had ended up in, of all places somewhere in CT. That is when I had to put a stop to the morbidity of the whole thing. No more projects.

Unfortunately, or otherwise, in the meantime we have developed a certain type of friendship and we have gotten into a routine of things like sex, dinners, conversations, going places together, and just being pals. During all this time we would come up with things to talk about but invariably the conversation somehow would always turn to, of all subjects, the age old topic that gets renewed every five seconds, of none other than the Holocaust. Holocaust Shmolocaust. There, I have said it! I have been waiting to say that for ever and ever. So I did some research and I found a whole industry around this one subject that is embedded in the psyche of all jews the world over. It seems like the first words any newborn jew hears is to remember holocaust. Then the entire life is set on a path of morbidity and victim mentality. Normally I would have no issue with any particular subject, morbid or otherwise, but this was different.

So the idea of living this holocaust thing over and over and over and making this a major part of one’s life was intriguing. Of course there are events around this that would surely not go away in my life time. The museums in every major or non-major city of US depicting the horrors of holocaust over and over are an industry unto themselves. Worse things have happened in the history of the world, both in magnitude and importance. One would ask why is that such a problem? The problem is with this victim mentality and the web that is woven around that victim mentality. It seems like the entire world is being held hostage to this phenomenon and lives are being lost in the process. Irony of all ironies: holocaust is, in and of itself, justification for countless killings and murder. Imagine that. Holocaust and its countless memoriam that go on in some form of fashion just about every day should be a lesson to not perpetrate the same atrocities on anybody else. It should be the lessons learned on how to protect life. It could have been the event to end all wars. On the contrary, countless people have died in the name of security for the jews murdered by the jews themselves. I heard this many years ago when I had no clue what holocaust was all about. Somebody told me Hitler was a bad man and asked why and he said because he killed all the good jews. Thinking back and looking at the current events that rings so very true.

One can do whatever they like with their life. That’s their prerogative. They can live in morbid curiosity of the holocaust, create monuments for the dead, and collect money to do whatever they want in the name of holocaust, and the list goes on. Yet, here is the worst that has happened due to this obsession with holocaust and the industry around it. America has been hijacked. American values have been hijacked. The one country that was supposed to stand for truth and justice for all people of the world is no more. This is by all accounts the worst tragedy in the history of the world. In the name of holocaust they are denying life and liberty to millions. In the name of holocaust they are killing and murdering people without giving life a second thought. In the name of holocaust they raise money and buy politicians to continue with the killing and murdering. America and Americans stand silent and let these people commit these atrocities without giving it a second thought, without realizing the impact its having on what it is to be American. We are devaluing the country and its values in the eyes of the world and as such there is not one country left that would defend the tyranny anymore.

Article: Why Do Muslim Women Wear Hijab

One thing that have always been amazing is the lack of apathy when it comes to any issue related to Muslim women. One of these is the issue of Hijab. What we hear all the time in the news media is the anti-hijab bias. What is even more interesting is that nobody ever, ever asks a woman the simple question: Why does she wear hijab.

This is a series or articles with that question posed to random women who were seen wearing hijab. Why does she wear hijab. Here is one post verbatim. There are no changes made from the original response. The goal here is to present multiple responses over period of time and as the entries trickle in they will be presented with minimal change. Any change will be strictly for the purpose of brevity and/or severe grammatical problems. (if any)

This is a beautifully written response and I found it to be genuine and representative of thousands of women that practice wearing Hijab despite the hatred and negative connotation attached to it. This piece makes it very obvious that the distorted view given to us by the media is nowhere close to reality. Read for yourself and leave your comments.


