Magic of metaphors : Op-Ed Journey of Thomas Friedman

hamidm #47 So do you propose breaking eggs by driving over them in those unsold detroit suvs? This way you make omellete as well as find a use for the suvs that those crazy left wing anarchists from Toyota put of commission with their pansy, environment-friendly, politically correct hybrids.

harish_hyd #51 Please....Since Field Marshall "Nostrosdamus" Romair has made such accurate predictions years in advance, he now has to operate incognito as Bulleya to avoid stockbrokers and geo-strategic planners in the world's capitals. Warren Buffet and Alan Greenspan read his chowk posts for hours every day in minute detail! Musharraf has a super secret ISI unit (the "Romair Watch") that follows every word Bulleya writes and thus helps Musharraf outsmart everyone and keep clinging to power. So, dont blow his cover by referring to him as Romair!!

#49 by majumdar

Some chowkies allege that you had enthusiastically welcomed the US invasion of Afghanistan. Even volunteered to fight for them.

Majumdar bhai, it is not an allegation. Arjun has posted that piece of gem so many times that we've lost count. And then there's the famous T-shit quote, where Romair mian proudly proclaimed that in the post 9/11 US, Indians would have to wear T-shits with Paki flags to feel safe.

#48 by bulleya

......as for lal masjid, i opposed the military action....i believe imran khan opposed it also, as did many pakistanis.........though, much of the chowk crowd supported it........

Trying to be a bit too smart are we? Once your loyalties were firmly established with Mushy (the way you enthusiastically welcomed him after the coup), you cannot wiggle out of responsibility for his actions by disowning them. In the politest terms, you would be called a "traitor". Is there anything in the Paki military training that tells you to abandon your post the moment you feel the heat?

Romair sahib,

Some chowkies allege that you had enthusiastically welcomed the US invasion of Afghanistan. Even volunteered to fight for them.

Regards

shankar #: "Sure i do!...just as soon as you take responsibilty for all the deaths in lal masjid:)"

...its good to see someone on this site taking some responsiblity......i was half expecting you to do a, "hamid mian" and quitely pass on the responsibility to someone else......

......as for lal masjid, i opposed the military action....i believe imran khan opposed it also, as did many pakistanis.........though, much of the chowk crowd supported it........

hence there is a difference in your support for bush's action and my opposition to musharraf's.......i never support military action as solutions, other than in self-defence......

......as i stated i would chose musharraf over bb and ns......however not over various other saner individuals.......and i think there are enough sane individuals in pakistan, who would not have taken military action in lal masjid........there were much easier ways to resolve the issue......

Re: # 43

and shankar mian, don't loose any sleep over the deaths in iraq - it is a just war and you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs ...... as far as i am concerned, we need to set fire to the whole damn poultry farm before the sars epidemic spreads .......

shankar mian,

.... welcome back ...... my cichlids are doing fine even though one of them acts like romair and gets beaten up by the other four .... but like romair, he is quite 'dheet' and keeps on coming back for more punishment .....

...... just ignore bj's concern about my obsession with 'superficial' bodily attributes, i can explain it myself: beauty does not lie in the eye of the beholder - that is bakwas invented by butt ugly people from the subcontinent (specially bihar and madras) - beauty is an absolute value ........ as a professional shrink i am sure you will agree with me .....

...... now you can devote your attention to romair mian ... by the way, while you were away another mad man has appeared on this forum - this basket case calls himself masadi ..... he needs your help real bad ......

Shankar, before I forget, welcome back!

Now that you are here, tell us - what is the shrink term for this (apparently) incurable condition whose symptoms are being repeatedly demonstrated by miaN hamidm2 - the condition consisting of a morbid fascination with superficial bodily attributes (especially of the gora's bodily attributes) and an absolute aversion to one's brown skin color (which is reminiscent of one's own grampa Gopinath)!

(rubbing eyes with disbelief) have i seen it all, now?

