Movie: Son of God

The good, bad and ugly aspect of human beings is proportionately set in the movie and well put together. A good movie to see.  I am glad to see the human element at works in sending Jesus to crucifixion rather than honing on the Jewish factor. It is time to separate the two and quit blaming the Jews; it has gone on far too long and the singular cause of much of the anti Semitism and the persecution of Jews. I am also happy that Pope Francis has taken steps to rectify this.

 As beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, faith is in the heart of the believer. Jesus says if you believe me, you'll see me. It’s not easy for Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, Zoroastrians and Baha’i to see a tangible God having a son, whereas it is difficult for Christians, Hindus and others to relate with an invisible, formless, and a genderless God, let alone an offspring. 

We have to learn to respect the otherness of others to create peaceful societies. I cannot demand one to enjoy an apple pie while the person enjoys peach cobbler, or push someone to enjoy a well done steak where as he or she enjoy the medium rare. There is no compulsion in who, what and why any one likes what he or she likes.

One has to believe that God has set up the situations for Jesus, Muhammad, Moses, Krishna or others, as a part of the overall teaching methodology. If you went by logic, a lot of things don’t make sense in any religion.

As always, I am trained to see the technical flaws in the movies. When Jesus was on the cross, they show a close shot of his right arm under the Horizontal piece of wood, in the middle of the length of the arm, there was a piece of rope tied to wrap the wood and his arm – that rope shows loose on the top, as if the arm is not hanging and pulling the rope close the wood on the top side. The other one was the boat in the beginning on the Sea of Galilee, it was a studio thing, and they did not make an effort to look real either.

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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and a book with the same title is coming up. Mike has a strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.

Holocaust Museum in Washington DC

I take pride in being the first Muslim in the World to commemorate Holocaust in 2006, and every year after that as a step towards building cohesive societies, where we care for each others' suffering and stand up for the other.  
I am committed to the Holocaust and Genocides Education and have been organizing the event for the last 7 years – www.HolocaustandGenocides.com . Our program is inclusive of all faiths.
 It was quite a reflective tour at the Washington Holocaust Museum for me … which I will write about in the coming few days.

Pluralist Mike Ghouse sees opportunity for faith discussion after Holocaust Museum shooting.

 

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-ghouse_14met.ART.East.Edition1.50e0b73.html

 

By DIANNE SOLÍS / The Dallas Morning News
dsolis@dallasnews.com

Carrollton resident Mike Ghouse was horrified when he heard last week that a security guard had been shot to death at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

 

Mike Ghouse discusses interfaith tolerance and under- standing online and on air.

"I thought, 'Why do people have hate?' " said Ghouse, who 15 years ago founded the Foundation for Pluralism. "That was my first response."
 
The 57-year-old homebuilder and property manager sees the tragedy as a way for people to discuss their separate faiths, to forge understanding and to defuse religious tensions. His foundation's mission is to embrace the ecumenical ways of the world.
"There is not a faith we haven't covered," he says.
 
Ghouse is a Muslim who originally emigrated from the Bangalore area of India about 30 years ago.
"I will never claim my faith is superior to others," he said. "Every faith is beautiful to me. The inability to accept the differences of others causes conflict."
 
Ghouse is a frequent-flier in cyberspace, and many of his commentaries on ecumenical respect can be found at www.mikeghouse.net , on Facebook and on Twitter. The multilingual Ghouse also started talk shows on the radio geared toward the Diaspora from India and Pakistan. And when weekend worship comes, Ghouse visits services at Muslim mosques, Hindu temples, Jewish synagogues and Catholic churches.
 
His own daughter was so swept up by her father's pluralism.

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Muslims Condemn display of hate at Holocaust Museum http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2009/06/muslims-condemn-display-of-hate-at.html

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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and a book with the same title is coming up. Mike has a strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.

Texas Faith - What’s the balance between religious freedom and freedom from discrimination?

