Politics

First things first ... YOU SUCK AT YOUR JOB Since we Indians have no option but to elect from two solidly screwed-up political parties, every five years we sway from opting to either burn ourselves in hot oil or jump off the cliff. Well, if you are an Indian you can pick the party that best represents this. Let's look at the amount of stupid bans that have been imposed in recent months. Beef ban – a democracy that decides what its citizen can eat and cannot eat. Porn ban – the land of Kamasutra and second most populated country. Irony has always been second nature to this country. Let's not forget the godmen and spiritual leaders that are under the scanner for everything that's wrong, from being accused of rapes, indecent public behavior to deceiving people to...
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Dear Mr Abbott, I am writing to you after just finishing a gruelling 12 hour night shift. I am tired, my eyes are sore, my head aches, and my body feels sweaty and dirty. I am an Intensive Care Nurse, and last night I spent many hours resuscitating someone's baby. My amazing team and I just saved a life. And in some way - perhaps from providing that glimmer of hope during one of their darkest hours, we have saved the lives of the child's parents now as well. You, and the Australian public need me. In fact you need my whole team. We are a group of highly trained and highly skilled individuals, who stayed awake all night - while the rest of the country slept in their nice warm beds. We left our husbands, wives, and our own children to go and care for the lives of strangers. We do...
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Dear Minister Hood, Re: Broadcast of carnival events I write to bring to your attention what I would regard as a disservice to the people of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. For several years some radio stations in Grenada collaborated to cover carnival activities, in particular the semifinal and final rounds. This year (2014) radio stations were cut off from doing so due to a “backdoor deal“ between the Spicemas Corporation (SMC) and another radio station. To date I do not know of any radio station that was formally contacted by the SMC inviting them to participate in any bidding for the rights to broadcast carnival activities. To date I do not know of any radio station manager or owner who've been formally contacted by the SMC, informing them that they will not...
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Mr Trump, with all due respect, I fail to understand your motive in attacking Senator McCain by suggesting that he has not earned a place of honor as a war hero for serving his country, getting shot down, surviving severe injuries from that shootdown, and then enduring 5½ years of brutal torture at the hands of the enemy. It seems perhaps that your intention might have been to draw attention to the unmet needs of our veteran community. But I fail to see how you could possibly think that attacking and insulting a Vietnam veteran prisoner of war, and in turn an entire group of POW's from the Vietnam War, will serve to generate support for veterans in general. Certainly we can always work to improve the lives of our veterans and both public and private sectors can always do more. But...
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My dear fellow citizens! Service, in our Indian ethos is the ultimate duty – Seva Parmo Dharma. One year ago, you had entrusted me with the responsibility and honour of serving you as your Pradhan Sevak. I have devoted every moment of every day, and every element of my body and spirit, in fulfilling the same with fullest sincerity and honesty. We assumed office at a time when confidence in the India story was waning. Un-abated corruption and indecisiveness had paralyzed the government. People had been left helpless against ever climbing inflation and economic insecurity. Urgent and decisive action was needed. We systematically went about addressing these challenges. Runaway prices were immediately brought under control. The languishing economy was rejuvenated, building on stable...
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Dear Parents, Stoni Ann Blair and Stephen Gage Berry were precious children with limitless potential, and their senseless deaths at the hands of their mother have shocked and saddened the entire state of Michigan. Mitchelle Blair, the Detroit woman accused of killing Stoni and Stephen and then hiding their bodies, is a murderer who deserves, at best, to spend the rest of her life in prison. This tragic situation is not, and never was, however, a homeschooling problem. That’s why I am so dismayed by the introduction of a new bill in the state House of Representatives to exploit Stoni and Stephen’s tragic deaths as an excuse to impose new regulations on loving, committed, and law-abiding Michigan families. Let’s be clear, this legislation would not have stopped Ms. Blair from...
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Dear sir, Read your pronouncements on the autorickshaws of Delhi with great interest. You have restricted the powers of Delhi police to suspend their permits and given them the right to refusal on their way home. You have announced an annual hike, constituted a welfare board and spoken of financial assistance up to Rs 5 lakh for a fresh vehicle. We know the autorickshaw drivers are among your core supporters. They kept the faith even during in your dark post-49 days phase. Like many other politicians, you have rewarded your key supporters. Indeed some measures are fine examples of social welfare, a touchstone of democracy. Nonetheless, there are two sides to every story. And in your city — or is it the LG's? — the autorickshaw narrative is incomplete without the version of the...
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Sandra Bland was twenty-eight years old, young, with a bright smile and an even brighter future. She was headed to Texas to begin a new job at her alma mater, Texas Prairie View A...
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Dear George Osborne, I wish to express my concern at the recent changes to the budget concerning the Climate Change Levy. Although I appreciate it probably does make economic sense for the next few years, I feel that it is a backwards step to tax renewable energy sources in the same way as fossil fuels. The decision to remove Levy Exemption Certificates completely contradicts the original intentions of the Levy, which was to effectively act as a "carbon tax" so decreasing the relative desirability of greenhouse gas-producing energy sources. The changes now render that obsolete, instead just charging energy production methods indiscriminately, a major blow to renewable sources which will inevitably involve investment in these early days. The rapid rate of consumption of...
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Like so many children around the world, those in Syria should be looking forward to the new school term. Instead too many are being forced to flee their homes in search of safety as the conflict deteriorates. More than four million children are now in need of aid in what has become the largest humanitarian operation in history, with one million children now seeking refuge in neighbouring countries – the equivalent to all the children in Wales being uprooted and left homeless. Despite the political attention on Syria, the humanitarian response to this crisis and the children caught up in it is at risk of being forgotten. In Syria itself, almost one out of every five schools has been damaged, destroyed or is being used as a shelter for displaced families. Across the region, children are...
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