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[1] From: Mukul Dube <uthappam@gmail.com> Date: Sat Sep 17, 2005 Subject: The Terrorist State mukul_dube [Received from Truthout.org] Venezuelan Leader Lashes at US in UN Speech Agence France-Presse Friday 16 September 2005 Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez called the United States a "terrorist state" and said the United Nations headquarters should be moved away from New York. The outspoken Chavez littered his speech to the UN world summit with anti-US comments which were strongly applauded. The ally of Cuba's President Fidel Castro followed this up with a press conference at which he accused the US administration of supporting terrorism. Tensions have been mounting between the United States and Venezuela for months. President George W. Bush's government has accused Chavez of becoming a destabilizing influence in Latin America. Chavez has in turn threatened to cut off his country's valuable oil supplies to the United States. Their dispute has been spiced up by a call from US conservative evangelist, Pat Robertson, for the United States to assassinate Chavez, a comment he later apologized for. Chavez told the UN General Assembly that the United States was "a country that does not respect the resolutions of this assembly." To loud applause he took up the call of Latin American revolutionary Simon Bolivar for the UN headquarters to be moved to "an international city" in the southern hemisphere. "It is time to think about an international city," he said, just before being told that his speech had gone beyond the allotted 15 minutes for each of the 170 heads of state and government leaders at the summit. Chavez took the opportunity to fire a new assault at the US leader, claiming that Bush had been given 20 minutes. At a press conference after his speech, Chavez said that the United States was a "terrorist state" because of its actions in Iraq, Robertson's assassination call and for harboring Luis Posada Carriles, who is wanted for the bombing of a Cuban airliner. "It is a terrorist state. It is a government that violates all rules and behaves shamelessly," he said. "The United States is the champion of double standards. The United States' government defends terrorism. They talk of the fight against the terrorism, but they commit terrorism, state terrorism," said Chavez. The Venezuelan president said the United States had used napalm in Iraq and protects Posada Carriles, who is being held in the United States on immigration charges. The Venezuelan leader arrived in New York on Thursday morning having kept in doubt whether he would attend the summit at all. Chavez charged Tuesday that the United States had denied visas to his security and medical teams. He also complained that his presidential jet had been ordered to an airport far from the UN building. Stepping up the diplomatic hostilities, as Chavez arrived, the US administration released a report saying that Venezuela had "failed demonstrably" to meet its counter-narcotics obligations over the past year. ________________ It is evident that Chavez is not alone in holding these views. Disgust and contempt, however, can do little about the actions of a bully. MD -- Mukul Dube D-504 Purvasha Anand Lok .. Mayur Vihar 1 .. Delhi 110091 +91 (0)11 22752067 or 22750240 arhardal@... .. 22752067@... ----------------------------- [2] From: "ccwd ccwd ccwd" <ccwd1@rediffmail.com> Date: Sat Sep 17, 2005 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Anti-Coke campaign around GANGAIKONDAN--Dr.K.K. initiative Daer friends we have our whole solidarity for it. mahendra parida LOKA ADHIKAR MANCH On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 seetharaman subramanian wrote : > September-18th. 1000 CYCLE RALLY at 9am from >----------------------------------------------- AZHAGIYAPANDIYAPURAM >to ANNAITHALAIYUR by EVENING >------------------------------------------------- >PUBLIC MEETING at THURAIYUR. Led by >Dr.K.Krishmasamy.MD >------------------------------------- >Why should we be worried about Coca Cola??™s investment >in Gangaikondan? > >1. The Gangaikondan project is actually a Coca Cola >benami called South India Bottling Company Ltd >(SIBCL). Coca Cola??™s name is intentionally hidden >because of the bad reputation that Coke has among >communities hosting Coke??™s bottling facilities. ------------------------------------------------- [3] From: kalyan panda <kalyan_panda@yahoo.co.in> Date: Sat Sep 17, 2005 Subject: resrvation - should we discuss? In a proper manner ofcourse from 10 years to 55 years(1950) by extension, itself says that policy implementation is not at per with plan. Its become a political tool itself. I think we should give a break for sometime so that the corrective processes be launched and freed from the clutches. This also creating class amongst classes.The promotion policies, specially in administrative and police sector is creating a wedge. People say " why a son should be penalised for the father's sin".The demoralisation is also creating a different kind of jealousy and hatred even amongst educated, not-so-high casts. We should form a database. Educational facilities along with food and daily stipend for people at the villages. It has to be wide spread so that probability of higher talent hunting gets a boosting. I know many people, just calculate the number/figures for the benifit of their children, instead of rising standards or level of knowledge. I know somepeople will make a hue and cry for my writing. Paint me with a drum of a particular colour. But truth cannot be avoided. Near Mumbai within a circle of 100km, I go to many tribal places - with the doctors of Ramakrishna Mission - for a picnic visit (like Bordi) etc etc but they remained almost the same a, atleast many whom I know for 25 years. The previledge is taken and circles within a few families grossly. They are becoming like upper-casts in the eyes of their own cast. Don't we need a review and and indepth analysis from a modern free atmosphere. regards panda ----------------------------------------------------------------------- reply of the above text ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Sir, When you just throw some bread at some extremely hungry, weak, sick and emaciated group of people, and walk away, it is only natural that the fittest among them would grab whatever is thrown. In fact, there might be some who dont even participate in the jostling and pushing because they are too weak to get up from their places. And sometimes these people may not know how to cook some of the stuff thrown at them. So even after grabbing the food they might not do anything worthwhile with it. Now this is what we have done with reservations. We have just thrown something at these people, and are content and even self-righteous about having done our duty of giving. The solution is not to stop giving altogether but to appoint enough impartial referees to make sure everyone gets a share. And also ensure that everyone is able to use his/her share properly by providing continued support. But let me clarify about this term giving. Reservations or Affirmative Action is not a giving in the sense of charity. It is a process to bring about societal correction, where certain groups are vastly under-represented in the mainstream social and economic processes. In a way, it is an entitlement for the beneficiaries. Now I know that a lot of non-beneficiaries, both here in the US and in India, like to keep saying that the minorities have no right to feel any sense of entitlement to AA/reservations. That it is a largesse they have to accept with humility and not demand it. This attitude of the upper-caste/upper-class/racially powerful non-beneficiery groups is what shoots down this AA/reservations hands-down. This is the reason non-beneficiaries like to ridicule beneficiaries working and studying among them. And feel terribly victimised when they lose an opportunity to a beneficiary. 'Why should I pay for my father's sin'. But it is not about punishment or pay-back. For instance, in the US, Asian minorities are not entitled to AA. If an Asian-American misses an opportunity to an Afro-American or Latino-American, is it because of the Asian's ancestral crimes towards Africans ot Latinos ? No. Arent Asians a minority in the US ?. Yes. Then why not AA benefits to Asians ? Because Asians do not qualify for the URM label - under-represented minority. But it is true that reservations has to be freed from the clutches of politicians completely. Just like how the Election Commission has become a truely independent body, that makes decisions indpendent of political influence, we need a very independent body for reservations - one that will determine what amounts to reservations, who benefits and how is is implemented - without political interference. Thanks, Sugrutha ----------------------------------------- [4] From: SANSAD <sansad@sansad.org> Date: Sun Sep 18, 2005 Subject: UN Summit: Loudest applause for Hugo Chavez Dear friends: Just click the link below. it will cheer you up; as it did the whole United Nations General Assembly; and as it would do the people all over the world. It did for me. hari sharma for SANSAD >http://dissent.blogspot.com/2005/09/united-nations-summit.html --------------------------------------- |
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