We may not agree on the definition of sin, but the folks who see religion literally ought to consider keeping their doors open to bring the “sinners’ back into the fold of their brand of religion (any religion), instead of condemning them to hell and keeping them at bay. If the literalists want to earn the brownie points with God, then don’t shut the door.

 

TEXAS FAITH: What’s the balance between religious freedom and freedom from discrimination?
By Wayne Slater
wslater@dallasnews.com
2:31 pm on March 4, 2014 |

 

When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced she was vetoing a “religious freedom” bill that targeted gay men and lesbians, she said religious liberty remains a “core value” in Arizona. But, she added, “So is non-discrimination.”

 

The debate over the Arizona bill – and similar proposals under consideration elsewhere – highlights the tension between two competing and deeply held American values: the right of people to practice their religion vs. the right to be free from discrimination. It’s a balancing act, and not an easy one.

 

It is at the heart of the debate over the Obama administration policy requiring businesses to provide health insurance for their employees that includes forms of contraception. It’s central to the argument by supporters of the Arizona bill that a baker who opposes same-sex marriage shouldn’t be required to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. Both sides make a claim on liberty.

 

Clearly, nobody’s advocating that the government sanction, say, the right to deny service to black people at a lunch counter – regardless of whether the owner says it violates his religious beliefs. At the same time, nobody’s saying a Jewish caterer must work the Nazi rally, even if the Nazis claim they’re being discriminated against.

 

The question is, as a matter of public policy, how to reconcile competing rights? How do we protect both the religious rights of one person (which may involve discriminating against some people) and the deeply held right to be free from discrimination? What’s the balance and how best do we achieve it?

 

As expected, our Texas Faith panel of experts on faith and public policy – theologians, activists, clergy, scholars – don’t agree. And in so doing, they offer provocative, thoughtful reasons. If you think you know what side you’re on, read our Texas Faith panel and think again.

 

MIKE GHOUSE, President, Foundation for Pluralism and speaker on interfaith matters, Dallas

 

The question of protecting the religious rights of a person and the right to be free from discrimination comes up time and again like a new day every day.

 

As a nation, we began our life with the immortal “declaration of independence” as our very first document, and we continue to rely upon it as our guiding principle.   “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

 

No man is an island; and no one can survive by himself or herself without living or relating with others.  From the day we were born to the day we die, and the time in between is spent in connection with someone or the other. The systems of governance and civil society are shaped for co-existence; we cannot function without the other for a considerable period of time.

 

On the civil side of the equation, any law that breaks the “One nation” into many nations of my nation versus yours, knocks out the immortal declaration “that all men are created equal” is flawed. We have drawn a line and our current anti-discrimination laws are good, and must be improved upon rather than decimate them.

 

However, on the religious side, we need to debate and understand the morality of discrimination. Jesus did not condemn the sinner, and went a step further to prevent bigotry and discrimination by embracing the prostitute to make the point that we cannot refuse services to others.

 

We may not agree on the definition of sin, but the folks who see religion literally ought to consider keeping their doors open to bring the “sinners’ back into the fold of their brand of religion (any religion), instead of condemning them to hell and keeping them at bay. If the literalists want to earn the brownie points with God, then don’t shut the door.

 

Refusing service or products to an individual because I do not agree with his or her sexual orientation violates the fundamental bounds set by the civil society and religion.

 

To read the take of other panelists, please visit Dallas Morning news at -  http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/03/texas-faith-whats-the-balance-between-religious-freedom-and-freedom-from-discrimination.html/#more-35528

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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and a book with the same title is coming up. Mike has a strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.

International women's day - a message to men

URL- http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2014/03/international-womens-day-message-to-men.html

Men who treat women as unequal are indeed immature and insecure; they did not learn how to be a strong man who feels equal with women in particular and other members of the humanity in general. Men who treat women as equals are secure and mature. A majority of men are however good secure men.

