Wednesday, July 11, 2012

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Video interview: Rep. Allen West (R-FL) discusses the influence of Atlas Shrugged

Citing Ayn Rand's stances on individual rights and her opposition to "crony capitalism," Rep. Allen West describes the ways in which Atlas Shrugged has influenced him in this 8-minute video

interview published by The Atlas Society.

 

Calling Rand's novel "prescient," West highlights what he considers to be a pivotal choice Americans will continue to make: the choice between "economic freedom" and "economic dependency." The latter starts with a "victim" mentality, West opines, and ends with excessive growth of government.
 

West comments that historically, government came to understand that it should limit itself to doing "those things which the individual or a private organization is not capable of doing." He argues that by contrast, "[N]ow we have the government trying to subsume those things that the individual should be seeking to do for themselves, and the free market and the private sector."
 

In the interview West advocates "getting back to individual sovereignty" and "a free market economy." He urges listeners to understand that "investment, ingenuity, and innovation do not come from a centralized government structure. It comes from the individual."
 

West on whether he's been criticized for liking Atlas Shrugged:
"I get criticized for a whole lot of things. But that does not bother me one bit, because as they say in the military, you only take flak if you're over the target..."
 

On Rand, West adds: "So, it's not about embracing an individual, but understanding some fundamental concepts and premises that she brought forth."

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So Long Arizona ... Moving to Canada







 
So Long Arizona ... Moving to Canada

Illegal immigrants are boycotting Arizona by the thousands, showing their outrage with Arizona 's controversial new SB-1070 law by moving elsewhere. 

In the small town of Guadalupe , AZ, south of Phoenix , Manuel Renaldo is one of those who is punishing Arizona by leaving.  As he loaded his stolen car with his stolen belongings and family of ten, Renaldo told this reporter through an interpreter "It's a matter of principle; I refuse to be supported by a state that treats me like a criminal!" 


The effects of the exodus are being felt by Arizona retailers, who are reporting dwindling sales of beer, spray paint, and ammunition.  Also hit hard are the state hospitals, which have reported a dramatic decline in births and emergency room visits.  Tattoo parlours are in a state of panic. 

Renaldo told a reporter through an interpreter that he and his family are moving to 
 Canada, a democratic Country with high taxes where hard working people will support him and his family with dignity! 

Kind of brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?






 



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Re: Free Trade: The Litmus Test of Economics

Good Afternoon Michael,
 
I was pretty tired when I wrote that little epistle last night, and my apologies for sounding like an asshole.
 
I am curious though,  what "Brand"  of politics would you identify yourself to be?  I mean, if you had to categorize yourself,  what would you label yourself?   Obviously I don't think "Democrat",  "Liberal",  "Progressive",  "Conservative"  or "Republican"  fits your bill.
 


 
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:18 PM, MJ <michaelj@america.net> wrote:

Is this where I drone on about how your head is up your ass and similar irrelevant diversions?
You make baseless accusations but fail to support them.
What do 'Libertarians' have to do with anything?
What is this 'one little piece of information' and how is it 'misused' or 'misapplied' or 'wrongheaded'?

Why do I give two shits about Bush's political motivations? Which business(es) he desires to provide advantage?
If you imagine you have a point to make ... then make it.

Bush is NOT an advocate of free trade.

For the Consumer his choice *is* between the product of Company A, B and C. When you ADD a tariff, you FORCE the Consumer to pay MORE.


Regard$,
-MJ

"This is bad economics all around. President Bush said the tariffs are merely designed to allow the U.S. steel industry "to adjust to surges in foreign imports." In fact, the tariff does exactly the opposite. It permits the industry to refuse from adjusting to reality. It allows U.S. industry to continue to overproduce, overpay, and do so with outdated, inefficient, and costly methods. It postpones the day when steel must deal with the reality that other nations have dreamed up better and cheaper ways of doing things." -- LHR, Jr. 


At 03:55 PM 7/10/2012, you wrote:
You know,  I have been sitting here at almost 22:00 CET,   trying to figure out how you, and so many misuided "Libertarians"  think.  I can only surmise that you grasp one little piece of information, and that is about all you can grasp at any one given time.  You can't let go of it;  its almost as if this one trivial piece of information then consumes you.   It is as if you have one little piece of information regarding any issue, or any position, or any article......Just enough knowledge to be dangerous. 
 
I suggest that you look up and do a little research regarding the 2002 tariffs that were placed on Steel by President Bush.   Like myself,  President Bush was an advocate of free trade, just as most Libertarians are.  There's no difference here between most conservatives and most, "Libertarians", but when you have a nation that is dumping products on your own nation, that is analogous to an act of war. 
 
it's not as simple as: "Company A cannot produce his product efficiently so the Consumer isforced to pay a 'premium' for the product if he chooses Company B.";  and to suggest as much speaks volumes.

