Micheal Joseph Jackson, A 21st Century King & Prophet

I have certainly been feeling horrible about the death of Micheal Jackson. He was actually born a month after me. I first saw him in Rhode Island just after he knocked the sox off of a theater full of very demanding African Americans at New York’s Appollo theater. Without them and their confirmation, he may never had become known to the world.

But I’m wondering whether I am the only one wishing that Michael and I were friends? Friends in a way where I could have provided him the direction he needed to stay alive. Over the past few days I have gone from surprise, dismay, anger to disappointment. I am finding myself daydreaming about reversing the hand of Time back several years and doing all that I could to become a true friend of Micheal, so I could do all I could to be a feeder or filler in his life amid all the eaters and takers. With the exception of Janet and Latoyla, his sisters, there were few others who not parasytes who preyed upon his soul.

Sure, everyone knew that he was being pumped up with “legal” drugs that was poisoning his mind and body, but there was something more that was sapping the life out of him. It has always been clear to me that Micheal was a very sensative, humble soul that was moreso than the rest of us. Yes, his parents abnormally sheltered and demanded of him and his siblings things that was clearly unhealthy for children. In a way, their demands left him vulnerable and weak in dealing with a very demanding world.

Where Micheal differed from the Beatles and Elvis was his spiritual connection with humanity. He was a modern Buddha or Ghandi like soul. He wanted nothing more than to better the world and he knew that it depended upon the children. But even there the world was mean enough to block him from accomplishing this.

He started off as a talented musical and dancing artist, but evolved into a cultural revolutionary, and much more.

Listening to his last press conference where he announced his London tour, there was clear finality in his tone and visceral core. In retrospect, it sounds like the guy knew that he was going to die. He did not anticipate it to be so soon. Our world always kills prophets. What else do you truly define a person who has almost single handedly alter an entire generation of Whites who were feed the poison of racism by there parents and other adults, yet defied them to the point of electing America’s first African American president?

I’m thankful that he did actually live long enough to see some of the results of his efforts. That’s right, Barrack Obama owes his presidency, in part, to the monumental barriers that King Micheal conquered and tore down.

We all need to truly get along better. See www.insightbeyondsight.com.

North Korea and China Policies A Sick Joke

The greatest problem that America has internationally, is our continued actions and inactions which are profoundly hypocritical. i.e. Profesting one thing to the world about our ideals and beliefs, yet doing things which make such a lie.

First and foremost, Americans have supported Presidents who claim that we are about Democracy and promoting it around the world. In truth, we have at best practiced selective democracy and only support regimes which allowed our multinational corporations make billions of dollars through U.S. tax payer grants and welfare programs which arm exported under the auspices of helping in the development of others. Without an exception, every president since George Washington, have claimed physical, economic or other types of wars on behalf of some noble sounding cause for “the People,” yet there has consistently been less than 20% of “American” who substantively benefitted and these were 99.9% “White.”

U.S. Presidents, pushed by a minority of executives tied to the American Fruit Company and other conglomerates, have insisted that Cuba be treated like an enemy who threatens to wipe America out, while China has not only been catered, but handled with kid gloves when it has open public policies that calls for Chinese Supremacy that will match or exceed what the British and Americans had accomplished in dominating every continent during the 17th to 20th centuries. Ironically, every President, Congressmen, Senator and career government officials are explicitly aware of this and yet they push and enter into agreements that reduces the quality of life for Americans while enhancing life for the Elite of China and other nations in the loop.

The entire basis of America maintaining troop in North Korea has more to do with justifying military expenditure than an actual threat. American presence there has produced and sustained a growing hostility instead of stilling it. American international policies have mirrored its domestic policies. Namely: racist, insecure, patronizing, dominating, belittling etc. One would have hoped that the election of Obama would have produced an immediate radical departure, but as his policies show, the game is being played mostly the same way. Don’t get me wrong, he has very little choice but to go along. He is in the den with the world’s most violent creatures. I am simply hoping that he is laying the ground work for substantive policy change. Because the track we’re on, in an old track that needs to be changed.

