The World We Live In !!

Some of your might have noticed that i have not been posting for a while.

It was mostly out of frustration, you see when i started this site, I figured i would use it as a space to publish information, that i felt needed more attention in our life’s. New, views or even just facts that I might find important and needed to be highlighted, but somewhere along the way I started to get the feeling that no matter what I might think, or have to say, it didn’t make any difference. (Which still might remain true to this day)

“it does not matter what the outcome of any given situation is, what matters is how you act during the process”

None the less I have decided that I will continue to keep doing what I have been doing.

‘Keep plagiarizing the hell out of the world wide web’ .

Although I do understand that the URL for this website is not appropriate for the Title nor the content that it contains. So I have decided to move the site, you can now follow this blog at the following URL. This site will be taken down in 4-5 months.

http://www.theworldweliveinblog.com

P.S : – There was some error importing the website database, everything else is working fine but all the registered members will have to register once again.

(Sorry for the problem and any inconvenience it might cause)

WASHINGTON: The United States further distanced itself from the beleaguered Zardari government on Wednesday when the State Department stated clearly that if there was a legal judgment that changes the status of the government, “it is really an internal matter for Pakistan.”

State Department spokesman Philip Crowley was asked, at a press briefing about the US opinion or concerns if the government of President Zardari were to be deemed unconstitutional and, therefore, illegitimate.

His response was: “That ultimately is a judgment for the Pakistani people to make. You have an ongoing process between two branches of the Pakistani Government. It’s not for us to try to get in the middle of that. What is important is that the Pakistani Government and its leadership be seen as legitimate in the eyes of the Pakistani people. There was an election in Pakistan. President Zardari came to office through a legitimate parliamentary process. Prime Minister Gilani was elected by the Pakistani people. If there’s a legal judgment that changes the status of the government, that is really an internal matter for Pakistan.”

In reply to another question, Crowley said: “This is really an internal matter for the Pakistani Government. We continue to work closely with the government of President Zardari. Our concern is to, and we continue to work, to try to help build up the capacity of the Government of Pakistan to meet the needs of its own people. We just last week sent up the first report on our civilian assistance programmes under Kerry-Lugar-Berman. But as to what is happening with the president and other ministers, this is an internal matter.”

Story Via : THE NEWS

Policy wonks and deficit hawks weren’t the only ones paying attention when President Obama signed the Fiscal Year 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act last week. HIV activists, public health experts and communities of drug users celebrated–not for what’s in the appropriations bill, but for what’s not in it: a ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs, which has appeared in the federal budget every year since 1988.

After two decades, this change is a historic achievement. Obama had already missed one opportunity to lift the ban, neglecting to pull it out of his budget in May. Still, that same month former Seattle chief of police Gil Kerlikowske was sworn in as the director of national drug control policy, calling for a new common-sense approach to drug addiction. When the drug czar calls for an end to the war on drugs, it’s clearly the start of a new era.

Unlike during the Clinton administration, when there was only mixed support for needle exchange–in 1998, drug czar Barry McCaffrey convinced Bill Clinton to renege on his stated intention to lift the ban–all of the top brass in the Obama administration are on record in favor. Kerlikowske supported Seattle’s program of exchanging needles. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg and CDC Director Tom Frieden both served as New York City Health Commissioner, and both used that position to actively promote needle exchange. Still, drug policy watchers agreed that the president didn’t want to force the question of needle exchange on members of Congress. The White House was “concerned about making sure that when Congress deals with the issue, that they can win it,” says Harm Reduction Coalition Policy Director Daniel Raymond.

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An inmate in the US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has told Al Jazeera that he has been beaten while in custody and had tear gas used on him after refusing to leave his cell.

Mohammad al-Qurani, a Chadian national, said in a phone call to Al Jazeera that the alleged ill-treatment “started about 20 days” before Barack Obama became US president and “since then I’ve been subjected to it almost every day”.

“Since Obama took charge he has not shown us that anything will change,” he said.

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“They had a thick rubber or plastic baton they beat me with. They emptied out about two canisters of tear gas on me,” he told Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera English – Americas – Guantanamo detainee claims abuse.

Dear Mr. President,

As a Democrat, as your constituent and as your voter, I congratulate you on having ascended to the office of the President of the United States.

When Dr. Mahathir bin Mohammad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, said in his letter to you that “What you do or say affects my country”, he was reflecting the sentiments of millions around the globe who welcomed your electoral victory. In my case and in the case of your many other Pakistani American supporters this holds particularly true, as the words and deeds of your predecessor directly affected our former motherland and our kith and kin that still live there. We have seen Bush’s misconceived war on terror jeopardize the security environment of our former motherland, which we love as much as we love America. Read more…

CIA “extraordinary rendition” plane at Shannon Airport, Ireland.

One of president Obama’s first actions in office was to sign an executive order securing the continued practice of secretly capturing, transporting and imprisoning so called “enemy combatants” it has been revealed.

Under executive orders issued by Obama just two days into his tenure, the CIA still has authority to carry out what are known as renditions, secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to countries that cooperate with the United States, the Los Angeles Times reports.

“The Obama administration appears to have determined that the rendition program was one component of the Bush administration’s war on terrorism that it could not afford to discard.” writes Greg Miller.

Article Via : InfoWars By : Steve Watson

Human Rights Watch: Illegal kidnapping and imprisonment under Bush = “basic violation”, illegal kidnapping and imprisonment under Obama = “legitimate”

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After what seemed like an eternity, Barack Obama finally took the oath to office an its Official, we have the 44th U.S President.  (Not like it makes any difference, but I would like to congratulate Mr. Obama for such a well managed and well run campaign)

Now, I don’t want to say anymore about that because that’s a whole another post.

Not in the mood for that right now, So I’m going to get right to the point.

Not long after the new U.S president took office, he felt necessary to show the Pakistani people how much he appreciated the hospitality and warmth that he received during his visits to Pakistan. That, along with a special something for  the peaceful stay his mother had while she was living in Pakistan.

Article from the B.B.C with details of Obama’s inaugural gift for the Pakistani people.