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:37 PM, MJ <michaelj@america.net> wrote:

<sigh>
I take it that you are of the mercantilist stripe of socialist?

So what occurs ...
Company A cannot produce his product efficiently so the Consumer is forced to pay a 'premium' for the product if he chooses Company B.
Company A's inefficiency is 'subsidized' and the Consumer gets screwed in the process.

One Man's (inefficient Company) dumping is another Man's (Consumer) boon.

Why should Americans be forced to subsidize inefficient businesses?

Regard$,
--MJ

"The common man is the sovereign consumer whose buying or abstention from buying ultimately determines what should be produced and in what quantity and quality" -- Ludwig von Mises.




At 03:28 PM 7/10/2012, you wrote:
This is naive, and has seldom worked,  much to the chagrin of our Nation.  There has been way too much dumping of products in America,  where it has threatened numerous industries,  most recently (that I can think of) was the steel industry back in 2001-2002.
 


 
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:32 PM, MJ <michaelj@america.net> wrote:
Then the Consumers will reap the LOWER prices (at a loss to the producer) ... and 'competitors' will appropriate their resources to OTHER goods OR differentiate their 'superior' version in the marketplace.
Of course 'loss' is not indefinitely possible.
If someone wanted to 'give' you 'free' electricity, for instance, wouldn't you partake/agree/like/enjoy that 'offer'?
read Protection and Free Trade, Henry George, 1886
https://mises.org/etexts/freetrade.pdf

[Now that I have pointed you to 'free' rather than 'pay' someone like Barnes and Noble .... ]
Regard$,
--MJ
"If to prevent trade were to stimulate industry and promote prosperity, then the localities where he was most isolated would show the first advances of man. The natural protection to home industry afforded by rugged mountains-chains, by burning deserts, or by seas too wide and tempestuous for the frail bark of the early mariner would have given us the first glimmerings of civilization and shown its most rapid growth. But, in fact, it is where trade could best be carried on that we find wealth first accumulating and civilization beginning. It is on accessible harbors, by navigable rivers and much traveled highways that we find cities arising and the arts and sciences developing.
  -- Henry George, Protection or Free Trade 1886


At 12:21 PM 7/10/2012, you wrote:
What happens when you have a Nation that tries to manipulate the market?
 
For instance,  if Nation "A"  decides to corner the market of widgets, and therefore pays the widget producers of Nation "A" to produce widgets more than what the rate of widgets  are going for on the world market are worth,  and then,  Nation "A"  floods the market with widgets, at a price that is far below the world market, or another Nation's market,  how are the producers of widgets in another competing nation supposed to compete?
 
(And before you answer,  there are documented examples of "Nation 'A's' "  doing exactly what I have described, throughout the last eighty years.) 
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 5:42 PM, MJ <michaelj@america.net> wrote:
"I believe in free trade. That is because I believe that the same principles of private ownership and voluntary exchange that exist inside the borders of the United States - cities, counties, states -- should also apply to voluntary exchange across the borders of the United States. I believe that UPS and FedEx should have the same function across all borders.
"Mercantilists reject this outlook. They believe in guns and badges, and that anybody who calls into question the wisdom of politicians and bureaucrats to organize production by means of badges and guns is unpatriotic.
"The mercantilist says that he knows better than property owners do what is good for individuals and the nation. Maybe he admits that he personally does not know, but he is sure that Congress does and tenured bureaucrats do. He insists that Congress should pass laws that empower tenured bureaucrats to decide who should trade and on what terms across the nation's borders."

Free Trade: The Litmus Test of Economics
Monday, July 09, 2012
by Gary North
Free trade is the litmus test of economic reasoning. It has been ever since David Hume wrote his 1752 essay on commerce:
Foreign trade, by its imports, furnishes materials for new manufactures; and by its exports, it produces labour in particular commodities, which could not be consumed at home. In short, a kingdom, that has a large import and export, must abound more with industry, and that employed upon delicacies and luxuries, than a kingdom which rests contented with its native commodities. It is, therefore, more powerful, as well as richer and happier. The individuals reap the benefit of these commodities, so far as they gratify the senses and appetites. And the public is also a gainer, while a greater stock of labour is, by this means, stored up against any public exigency; that is, a greater number of laborious men are maintained, who may be diverted to the public service, without robbing any one of the necessaries, or even the chief conveniencies of life.

