Hail to the new chief
The coronation has taken place and we have a new king. For someone who was conspicuous by absence as late as December of last year, to come this far is incredible. All the more power to him!
His brilliant wheeling dealing have left no doubts that this is a man of no scruples when it comes to getting his way. Him claiming that whatever he says is not holy writ should make sure everyone knows that he is not a man of his word, and that every thing that he says, is said for expediency's sake and cannot be taken seriously at all. So when he says that parliament is supreme, is that holy writ? I hope the idiots at the receiving end have learnt their lesson, but I have serious misgivings about that.
Let's see what havoc he creates this time around.
In the meanwhile, in a parallel universe but far away from the la la land that we seem to be living in our minds, the realities are still being met with denial. The economy is screwed, all the foreign investments have been pulled out from the stock markets and real estate. As the dollar weakens against all major currencies, the ruppee keeps falling because there is great demand. Inflation has seen new highs in the last few months.
The power distribution companies have minimized their electricity generation and are not paying the companies who are producing it, because the biggest customers, who are the federal and provincial governments have not paid. So the manufacturing and textile industries who are already suffering, don't get enough power to run their units. Our solution, instead of investing in making uninterrupted power available to all, and getting money from their customers (who will be able to run their businesses and pay their bills), the government wants to cut down the working week, so with five days of work with the same available power, they expect that more will be done. It doesn't add up. But who is to argue with stupidity. I just read that they have also increased tariff by 40%.
I am all for a five day week, but this does not make any sense.
The media hype was that we are taking the militants more seriously in terms of dealing with them. I don't know what the truth is or whether anything has changed. There are conspiracy theories galore, my only question would be about who is supporting them with the cash and arms and ammunition? That answer alone would clear up a lot of things. But I don't know the answer and maybe never will. So I sit and wait to see what happens next. If I had the option, I would bail out and go and live in luxury in the south of France. But my meager savings are getting smaller day by day and I am not sure whether they will last me beyond a day or two in Nice. So I sit here, with my head in the sand, hoping for a miracle. I delude myself, as usual.
His brilliant wheeling dealing have left no doubts that this is a man of no scruples when it comes to getting his way. Him claiming that whatever he says is not holy writ should make sure everyone knows that he is not a man of his word, and that every thing that he says, is said for expediency's sake and cannot be taken seriously at all. So when he says that parliament is supreme, is that holy writ? I hope the idiots at the receiving end have learnt their lesson, but I have serious misgivings about that.
Let's see what havoc he creates this time around.
In the meanwhile, in a parallel universe but far away from the la la land that we seem to be living in our minds, the realities are still being met with denial. The economy is screwed, all the foreign investments have been pulled out from the stock markets and real estate. As the dollar weakens against all major currencies, the ruppee keeps falling because there is great demand. Inflation has seen new highs in the last few months.
The power distribution companies have minimized their electricity generation and are not paying the companies who are producing it, because the biggest customers, who are the federal and provincial governments have not paid. So the manufacturing and textile industries who are already suffering, don't get enough power to run their units. Our solution, instead of investing in making uninterrupted power available to all, and getting money from their customers (who will be able to run their businesses and pay their bills), the government wants to cut down the working week, so with five days of work with the same available power, they expect that more will be done. It doesn't add up. But who is to argue with stupidity. I just read that they have also increased tariff by 40%.
I am all for a five day week, but this does not make any sense.
The media hype was that we are taking the militants more seriously in terms of dealing with them. I don't know what the truth is or whether anything has changed. There are conspiracy theories galore, my only question would be about who is supporting them with the cash and arms and ammunition? That answer alone would clear up a lot of things. But I don't know the answer and maybe never will. So I sit and wait to see what happens next. If I had the option, I would bail out and go and live in luxury in the south of France. But my meager savings are getting smaller day by day and I am not sure whether they will last me beyond a day or two in Nice. So I sit here, with my head in the sand, hoping for a miracle. I delude myself, as usual.
posted by Xoff at 9/10/2008 06:29:00 AM
1 Comments:
mmmm, south of france sounds good, the new chief he can sure afford that. isn't it always the case though, the have's miraculously weazel their way into power and the power supply dwindles even further, how do you check the millions in the swiss bank account, via computer? aah! i forget, the generator.
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