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Preventing A Taliban Victory In Pakistan

Here is an inside scoop from a dear friend in Pakistan. He is a former Professor of Standford and is one of the most kind hearted conscientious humans I have ever meet. In several ways he has a Ghandi-like nature. At any rate, he is very bold. He has been in the heart of danger for quite some time, but speaks freely for justice and freedom. He is one of the Great voices of Pakistan and so I am obligated to publish his words here and elsewhere. Enjoy.

Now that the army has turned serious, Baitullah Mehsud cannot expect to
stroll down Constitution Avenue any time soon, nor hope to sit in the
presidency. A few thousand mountain barbarians, even if trained by Al
Qaeda’s best, cannot possibly seize power from a modern, well-armed state
with 600,000 soldiers. The spectre of Pakistan collapsing in six months -
a fear expressed by a senior US military adviser in March – has
evaporated.

But there is little cause for elation. Daily terror attacks across the
country give abundant proof that religious extremism has streamed down the
mountains into the plains. Through abductions, beheadings and suicide
bombings, Taliban insurgents are destabilising Pakistan, damaging its
economy and spreading despondency.

Look at Islamabad, a city of fear. Machine-gun bunkers are ubiquitous
while traffic barely trickles past concrete blocks placed across its
super-wide roads. Upscale restaurants, fearing suicide bombers, have
removed their signs although they still hope clients will remember. Who
will be the next target? Girls’ schools, internet cafes, bookshops, or
western clothing stores with mannequins? Or perhaps shops selling toilet
paper, underwear, and other un-Islamic goods?

The impact on Pakistan’s women is enormous. Throwing acid, or threatening
to do so, has been spectacularly successful in making women embrace
modesty. Today there is scarcely a female face visible anywhere in the
Frontier province. Men are also changing dress – anxious private
employers, government departments and NGOs have advised their male
employees in Peshawar and other cities to wear shalwar-kameez rather than
trousers. Video shops are being bombed out of business, and many barbers
have put “no-shave” notices outside their shops.

If public support were absent, extremist violence could be relatively easy
to deal with. But extremism does not lie merely at the fringes. As an
example, let us recall that 5,000 people crammed the streets outside Lal
Masjid to pray behind the battle-hardened pro-Taliban militant leader,
Maulana Abdul Aziz, the day after he was released from prison on the
orders of interior minister Rehman Malik.

In the political arena, the extremists have high-profile cheerleaders like
Imran Khan, Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Hamid Gul who rush to justify every
attack on Pakistan’s people and culture. To them it makes no difference
that Baitullah Mehsud proudly admits to the murder of Allama Dr Sarfaraz
Ahmad Naeemi, the recent Peshawar mosque bombing, the earlier Wah
slaughter and scores of other hideous suicide attacks. Like broken
gramophone records, they chant “Amrika, Amrika, Amrika” after every new
Taliban atrocity.

Nevertheless, bad as things are, there is a respite. To the relief of
those who wish to see Pakistan survive, the army finally moved against the
Taliban menace. But, while the state has committed men to battle, it
cannot provide them a convincing reason why they must fight.

For now some soldiers have bought into the amazing invention that the
Baitullahs and Fazlullahs are India’s secret agents. Others have been told
that they are actually fighting a nefarious American-Jewish plot to
destabilise Pakistan. They now believe that Pakistan’s mullahs are
actually being paid by RAW, Mossad, and the CIA. To inspire revenge, still
others are being shown the revolting Taliban-produced videos of Pakistani
soldiers being tortured and beheaded.

That the enemy lacks an accurate name typifies the confusion and
contradiction within. In official parlance they are called “militants” or
“extremists” but never religious extremists. It is astonishing that the
semi-literate Fazlullah, on whose head the government has now placed a
price, is reverentially referred to as “maulana”. On the other hand there
is no hesitation in describing Baloch fighters – who fight for a
nationalist cause rather than a religious one – as rebels or terrorists.

