Desi style...

No wonder everybody loves desi workers. :)

Is this true?

Did we really come that close to complete economic collapse? Well, watch this video - listen carefully to what he has to say almost 2 mins into the video.

My experiment with truth…

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This is what I did yesterday.

Left a comment on daijiworld.com condemning terror suspects caught by Bangalore police. (Note - I always use a fake name.) They published it only after promptly editing my original comment!! They had removed ‘Islam’ from ‘radical Islam’. See, the first screenshot - I’ve highlighted it with a red circle.

So, I thought I would leave another comment. So, I did – this time condemning Hindu organization. Again, I used the same type of language. Bingo!! They had no issue publishing ‘Radical Hinduism’! See the second screen.

I did this for two reasons:
- Of course, I had free time on Saturday
- To understand the ‘journalistic’ values practiced by daijiworld editors! :) Now, I have no illusions left.

For those who have been reading daijiworld-like dishonest news portals, this won't be a surprise.

Cold, Cold, Cold...

It has been very cold this week. Haven't worked out this week due to various reasons. I've a bad headache tonight too. Must be the cold weather, stress and all other stuff. Alright - time to go to bed. I think I am going to listen to 'Chand Sifarish' before going to bed. Here it is.

What's money?

There is plenty of material out there on net if you are wondering how the money is created and manipulated by wallstreet thugs. Here is an interesting video that I came across while trying to better understand fractional-reserve banking.

Another cute story...

This one is very sweet. Found it on youtube.

More on Stimulus Bill

This is unbelievable. What do you expect when you put almost a trillion dollar on the table and ask a bunch of thieves to come up with a plan to spend it?

Buried on page 147 of the bill is stimulation for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases! Yes!! And, guess how much money is kept aside for ‘STD education and prevention’? $ 335 million!!!!

How exactly this will create more jobs? Oh, I see – it means selling more condoms! In other words, condom factories need to hire more people. Ok – I get it! :)

Everybody loves a good recession?

House passes 819 Billion dollar stimulus bill.

Sure – if I had a printer that could print dollar bills, I too would have bailed out everyone out there. Since we killed gold standard log time ago, who cares about hyper inflation, right?

Since I am not an 'expert' on economy, all I can do is – ask some ‘common sense’ questions.

1. So, where exactly these dollars are coming from?
2. Who gets to decide who gets how much of these billions of dollars? The corrupt politicians? Or, even more corrupt Wall Street thieves? Or…the so-called ‘economic experts’ who never had any clue on the recession in first place?
3. Who is going to monitor the corporate criminals who love to take a cut from stimulus package while don’t like to be questioned on what they do with the money?

As you know, Citigroup walkd away with $45 billion last year (Yes, our tax dollars). Here is what they did with the money – Pay $50 million for a Corporate Jet!! Per Latest reports, they have cancelled the order after being questioned by White house. In my opinion, the top management in Citigroup should be immediately arrested with all their personal assets seized.

Hindu Taliban

Back in Mangalore, India, some of those jobless youth have gone ahead and assaulted women for visiting a pub and drinking beer!! All in the name of Hindu culture and morals!! If you haven’t watched, here is the video clip.



Questions:

- How exactly you promote ‘Hinduism’ by assaulting women in public? Do these morons have any idea?
- How did the media people have prior knowledge of the incident, not the Police?
- Why didn’t the ‘journalists’ inform Police of the incident?

The web portal daijiworld.com had the prior knowledge so they could send their reporter with Video equipment to capture the incident. In my opinion, the Editor of Daijiworld site should be immediately arrested and interrogated for collaborating with those thugs.

2009!

Is 2009 going to be better than 2008? Not if you listen to rhetoric from all sides. I'm getting a feeling that things are only going to get worse. Though I like Michael Savage, this one threw me off.

Obama Hatred !!

You find them in every society, every race and country. I don’t understand how anyone can develop so much hatred towards a person or a group?

Here is what I found in a blog after Obama’s win. The blogger is a Christian-conservative. There is nothing wrong in being Christian or conservative. I find myself very conservative on many social issues. I’ll be going to Church tomorrow though I am not religious. But, the hatred is not healthy.

Ok – here is what she wrote:
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# I did not vote for him. No true Christian has any excuse for doing so, because he stands against Christ on multiple issues.

# I voted against Obama because he is a Marxist, racist, socialist, abortion supporting, homosexual supporting liberal democrat who lies whenever it suits him, who is a bully, and who friends with and associates with enemies not only of our country, but of my race.

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First of all, there is no proof for any of the above accusations! It’s all fabricated by republican party during election campaign. He is a Marxist because he supports 3% increase in tax for those who make $250,000/year and tax cut for those who make less? He is racist because of what his pastor said? He is friend of enemies of America – how??

Oh, well - It’s a scary thing when you realize that there are people around us who judge everything based on your religion, skin color and limited set of social issues. She could be your co-worker or dentist or neighbor. Who knows?

Friday night - pizza talk

It's cold novemeber night. Sitting here in a dark room with a slice of pizza and soda, trying to heal my mind after a bloody week at work. A small lamp on my study table and laptop on my lap – I love Friday nights.

