Archive for Machinations of Power
The decline and fall of the United States, Gandhi, and Corporate Death
We, the Scary Arab Clowns admit to taking a special joy in watching as the U.S. falls, but at the same time we are highly impressed with the steps the Obama administration is taking. We have convinced Vago not to give up his U.S. citizenship and he is even considering returning someday to his native land of birth. In any event, we think that things are going in the right direction and we bring you this update of the news we find most interesting in the world.
We admit that we are enjoying the blogging. We may start a new network called al-Clownzeera.
We think that Venezuela’s Chavez and the North Korean Kim Jong Il are only the vanguard of nations that will begin testing the limits of the United States.
President Hugo Chavez seized a unit of American food giant Cargill on Wednesday and threatened to take over Venezuela’s largest private company, renewing a nationalization drive as the OPEC nation’s oil income plunges.
A day after warning Washington against launching military exercises on South Korean soil, North Korea focused its rhetoric Thursday on its neighbor and warned of “powerful” retaliation if Seoul goes ahead with joint drills next week.
There will be other tests of the limits of United States power.
Kyrgyzstan will not reverse its decision to shut down a United States military air base, which is key for Washington’s war in Afghanistan, a spokesman for President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on Thursday.
We like that Obama is doing things that go against conventional wisdom:
The Obama administration plans to expand a program to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s security forces in the occupied West Bank as part of a push for statehood, officials said on Thursday.
The debut of the two-pronged Making Home Affordable Program, focused on mortgage modification and refinancing, will likely be delayed for several weeks, though, as lenders prepare for the anticipated onslaught of borrowers’ looking for help.
We would also like to point out that if you want to treat your corporations like human binegs, you should consider making them mortal, that is, taking away the immortality of corps that are iresponsible and dangerous such as Eli Lilly.
Eli Lilly & Company’s rap sheet as a public menace is so long that for Lilly watchers to overcome the “banality-of-Lilly-sleaziness” phenomenon, the drug company must break some type of record measuring egregiousness. Lilly obliged earlier this year, receiving the largest criminal fine ever imposed on a corporation.
And we have a rather nice update on the soundtrack of the Fantastic Depression. We think it is more than likely it will be Phish. Link.
And here is an itneresting way to find a wife…”If you build a road, they will come” We call this the field of dreams method.
More than 100 Bachelors from a remote village in Bihar, India, are building a mountain road to the outside world to raise their eligibility among prospective brides. The village of Barwaan Kala is located high in the Kaimur hills and known locally as the “village of unmarried people.” The last wedding in the village was reportedly 50 years ago.
We find these two stories about Morocco interesting today.
1. Sufism in Moroccan Islam Link
2. EU Cooperation with Morocco to Increase Link
Finally we want everyone to know that if Gandhi’s eyeglasses go on auction we plan to buy them for $4.95 and if anyone else raises the bid we will cut off their head. Link.
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Palestine, Jews, Paul Harvey, and Anthrax
While, we, the cary arab clowns appreciate the following, we would suggest that a better alternative to spending money would be to stop giving Israel foreign aid until the issues are resolved:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was on her way to the Middle East and Europe on Sunday, delving into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking for the first time at an international donors conference for Gaza.
The United States is expected to pledge more than $900 million at Monday’s one-day conference in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The funds are aimed at post-conflict recovery in Gaza after Israel’s invasion in December.
Washington also wants the money to bolster Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and has stipulated no U.S. funds will go through the militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza while Abbas’ Fatah movement runs the West Bank.
“I will be announcing a commitment to a significant aid package, but it will only be spent if we determine that our goals can be furthered rather than undermined or subverted,” Clinton told Voice of America in an interview taped on Friday.
Human rights groups and experts say no matter how much money is offered for Gaza, it will make little difference if goods cannot get through Israeli border crossings.
“All the pledges of aid this conference is expected to produce will be worth next to nothing if the donors do not demand that Israel open the borders to commercial goods as well as humanitarian essentials,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.