This is the response in full without any changes:

I started wearing the Islamic headscarf --the "hijab," as it's transliterated from Arabic-- about a year and a half ago, as an act of modesty for my religion, Islam. The hijab is a symbol of modesty. Women have complained that they would rather be appreciated for reasons other than their physical appearance; Islam has a solution for that: modesty. The hijab is not directly mandated by Islam; it's merely choice. In the Qur'an, it is stated that no Islamic belief should be forced on an individual. The hijab does not make women inferior; it's a solution for women who want their minds to be stronger than their appearance. The head scarf wasn't even something new introduced by Islam. You're forgetting that, a few centuries ago, women covered their heads when they went outside. True, in this day and age, common people don't cover their heads anymore. In Islam, if something is hard to do, you don't have to do it. If a woman feels inferior wearing the headscarf, or has been assaulted for it, they don't have to wear it. By wearing the hijab you're not succumbing to anything except God's teaching; in fact, when wearing the hijab, you're not succumbing to the desire to show off yourself to everybody. The way I see it, men don't have to show off their looks to get things they want, but some women do. In that case, whose inferior there? The hijab is not a foreign influence. You've probably seen several Americans wearing the headscarf too; they just look Arab (I know this for sure, since my uncle married an American woman who wears the hijab now; she is often mistaken for an Arab).

I was born and raised in the United States, and almost none of my relatives --even the ones who live in Pakistan-- wear the hijab, apart from my mother, who actually started wearing it when she came the U.S. thirty years ago. None of my relatives really supported my decision to wear the headscarf. My own parents were almost shocked when I started wearing it. They've constantly reminded me that I don't have to do it. Even though they're happy with it, they think --and in this case, I hope they're wrong-- that I might stop in a few years. They know it's probably hard to wear it in America, but honestly it hasn't been that hard. I've been able to talk to people as easily as before. It's like I get to choose who to speak to now; most people who approach me are open-minded, kind, and non-judgmental: the type of people I'd like to be friends with. Generally, people don't initially approach me as often as before, but now I get to choose who approaches me by talking with them first. I do get glared at by strangers sometimes, and most people don't look at me in the eye anymore. However, I know they've been ill-informed by the media. Sometimes I do feel a pressure to always do the right thing. If I'm not constantly behaved at all times, or if I accidentally say something rude or offensive, there are people who would have a bad impression of Muslims because they saw one who wasn't perfect. After all, they have a bad impression from the "Muslims" they see on TV who do explicitly forbidden things. Extremism is forbidden in Islam...but that's another topic. The constant, reasonably good behavior has made me, undeniably, a much better person.

The hijab isn't a sign of extremism; it's really just an item of clothing to put, but on your head. And by the way, I've never, ever heard of someone getting heat stroke because of wearing the hijab (though if you get to that state, you really should take it off). In Saudi Arabia, men also cover their head to keep them safe from heat when they go out, and Saudi Arabia is mostly desert. Wearing the hijab does not signify extremism. Islam doesn't call for women who wear the hijab to necessarily be as religious or even as modest as nuns are. True, there are ways to be modest and restrain themselves from wrong things without wearing the headscarf, and I commend people who can do that. For me, the hijab is a reminder to act appropriately, and it's definitely saved me from making many wrong decisions I would definitely regret. I don't mind others --my friends included-- being immodest or immoral, because I would have been like that if I didn't really know about Islam. Every person I meet who treats me with respect --like a normal person-- surprises me, because I generally expect people to have the bad image of Muslims that the media and extreme "Islamic" groups feed them. Neither do I have any deference for people who glare at me, because I know they don't really know what I --and other Muslims-- believe in. And I know, that if I wasn't Muslim, I would probably treat Muslims like they do.

Bin Laden Spotted at Pentagon?

Bin Laden is alive and well, chilling in the basement of Pentagon in Langley Virginia. His room number is B3-S55A3-c. That, for you Pentagon newbies, is located in Basement 3, South Wing 55, Office Type is A which means top security clearance is required, and 3 is the size of the office, being a medium sized office. the "-c" is for no cameras allowed under any circumstances, regardless of the security clearance. Amazingly enough though, this is the same room where one of the clandestine Audio-Visual lab is located. Coincidence? Hardly.