A muddled nation can still fight, but not very well and not for too long.
Self-deception enormously increases vulnerability. Yet, Pakistan’s current
army and political leaders cannot alone be blamed for the confusion;
history’s baggage is difficult to dispense with.

To say what really lies at the heart of Pakistan’s problems will require
summoning more courage than presently exists. The unmentionable truth -
one etched in stone – is that when a state proclaims to have a religious
mission, it inevitably privileges those who organise religious life and
interpret religious text. It then becomes difficult – perhaps impossible -
to challenge those who claim to fight for religious causes. After all,
what’s wrong with the Taliban mission to bring the Sharia to Pakistan?

If there was one solid unchallengeable version of the faith, then at least
there would be a clear answer to this question. But conflict becomes
inevitable once different models and interpretations start competing.
Whose version of the Sharia should prevail? Whose jihad is the correct
one? Who shall decide? Lacking a central authority – such as a pope or
caliph – every individual or group can claim to be in possession of the
divine truth. The murder of Dr Naeemi by the Taliban comes from this
elementary fact.

For now the Baitullahs, Fazlullahs, Mangal Baghs, and their ilk are on the
run. Yet, they could still win some day. Even if killed, others would
replace them. So, while currently necessary, military action alone can
never be sufficient. Nor will peace come from merely building more roads,
schools and hospitals or inventing a new justice system.

Ultimately it is the power of ideas that shall decide between victory and
defeat. It is here that Pakistan is weakest and most vulnerable. A gaping
philosophical and ideological void has left the door open to demagogues
who exploit resource scarcity and bad governance. They use every failing
of the state to create an insurrectionary mood and churn out suicide
bombers. Only a few Islamic scholars, like Dr Naeemi, have ventured to
challenge them.

The long-term defence of Pakistan therefore demands a determined
ideological offensive and a decisive break with the past. Nations win wars
only if there is a clear rallying slogan and a shared goal.

For this, Pakistan must reinvent itself as a state that is seen to care
for its people. Instead of seeking to fix the world’s problems – Kashmir,
Afghanistan and Palestine included – it must work to first fix its own.

A nation’s best defence is a loyal citizenry. This can be created only by
offering equal rights and opportunities to all regardless of province,
language and, most importantly, religion and religious sect. Navigating
the way to heaven must be solely an individual’s concern, not that of the
state.

[The author teaches at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.]

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The Boldest American President In A Looong!!!! Time

It is absolutely incredible what our President has done. When you think he has done his best, and really could not do much more, he comes with something totally fresh.

What we just witnessed today is a President who has more guts then any president in more than 50 years. Not since the Great Depression has America had a president who had the boldness and insight in a president. Clinton did nothing more than support the elite as he threw larger crumbs to the common folks and spoke as if from the heart. Reagan was a new branding of racism and intolerence. Kennedy made history by being Catholic.

It was Franklin D. Roosevelt who rose as only Lincoln and Washington before him had. We are clearly living in a time that shall be remembered forever in historical archieves. President Obama literally addressed Muslims as no other president or person has ever addressed them since their Prophet Muhammad. No one has ever addressed them so powerfully and deeply from the west.

Every time that I visited Pakistan, UAE and other Muslim countries, there was a visible hostility that did not exist 20 years ago on visits. But just this year the air was changed.

Seemingly, with a master stroke, President Obama has done the impossible. I had told countless Muslims around the world that Obama was clearly going to take America in a new direction which would be less fearful of Islam and others who had brown skin. To a person, every moderate to extreme minded person I debated with couldn’t disagree more. They saw him as the puppet of the “White” elite who would simply maintain the same policies as before. Today was a beautiful sigh of relief for me.

I must admit that I doubted my prediction once Obama sided with the Big Bank and Financial lobbiest who pushed, first for the 700 Billion dollar rescue package, then for the 2009 Stimulas one. Neither are anything a person of conscience would be proud of, it was feeding thieves and gamblers. However, as I have written elsewhere, America is a very violent country which kills presidents who do not go along with their ideology. Our President is wise enough to walk the fine line.

