**JP** Call for Applications

From: CBEC SIUT [mailto:cbec.siut@gmail.com]   Dear Colleagues, As many of you are aware, the Center of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC), SIUT, in Karachi has run a successful one year Postgraduate Diploma Program (PGD) in Biomedical Ethics since 2006. In 2010, CBEC also initiated a two year long Masters in Bioethics (MBE) program. I am pleased to announce the first "Call for Applications" for intake of students for the PGD Class of 2012 and MBE Class of 2013. The academic year commences in January 2012. Details of PGD and MBE programs, including eligibility criteria and admission process, and application forms are available on our website www.siut.org/bioethics. (The deadline for receiving applications is August 22, 2011). We would appreciate it if you could circulate this announcement widely to relevant individuals and institutions. Please do not hesitate to email us at cbec.siut@gmail.com if you require additional information or any clarification. Regards, Farhat Moazam, M.D., PhD Professor and Chairperson Center of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC), SIUT Dewan Farooq Medical Complex Karachi 74200, Pakistan Phone: (92 21) 272-6338 Fax: (92 21) 921-5362 Email: bioethics@siut.org and cbec.siut@gmail.com

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**JP** America is near to default.....

 

Good posting from Jim Miller on politics

Fannie Mae And Friends: Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner begin
Reckless Endangerment with a cast of characters, in four categories. The
first is "Fannie Mae and Friends". (One of the categories, "Doubters and
Those who Pushed Back", is a list of white hats. The other two,
"Subprime Lenders and Their Enablers" and "Feckless Regulators", list
people with some responsibility for the 2008 financial breakdown. I hope
to get to all four categories, in time.),, Here's the first group, with
links to their Wikipedia articles, where they exist:,[D] James A.
Johnson,[D] Franklin Delano Raines,[D] David O. Maxwell,[D] William
Jefferson Clinton,[D] Barney Frank,[R] Robert Zoellick,[D] Thomas
Donilon,[D] Larry Summers,[D] Robert Rubin,[D] Richard Holbrooke,[D]
Leland Brendsel,[?] Timothy Howard,[D] Thomas Nides,[D] Herb Moses,[R]
R. Glenn Hubbard,[D] Peter Orszag,[D] Bruce Vento,[R] Robert Bennett,[R]
Kit Bond,[R] Stephen Friedman,[D] Maxine Waters, Though they don't say
so, Morgenson and Rosner appear to have listed them in order of
declining culpability, with James A. Johnson the most guilty for Fannie
Mae's failure, and Maxine Waters the least.,, (David O. Maxwell was the
Fannie Mae chief executive officer from 1981 to 1991, just before James
A. Johnson. Although, according to Morgenson and Rosner, he had run the
company well, he erred by picking Johnson as his successor. Leland
Brendsel was the chief executive of Freddie Mac, 1987-2003. Timothy
Howard was the chief financial officer of Fannie Mae, 1990-2005. Herb
Moses was Barney Frank's "partner" for many years. Congressman Frank
asked Fannie Mae to give Moses a job. They did, and Frank in return gave
Fannie Mae favors — at our expense.),, In front of each name, I've given
my best guess at their party affiliation, except for Timothy Howard. I
suspect he's a Democrat, but was unable to find any direct evidence in a
quick search.,, As you can see, this is a predominantly Democratic
scandal. And I think that it is fair to say that James Johnson deserves
more of the blame than all the rest put together, so it is even more a
Democratic scandal than a simple count of the D's and R's would make you
think.,, But it is a scandal that has done little damage to most of the
people on that list. (And little damage to most of the people on the
"Subprime Lenders and Their Enablers" and "Feckless Regulators"
lists.),, Most of the Democrats on that list have Obama connections.
Obama asked Johnson to be on his vice-presidential search committee, but
dropped Johnson after "it was reported that he had received loans
directly from Angelo Mozilo, the CEO of Countrywide Financial, a company
implicated in the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis". Franklin Raines has
also advised Obama, at least informally. Clinton's wife works in the
Obama administration. Thomas Donilon is currently Obama's National
Security Advisor. Larry Summers was Obama's first head of the National
Economic Council. Robert Rubin is one of Obama's part-time economic
advisors. Richard Holbrooke served in the Obama administration as a
special envoy, until his death last December. Thomas R. Nides is
currently Obama's Deputy Secretary of State for Management and
Resources. Peter Orszag was Obama's first head of the Office of
Management and Budgeting.,, Obama chose at least 2 people on that list
to be informal advisors, and named 6 of them to official positions in
his administration. (I think it likely that he would have found a place
in his administration for Johnson and Raines, if it weren't for their
legal problems.) It is almost as if helping destroy Fannie Mae and cause
the 2008 financial crisis was a resumé-enhancer for our current
administration.,, Does Obama know that these advisors and appointees are
intimately connected with the Fannie Mae disaster? I don't know — but I
would certainly like to know the answer to that question.,, (Jamie
Gorelick, mistress of disaster, is not on the list, even though she was
vice chairman of Fannie Mae, 1997-2003. In fact, she is not even listed
in the index to Reckless Endangerment.) ,- 1:38 PM, 29

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Fake Progressive #563,822

Fake Progressive #563,822
Posted by Thomas Woods on July 2, 2011 10:30 AM

It's Michelle Goldberg of The Daily Beast, who says Obama's "greatest fault in office has been a misplaced faith in the GOP's capacity for reasonableness." (I leave aside any critique of the substance of her article, where she claims that nearly all "serious" economists say we need tax increases and spending cuts, as if this were primarily an economic rather than a moral question; whether we "need" tax increases is based on whether we believe in expropriation of peaceful people, whether we believe in the immoral uses in which the confiscated funds will be employed, whether we believe the innocent can be held liable for debts racked up by sociopaths without their consent, etc.)

