A Touch of Zen

2009-03-17T21:07:00.001-04:00

Signs of " Globalization"

2008-12-19T18:59:00.005-05:00

Here is my list of the indicators to the level of effect of the process of "Globalization:... in various regions of the world ...for when the question of of the level of globalization occurs..

I will approximately define Globalization as :

Globalization :
The level of integration of

a)modern and popular machinery/ technology from the Western spheres ( mostly america and to lesser Extent Europe )... a
and
b) a level of western( american and european)... method of thought and perspective towards the core aspects of culture via machinery/technology

into the other regions of the world that are otherwise lesser in the quantity and concentration of the above elements ( a and b ). The other regions would be .. most of europe , Africa , All arabic countries, All Muslim Countries, India, China, Korea, Japan, and those smaller countries neighboring these )

Indicators / Signss ( in cities )

1) There is an Authentic Indian Restaurant operated by Indians with Indian cooks that is also renowned and popular throughout the city.

2) There is a competeing Indian restaurant owned by Bangladeshi/Pakistani/SriLankan/Nepali people also adevertising Indian food that tastes good but tastes noticeable different

3) All Rebelious children idolize the current American Rap Superstar...as their role models in life

4) All those outside the rap targer audience also know...the names and albums of some rappers..

5) People with no savings and working menial jobs have Facebook Accounts

6) The state of the art cutting edge Public computer access facilities for those who cannot afford computers...are full of people chatting on MSN messenger .

7 ) Marijuana/ Hashish is as easiesr to access( purchase and use ) than bottled water or diet coke cola.

8 ) There are some poor and English Illiterate Indians and/or Chinese people working harder than any other community through difficult menial jobs.

9 ) The forward univeristy educated elite minority class go to Mcdonalds expecting the finest cuisine America can make while purposely wearing expensive clothes that most of the population can not afford all as a fashion statement..

10) Europeans come to live there becuase it is cheaper than living in Europe.. and think that the local populatiion are nice people

11) There is a higher rate of abortion ... why?
a) higher access and encouragement to use condoms increases the level of "activity" in the community resulting.. in higher preganacy results... where the majority of the cases can not accomodate the pregancy and must inevitable chose abortion.
b) greater political and cultural allowance for abortion.

12) The higher access to American pornograpgy on the internet reduces the demand for the local "sleeze" industry..

13) People from cold weathered northen Europe adults are buying guest houses there... and are living there 6 months out of the year.

14) Boys have to time share their attention to Euro football.. and American NBA Basketball coverage available on the internet.

15.) Many young girls secretly marry or run off with European/American tourist men as a means of escaping family directed traditional culture..

Southall , Wembly , and others of the sort

2008-12-19T18:24:00.006-05:00

After I recently and reluctantly visited London, I came across some strong surprises.

My senses regarding people atleast were mostl alert when i came across the notorious "south asian" or Indian community.. ( which actually includes the now sovereign "countries" of India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and lesser known Nepal , Bhutan, and Maldives )

Even though I had heard alot about them and watched Bend It Like Beckham...it was still an awakening experience to confront them in person.

After I arrived in london...

Euro Rice...

2008-12-16T12:52:00.000-05:00

When I was in Spain earlier this year... I was surprised to find that their staple adn traditionaly celebrated food is...far from what i thought..

It is called " Paella " ...

It is basically... big thick spanish rice with shrimp( or other seafood).. with grilled with vegetables.

Does this sound familiar... ?

Such a description is usually reserved for Indian food.

Here I see that Europe is not as distant to Asia.. ( in tradition).. as I thought...

The presence and value of Rice in spanish tradition ( of maybe 10-15) centuries... gives the suspicion of some possible Asian or atleast further Eastern Origin and AAnthropology..

It is no wonder that White people/ UK/ germany/ france... dont accept them as legitimate white people...after considering my finding...

I put this posting up for all the Indians like me... who are amazed by this fact... and.. for anyone else might get a kick oout of it...

Golden Girls...?

2008-12-14T23:08:00.007-05:00

Over the last 10 plus years in American pop culture and media.... there has been increasingly more " african american" faces...among both sexes...

Many of those personalities that represent american culture to the rest of the world are now african american...

These names include the likes of .... Beyonce , Halle Berry, Mariah Carey.

Whether in films, music, or television.. for a girl to become a banner name... it is "sex appeal" alone that makes this possible.

The token position for black person in the pop culture that was readily available in the 1980s and down ... has now in the 2ks extended countless number...

Infact the number is so high now.. that it would be wrong to call the place for blacks in pop culture as a token...

Infact , both the domestic and international market for american pop has a stong demand for " african american appeal"

For girls in the limelight.. appeal invariably must mean...what is referred to as " sex appeal" .... ( an apparently legitimate term that the syntax and semantic meaning of )

So African American girls are now a definative part of american pop culture... no longer hoping for a token spot in the business.. the Blakc starlets have aims of taking the top spots in the whole buisness to the point that the

But if you look closely at the types I mentioned above ... (mariah, halle berry , adn beyonce.).. despite being classified as african american.... you ponder the question of whether they are infact african component of their african american status...

Meaning when u look at these poster girls... does africa really come to mind?

And who is it that they really represent ?

The 15% of impoverished Black people in America..

All of the 3 imentioned.. ( and all the others i didnt mention ye t) take a funny path to fame and fortune..

First they have to impress the black audience ... to enter the stage of showbiz..

then from... there..

the have to win the majority white audience to have the superstardom they all enjoy today...

The critical trait for a potential starlet is not being either african/black or american/white... but something distincly in between....

This something is blacker than white people... to make themselves mysterious and intriguing on sight to white people... and whiter than black people.

This means that.. that starlot must be a physically interacial.. with clearly unafrican traits....to impress the tastes the black man..

but..

also having a body type and color that a white girl coudnt have...
the "athletic" and "rounded" body type that white girls could not possbile develop.

This means that.. that starlot must be a physically interacial.. with clearly unafrican traits....to impress the tastes the black man..

the first thinga black person would say.. when they notice in a beyonce type is:

" she is not white.. becuase she is much darker... but she doesnt look anything close the a black etiher ... hardly african..."

the first thing a white person would notice is:

" she is not black because she is much lighter... but .. then what is she.. let me look some more... "

both white and black.. people.. eeven before they can admire... sucha starlot.. are

the initial reaction is overcoming the mystery of the image of such a person... since.. in USA>..

it is hard to come across.... a person.. of the " racial type" of the " african american " starlet...

It seems today.. that among both sexes... it seems that this type of interracial .." african american" is what keeps the " sex appeal" crazed american audience...

All the popular reality shows try to feature as many interacial types as possible.. byt always.. describe.. them " striclty" as African American... and forget to mention...the unafrican portion of the person...

It seems that middle color and middle ground between.. balck and white.. has higher demand than either....

The previosuly ruled and ruling colors... of USA seems to have lost out.. in atleast american pop vanity to ... the middle ground.. to the middle color...!

The Best You Never Saw...

2008-12-11T20:53:00.004-05:00

Here are the best films that were never given acclaim and widely ignored by audiences and critics when tthey were released .

meaning... they are as good as the best films... that came out in each year.....
but no one other than me seems to think these are great films...

These are since 1970.. only... .

So here is my list

1. Black Hawk Down ... 2001

2. Great White Hype ... 1996

3. Oh Brother , Where are thou..1999

4. Bloodsport . 1988

5. Desperado .. 1995

6.. Dusk till Dawn ..1995

7. Amistad .. 1997

8. Ooctober Sky .. 1999

9. Anna and the King... 1999

10. V for Vendetta .. 2006

11. Three Kings ....1999

12. Legends of the Fall ...1994

13. Last of the Mohicans ... 1992

14. Far and Away ... 1992

15. Dead Calm...1991

16. Samurai X....1974

Kramer vs Tribbiani...

2008-12-11T18:06:00.004-05:00

Since there are no new Tv shows that I like.. in the age of "Reality"...

I end watching repalsy of Seinfeld and Friends....

I noticed that no one views the make up of the Friends show as I do :

What is Friends?

My summary would be

Friends : 5 New York Jews and 1 New York Italian ...Mr Joey Tribbiana...
"How Youuuuuuuuuu Doin'..!

and how would I summarize Seinfeld... well that is more complicated as the Seinfed was incomparabaly richer.

but a likewise comparision would be...

Seinfeld : 3 ( much smarter) NY Jews and 1 NY Italian ( George "Cant stand you" Castanza )

So you could say in a sense... that Friends - Seinfeld = 2 Jews... ( you can laugh now )

When Seinfeld came off the TV air waves... in 1998.. it was the Highester rated TV and comedy show...

Friends from 98 and onward .. would take Seinfelds spot at Top..

America seemed to accept Friends in place Of Seinfeld without any discomfart.. sort of like a change in the White house....!

Seinfeld came to TV in 1989... during a Bold movement in the Tv Business by the NBC TV station ( which was behind in success to the CBS and ABC stations ).

The movement was to replace the standard American family.. of Smiths/JOnes/and Williams in the family sitcom with hip Jewish singles living the new and trendy city
single and trendy big New york City Lifestyle...

As the 90s bloomed ... down went the american family on TV .. and came many other seinfeld type imitataions...
and During the flux of this trend came Friends and eventually... Sex and the City...which would explout the original intent of the movement spawned in the early 90s .. ten years later on HBO... in much more graphic and shocking detail than ever hoped for...

Seinfeld was the first and best show to exploit this...

The growth of this trend on Tv just tells me that that audience , metropolitan white people ( smiths and jones)... prefer seeing the NY jews than anyone else ..even themselves on TV...

The best indicator of this is the Friends the show..

The original idea of the show was:

the 2 main characters :

brother and sister : Ross and Monica Gellar.... New York jews...to appear normal and unquirky...

then..

the 2 sidekicks :

Monicas friend and sidekick... the blonde Rachel Green ...
...and...
Ross's friend...and sidekick...Chandler .. funny last name Bing.. who doesnt say anything unless it is sarcastically cynical and iritating to one of the other characters..

