What’s going on really in Washington?! The hard-hearted,sharp-toothed lawyers( think Comey, think Mueller) are attacking the corrupt businessmen(think Trump,think Kushner).Don’t forget that the lawyers are already parasites of corporations and political institutions as no-one else can afford their outlandish fees! Reminds me of those videos of a fight between the crocodile and the tiger at the edge of the water.Except now we have the liberal journalists watching all this and commenting”Aren’t those crocodiles so nice,helping us to get rid of those mean,hungry tigers?!”What a sad spectacle!
Category Archives: Politics
Another Source of Terrorism
A friend of mine,who also happens to be a well-trained and reflective alim was shocked when he returned to Pakistan to study Islamic Economics .He mentioned how the people he met were fanatical about issues such as the length of pants men were wearing.If your pants went down to the ankle,you were already a kafir(unbeliever).In thinking about this, I realized another important source of terrorism besides the despair factor-fanaticism.There are strains of this fanaticism throughout the Islamic community nowadays.Whether it concerns how much hair a woman needs to cover(look at the old pictures of women in Pakistan and Palestine and you’ll know what I mean),how the sunnat has to be performed,what the meaning of ‘Isma’ is in respect of the Prophets a.s and what is halal in food and medicine,this strain of fanaticism runs deep in the Muslim community,especially in Third World countries.Although most of these people do not advocate murder as the remedy.when you look in their eyes at their reaction,you feel like they do want to kill you.This non-terroristic fanaticism needs to be addressed as well.After all,our Prophet saws did teach that ours is the Middle way,the way of moderation.
Politics and Truth
My apologies if this is a repeat but I cannot get over it.Why are the Clintons and Obama not being investigated for their $2-400,000 talks on Wall St.?!That is more corrupt than anything Trump has done and is much more investigatable than her stupid emails(quoting Bernie Sanders here!) There are only two possible answers to this question..The less likely is that they are being protected by so-called “progressive” politicians(that may be an oxymoron).The more likely is that the powers to be,whether Republican or Democrat, are wont to investigate Wall St. since their ranks are heavily infiltrated by Wall St. people and their connections.Actually this is a much more serious threat to American democracy than the Russians-much more! Amongst other things this influence was responsible, in large part, for the last economic crisis and, in all likelihood, will be for the next one.”Vanity,vanity,all is vanity” said Solomon.I would
edit the word “vanity” into “narrow self-interest”.Pardon the chutzpah for editing the wise Solomon a.s.(Maybe it was a bad translation lol).
Empiricism
Biggest problem of modern times-Empiricism! -thinking you can find truth through external facts and data.I was just trying to get my head around the U.S. -Canada lumber dispute.It is incredibly complex on many levels as are Many other disputes-international and personal.So as opposed to Judge Gorsuch who claims to be able to judge without looking at the people involved(only facts and the law!),in fact the safest way to judge is to look at the parties involved- in this case the U.S. and Canada.Just look at how each country treats its’ own citizens and you have the answer.The fact that the World Trade Organization and Nafta have repeatedly ruled mostly in Canada’s favour is only a confirmation of this reality.P.S. I am not a Canadian nationalist.I abhor nationalism of all kinds.
Terrorism and Contemporary Society
(The London terrorist attack)We are experiencing a complete social breakdown-nationally and internationally!Look at the masses of refugees,the Civil wars occurring all over the globe,the homeless within the wealthier societies,drug addiction everywhere just to name a few.To blame specific individuals and even specific religious ideologies is disingenuous at best.The most sinister aspect of this breakdown is that all the values that are supposed to represent progress and hope are the very things at the heart of this crisis.So Liberty( much touted) has turned into decadence and licentiousness; Democracy has turned into manipulated electoral politics: Capitalism has become unfair,dishonest and monopolistic and the Rule of Law(and regulations that follow from it) has become paralyzing bureaucracy that the vast majority of individuals, perhaps all in fact.,are unable to manage.Do you see the depth of the problem?! What is being offered as solutions are actually the problems themselves!
Making America Great Again
(Got to get away from this politics,soon lol)
I know how to make America great again! And it’s not what Trump is saying. .All it has to do is act on its own principles! Think of what that would look like.They would be actively supporting the Bulent movement in Turkey(most tolerant form of political Islam) instead of supporting the newly minted Sultan Erdogan,they would be coercing the Israelis into making a decent deal with the Palestinians(aren’t all men created equal according to the Constitution?),they would be refusing to deal with the Saudis and the Gulf oil nations until their human rights record improved considerably including how they treat foreign workers,they would be boycotting China because of its human rights record, its exploitation of workers generally and its genocidal treatment of Tibetans and Chinese Muslims and of course they would be taking on their own greedy,financial sector and the monopolistic practices of their own companies(isn’t there supposed to be equality of opportunity and free competition in America?).Wow! What a world that would be! Donald Trump would have nothing to say,if that is possible! And people could legitimately praise America as a beacon of light instead of a harbinger of darkness..Instead we have these groveling compromisers like Obama and Hillary who will never really stand up for what is right unless it is in their own political and economic interest.Pathetic,really!
The Politics of Deception
Hillary’s speech:”About six weeks ago, Mrs. Clinton started sketching down rough notes about what she wanted to say on the eve she accepts her party’s nomination. A month ago, discussions with her top policy adviser, Jake Sullivan, and the speechwriters Dan Schwerin and Megan Rooney, began to shape the speech, with advice from a variety of friends and former speechwriters. Mrs. Clinton also sought advice from Mr. Obama’s much-admired former director of speechwriting Jon Favreau”.(NYTimes)
And they are surprised we don’t trust them! How can such a contrived,manipulated,overly-scripted speech be authentic?! This is another infomercial pretending to be a heart-felt talk.The problem is very deep, really.It goes into every nook and cranny of modern life.This one is like the student having their parents doing their homework. And there is plenty of that in “The Greatest Nation on Eatrth?!”
I want to underline this point(about Hillary’s speech) as I find often people don’t get what I am saying or think it is obvious,which it isn’t.Here is a person,Hillary,pretending to be authentic and personal( not warm because no-one would buy that lol).But in fact it is mostly pretense and acting.This challenges our sense of “The truth quotient”( an idea in development).It is like that product you have seen on a television ad that looks like a real solution to a problem you have been trying to resolve for years.The testimonials look authentic,the developer looks sincere,the claims seem realistic.You buy it only to find out it’s the same as all its predecessors and it doesn’t work.People have come to see that as”normal”.But it is bad for society! That makes people lose trust,become cynical and close down.And the worst part of it is that they can no longer hear the real truth when you try to tell them it.They just hear it as another infomercial!
Terrorist attacks in Paris
The real cause of all outer events is an inner reality.I felt that reality on my last two journeys to France and told people of the toxic environment in Paris.That is why problems cannot be solved at the level on which they occur.We need to go deeper.But that usually means putting into question our hidden assumptions and convictions and that is something most people are unwilling to do.So God intervenes and makes the messages louder.Still people
refuse to understand.”Surely man is contrary”The Quran