2008, a year of Electronic Media and Blogger

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

Time Magazine called President-elect Barack Obama, “The Man of the Year”, I would call 2008, the year of the Blogger. Candidate Obama used the internet to raise $750 million as the war-chest to fight the ‘Clinton Machine’ and then the ‘Republican Machine’. Electronic media carried the water for Obama and refused any opportunity to the [...]

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Pakistan fell off the civilized train…

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

General Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan, might some day be considered as a moderate Islamic leader by the historians. The current gang in Pakistan is not only dim-witted they are flexing their muscles as if they are sitting on top of the world’s biggest oil and gas reserves. Last November the Zardari government [...]

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President George Bush was busy ‘duckin and dodgin’!

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

This exchange summarizes the Presidency of George W Bush. For more than 8 years now, since the controversial selection of George W Bush as the next President of the United States by the Supreme Court, it has been a roller-coaster ride for this country and the world. President Bush was on his farewell visit to [...]

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Indian Police, our first line of defense!

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

It took a tragedy like 26/11 for us to look at our ‘Police Force’ with any sympathy! The ill-equipped ‘sakaram’ bore the brunt of a well-planned commando-style terrorist attack on Bombay on November 26, 2008 at 9:30 pm. The miserably paid constable (called Sakaram in Bombay) did not hesitate to face the highly trained militants [...]

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Presidents do not create jobs!

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

Presidents are elected to govern the country and not create jobs.  If they do create some jobs in the public sector, they are spending more of your money on non-productive jobs. President Bill Clinton did not create 22 million jobs, IT industry did. President George W Bush did not loose 2 million Jobs in 2008, [...]

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