The issue of Palestine and Israel has not only been one of physical violence, it is now and have itched to become an emotional one too. This problem, unfortunately, is happening far away from the scene of actual suffering, rather itin the is United Kingdom. The accused? British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
From my perspective, it is a sullen regret that people are rather driven by joining the bandwagon than being sincere about this physical violence. And by this, I must stress that in this side of the world where we most likely prefer to appear as good people, we are actually causing more trouble by taking sides than being neutral commentator and render our celebrated help discreetly.
The violence in the middle east benefit no one in anyway; not in Israel, nor to Palestine; and definitely not here in the UK. On the other hand, regardless of how many people that died in either side, life is life and are worth same. Whether Israel lost 1 person, or Palestine lost thousands, all those lives are very precious (to all of us) and no one of them is more important than the other. For that, we regret that we lost them.
On that light, the BBC is absolutely right for the stand they have taken and I am in support of it. What rather distraught me is the way most people hijack the control of BBC by claiming that license payers want this or that. If anyone is being sincere and want to know what license payers think, then a referendum should be conducted so that all license payers bare their minds. But for a few to assume the mouthpiece of millions of license payers saying we all want the BBC to broadcast a certain thing is in itself silly, self-centred, dictatorial and thus are worst than the perpetrators of the middle east violence.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Beautifulness Of The USA Presidential Inauguration
Ok; I have just decided to watch the USA presidential inauguration earlier than I hoped. My initial plan was to watch the main handover and the new president’s inaugural speech.
First I must accept and support the first statement the Fox reporter made once I found this Irish website that is streaming it live since I own no TV. His statements were that it is such an overwhelmingly peaceful day when compared to dearest Bush’s inauguration 8 years ago when there were various protests both for the alleged rigging of election, et al.
One thing that struck me though is the way that everyone wore black; mhhh… But Mrs. Obama wore olive. It immediately sent me a signal why ceremonies by whites are always boring but highly organized which is better. While blacks put up colourful events but extremely disorganized; and this I hate to subscribe to.
But hang on, Mr. Bush Snr. and his wife, although quite aged, dressed colourfully with violet scarves. Oh and tough and amiable Mrs Hillary Clinton too – if I was a lady, she is the one I will subscribe to her sense of fashion… especially her hairstyle; God bless her. The young Obama girls too; colourfully dressed in blue, and the younger in pink. mhhh…. oh, and not forgetting, Dick Cheney did it again. He is on wheelchair… he seem to has always wished to kill himself while on this job.
What would one say? This is quite touching. It is not about the blackness of the new touch of colour to the white house – besides, should it not be renamed ‘White-Black House’? – its rather about the unity that is visible. It is about the oneness that my generation is continuing to push on. Inter-racial marriages, friendships, connections and togetherness all are on the increase. But still, my fear is the opportunists who wouldn’t let this go because the make gains from it.
God bless America, God bless the world, God bless God. Well done America.
First I must accept and support the first statement the Fox reporter made once I found this Irish website that is streaming it live since I own no TV. His statements were that it is such an overwhelmingly peaceful day when compared to dearest Bush’s inauguration 8 years ago when there were various protests both for the alleged rigging of election, et al.
One thing that struck me though is the way that everyone wore black; mhhh… But Mrs. Obama wore olive. It immediately sent me a signal why ceremonies by whites are always boring but highly organized which is better. While blacks put up colourful events but extremely disorganized; and this I hate to subscribe to.
But hang on, Mr. Bush Snr. and his wife, although quite aged, dressed colourfully with violet scarves. Oh and tough and amiable Mrs Hillary Clinton too – if I was a lady, she is the one I will subscribe to her sense of fashion… especially her hairstyle; God bless her. The young Obama girls too; colourfully dressed in blue, and the younger in pink. mhhh…. oh, and not forgetting, Dick Cheney did it again. He is on wheelchair… he seem to has always wished to kill himself while on this job.
What would one say? This is quite touching. It is not about the blackness of the new touch of colour to the white house – besides, should it not be renamed ‘White-Black House’? – its rather about the unity that is visible. It is about the oneness that my generation is continuing to push on. Inter-racial marriages, friendships, connections and togetherness all are on the increase. But still, my fear is the opportunists who wouldn’t let this go because the make gains from it.
God bless America, God bless the world, God bless God. Well done America.
As The Product Of Nothing Took Charge Of Something
It happened at exactly 17:05 hours GMT when Mr. Barack Hussein Obama took the oath and became the 44th president of the Unite States of America. For the second time, like on the minute he was declared the winner of the election, I wept.
I wept, not because of the over-riding colour clamour that that has been sang along; no. Not because of the racism that has been trumpeted; no. But tears ran down my cheeks because this is just glorious.