The politics at work is getting brutal as the project is showing all signs of going south. The word ‘team work’ died weeks ago! Most of the day is spent in CYA (Cover your …you know what!!). Days are filled with finger pointing, backstabbing and bad attitude.

My regular exercise schedule has gone down the toilet. My healthy vegetarian diet with fish oil tablets, vitamin pills has disappeared making room for burgers, pizza and soda. The killer stress continues to affect my sleep, life style and pretty much consuming my full energy.

Is it really worth? I ask myself. Why do we need a job? Is it for money or happiness or ego or sense of accomplishment? Well, money – yes, to some extent. But, the one thing that scares me the most in this country is ‘health insurance’!! With all honesty, that’s the main reason why I need a job. Otherwise, I have enough savings to survive for a few years without any job. But the health care? It can bankrupt anyone in this country who lives without insurance. It’s insane.

That’s precisely why I would support any party or leader who can take on the mafia called Health Insurance. They are evil – period. This country should be ashamed of their healthcare mafia – probably the worst in the entire world.

No – I am not drunk – just a bad week.

Burnt out!

Stress is not new to me. But, I guess my tolerance level is certainly going down. My age must be catching up with me!

Insane work load, never-ending issues, bad politics at work – you have a perfect recipe for killer stress.

I’m seriously thinking of taking a 4-6 months break from work. No kidding.

Hello...

It has been quite some time since I posted anything. Well, reasons are obvious - work,work,work!!

Oh well - in less than 48 hours, next president of USA will be decided. Very exciting.

Is obama Anti-Christ ?

Is obama Anti-Christ? Well, if I read the rhetoric that's going on in some of the religious-right, Republican blogs/groups, the answer is - 'Yes'!! I've reproduced a post from one of the blogs that I visit on regular basis.

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"God has a plan. He’s told us what that plan is. It’s no secret to anyone who wants to know. If McCain wins, it will only slightly postpone the inevitable.Our world is headed for even worse times than it is in now. Economic collapse, wars and rumours of wars, pestilence, hate, sexual perversion, increased tension in the Middle East – all things that we see now, but much worse. Then we Christians are going to disappear. Some who say they are Christians will still be here – and that will confuse everybody. But we’ll be gone. Then the the Wicked One will be revealed – but he won’t seem wicked to anyone. He’ll seem like a Savior. Obama is a precursor to the one coming after him. He will unite the whole world. There will be a one world government, and a one world religion. Those who become true Christians during this period will be hunted down and killed while the world cheers. There will be seven years of unimaginable suffering and catastrophic occurrences. There will be another world war. And then at the end of the seven years, the Lord Jesus Christ will return to this earth – not as a man to be crucified, but as a King to conquer and judge.Everything is falling into place.

If you the reader haven’t come to God on His terms yet, I encourage you to do so while there is still time. He loves you. He’ll give you peace. He’ll save you from the wrath to come."

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Ok, so now you all know what to expect and do in your life! Smiles...

When do we see them in Orange jumpsuit?

So…what do you do once you get bailed out? Well, you head straight to one of the most exclusive resorts and party at Tax payer’s money.

That’s exactly what top AIG executives did after they got bailed out. Less than a week after they got bailed out, top executives spent a week at the luxury St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, Calif.

They spent $200,000 for rooms, $150,000 for meals and $23,000 for spa. After all the hard work, they sure needed a vacation at tax payer’s money, right?
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So, you make all types of bad choices and run your company to ground. And, the consequence? Nothing!! In fact, you get more free money and rewarded with a nice vacation. WOW! Capitalism at its best!

When do we see these executives with fake MBAs in orange jumpsuit and handcuffs?

More on Pirates and their gambling party…

Thanks to internet again – it’s much easier to gather data these days! It’s amazing to look back at the biggest gambling party that went on and how Wall Street pirates blew it all up!

Here is the report from December 14th, 2006.

“Lehman Brothers said it would pay its average member of staff $335,441 (£170,933) this year as it reported a record fourth-quarter profit of $1.0 billion, capping its most profitable year ever.”

Same week, Bears and Stearns, US Investment bank declared its highest ever profits.

A few days earlier, Goldman Sachs announced that it would pay its 26,400 staff an average of $622,000 in compensation due to record profits.

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In March 2008, Bears and Stearns couldn’t be saved and sold to JP Morgan for peanuts!
On Sepember 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and disappeared.
Goldman Sachs….? Well, so far it’s standing on its feet. Only future will tell.

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I sit here and wonder how all those smart, savvy MBAs took companies from record profit to bankruptcy in 18-20 months? See I told ya, these are all pirates in disguise. They still gambled! Old habits die hard! Smiles...

Pirates and President

Pirates of Wall Street have fooled us once again by walking away with almost a trillion dollars from the very government they make fun of. The amount translates to $2300 for every man, woman and child in America.

I don’t understand how they can getaway with this crap! Billions of dollars in debt, bankrupt companies, thousands of job loss, pension funds/investments totally wiped out….and, you see these CEOs, Treasury Secretary and ‘financial experts’ telling us how we all should believe them with another trillion dollars of tax payer's money! Unbelievable!