His friend Adam Smith made it the touchstone of economic logic and policy. His great work, The Wealth of Nations (1776), challenged the mercantilists, who believed in the mixed economy: free markets, legal monopolies, and tariffs.
Mercantilism is the default setting for most people. It is based on trust in state power. As I have put it, it is faith in the economic productivity of men with badges and guns.
I have never had any illusions about persuading people who trust in the creativity of badges and guns. The universal trust in state power in every area of life is an extension of what I call the power religion. It is the religion of every empire.
Free trade means free choice. Power lovers hate free choice, so they hate free trade.
In 1972, I wrote an introduction to the reprint of my 1969 article "Tariff War, Libertarian Style." I reprinted it in my book An Introduction to Christian Economics (Craig Press, 1973). It deals with the inability of rational people to understand the logic of economics. In my introduction, I wrote this:

We come now to the economic issue that separates the economists from the special interest pleaders. There are a lot of supposedly free market capitalists who shout the praises of open competition, but when the chips are really down, they call for the intervention of the monopolistic, coercive State to keep Americans from trading with other Free World countries. Competition among Americans, but not between American companies and foreign companies: here is the cry of the tariff advocates. The fact that less than 5% of our economy is directly involved in foreign trade never phazes these enthusiasts: free trade is "destroying" the other 95% of the American economy! Somehow, the principles of capitalism operate only within national boundaries. Somehow the intervention of the State will "protect" Americans. Henry Hazlitt's classic little book, Economics in One Lesson, so completely destroys the arguments of the tariff supporters that there is nothing left of their position; still they keep coming. For two centuries their position has been intellectually bankrupt; still they keep coming. Tariffs hurt all consumers except those on the public dole of tariff intervention, e.g., the "infant industries" such as steel or textiles. Yet the advocates say that all Americans are "protected." The logic of economics cannot seem to penetrate otherwise rational minds.

Postscript: I rejoice that the 5 percent of GDP figure is now close to 24 percent. The idea of free trade has spread. The world is richer than it was in 1973.
The defenders of mercantilism have a religion: the religion of state worship. They do not believe that individuals acting in their own self-interest by trading with each other in order to benefit themselves are reliable sources of innovation, exploration, and creativity. They believe that the free market is an incomplete organization. They believe that there must be a sovereign judicial entity that provides guidance, by which they really mean coercion, in directing the flow of scarce economic resources. They believe that bureaucrats are trustworthy, that politicians act in the interest of the people. They believe that the state is a reliable source of economic wisdom, correct understanding of the future, correct understanding of the present, and is therefore the proper agency to equate supply with demand.
Mercantilism is always a philosophy of state power. Mercantilism says that the state has a superior interest to the individuals who live under its jurisdiction. Anything that weakens the nation, anything that benefits individuals at the expense of the state, anything that elevates the judgment of property owners above the judgment of politicians and bureaucrats is considered by the mercantilist to be an enemy of the state, meaning an enemy of society, meaning an enemy of the nation.
Mercantilists in the 17th century said that they believed in markets, but only regulated markets. They believed in monopolies granted by the state. They believed in exchange, but only when regulated by the state. What they really believed in was the expansion of the power of the state. They believed that the wisdom given to state bureaucrats is greater than the wisdom given to society as a whole by means of knowledge possessed by individuals. They believed that centralized knowledge, based on coercive statistics, is better than, meaning superior to, meaning more productive than, information possessed by all of the members of society. The information that all the members of society bring to bear on individual cases is considered inferior knowledge.
The classic statement against this was made by F.A. Hayek in 1945 ( chapter 4). It has been rejected by modern mercantilists ever since.
Mercantilism is the philosophy of state legal sovereignty over individual economic authority. Mercantilism is the philosophy of creativity in the realm of government bureaucracy. Mercantilism is the belief that individuals who, as individuals, have no particular advantage in knowledge, when given a badge and a gun, become wiser than individuals who pursue their own self-interest. These people are wiser, and they are also completely selfless, sacrificing their interests for the sake of the broad masses of society.
Special-interest groups have used this widespread faith -- a faith now fading -- to persuade voters that politicians and bureaucrats are reliable decision-makers who act only in the interest of the voters. They tell the voters that politicians merely want to make certain that workers are defended against unscrupulous, low-cost, foreign workers who make offers to sell goods at low prices to customers all over the world.
The mercantilists' belief is this: individuals who want to buy from foreigners are misguided, because foreigners are a threat to the prosperity of workers, even though foreigners are a tremendous benefit to the prosperity of those same workers, who take their money and go into the market looking for something to buy. It is the belief that workers, in their capacity as workers, are incapable of effective competition with foreigners. They need help from politicians and bureaucrats to maintain their income. The mercantilist philosophy also says that an individual is equally incapable of understanding his best interest as a customer, and this is proven by the fact that he is willing to buy something produced by a foreigner rather than by somebody inside his nation's geographical boundaries. In other words, the citizen is incompetent. He is incompetent to compete in the world market, and he is incompetent to judge what is really good for him and the nation.
So, in order to overcome the total ignorance and weakness of the American producer-customer, the mercantilist says that he can solve the problem by getting politicians to tax imports. This is safe, we are assured by mercantilists, because politicians' main goal in life is to make things better for the voters. Voters should trust the good intentions of politicians and the superbly informed decisions of tenured bureaucrats.
When put this way, no conservative will admit to being a mercantilist. Yet every conservative who defends tariffs as anything other than revenue-generating taxes is in fact a mercantilist, and by necessity he must accept the mercantilist philosophy of life.
The mercantilists are statists, and so is every conservative who believes that a tariff can benefit American consumers and workers. Every philosophy of mercantilism is a philosophy of a gun stuck in the belly of another American. Every mercantilist idea is a defense of gun-in-the-belly economics.
I have only heard one conservative admit this. It was at a dinner party in 1976. I had been invited by a man I knew who was on the staff of Senator Jesse Helms. I was on the staff of Ron Paul. At the meeting, there was a man I had never seen before. He was an oaf. The group got into a discussion of free trade. Here is what he said:

