This is why Bush’s presidency will be marked as a failure to understand issues.
Bush urges Musharraf to hold elections, give up army post
"You can't be the president and the head of the military at the same time," Bush said at a joint press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SP2C081&show_article=1&lst=1
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—U.S. President George W. Bush said Wednesday he has urged Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to hold parliamentary elections and relinquish his top army post.
Outrageous!
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Voice of Experience: It's Torture
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,155470,00.html?ESRC=army.nl
This is a skittish topic. The reason is because it should be defined by the different classes of persons: combatant or non combatant.
The SERE school uses mild intimidation techniques. Mild, by military standard means that it doesn't produce permanent damage Physically.
To be frank, anyone who is a potential terrorist is in this case an enemy combatant, but even if you are not sure if they are or are not, then the use of MILD intimidation IS acceptable. Waterboarding doesn't produce permanent damage. For torture to be considered "considerable," one would not volunteer to be subjected to it and there would be permanent damage. No one would volunteer for it. If you want to know what torture is ask the fearless leaders of the wonderful countries that accuse us of torture. Hold them accountable for their own accusations.
The Geneva convention applies to CIVILIZED warfare. Terrorism is not civilized. The reason why the Geneva convention rules were created was because we didn't want our soldiers "tortured" and the other countries promised that as well. This doesn't hold water here. Pardon the pun. The terrorists and the jihadists don't play by those rules. To understand this idea, one has to imagine kids on the playground and the gang of kids who don't Play by the rules and hurt the other kids. The normal kids are trying to play an organized game. They are considered the Privileged kids, because they have a ball and maybe other tools for the game. They are having a good time. The thug kids come along and are jealous. Their jealousy and their delusions of being superior cause them to "claim" the territory and by sheer force, drive out the NORMAL kids. When they get rid of the kids, they leave their toys. The toys are useless to the thug kids, because they have no idea what to do with them. They take the toys and instead of using them to create their own game, they sell them and use the money to buy individual CANDY that produces nothing and gets passed through their bowels. The end result is --- well you figure it out.
The question is, how do you stop the thugs?
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,155470,00.html?ESRC=army.nl
This is a skittish topic. The reason is because it should be defined by the different classes of persons: combatant or non combatant.
The SERE school uses mild intimidation techniques. Mild, by military standard means that it doesn't produce permanent damage Physically.
To be frank, anyone who is a potential terrorist is in this case an enemy combatant, but even if you are not sure if they are or are not, then the use of MILD intimidation IS acceptable. Waterboarding doesn't produce permanent damage. For torture to be considered "considerable," one would not volunteer to be subjected to it and there would be permanent damage. No one would volunteer for it. If you want to know what torture is ask the fearless leaders of the wonderful countries that accuse us of torture. Hold them accountable for their own accusations.
The Geneva convention applies to CIVILIZED warfare. Terrorism is not civilized. The reason why the Geneva convention rules were created was because we didn't want our soldiers "tortured" and the other countries promised that as well. This doesn't hold water here. Pardon the pun. The terrorists and the jihadists don't play by those rules. To understand this idea, one has to imagine kids on the playground and the gang of kids who don't Play by the rules and hurt the other kids. The normal kids are trying to play an organized game. They are considered the Privileged kids, because they have a ball and maybe other tools for the game. They are having a good time. The thug kids come along and are jealous. Their jealousy and their delusions of being superior cause them to "claim" the territory and by sheer force, drive out the NORMAL kids. When they get rid of the kids, they leave their toys. The toys are useless to the thug kids, because they have no idea what to do with them. They take the toys and instead of using them to create their own game, they sell them and use the money to buy individual CANDY that produces nothing and gets passed through their bowels. The end result is --- well you figure it out.
The question is, how do you stop the thugs?
Monday, November 05, 2007
Toddler with eight limbs branded 'reincarnation of Hindu god' to undergo life-saving operation 05.11.07
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23419627-details/Toddler+with+eight+limbs+branded+'reincarnation+of+Hindu+god'+to+undergo+life-saving+operation/article.do
Poor kid. Kids with those types of defects were sometimes killed at birth.
We see how some cultures have evolved from this type of mysticism to THINKING people.
Here are some more stories from today that I believe have importance:
50 New York Schools Fail Under New Rating System -
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/education/05cnd-reportcards.html?ex=1352005200&en=00351238df7f4575&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Bank Vows a Big Loan to Iran
$900 Million for Mullahs, as Zoellick Snubs Inquiry-
http://www.nysun.com/article/65833
PetroChina's Value Tops $1 Trillion, Surpassing Exxon (Update6) -
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQyRJI72Kor8&refer=worldwide
Iran Celebrates 1979 Revolution--
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,2580,00.html
Iraqi Prime Minister Pledges to Fight Kurdish Attacks Into Turkey
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,307846,00.html
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23419627-details/Toddler+with+eight+limbs+branded+'reincarnation+of+Hindu+god'+to+undergo+life-saving+operation/article.do
Poor kid. Kids with those types of defects were sometimes killed at birth.
We see how some cultures have evolved from this type of mysticism to THINKING people.
Here are some more stories from today that I believe have importance:
50 New York Schools Fail Under New Rating System -
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/education/05cnd-reportcards.html?ex=1352005200&en=00351238df7f4575&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Bank Vows a Big Loan to Iran
$900 Million for Mullahs, as Zoellick Snubs Inquiry-
http://www.nysun.com/article/65833
PetroChina's Value Tops $1 Trillion, Surpassing Exxon (Update6) -
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQyRJI72Kor8&refer=worldwide
Iran Celebrates 1979 Revolution--
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,2580,00.html
Iraqi Prime Minister Pledges to Fight Kurdish Attacks Into Turkey
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,307846,00.html
Muslims were not into "investment" vehicles before, but now, even they get "creative financing."