If an average person gets into a huge debt, he would be mocked for his financial indiscipline! When it happens to a big corporation, they get free money from President and Congress. There you go! Talk about powerful protecting the powerful.

Now, go and talk to any ‘free market’ Republican moron – Very surprisingly, you will see them supporting the $700 billion dollars package! You ask why? Answer – It’s called party loyalty! Smiles…

Looks like Pirates of Carribbean have moved to Wall Street. The only difference is – they have better clothing and learned to speak better language!!

More updates from a small town

There are two sites (www.daijiworld.com and www.mangalorean.com) that I occasionally visit to get my regular dosage of politics, festivals and weather updates from city of Mangalore. Till recently, I never realized how dishonest and biased they were.

During the recent Hindu-Christian riots in the area, these sites went hysterical. I understand the shrewd calculations behind their approach - They have to keep their biggest audience happy who happens to be Gulf-based Mangalorean Muslims and Christians. So, they would go to any (low)level to improve their circulation.

What these guys don’t understand is this – It’s the anti-Hindu rhetoric that started the recent riots in first place. The groups like ‘New Life’ Church had created enough hatred material for radical/goonda groups such as Bhajarang Dal and their sympathizers. Following the attacks on Church, the reaction by Catholic youth was anything but peaceful. News videos and reports clearly show how they were pelting stones at Police and public from Church premises.

These websites, instead of condemning the bad behavior from all sides, engaged in Hindu-bashing with an eye on increasing their visitors from Gulf area.

Remember, Church attacks resulted in only property destruction. Nobody was assaulted or killed. But, these sites started equating the incident to Nazis, Gujarath Massacre and genocide!! Needless to say, minority advocacy groups joined the party!!

BJP seems to have lost complete control over its radical factions such as Bhajarang Dal / Sri Rama Sene. It was quite clear when those thugs went around attacking church properties. What a sick mentality!!

Congress (I) has never changed from its disgusting policy of minority appeasement. It was quite pathetic to see Cong(I) leaders accusing everything on BJP and Police dept. In their eyes, radical groups such as ‘New Life’ church or those Christian youth who engaged in stone pelting had done nothing wrong.

Unfortunately, the future of Mangalore looks grim with a perfect mixture of radical groups, corrupt politicians and dishonest ‘journalists’. The recent clashes are only the beginning. And, it’s really sad. If you need a proof, look at Orissa.

Wisdom and Sanity

You don't know where to turn when people are fighting over 'True God-False God'.
You don't know where to turn when the 'bright' CEOs in wallstreet run the companies to ground like idiots.
You don't know where to turn when morons are elected to highest office.
All you can do is...listen to a few wise men left and maintain your sanity.
Here is Ron Paul.

Hindu, Christian, true god, false god…Updates from a small Indian town

Yesterday, a number of Churches that belong to a particular Christian group (New Age sect) were attacked in and around a small Indian town, Mangalore.

Bhajarang Dal – a radical Hindu organization has claimed the responsibility for these attacks. This is an organization that is increasingly turning violent and engaged in number of attacks on minorities all over India.

New Age Sect Church – This group has been accused of publishing and distributing material that had insulting and derogatory information on Hindu Gods. Apparently, authories had warned them before. Also, they were engaged in ‘conversion’ activities using their propaganda material. As we all know, 'conversion' is a very sensitive subject in today's India.

Ok – even for a non-religious guy like me, this is not funny anymore. God, faith, politics, culture, language, food, life style – these are all your choices. In a pluralistic society, not everybody believes in same thing. It’s stupid and outrageous to engage in "true God-false God" propaganda in this DNA age. It’s sooo backward and Taliban-like mentality.

At the same time, we can’t have mobs running around attacking people and damaging properties. It’s a ‘taliban’ mindset too. There is a reason why we have Police and courts. If you find something objectionable, collect the evidence, follow legal channel and fight it in Court. Thugs from Bhajarang Dal need to be shut down before we slip into a Taliban-like society.

Obama in trouble?

He is in a serious trouble in my opinion.

First signs were clear when he started losing primaries one after the other to Hillary even after an unprecendented support from media. As we all know, media was brutal and unfair to Hillary.

Second sign was when he chose Joe Biden over Hillary for VP slot. It was a stupid decision - period. What kind of person would ignore Hillary who had secured 18 million votes during primaries? I personally thought it was an arrogant decision by Obama people to ignore and sideline Hillary.

Third clear sign was Sarah Palin. Personally, I find her average. But, Republican base LOVES her. They all desperately needed a reason to engage in this election and found it in her. She has everything that a typical republican party loyalist wants to see - many kids, deeply religious, guns, hunting, anti-abortion rhetoric, tax cuts, obsession with drilling for oil and on and on.

So, Is it over for Obama? I'm not sure. But, for poll numbers are changing in favor of McCain faster than Obama would like to admit. He needs to convince independent voters that he is a better candidate. More importantly, he needs to win Hilary supporters.