The Hindu : Front Page : Congress-NCP retains Maharashtra

The Hindu : Front Page : Congress-NCP retains Maharashtra

The elections in Maharashtra have presented us with a paradox. Do we choose the radical right wing Shiva Sena or the septuagenarian monarchy (Congress)? People have very limited choice and with more than one billion people I think we, Indians deserve a party that is more understanding of our needs than the two we have. I'm a religious person and have great pride in Hinduism but I have a problem with the way it is represented by Shiva Sena/BJP. Hindus are very tolerant people and I hope that we are not mis-understood by the actions of a few hence the defeat of BJP is good in a sense. Again the Congress party is a monarchy and I'm sick of the Nehru family. Nehru did not have the vision to drive India into the future, how did he think that we could have a socialist government with such a huge population. I understand that we were aiming to be like Western Europe but we are too many to that and in the process we have created a highly corrupted bureaucracy. This is my opinion on elections - they are a waste of time, look at the choices and all of you hard core democracy propagators shut up, we have been voting and understand the cost of freedom but what good has it got us? Let’s not waste money on elections, instead let the candidates bear the cost of elections and yes I know the ever irritating arguments - How can a poor man run? Reality check, there are no poor people running even now. I would rather have one fourth of the money spent on education or feeding people (assuming the officials are satisfied with pocketing three fourth of the sum).

Benchmark

I have very few skills but I pride myself in being able to defend my lamest mistakes. This is partly an inborn talent and the rest is through experience. I mean if you fuck up bad and you want to know where you stand in the world's biggest screw up's, I'm the man you need to talk to. I will alleviate your misery by telling you some of stupid things I have done and trust you will feel better. I'm serious, I can make Bush feel better about Iraq or Clinton better about Hillary (I know enough of the Clinton’s). Look at a human's performance objectively, it is never how we do, it is always how we did in relation to somebody else. So all these freakin smart kids not only get the money and the girls, they make life harder for people like you (If it took you more than 15 minutes to read till then-reader=you) and me. Well apart from the intense hatred of these hardworking and smart snobs, we have a very important purpose in this world. I think, unfortunately, the world needs these smart kids to innovate and make my easier but what would inspire these people. Vanity! The devil's favorite sin; money, power, beauty etc... All of these serve the primary purpose of vanity. So we the under-performers of the world serve as the low end benchmark for the smart kids to feel smart. You would feel good about scoring a 100 on an exam but would not feel much better if you were the only one? Voila. That is the reason you have to allow people like us to exist and breed. A lot of you still might think that we are in-consequential, well I don't really care and you don't have the balls to confront me because you have too much to lose whilst I have lost everything.

Ms.America

There is a lot furor about the new more revealing bikini contest in the Miss America pageant. This is what irritates me, the media in general likes to publish articles that challenge our basic intelligence levels. We know that there is more skin being shown on these contests but that is what we want. Why do they keep attaching this minute little aspect called intelligence? I'm sure these girls are very smart and can make convincing points but I don't really know because I'm busy looking at them. I mean if I wanted an educated conversation I would talk to my geeky looking economics professor. There are two issues here that need to be addressed; 1. Don’t attach beauty and brains, we are not really interested. More it is not wrong to be good looking and dumb. You can be good looking/dumb and get a lot done. The premise of living this life to have fun and these gorgeous women do this with out a problem. Well there is an exception to this rule, dubya is not so handsome or smart but he still gets to fly on Airforce one.2. Why is there is a bias between Miss America and Mr. America? Nobody is talking about the shrinking size of men’s underwear in the contests and I'm sick of seeing these muscular men being viewed as objects. Why are not asked questions like "what do you want" and if they are, I have never heard their response on popular T.V. stations?Well I understand there is bias and I'm willing to take the blame. I would not mind being called a materialist, shallow individual or whatever because I can't comprehend what you are saying-I'm staring at Ms.Utah (I mean come on guys you have to check her out; not to be biased this invitation extends to all those lesbo chicks who are competing with us)