I will tell you what free trade is. It is when I put the barrel of my .45 at the head of some gook and tell him, "We are going to trade, and we're going to trade on my terms."

The mercantilist does not tell the American what he must trade. He only tells him what he may not trade and who he cannot trade with. It is a negative philosophy of government control. It is control by prohibition, not control by active compulsion. It is not socialism. It is not the government ownership of the means of production. It is rather the right of the government to stick a gun in the belly of an American who wants to trade with a foreigner, and to tell that person that he does not have the right to do so without paying the government some money. In short, it is extortion.
Even worse are quotas. Quotas do not even get the government any tax money. Quotas transfer all of the extorted wealth to domestic producers of whatever item is being protected, meaning forbidden to buy from sellers located outside the nation. The classic example in the United States is sugar. Quotas are ways to subsidize farmers who grow corn and sugarcane at the expense of foreign farmers who grow sugarcane. It is coercion against all those customers who prefer the taste of cheap sugar to fructose.
Quotas are great for Louisiana sugarcane growers, who get to sell their product at a high price. It is not great for candy manufacturers. It is not great for people who love the taste of sugar. But mercantilists believe that politicians have a perfect right to sell their votes to sugarcane growers and corn growers at the expense of the personal tastes of candy lovers, soda-pop lovers, and other consumers of sugar. It is a philosophy of political sugar daddies at the expense of sugar lovers.
I realize that this is resented by the gun-loving, badge-loving, head-banging, power-seeking, economics-hating conservatives, whom I call Hamiltonians. They want to parade themselves as lovers of freedom. They are not lovers of freedom; they are lovers of selective coercion. They believe that violence threatened by government bureaucrats is a superior way to allocate the scarce means of production. They believe in power over voluntarism. They believe in the state over the free market. They believe in coercion over free choice.
I have dealt with these people for over 50 years. They do not change, because they really are power lovers. They really do trust the state. They really do not trust the free market. They really do not trust customers. They really do not believe that individuals should be given the right to make their own decisions regarding whatever wealth they possess. They resent the fact that other individuals have the right to make their own decisions with their own money.
They literally cannot understand the logic of the free market, once they get to the invisible border known as a national boundary. At that point, they completely throw out everything they say they believe in regarding what takes place inside those borders. For them, truth is determined by which side of an invisible line called the border you live on.
I believe in free trade. That is because I believe that the same principles of private ownership and voluntary exchange that exist inside the borders of the United States - cities, counties, states -- should also apply to voluntary exchange across the borders of the United States. I believe that UPS and FedEx should have the same function across all borders.
Mercantilists reject this outlook. They believe in guns and badges, and that anybody who calls into question the wisdom of politicians and bureaucrats to organize production by means of badges and guns is unpatriotic.
The mercantilist says that he knows better than property owners do what is good for individuals and the nation. Maybe he admits that he personally does not know, but he is sure that Congress does and tenured bureaucrats do. He insists that Congress should pass laws that empower tenured bureaucrats to decide who should trade and on what terms across the nation's borders.
Do you believe in the wisdom and incorruptible nature of politicians and bureaucrats? Then you are a prime recruit for mercantilism. If you don't, then you aren't.
Anyone who promotes a tariff is a mercantilist, unless he is also calling for the abolition of the federal income tax and any national sales tax. Anyone who promotes quotas of any kind is a mercantilist. He may deny this. He may not understand this. He probably cannot follow an argument based on voluntarism. He does not believe in voluntarism. He believes in the wisdom conveyed by badges and guns.
My advice: do not trust his judgment.
Don't worry about his arguments. He cannot follow them, so you don't have to. They will make no sense. That is not because you are unable to follow an argument. It is because he can't follow one, including his own, which he got from some expert, who also cannot follow an argument.
Free-market capitalism transfers wealth to those producers who can serve customers best, as determined by customers. Mercantilists focus on the desires of the domestic producers, not the desires of the customers. They want to protect domestic producers when foreign producers deliver better goods, as determined by customers. They are always ready to use state violence to protect domestic producers. They have been crony capitalists for 350 years.