All of the four characters above... are presented as being of Jewish descent assimilated into America via the forturned of New York...
Such people are those I refer to as " New York Jews" ....
to a foreign viewer they may seem as the ordinary american ... but as I said.. that would be false .. becuase the ordinary american of the 1980s... micheal j fox.. was deliberatly removed .. in favour of the Gellars and those of their sort.. the "New York Jews" ..

the 4 characters are there for the audience to laugh with ....

and now to mention the other 2...for the audience to laugh at ... i said AT... and not WITH..

Monicas other friend... Phoebe Buffet...to call her ditzy would be severe understatement...

Unlike Joey... the other girls dont make fun of her .. as Chandler does.. because no one wants to see a cranky girl... as chandler appears cranky any time he makes a joke...

Phoebe makes her presence felt by saying silly things.. to allow the audience to laught at her... but unlike Joey.. whose statments make sense .. with twist..
Phoebe is totally absurd.. you cant treat her as a character but as a random interjection of nonsense to excite the audience...

Although she does not have an obvios jewish name... the actress Lisa Kurdrow.. has an obvious jewish name with typicall new york jewish physique..
so she is basiccally a jewish character..

then the last character..

Chandlers roomate ;..... the stereotype NY italian .. Joey Tribbiani...

and what makes him a steotype:

No education... and hence he works as an actor... and is unaware of the lackluster level of achievement he has unless he is informed by Chandler in his characteristic Jewish fashion... his two male counterparts are the opposite... one is a professor and the other some financial engineer...

Slow wit... chandlers sarcasm jokes are usually misunderstood by Joey... and usually unrealiezed by Joey... while the audience is laughing at Joey.

Ladies Man... he has the italian "mafiaso" confidence that he can have anyone one... so women are his only area of expertise .. while the 2 jewish boys... must game plan their first and second move after the slowly develop the confidence to step up to the plate...

All his lines generally reflect his dull wit.. and the lines spoken to him by chandler are almost always insulting of him for his foremention lack of intelligence...

His character is almost a deliberate bashing... of the stereotype New Italian persona and the New York Italian identity... from the minds of college educated , manhattan residing, media influential New York Jewish Community.

I could intrepret this as massice cultural statement coming from the top of the New York Jewish community expressing their feelings about the entire New York Italian culture.

so where does this leave the show ?

the show is basically has the jewish actors/characters as the main characters with the only outsider... the NY italian joey as their token "minority" to be pounced on by the other 4.. and ridiculed to the audience...

and this this formula... seems to have hit the jackpot with audience of white peopel of all ages.. who responded to this formula by making it USAs top show... for 6 years...

Twins: Iranian - New York Italian

2008-12-11T16:03:00.008-05:00

Shah Reza Pahlavi....
the last official king of Iran.. ousted in a coup detat in 1979...

Frank Vincent...

Italian American Actor... came to fame after playing true to life NY Gambino mob man...Billy Batts... and later as Phil Leotardo on the Sopranos...

I realized the striking likeness in their features after... I found that.. that Tony Sopranos used the name " Shah of Iran " as a nickname on the show for the character of Phil Leotardo..

Im sure one of the castmembers probably used it on the set and the writers picked up on it..

So now you can see for yourself...

Bush - Whacked..?

2008-12-03T19:55:00.007-05:00

So OBAMA IS HERE....
as the rapper ludacris said so in his song... " Obama is Here".

So far I think he is the only person to make an official song about Barack despite the record level craze over the election... in the internet age....

Meaning , the 1996,2000, and 2004 election did not get so much media and society craze like this election.

I found out that Obama won when I was waiting in line in a shop in London while on holiday.

While travelling throughout Europe, I met lots of people.

When I told them I was from Washington DC, they all smirked and quickly asked me about Bush jr ( Mccain ) vs Obama...

Every single person I met , was against Bush and consequently against Bush jr( Mccain )..

I cant count how many people I met.. but it was alot..

In usa , during the previous 3 elections... I never came across such one sided opinions..

I refer to Mccain as Bush Jr.. because people generally cant find a political identity of his own..

Everyone , especially people overseas.. think of any Republican candidate an extention of Bush...

so Mccain is the next closes thing to Bush...
so the election .. to the audience overseas...

was Bush jr ( Mccain ) vs Obama

The overwhelming one sided support was for Obama... almost like it was here...in USA...

so this made me wonder...

why did OBAMA win.. with such a large majority vote over Jr ( bush jr aka mccain )

1. People who hate Bush automatically voted for the opposite party without considereing anything else

2. Obama is Black.... otherwise indifferent blakc and white ppl voted for Barack just because he is black because they think.. they somehow contribute to " racial equality " if a Black finally makes it

3. Barack also pulls in ignorant Jay-Z/Anchor Man generation kids.. 18-25 aged ppl... who vote for him because they think Barack is hip.. and all the other guys are old and boring...

so when i consider all of this .... I find it hard to be impressed with Barack.. becuase all the reasons i mentioned above.. dont relate to any of his credentials or abilities...?

so what should I think of all the new Elect..?

Black Movies...

2008-04-13T19:42:00.007-04:00

so what is a Black Movie...?

- Story Is set in a black neighbourhood in America.. that are poor ,chaotic, dangerous,

- Story is about some Black People
- Is made by a Black Director, Writers who are from the black neighbourhoods being represented...

- Has Black actors..maybe rappers

The films were low budget as they were aimed at a small market.. Black People..

The movement of Black Movies started in early 90s and made a big impact with select critics but not much national acclaim. THe movement produced up to 15 films.. and then just ended...

Here I will mention the best Black/ Ghetto Movies:

1. Boyz in the Hood - 1991

2. Menace To Society - 1992

3. Jasons Lyric - 1993

4 Poetic Justice - 1994

5 Above The Rim - 1994

6. Juice - 1991

7. Friday - 1996

8. New Jersey Drive - 1996

Gisele to the Pope

2008-04-08T16:16:00.006-04:00

An interesting question has been posed by the Brazil orn and raised Internationally famed supermodel, Gisele Bundchen, to the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church regarding one of the Catholic's Churchs favorite discussion topics...." contraception " ( via condems...)

The Church has alwas pronounced the same position on the subject....

" NO Condoms ... Only the Natural Way ..." ~ POPE

which is against the "modern american scientific way".....

Gisele has posed the following against the POPE with an interesting choice of words:

" To prohibit condoms is ridiculous, just think of all the diseases transmitted without them,".
"How is it possible to not want people to use condoms and also not have abortions? It's impossible, I'm sorry "

~ Gisele Bundchen

I wonder if anyone has given her the obvious answer the Pope or any sensisible person could have told her...! It appears she has totally missed the obvious one and had not even bothered to counter the reason for it... as most Americans do when they challenge the pope...

Seinfeld Soup Man

2008-04-08T13:45:00.003-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L06udJXhfK0&feature=related --or click on article title..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uY3znlUE4g

I saw this video on you tube featuring.....a news reporter's interview with New York City Soup Shop Owner , Al Yeganeh.

Not just any soup shop....but the one that was featured on Seinfeld in the 90s.

This was a famous episode where the real life soup shop and owner, Al Yeganeh, was portrayed on the Seinfeld show by an actor and termed as the " SOUP NAZI ".

The term NAZI .. . is used here in the "post modern" American convention as meaning ..." too strict and disciplined" for "normal" Americans.

The show came to be ... when the Seinfeld writers noticed the popualarity of the Soup shop in NYC and also the notoriety of the owner among the countless customers on NYC. Seinfled writers found the owners character as comedic material fitting for the show and put him an episode.

Al Yeganeh, founded the shop in New York City and developed the shop into a successfull business by making top quality soups. He was not informed that he and his shop would be represented on the show and basically riduculed for the American viewers to enjoy.

Al Yeganeh's character is represented as too strict for casual nature of the Americans who come to shop. Strict refers to the rules he has in the shop for customers who come in. The rules are otherwise normal rules requiring ordering correctly and precisely and being well mannered in the shop. Failure to follow the rules,,, would result in Al Yeganeh removing you from the shop.

On the TV show, Al Yeganeh is portrayed as unreasonable and the blunders of the careless Americans, inherent to the image of normalcy accepted in America., as mild and minor. SO when the Americans blunder and make a mistake, and break the rules...they are denied the soup and thrown out.

When I first saw the show... in the 90s... I thought that it was a fiction..
Then I found out it was based on real character... and thought it has to be an exaggeration...but after seeing this video clipon you tube.. I can see that it is accurate match between the character on the show and the original person.

The writers of Seinfeld , who represent the intellectual portion of the American population, as they are Harvard educated millionaires, interpret the behavior of the soup man in the same way as the regular Americans...which is extremely rigid to a ridiculous level..

This episode shows how far removed American culture is... throughout the segments of American population to any establsihed standard of discipline in any environment... in this case a restaurant....

This concept of Discipline is one of the landmark features of the culture Gap between todays America and all other culures ( Muslims,. Indian, and Chinese).

Here the original character is Al Yeganeh. He is an immigrant of Iran and represents the culture of Iran in his disapproval of American attitude of apathy, blundering , and casual outlook in the form of their behavior in the shop.

In real life, the displeased New york customers had given him the nick name of terrorist, relating his Irananian Muslim background.

I assume terrorist is more insulting to him than NAZI.. which is what the TV show used.

Even though it is used for humour...it shows how Americans perceive the basic wualities of Asian culture...and how they would even humour it with other wise controversial terms as NAZI...

Here .. even though the character is IRanian.. the same type of culture gap could have resulted from a Chinese or Indian owner...
I wonder what nickname would have come for each of those.

The Name .. NAZI.. is only works if the guy is atleast in appearance... close to European.. and close to the original Nazis....

Here is a link to the video from you tube. showing how Al Yeganeh made his repuation...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uY3znlUE4g

Dutch made Film...vs ISLAM......

2008-04-07T17:48:00.005-04:00

The Film is called FITNA.....made by Dutch govt official...

He is one of the most firm and clearly disapproving voices against the core RELIGION FOUNDATION OF ISLAM....THE KORAN....

