Monday, January 26, 2009

A lesson in "Freedom of Speech"

Last week, Rush Limbaugh (here) a right wing talk show host, expressed his wishes for Obama to fail as a president. He said that his success would mean that liberalism would win and as a staunch conservative he does not want that to happen.

While meeting with senators on Friday, Obama jocked about it, warning the republicans from listening to Limbaugh if they want to get anything done. The media did not like that Obama mention the radio host thinking that is exactly what Limbaugh wanted !!!

Now, I don't know if you realize what it means for someone to want for his president to fail and thus for the country to fail, which is unpatriotic? In other countries this guy would have been accused of treason and jailed if he does not just disappear :).

What is amazing is that obviously Obama was irritated by this guy since he mentioned it in his meeting, and that the reaction of the analysts was that he should not have done that!!

Amazing, right? In fact it is not, it is the culture of freedom of speech. In arab countries, such incidents won't happen soon because we will never dare talk like Limbaugh, even though in this case he is pushing it. But this is not the first time. Here is an excerpt from an interview he did recently that was released today (here):


:)) This is just food for thoughts. I think it is too late of our generation to witness such freedom in our country, but if we raise our children to be self-confident, allowing them to talk about anything, question anything and discuss any matter, not shutting them down anytime they open their mouth, we'd probably give them a chance we'll never have...... but I still hope they don't talk like Limbaugh though :)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

I really can't understand the BBC decision ???

The BBC (here) refused to broadcast a charity appeal for Gaza aid. This ad is ordered by a Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) which includes the British red cross as one of its members. The reason invoked by the BBC is that by broadcasting the ad, it will compromise the impartiality of the network?? Isn't it obvious that by not broadcasting, it is just implying that?.....

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

President Obama's words to dictators and others...


“To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.”

Friday, January 9, 2009

What You Don't Know About Gaza ..

Published: January 7, 2009 by NY Times

NEARLY everything you've been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Below are a few essential points that seem to be missing from the conversation, much of which has taken place in the press, about Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip.





This war on the people of Gaza isn't really about rockets. Nor is it about "restoring Israel's deterrence," as the Israeli press might have you believe. Far more revealing are the words of Moshe Yaalon, then the Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff, in 2002: "The Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a defeated people."


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Thursday, January 8, 2009

براس والديكم اقلبوا علينا هالصّحن

ينعنبو التطّرّف الدّيني وينعل جدّ بو العلمانيّة و مذهب بو العقلانيّة و اليمين واليسار و حتّي الوسط المعتدل و تحيا الحريّة...

الزّح الواحد ولّي السّتراس قاتلو و ولّى كلّ شيي يجي بش يقولو يخاف لا ترصّلو في سبّة و تطييح قدر و هذا بهيم و لاخر كافر ولا كان سلّكها يتحطّ علي اليمين الاستغلالي ولاّ اليسار اللي ما عادش لاموضة و يولّي الواحد منّا يسيّب كلّ شي و يقعد يحلف اللي هو خاطيه و يدافع علي روحو كاينّو قدّام محكمة ..

ولّيت كي نحكي مع مرتي ولا الاولاد و نقول "واللّه" نغزر منّا و منّا نقول يسمعنيش واحد يقول خوانجي وكان واحد استدعاك بش تعمل كاس تتفجع و تقلّو "اش تكلم بشويّا" ولّاشي الواحد متكتك ماللي يتكتب علي المدوّنات

أنا زعما في بالي بعد أكثر من عشرين سنة في الغربة سايي خرجت من القالب و من الضغوط متاع المجموعة و كسبت خبرة و ثقة في النفس تسمحلي بش نقرا و نتبسّم لكن في هذا الفضاء الافتراضي متاع تن بلوغ كلّ حدث يولي ليه دعوة بالدين و اللا دين تبداشى بصّة و تقول كيفاش اختيار شخصى كيما هذا يولّي بهذه الأهمية تي هاو الحكاية فاتت الكورة و حتّي محبّين الترجي و الأفريقي ما عادش لاقين فضاء يتكلموا فيه يتعاركو و يسبّوا بعضهم فيه علي راحتهم , موضوع شخصي كيف الدين و اللا دين احتكر هذا الفضاء و شلّو و زيد فوق من هذا الموضة انك كان حكيت حكاية ما عندهاش دعوة بالدين ولا بغزّة يجيوك الجماعة متاع الوعض والارشاد و يعطييوك بالبوكس عي مناخيرك... تي ما لاحظتوش قدّاش من مدوّن بطّل يكتب وهذا في حدّ ذاته نوع من الصنصرة والقمع

لكن الحمدالله مشيت عملت حصص عند البسي و رجّعني للطريق الصواب الا وهو الحرية ,الحرية في ما أفكّر و في ما أفعل و في ما أحلم و في ما أحب و في ماأكره و مع من أتفاعل , و مع هذا ساحترم و أقري كل ما يكتب في هذا الفضاء و لن أحكم علي الاشخاص ولن احاول حتي أن أعرف هل هم من محبّي الترجّي أو الافريقي أو حتّى النّجم السّاحلي..

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