Gary North is the author of Mises on Money and Honest Money: The Biblical Blueprint for Money and Banking. He is also the author of a free 20-volume series, An Economic Commentary on the Bible. Visit his website: GaryNorth.com.

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Re: for the anti-islam crowd

Just a couple of comments,  (and I have refrained from commenting on the several posts where this has already been posted here)
 
1.  I don't understand why this purpored "Christian" group is here, protesting,  just as I don't understand why the purported Muslims would be bringing eggs, and other assorted grocery shopping items, to their little festival, to hurl at the festival goers/protestors.   
 
2.  I have never seen "Christians" like this,  who look like they have body guards and Bikers on the front row of their little encirclement.  It almost looks as if they came to do do battle.  It reminds me of the Rolling Stones Altamonte Concert where they had Hells' Angels as their security.
 
3.   This is predominately a bunch of young kids who are out there confronting the Christians.....An easily provokable group, to say the least.  

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:22 PM, plainolamerican <plainolamerican@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJBW49afzg&feature=player_embedded#!

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Re: **JP** Re: █▓▒░(°TaNoLi°)░▒▓█ ملک ریاض: کلرک سے کھرب پتی

The sorry state of affair is that our media, the tv channels are presenting Malik Riaz as a hero.
Malik Riaz himself says on the channels that he gives the bribe to all.
This is being telecasted as if Malik Riaz has not done a crime. But "only" for his commercial and business objectives, he is handing out the bribe. Does this make the bribing a legal act? Doesn't it tell all the corrupt people in Pakistan that they all on the right path?
 
What is the message that our channels giving to the public. They are encouraging all to give out bribes and be proud of it.

2012/6/13 Asan Deen <khshaikh1999@gmail.com>
Dear Tasneem Sb., Abb to Yeh Chore Govt. kay karta dharta, aur Gaghadri Media walay,,, sab kay sab Arsalan kay peechay parhay hooay haen,,, ke woh CJ ka baita ha,,, aap bhee apna hissa daal rahay haen,,,, aap yeh Bataen,,, apnay 10% kay baray maen,,, jo ab Masha Allah,,, 10000% ban chuka ha,, uss ki apni hasiyat kaya thee,,, bay nazeer say shadi say pahlay,,, Ab woh Mulak ka karta dharta kaisay ban gaya,,, aur Chore PM aur Uss kay baitay,,, jiss kay pass election larhnay kay liyay paisay nahen thay,,, aur apna chota sa gher girwi rakh ker Election larha,,,ab woh mulak ka Prime Minister kaisay ban gaya,,aur ab Karooron ki jaedaden aur banglay kidhar say aa gaey, aur apnay donoon baiton jin kay juraem per bhee hamaray Syed Sb. ko zara sharam nahen aaeay,,, woh kaisay aik mamooli hasiyat, jinn ki jaib maen kharchay kay liyay paisay nahen thay,,, woh kaisay Arab patti ban gay,,, Munashshiyaat farosh, Dhokay baaz, lutairay....
Zara issi Riaz Malik ki Stories parhen,,, yeh kaisay her aik ko apni jaib maen rakhta ha,, aur her koi iss ka khareedaar ha,,, aur yeh akaila sab ko uss ki hasiyyat kay mutabiq daam laga ker khareed laita ha,,,,
Kaya Arsalan case kay peechay PM and PPP Govt. nahen haen???? Yaqeenan ha,, kayun ke inn choron aur lutairoon ko CJ nay nakail daal rakhi ha aur aaey din inn ko court cases ka samna karna parhta ha,,,, to abb to sab khush ho gaey,,, ke CJ ko Riaz Malik kay through nishana banaya ha...
Magar Insha Allah,,, Allah zalimoon ko hee ibrat ka nishan bana day ga. Insha Allah. aur haq aur sach ka bole bala ho ga... Agar Arsalan naey iss say paisay liyay haen,,, to iss say kaen barh ker inn Hakumti eewanon maen baithay hooay logon nay iss say karoron liyay ha,,, jabhi to her koi iss (Riaz Malik) ki pusht panahei ker raha ha,,, abb choron ko apni parhi ha,,, ke court maen sab samanay aanay walay haen, jo iss kay juraem maen barabar kay shareek rahay haen. 
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KhShaikh