He has made this documentary style film to show...his view.. which is a more amplified view in favor of the " War on Terror "....

He has made personal comments.. on this subject.. speaking against the Muslims societies in the world, the muslims residing in Europe and the Netherlands, and the state of the " war on terror" in the Muslim Lands...

THe video is very " controversial" as it presents as ISLAM as being illegitimate and primitive...

It is series of video clips.... showing muslims in involved in politically hostile situations which makes them look villainous....

The extended clips are on you tube separately....

The Film,,. is one of the few that you tube, and other video sites have considered or have actually banned ... in fear of further penalties....

I am putting the links to the video here and links to some interviews given by the
film maker politician....

Geert Wilders Speaks: Anti-Koran Film (Part 1 of 2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0jUuzdfqfc&feature=related

Geert Wilders Speaks: Muslims & Tolerance (Part 2 of 2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W6twYw4E8w&feature=related

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THE VIDEO

This video is the edited version..currently on yout tube...
The unedited one has been removed for the time being....
near the end of the video.... there is a minute... of ...graphic scenes...
...so watch if u can handle..it...

Most of the video clips used to make th film are already on you tube...

Fitna Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEQLZzxVHQ4&feature=related

Fitna Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoEcKZRC5AU&NR=1

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This video is significant not because of the content... but because it has raised theissue of censorship again.... regarding discussion... of sensitive material...

such as ISLAM and "War on Terror"....

I was surprised to hear that the internet video sites are in talks with officials to censor the video....

The government of Indonesia... has stated that they will ban Access to You tube if it is not removed....

Celibate Supermodel....

2008-04-06T16:48:00.008-04:00

I recently read a headline in a web article that:

International Fashion Model and Victoria Secret Icon, Adriana Lima, has disclosed that she is a VIRGIN.....and will remain so until she is " married"...

Meaning that she has never " gone the bases" with any of her past celebrity " boyfriends" .

I found this a sensational, unthinkable, surprise.

Adriana Lima, 26 year old model from Brazil, made her fame in the American media with the typicaal image of allure in American mainstream..

Such an image is the very opposite of the character she has announced.

Besides her fame through supermodelling advertisements... she increased her celebrity status... by " dating" American celebraties.. who also assiciate with an image that as far as possible from celibate...

She has been quoted as saying:

"Sex is for after marriage. Men have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect that means they don't want me" ~ Adriana

Here Adriana, has smashed the presumed public persona she with her recent announcement...

For those people... who know of Brazil ... through its soccer teams and supermodels only... this disclosure announced by Adriana Lima will also become a prominent element in shaping the image of brazil to the distant observer....

Mountain in the Middle

2008-04-04T00:28:00.004-04:00

With a few games left in 2008 regular season... the Houston Rockets have put Dikembe Mutombo in their line up after Yao fell down..

I am writing this article after I just saw another amazing block from Mutombo.

He is now 42 years old... i think he is the leaugues oldest player...

Even at 42.. he was the best( in the 90s and 2000s).. at his trade mark skill... SHOT BLOCKING...

EVen at 42... when he is supposed to play a few mins .. maybe 15 off the bench.. when Yao is tired.. I am conviced that he is still the best at SHOT BLOCKING...

since the rise in the dominance of the guards.. and increase in dunks.. and guards coming all the way to basket... there is much lesser shot blocking in todyas game than compared to the 90s.. game when Mutombo dominated....

But.. even at 42.. Mutombo.. is still the best shot blocking in the league...

When he was at his best in the 90s..... he was the only franchise player on a contending team, the Atlanta Hawks, that led the way with a Defense Game..

All the other Big name players averaged 20 points/. game plus...

On my Rank... He is the best player... Defense Player from the last 3 decades in the NBA .. 80s ,90s, 2000s.

I define a " Defense " Player... as someone who excels with mainly defense... so all 20 plus scorers are not counted... such as Olajuwan, David Robinson, and Shaquille Oneil...

Among those Defense Players... he is the absolute best..

His Atlanta team.. .had him as the big star.. and 4 role players.. and they were contending for the title.. against the Bulls in the 90s...

Every other team.. had a star scorer...

He is also in another class....of special players.. who can be the best player on his team and game... while leading the way with less than 10 points....

Any usual star has to score atleast 16 to have a good game and probably 25 to have a great game...

Mutombo could score 5 points.. get 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks and dominate the game...

THe only other star players who could dominate wiht less than 10 points are...

Jason Kidd..
Ron Artest
Scottie Pippen
John Stockton

Only 5 players in this group from all those who played in the last 20 years...

I am convinced that he can play well until he is 45... and set the NBA record for oldest player ever to play.... and get 20 , 15 , and 10 rebounds in a game...!

"How about some Hardcore "

2008-04-03T23:26:00.003-04:00

Whenever I hear some news from young kids.. or the TV about some new big deal rapper...
I just think.. " How much longer... will Rap last"...

I .. .like most of the honest and few good rappers... left in rap.. have to think those qualities that gave Rap its integrity... are gone.. and that Rap...

is new type of Pop Music.. using the gangsta identity of the 90s as a marketing technique to attract.. increasingly demoralized and gullible white kids.. who are eager adn willing to buy the Rap CDS.....

Those who have profited most from the late 90s and 2000s era of Pop Rap.. have done it by design.. by making their singles,, music videos and marketing campaign with intentions of major sales...

Rap.. is the BIG BUISNESS first... with Rap as the surface level... product.....

about 10 rappers in this decade.. have earned the big dollars... meaning

$50 million in career earnings or more...

the list is :

$100 million plus :

1. Sean Combs...P. Diddy

2. Jay Z

3. 50 cent

4. Master P

5. Cash Money Boys

$50 million plus :

6. Dr Dre

7. Ice Cube

8. Wyclef jean

9. Marshall Mathers

10 Jermaine Dupri

Fair and Lovely... Lara Dutta... ?

2008-04-03T22:20:00.006-04:00

I first saw Lara Dutta.. on an Indian TV station a few years ago and had no idea who she is , her claim to fame , or what sort of Indian she is .

My first thought was ... why is her first name Lara... is she mixed as an anglo indian or is she christian...? that was my first thought...

Later... I foudn that she was an aspiring hindi film actor.. and that her claim to fame was winning a Miss Universe pageant representing India....and naturally that ensured her a role in a hindi movie.

She was part of the new generation of hindi stars ... reprenting the new brand of " JISM " movies.. of the new modern Vijay Mallya endorsed " progressive " India.

I assumed , just as the girls of yesteryear, that should would be of the character of her generation in the bollywood community...

However the next time i noticed her,,, I realized that she was not ...

The next time she entered my attention was.. when I was watching a baseball game .. on american TV.. and saw the commentator listing all the girls that New York Yankeess baseball player, Derek Jeterm, had dated. The list included many american celebs, and eventually Lara Dutta.

I was schocked to hear that an Indian girl... even of the bollywood persuasion would have made Derek Jeters list.

Derek Jeter, is Black - white Interacial American.
In America, despite being interacial officially... he is culturally all Black..

So Lara Dutta was dated a Black man....!!!!!

That is the first thought that any average indian cine fan would have had.. whether living in india or the west.

I dont live in India, so I dont what her cinema community think... but I must assume that she is considered bold for doing so....

Even in america...supposedly the most advanced country in overcoming "racism" towards Black,.... any famous Black - White pairing recieves another class of media and public attention. In the media, It will be an unspoken exclamation as any explicit statements may suggest " racism"...

There are just a handfull of Black celebs in american culture.. and all of them half black partners....For some reason If a black man takes a spanish latino partner.. the same exclamtaion for having a white partner does not result... This is becuase... despite having a closer racial and physical likeness to white people... latinos are considered clearly Un White.. adn hence comparable to blacks....

Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Samuel L Jackson, --- from films

Micheal Jordan, Shaquille O Neil, Barry Bonds, -- sports...

The same Derek Jeter... has not dated many " white" celebs... his list includes... many spanish models.. , black models., mariah carey,, and now lara dutta, an Indian.

Lara Dutta.. regardless of how "progresive " she might be... is still of community... the cine world.. the controls her career.. a world of image and where ur career is ur image to the fans, and film community...

She is more than bold.. in partnering with Derek Jeter .. despite how enticing his offer is... $20 million./ yr... famous... and desirable...

I did say "dated".. meaning past tense.. as it has ended.... few years ago...

From Derek Jeter, an American Black man,, she moved to

Kelley dhorjee, a Bhuran Descent fashion model in India...

When i first heard Kelleys name.. I thought.. another weird name... and only recently i found that he is of Bhutan descent..

For those who dont know... Bhutan is a country just north of india.. that shares a lot of cultural traits with India.. but differs in appearance as the Bhutan people appear to the crude eye... " chinese looking "....and ofcourse are not.. they are more crudely refered to as : "brown people"...

Again Lara Dutta.. broke the conventional boundaries even for her generation of modern progressive JISM girls, and chose Kelley... the " chinese looking guy"

So far the unmentioned significance behind this article is that Lara Dutta, has the physcial traits of a Miss Universe among Indians... These traits are so rare among the population that... she will be encourage by the culture to value them... as it is considered both rare, valuable, and good looking...

So she is likely , by social encouragement, to de value those physiques that are not considered good looking.... by either the INdian filmi standard or the American standard.. which is the 2 guys she chose....

the Black Guy and the Chinese Looking Guy...

MOst interesting.. that there is such a person as Lara Dutta... !

Twins:... Afghan -- German

2008-04-02T17:24:00.004-04:00

Roger Federerer : A Swiss tennis player of German Descent...

and

Arbaaz Khan..; An Afghan Descent film actor in India...

Federer

Arbaaz...

Here are:

Twins: Italian American -- Indian Punjabi

2008-04-02T16:50:00.014-04:00

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Annabella Sciorra : An Italian Descent American film actress...

and

Juhi Chawla : Indian Punjabi Film Actress...

I saw Annabella when i was about 12 years old... when i first came to america...
I saw Juhi .. when i was about 20 years. old...

