Ram Jetmalani on Chidambaram. Fox against Wolf.

Ram Jetmalani on Chidambaram. 

(A cunning Fox against a greedy Wolf)

Me: 

I am not a huge fan of neither Mr. Ram Jetmalani nor Mr. P Chidambaram but I am a 'common man' who wake-up every morning with 'common dreams' & work hard to achieve those. Though I understand the fact that dreams are always left as dreams for the 'Common'.

I support Anna Hazare only because of the 'cause' he is fighting for & I dream (again) that this cause shall be a stepping stone for people like me to fulfill our dreams.

Friend, father & philosopher of black money is Chidambaram

http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/friend-father-a-philosopher-of-black-money-is-chidambaram#.TjqsP87ABpN.facebook

	Palaniappan Chidambaram, whom I shall for the sake of brevity call just Chidambaram, is best seen through black and white. And please don't get me wrong and accuse me of racism. I refer not to epidermis or mane, but to the economic colour of money. Some of his greatest contributions to the economy of India are his brilliant pioneering initiatives for changing the colour of money from black to white. And this passion has never left him. Many of us have forgotten the Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme (VDIS) 1997, which he announced when he was Finance Minister with the United Front government, granting income-tax defaulters indefinite immunity from prosecution under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973, Income Tax Act, 1961, Wealth Tax Act, 1957, and Companies Act, 1956, in exchange of self-valuation and disclosure of income and assets. The scheme was brilliantly conceived. While all schemes in the past valued declared assets at current prices, VDIS 1997 brought in an arbitrary date of 1 April 1987. Gold and silver hoarders, and large property holders got an exceptional bonanza on this valuation system. Further, proof of purchase was not insisted upon, which gave complete freedom to the confessors to fudge any date they wanted to their own financial advantage and further plunder of the country. So, even if gold was bought after 1987, it could be shown as having been bought before 1987, and it was a win-win game for all stakeholders to rake in the cuts. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India condemned the scheme in his report as abusive and a fraud on the genuine taxpayers of the country. But the issue was forgotten, and the illustrious career of Palaniappan Chidambaram rose to greater heights in the UPA regime. Those were his innocent days. What a long way he has come since the era when he was cooking up VDISs, so utterly transparent, that the loopholes and avenues to give relief to the looters stared you in the face. The world economy was also then a little simpler than it is today, and his best achievement was getting caught about his investments in Fairgrowth, which was involved in the Securities Scam of 1992. Chidambaram had to resign for this utterly transparent investment in a company whose scam would have paid rich dividends. Unfortunately, he was not Finance Minister at the time and did not have the machinery to hush things up, and could only remotely control the markets, unlike his present capabilities as former Finance Minister and thereafter. Being Finance Minister in the UPA government was his finest hour. He could fiddle around with share markets, capital markets, banks, financial instruments, such as, securities, participatory notes, tax treaties, not to speak of spectrum sale, and use his extraordinary innovative powers of black money magic to plunder our country with complete impunity. He assiduously cultivated the media with his clipped English accent (that led him down, now and then), occasional freebies, and sustained shadows of the Enforcement Directorate that he commanded.
	Chidambaram cannot get black money out of his blood. Dr Subramanian Swamy has clearly stated in his website, "I now have further information from my usually reliable sources in the Union Government that the tapping of Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee and his close associate in the Ministry, enabled Mr. Robert Vadra the son-in-law of Ms. Sonia Gandhi and Mr. Karthik son of Mr. P. Chidambaram, to use the data thereby collected to manipulate and rig the Mumbai stock market. Earlier these data were directly provided by the then Finance Minister Mr. Chidambaram. I demand that the SEBI be asked by PM to initiate 'Insider Trading' investigation and prosecution of Mr. Vadra and Mr. Karthik." If what is put out by Dr Subramanian Swamy is false why doesn't Chidambaram sue him? The dark clouds of the 2G scam and the repeated evidence being given by A. Raja and other accused of his tacit involvement and other acts of omission and commission are menacingly closing in on Chidambaram. He is losing his cool, and more importantly, losing his carefully clipped English accent to its more indigenous roots more often. And like his colleague Digvijay Singh, his mind seems to be disintegrating to a stage where he has started talking gibberish. Take this, for example: in reply to the BJP demand for his resignation for his involvement in the 2G scam, Chidambaram claims that the BJP is targeting him since he initiated a probe by the NIA into Hindu terror. Can any rational person see the connection between the two? Take also his comments regarding the recent Mumbai blasts. As Home Minister, instead of taking stock of the situation, and providing leadership, the only intelligent thing he could think of saying was, "No intelligence is not intelligence failure." Even a college debating society expects better logic. It's something like saying "illness is not a failure of health" or "impotence is not a failure of potency". Chidambaram's special financial skills have diversified into electoral politics also. He has the distinction of having been declared defeated in the last Lok Sabha election, after which he galvanized his special skills and local machinery, in particular, a data entry operator, and doctored a marginal victory on the recount. That is quite a record for fraud. And can one forget how the Indian Bank was cleaned up and left with only non-performing assets thanks to him and his Tamil Maanila buddies? Chidambaram's record as Home Minister has been disastrous. Neither has he made any impact on internal security, with the worst massacres of his own paramilitary forces taking place in his time, nor on terrorism, which carries on in complete complacency because there are neither effective preventive or punitive systems in place, nor political will and national legislation to combat terrorism. It is on record and in the public domain that the Home Ministry gave incorrect names of India's most wanted list of terrorists allegedly hiding in Pakistan, some of whom were tracked living in India or in custody. Is this a testament to his fabled efficiency and commitment? What a laughing stock we must be before the world. It is almost as if India is determined that it shall not combat terrorism, shall not have enabling legislation as enacted by the US, such as the Homeland Security Act 2002, and the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 of UK and similar legislations in European governments. India is determined not to have an effective national agency on the lines of the Homeland Security Department of the US. The ramshackle National Investigation Agency showed itself as a complete failure during the recent Mumbai attacks. Understandable, because its only mandate appears to be to investigate "Hindu terror", the last refuge for failed and hopeless Congressmen like Chidambaram. The CCTNS, JIC, ARC, NTRO (presently in another scam), and NCTC remain effete, scattered and unmonitorable, even by the Home Ministry. With such an unequivocal determination by the UPA government not to address terrorism effectively, I can only grieve for my country. Mumbai blasts: 5 most stupid things our politicians said http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow_mumbai-blasts-5-most-stupid-things-our-politicians-said_1565822-1#top Everytime there is a tragedy in India, politicians add to the misery of the victims, be it appearing in hospitals uninvited, or by spouting inane and insensitive platitudes. Barely 24 hours after three bombs rocked crowded places in Mumbai, they were at it again, with their daft quotes and politicking. Here are five of the worst. "Not an intelligence failure' - P Chidambaram The Union home minister admitted that there were no intelligence inputs in tragic happenings, but refraining from calling it an intelligence failure. We wonder if Chidu's intellgence, in all its 3 digit glory, has cooked up a perplexing paradox simply too confounding for the common man to compute (what with all that looking over the shoulder he has to do). The Bharatiya Janata Party was quick to slam the Home Minister, as is custom, with Rajeev Pratap Rudy saying: "When any incident which occurs, when we have a large network of intelligence agencies and intelligence networks, it is a failure. So out rightly denying that it was not an intelligence failure, I think, is an act in which the home minister is trying to condone this terror attack." "We will stop 99 per cent of the attacks. But one per cent of attacks might get through and that is what I am saying." - Rahul Gandhi Oh.So you mean to say that all blast come under this 1%.If so show us 99% attacks which you have stopped.Can you all remove your personal protection forces as only 1%  attack is happening. A statement that neither sugarcoats the truth nor exemplfies it, if truth indeed it is. Farmers in UP may well have an additional more concern:This Amul baby is running out of prittle-prattle and pointless platitudes. Again, the BJP (who else?) was the first to pounce. But this time, others also joined the bandwagon, slamming the Yuvraj for 'condoning terrorism and militancy.' "Maharashtra crime rate has increased in the last 10 years. Examine from where the people perpetrating the crimes come from. We have blamed police and intelligence enough in all these years, now it is time to check on the migrants." - Raj Thackeray You might be mistaken if you thought people from Pakistan and Afghanistan are flooding Mumbai. There are some people whose geography is limited to only Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. "India is better than Pakistan where blasts take place every day, every week.” - Digvijay Singh I don’t know what this Idiot mean to say.Foolish comparsion. "Terrorists had the advantage of surprise" - Manmohan Singh You don't say! In your rule everyone had the advantage of surprise.For you all is surprise(Appointment of Thomas as Head of Anti corruption,though there is a case against him,then later it took you to surprise,then 2G,KG,CW Games and all.