2012/6/12 tasneem siddiqui <tasneem_rhm@hotmail.com>

 
mana ap nay jo liokhapakistan may kiya ye hio nsahab han jo kharab pati han in jasay lakhon hon gay un kay baray may kiya khyal hay or arsalan iftikhar bhi to 2 sal phalay nokri dhond ra ha tha wo kasay kharab pati bana zara ye bhi farma dan
 
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:54:37 +0500
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ملک ریاض: کلرک سے کھرب پتی


چند ہفتے پہلے میں نے دھوتی کُرتا پہنے ایک ادھیڑ عمر شخص کو ایک دکان سے قلفی لے کر کھاتے دیکھا۔ وہ قلفی اسے کچھ پسند نہیں آئی لیکن پندرہ روپے کی قلفی پھینکنے کی بجائے اس نے اپنے پیچھے کھڑے گن مین کو پکڑا دی۔

وہ شخص بحریہ ٹاؤن کا مالک ملک ریاض حسین تھے جن پر الزام ہے کہ وہ لوگوں کو کروڑوں روپے بطور 'تحفہ' ہی دے دیتے ہیں۔


ملک ریاض حسین کبھی ایک کلرک ہوا کرتے تھے لیکن اب وہ کھرب پتی بن چکے ہیں اور ان کا دولت کمانے کا سفر جاری ہے۔

تریسٹھ سالہ ملک ریاض ایک ٹھیکے دار کے گھر پیدا ہوئے اور والد کے کاروبار میں خسارے کے بعد میٹرک پاس ملک ریاض حسین کو کلرک کی نوکری کرنا پڑی۔ بعد میں فوج میں ایک نچلے درجے کے ٹھیکے دار کی حثیت سے کاروبار کیا۔

یہ ان کی زندگی کا مشکل ترین دور تھا۔ وہ اپنے تقریباً ہر انٹرویو میں اپنے اس دور کی تکالیف ضرور بیان کرتے ہیں۔ ان تکالیف میں بچی کے علاج کے لیے گھر کے برتن فروخت کرنا، خود قلعی یعنی سفیدیاں کرنا اور سڑکوں پر تارکول لگانا جیسے واقعات شامل ہیں۔ وہ اپنی مرحوم بیوی کی اس حسرت کا بھی اظہار کرتے ہیں جو ایک پانچ مرلے کی مالکانہ حقوق پر مشتمل تھی۔

پاکستان میں نوے کی دہائی میں جب جمہوری حکومتیں گرائی جارہی تھیں تب ملک ریاض نے یہ بھانپ لیا تھا کہ کاروبار میں فوج کا ساتھ بہت سود مند ثابت ہوگا۔

چالاکی یا ذہانت

پاکستان میں نوے کی دہائی میں جب جمہوری حکومتیں گرائی جارہی تھیں تب ملک ریاض نے یہ بھانپ لیا تھا کہ کاروبار میں فوج کا ساتھ بہت سود مند ثابت ہوگا۔

اب اسے چالاکی کہا جائے یا ذہانت جیسا مثبت لفظ استعمال کیا جائے لیکن حقیقت یہ ہے کہ معمولی تعلیم اور دیہاتی حلیے والے اس آدمی نے بڑے بڑے فوجی افسروں کو پیسے کمانے کے منصوبے پیش کیے۔

ملک ریاض کے خلاف مقدمات کا پیروی کرنے والے ایک وکیل کا کہنا ہے کہ انہوں نے سپریم کورٹ میں ملک ریاض اور اس وقت کے نیول چیف ایڈمرل فصیح بخاری کے ساتھ معاہدوں کی تصدیق شدہ نقول عدالت میں داخل کرائی ہیں۔

معروف عسکری تجزیہ نگار عائشہ صدیقہ نے اپنی ایک کتاب میں لکھا ہے کہ پاکستان کے بعض فوجی افسروں نے زمینیں خریدنے میں ملک ریاض کی بے حد مدد کی ہے اور اس کے عوض ان افسروں کو طے شدہ حصہ ملا۔

کامیابی کا پہلا بڑا قدم وہ تھا جب نیوی نے راولپنڈی کے ہاؤسنگ پراجیکٹ سے توہاتھ کھینچ لیا لیکن وہ اپنا نام اس رہائشی سکیم سے واپس نہ لے سکی۔