As soon as I saw her .. I thought... how closely she looked very much like annabella sciorra

Annabella

now Juhi

and back Annabella

Twins:.... American Black White Mixed -- Indian

2008-04-02T16:30:00.004-04:00

Jason Kidd... from the NBA Dallas Mavericks...
he is mixed with black mother and black white father...

and
Rakesh Roshan.. Indian film director....
In his older years.. he keeps his hair bald.. increasing his similarity to Jason Kidd
Rakesh Roshan is much older than Jason Kidd... so you have adjust his aged features to a younger age to compare...

Jason Kidd

A much older... Rakesh Roshan

Twins:.... Black Latino -- Black Latino...

2008-04-02T15:47:00.002-04:00

Here the 2 people... are Black - Latino Mix from America.....
I am breaking the convention of different race backgrounds.

The two names are :

Kenyon Martin: NBA player for the Denver Nuggets

and

The GAME ; A California rapper

First is : Kenyon Martin

and now The Game

Kenyon

some more GAME

Here the 2 people... are Black - Latino Mix from America.....
I am breaking the convention of different race backgrounds.

The guys are :

Kenyon Martin: NBA player for the Denver Nuggets

and

The GAME ; A California rapper

TWINS....:INDIAN PUNJABI - -NEW YORK JEWISH

2008-04-02T13:56:00.007-04:00

PUNJABI - NEW YORK JEWISH TWINS

STAN VAN GUNDY: Head Coach For the NBA Orlanda MAgic
An American.. New Yorker... of European Jewish Descent
and

RISHI KAPOOR -- Indian Film star
Indian Punjabi

The Doctorate.... Phil

2008-04-01T01:27:00.002-04:00

I have been wathching the Dr Phil Show lately... and noticed.. that:

Although he is qualied as pyschologist.. with a PHD... giving himself the title of Dr.... It appears to me that he is just giving his guests...solutions to major problems in his life with common good sense... whihc in any sound culture is built on..

His guests, usually chosen from the " decent" elements of the society.. meaning that they are not ignorant enough to appear on the ricki lake, maury povich or montell Williams show... are far away from the cultural ideal of the innocent America of the 1960s.. which was just few decade.

The class of people who are endless in quantity.. to keep the show running... as I mentioned are above the repulsive and overwhelming ignorant nature of the other shows I mentioned.... this class is till far removed from.. than the santified and world advertiseed description of America..which features:

apple pies, baseball, Christmas trees... and etc....

So if the Decent people have fallen ... what do u call the sizey amount of those who are far beneath them...?

Dr Phil is aimed at a decent audience.. just a step beneath Oprah...

Is this class the real... "average American"

Despite how freigtening the demoralized nature of the guests are... Dr Phils Nature matches that of the traditional ideal of integrity.. which seems to signify that.. what was the average american.. in the 1960s.. is only preserved as an rarity.. an elite remnant in todays society...perhaps only capable of being prserved throught PHds level of educational preparation...

The Straight and Narrow..

2008-04-01T00:52:00.005-04:00

Since Ahmadinejad, President of Iran , started receiveing top priority in American news , filling in the role as the next top villain in the " War on Terror"... It has been interesting to note how his media profile has been developed.

The most notable that stands out to me .. is the recurring quote that never leaves that everyone American journalist mentions when summarizing him....

" there are no Gays in Iran " ~ ahmadinejad

Such a statement in the American progressive modern culture of sensitivity is enough enough to discredit any reputable public figure.

Even those American figures who are sincerely repulsed by the concept of Gays... who make an impulse comment that expose their true bias.. will eventually apologise in American fashion to maintain their respective stature..

Here the same type attack and technique is being used by the american media to villify ahmadinejad to the otherwise un informed public.. to convince the public that .... hes the next BAD GUY america needs to stop...

the suggestion is :

If he hates Gays,,, and he is A muslims... and they are right next door to the other " terrorists:.....he must likely be a terrorist himself ... or just a BAAAAD guy...so us Americans need to put a stop to him...

This technique in the media is really exposing how powerful... the propanda machine of the "War on Terror" really is... which was launced in 2001...

Petty propoganda like this is enough to arm the Govt of America with additional public sentiment and favor to plunder another muslim country.....

Americans ... for the most part.. from all classes.. from doctors, lawyers.. to plumbers and truck drivers... have no independent access to the culure and political background of the Muslim Middle East and have to rely on the media .. to make their mind...

THe media has been in completely successfull in preventing the public from have any thing close to credbile understanding the to the background to the reality of the Muslim Middle East.

ahmadinejad has made himself accessible to more rich discussion about all relevant topics that any other " questionable " head of state... invovled in the Muslim region.

All the points of information he has given to the westerdn audience to inform them of the reality has been ignored by the media... and he is still reduced to being identified by villyfyin quotes like this one...

This just serves to make him and the entire muslim world appear ignorant and beneath the standard of " development" of the " west".

"Pirabaharan" Film....!

2008-03-30T19:28:00.004-04:00

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37530.html
click on article title

A Singhala director has made a bold polical film....

depicting a scenario of the political revolution in the Tamil Region of Sri Lanka.

The film is titled "Pirabaharan" and is made by Thusara Peiries. The name is a reference to the leader of the political revolution and the founder of the military faction that leads the way, the Tamil Tigers.

I have not seen the film yet.. .but hope to.

In the legitimate press or western approved press... I have strongly felt that the Tamil Eelam crisis has been deliberately ignored from media coverage.

The official Indian government policy has been against the Tamil Tigers.. but the Sentiments of the Tamil Nadu Regional Govt has been in strong support of the movement..

Infact the the Tamil Nadu Govt has been the only thing close to to "state" in support of the movement.

Naturally the Sri Lanakan Govt which is that reprseenting Singhala identity is the rival in the causes of disputes that have produced the War.

Now suddenly there is open expression of favor towards a side in the war.... from many parties expressed through their repsonse in the film.

The tamil nadu personalities that were invited for viewing have cohesively smashed the message of the film as they naturally found it insulting the dignity of tamil people.

It is interesting to note what postition the director has taken on the film.

He has said he is neutral on the political front and that the film does not attack anybody.

His intentions are most interesting as he has only put himself in centre of controversies that

P.Ramamurthi's Ariya Mayaya Dravida Mayaya

2008-03-27T23:10:00.003-04:00

This article is a repost of an original work by

Rajesh Venkatasubramanian... a linguistics and history scholar from India...
he is also on my blog list :

He has done a meticulous work.. in translating from tamil to english..a very precious political work... regarding a prominent issue that ultimately became the foudning core for the current political base of Tamil Nadu and the DMK....

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"This is my translation from Tamil of a chapter titled "Ti.Mu.Ka. Valarntha Pinnani" of P.Ramamurthi's Ariya Mayaya Dravida Mayaya. Initially this was published as series of essays in Theekathir and then later compiled into a book form. The English work of P.Ramamurthi titled Freedom Struggle and Dravidian Movement is an abridged one which does not have the details of Tamil essays. "

~ Rajesh
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It was during this time that DMK raised powerfully the slogan of “waning south”. As mentioned above this slogan helped not only the aspirations of the raising capitalists in Tamilnadu. The DMK movement was useful to Tamilnadu government as well in the form of demanding the necessary resources and establishment of large scale public sector industries in Tamilnadu and irrigation projects in the form of constructing dams like Bhavani Sagar, Papanasam and Amaravati as laid out through the second five year plan. This movement was useful in pressing the central government to establish public sector units like Ennore Thermal Power station, exploiting the coal resources at Neyveli and through them establishing Neyveli Thermal power plant, establishing oil refinery unit in Chennai and through them establishing Naftha chemical fodder industry, establishing Nuclear power plant at Kalpakkam.

In this context it is not surprising that industrial capitalists in Tamilnadu who earlier during the freedom struggle supported Congress came to support DMK.

At the beginning the large scale support to DMK was extended by the owner of the Simphson group of companies Anantharama Krishna Iyer. The relationship between his family and DMK continued even after his death with Karunanidhi.

Even though the Communist party was a first opposition party to Congress in 1952 legislative assembly elections, it focussed on mobilizing the workers despite the fact that Tamilnadu was predominantly an agararian economy. Due to this reason, it did not gain wide support in rural areas except in lower Tanjore and Chidambaram Taluks.

On the other hand DMK could successfully campaign in the form of launching weekly, monthly and daily newspapers with the support of Capitalists.

Caught in illusion students in colleges and schools, a platform for DMK, campaigned for the party in each village.

The party tapped the economic problems faced by the rural masses in successfully campainging for their cause. But it neither moblized the rural masses who found various hardships due to excessive taxation, the rise in prices of commodities, debt, exploitation of land owners nor launched any movement. Since Communist party did not initiate or organize the movement of agricultural workers, their presence was confined to few pockets in the state. The space was occupied by the DMK leaders and students passed out from schools and colleges successfully campaigned against Congress rule.

Thirdly, even though the Communist leaders and cadres launched struggles for the cause of workers, they did not mobilize people through creating an awareness among them the land related issues and policies adopted by Congress, taxes, financial policies, joining of hands with foreign capitalists in establishing industries, receiving loans from American dominated World Bank and IMF and its consequences. On this basis the Communists failed to counter DMK’s campaign. All these are important cause for the growth of DMK.

In this situation, even after independence the problem of unemployement, the rise in the price of essential commodities, poverty with a lack of alternative politics and policies, DMK’s campaign among people created an attraction. To carry out such a campaign there existed a number of newspapers. To campaign in villages there were even enough youngsters. To run number of newspapers, the support from Capitalists in Tamilnadu was there.

Moreover, the fact that Communist party stood as main opposition in 1952 legislative assembly elections created a fear among Capitalists and land owners in Tamilnadu of their further growth. It is natural that in order to secure their wealth they were in look out for an alternative party. They also realized that DMK is the party they can rely on. Due to this, except the traditional capitalists like the TVS family who continued to support Congress, number of other industrialists and land owners while extending support to Congress also started extending considerable support to DMK.

All these are important cause for Communist party not expanding in Tamilnadu and the growth of DMK.