When Bin Laden first came on the scence his tape recording was heard on many TV stations. These were feeds from Al-Jazeera. You remember Al-Jazeera, the friendly network that provided lots of propaganda material after the 9/11 fiasco. Truth remains murky at best. It's the same TV station that later tried to start an English broadcasting service but that effort went nowhere because no American cable company would carry their broadcast. Certainly not because it was not going to be profitable. The word is that the directives not to carry Al-Jazeera came directly from the top, from people like George and Dick. They could not agree on how much they can control on what goes in and what stays out. The people at Al-Jazeera would not relinquish that control over to the same set of people that determine what goes in or stays out at Associated press. Rest is history.

Back to Bin Laden tapes. The voice on the recording was distinct and one that was authenticated at the behest of CIA. As events unfolded and Bin Laden's presence became more scarce the voice on the recording changed. Changed about 180 degrees if there is a measure like that for voice. The change was apparent to layperson, but only those who actually paid any attention. Therein lies the problem. The ordinary viewer of the six o'clock news have absolutely no clue and does not care if the voice is same or different. How many of them even remember the airing of Bin Laden's voice few days after 9/11 and any subsequent airing of the purported tapes that pop up at the most convenient times? Can any of those viewers tell where Afghanistan is on the map. Do they know which continent England is located in? Do they know who is the senator from their state? Clueless people being fed lies and agenda of hatred and then given the potent weapon of a vote. That is a dangerous combination.

Bin Laden will never die. Not as long as this so called war on terrorism continues and is in the interst of US for it to continue. He will never die as long as the funding of the lab at B3-S55A3-c can be secured. There are very little doubts that the funding will stop anytime soon.

You Can Kiss Their A$$ Now - Again

They just got done with the Golden Globe Awards. Here comes the Screen Guild Awards. This all in anticipation of the big awards: The Oscars which will be sometimes in March. Lot of kissing A$$ going on within an industry that keeps everything on the inside. The whole movie industry is insidious and feeds on its own. Hundred years and the same set of people are making millions without having to pay a dime in taxes. Ever heard of any movie making any money other than what it takes in at the box office?

Have you ever wondered what are all those names that you see rolling by at the start of any movie. Yes, they are a ponzi scheme to keep the profits on the inside. The age old cliche: You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. From the accountants to distribution to delivery and transportation, all done by the people on the inside. How did Slum dog millionaire won any awards last year is anybody's guess. Perhaps it's just as well so that they can have at least one example to show any critic. Just one.

Last 50 or so years have seen one holocaust related movie after another win the awards of one kind or another. If its not about something j3wish then it will not win the award. Casablanca to modern day Reader, all are prime examples of a sure formula for winning at the Oscars.
Can anybody enter the movie business and legitimately compete?

Note: Currently study is underway to list all award winning movies and the subject matter of the movie. Any guesses for the one overwhelmingly dominant subject that garners a node for an Oscar? Please leave us a note.

"You know how they're going to come at you?"

Tom Hagen: You know how they're going to come at you?

Michael: They want to arrange a meeting between me and Barzini. On Tessio's ground. Where I'll be safe. [Hagen is silent for a long moment]

Tom Hagen: Tessio. I always thought it would be Clemenza.

Michael: It's the smart move. Tessio was always smarter.

The movie Godfather is a classic that has so many lines that imitate real life. you can not but love that movie just because you can use those lines almost everyday especially when it comes to politics.

So do you know how they are going to come at you?

The history repeats itself. We are reliving 8 years of George and Dick. The fiasco on Christmas day was a planned activity. There were many of those during the 8 years of George's presidency. Then in the later years the momentum shifted to Europe. We are seeing those same tactics now. Britain just heightened the security alert to the highest alert. India is putting air marshals on their flights. So where is the CIA and FBI going to strike next? That is any body's guess at this point but nobody will be too surprised if something was to happen in next few weeks.

Of course the midterm elections are coming and Republicans candidates are going to need all the help they can get from FBI and CIA. Remember both of these agencies are still under the spell of old George era holdouts. Also towards the end of his presidency George planted moles inside these agencies to create the affect the shadow government.

So where are they going to strike next? Make your comments and guesses now.

Curious Case Of Aafia Siddiqui

Everyday passes by and the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui gets little more complicated. You can get all the details of her case here and you have to do lot more research and diligent work to know the real story and that is where most of the interest lies.