ملک ریاض کا تیز دماغ ایک کے بعد ایک منصوبہ بناتا چلا گیا۔ ہاؤسنگ سکیم کے کسی بھی فیز یا سیکٹر کا اعلان ایسی صورت میں کیا جاتا رہا کہ اس سکیم کا زمین پر وجود ہوتا نہ کوئی نقشہ تک ہوتا۔ لیکن اس کے باوجود صرف درخواست فارم خریدنے کے لیے لوگ دیوانوں کی طرح لائن میں لگتے دھکم پیل کرتے اور لاٹھی چارج اور آنسوگیس کے باوجود ہٹنے کو تیار نہ ہوتے۔

نو سابق جنرلز

وہ ملک ریاض جو معمولی سا ٹھیکہ لینے کے لیے دو دو روز تک کسی کیپٹن یا میجر کے دفاتر کے باہر بیٹھا رہتا تھا اب ان سے کہیں بڑے فوجی افسر اپنی ریٹائرمنٹ کے بعد ملک ریاض کے تنخواہ دار ملازم ہیں۔ مسلم لیگ نون کے قائد حزب اختلاف کے مطابق انہوں نے نو سابق جرنیلوں کو اپنا ملازم بنا رکھا ہے۔

ایک پیسے پیسے کو محتاج شخص پندرہ سے بیس سال کے عرصے میں کھرب پتی بن چکا ہے۔

اس عرصے میں ملک ریاض پر مختلف مقدمات درج ہوئے جن میں غریب اور کم زور لوگوں کو قتل کرانے، ان کی زمینوں پر قبضے کرنے، لڑائی جھگڑے، دھوکہ دہی سمیت بہت سے مقدمات ہیں جو مختلف عدالتوں میں زیر سماعت اور بہت سے مقدمات سے وہ بری ہوچکے ہیں۔

وہ ملک ریاض جو معمولی سا ٹھیکہ لینے کے لیے دو دو روز تک کسی کیپٹن یا میجر کے دفاتر کے باہر بیٹھا رہتا تھا اب ان سے کہیں بڑے فوجی افسر اپنی ریٹائرمنٹ کے بعد ملک ریاض کے تنخواہ دار ملازم ہیں۔

مسلم لیگ نون کے قائد حزب اختلاف کے مطابق انہوں نے نو سابق جرنیلوں کو اپنا ملازم بنا رکھا ہے۔

اس بات کا میں خود شاہد ہوں کہ ایک بہت بڑے عہدے سے ریٹائر ہونے والے سابق فوجی افسر کی ملک ریاض سے ٹیلی فون پربات کرتے ہوئے گھگی بندھی ہوئی تھی۔

خود مجھے جب ملک ریاض کے بارے میں معلومات درکار تھیں تو مجھے ایک ریٹائرڈ بریگیڈئر سے رابط کرنا پڑا جنہوں نے صرف اس وجہ سے معلومات فراہم کرنے سے انکار کردیا کہ بتانے میں ان سے کہیں کوئی غلطی ہی نہ ہوجائے۔

ملک ریاض کے قریبی ساتھی ان کی ایک خوبی یا خامی یہ بتاتے ہیں کہ وہ ایک نظر میں پہچان جاتے ہیں کہ ان کا مخاطب کس درجے کا لالچی ہے اور وہ اسی کے مطابق اس سے ڈیل کرلیتے ہیں۔

ملک ریاض ایک ایسی ہمہ گیر شخصیت ہیں جن کے حیرت انگیز طور پر بیک وقت پاکستان کے موجودہ سابق اور مستقبل کے ممکنہ حکمرانوں کے ساتھ قریبی تعلقات ہیں۔

سنہ ننانوے میں ان پر نیب کے بے شمار مقدمات تھے لیکن ایک وقت آیا کہ وہ مشرف کے دوست بن گئے۔ صدر زرداری سے ان کی اسیری کے وقت میں کی گئی دوستی آج بھی ملک ریاض کے کام آرہی ہے۔ چودھری برادران کا کوئی کام ہو یا تحریک انصاف کے جلسے کے فنڈز درکار ہوں چلتی ہوا کا رخ پہچان جانے والے ملک ریاض پیچھے نہیں رہتے۔

گورنر راج

سیاسی حلقوں میں کہا جاتا ہے کہ جب پنجاب میں گورنر راج لگا تو پیپلز پارٹی کے حق میں ملک ریاض نوٹوں کے اٹیچی لے کر گورنر ہاؤس میں موجود رہے لیکن اس کے باوجود ان کا کمال یہ ہے کہ ان کے مسلم لیگ نون کے میاں برادران سے بھی قریبی تعلقات بھی ہیں۔