After gaining considerable ground, DMK decided to contest the elections in 1957. In order to nail in ground the DMK’s decision and to support in its election activities, the leading national – Hindu, Indian Express - and regional – Dinamani – newspapers and weeklies widely advertised the DMK conference held in Chennai in December 1956 or January 1957. Right from the beginning the importance and advertisements given by Indian national weekly and S.S. Vasan’s ‘Anatha Vikatan’ are beyond expectation. In eight pages it covered the party conference held at Chennai with pictures. Here comes a responsible opposition party, an opposition party that is DMK which will protect our property and wealth – an idea that has gripped the minds of capitalists in Tamilnadu and what else is a proof? The DMK leaders who campaigned during that election was given wide advertisement in the Tamil press!

As a consequence DMK which for the first time contested legislative assembly elections could able to win 15 constituencies.

After 1952 the leaders of DMK almost abandoned anti-Brahmin propaganda. But time and again the party invoked the anti-Brahmin rhetoric when it was felt a necessary strategy.

One example, in 1953 I was serving as the leader of opposition party in Tamilnadu legislative assembly. I had to visit Kashmir. There was no personal work. My visit was related to one of the important national issue. The Chief Minister of Kashmir was raising the slogan of “independent Kashmir”. I had to negotiate with him about that issue. The news of my negotiation at Kashmir was widely known and reported in important daily newspapers. Even in Tamilnadu, Hindu, Indian Express and Dinamani reported the issue.

In those days there was no passenger flights to Kashmir except the military operated carriers. From Delhi to Pathankot the journey was usually in train and from there to Srinagar journey was in bus. The bus will go usually till Panihal on the first day. After staying for a night when bus reaches Srinagar the next day it will be around seven in the evening. Hence from Delhi the journey is usually three days.

When I held negotiations with Sheik Sahib on the first day, I received a letter from C. Subramaniam (serving then as Finance Minister of Tamilnadu, Assembly leader on behalf of government) stating that the legislative assembly will be convened next Monday. The negotiation with Sheik Abdullah had to go for 4,5 days. Due to this I was not able to reach Chennai and attend the assembly proceedings.

In that assembly session, on behalf of me deputy president of the Communist Party in assembly Comrade Kalyana Sundaram spoke against the intended introduction of Rajaji’s new educational policy. The debate went only for a day. On voting basis in assembly it was lost by a vote. Apart from comrade Kalyana Sundaram, comrades Jeevanandam, K.T. Raju spoke and participated in the debate. All members from our party voted.

The fact that I could not attend the session and vote in assembly and that the policy was through by a vote was an oppurtunity siezed by DMK who vigorously carried out false campaign. Karunanidhi and other DMK leaders toured all over Tamilnadu making propaganda against me. The following was their gist of propaganda: Rajaji, the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu was a Brahmin; To safeguard this brahmanical rule another brahmin P. Ramamurthi abstained from voting by not attending the assembly.

After Rajaji resigned, by the end of 1953 when Kamaraj became Chief Minister this propaganda almost came to halt. It was E.V.R. Periyar who campaigned by characterizing Kamaraj as “true Tamilian” and his rule as “true Tamilian rule”. Moreover the DMK leaders felt the need for support from the raising Brahmin capitalists of various sectors.

Moreover right from 1956 when the draft of the second five year plan was made and right from the day it was implemented, the differences of opinion within Communist party cropped up. The contradictory opinion within Communist party existed from the top to the lower levels. Led by S.A. Dange one group within the party citing the establishment of large scale public sector industries by Congress party pointed to the need to cooperate the Congress government whose policies were leading the nation in the path of socialism. On the other side me and Harkishan Singh Surjeet severely opposed the idea of Dange and his group. For the establishment of public sector industries in those days there was a need for a capital investment of Rs. 200 to 300 crores. No Indian capitalists possessed the force to mobilize this capital amount. These industries were on the other hand significant for India’s industrial development. To establish these industries and to import the necessary technology the government made negotiations with foreign countries for five years in vain. Only Soviet Union and Czkeslovakia came forward. These public sector industries will any way encourage the private players in a long run. The Indian government is still creating infrastructure and encouraging the capitalists in private sector to ally with multi national business magnates. Indian government is not even imposing a restriction leave alone imposing a ban on the multi national firms to invest in pharmacutical and other industrial sectors. Rather it encourages them.

From all this we opposed that Indian government is taking a path of developing the Capitalism in India. Due to the attitude of Dange section, the political campaign of the Communist party detoriated.

As if to their favour, the conference convened by Congress at Avadi near Chennai in 1954 passed a resolution of establishing Socialist pattern of society as its aim. Jawaharlal Nehru campaigned the resolution passed by Congress widely both outside and inside parliament. The press gave a wide advertisement of the campaign. The Indian capitalists knew very well that they are the one who is going to benefit for all the investment that go into the public sector industries. They knew that people will fall prey to the illusion of Congress’s “socialist” posture and that they are one who is going to benefit out of it.

The situation also helped DMK to let loose a vigorous campaign against Congress.

After 1957 elections, there was a debate within Communist party on the question of Dravidian movement. Although DMK placed the demand for “Dravida Nadu” and campaigned for it, it in fact voiced the concerns of capitalists in Tamilnadu. It is natural that in the course of Capitalist development the competition among capitalists is inevitable not only within a particular country but also outside countries. It is also natural and inevitable that in a country like India, a contradiction between the well established monopoly capitalists and the emerging regional bourgeoisie will emerge.

In the growth of democratic process, it is necessary to take these contradictions into account and use it to oppose Congress rule. If it is not used in right direction the regional populace will fall prey to ethnic chauvinism. Did not the maturity of contradiction of Capitalism lead to second world war?

The Communist party in Tamilnadu did not follow this approach. Taking recourse to this approach is not an oppurtunism. It is a necessary strategy and principle to develop Communist movement and moblize and organize people based on their experience towards the path of Socialism. It is a practical way of Marxist-Leninist political philosophy.

Stalin very cleaverly used the situation even before and when the contradiction in global capitalism matured into second world war. How effective was the strategy turned out to be for Chinese revolution when the Communist Party in China tapped the contradiction between Capitalists in China who were dominated by the imperialist forces and Siange sheik! The strategy made the revolution effective!

Similarly ever since freedom struggle took armed revolutionary turn in Vietnam how effective was the strategy tapped by Uncle Ho in finding contradiction between French and English imperialism on the one side and national bourgeoisie on the other. Not only this but also a cleaver manner in which he tapped the contradiction amongst imperial forces is important.

It is not possible to win a revolution by simply believing in these contradictions. Going ahead with such a belief will only end up in the rule of Capitalists. Rather the reasons for a victory in revolution are their political feelings, mass support, revolutionary practice and struggles. But the contradiction is tapped to make the revolution possible and acute. The inability to use them result in a disaster for Communist movement and provide strength for bourgeois parties. The Communist movement in Tamilnadu should not lose this oppurtunity.

But precisely this mistake was committed by the Communist movement in Tamilnadu till the election of 1957. After 1957 election a contradiction on this issue cropped up within the Communist party in Tamilnadu after prolonged debate and was taken up to the level of Polit bureau. The polit bureau rectified this mistake and helped in reconciling the differences in the party in Tamilnadu.

It was decided later that the party has to align with the DMK and fight for the cause of people. When it was implemented there was a protest staged together by DMK and the Communist party against raise in the prices of essential commodities. As a consequence I was nominated for Rajya Sabha post with a support from DMK representing Communist party which then had only 4 legislative assembly seat.

Slave Labor ... in the US...?

2008-03-27T22:23:00.004-04:00

An interesting article from BBC news... south asia..

"Indian men in US 'slave' protest

The Indian workers claim they have been kept in poor conditions
Almost 100 Indians who moved to the US for jobs have marched hundreds of miles to Washington DC in protest at being forced to work "like slaves".
The Indian ambassador

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7316130.stm

MVP....

2008-03-27T15:01:00.004-04:00

For this season... 2007-2008....

with 10 games left... it is again time to name the leagues " MVP"...

Defined as the MVP...of the regular season... it decorates the very players of the era... this era being this decade....

The Best player of this decade has been overlookek every year by conventional excuses..." the team is no1, doesnt make the other players better than him." etc.

Here are my rankings for the MVP... in order who of who deserves it most...:

I consider : skills, impact, stats, wins, clutch,, and game winning shots..

1. KOBE
The best player for many years... He scored 36 points/ game.. didnt get it for not winning enough games.. Now he is near the top in wins.. and i still the best player in the game: best shooter, best game winning player

2. Baron
His team makes the most number of difficult shots.. no insidre game they play 5 shooters/ skilll players.. with a small forward playing center... Davis runs the whole team.. they are the new phoenix suns. His team is ranked 8th in the west .. but they are above Lebron

3. Ginobilli:

Best player for the spurs last 4 years... won the 2005 championship.. with great game winning shots... Scores the big points at the end... He is the Superstar that chose to just be a basketball player...
He does all the work.. the touch shots.. and clutch play.. Duncan as usual gets all the credit.

4. Paul:
New orleans in number 1, at will be near the top... first playoffs for NO... 20 and 10 assists... He can do it all... No weakness...He is Kidd and Nash in one.. He looks like he is 10 years old...

5. Lebron James:
The east is weak... his team is no 13 in wins... lower than the guys above him. He scores 30points... no1 in the league...The other guys are better shooters than him.. He is great... MVP of the EAST... but the west is just oo good in competetion.. and star guard play...

Mumbai Pictures : Progressive" Masala..?

2008-03-23T17:30:00.003-04:00

The "Progressive " Invasion of social cultural identity that swarmed into India in the late 90s and 2000s did not spare the forum of cinema from its grip.

The previously fiercly guarded film format made many concessions to the progressive wave of culture to such a great extent that it is legitimate claim that films today are completely different from those just 15 years ago.

The first major change that came is the obvious.... SLEEZE material that began with the western clothing of late 90s fashion that exposed more of the body , espcicially the bust and the legs, and then to girls making physcial gestures of lewd suggestions and obvious promiscuis nature.

