Random musings
Making fun of another religion in a public forum can never be a recipe for peace. Dr. Zakir, please use your enormous intellect and memory to find and memorize passages from the Bible that convey the same message as that of the Koran. And let peace be upon everybody.
The constitution says that the President-elect becomes President — oath or no oath — at 12 noon. And what was happening at 12 noon? Yo Yo Ma was playing Cello along with other musicians.
Now, thanks to 2 Shoe ‘bombs’ thrown at Bush in Iraq, the press will be asked to remove their shoes at every press conference! One thing is for sure. Watch the video. Bush’s reflexes are pretty good.
Like the old Virginia Slims ad that said — though, for the wrong reasons — “You have come a long way baby”, we have come a long way in electing Barack Obama as President. But as the events of the last couple of weeks illustrate, we have a long way to go. Excerpts from the … Read more
When asked about the functions of a Vice President, Palin gave an incorrect reply which means she doesn’t fully understand the differences between the executive and legislative branches. A vice president has a really great job because not only are they there to support the president’s agenda, they’re there like the team member, the teammate … Read more
8 years ago, Lieberman was the Vice Presidential nominee of the Democratic party. If not for some hanging chads and interference by the Supreme Court, he would have become the Vice President. Then he became an Independent. Lieberman has become close to McCain in ideology that the latter was ready to pick him as his … Read more
Hillary made 18 million cracks in the presidential glass ceiling but lost as more cracks were made on the presidential black ceiling. Obama didn’t give Hillary a chance to crack open at least the vice-presidential glass ceiling but McCain was gracious enough to do so, hoping that a large chunk of the 18 million Hillary … Read more
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s UPA government survived the confidence motion by a much bigger margin (20 votes) than was predicted earlier. Though it was supposed to be a vote for or against the nuclear deal, it was anything but that. The Left was probably the only party that stuck to its principles — right or … Read more
In the NY times editorial titled No Rush, Please, on the subject of the nuclear deal, the author says India’s illicit pursuit of nuclear weapons would effectively be forgiven. I don’t understand how some countries’ pursuit of nuclear weapons — USA, Russia, UK, China, France — would be considered legitimate and India’s pursuit considered illicit. … Read more
Like many others, I was shocked to hear Hillary Clinton mention RFK’s assasination when asked why she is still in the race. I don’t think such a remark can be justified: it is beyond spin repair. This will come to hurt and haunt her. In my opinion, any chance of a VP slot is gone. … Read more