Anthony Gregory recently noted that Obama just might be guilty of worse offenses than having "a misplaced faith in the GOP's capacity for reasonableness." These offenses, you might think, would be abhorrent to "progressives." And maybe they are, to the 37 progressives with actual principles. Michelle Goldberg, who thinks the key divide in the country is between Democrats and Republicans, is still plenty enamored of what she creepily calls "our president." It's worth recalling Anthony's indictment, an indictment that anyone on the Left with a shred of principle would be repeating every day, but about which we hear not one syllable from Michelle Goldberg:

He shoveled money toward corporate America, banks and car manufacturers. He championed the bailouts of the same Wall Street firms his very partisans blamed for the financial collapse. He picked the CEO of General Electric to oversee the unemployment problem. He appointed corporate state regulars for every major role in financial central planning. After guaranteeing a new era of transparency, he conducted all his regulatory business behind a shroud of unprecedented secrecy. He planned his health care scheme, the crown jewel of his domestic agenda, in league with the pharmaceutical and insurance industries.

He continued the war in Iraq, even extending Bush's schedule with a goal of staying longer than the last administration planned. He tripled the U.S. presence in Afghanistan then took over two years to announce the eventual drawdown to bring it back to only double the Bush presence. He widened the war in Pakistan, launching drone attacks at a dizzying pace. He started a war on false pretenses with Libya, shifting the goal posts and doing it all without Congressional approval. He bombed Yemen and lied about it.

He enthusiastically signed on to warrantless wiretapping, renditioning, the Patriot Act, prison abuse, detention without trial, violations of habeas corpus, and disgustingly invasive airport security measures. He deported immigrants more than Bush did. He increased funding for the drug war in Mexico. He invoked the Espionage Act more than all previous presidents combined, tortured a whistleblower, and claimed the right to unilaterally kill any U.S. citizen on Earth without even a nod from Congress or a shrug from the courts.

None of this, evidently, is worse than having "a misplaced faith in the GOP's capacity for reasonableness."

Honoring Jefferson

By today's standards, King George III was a very mild tyrant indeed. He taxed his American colonists at a rate of only pennies per annum. His actual impact on their personal lives was trivial. He had arbitrary power over them in law and in principle, but in fact it was seldom exercised. If you compare his rule with that of today's U.S. Government, you have to wonder why we celebrate our independence. "It was a famous victory."

Honoring Jefferson
July 1, 2004 
Joseph Sobran

In observance of Independence Day, Time magazine has put Thomas Jefferson on its cover. Naturally, the copious articles within pay his genius worshipful lip service, while missing the essence of it. They are more interested in current obsessions -- such as his views on race and whether he had children by one of his slaves -- than in his political philosophy.

The last thing Jefferson would want would be mere lip service. The "self-evident truths" of his Declaration of Independence -- that all men are created equal, that their Creator has endowed them with unalienable rights, that government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed -- were meant to be challenges, not platitudes.

Today we repeat them as if nobody ever doubted them. And we seldom reflect on what they actually mean. But Jefferson never ceased pondering their implications, like Euclid exploring the remotest implications of the simplest axioms.

By today's standards, King George III was a very mild tyrant indeed. He taxed his American colonists at a rate of only pennies per annum. His actual impact on their personal lives was trivial. He had arbitrary power over them in law and in principle, but in fact it was seldom exercised. If you compare his rule with that of today's U.S. Government, you have to wonder why we celebrate our independence. "It was a famous victory."

A master of several languages and many sciences, Jefferson sought to reduce political philosophy to simple terms every American could understand. The Declaration distills the political philosophy of John Locke, which Jefferson regarded as the consensus of reasonable men of his own generation.

Jefferson's 1798 Kentucky Resolutions -- one of his most important writings, neglected and disparaged today -- took the Declaration's self-evident truths a step further. He argued that the "free and independent states," as parties to the Constitution, must not allow the Federal Government to monopolize constitutional interpretation; for if that government could define the extent of its own powers, the whole purpose of the Constitution would be defeated.

One of Jefferson's recent biographers remarks that this argument was "dangerously close" to an argument for the states' right to secede from the Union. That is exactly where it led, as the Confederacy later contended. The states had the same right to withdraw from a Union they deemed tyrannical that they had had to withdraw from the British Empire.

Jefferson was willing to apply the radical logic of those self-evident truths. He was a conservative radical -- he argued against secession except as a last resort -- but a radical nonetheless. Those truths weren't empty slogans; they were active principles, full of explosive potential.

That potential exploded in 1860, when states did begin seceding. The new president, Abraham Lincoln, who claimed to be a disciple of Jefferson, had to ignore much of Jefferson's thought in order to justify suppressing secession as "rebellion." He incessantly cited the truth that all men are created equal, but he evaded the part about the consent of the governed and established military dictatorships in the conquered South, while effectively criminalizing Jefferson's views on secession in the North.

