Sorry for the spelling mistakes. AS i HAVE EXPLAINED IN THE PAST, i HAVE PROBLRMS READING STRAIGHT FROM THE SCREEN and hrnce the errors. In any case, the responsibility lies with me and I must be more careful in future.
The recent speech by Senator Barack Obama raised once more the spectre of race and slavery in the USA and indeed, in other parts of the world. On this anniversary of the Jamaican Slave uprising of 1768 I would like to reflect on this issue from a historians perspective. Race, I must add is too important an issue to be left only to social workers and politicians. The rise of the Atlantic Slavr trade was made possibl
I agree that he was a great sci fi writer. Somehow the only human character he created was HAL the computer with a mind of its own in 2001 Space Oddessey.
The importance of the speech lies in the fact that Obama could haVE BOUGHT PEACE AT THE COST OF DISOWNING his erstwhile pastor. He did not do that and it shows that he has the strength of character not to prevaricate, something Hillary Clinton does as a matter of habit. He has repudiated the views of the Reverend and that too in no uncertain terms. Those who argue that Obama must disown his pastor are not aware of the central role played by the church in the spiritual life of the Afric
Race as a political issue exploded in a big way due to the indiscreet sermons of the pastor of the United Trinity Church, Rev Jermaiah Wright. The US media is aghast at the observation of the pastor that racism is alive and truly well in the USA. The liberal media that has thrived on the general atmosphere of political correctness is unable or unwilling to face up to the reality of racism in the social and political life of the USA. Senator Barack Obama gave a speech in Philadelphia in which he
Race as a political issue exploded in a big way due to the indiscreet sermons of the pastor of the United Trinity Church, Rev Jermaiah Wright. The US media is aghast at the observation of the pastor that racism is alive and truly well in the USA. The liberal media that has thrived on the general atmosphere of political correctness is unable or unwilling to face up to the reality of racism in the social and political life of the USA. Senator Barack Obama gave a speech in Philadelphia in which he
[quote] he might never have been caught had he not tried to cover his tracks & tickled the bank fraud detector's radar in the process.[/quote] Spitzer should have paid in hard cash and if he had just done that there would have been no trail, a money trail to follow. Does anyone pay a h***k** with a crdit card or cheque.
[quote]While Spitzer had plenty of enemies, the laws under which his activities were discovered are the same laws he used to prosecute others. [/quote] Do you not for a moment think that the Federal agencies were trackinmg his movements knowing that if caught he will have a huge political impact.
[quote]I personally prefer the MLK approach - we should judge people by the content of their character. On that score, Spitz fails[/quote] I agree with this, but we are talking about a politician who is caught in a probably illegal wire tap.
The Federal wire tap whose legality itself is open to question, and the authorisation for which is to protect USA from foreign terrorists using the USA to transmit messages, is to say the least questionable. If prying on a Governor by the Federal agencies is not opposed then civil libertarians will have a hard time. I am not defending Spitzer, I am just saying that wire taps on Spitzer was illegal and politcally motivated.
[quote]Tell that to the people in Cuba who go to bed hungry[/quote] Well this is not true. Cuba has eradicated hunger from its midst and the health care is even by European standards very good. I think freedom of the press and expression can be permitted but that is for the Cubans to decide.
If public trust is the issue as many including Daiwa and others argue, then how is it that an affair with a hooker can lead to such torrents of moral outrage. All politicians are hycorites to a lesser or greater degree. We must jude political figure by their public actions not their bedroom antics.
[quote]Any governor that would set himself up for something like this shows his own stupidity[/quote][quote]Any governor that would set himself up for something like this shows his own stupidity[/quote][quote]I care that he was funneling money around through improper channels (which is how he got caught) and was guilty as sin of not living up to the public trust[/quote] The law that is being slectiveluy used against him is a statute on structuring of money that exissts on the law
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The latest problem to hit the Obama Campaign:the interview of Samantha Powers to BBC. She said in that interview that Obama as President will be guided by his profession advice and the situation on the ground. I cannot understand what is wrong in that. Had she said that Obama as President will do exactly as he promised during the Campign, the Clintons wopuld have labelled his position as naieve.
I think this kind of shortsighted policy or response will not serve the interest either of USA or Cuba. The Cubans in Miami cannot hold the US policy toward Cuba hostage to their own prejudices. I agree that Cuba could allow a lot more political freedom, but the fact remains that Fidel Castro has tranformed a poverty striken American "colony" run by Batista into a weffare state. It is sobering to think that at a time when American politicians of every hue and stripe are taliking about refornming
I enjoyed reading your post. I too teach and at times I too feel like leaving and going far far away.
[quote who="Daiwa" comment="4"]I suspect he got fewer votes. Could be wrong, but I'd bet on that as the reason. [/quote] Your humor is amazing. Yes this point is indeed original. I missed your barbs and mischivious asides. Good to hear that you are OK.
[quote] So you don't think it's the Canadian Governement who shot down Obama[/quote]quote]So they can then leverage their block between the 2 parties and get real power.[/quote] I think that the Black vote is no longer as monolithic as it once was. They are now beginning to use the clout that numbers give them to be effective in public sphere. I am hopeful of an Obama presidency because it will finally bury the demons of the past. The Canadian Goverbnment was not involved at bes
While Darfur has got quite a few exited, there is need to reflect on the situation in Afghanistan.Is it becoming difficult for the US single handedly to conduct the war and the NATO allies are not helping. The policy of Bush of opening a second front in Iraq when the war in Afghanistan was far from over was a big big mistake and the consequences are going to be felt for a lon time.
In politics it does not always pay to play fair and square and by now the Illinois senator, Barack Obama, must have realised thatrunning a positive civilised campaign against the likes of Bil and Hillary Clinton does not yeild the desired results. The senator himself blames the "kitchen sink" campaign of Hillary and her surrogate number 1, Bill Clinton. I think the camapign was far far worse. Take the 3 a.m. telephone advert, for example, it insuniates th
Robert Gates not Bill. Sometimes one does get confused with the two names.
The US Secretary of Defense, Bill Gates shares a quality with his more famous name sake:studied understatement is his way of speaking and this rhetorical choice was in full dispaly when he announced to the media recently that the NATO is in danger of becoming irrelevant in Afghanistan. There were howls of protest from the NATO capitals, but no one who follows the incresingly dismal news from Kabul can be in any doubt ablut the truth of Bill Gate's statement. Th
When David Goldhagen publisher his Hitler's Willing Excecutioners the same kind of charge was made. When Frey publisher his Million Pieces again the same charge. Why cant people write what they want without the second guessing.
This is Barack Obama addressing a rally in Rhode Island, one of the 4 states headied for the primaries on March 4, 2008. So far he has run a very positive campaign stridently putting forth calls for change in an increasinly bitter polit
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