Darfur and Sudanese-American Relations

I’ve been following the ongoing negotiations between Khartoum and the US envoy to Sudan closely. Can you blame me? Normalizing ties would be a huge positive and mutually-beneficial step.
I’m glad America has the right conditions in place.
April 14, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — The US special envoy for Sudan is expected to hold a meeting with a […]

The War On Obesity

… needs to be declared!
Increasing obesity in U.S. requires new ambulance equipment
CONCORD, New Hampshire: Calls from obese patients had increased nearly 25 percent in recent years, and the Fire Department could no longer handle them.
The department’s gurneys could not adequately support the patients’ weight, and the department had to pay a private ambulance company.
Last fall, […]

MLK

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968)

Obama’s Speech and Pastor

The former was really good. The latter is just plain nasty.
I thought Obama made a great speech in which he explicitly rejected and opposed the inflammatory and victimhood-infested statements made by his former Pastor. However he should have distanced himself away from Rev. Wright further than he already did.
At first, I thought the whole event […]

Sudanese Identity: Wisdom on a Post-Racial World

Check out this piece by the Sudanese Mohammad Ali Salih and the great responses to it at Sudanese Online.
I too, found it troublesome that Muhammad Ali arranges the way he sees himself as follows:
When I came to Washington , D.C. , in 1980, I was ambivalent about the racial divisions in […]

Grateful Sudanese Joins US Army

Now this is a story you just don’t see everyday:
Mahagoub, 41, enlisted in September 2003, shortly after becoming a U.S. citizen and after living for nine years as a political refugee in Japan, where he had fled from his native Sudan.
He said he felt it was time to pay back all that the United States […]

Super Astonishing Statements by Former Head of CIA’s Bin Laden Unit

Last night, I discovered this jaw-dropping video of Micheal Scheuer, former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit.
As a Muslim, I found it upsetting (and I’m sure Israelis will too for their own reasons). Frankly, I’m actually very dumbfounded that someone who used to be in the CIA has these kind of ludicrous opinions.
Apparently, Michael […]

TED Talk: The Pentagon’s New Map For War and Peace

Thomas Barnett is an international security strategist who has advised US leaders on national security since the end of the Cold. In this funny lecture, he explains how the United States has an amazing capability to wage war and win it but isn’t particularly good at everything else. By “everything else” he means stabilizing a […]

Obama Wins, No Matter What

I’ve seen too many Elephants engaging in smear and personal attacks against Obama. Others keep banging his policies. This article, by an Elephant however is different. It criticizes what Obama stands for but doesn’t miss a very important part of the big picture, one that puts a big smile on my face and cheers me […]

The Communist Party of USA

This one was certainly an amusing “wtf moment”. I’ve been having many of those recently.
Who knew there’s actually one in America alive and well, and promoting socialism? Not me. They should at least change the name to Social Democrats or something. Or better still, wake up. It’s 2008.
If anything, the practice of capitalism in America […]

WTF News of the Moment: Republicans for Obama?!

Yes, believe it!
This race is getting so much more interesting with every passing minute. A new website called Republicans for Obama has popped up. And no, it’s not fake. It’s real and was even featured on Time!
On a related note Susan Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s grand daughter has a super interesting article in the Washington […]

US Politics Have No Left Wing?

Sorry guys, my internet connection got screwed again over the weekend. For now I leave you with this interesting article. The emphasis is mine:
US politics often look absurd from a European perspective, since the entire bipartisan system maps onto the conservative half of European politics. A case in point is that the US “Left” is […]

Giuliani Ready to Endorse McCain?

What? What? What?. It might actually happen! Cool. So Rudy Giuliani who is Bushier than Bush seems ready to quit the race? Phew!
My ideal candidate would be the best of a McCain-Obama combination but too bad that imaginary candidate doesn’t exist. If Obama wasn’t supportive of withdrawing from Iraq, I think I would have picked […]

Egyptian Alaa Youakeem: The Coolest American Idol Participant EVER!

He likes to sing, he loves American girls from their hair to their “nebble” and he’s absolutely HILARIOUS! It’s a MUST-watch video!

(hat-tip: diptychal)

Obama’s Victory Speech

Admit it. He makes the best and most uplifting speeches. Crap, I’m almost in tears.
When it comes to the Elephants I’ve been saying for a year now that I support John McCain. As for the Donkeys, it’s either Hillary or Obama. I’m sort of undecided but I gotta say I’m leaning more towards Mr. Hope. […]

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