All this set a lasting precedent for pretending to honor Jefferson while distorting his real philosophy. Following this tradition, Time gives us a toothless Jefferson whose views wouldn't rattle today's status quo. His great enemy Alexander Hamilton, who took a far more liberal view of the "implied powers" of the Federal Government, is much more in vogue now.

Today it's fashionable to condescend to Jefferson by saying his philosophy is a bit old-fashioned -- plausible in an agrarian society, maybe, but hopelessly out of date now. Jefferson would reply that self-evident truths are never "old": A proposition is either true or false. If his truths were true in 1776, they were always true, and will always remain true.

A slaveowner, Jefferson saw that those truths were fatal to slavery. And his personal conduct on slavery has been rightly criticized on his own principles. But that is all the more reason to take his principles seriously. A man of Jefferson's intellect, merely creating a philosophy to justify himself, would have come up with a very different set of principles.

The best way honor Jefferson -- the only true way -- is to take his words as seriously as he meant them.

http://www.sobran.com/columns/2004/040701.shtml

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**JP** Islamic history - excellent photos

MAZAR SHARIF OF Bibi Ayesha R.A JANNAT UL BAQI SHARIF Maqam e Badar Sharif where many Sahaba Kiram Ajmayeen is burried   Jang-e-Ahzaab   An OldPhoto Of Madina Birth Placeof Hazrat Ibrahim A.S   Beer-e-Ru'ya Grave of Syeda Bibi Amina (Mother of Prophet S.A.W)   Gunbad-e-Khadra Masjid-e-Nabawi Mazar Mubarak, Imam-e-Azam Abu Hanifah (May Allah's blessings upon him) in Baghdad, Iraq The Uhad mountains near Madinah where the second battle of Islam, Battle of Uhad took place. Jannatul Baqi' (graveyard of Baqi') Hundreds of Ahlebait (Family members of Prophet Muhammad, Peace be upon him), Sahaba (Companions of Prophet Muhammad, Peace be upon him) had been buried here. The circular area contains Mazarat of Imam Zain Al Abedin and other Ahlebait. The first rectangular in the middle contains Mazarat of daughters of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). The rectangular area on the left contains Mazarat of wives of Prophet, Muhammad (Peace be upon him) Grave of Prophet Yusha (AS), son of Hazrat Adam (AS)   Grave of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) in Occupied Palestine (Israel)   Grave of Prophet Saleh (AS)   Grave of Prophet Yahya (AS)   Destructed grave of Janabe Fatima (R.A), beloved daughter of Prophet Mohammad (S) uhud_shuhadaa_graveyard    Muhammad Bin Qasim Masjid, Arore(HDR)   jablenoor   From The Exhibition Of The Two Holy Masjid: Lock and Key Of The Holy Ka'aba   Jabal-e-rehmat, Maidan-e-Arafat   The old railing of The ZamZam well with a pulley and Bucket.

