When democracy turns into democrazy

Demonstration of craziness... That's what happens when the losing side in an election screams, "It's not possible...!"

Take Iran, for example. The current election trouble there is as follows:

Clashes erupt in Iran over disputed election

Protests Greet Ahmadinejad Win in Iran: 'It's Not Possible!'


World reacts cautiously to Iranian's re-election


Ahmadinejad Declared Winner in Disputed Vote


Often, I have wondered why electoral systems sometimes fail to provide for outcomes like this, especially when an unpopular incumbent wins out of the blue against a resurgent worthy-but-relatively-unknown opponent.

Perhaps, it is another clarion call for the need for voters to go out enmasse to cast their ballot for their candidate of choice?

Believe me, Obama probably would not be in the White House but for the massive voter turnout last year - people got off their derrieres and went to the polls instead folding their arms and adopting the usual wait and se attitude to politics.

Sounds that can make you drop whatever you were doing

Do you have a favorite? I discovered one of mine today while seated at my blogging station. That's how I got the idea for this post.

What kinds of music or sounds can make you stop in your tracks to listen? I found out today that the original James Bond theme music for "Diamonds Are Forever" does it for me.

I was seated blogging about something when the TV behind me at home rang out the music. I swung round to see if the movie was starting - no, false alarm, just part of a pre-recorded mishmash.

However, I still believe that I would have shutdown my computer system to watch it - two and a half hours of solid Roger Moore humorous wit and suave action!

Of course, it also did it for Kanye West in his powerfully drawn out remake of that beautiful hit song, with his beautifully voiced "...forever, forever..." ad lib.

I remember going to the cinema house up to three times to watch this particularly classic 007 thriller before it came out on VHS - only the movie "Car Wash" beat that personal record of mine.

Of course, Michael Jackson's "Beat It" is another show stopper for me - by the way, I hear that a new record has been set in an American state for the greatest number of people in one place all dancing to Michael's "Thriller"!

So what's good enough for you?

Do religious bodies still have the moral right to pontificate?

I mean, it is a great pity that there is no perfect human being and, pious people, in trying to become more perfect, fall into the age-old dilemma of mankind and temptation and, thereby, become hypocrites whenever they think that their unholy ways have gone unobserved.

The Catholic Church is struggling with gay - not necessarily happy - priests and the related scandals and compensatory settlements worldwide to families of aggrieved choristers.

As if that were not enough, the nuns themselves may need to look in the mirror sometimes to see the mothers of all those fatherless children in their motherless baby homes.

The Pope's recent visit kicked off in Israel on a controversial note by stepping on the toes of his hosts and hostesses - and they were not even dancing: he demanded for an independent Palestinian nation as soon as he landed in Israel!

As for the Moslems, how can a peace loving and pious Imam encourage his followers to destroy themselves and their perceived enemies by detonating home made bombs, no matter how aggrieved?

What happened to the principles of verbal dialogue and loving your neighbor as yourself? When exactly did the religious communication gap or breakdown happen or occur?

I was watching the CNN presentation last weekend on India - Reporters in India - and heard the statement that, in a particular state, the lowest-caste Hindu was much better off in terms of living standards than any Muslim!

How can all these aberrations point towards the fact that the truth is always constant? Definitely, there is a lie lurking somewhere out there in the land of human piety...


Related news articles:

Paternity Claims Make a Punch Line of Paraguay's President, a Former Bishop

Commentary: Pope's message to Muslims might prove risky

Even in Jordan, Christian-Muslim ties not always easy


Pope's pastor urges day of repentance for sexual abuse

Pope Benedict XVI visits Jordan mosque in effort to heal Vatican's rift with Islam


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Knocked over, not knocked up, Kiefer!

Brooke Shields [http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/06/brooke-shields-kiefer-sutherland-jack-McCollough/] got knocked over by her designer, Kiefer Sutherland [http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/06/kiefer-sutherland-defends-brooke-shields/] rushed to defend her honor.

'Hey, Mack, apologize to the lady, right now...'

'Shove off and get lost, Bozo, she's no lady!'

'Alright then, pal, you asked for it. Now take that and that;s good for you!'

"He never laid a hand on her. She just toppled over after the show, that's all we saw..."

Hmmmm. I wonder if that's how it happened? Well, the Police is investigating, so let's wait and see.

Maybe the case will just go away again, like that of Chris Brown and Rihanna [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20276762,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines]...

Why do some major corporations not reply e-mail?

Better still, I should ask about why most corporate websites are not like HP's. I think that the chemical and other such industrial behemoths are the most prone to such rude behavior.

Till today, I have not gotten a reply to my query below, months after sending the same request to three related companies in Germany, China, and the USA.


[I am interested in finding out your terms and packaging for shipping PVC hydrotalcite stabilizers and other eco-friendly PE. PET, and PP co-plasticizers to my country.

How long will a small shipment take to arrive Lagos, Nigeria and how much will it cost CFI?

Finally, what are your terms and conditions for establishing a joint venture partnership with a small but efficient and competent firm like mine?]



The queries/enquiries/inquiries were sent out to: Dalian Shide Group (China), Arkema Inc. (PA, USA), and Sud-Chemie AG (Germany)


How does one do serious business with such giant snobs or slow coaches? Is it organizational incompetence or corporate arrogance?


Some others just have websites that are not Internet friendly. That is, they are on the Net but refuse to ship goods purchased outside their geographic borders - not because they have never heard that DHL and UPS and FEDEX deliver abroad, but because they fear that they cannot provide traceability for the shipment!

What's your own corporate bugging business once I have paid for shipping and told you to SHIP my order pronto?