Men have a misplaced competitive instinct, they want to win, and those who cannot compete with other men, will take advantage of women and children who are dependent. Some idiots do not consider their wife, daughter, mother, sister or other women to be fellow members in the journey of life, but rather as their competitors. To feel that fake security within, they preempt to put women down in a variety of ways.

A man whose attitude is “what does she know?” A man who shouts down at a woman is afraid of losing to the woman in an argument, a man who ignores when a woman talks is equally insecure. Their security comes from making others insecure and not from within.

These men need to grow up for their own good, to enhance the joy of living their lives to the fullest. I challenge these men today to feel, act and talk equal with women, and see the genuine sense of security that comes with a sense belonging they gain – it is priceless and worth the effort.

It is a day to celebrate freedom of women from men’s slavery; women have come a long way on the road to freedom and if each one of us men can grow up and are secure, and respect the women as equals in every aspect of life, then the world would be a better place.

One of the legendary poet philosophers of India, Dr. Allama Iqbal said thus;

Wujood-e-Zan Se Hai Tasveer-e-Kainat Mein Rang
Issi Ke Saaz Se Hai Zindagi Ka Souz-e-Darun

The world is beautiful because of the existence of woman;
she is the lyre that can impart pathos and warmth to human heart.

Max Babi on face book wrote,

If woman didn't exist, poetry wouldn't either
etiquette culture literature practicalities neither
a woman turns a mere man into a human being
(Would be) no oratory and no accountability, either.
- Max Babi

Na hoti agar aurat to shayari bhi na hoti
tameez-o-tehzeeb adab duniadari bhi na hoti
mehez mard-ko insaa.n banaati hai aurat
sher-o-sukhan balki zimmewaari bhi na hoti.

Dr. Aslam Abdullah beat me to the following write up, a great write up which I was going to write almost identical to it, since he wrote before I did, I am sharing his thoughts for the day. “A day to pay tribute to all those women who have gone through injustices and exploitations in the name of culture, religion, God, traditions, custom, family honor, male honor and you name it. I wish we men take a vow on this day that we will never resort to domestic violence, verbal or physical, that we would show respect to every woman, that we would not view women as a sex object, that we would treat our wives equally, that we would not discriminate against our daughters, that we would stand for the dignity of every woman, including those who we think do meet our moral standards, that we would not regard non-Hijab wearing woman as deviants, that we would not be arrogant to judge women based on their dress or looks that we above all give them equal and better space in our masajid.”

What can Men do today?

Resist every thought and act that comes instinctively to you to consider woman’s opinion any less, or what does she know, instead listen to her thoughtfully, you will be surprised that she is a lot more stable, secure and giving than you can every imagine… you just have to be a listener, challenge your capabilities of listening.

If we can grow up and respect women, particularly the ones we know as equals in every aspect of life, which means respectfully listening, then the world would be a better and secure place for each one of us men.

Speaker Mike Ghouse
www.MikeGhouse.net

Bad Weather Delays Forum on Religious Intolerance at Brookings

THE LEDGER
Published: Monday, March 3, 2014 at 1:33 p.m.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20140303/NEWS/140309787


MULBERRY | Snow has delayed today’s roundtable forum on religious intolerance at the renown Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., which was to include three Polk County residents.

Organizers said the event will be rescheduled to April.

Three residents from Polk County were scheduled to speak on their efforts to counter a demonstration in Mulberry by Florida pastor Terry Jones, who planned to burn 2,998 Qurans last Sept. 11.

His efforts to burn the Muslim holy books were thwarted when he was arrested by Polk County Sheriff’s deputies for unlawful conveyance of fuel for pulling a cooker on a trailer filled with kerosene-soaked Qurans. He also was charged with openly carrying a firearm. Both charges remain pending.

Suzanne Carter, Butch Rahman and his 18-year-old son, Curtis, joined with Mike Ghouse, president of the World Muslim Congress in Dallas, to stage a peaceful Unity Day ceremony at the Mulberry Civic Center on Sept. 11, the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

They were to speak today on the importance of a community’s peaceful response to religious intolerance. Carter said they have been invited to return for the forum in April.