**JP** Fw: ML-Q, ANP ,PPPP GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TOTALY FAILED

WATER CRISES SUGAR  CNG PETROL WHEAT RICE  LAW AND ORDERS SAVE AND SECURITY ROBBERIES TARGET KILLINGS DACOITIES BRIBES CORRUPTIONS,KIDNAPPING BY GOVERNMENT, INJUSTICE JOBS EVIL ACTIVITIES???? NOW BILAWAL ZARDARI IN FUTURE IN PROGRESS?? --- On Sat, 2/7/11, Diplomatic News <diplomatic.news1051@gmail.com> wrote: From: Diplomatic News <diplomatic.news1051@gmail.com> Subject: ARTICLE FOR EDITORIAL PAGE To: press-gallery-@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, 2 July, 2011, 12:48 PM DANIDA IN PAKISTAN Written By !M Akram Khan Faridi                      Poverty, terrorism, corruption, religious conflicts, foreign pressure and inflation are the common problems faced by the entire world. Financial crises are affecting the whole world but in poor and underdeveloped countries, rate of crime has been doubled due to unemployment. It is essential to provide employment, security and political and social stability to every citizen of a country in order to fight against poverty, starvation and food crises." Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)" is looking forward to provide stable and healthy social environment to the citizens of poor and underdeveloped countries of the world. DANIDA is working for 25 countries in order to provide better facilities to its people and moreover after analyzing the political instability, terrorism and natural calamities in Pakistan, DANIDA has started their mission in Pakistan. This organization has started a project of 28 million dollar in Pakistan just to give a way to Progress, Democracy, Human rights and Training of journalists. Ms Esther Lonstrup, an accountable officer will take care of this project.The USD 28 million Danish development program framework consists of three major components. The first component involve stabilization and early Recovery border areas with Afghanistan, which is a multilateral channel that will support Government of Pakistan in restoring infrastructure, services and livelihoods in the country's conflict-affected border areas. Under this component, DANIDA has granted UNICEF Pakistan USD 11 Million to UNICEF's efforts to provide education for children affected by the crisis in KPK and FATA. The assistance will contribute to rebuild the 473 schools that have been entirely or partially destroyed during the conflict. The expected four outputs of the component will include: (i) Rehabilitation/repair of existing schools, (ii) "Back to School" campaigns, (iii) teacher's development, and (iv) special education and re-integration of 14-18 year old children.To further support the development and democratic process in conflict areas, the Government of Denmark has pledged USD 7 million to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF), which will be working towards the restoration of damaged Infrastructure and disrupted services in KPK, Balochistan and FATA. Denmark was one of the first nations to pledge to the MDTF – a World Bank administered fund. This Fund will be utilized to improve local service delivery through strengthened local governance and financing and through community driven development (CDD) interventions in respect of public infrastructure as well as supporting livelihoods through community credit and microfinance schemes, skills development interventions, and transitional workfare programs. The second component of the framework program, USD 7 million is for support to the Civil Society, where DANIDA in joint collaboration with local partners will support initiatives that work towards developing good governance, human rights and gender equality. Identifying media as one of the most important tools in educating on the subjects of democracy and human rights, almost 50% of the civil society programs focus on media development initiatives, which in particular focus on conflict solution through media and mainstreaming of women in media industry. The third component – the Global Stabilization Fund – carries overall focus on security and justice sector reform. Under this component, Denmark has committed USD 2.2 Million to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The Danish contribution will be utilized with the aim to improve border control and the criminal justice system in Pakistan. An honorable and splendid function was held by Denmark's Embassy in one of the local hotel of Islamabad, in order to introduce this program by DANIDA. Media, Ambassadors , members of civil society and United Nations were also invited. I and my friend Dr Shahid Mehmod arrived before time where Ms Esther Lonstrup and Mrs. Hina Akhtar welcomed us in a great manner. After sometime guests and host of the ceremony Mr. Ufee Wolffhechel arrived. Ms Hina Akhter, an admirable officer of Denmark's Embassy had started the event with a recitation of Holy Quran. After the recitation of Holy Quran, she introduced the Program and its steps and later on the event also included presentations by some of the DANIDA program partners. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, Executive Director PILDAT presented an overview of the state of democracy in Pakistan, Ms Tasneem Ahmar presented on the importance of mainstreaming women in media to achieve gender equality and women development in Pakistan, while Ali Saleem, Country Director of Search For Common Ground (SFCG) presented on the role of media in conflict solution. During the presentation the Danish Ambassador, Wolffhechel highlighted that the aim of the Danish development program was to contribute to development and stability in Pakistan and support peace building in the region. "The past few years have been extraordinarily challenging for Pakistan. There have been challenges on security, political and economic fronts. The challenges have crucial implications for the country's security as well as its economic development", Wolffhechel also said that it was surely very difficult to achieve tangible development results without a progressive economy. He said that "To achieve a progressive economy, Pakistan needs to meet a lot of the current challenges – including achieving peace, justice and security for its 180 Million people. Pakistan is no doubt facing a lot of challenges, which is why the Government of Denmark has extended its support to work together with Pakistan in curbing these challenges through the support of development initiatives aimed at creating better opportunities and a more secure environment". Ms Esther Lonstrup, the development counsellor and DANIDA representative for the Pakistan Program shared a detailed overview of the DANIDA Pakistan program and its program partners. She stated that DANIDA had been working worldwide on development initiatives and was currently working in more than 25 countries. She was pleased to see DANIDA being launched in Pakistan and play its part in supporting the socio-democratic development in Pakistan. later on Dr Shahid Mehmood Chief organizer of Columnist Club of Pakistan applauded this Nobel cause. I personally admire Mr. Ufee Wolffhechel for His services to the Denmark's Government and also  Ms Esther Lonstrup for her motivation and services and we all should be thankful to her for helping needy and poor's in Pakistan. Ms Esther Lonstrup should get an award for her services and its my appeal to the Govt. of Pakistan as well as of Denmark to do this honour. Ms Hina Akhter who is performing her duty in Denmark's Embassy as a Communication Consultant is responsible for the better communication between both the countries. At the end I would like to conclude by giving a message to our people that we should make our country peaceful and forget all the differences in order to give a way to progress and prosperity. Regards   M Akram Khan Faridi Columnist 36-Mujahid Nagar,Jandiala Road Sheikhupura City,Pakistan PH  +92 3024500098

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Anti-TSA Groping Bill Fails in Texas

Anti-TSA Groping Bill Fails in Texas
Written by Kelly Holt   
Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:27

Texans around the state, and other Americans who have followed the travails of passing an anti-TSA groping bill in Texas this year, were stunned and disheartened when the Lone Star State's special session ended early Tuesday without passing the popular Travelers' Dignity measure.

It was a wild ride on a bucking bronco for the bill. It first sailed through the Lone Star State's regular House session (with unanimous approval), but the feds then threatened not to allow commercial flights in the state if the bill were to become law. The threat caused the state Senate to back away from the bill, which died without a vote in the Senate chamber. But after the regular legislative session, Texans deluged Governor Rick Perry's office with emails and phone calls imploring the Governor to call up the anti-TSA groping bill in a special session of the Texas legislature that had been convened for other purposes. During this time, two Texas officials denounced the groping they were subjected to by the TSA, and their personal stories, circulated on YouTube, fueled the firestorm of grassroots support for the anti-TSA groping bill.

Responding to the pressure, Perry called up the bill for consideration by the special session ­ after which the bill was blocked by the Texas Speaker of the House before being approval by a House committee. The House went on to pass a weakened version of the bill, the Senate strengthened the weakened version (almost restoring it to the original), and the special session ended without a final version of the bill being cleared by the legislature. In the end, the legislation failed not because it was voted down, but because it could not be brought up a second time on the same day in the House to allow for a vote on the final version without a suspension of the rules. The suspension, which required 120 yeas in the 150-member House failed by a vote of 96-26, in part because some of the bill's supporters had gone home.