Who would have thought? Who would have dreamed? The arrival of this man seem to have countered all norms that existed. The son of a woman left to fate; the child of a poor immigrant man. He came from no where to somewhere. If a mixed race would have been a president, one would have expected him to come from one of the rich families who have minded or been part of the power minders. But here comes a man from no dynasty… but it is vividly clear something beyond the material must be his strength. Yet, for man, the mortal, the weak, it is a business of one day at a time.
And so we wish Mr. BHO wisdom, strength, accurate intuition, selflessness, and hope that at the times of tough decisions, that he will find strength and grace to make the best choice. And so may it happen to all the leaders of the world.
I wept, not because of the over-riding colour clamour that that has been sang along; no. Not because of the racism that has been trumpeted; no. But tears ran down my cheeks because this is just glorious.
Who would have thought? Who would have dreamed? The arrival of this man seem to have countered all norms that existed. The son of a woman left to fate; the child of a poor immigrant man. He came from no where to somewhere. If a mixed race would have been a president, one would have expected him to come from one of the rich families who have minded or been part of the power minders. But here comes a man from no dynasty… but it is vividly clear something beyond the material must be his strength. Yet, for man, the mortal, the weak, it is a business of one day at a time.
And so we wish Mr. BHO wisdom, strength, accurate intuition, selflessness, and hope that at the times of tough decisions, that he will find strength and grace to make the best choice. And so may it happen to all the leaders of the world.
Monday, January 05, 2009
The Political Suicide Bombing Within The Conservative Party
In what seem like a complete U-turn today, the mayor of London dropped a most dazing bombshell… something akin to a political suicide bombing to his party, the Conservative. In his newspaper article for the Evening Standard, Mr. Johnson, promised more investment, “. . . to invest our £5 billion housing budget”.
The article titled “If we work hard we can make London safer, fairer, cleaner”, encouraged Londoners to be strong and optimistic in the recession and turn the card to our own good. Good advice if you ask me. But the knife to the throat is the keywords he used, “We can't just blame Gordon Brown for 10 years of profligacy”.
What made this stance even more outstanding is that on the other side of the river, on the same day, David Cameron was laying out another one-out-of-a-millionth endless versions of (taxation) policy. And for a man he personally got involved and campaigned for to the mayoral seat, it is completely befuddling that such a striking difference exists in their policies, even for a party. The Lib Dems said the plan was a "fake giveaway."
What has always not trust the Tories’ leader even though I admire his zeal and youthfulness, is how much unstable his stance can be. I mean, even the silliest lunatic can tell he changes like a chameleon. Today he is saying yes, the next he is pooling out and jumping the fence. As much as I do not (or try to) understand the damn credit crunch because I surely believe it to be a huge economic fraud by the stupendously rich to tighten and control wealth, I think Mr. Cameron should learn to be stable. What stands out the iron lady is her strong stance on issues. Or is Cameron the only one that does not know of the famously resounding “No! No!! No!!!”?
A leader is one who makes decision and stands by them but who listens to his people and ready to make amends. Instead the Tory leader uses the commercial approach style that says “Newly improved”. But something can only be new or improved (old). Where does he stand? Is he new or improved?
Within the economic crisis, Boris Johnson has joined the prime minister to give a message of hope and real stance that it can be faced. And that we can achieve even more for a better tomorrow. Thank you Boris.
The article titled “If we work hard we can make London safer, fairer, cleaner”, encouraged Londoners to be strong and optimistic in the recession and turn the card to our own good. Good advice if you ask me. But the knife to the throat is the keywords he used, “We can't just blame Gordon Brown for 10 years of profligacy”.
What made this stance even more outstanding is that on the other side of the river, on the same day, David Cameron was laying out another one-out-of-a-millionth endless versions of (taxation) policy. And for a man he personally got involved and campaigned for to the mayoral seat, it is completely befuddling that such a striking difference exists in their policies, even for a party. The Lib Dems said the plan was a "fake giveaway."
What has always not trust the Tories’ leader even though I admire his zeal and youthfulness, is how much unstable his stance can be. I mean, even the silliest lunatic can tell he changes like a chameleon. Today he is saying yes, the next he is pooling out and jumping the fence. As much as I do not (or try to) understand the damn credit crunch because I surely believe it to be a huge economic fraud by the stupendously rich to tighten and control wealth, I think Mr. Cameron should learn to be stable. What stands out the iron lady is her strong stance on issues. Or is Cameron the only one that does not know of the famously resounding “No! No!! No!!!”?
A leader is one who makes decision and stands by them but who listens to his people and ready to make amends. Instead the Tory leader uses the commercial approach style that says “Newly improved”. But something can only be new or improved (old). Where does he stand? Is he new or improved?
Within the economic crisis, Boris Johnson has joined the prime minister to give a message of hope and real stance that it can be faced. And that we can achieve even more for a better tomorrow. Thank you Boris.
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