Mulberry Organizers Against Religious Intolerance Invited to Washington Forum

By Suzie Schottelkotte
THE LEDGER

http://www.theledger.com/article/20140302/NEWS/140309840/0/search?p=all&tc=pgall

Last Modified: Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 11:17 p.m.

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MULBERRY | What began as a simple stand against intolerance in Mulberry last year is bringing three Polk County residents a voice today in a forum at Washington's renowned Brookings Institution.

MULBERRY | What began as a simple stand against intolerance in Mulberry last year is bringing three Polk County residents a voice today in a forum at Washington's renowned Brookings Institution. Butch and Curtis Rahman will join Suzanne Carter today in speaking at a forum on religious intolerance in Washington.

CALVIN KNIGHT | THE LEDGER

"I don't think any of us imagined it would turn into what it has," said Suzanne Carter, a Mulberry resident who was outraged when Florida pastor Terry Jones said he planned to burn 2,998 Muslim holy books in Mulberry last Sept. 11.

"I just didn't want to see that in my town," she said, "and I felt like I needed to do something about it."

Last summer, Mulberry resident Bill McKinney offered to let Jones, pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Bradenton, stage the Quran burning at his home. Soon after Jones announced those plans, Butch Rahman and his son Curtis, then 17 years old, were working on their rental property down the street from McKinney's home.

"I wanted to know what he was thinking," said Curtis, a senior at George Jenkins High School, "so I went to his house and asked him. We had a good discussion, but we didn't agree on much. I just didn't think it was right."

Then Mike Ghouse, president of the Dallas-based World Muslim Congress, heard about Jones' plan and the community's effort to counter it, and he decided to take a stand of his own. His group had staged a Unity Day ceremony annually on Sept. 11, honoring the memory of those killed in the terrorism attacks on the United States on that date in 2001, and he decided to bring that ceremony to Mulberry.

As one group learned about the other's efforts, they began to converge into a singular event celebrating diversity.

It's that effort, said Joelle Fiss, senior associate with the Human Rights First organization in Washington, D.C., that is bringing them to the global table at Brookings today. The Brookings Institution stands among the leaders in public policy research.

"Terry Jones was trying to provoke a division within American society," said Fiss, an organizer of the round ­table. "Instead, these folks managed to unite the society in Florida and celebrate diversity.

"They realized that although what he was doing was legal, it was really offensive to many. They used their right to freedom of expression to fight that."

The Mulberry contingent, including Ghouse, will join academics, experts and government representatives, including those from the State Department and the Department of Justice, in a discussion about the ways government and society can fight religious intolerance while respecting freedom of expression.

Fiss said they will be among about 20 representatives from the public to join the discussion.

Butch Rahman, an executive with Florida Traditions Bank, said he hopes to convey the need to ignore people like Jones.

"I'd like to get to the point where he goes wherever he is going, he burns his books and nobody pays any attention," he said. "I'd like to educate those who are the most riled up that this is one man who is speaking out. He isn't representing this community or the government. He's just one person, and brush him off."

Carter, marketing director for Florida Comedy Traffic School, said communities need to learn to come together, and she's hoping to impart the power of the average person taking a stand on a global issue.

"We could have protested," she said, "but we wanted to take a different stand in response to his hate. We wanted to pull the attention away from him."

Fiss said Mulberry's reaction to Jones was an excellent example of combating religious intolerance.

"It's not unique, but it's an excellent example of a community coming together in a peaceful response," she said.

Within days of Sept. 11, McKinney withdrew his offer to allow Jones to burn the Qurans on his property, forcing Jones to relocate the event to a county park. He was within three miles of that park when he was pulled over and arrested for unlawful conveyance of fuel while pulling a cooker on a trailer filled with kerosene-soaked Qurans. He also was charged with openly carrying a firearm. Those charges are still pending in Circuit Court.