As to Jews, we, the scary arab clowns do not blame them for the worlds problems, but as usual, the Europeans are starting to turn anti semite:
A survey of 500 people in each of seven European countries — Austria, France, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Spain, and Britain — found that 40 percent felt Jews have too much power in business and nearly a third blamed Jews for the global financial crisis, the Anti-Defamation League reported earlier this month.
Also we were sad to hear that Paul Harvey died even though in recent years his commentary had become too conservative and pro-america even with her problems. Maybe now his son will tell us the rest of the story; by the way we are certain he was a jew.
Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation’s most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90.
And, as to the rest of the story with anthrax in 2001, while it was convenient to blame a dead scientist for the attacks, we, the scary arab clowns thought it a bit too convenient. We are not alone in this it turns out:
Poisonous anthrax that killed five Americans in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks doesn’t match bacteria from a flask linked to Bruce Ivins, the researcher who committed suicide after being implicated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a scientist said.
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Scary Arab Clowns here
For the record, we, the Scary Arab Clowns think Vago (Chris) is out of his mind too. We think he is twice as scary as us and thus we continue to pretend we are keeping him hostage out of fear for our sanity and lives. There is no telling what this lunatic will do next, in truth he has kidnapped us and forces us to pretend we have kidnapped him. It is all very confusing….to us and no doubt to you.
Thank you for your wonderful compliment on our grammar and vocabulary. We work harder than other clowns to be proficient in your language.
As to what we think you should do in America…by all means you should let the banks fail. Did you know that there is a real estate boom in Iraq right now? Trust us, the banks there failed miserably. They used to have a different currency. While we understand that chaos is not desirable, the truth is that your society has been being exploited and manipulated by bankers and thieves.
And did you know that sometimes you get fed what they think you want rather than what you really want or need? A good example of that is the laptop industry
We hate to be the ones to break it to you America, but your experiment has failed. It took a few wrong turns and now you are not the beacon of democracy you think you are, the inspiration to the world, or the leading edge of the future of the human race.
You are ensnared in a materialistic culture that focuses on the wrong things. Look to your Native American Churches, look to those practicing radical simplicity. We know, that you, like us, seek happiness and fulfillment in this life.
You might be amazed to know that those who have lest in this world are among the most satisfied and that even among those with most, there are those who also find satisfaction. Buddha told you this: Desire leads to suffering. What you need to consider further however is what the desire is and where it comes from. Desire comes from an empty spot in your being. If you think about it, you will rationally know that this cannot be filled with the material things of this world. Better hair, nicer car, more, bigger, and better security on any level cannot fill this void…
Jesus told you to give to God that which is his and to give to Ceasar that which is his…wise words. Ceasar can take material from you but when you give to God, your harvest increases.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said “Acquire knowledge, it enables its professor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to heaven. It is our friend in the desert, our company in solitude and companion when friendless. It guides us to happiness, it sustains us in misery, it is an ornament amongst friends and an armour against enemies.”
So yes, let your banks fail and learn that which can never be taken away. Plant food, ride bicycles, share with each other, and life will be good.
Oh, and by the way, we, the scary arab clowns, think your guns are very idiotic. It’s like growing poison in your garden.
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Scary Arab Clowns take down Gmail
We, the scary Arab cowns are through with clowning around. We are brainwashing Vago and using sleep deprivation techniques to mine the fertile valleys of his cranium for nefarious ideas.
After sending him on a circuitous route on the ferris wheel for 26 hours, we sent him on an extended shopping spree with three Moroccan women and completely destroyed his sense of responsibility towards other denizens of the world wide internet web.
At this point, we asked him, how should we take billions of dollars of potential money away and his answer was “Don’t bomb buildings, don’t kill people, take down G-mail” Our estimates show that the current outage though only a few hours long has already cost billions in productivity, missed deals, and frustrated workers who are so concerned about not getting an email from thier high school friends that they don’t manage to accomplish anything through the day.
We will continue to break Vago down and take his hidden ideas for expensive mischief and execute them until our demands have been met.
Kindest thoughts,
Scary Arab Clowns (of doom)
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Mr. Roarke is dead!
There will be no more fantasies.
Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV’s Fantasy Island and the title character in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, died Wednesday morning at his home. He was 88.
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