The zero percent solution
A renaissance for 'Islamic finance' -- a version of capitalism that avoids interest -- offers innovative financial tools to Muslim and non-Muslim alike
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/11/04/the_zero_percent_solution/
This would almost be commical, but for this ---
The Koran, most Islamic scholars agree, forbids the charging of interest, so traditional bonds are off-limits to devout Muslims. But sukuk generate a steady income from actual, tangible assets, like a rented piece of land.
Sukuk are also, it turns out, more stable than traditional sovereign bonds. While the sample size was small, the study by Selim Cakir, of the International Monetary Fund, and Faezeh Raei, a graduate student at the University of Texas, suggested that a portfolio that mixed sukuk with traditional bonds would do a better job than an all-bond portfolio of hedging against unpredictable seesaws in the financial markets.
One of the fastest growing areas of finance today is based on the 1,400-year-old strictures of shariah, or Islamic law. Sukuk are part of the field of "Islamic finance," which - while it emerged in its modern incarnation in the late 1970s - has in recent years been attracting money at a precipitously quick clip. Sukuk issuance in 2007 is on pace to at least double last year's total. And while exact figures are impossible to come by, industry analysts estimate that as much as $500 billion is now invested worldwide under Islamic guidelines. Most of the world's leading banks and investment companies, including Chase Manhattan, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and HSBC have started offering financial tools and services that meet the Koran's requirements.
Now the industry is broadening its reach, from oil-rich Middle Eastern royalty to the middle class, raising the prospect that the impact of Islamic finance could be felt well outside the Muslim faith. More than 60 percent of the money in the investment firm Saturna Capital's shariah-compliant mutual funds comes from non-Muslims, attracted by the funds' industry-leading returns. Last year a Texas-based oil and gas company raised $165.67 million by issuing sukuk, many of which were snatched up by American hedge funds. And regional banks in parts of the United States with large Muslim populations have started offering a growing range of innovative financial products - Islamic home and business financing instruments, Islamic savings accounts - that they believe could attract non-Muslim investors as well.
The zero percent solution
A renaissance for 'Islamic finance' -- a version of capitalism that avoids interest -- offers innovative financial tools to Muslim and non-Muslim alike
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/11/04/the_zero_percent_solution/
This would almost be commical, but for this ---
The Koran, most Islamic scholars agree, forbids the charging of interest, so traditional bonds are off-limits to devout Muslims. But sukuk generate a steady income from actual, tangible assets, like a rented piece of land.
Sukuk are also, it turns out, more stable than traditional sovereign bonds. While the sample size was small, the study by Selim Cakir, of the International Monetary Fund, and Faezeh Raei, a graduate student at the University of Texas, suggested that a portfolio that mixed sukuk with traditional bonds would do a better job than an all-bond portfolio of hedging against unpredictable seesaws in the financial markets.
One of the fastest growing areas of finance today is based on the 1,400-year-old strictures of shariah, or Islamic law. Sukuk are part of the field of "Islamic finance," which - while it emerged in its modern incarnation in the late 1970s - has in recent years been attracting money at a precipitously quick clip. Sukuk issuance in 2007 is on pace to at least double last year's total. And while exact figures are impossible to come by, industry analysts estimate that as much as $500 billion is now invested worldwide under Islamic guidelines. Most of the world's leading banks and investment companies, including Chase Manhattan, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and HSBC have started offering financial tools and services that meet the Koran's requirements.
Now the industry is broadening its reach, from oil-rich Middle Eastern royalty to the middle class, raising the prospect that the impact of Islamic finance could be felt well outside the Muslim faith. More than 60 percent of the money in the investment firm Saturna Capital's shariah-compliant mutual funds comes from non-Muslims, attracted by the funds' industry-leading returns. Last year a Texas-based oil and gas company raised $165.67 million by issuing sukuk, many of which were snatched up by American hedge funds. And regional banks in parts of the United States with large Muslim populations have started offering a growing range of innovative financial products - Islamic home and business financing instruments, Islamic savings accounts - that they believe could attract non-Muslim investors as well.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
There is a lot to be said for dates and there importance.
The Muslims are very "date" sensitive. The Qoran is very specific about them.
We attach importance to them too-- Birthdays (happy) and anniversaries, etc...
That being said, there has been a lot of research as to why the Muslims picked 9-11.
I believe that they didn't pick this day initially. It was supposed to be 1-1-2000
However, the attack was averted by our very minimal intelligence and the bravery of others in the Philippians and other countries.
The Muslims now had to pick another day.
But instead of making it a day that was important to us, rather it was going to be a day that was important to them. I believe that the below link is it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna
The Muslims are very "date" sensitive. The Qoran is very specific about them.
We attach importance to them too-- Birthdays (happy) and anniversaries, etc...
That being said, there has been a lot of research as to why the Muslims picked 9-11.
I believe that they didn't pick this day initially. It was supposed to be 1-1-2000
However, the attack was averted by our very minimal intelligence and the bravery of others in the Philippians and other countries.
The Muslims now had to pick another day.
But instead of making it a day that was important to us, rather it was going to be a day that was important to them. I believe that the below link is it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna
The reason they chose this day is BECAUSE they were beaten back by Europe and THIS day (9-11-2001) was going to usher IN the new battle. It's the SAME battle. The WAR continues.
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