These points were predictable since the indian audience of the 70, 80s and early 90s...got as much as they wanted of sleeze from western cinema through video rentals...Now there was an opening to put these elements in hindi movies via the domestic supplier.. the bollywood film producers.

As the Progressive or " times have changed" motto entered the mumbai film industry and audience.. this was the first and most predictable allowance from western cinema...

In Early 2ks... the sleeze quota for bollywood was represented through the " Item Number" component of any standard film. Girls who could not achieve as a leading girl... through the persona of the virgin could abandon ship and enter the item girl market. The new level of sleeze required by producers for the item number was justified with the title of "modern"... THe modern item girl would immediately be recognized by the title, image and qualities of the Item number upon being recognized in a film.

Maybe the most well know example is the "khallas girl" from company. She could not achieve as leading lady .... At age 25.. she made the sudden decision to become an item girl. She must have considered , that there probably would be no going back to leading roles after such exposure.

Company proved to be one of the landmark movies of the year, 2002, and decade to this point.
Though the rest of the film was stictly sleeze free... the khallas girl item number must be attached to it to judge the whole work in its entirity.

The khallas number had no other function in the film... but to entertain those in the audience who had a default demand for sleeze.. The prominent khallas number had no relevance to the nature or story of the film.. Boney Kapoor , the producer of the film, saw the box office rewards from its prospect and put it in the film.. Here it is an evidence that even as early as 2002, the sleeze item number had become a standard in the new format of films. Ram Gopal Varmas trend setting nature in films had the effect of popularizing the plot independent modern item number as it appeared in greater frequency in the films of the years ahead.

Beyond the sleeze item number , which is never the core of the film but a sideshow, the more important changes occured the main characters of the film.

LIFE, THE SALVATION......by Aninda Rahman

2008-03-21T23:24:00.008-04:00

This article is repost of Aninda's note on facebook....

LIFE, THE SALVATION

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(to richie, thambi & me who find religion interesting)

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do -Luke 23:34
Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise -Luke 23:43

is it funny
that all of your life
you’ve waited for a sudden

death,
on roopnarayana
if someone asks
who the hell

are you;
do you,
make it clear
you are in fact
in process
a what-the-hell

what a what you all are
that waited all the way
for a sudden death
a sudden fall
that a hanging note slips
from the staff
(a graph of pitch
with respect to time)
or from the figures
of the eternal pianist
what a what !

yet with each morning
that comes with a news of death
you start afresh
with a squeeze of toothpaste

you care for what
so
ever
you are;

and with breads
all perforated
and both side toasted
like your sample souls
you start afresh
and with a denial

a better saturday comes
after a good friday
when you have a life to live

yes you do;
that’s a brave one
awkwardly brave
as you know
what you are doing.

as you know
what you are doing
is what you are.

Future Articles I will write...

2008-03-21T12:29:00.007-04:00

1) Darren Starr.... the mind behind the landmark Tv shows of the last two decades...

90201, Melrose Place, and ofcourse Sex and the City

2 ) Full House... the TV show from 80s , 90s... what happened to wholesome America...

3. A Review of the Movie / book ...The Namesake..

American Television

4. The Decline of Westerns or Cowboy movies in the 1980s and 1990s... and rise the of the Epic..or History movies in the 90s and 2000s...

5. The " Ball Game in New York "

6. The Death of Decency in America... what happened to frank sinatra...

7. Bill O Reily .... and the need for the " angry white man" to be seen in the clear..

8. Rajani and the rise of the Black Heroes...

9. Simran ... the banner girl for the Hindi Bombay Vamp in Tamil Movies..

Sports Talking ....

2008-03-19T18:25:00.007-04:00

A big part of the cultural phenemena of sports... is the relationship between the vieweres and the game. The media serves as an occasional buffer between the viewers and the game as they have more access to the game ... since they directly view it and some people dont know they game well enough to take it all in by themselves..

The media is in the form of the color sports commentators..

Here I will describe those commentators that have encouraged my interest and understanding of American sports... esp... NBA and to a lesser extent NFL , tennis

1. Bob Costas .... the best of best... he covered MJ and Bulls in later 90s..
His coverage is some of the best english I think i have ever heard from a an american

2. John Madden... NFL... We all know the name from his brand of video games.. .the highest paid broadcasted for NFL... His natural impulse comments and attention to other wise un noticeable things keep me coming back... He is the only reliable entertainment for Monday Night Football..

3.. Tony Kornheiser... A DC local...Has his daily PTI tv show... , the Washington Post.. and now Monday night football...

4. Steve Young...
NFL... The most charming white man in America... His natural personality is the like that of leading man hero character of 1960s film of a more chaste America... You forget how lewed and nasty the defining qualities of America have become becuase of how serene his persona is ..

5. Hubie Brown

6. Skip Bayless

Bill Walton

7. Stephen A Smith

8. Peter Vescey

9. Mark Jackson..

10. Kenny Smith

TWINS:.... ITALIAN -- PUNJABI

2008-03-19T01:34:00.008-04:00

Welcome to my TWINS section....
Here i will post pictures of famous people.. generally from different racial types... that have striking resemblance in facial features...

Let me know what u think about them....:

1.

I always find it interesting when I see people from different " race" .. or countries that have a striking resemblance... It gives me a sudden epiphany about geography, the idea of race, and varieties of the world... ..

Here I am showing some pictures of two of my favorite people...that I see regularly on TV
Manu Ginobilli... An Italian from Argentina... playing in the NBA....
and Vivek Oberoi.... A Punjabi Indian Film Actor.. Ginobilli Ginobilli

The more I look at them.. the more they look alike to me...:
Vivek Oberoi
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Vivek

This is Viveks father.... Suresh Oberoi.. ..He looks even more like Ginobilli than his Vivek...
Ginobilli

I always find it interesting when I see people from different " race" .. or countries that have a striking resemblance... It gives me a sudden epiphany on the whole concept of race and geographic and entire creation of human being...

Here I am showing some pictures of two of my favorite people...that I see regularly on TV

Manu Ginobilli... An Italian from Argentina... playing in the NBA....

and Vivek Oberoi.... A Punjabi Indian Film Actor..
Ginobilli Ginobilli

The more I look at them.. the more they look alike to me...:

Vivek Oberoi

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Gaura Kaala......Black or White...?

2008-03-18T18:26:00.004-04:00

The concept of " Race" is an article that has had tremendous significance over the last 100 years in the progressive social culture of America, the West and all its extentions in the International forum

In America it is the single biggest divisor in the defacto class system. All legitimate Americans have to be classified as White or Black .

If you dont associate either of these labels to yourself , you are an asterisk or foreign or ethinic looking person..

White and Black... although words that indicate color.... are cultural ( or man made ) classifications of biological features of stocks of peoples.

So white and black , despite how normalized they have become in the American hegemony of culture ....... are still cultural perspectives about " Race"..

This means that I dont accept Black and White as scientific or True categories for people to belong but a simplification to assign people to cultural groups...

The ancestors of American White people... are Europe..
and that of Black Americans is Africa.....

In Europe and Africa... the various countries.. do not identify themselves immediately by color but by other cultural features... such as .. Language and Tribal Lineage and other abstract cultural features...

So a German would identify himself first as German... and to lesser extent as White..
Likewise in Africa.. .an Gambian would identify himself as Gambian before Black...
There would be significant culture gap between two African races such as between Gambian and and a Kenyan.... and likewise between a German and an Italian...
Since there are major culture gaps between races of the same " color"... the " color" itself such as White or Black is not enough to be a binding force ...

There is more cultural animosity in Europe between Eurpean countries than between any such European country and any isloated African country..

In American the only cultural label for americans.... is White and Black... since all other cultural features of America are subject to " progressive" character of American establishment.. which means that they will likely change every 10 years... or sooner.... to an ireconciliable point.

Islam-iya Aaj Tak...! --- Discussions of Islam in the International Forum ....

2008-03-14T22:12:00.006-04:00

Since the 9/11 and the subsequent military devastations of Afghanistan and Iraq... the Muslim scholars have had more importance and significance as they are responsible for the provision of intellectual discussion about Islam .. in all arenas :

theology, history , current society, and political revelance.... to both the Muslim community , and the International community .

In my observations of the world ... I have found some scholars much more competent in representing the elements of Islam than others...

Here I will discuss those who have appealed to me most

1) Dr. Zakir Naik - Indian Muslim Scholar :

Zakir is by far the person who has informed me the most about the finite definate points of islam that I did not know before hand.
His background as medical doctor and his highly structured and scientific method of representing Islam was very appealing. He has been doing " dawah" for more than 10 years all over the world while holding discussion forums aimed at informing people just like me... curious , speculative non muslims.

Like most Muslim scholars he has studied the Christian and Jewish religion texts and history meticulously.. but unlike most most muslim scholars, he has thoroughly studied Hindu Indian tradition in both history and religion texts..

The Hindu relgion texts, the longest amount of texts of any established religion, are the source of the most amount of debate within any religion. None of the the alleged Hindu scholars of the recent age have clearly transalted the meanings and significance of these texts to the objective scholastic academy of religion in either india or abroad..
Meaning, that those academians who challenge the background or credibility of the Hindu texts were not given concrete or even remotely viable answers about its content. All that was offered by the Hindu voice was an answer in the form an abstract poem..... whihc although rich in virue did not answer the questions that initiated the reply..>?

With this said, Zakir Naik.. who is first qualied in the Islam Qoran.... memorizing every line and attempting to know the signicance of each line... has gone to extreme extent of doing so with the Hindu scriptures and challenging those who represent it.. the Hindu Priest.. to represent and explain its core meaning...

Zakir Naik is the only public figure.. who I have found even remotely competent in honestly and directly explain the convoluted meanings of the Hindu scriptures.

I feel inclined to give him more acclaim for his understanding of Hindu scriptures... then his over the Islamic Qoran... since the Hindu Scriptures have less public attention to translation for the masses.