[ Suzie Schottelkotte can be reached at suzie.schottelkotte@theledger.com. ]

Thank you Mother, I am grateful to you!

THANK YOU MOTHER

My Mother taught me one of the greatest lessons of my life; tie the loose ends of life regularly, and to achieve that, she said, forgive and seek forgiveness, don't carry ill-will beyond a minute, and express your gratitude before you lose the chance to do it. Her life was an example! She took her last breath 13 years ago today.

The best accomplishment of my life was telling her that I loved her and that whatever I am today is because of her, and that I am grateful to her - just a day before she took her last breath.

The second best thing I have done was to sit next to her on my last few visits, and listen to her without interrupting... and without arguing, and that is all she wanted! She was in hog heavens and pushed me out to go and do other things!

Her comments that have stuck to me are - on the day of accountability (Qayamat in Islamic tradition) each one is on his or her own, and solely responsible for his actions. Only the good deeds you have done will gracefully save you. Then she said, whoever controls his own self, has won the world ( It took me 20 years to understand what she meant) and the Verse from Quran that says "to you is your way of life and to me is my way of life", let's respectfully accept each other as the way we are.

She was Pluralistic in her approach - She had friends from every walk of life. There was the Jain neighbor lady, Hindu friends, Swaran Latha, the Christian Lady and the Parsi-amma Mrs. Bahramjee and of course Muslim ladies too. She had no barriers between her and people around her.

Every religious tradition has elevated mother to nearly the status of God, because she possess many a qualities of God; kind, merciful, beneficent and caring among thousand other qualities. Mother is the reason for our existence; sustenance, nurturance and shaping who we are. I applaud those who have grown up without a mother; it takes a lot to be a beautiful being without the nurturance from a mother.

Every time I think of my parents, I realize they have passed on the "Pluralism" gene to me, my sister and brothers and my family. When I talk with my sister, I feel I have not improved much in the last 40 years- I am right with her with all that education and experience.

Well, I sat up this morning thinking about her and appreciating her, did my Prayers to thank her and I feel refreshed.

Now I ask you to consider tying the loose ends of your life, its nirvana! Mukti, Moksha, Nijaat and Salvation.

Thank you Mother.

More at http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/05/mother-my-story-happy-mothers-day.html

The clash between the religious rights and civil rights is nothing new in the United States. We have come a long way in splitting hair and have been successful in dissecting civil rights out of religious rights. We are struggling with same sex marriage, gender equality, contraceptives, abortion and other issues. The First Amendment may eventually be reduced to just preventing establishment of, or hindrance in the free exercise of religion, but may give room to wean civil and criminal issues into the civil jurisdiction like the death penalty.

Texas Faith: Did United Nations report on Catholic Church go too far?

By Rudolph Bush
rbush@dallasnews.com
11:35 am on February 11, 2014

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a stinging report Wednesday that first and foremost called on the Roman Catholic Church to remove all child abusers from its ranks and to open its archives to the committee for independent review of crimes and concealment.

The report went beyond that though to criticize the Church for its stance on abortion, homosexuality and contraception among other things.

The Vatican responded that certain elements of the report were “an attempt to interfere with Catholic Church teaching on the dignity of human person and in the exercise of religious freedom. ”

The Catholic Association issued a statement calling the report “a stunning and misguided attackon the Vatican. The responsible committee appears to have overlooked the last decade, in which the Church has taken serious measures to protect children.”

In simple terms, should the committee have limited its comment to the issue of child sexual abuse or was it right to raise broader questions about the church’s teachings on social issues? In a broader sense, what is illuminated by this conflict between a secular institution and a religious one? How should a person of faith respond when someone or something questions their sacred teachings?


MIKE GHOUSE, President, Foundation for Pluralism and speaker on interfaith matters, Dallas


The call from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on the Roman Catholic Church to remove all child abusers from its ranks and to open its archives to the committee for independent review of crimes and concealment is within its charter.