After the vote on suspending the rules, Representative David Simpson of Longview (pictured above), the author of the anti-TSA groping bill, unloaded on the legislative leadership in a final speech, taking aim at "phony politicians." He recounted the famous Churchill speech about never giving up, and promised that he would never back down in his effort to stop unconstitutional searches of airline passengers in Texas. He then reminded his colleagues that he did not represent special interests, but was brought to the job by people who believed he would keep his constitutional oath. Simpson emphasized that lawmakers should restrain themselves from using the law for their own ends.

Urging the people of Texas to not be confused about why the bill failed, he laid the blame for its defeat squarely "at the feet of the leadership of this state." Simpson also noted the historical significance of two Texas battles: the Alamo and Goliad. Students of Texas history will remember that both these crucial steps in the struggle of "Texians" for independence were nothing less than massacres by the enemy. Not until Sam Houston surprised his opponents at the Battle of San Jacinto were the Texians finally victorious. They lost two battles, but won the war.

The war in Texas against the TSA's egregious searches will commence again when the state's biennial legislative session convenes in January 2013. Texans are urging continued opposition in sister states until they can take up the mantle again. Lone Star constitutionalists point to the role of constituent influence ­ grassroots organizations, radio talk shows, and a persistent flow of calls, letters, and e-mails to the State Capitol ­ for keeping the issue front and center in lawmakers' attention.

Simpson declared in his final speech, "As long as there is tyranny we must never cease to oppose it."

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/8056-anti-tsa-groping-bill-fails-in-texas-after-lawmakers-leave-session-early

Re: The True Meaning of Patriotism

Patriotism is not blind trust in anything our leaders tell us or do.
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Duh!

This dude is a moron

On Jul 1, 3:59 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> The True Meaning of PatriotismPatriotism Is Not the Waving of a FlagLawrence W. Reed
> June 2003 • Volume: 53 • Issue: 6 •
> Patriotism these days is like Christmas -- lots of people caught up in a festive atmosphere replete with lights and spectacles. We hear reminders about "the true meaning" of Christmas -- and we may even mutter a few guilt-ridden words to that effect ourselvesbut each of us spends more time and thought in parties, gift-giving, and the other paraphernalia of a secularized holiday than we do deepening our devotion to the true meaning.
> So it is with patriotism, especially on Memorial Day in May, Flag Day in June, and Independence Day in July. Walk down Main Street America and ask one citizen after another what patriotism means and with few exceptions, you'll get a passel of the most self-righteous but superficial and often dead-wrong answers. America's Founders, the men and women who gave us reason to be patriotic in the first place, would think we've lost our way if they could see us now.
> Since the infamous attacks of September 11, 2001, Americans in near unanimity have been "feeling" patriotic. For most, that sadly suffices to make one a solid patriot. But if I'm right, it's time for Americans to take a refresher course.
> Patriotism isnotlove of country, if by "country" you mean sceneryamber waves of grain, purple mountain majesty, and the like. Almost every country has pretty collections of rocks, water, and stuff that people grow and eat. If that's what patriotism is all about, then Americans have precious little for which we can claim any special or unique love. And surely, patriotism cannot mean giving one's life for a river or a mountain range.
> Patriotism is not blind trust in anything our leaders tell us or do. That just replaces some lofty concepts with mindless goose-stepping.
> Patriotism is not simply showing up to vote. You need to know a lot more about what motivates a voter before you judge his patriotism. He might be casting a ballot because he just wants something at someone else's expense. Maybe he doesn't much care where the politician he's hiring gets it. Remember Dr. Johnson's wisdom: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
> Waving the flag can be an outward sign of patriotism, but let's not cheapen the term by ever suggesting that it's anything more than a sign. And while it's always fitting to mourn those who lost their lives simply because they resided on American soil, that too does not define patriotism.
> People in every country and in all times have expressed feelings of something we flippantly call "patriotism," but that just begs the question. What is this thing, anyway? Can it be so cheap and meaningless that a few gestures and feelings make you patriotic?
> Not in my book.
> I subscribe to a patriotism rooted in ideas that in turn gave birth to a country, but it's theideasthat I think of when I'm feeling patriotic. I'm a patriotic American because I revere the ideas that motivated the Founders and compelled them, in many instances, to put their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor on the line.
> What ideas? Read the Declaration of Independence again. Or, if you're like most Americans these days, read it for the very first time. It's all there. All men are created equal. They are endowed not by government but by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. Premier among those rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Government must be limited to protecting the peace and preserving our liberties, and doing so through the consent of the governed. It's the right of a free people to rid themselves of a government that becomes destructive of those ends, as our Founders did in a supreme act of courage and defiance more than two hundred years ago.
> Call it freedom. Call it liberty. Call it whatever you want, but it's the bedrock on which this nation was founded and from which we stray at our peril. It's what has defined us as Americans. It's what almost everyone who has ever lived on this planet has yearned for. It makes life worth living, which means it's worth fighting and dying for.An American SpinI know that this concept of patriotism puts an American spin on the term. But I don't know how to be patriotic for Uganda or Paraguay. I hope the Ugandans and Paraguayans have lofty ideals they celebrate when they feel patriotic, but whether or not they do is a question you'll have to ask them. I can only tell you what patriotism means to me as an American.
> I understand that America has often fallen short of the superlative ideas expressed in the Declaration. That hasn't diminished my reverence for them, nor has it dimmed my hope that future generations of Americans will be re-inspired by them.
> This brand of patriotism, in fact, gets me through the roughest and most cynical of times. My patriotism is never affected by any politician's failures, or any shortcoming of some government policy, or any slump in the economy or stock market. I never cease to get that "rush" that comes from watching Old Glory flapping in the breeze, no matter how far today's generations have departed from the original meaning of those stars and stripes. No outcome of any election, no matter how adverse, makes me feel any less devoted to the ideals our Founders put to pen in 1776. Indeed, as life's experiences mount, the wisdom of what giants like Jefferson and Madison bestowed on us becomes ever more apparent to me. I get more fired up than ever to help others come to appreciate the same things.
> During a recent visit to the land of my ancestors, Scotland, I came across a few very old words that gave me pause. Though they preceded our Declaration of Independence by 456 years, and come from three thousand miles away, I can hardly think of anything ever written here that more powerfully stirs in me the patriotism I've defined above. In 1320, in an effort to explain why they had spent the previous 30 years in bloody battle to expel the invading English, Scottish leaders ended their Declaration of Arbroath with this line: "It is not for honor or glory or wealth that we fight, but for freedom alone, which no good man gives up except with his life."
> Freedomunderstanding it, living it, teaching it, and supporting those who are educating others about its principles. That, my fellow Americans, is what patriotism should mean to each of us today.http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-true-meaning-of-patriotism/