From all the stories swirling around, some made up, others only half truth because nobody has been able to talk to one person that may know the whole truth, and that is Aafia Siddiqui. Those who have talked to her are only interested in making up what serves them to whatever end they are working on.

So where does that leave ordinary citizen that might be interested in the truth? The truth may never come out because there are too many people that don't want the truth to come out. There are too many people that want to make hay at the expense of this one woman.

The long awaited trial of this woman who has gone through hell and back many times over is underway in New York. Read our article When Circus came to town. The trial is being controlled and manipulated on the outset. Judge Berman, the presiding judge has ordered to have a metal detector installed in his court. That part is understood. What is much worse is that you have to not only show ID (which is also OK) but you have to have your address and other information recorded before you are allowed in the court gallery to be part of the proceedings.

This requirement has the desired affect. The courtroom was full the first day of the trial but hardly anybody showed up on the second or the third day. This is tragedy because as a human being the woman needs all the support she can get. Besides the dehumanizing strip searches while the guards snicker and have jolly good time with anal probing etc. this woman has not been allowed to see any of her immediate family members, and nobody else is allowed to visit her, lest any part of truth may come out.

This is an open and shut case. The glaring contradictions in testimony will be overlooked and she will be sentenced to 100+ years to life in some prison for something that can never be proved definitively.

Aafia Siddiqui Trial Day One
Aafia Siddiqui Trial Day two
Aafia Siddiqui Trial Day three

Obama's First Year

Obama's first year in the office is turning out to be a huge disappointment. The wingnuts are celebrating and dancing in the streets while full of glee. Some of the democrats are stunned, others are cautiously optimistic that it may just wake some people up from their slumber and maybe, just maybe, things will get better for the long run. The real losers however are the American people. They know what they voted for. They also know that it was possible for Obama to deliver on the promise. But most of all, they know that its the collusion of media and a small but vocal minority that has hijacked Obama's agenda. However, the problem is most of these people are totally helpless when it comes to the influence of the media over the politicians. Most of them don't even understand it. Majority of them don't know where to start on tackling the problem. With all the blogs and all the twittering you would think people would actually have some power that is brutally usurped by the big media. Not so. The control remains with the big boys and they are not about to relinquish it anytime soon.

So what exactly is it that Obama needs to do to get his presidency back. He still has time but it's running out on him fast. He has few options if he stays the course. The changes have to be swift and decisive. He must take action before he gets to the point of no return. A point of no return is beyond the mid-term elections. If no drastic measures are taken to save this sinking ship it will be too late and he will be a lame duck long before his time.

He must stop pandering to the fear mongers. The Christmas day airline fiasco was a planned event. It was orchestrated at very high levels of several governments. Delta Airlines was a willing player. Obama must stop the fear mongering tactics implemented by the remnants of the previous administrations. The FBI, the CIA, and the DHS, all have people that are staunch supporters of George and Dick. They would still do anything for their old bosses, including orchestrating a spectacular show of force on Christmas day. Keep in mind many of these people don't celebrate Christmas so they have all the time in the world to plan something like this.

Obama must replace his chief of Staff. The current occupant of that office is an old hand at back stabbing and he is a snake, and no less. The nature of snake is to bite, friend or a foe. It's the nature of the snake and can not help it. This guy has no loyalty to America. As long as Obama has him as his chief of staff he will not be able to accomplish anything. On top of that, the blame of everything and anything will fall on Obama regardless of the actors involved. That is how the current chief of staff's training is. We all know where he got his training. The buck stops at Obama and nobody else will take any responsibility. Nobody has to because it's a setup. Its an exit strategy. Do you know who our Secretary of State is? Nobody seems to know that. The American foreign policy is currently outsourced like millions of our jobs, manufacturing, and everything else. Obama should take the reigns of foreign policy in his own hands and do some of the things that he promised during several of his speeches.