2) Israr Ahmed - Indian Muslim Scholar

3) Muaammar Gaddafi - president of Libya

4) Ahmed Deedat- Indian Muslim scholar from Africa

5) Brother Imran- Indian - founder of IREC

First Dalit CEO in Indian IT business

2008-03-14T19:14:00.007-04:00

I found this on you tube and was surprised to read.. that

" Thirty-one-year old Atul Paswan has successfully changed what many may have said was his destiny. A Dalit from Siwan district in Bihar three years ago, the village schoolteacher's son set up a software company in Bangalore "

I was surprised because... I thought that in this age of education... and university opportunities .. and caste quotas... that an ambitious Dalit would have reached this point atleast at some time in 1990s.

Since the government of Indian doesnt publish or reveal any statistics about "caste" demograpgics in different sectors of the economy... speculative people like myself dont know the presence of each caste in any sector..

I have to assume that Brahmin and "Upper Caste" have the higher presence in all power positions ....especially those positions of definative bougeoise foundation..

Is there even a single "low caste" persona of note who is part of the indian IT boom...?

I collect data like this.. and even I dont know...?

So this you tube video... was quite alarming and informative for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8xOia2MjXU

என்றேட்ரும் சிர்ரிப்பு

2008-03-02T13:15:00.005-05:00

When I first started watching tamil movies in the 1980s.... the film format had a balanced format.....

the main adeventure story of the hero..........with portions of comedy romance landscape and then finally return to the adventure...

This format was the generic in indian maintstream cinema.. in hindi , telugu and tamil... but more rigidly maintained in tamil...

Superstar Rajani...adhered to this standard....

As the Rajani and Kamalan dominance passed... in the late 90s... a slighlyt new formated developed.. that focused away from adventure....

Here some of the landmark comedians from the last 15 years.... had disappeared from as the format was dropped... Such landmark comedies... were the heroes of my cinema...

they were the heoes for me...

the two big names : Goundermanu and Senthil.....

The late 90s format had less dominant quality of comedy..

IN the 2000s a new format developed... with emergeance of comedy again....

this time the newer generations comedians emerged:

Vivek and Vadivel...

To me these two towers... have gone on to become the two biggest stars in this decade...

as the big stars.... of the previous ers... Rajni and Kamal... had reduced the amount of films reduced....

the void in the market... atleast in the number of releases and the attention of the viewers was met with new young " heroes"....

Vijay and Ajith....
Both of them proved to be box office succeses.. but were not comparable in the magnificent charisma of Kamalan and Rajani....

To me.. void in this charisma has been met by Vivek and Vadivel... only....

The other heroes that have come up... such as Surya and Vikram are credible.. but the number of releases is short of vikram... and vikram is few steps away... what deters surya most is his poor selection of films whihc seem to be motivated by the need to compete with vijay and ajith and the younger heroes in the line "westernized metropolitan themed films."....

Despite box office succeses.. the low quliaty in nature of these films.. have hurt his credbility as top star in cinema...

The lasting superstars of the decade have been Vadivel and Vivek....:

என்றென்றும் பகுதி

2008-03-02T13:14:00.001-05:00

NFL... NBA.... Who are the "stars"...

2008-03-02T11:44:00.009-05:00

Since it is free agent time...

Here is my ranking of the best players in the NFL...

the very best players are on offense... since they score the points.. that win the game... and there just 5 offense players on the team.. and even less than that have an impact:

the best attack in football... is long deep ball passes... whihc require a QB and WR...so i put them as a set...the more imporatant of the two.. will appeear first...

1) Tom Brady / Randy Moss
2) T. O. / Romo
3) Eli Manning / Plaxico
4) L.T.
5) Brian Westbrook
6) Peterson / Min
7) Devin Hestor

8 ) Brett Favre
9) Drew Brees
10) Mcnabb
11) Marion Barber

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Since I ventured to carefully rank the top NFl players....

I might as well do that for the NBA... even though my interest in the NBA is declining... as I have spent too much time with it in recent years... or the final years of my youth...

I will judge the value of the top players.. without considering...what anyone else says... the media... the journalists... the majority views... NBA awards..

I will judge the players by my standard of good NBA basketball....set by the likes of the only person represented by the no 23.... .

the top players in the game at the moment( this year and last yr's playoffs)...

1. Kobe Bryant

2. Baron Davis
3. Steve Nash
4 Ginobili
5. Allen Iverson
6. Tracy Mcgrady

7. Chris Paul
8. Lebron James
9. Chauncey Billups
10. Deron Williams

That is the top class of players in the NBA.. with a clear no1...
All the other players are big step beneath all these players...
since I weight ....
the most important thing for a star player in the NBA..

An "iso package".. meaning an islation.. one on one set of moves... which means
a great jump shot and a great dribble drive manuevere....
I great player must have command of both... to be top in the NBA... since not having one.. will allow the defense to take away the other move..

So this set of skills... that I focus on.. favor guards...
Here are the best players... after my elite set... who are lacking.. intheir iso package.. but have other skills... to use as well:

I will divide the next set of players .. into two groups... Skill/Guards and Big Players...

they are listed in order:

Guards: Bigs:

Dirk
Lamar Odom
Tim Duncan
Carlos Boozer
Amare Stoudemire
Shawn Marion

Rasheed Wallace
Kevin Garnett
Yao
Dwight Howard
Pao Gasol
Mehmut Okur

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The next topic I will address is to clarify who is a star...

The allstar game and selections is the standard of who is star...
If youre not an allstar , you can be called a star...

THat is the standard of the NBA...
And if youre an allstarr.. for the curent season..
No one can challenge that you are a star.

But there is more to it than that.
The Elite players in the game make their status.. by making routine regular allstar games for several consecutive season.......let me set 5 all star games the standard for a 'super star"

these players are about 15.... beyond these players.. the remainder of the team is made up by occasional allstars... meaning they make it once or twice in their career.. .only...

These occasional players get the acknowledgement of being a " star" for atleast one season...

But there are other players in the league that are better than these occasional all stars.. who have neve rmade a single all stars game becuase they dont have the stats... to make the allstars... which is about 20 points...
These players have the skill and the impact.. but score less points because they play behind a star player...

Here I will name the best players .. in this decade.. to never make a single all star game... to this point:

1. Lamar Odom
2. Jamal Crawford
3. Jason Terry
4. Damon Stoudamire

5. Robert Horry
6. Derek Fisher
7. Ben Gordon
8. Bobby Jackson
9. Kirk Heinrech
10.. Mike Bibby
11. Jason Williams
12 Richard Jefferson
13. Jalen Rose
14. Stephen Jackson
15. Jason Richardson
16.

The next list:

I have closely followed the careers of many players who were stars or legitimate players at some point in there career with great prospects for higher stardom in the NBA.. but circumstances went against them... and their position in the NBA fell..

These are players that were/ are stars but had the ability... from my view.... of superstars... or the elite level of NBA performance. These players at best made 3 all stars in their peak.. but had convinced me they could have been MVP caliber with just a few more steps of gains..

( 1990s and 2ks)
Past:

1. Kevin Johnson
2. Damon Stoudamire
3. Nick Van Excel
4. Stephon Marbury
5. Peja Stojakovic

6. Hedo Turkolu
7. John Starks
8. Jerry Stackhouse
9. Antoine Walker
10. Toni Kukoc
11 Jamal Mashburn
12. Sam Cassell

! The Best players to never win the MVP of leaugue:

The MVP of the NBA is most meaningfull MVP in any of the 4 big sports in USA..
Why...? Because the NBA is the only league.. where the superstar is the SUPERSTAR...
in baseball.. the superstar is only a star... when he hits a homerun... whihc is at best 1 out 3 games on average
.....So on most nights the Baseball Superstar is just a name and a threat in the lineup

In Football... the effective Superstars is the most recent Superbowl deep ball Quarterback...
If a running back wins the MVP.. he will by overwhelming superceeded by the SUperbowl and the superbowl quarter back. This is the convention of the NFl.. It is in extreme rarity that anyone other than the superboql QB can be called a superstar.... ie LT.

THe League MVP is a momentary acknowledgement.. It doesnt decorate anyone with the glory of the NBA MVP

Ice Hockey comes close to the NBA in its signigicance of MVP.... since the 2 big stars in the history of the game dominated it the 80s and 90s... Mario Lemiuex and Wayne Gretzky...
But the MVP and more so.. the entire NHL has lost lot of its impact in this decade... becuase of the decline of stars.. and increased role of defense.. low scoring games...

This leaves the NBA MVP...
The NBA is game of stars.. the ultimate " STAR WARS" in sports....
Since the real suspense in the NBA is which NBA approved and recognized ( Super) Star can win in the playoffs while playing the top of the line .. maximum entertainment basketball with dramatic game winning shots and sudden 4rth quarter cinema syle heroics...

The NBA MVP makes official.. the NBA confirmation of the SUPERSTARDOM..... which the fans will inevitably accept...
In the last 3 decades only the elite of the elite have won..

Prior to Larry Bird , MAgic Johnson, and no 23.. dramatic entry and subsequeny rescue of the NBA from the black and white TV / screen and roll... / white high school style game .... the MVP lost its value becuase it went to roll players that i wont even mention...

The superstar became symbolic and unqique to the NBA.. when MAgic, Larry, and no 23... made themselves the best in USA... In 1983... a role player won the MVP... He was the last to do.. so and is virtualy forgotton to the modern basketball historian and is definately not comparable to the caliber of players who win the MVP today..

After 1983, only SUPERSTARS have won it. For the next 9 years... after 1983... only 3 players won it... no 23, Larry Bird and Magic. It was only the dominion of the MVP and NBA by these defining stars the revitalized the meaning of the NBA MVP.

Here I will mention the best players ... from 80s , 90s, 2ks... to never win the MVP...
Only retired players... and current players that i think wont win it.... will be considered.