سیاسی حلقوں میں کہا جاتا ہے کہ جب پنجاب میں گورنر راج لگا تو پیپلز پارٹی کے حق میں ملک ریاض نوٹوں کے اٹیچی لے کر گورنر ہاؤس میں موجود رہے لیکن اس کے باوجود ان کا کمال یہ ہے کہ ان کے مسلم لیگ نون کے میاں برادران سے بھی قریبی تعلقات بھی ہیں۔

یہ بات اب پاکستانی میڈیا میں آچکی ہے کہ صدر آصف زرداری اور نواز شریف کے درمیان معاہدہ بھوربن کروانے والی شخصیت کوئی اور نہیں بلکہ ملک ریاض ہی تھے۔

اس میں کوئی شک نہیں ہے کہ ملک ریاض نے پاکستان کی مڈل کلاس کی ضروریات کو فوکس کیا اور ان کےلیے ایسی رہائشی سکیمیں بنائیں جو دیگر کے مقابلے میں بہت اعلیٰ معیار کی اور نسبتاً سستی ہیں۔

وہ بے شمار لوگوں کی مالی امداد، غریبوں کے علاج معالجہ کی سہولت فراہم کرتے ہیں۔ بہت سے غریب بچے ان کے تعلیمی اداروں میں مفت تعلیم حاصل کرتے ہیں۔

پاکستان کے مختلف شہروں میں لوگوں کو مفت کھانا کھلانے کے لیے بحریہ دسترخوان لگائے جاتے ہیں۔ لیکن ان کے مخالف وکیل کا کہنا ہے کہ یہ سب 'حلوائی کی دکان پر نانا جی کی فاتحہ ہے'۔

وکیل صاحب کا جملہ معترضہ ہے کہ ناجائز طریقے سے کمائی دولت کا معمولی حصہ نیک کاموں پر خرچ کرنے کالا دھن سفید نہیں ہوجاتا۔



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New airport body scanner can detect, well, everything


Put off by the weird full-body scanners that are already used at some airports around the country? The Department of Homeland Security is planning to install a crazy new laser body scanner at airports and border crossings that can detect not only trace amounts of drugs or gun powder on your clothing, but the contents of your stomach and the amount of adrenaline coursing through your body - all from 50 meters away. The laser is reportedly 10 million times faster and 1 million times more sensitive than any scanning system currently in use and is expected to arrive in airports by 2013.

http://now.msn.com/now/0710-laser-molecular-body-scanner

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Re: **JP** Zaradi ke Khuch nayay Kartab....Oye Zardari tari.......

Pakistani government is following the model set by USA and Israel for Egypt since the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in Camp David in 1976.
 
The model ensures that all those persons who have a love for US will remain capable to take part in Egyptian politics and take part in Egyptian elections and hold public offices.
Thus all the dual nationality holder Egyptians who have pledged to uphold American interest against all countries (including Egypt itself) and have taken oath to remain loyal to America are now at the top of Egyptian bureaucracy and Egyptian Military and Egyptian Judiciary.
 
In the new elections after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the people elected the better Egyptians to the parliament. The Egyptian military and the Egyptian judiciary, under the influence of USA, dissolved the parliament. Even when the new president called for a sission of the parliament, the Egypt judiciary stopped the parliament from having any meeting.
 
This was due to the judges who were more loyal to USA than to Egypt. These dual nationality holders have transferred their wealth to the USA and to other western countries. They are loyal to the USA, because the USA can blackmail them about the wealth which the rich Egyptians and their leaders have earned through corruption. These Egyptians are now a pawn in the International conspiracy against Muslims. These criminal Egyptians who have earned wealth through corruption are now pleasing America and ensuring the safety of their hard wealth, and the future of their children, who are also living out of the country.
 
Just imagine what would have happened in Pakistan if our judiciary was also holding dual nationality.  But the present government is ensuring that our beloved country also follows the footsteps of the Egyptian system. There, even after the ousting of Hosni Mubarak, the new new parliament can not even hold the session. the corruption now continues in Egypt even after Hosni Mubarak, because the military and the judges in Egypt are loyal to USA.
 
 

 
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:17 AM, ni$ aWaN <nisar.awan98@gmail.com> wrote:

 


 




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**JP** "Qauid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah Golden...": "قائداعظم کا پیغام ھم سب پاکستا...

 

Nis Awan shared a link "Qauid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah Golden...": "قائداعظم کا پیغام ھم سب پاکستانیوں کے لیے."
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