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#40 Posted by bulleya on October 15, 2007 2:14:49 pm

.......there was a talk show on hbo, where a commentator made an interesting comment: all these, "experts" who have been pushing useless theories which have proven totally incorrect, need to be taken to task and should never be listened to again......

Romair,
".....as for you supporting bush - do you take some responsibilty for all the deaths caused in iraq?"

Sure i do!...just as soon as you take responsibilty for all the deaths in lal masjid:)

hamdim mian#: " i don't like friedman, but when he shares my view"

....now we are getting somewhere...within a few replies, you have gone from declaring friedman a complete hoax, to someone you support, quite often.......

........as i said, it should not be so easy to jump ship...at the core friedman and you are cut from the same cloth.......though his cloth was created in usa, while yours, has an uncle tom aspect to it........

......nothing wrong with that, as i have always stated.....but, at least, stay consistent with whom you support and whom you oppose......

shankar #: "you seemed to changed your tune about Mushy..being the greatest thing since sliced bread."

...its good to see you are back....

i have not changed my stance on musharraf......i have always supported him if benazir and nawaz sharif (and maulvis) were the only other options......and still do....

......however, i have never supported him, if any option outside the above was available....in that case, i have supported imran khan.......(and within ppp etc., individuals like aitezaz ahsan)....i still do.......

......i have also, from day one, supported a change of govt. through the judiciary, or other active organizations in pakistan like the media......and still do......

......so nothing has changed in my views......if benazir or nawaz or fazl are going to be the ultimate power, then, even today, i will take musharraf.......

however, things have evolved in pakistan......there is, finally, a somewhat credible judiciary, which i support over musharraf - like i always did.......there is a credible media, which i support over musharraf......there is no chance of imran khan coming into power, however, i still suppport him over musharraf........and there is an outside chance that people like benazir may be out of the equation, in which aitezaz ahsans of the world, might come to the top......and i would support that and have always, over musharraf........

.....as for you supporting bush - do you take some responsibilty for all the deaths caused in iraq?

hamdim2 mian#: "i just think that he is not tough enough....while i still support george bush -!"

.... for a person who dishes it out to others the whole day, you certainly have a very thin skin......if you are going to dish it out to 24 hours a day, then you need to stay in control when someone highlights how quickly you jump ship....

...our issue with friedman isn't that he is a hoax, but that he should be an ever bigger hoax......as big as george bush, whom you still admire.......mind you, you are part of the tiny % of the world who still admires bush......even his own party members don't mention his name when they campaign......

......in any case, you and the friedmans and the cheneys and the bushes and the fieths and the pearles have caused enough trouble....

.......there was a talk show on hbo, where a commentator made an interesting comment: all these, "experts" who have been pushing useless theories which have proven totally incorrect, need to be taken to task and should never be listened to again......

....i believe you fall in the above group.....at the very least, i think we need to make sure you are not allowed to jump ship easily and are continuously placed in the same book as the individuals you have traditionally supported....

and please learn to develop a thicker skin.......you are one of the most self-righteous individuals on this site (in the same league as the religiously self-righteous)....nothing wrong with being self-righteous......however, self-righteous folks need to have a thcker skin than you currently have......

Re: # 37

Hamidm Sahib:

"i will quote the devil (and al-lah mian) if it will support my point ! ....... i have no shame ........ "

Are you sure that you are not a successful entreprenuer? Welcome to the club, any way.

May be get an idlee franchise from Dasaprakasa in Bangalore and open a restaurant in Islamabad, and your birth town - near Panini's birthplace. Never know.... you may hate idlee and love the business.

I always wondered if mithai shop owner hated sweets, or loved sweets.

Romair #22

To be fair to hamid, you seemed to changed your tune about Mushy..being the greatest thing since sliced bread.

..your nemesis, arjun, seems to have saved all your "prophecies", so when you claim credit for being a political nostradamus, all he has to do is zap out the tee shirt.

Aw, what the heck....if it makes you feel any better...., I was all for GWB when he claimed Saddam had weapons of mass destruction...I feel duped by the neocons & rue the day we went into Iraq.