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Re: Assploding Hypocricy: Two Days After Scolding Congress for work habits, Bam heads to Presidential Retreat for Holiday Weekend

Whoa!

I'm not an Obama fan, but this is ridiculous!

10 bucks says YOU didn't get into Harvard
>
> >      <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> Assploding
> > Hypocricy: Two Days After Scolding Congress for work habits, Bam heads to
> > Presidential Retreat for Holiday
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>
> > That's the Obama pattern. Say one thing, do the exact opposite. It's the "do
> > as I say, not as I do" routine he is famous for. This is our
> > slacker-in-chief.
>
> > Washington<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/07/01/obam...>—President
> > Barack Obama will be taking a break for the Independence Day holiday
> > weekend.
>
> > All those fundraisers and traveling on the taxpayer's dime sure is tiresome.
>
> > He'll travel to Camp David in western Maryland Friday afternoon, following
> > some morning meetings.
>
> > Morning meeting? Translation: A few rounds of golf.
>
> > Daughter Malia has a holiday birthday. She'll turn 13 on Monday.
>
> > Wanna bet Bam skips Malia's birthday to play golf?
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>
> I can't believe Obama was elected. The most incompetent nincompoop
> ever.....
> A two year no vote Senator! A Harvard Grad. Harvard. A dumbed down PC
> School.
> A high grade moron can get into Harvard and graduate. It's a
> government special
> interest, entitlement. Just like the Mortgage fiasco. A regulation on
> the banks to lend
> money to people who couldn't afford to pay the mortgage. A deliberate
> trashing of
> the industry. Barny Fwank made it law!
>
> The half ass Liberals, of Ass wholes (great Mascot they have there. A
> Jackass
> AKA, an Ass.)
>
> They are, as Archie Bunker says to Claire Packer, a Liberal running
> for City
> Counsel.  "You Liberals get your way, we'll all be hearing one big
> FLUSH...."
>
> How true....
>
> I think Obama should be arrested for treason, by the very SS who
> protect him....
> Tried and executed. He appoints all Socialists to his cabinet! They
> put in Socialist
> ideals.  Very subtle. And dangerous. A psychological thing.....
>
> They are, the enemy within.....
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Re: Should Patriots Love the Pledge of Allegiance?

I'm Sitting on this barstool talking like a damn fool
Got the twelve o'clock news blues
And I've given up hope on the afternoon soaps
And a bottle of cold brew
Is it any wonder I'm not crazy?

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Free Whitey???

This animal has robbed 100's of children and parents, and there's a
bevvy of duncecaps that think he's fucking CUTE.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-06-30/lifestyle/29722851_1_shirt-make...

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FW: **JP**[25th Rajab al-Murajjab] Hadrat Sayyiduna Imam Moosa Kaazim Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu

Dear Noori
 
Can you please send us the details on Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu, Hazrat Umer-e-Farooq Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu and Hazrat Usman-e-Ghani Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu with pictures as you mentioned in below email?  My knowledge is limited.  I am sure you will response to JoinPakistan members to increase their knowledge on above mentioned greats.
 
We will be waiting for your reply.
 
Best Regards

Mansoor Rahim Zahid
 

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Subject: [25th Rajab al-Murajjab] Hadrat Sayyiduna Imam Moosa Kaazim Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu

Hadrat Sayyiduna Imam Moosa bin Ja'far
"al-Kaadhim" Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu
 

 

HIS POSITION IN THE SILSILA: Hadrat Sayyiduna Imam Moosa Kaazim Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu is the Seventh Imam and Shaykh of the Silsila Aaliyah Qadiriyah Barakatiyah Ridawiyah Nooriyah. He was a great Aalim and is a Wali-e-Kaamil.

