Puking unlimited......US election dirtiest ever

Cheyney just stated: when you vote for Kerry, another terrorist attack will happen (like 9/11......) Will he make sure ???? I feel like puking (excuse me) everytime I see "them"....

Tired of the Bush Administration's double back flipping triple-truth-twist? Then ACT and REACT - and vote for Kerry - anybody is better than Bush !!! Anybody !!! (I would prefer Nader, but he is too good for this world !)

"The Polls say, Bush is ahead - the polls are published by Media - and we all know they cannot be trusted anymore.... could it be its all manipulated again ??? Or maybe the "voting machines" already have the result stamped in ??? (black box voting !)

I see the end of a democracy already now !! When will "The People" rise and shine again ?

Angela Badelt, Germany

 

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Thank you for "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Qur'an"

Thank you for confirming what I have so long believed, contrary to the misguidance of our Media and current administration.

I am what I believe to be a Deist, believing that all of the major books are correct if adhered to at the level of Intent, not the abuse of the word. The major religions of the world were written as positive guidance, and for the most part are written to encourage Peace, not war.

I am not Agnostic, so much as of a simple monotheistic mind, that believes quite simply that we should treat others with the utmost respect, kindness, humility and acceptance. Judgment will come, and we are in no position to take on that role for ourselves.

Live well, and keep smiling.

Joseph Sliger

 

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The US, Capitalism, and Islam

What we have seen in the past few centuries/decades/years; nation states fought amongst themselves for the power struggle. We have seen Britain being the superpower and then U.S. becoming the superpower and after the fall of communism, capitalism enjoyed few years without any other ideology threatening its existence. America obviously didn't become a superpower overnight. It took her 120 odd years to be where it is now. However her influence over the middle-east/Asia seems to be out of control as the agent rulers are not able to keep the revival of Islam from growing and economical and political oppression or democracy has not worked to subdue the Islamic revival. So the U.S. has to resort to the last option which is sending troops, which means the failure of the superpower to control or have influence over other dependent nation states.

Since last year, the U.S. has been trying to take control over Iraq but without any success and day by day the situation is getting worse. No sign of stability unless the U.S. leaves and of course in this particular case for the U.S. failure in Iraq is not an option.
The rest of her allies can see the vulnerability of the superpower which is supposed to lead the world. In fact, the whole world can see that America knows how to start a war but doesn't know how to end it. And when we say war, we need to highlight the fact that what's happening in Iraq cannot be considered as a war. Why? because in war there are supposed to be two armies fighting against each other. However in Iraq we see external occupiers killing and abusing the Iraqi people and some Iraqi locals are trying their best to retaliate. This cannot be called a WAR situation. It will be naive to think otherwise.
Things did not go as planned in Iraq and the world is now starting to question the position of America? They are saying how can a superpower be so out of control? How can a superpower be so vindictive?

The natural response of the world after seeing the events unfold before their eyes, was against the foreign policy of the biggest Capitalistic nation i.e. the U.S. Make no mistake, in the past the U.S. foreign polices resulted in mass oppression and injustice however she never has been in this situation where the whole world and also Americans are questioning and speaking out against such campaigns which the U.S. is undertaking specially in the Muslim countries. People talk about America having double standards for different nations however we can confidently say that America only has one standard which is the standard of benefit. If she sees benefit in an action then she will go ahead with it however if she does not find anything which benefits her then she will not undertake the action. Scales of measurement of action on personal and in particular on a state level are based on benefit. Ethics, morality, and logic play no role in the decision making process of the foreign polices of the United States of America. So a question arises: Are these problems/failures facing the U.S. because of the Bush administration?

The answer can be yes or no. BUT another question arises: Since Capitalism is a man-made system and its not from the Creator then how can this system carry on without spreading misery around the world? How can this system satisfy the human mind and be in harmony with man's nature? True that this man-made system has worked and people embraced this system; however, it's only a matter of time when the system itself destroys itself because if the basis of the ideology is incorrect, then how can it last the tests of time?

The Capitalistic ideology failed to spread itself around the world and to make people accept its slogans and ideas. It's time for a unique ideology to rise to the surface. It's time for the whole world to think and contemplate about their responsibilities towards others. It's time for the people of the world to realise that man-made systems cannot solve the problems of human beings. It's time for the people of the world to look towards an alternative system, which is not from a man but divinely inspired. What other event/tragedy the world is waiting for? Aren't the current affairs of the world enough to make people realise that this is due to the implementation of the man-made system i.e. Capitalism. No reforms to the existing corrupt system can make the situation better. Only a divinely inspired system i.e. Islam, is able to address the problems of human beings in a unique manner where one is not better-off at the expense of another. It's time for Islam to be implemented as a system so people can stop worshipping/living under corrupt man-made systems.

By Haroon Buksh