Detroit and cars

was reading an article on CNN today which stated a prominent management consulting firm's findings that Detroit is the most expensive place to own a car. I have lived in Detroit for quite a bit, so I'm pissed not because having a car was expensive but because I'm broke and might as well blame the city for it. Detroit is a dying industrial city with huge economic disparities in the population. So you either a drive a Mercedes in Detroit which case you don’t really give a fuck about the cost/insurance or you are so broke that you don't have car. But hey there is a minor problem here, apparently Ford motor company and Firestone (yeah the same company that supplied defective tires for Ford SUV's but that's okay with me because I'm not crazy about SUV drivers) own all the rights for Detroit rail routes. You must be thinking "I saw eminem in a bus in 8 mile", nope that was probably a luxury tour bus with a 62" T.V and a bathroom bigger than bedroom. Cameramen can work magic, I mean come on they make MJ look human. The only reason you get on a bus in Detroit is to buy weed and people have even stopped doing that because it is not safe for potheads to ride in buses. Michigan has a democrat governor who is supposed to be liberal but I haven't seen any positive changes in the city. In the end we all have to realize that we will get fucked by our leaders; I suppose the impact ripples down the various strata of society and all you can do is hope that you are at the bottom of the barrel because then you would have to just screw the tap (that would really suck).

Bangladeshi Kids

I'm not exactly a fan of Carl Rowe or Rush Limbaugh but I'm sick of these liberals (especially the ones that are ignorant) bashing companies exploiting child labor in under developed countries. I definitely believe that kids should be at school studying or playing but again reality check the world is not United States. It is absolutely acceptable for a beauty pageant or a cute high school kid to protest these issues and not buy items manufactured by the company. What really surprises me is that there are a number of students in graduate school who use the same argument. Let's take a look at the actual picture in Bangladesh - Kids are starving to death and apparently education is not their first priority. If by popular resistance we manage to convince the companies stick to fair labor standards, the kids would still be working in a different place and probably in much worse conditions. A feasible solution would be to have the kids work during the day and attend mandatory school in the afternoon. This would provide a motive for parents to send their children to school and the kids to study. So all you liberals when you wield your power please use it in a practical fashion. In the end this is what I feel that we are just slaves to the system. This system supports the powerful because it has been built by the powerful and in this case power has variable definitions depending on the time period. The real reason why we want the Bangladeshi Kids to study is not because we love them but we don't want them to become terrorists in the future. Give them enough to live and be reasonable but don't give them too much, if not how will Wal-Mart sell me a shirt for $5.00.

Laundry

I had to do laundry today. I hated doing laundry in the past but very soon understood the importance of wearing clean and fresh smelling clothes. The Laundromat is a very enterprising place to socialize. I mean where you can meet a girl who had nothing to do for an hour. This vaguely reminds of the "dead milk men" song (don't feel outdated if you have never heard of this band, I have an unusual taste in music) where the lead singer tries to peek at a college girl laundry. The possibility of successfully interacting with a girl increases ten fold because Laundromat users are usually single and borderline broke. From my perspective this is a wonderful opportunity to date a girl with out spending a fortune. It is very critical that you hide your old Levis jeans and make sure your Armani’s and Versace’s are visible. In a materialistic society clothing is the one of the key elements of displaying your success and taste. Well this trip was not fruitful but I had to chance to interact with my own kind the "broke and single" people from my town.

US arms for Pakistan spell trouble for India - The Times of India

US arms for Pakistan spell trouble for India - The Times of India

I'm sick and tired of the news media trying to interpret politics in the Indian Sub-continent. The headline in the times indicated that India should be wary of the arsenal being acquired by Pakistan from America. If TOI is doing this to gain news popularity that is absolutely acceptable by me, in spite of the moral aspects. These headlines don't reflect the opinion of most Indians though. We don't care if the paki's have nukes or advanced planes because we are not interested in attacking them. I would assume that the Pakistanis are not stupid to attack India (Although stupidity seems to be a common element). So to the editors here is what we (middle class Indians) are thinking, how to pay my bills, can I get a better job and when the fuck will these stupid papers actually reflect the opinion of the majority rather than subscribing to the extremes. One might ponder how one person can represent 800 million people. It is simple, we have limited wants and we don't really care about politics and our primary focus is survival. These aspects are universal, not just limited to Asia, so media pundits - please pay some attention to us.