Nonetheless, no European-American President could speak to the World with such authority and credibility simply because most of their political, social and economic forefathers projected White Supremacy everywhere America went. Only a mentally blind fool would find negative in what our President has accomplished. This is a significant blow to Racists in America. They are praying to a White god to cause Obama to fail. For him to revolutionize America’s image is causing hemiraging in their quarters. It’s a shame, but the truth.

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Victims of Predatory Lending Are Being Preyed Upon Again

The Center for Public Integrity has reported in their 88 page report entitled “Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown?” that billions upon billions of dollars were poured into the coffers of John McCain, George Bush, Cheny, Hilliary Clinton and many other public officials, in order to influence them to deregulate the mortgage industry and allow a kind of financial orgy to ensue. Countrywide, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and others were major contributors.

We all now know how their investments resulted in our global crisis; what few are pointing to is how it is continuing.

Ironically our Change President Obama has supported and even helped push through spending Bank bail out measures that exceeds One (1) trillion dollars. The short of it is that 1 trillion dollars could have actually been committed to an entirely new, independant banking system which could have extended refinancing to every single qualified home owner throughout the US; refinanced them at their home’s current market rate; extended credits/loans to every single small business throughout the country who was struggling with payrolls and new equipment purchases and lifted the economy at least 20 times more than where it stands currently. This new bank could be the U.S. People’s Bank ran by citizens on a credit union model. After all, it is all of our money, not theirs alone!

Obviously this would have called for the bankruptcy of all those poorly ran organizations and the denial of millions of dollars in payments which have been, and continue to be made, to key persons who were part of creating this mess.

This entire drama is illustrating just how corrupt humans, particularly men are. There is very little regard for the average citizen and a complete disregard for honesty and ccaring. Our public officials are voting for the interests of multimillionaires and has obviously corrupted President Obama.

Now the banking and mortgage industry are not the only culprits here. Oil companies had the most perfect timing in stabbing our economic heart with their outrageous oil and gasoline prices. Yes, yes Europeans and others pay much more, however, American people have and continue to subsidize the oil industry in numerous ways which makes their empires possible. Even the Saudias owe their current abilities to America who took down Saddam Hussein.

There is now an entire Cottege Industry which has sprung up where persons are calling themselves loan auditors, loan modifiers and more. They are contacting the very citizens who were already victimized by this all, to trust them to help them out for several thousands of dollars. The government is doing very little to notify the Public about these dangers and are condoning the culprits. Disperation breeds ignorance.

The only way to get out of this nightmare is for all of us to take conscious efforts to wake up and take actions with our representatives that calls them on their alliances and to become representatives ourselves in some form.

Rush Limbaugh, Dick Chenny Et Al Are Simply Racists

We really do have some sorry folks in the media. Do you think for one minute that if Obama was a White guy that the former VP would be publicly critiquing him? Not on your life!

Dick Cheny, Rush and the gang clearly have attitudes which are in line with the traditions of KKK, Southern Confederates, White Citizens Council and others who strongly opposed rights for anyone with brown skin. They portray themselves as ideologically in opposition, and they are in regards to how much they can fool Whites so they could continue to steal funds from government coffers, but in essence, they are trying to galvanize Whites into a frenzy in order to establish an atmosphere for assassination.

That’s right. Just as the Republicans were stirring up the party to call Obama “Nigger!” etc at their rallies, Chenny is simply working hard to stir up just the right minds who are sick enough to be influenced into this terrible act.

These are the same men who influence those who kill abortion doctors and otherwise commit violence against women and others. They cloak it as God, but are very much having these deranged minds act as agents on things that they are in fact too cowardly to say directly or do themselves.

Being quiet about this is a sin. All one has to do is go into the historical archieves to see that the same behavior happened in Lincoln’s day, Kennedy and lesser presidents times. It is certain that Cheny, Rush and the other hate mongers positively do know that they are trying to do this, and no one is calling them on this.

Common citizens need to do so then before its too late.