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General Colin Powell – A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Feroz Qutabshahi October 22, 2008

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#57 Posted by masadi on October 27, 2008 7:18:42 pm
After banning me for 24 hours chowk staff have released me from my illegal detention after 72, go figure, all for calling Gill a plumber!
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#56 Posted by masadi on October 27, 2008 7:18:00 pm
testing
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#55 Posted by majumdar on October 26, 2008 8:31:40 pm
Posting on the behalf of Masadi sahib who has been banned, yet again.

HP writes " There is no conspiracy.."

Of course there is, if there weren't one you wouldn't see the constantly changing definition regarding race in the U.S., you wouldn't see the New Deal, you wouldn't see the Civil Rights Act, you wouldn't see a two party democracy to circumvent any real "democracy", and you wouldn't certainly see the interchange of corporate and military members within the US political structure and no tendency for career politicians to submit to a structure of center politics, you wouldn't see a boundary of left and right as officially defined by the mainstream and you certainly wouldn't see the nationalization of banks as was recently discussed in the US. Sarah Palin was part of the same conspiracy, they picked two expendable members of the Republican party that were useless to them for the future to ensure an Obama victory with the real president being Biden....

Have a nice day and take it easy,
TNI Masadi

P.S Tahmed: Please do not respond to things beyond your comprehension level adding nonsense just to obfuscate the issues.


Regards
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#54 Posted by DURGA-MAI on October 26, 2008 6:26:24 pm
Amerikaadeziiya Nirvaacana Upadarzana Devata

Obhima aur Payal Musla ubhaavapi samaanau

mama striibhaaga


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#53 Posted by DURGA-MAI on October 26, 2008 6:05:46 pm
Obhima aur Musla ubhaavapi samaanau
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#52 Posted by DURGA-MAI on October 26, 2008 6:02:09 pm
Tasmaat Payel anumantyatum (endorsum_ Bhima yasmaat tasmaat krsna.

Tasmat Makkhan chanayam karotum Paalin yasmaat zvetamaana
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#51 Posted by pakiturk on October 26, 2008 4:18:02 pm
#10 Posted by masadi on October 24, 2008 12:41:24 pm
{"Thanks for letting us know that you have been among the group that has been censoring my articles....I know Sohail the shrink is among them as is Gill the plumber..."}

Masadi Sahib,
Thank for finally explaining why my article had its last paragraph deliberately removed when my last article was published. Repeated request via messages, posts, and feedback to restore the paragraph were simply ignored. Now, I think I understand your own problem. This is a shame.
Salim Ahmed Chauhan
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#50 Posted by _arjun32 on October 26, 2008 12:42:34 pm
#36 Posted by ahmedmadani on October 25, 2008 7:01:36 am


He had all guts to threaten poor general Musharaff but when it comes to tell boss to stop lies about IRAQ he was silent.


It's one thing to yell at a stray dog...especially one that depends on you for his meals....quite another thing to yell at your boss...
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#49 Posted by mohar11 on October 26, 2008 9:03:59 am
Re: # 40 hamid

ha ha... very funny... is that the your stock response now for all sticky situations you face in chowk?

Anyhoo - it's not about me - it's about pakis... somebody has to put pakis in their place, put them down where they belong... the root cause of the entire islamic problem in the region is because pakis got too big for their boots and started punching above your puny chests...
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#48 Posted by tahmed32 on October 25, 2008 2:30:46 pm
HP/Masadi: I wonder if the conspirators behind the "Obama Conspiracy" also plotted the Lincoln Assasination and the Benazir Assasination and are also the ones who set prices for live crabs sold in oriental grocery stores. I wonder...
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#47 Posted by HP on October 25, 2008 2:14:46 pm
There is no conspiracy...No one controls the election process. Hillary started out as the favorite but the Kennedy branch of the Democratic party pushed Obama. Obviously, no one knew Palin was so stupid. They brought her for shoring up support in the core Republican base. That decision backfired on them.

It was hard for the Repubs to win after eight years of Bush, Palin just made it even harder.



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#46 Posted by masadi on October 25, 2008 2:00:36 pm
Time will tell that Asadi sahib was right on the "Obama Conspiracy" just as he was right about the Feb 2008 elections in Pakistan.

Have a nice day and take it easy

TNI Masadi

P.S: He is similarly right that God is the ultimate reality

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#45 Posted by masadi on October 25, 2008 1:59:20 pm
TNI masadi
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#44 Posted by masadi on October 25, 2008 1:58:58 pm
Colin Powell is not a nobody, he is still very much vested in the system, especially the Gore type of green business, check out Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, as are his family and friends, that definitely matters more to him than race.

Have a nice day and take it easy
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#43 Posted by HP on October 25, 2008 1:40:09 pm

There is no doubt that Powell's endorsement was all about race. In his old age, cut off by the Washington insiders and hated by neocons, probably he was missing the party circuit in Washington DC. Obama's victory will at least guarantee invitations to White House dinners and Georgetown power parties.

What more would this crony of the influentials want? A kiss up all his life barely had any command experience but kept getting promotions on Casper Weinberg recommendations, he made it to the top in a series of affirmative actions.

Obama has serious flaws. Has no executive and administrative experience at all. The last Senator to run the US was LBJ. LBJ had executive as well as leadership experienced but he too sucked in the end. President Kennedy (with similar credentials) botched up the Cuba issue; he went in to Vietnam and helped MLK launch the civil rights movement to salvage his presidency.

With two invasions of small and poor countries going on, a third could happen anytime- Obama will need the US army to be behind him a 100%. Even the Republican President with two most influential Defense Secretaries in his cabinet-Cheney and Rumsfeld- was unable to get the US army cooperation.

The US is in serious economic trouble. He will be like Bush II and Joe Biden a man with a slippery tongue, will end up running the country from behind the scenes like Cheney did for almost six years.

The only uplifting part is his being a Mulatto. For the people of color in the US, this will be the greatest moment of their lives. I can visualize blacks crying with excitement on the streets after his election. With hundreds of years of wretched history behind them, the blacks will finally be full US citizens and I am sure will go through a psychological make over that would be good for the country.

Palin would have made a great Indian PM. She is the Laloo of the US politics. McCain ruined any chance he had with her as the VP candidate.
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#42 Posted by tahmed32 on October 25, 2008 8:35:36 am
SR: even an idiot can google Obama's birthdate and birthplace and figure out that he is a natural born US citizen. try it...
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