BIRTH: He was born in Abwa Sharif (between Makkah Mukarrama and Madinah Munawwarah), on a Sunday, either on the 7th or the 10th of Safar, 128 Hijri. [Masaalik as-Saalikeen, Vol. 1, Page 225]

NAME: His name was Moosa, and he was also known as Saami, Abul Hassan and Abu Ibrahim. His titles were Saabir, Saaleh, Ameen and Kaazim.

HIS PARENTS: His father was Hadrat Imam Jaafar Saadiq and his mother was Umm-e-Wulad Bibi Hameeda Radi Allahu Ta'ala Alaihim Ajma'een .

HIS FEATURES: He was of good height, and very handsome. He was tan in complexion and some have said that he was not very fair in complexion. [Anwaar-e-Sufiyah, Page 92]

SHAYKH-E-TARIQAT: He is the mureed and Khalifa of his father, Hadrat Imam Jaafar as-Saadiq Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu.

 

 

HIS EXCELLENCE: Hadrat Moosa Kaazim was such a blessed personality, that whomsoever took his name as a wasila, they found that all their duas were accepted. It is for this reason, that the people of Iraq referred to him as Baabul Hawaa'ij (The Door at which all their problems were answered).

Hadrat Imam Shafi'i Radi Allahu Anhu says that

The Mazaar Shareef of Imam Moosa Kaazim is a great means of acceptance.

Hadrat Imam Jaafar as-Saadiq Radi Allahu Anhu says,

"From all of my children, the most exalted is Moosa Kaazim. He is a pearl from amongst the pearls (treasures) of Allah."

He was an Aabid and Zaahid, and spent his days keeping fast, and his nights in the ibaadat of Allah. He was also known as Abdus Saaleh, due to the lengthy nights that he used to spend in the Ibaadat of Almighty Allah. He was known as Kaazim (one who drinks his anger), due to his humility and simplicity. He was also very generous and kind. He would go out in search of the needy in Madinah Munawwarah, and would then send people to distribute money to them in the darkness of night, and none would know from where they had received the money. He never turned any supplicant away at any time. He always fulfilled the needs of those who asked his assistance. Whenever he met any person, he would be first in making Salam. If someone spoke against him or tried to harm him, then he even took care of that person by sending him money and treating him kindly. [Masaalik as-Saalikeen, Vol. 1, Page 226]

Hadrat Shafeeq Balkhi who was a contemporary of Imam Moosa Kaazim says,

"On my way to Hajj in 149 Hijri, I stopped over at a town called Qaadisiya. I was looking at the behaviour and the manner of the people living there, when my sight fell upon a very handsome young man, who was wearing a Suf (blended cotton fabric) cloth over his clothes, and a pair of shoes. He sat away from the rest of the people. I began to think that he was a Sufi kind of person and wanted to be an obstacle in the way of the people. I thus went towards him to give him some advice. When he saw me coming towards him. He called my name and told me exactly what I was thinking. I then thought in my heart, that this is definitely a pious man, as he does not even know me, yet he called me by my name and said what was in my heart. I felt that I should meet with him and ask his forgiveness. I rushed to find him, but he had already gone away. I searched for a very long time, but could not find him. We stopped at a place called Fida during our journey, and again I saw him. He was in namaaz, and he was trembling and weeping. I walked towards him again, with the intention of asking him to forgive me, when he said, "O Shafeeq Read! Verily I am Compassionate towards him who repented and brought faith and did good deeds and then walked the straight path." He read this verse, and then walked away. I then began to think that he was from amongst the Abdaals (a station of Wilaayat), for he has read my heart twice already. Then we went to Mina, and I saw him again. He was standing at a well, with a huge bowl in his hand. He was intending to take some water. Then all of a sudden the bowl fell from his hands into the well. When this happened, he recited the following couplet: 'You are my Sustainer, when I am thirsty for water, and You are my strength when I intend to eat.' He then said, 'O Allah! O my Creator! O my Lord! You know that with the exception of this bowl, I have nothing else. Do not deprive me of this bowl.' By Allah, I saw that the water in the well reached the top of the well and he stretched out his hand and filled his bowl with water. He then performed wudhu and read four rakaats of Namaaz. After Namaaz, he filled sand into his bowl of water and began to stir it. He then began to drink the mixture of sand and water. I went close to him and said salaam. He returned my salaam. I then asked if he would bless me with some of the blessings which he has attained. He said, 'O Shafeeq! My Lord has always bestowed his hidden and apparent bounties upon me, so always intend good from your Lord.' He then handed his bowl over to me. When I drank out of it, By Allah it was a sweet drink, and never have I tasted something so delicious. The barkat of that meal was such, that I did not feel any hunger and thirst for may days. Then I did not see him until we entered Makkah Mukarramah. I again saw him late one night near the well of Zamzam, reading Namaaz, weeping and trembling. After his Namaaz he sat there for a long time and read tasbeeh. He then read his Fajr Salaah and went to the Haram to perform the Tawaaf. As he left the Haram, I followed him, but I was amazed to see him in a completely different situation to which I had seen him during our journey. I saw his friends, disciples and servants all around him. They sealed of the entire area around him as he arrived and they began to make his khidmat. Each one of them were making salaam to him with great love and respect. On seeing this, I asked one person, 'Who is this young man?' He said, 'he is Moosa bin Jaafar bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Hussain bin Ali bin Abi Taalib.' [Jaami' al-Manaaqib, Page 226/230]