He must treat friends as friends. At this time we have no friends on account of the fact that our foreign policy has not changed from where it was a year ago. The thuggery, at the hands of under secretaries at the state department, continues. The hope of change that many people across the globe saw and hoped for based on the campaign promises is dissipating fast. People across the globe are realizing that George and Dick are still running the country. The ill conceived war on terror continues. Guantanamo bay prison is flourishing, Bagram is as torturous as ever. Looting of Iraqi oil continues. People that have committed heinous crimes, war crimes, are getting away on technicalities. US treasury is being looted in the name of bailout. There is no transparency anywhere.

The false reporting of rosy economic situation must stop now. The truth comes out sooner or later, usually the following day. Jobs, better pay, stability of the stock market, improvement in the housing market, availability of credit for businesses and for buying houses are some of the things people look at. The proof is in the pudding. When people are getting fired at the same rate others are getting hired, albeit at lower pay rates, the change people want to see is not forthcoming and so nothing is going to change. Perception is reality for most. Americans are stupid when it comes to foreign policy but not when it comes to their own pockets and prosperity.

Stop the expansion of wars. Yemen is a threat created to checkmate Saudis. For what reason, is beyond anybody's guess. The sophisticated weaponry the rebels have is not coming from Iran. Iran does not have those kinds of weapons to export. In addition currently their hands are tied up with problems at home mostly of their own making. Whatever happened to all the training and weapons that Saudis bought and paid premium price for? Whatever happened to the tactical support the "allies" were going to provide to Saudi government in case they needed it.

Sooner some or all of these measures are put in place sooner there is a chance of recovery for Obama's presidency.

Activist: Watch Out For IDF Stealing Organs In Haiti

Read the full article here

Agenda Hijacked

Headline:

"President Obama Praised for Sticking to American Values on Counter-Terrorism"

What exactly are the American Values on Counter Terrorism? Are you referring to the ones set by George and Dick. The draconian laws taken right from third world countries and Russian KGB workbook? Those vlues. Since when have they become American?

Security and well being is paramount however it works counter to the American values when the threat is used to single out a particular religion and the people that practice it. When a person kills and he/she happens to belong a particular religion the religion itslef becomes part of the problem whereas under any other circumstances the religion is of no consequence. Does the attrocities being committed in West Bank and Gaza by IDF not religion based? Is usurping of land at the hands of settlers backed by Izraeeli goverment and blessed by its hightest court not religion based?

Why the double standards? Why the hypocracy?

President Obama's first year in the office has been hijacked by the neocons and the right wingnuts. The hope millions felt at the demise of previous administration and their debauchary of American freedoms for 8 years has been quashed and we are left with "Amercian Values" of anti terrorism. These are new american values unknown to most Americans. Are people going wake up in time to realize what these new values are? Are they going to realize what they are having to give up before it's too late?

The neocons know this very well: If they are to remain a force in the American politics they have to do it at the heels of the so called war on terror. They have no other agenda, they have no other value, they have nothing else they can bring to the table that they can possibly sell to American publlic. The fear mongering, the percieved threats, the imminent danger of an attack is the only thing they can use to coerce people into voting for them. What are they willing to do in order to achieve this? There is nothing, including selling of America to the highest bidder, that they will not do to achieve their agenda. If this means they have to buy a Nigerian guy to pretend to blow up a plane then so be it.

When the news first came about him traveling without a passport nobody had seemed to believe that. However, this has been confimed now from more than one source that he traveled 2 segments without a passport. Do you think there was somebody much bigger than you and me behind wanting him on that one particular flight on a specific day?

Who really is in control? It is as if George and Dick never left the Whitehouse. Remember one of the last tapes to appear after the Obama win referrign to him as "house nigger"? Well that was certainly part of a plan.

Is Your Church Or Synagogue Teaching You Hatred And Bigotry

God of all religions teaches love for all mankind. At least that is what we are told over and over when you meet with any religious person. They tell you God teaches love and forgiveness, kindness and humility. They tell you their God teaches to be good to your fellow human beings and practice tolerance for trespasses of others. But then where is all the hatred coming from. What about the guy who thinks he is Godly. The guy on the pulpit who has people's ears at least once a week? Can they be teaching us things we should not be learning at the church or synagogue.