1. Isiah Thomas
2. Dominique Wilkens
3. Scottie Pippen
4. Jason Kidd
5. Tracy Mcgrady
Ginobilli

6. John Stockton
7. Reggie Miller
8. Kevin Johnson

Un Ranked

9. Mark Price
10 Clyde Drexler
11. Chris Webber
12. Grant Hill
13. Ron Artest
12. Vince Carter
14. Stephon Marbury
15. Paul Pierce
16. Stojackovic
17. Carmelo Anthony
18. Dikembo Mutombo
19. Penny Hardaway
20. Chris Mullin
21. Baron Davis
22. Steve Francis
23. Shawn Marion
24. Chauncey Billups
25. Lamar Odom
26. Ray Allen

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What do u think Serign...?

18-1...... "Football" season - 2007

2008-03-02T11:34:00.001-05:00

Since the season has ended with the best superbowl I have seen and could have expected from the NFL....

The superbowl this year.. featured two honest teams... that acutally attempted playing the game is it intended.. and not with loophole techniques of strategy of the convention..

What all this means is.... both teams.. threw the ball.. and made an honest attempt to score on each at all times...

In usual game.. there is the technique of running the ball.. which means...

1) they are afraid of throwing because of interception
2) they dont have tailback to make big gains..
3) they are gonna stall the game byt attempting 3-5 yrd gains... and reduce the game clock

this is the most deflating element of football... when one team uses this technique... and ultimately avoids playing the game of football...

This years big game featured.. the pinnacle team of the New England Patriots... and the colorful the well storied New york Giants...

The good feature for me this year was that:

New England actually attempted scoring touchdowns throuhgout the game.. and went to break all the scoring records in the NFL.... with a passing attack...
this makes sense they have the premium... passing package....in

Tom Brady/ Randy Moss.....

When Moss joined New England... there were big expectations... for a change.. the NFL.. which depends on selling SUSPENSE more than SPORT ....actually exceeded all expectations..

For me Brady and Moss produced their finest season.... even though americans say the failed the only meaningful goal... the superbowl...
For me... the Superbowl , the season, and the entire NFL is not worthwhile without great ....plays on the field... not just the suspense created by the NFL engineers..

Brady has already won his token trophy superbowl... to please the NFL "powers" whihc extends to the media and dominates the minds of the viewers...

Brady made his name by making a few passes that led to game winning field goals.... in low scoring...defensive/ hold the ball oriented game plans...
In this way, these few plays.. about 5 in 3 years.... resulted in superbowl wins.. and Tom Brady become the icon he is...

Crowned as the " golden boy" of the NFL... because he is " winner"

The entire time... he did more "holding the ball" than anything else...

His success in the few critical moments... was enough to earn him the highest acclaim in the sports forum..

Can someone be corronated.. for doing a basic play 5 times in 3 years...

The hold the ball low scoring technique was not the result of any shortage in tom bradys skill... but the technique chosen the by the coach... and NFL convention...

This year we .. finally saw all the ability that Brady had as he was allowed to showcase to his full extent.... the extent of 50 points in game.... with 4 touchdowns per game and ...
with a final count of 50 touchdwons... which incidently set the NFL record.
From my view.. it appeared that BRadyh could have scored 80 touchdowns.. if he made the game a personal scoring contest... like NBA players....
After scoring his 4 touchdowns in most of the those game... New ENgland had a big lead... and hence Brady did not feel motivated to score more...

If he followed NBA standard of score as much u can.. I think he would have reached 75 touchdowns easily..

Brady and Moss both showed... their greatest... attribute... on the field...
scoring dramatic deep ball touchdowns through the game for the entire season....

This continued into the playoffs... .and into the superbowl... when Brady scored his greatest and touchdown in his career....to give New England the lead with 2 minutes in the game...

the touchdown was incidently ... was done with their best package....
Brady to Moss.. on deep ball... along the sideline....

Eventhough they lost the game... it was the greatest game for Moss and Brady... when I consider just the merit of what happened on the field...

New york Giants had played the season with the same type of attack... A deep ball passing game... featureing...

Eli Manning./ and Plaxico Buress....

THe game finished in Nba fashion.. with... great scoring against greatest scoring.. with the star who scores last getting the final WIN...

All the viewers... the most of any sport in america ... should and will likely remember this season as I did...

" 18-1"...:
the best season for a single team... New England...
and the best superbowl....( from my 3 years of NFL viewing)....
and concrete favor.. for the technique of .... scoring points.. to win the game...
meaning.. the game is played best... when the QB launches the ball WR... this idea showcases the best that footbal can be...!

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2008-03-01T23:45:00.001-05:00

LasVegas Showgirl....

"Religion" .. what does it mean...?

2008-03-01T17:51:00.004-05:00

The word religion requires massive clarification.

It was used carelessly by the metropolitan america for the last 30 years.

Now, it has become even more sloppy as the news stations hound on the word for its relevance to the crisis in the " middle east".

So in this article I would like to clarify the word "religion" for all my readers.

The word "religion" was crafted for the english language to compare the newly developed European "Christian" program by elite Catholic scholars during the early decades of formation of English Race and Language. Prior to that some equivalent word was used by Catholic Scholars of Rome to compare the present Catholic society to other "eastern" societies.

When an intellectual platform was established for discussion of Christian vs other foreign programs , the word " religion" became signigicant .

The other programs are those that define the core values and codes of other countries/societies.

Religion would manifest in the condition of the society.

So the purpose and result of studying religion was to compare the other society to the European Catholic one which was defined with Christian character.

The result of religion... was manifested in the society... the nature of society and the individual... and way the condition developed..
( Sistene Chapel... Rome... the pinnacle of Catholic churches in European history... )

The Catholic Christian concept of religion featured the following :

1) the moral ideal of the perfect man ...the "Godly" Jesus.
2) An understanding of the supernatural ....."God"
3) the model of moral ideals represented by Jesus
4) A class of scholars to maintain the knowledge of Jesus ... the Catholic "Church"
5) A program of "society" crafted by these scholars.
6) A political system to rule and order the society.... the Catholic Order via the local monarch/King.

The mathematical defacto meaning of the word religion is " codes of the society"
For the European Catholic Christian society of 1000 AD.... as I described above... that concept of religion affected all elements of the society.

The Catholic Order ... a Central Political Unit...ruled over the multiethnic set of European coutries including.... Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and Finally England....

The Catholic Order was the only structure that allowed the implementation of a singular " religion" program in the multi ethnic European geography in the entire christian history.

( A painting of the founding Disciples of Jesus.... the model of the christian scholar... the first Bishop / first Pope of Catholic church)

The other versions of Christian orders such as Protestant , Greek Orthodox , did not have the political and military capacity to hold many countries under its rule.

Here I establish that the original christian society .is... the society under the Rule of " Roman Catholic Church "... This sets the first standard of what the word " religion" means from the European Christian background/ perspective...

From the time Europe was firmly established as Christian by Roman Catholic Church... in about 1000 AD... the word religion has had roughly the same meaning that i defined above.... in 6 different levels until the development of the "secular" society established in Europe in the 1800s.

The secular modelled soceityof the 1800s removed some of the points that were formerly part of what religion meant. The political equipment of the Chuch as an instiution was removed. The christian character was no longer ruled by the church but by a domestic agent such as the family or the father of the family or the community leader.

The secular model implemented in America had the effect of producing a society that was increasingly different from the orginal model in 1000 Ad and the first secular model of 1800s..

By the time of the korean and vietnam wars of the 1960s.... the American concept of the religion had lost any kind of firm definition. Christian become more definate in describing the culture and ethinicity of the man, family, society and country... than the distinct points of the original christian society I described above in the age of domincance of Catholic Church.

In the 1960s and future America... the Religion of America.. .was surely answered with the word Christian... but the word Christian was some ..... combination of... ethincity ,culture ,birthrights and and amount of interest in Jesus. The presence of each component could be custom from person and person.

Today the 2000s...the word religion in america .. ignited the words .."faith" , and " belief"...

Faith/Belief... meaning faith and believe in the Godly Jesus as the ideal of morals

But as you can see... the other core points of what relgion meant in the Original Catholic Christian European Soceity of just few centuries ago is drastically different.

Not just different...but the word relgion is reduced to such a severe level .. that it is a sensible suggestion to rename the condition of what it means to be christian in todays America .... to another word.. other than "christian" since... since the society is no longer comparable to the Original one which has established the name and identity label of " Christian".

So what does the word relgion/ religious and christian mean coming from an american...
It can only mean that they are of some American tradition.... and not of any other such as
Muslim, Chinese, or Indian....

Nothing more can instantly inferred from the label of "christian or religios"... if that is only statement to describe someone...

This does not mean the Christians of America are empty of the true original christian qualites.. but it means the society of christians in America are no longer clear and defined.. about what it means to be CHristian....

This suggests that when distinct religion qualities are being realized.... it is not done by the entire society .. but by random communities and individuals who are motivated by the concept of Jesus...... ... this not so within the larger america.

The Christian European Empire, formed in 1000s AD age... after massice social revolutions has produced the descendant soceities of :

the present day secular Europe,

America / North america
Latin America/ South America
the Caribean
Australia/ New Zealand

All of these regions come from and still maintain some christian identity..

The common points of these regions can be used to define them as greater European soceity... as they were developed from European population stock, culture , and Christian background..

The popular term in the media for this geographic entity ... " the West"....

The term European is better than the "west" as they are all of Europe...
THe countries of modern europe are not of the same condition as thy were just few centuries back...

So it is fair to classify all Descendant geogerapuc regions of Europe as "European" society.

THe original and present days European soceity are of christian background or association..

THe contrasting societies of the world that are worht comparison.....to the European society are:

Muslim
India
China.....

I named them as society.... but used the name of a country for 2 and the name of a "relgion" for one.. This is because .. the result of the " relgion program" as a society model

The relgion models of India and China did not extend to include other societues.. So i named them after the finally achievement of all things within them.... country...

For Muslim... the Mulims relgion model... devleoped from one country in the 6th century and and went on to have to becoming the core feature of many other countries...

Since the same dominant characted of Mulims/ Islam is found in all muslim countries... I grouped them as one outer muslim soceity... as Muslim....

Here I have used the terms..

Muslim, China, India, European... as comparable soceity/relgion models..

I will elobarate of the presence and utility of the word relgion in those other societies later...