 

 

KARAAMATS: Imam Moosa Kaazim performed many miracles. A few of his miracles are quoted below for us to attain barakaat.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNSEEN: Ishaaq bin Amaar says, that when Imam Moosa Kaazim was imprisoned, then the Saahibain of Imam Abu Hanifa, namely Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad bin Hassan (Ridwaanullahi Ta'ala Alaihim Ajma'een) went to meet with him, so that they ask him some important questions. Whilst they were seated with him, a prison guard came to him and said, 'I am now about to complete my duty and I am on my way home. If there is anything you need, please let me know, so that I may arrange it for you tomorrow when I return.' Hadrat Moosa Kaazim looked at him and said, 'There is nothing I need. All is well.' As he left, Imam Moosa Kaazim said, 'I am amazed by him, that he wants to know if there is anything that he can do for me tomorrow, whereas tonight he will pass away.' When Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad (Ridwaanullahi Ta'ala Alaihim Ajma'een) heard this, they said, 'We came here to learn about some laws relating to fard and sunnahs and he discusses Ilm-e- Ghaib (Knowledge of the Unseen).' Both of them, then sent a man to follow the prison guard to see the outcome of what Imam Moosa Kaazim said. The man sat outside the house of the prison guard, as he was instructed. When he heard the sounds of weeping and screaming, he enquired as to what had happened. The people of the house informed him that the guard had passed away. When this message reached Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad (radi Allahu anhum), they were astonished. [Tashreef al-Bashar, Page 84]

HIS FORESIGHT: Esa Mada'ini says that he worked for a year in Makkah Mukarramah and then decided to spend a year in Madinatul Munawwarah as he felt that this would be a means of achieving many blessings. He arrived in Madinatul Munawwarah and often visited Imam Moosa Kaazim whilst he was there. One day whilst he was seated in the presence of Hadrat Moosa Kaazim, the Imam looked at him and said, "O Esa! Go and see, your house has collapsed over all your belongings." Esa Mada'ini immediately rushed home and found that his house had collapsed over all his belongings. He quickly employed a man that was passing by to remove all his belongings from the house. He then realised that his jug was missing. The following day, he went to meet Hadrat Moosa Kaazim who said, "O Esa! Did you lose anything when your house collapsed. If so, let me know, so that I may make dua and Allah shall bless you with something better in its place." Esa Mada'ini answered that everything was found except a jug. Hadrat then lowered his head for a while and then raised his head and said, "You removed it from the house before it collapsed and you have forgotten about where you left it. Go to the maid of the house and ask her to give the jug to you." He did this, and found that the maid handed over the lost jug to him. [Masaalik as-Saalikeen, Page 83]

 

 

HIS CHILDREN: Almighty Allah had blessed Imam Moosa Kaazim with many children. The names of his children are as follows:

Sons: Hadrat Ali Raza, Zaid, Aqeel, Haaroon, Hassan, Hussain, Abdullah, Abdur Rahmaan, Ismaeel, Ishaaq, Yahya, Ahmad, Abu Bakr, Muhammad, Akbar, Jaafar  Akbar, Jaafar Asghar, Hamza, Abbas, Qaasim

Daughters: Bibi Khadija, Asmaul Akbar, Asmaul Asghar, Faatimatul Kubra, Faatimatus Sughra, Zainab Kubra, Zainab Sughra, Umme Kulthoom Kubra, Umme Fardah, Umme Abdullah, Ummul Qaasim, Aaminah, Hakeema, Mahmooda, Imaama, Maimoona (Ridwaanullahi Ta'ala Alaihim Ajma'een).

HIS KHULAFA: The names of all his Khulafa can not be found, but His two well-known khulafa are being mentioned:

1. Hadrat Shaykh Ali Raza
2. Hadrat Shaykh Matlibi [Anwaar-e-Sufiyah, Page 93]

WISAAL: He commanded one of his servants to be the administrator of his funeral arrangements. Hadrat Sayyiduna Moosa Kaazim was poisoned by his enemies. He passed away on either the 5th or 25th of Rajab, 183 Hijri on a Friday, at the age of 55.

MAZAAR SHAREEF: His Mazaar Shareef is in a place called Kaazmeen (Kadhimiyah) in Iraq.

 

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**JP** Letter to Editor - Grooming the Future PM

Dear Join Pakistan

 

LETTER TO EDITOR

July 2^nd, 2011

 

Grooming the Future PM

 

Bilawal Zardari Bhutto was shown accompanying President Asif Ali Zardari who called upon the British PM David Cameron on July 1^st instant. They were received by the PM at the entrance of the famous 10 Downing Street, London. All looked to be immaculately dressed in dark suits for the occasion, only Bilawal having his jacket buttons open displaying his colourful necktie down to his waist belt. This was little improper for the young PM in the making for a formal occasion of a meeting between the Chairman of a political party and the Head of the Executive of the UK and that too in the presence of a Head of a State – though admittedly his own father. The jacket buttons are supposed to be done up on such occasions especially when outdoors. The buttons are normally undone while seated in a chair indoors or outdoors.

 

A small point of etiquette but quite important for the proper grooming of the future leader of Pakistan who would have to interact with his contemporaries in the comity of the nations.

 

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)      

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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