The United Nations’ declaration on religious intolerance in its Article 1 (3) states, “Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.”

The United Nations or its committees do not have the authority to demand accountability or execute any of their decisions. However, most nations are signatories to its charter on religious freedom and human rights.

This particular issue has opened up a can of worms, and may lead us into redefining the boundaries between religion and civil society beyond a nation’s border.

The clash between the religious rights and civil rights is nothing new in the United States. We have come a long way in splitting hair and have been successful in dissecting civil rights out of religious rights. We are struggling with same sex marriage, gender equality, contraceptives, abortion and other issues. The First Amendment may eventually be reduced to just preventing establishment of, or hindrance in the free exercise of religion, but may give room to wean civil and criminal issues into the civil jurisdiction like the death penalty.

However, other nations like Saudi Arabia (beheading), Pakistan (blasphemy laws), Iran (stoning adulterer to death), India (anti-conversion laws), Israel (Orthodoxy-settlements), Uganda (death for homosexuality) may vigorously defend their right to keep it under a religious wrap. Of course we still have the death penalty in practice and needs to be done with.

Thanks to Pope Francis, in less than a year, he has been able to see all the infractions within the Catholic Church and taken the initiatives to fix them, and it will take a few more years or longer to stabilize. However, knowing the Pope for the last eleven months, I believe he is on the side of the victims, and indeed he is a mercy to mankind and will do the right thing.

Society at large has a responsibility to protect the unprotected and punish the abuser. Religions do not have a system to petition with religious authorities to redress fallacious laws. As a Muslim, I have seeded that change in Fixing Sharia.

A few decades from now, will most of the religious laws transition into civil laws as societies become increasingly diverse?

To read from other panelists, go to Dallas Morning News at - http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/02/texas-faith-did-united-nations-report-on-catholic-church-go-too-far.html/

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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and a book with the same title is coming up. Mike has a strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.

Fox New - Mike Ghouse on Hannity with Brigitte Gabriel tonight

TONIGHT ON FOX NEWS - MIKE GHOUSE WITH SEAN HANNITY AND BRIGITTE GABRIELL - 9PM CST ON FOX - ITS GETTING CLOSE TO 100 APPEARANCES.

 

Chickenhawk Hannity Demands We Threaten To Attack Iranian Warships

http://www.newshounds.us/chickenhawk_hannity_demands_we_threaten_to_attack_iranian_warships_02112014

 

Brigitte Gabriel: Iran Emboldened by Weak American President (4:07)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J98MiINeN8Q 

 

Delhi Government will fall if Lokpal bill is not passed - Kejriwal

Mahatma Gandhi, MLK, Mandela and others... have re-established the fact that when you are committed to serve with no personal gain, you will succeed.

Arvind Kejriwal will succeed, I have faith in his commitment, he has nothing to gain personally, but do good for Indians, the Aam Aadmi. 

The Lokpal bill will be introduced in the Assembly on 13th and will pass on 15th, and it requires 36 votes - with the original congress backing, it should pass. It may be a good idea for a few in BJP to cross the line to vote and let it pass with a super majority.

If it does not, then the Delhi Government will fall. Arvind says he is not in to be the CM or run the Government; he is in for the change and kill the Brhashtachar that has harmed our country and the common man on the street.  

I am concerned about Kejriwal and Modi - they are one man operations, without each one of them, neither AAP nor BJP will rise. Congress has a good functional system, if not Rahul there are plenty others. But again, all good things have started small and Kejriwal has a lot more to offer India - a stable society, I wish and hope he can do that in the few months he has left.  Kejriwal would be good if he can focus on developing systems... 

May be Delhi Government should fall, it will give a boost to Kejriwal to go national, but it is not in the interest of either BJP or Congress to fail Delhi.

God bless India.

I will quit if Jan Lokpal is not passed: Arvind Kejriwal to NDTV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il6wSbiohCg

Mike Ghouse
www.MikeGhouse.net