How about you? Have you paid real close attention to what is being said in churches and synagogues across the country and how it's being said? What is the real message. Is it us vs them? Is it our religion is the only righteous religion? Is it that they are telling you that problems happen as an indicator of wrath of God to those who disobey? Are the interpretation of holy books too literal? Are you subliminally being taught that we must cleanse our cities of people that don't belong with us? Is your religion asking you that you will not achieve godliness as long as there is single person of another faith among you? Are they asking you to take revenge?

Perhaps it's time to look for an alternative. Perhaps it's time to reconsider. Perhaps it's time to tell them enough is enough. Perhaps it's time to ask them where is the love and kindness, the tolerance and humility. Perhaps it's time to ask them which God exactly are they asking us to follow after all. Perhaps its time to ask them is their God really all about love as they claim?

When The Circus Came To Town

OJ Simpson needs no introduction. Remember him, the guy who almost got away. Or so they think. The one who had the trial of the century. The hype about his trial was deafening before, during, and after the trial of the century. Good thing the century ended shortly after that. No more competition. He carries the dubious title forever now. Nothing can change that.

We have another trial brewing. In magnitude and importance this could easily rival all the trials and tribulation of OJ Simpson. This is the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammad. Will he get the notoriety of OJ Simpson? Will the media line up to give us the down and dirty details? Will the glove fit this time? Will he get a fair trial? That last question is perhaps the most important of all the questions. But it's a question that nobody is asking. Nobody is even concerned if he gets a fair trial or not. Nobody is concerned if justice will prevail or not. Nobody is concerned if at the end of the day the rule of law will be upheld. Why? Because this is an open and shut case. Whether he gets a fair trial or not, whether we know the confessions are coerced and extracted under torture, whether we know that it's taking place in the city of hate... none of that matters anymore. After so many years, after bungled attempts to capture some of the more important people linked to 9/11, we finally have a small fish we think is a big fish. We finally have somebody that we can point a finger at, give him the death penalty, see him die, and finally, at least try to, put closure to a wound that has been kept open for all these years.

This is the year when circus came to town.

Media will have a field day. All the TV channels are overjoyed, they will do the street interviews with the ordinary citizen. A chance for ordinary citizen to bash Muslims and Islam all in one or two sentences, a quick take. They will do a thousand interviews and present the one who can bash Islam and Muslims the best. The talking heads will get no rest. C-SPAN will bring in experts from Foreign Policy journal. Yes the home of Bernard Lewis, and Samuel Huntington. The pundits will be out of breath and may even need extra oxygen after they are done with their punditry. The Lion Tamers at Fox will crack the whip harder than ever. The applause will be deafening, the applause will be applauded.

The newspapers will have Christmas in whatever month the trial will happen. Going to circus during Christmas. Double the pleasure; although not if you are Jewish. But it would be a good opportunity to create an equivalent of Christmas in July theme. Sure, why not. Articles, opinions, pictures, cartoons. Oh how the information will flow. Sales of the century after years of lackluster subscription and advertising revenues. Front page, second page, last page... no space will be spared to bring the details to the masses. Artists will render the images in the courtroom; blood red will be the theme just to create the right mood. Interviews with Dick and George, the highly paid goons of democracy, is a given and the questions are being prepared even now, going around in the heads of the talking heads, over and over, just to get the right wording.

Blogs will be abuzz. People coming out of the woodwork, claiming to be experts in Koran, quoting verse after verse of disjointed meaning, meaning taken out of context, just to prove their bias, prove their ignorance, prove that they hate Islam and Muslim the most. No shortage of opinions from wannabe bloggers, wannabe newsmen, wannabe everything. Deep rooted hatred will come out and people will sit in front of their computers for hours replying to replies and the replies to replies proving they know it all and that they have more hatred then the rest of us. Euphoria will be hard to contain.

Even the university professors, those in the journalism, Law/justice, political science, history sing in chorus for all the nitty gritty details of the trial.

Are we getting their.... to make this the trial of the new century. Will judge Ito be relinquished once again, but reinstated at the last minute. The trial of the yet another century must continue, the truth must come out. Yes, the truth coerced and extracted under torture. Dick is proud.