Money is Yours... But Resources Belong to SOCIETY.

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MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO SOCIETY.

Germany is a highly industrialized country. It produces top brands like Benz, BMW, and Siemens etc. The nuclear reactor pump is made in a small town in this country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life. At least that was my impression before my study trip.                                           

When I arrived at Hamburg, my colleagues who work in Hamburg arranged a welcome party for me in a restaurant. As we walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy guy.

There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates.                                             
                                                                           
We did not pay much attention to them, as we were looking forward to the dishes we ordered. As we were hungry, our local colleague ordered more food for us.

As the restaurant was quiet, the food came quite fast. Since there were other activities arranged for us, we did not spend much time dining. When we left, there was still about one third of unconsumed food on the table.

When we were leaving the restaurant, we heard someone calling us. We noticed the old ladies in the restaurant were talking about us to the restaurant owner. When they spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food. We immediately felt that they were really being too busybody.  "We paid for our food, it is none of your business how much food we left behind," my colleague Gui told the old ladies.

The old ladies were furious. One of them immediately took her hand phone out and made a call to someone. After a while, a man in uniform claimed to be an officer from the Social Security organization arrived. Upon knowing what the dispute was, he issued us a 50 Mark fine.                        

We all kept quiet. The local colleague took out a 50 Mark note and repeatedly apologized to the officer. The officer told us in a stern voice, "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME, MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE FACING SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WASTE RESOURCES.´”

Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our hearts. The mindset of people of this rich country put all of us to shame. WE REALLY NEED TO REFLECT ON THIS. We are from country which is not very rich in resources. To save face, we order large quantity and also waste food when we give others a treat. THIS LESSON TAUGHT US A LESSON TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT CHANGING OUR BAD HABITS.

My colleague Photocopied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. All of us kept it and pasted on our wall to remind us that we shall never be wasteful.

So, what are you thinking? Isn’t it novel enuf a cause to reflect and emulate this wonderful example in  our own daily living – especially in incredible India!

A research done by Brown University about War on Terror & its after affects

(Researched by Brown University)
Estimated cost of post-9/11 wars: 225,000 lives, up to $4 trillionRead it here http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2011/06/warcostsThe cost of wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan are estimated at 225,000 lives and up to $4 trillion in U.S. spending, in a new report by scholars with the Eisenhower Research Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. The group’s “Costs of War” project has released new figures for a range of human and economic costs associated with the U.S. military response to the 9/11 attacks.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.*[Brown University] — Nearly 10 years after the declaration of the War on Terror, the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan have killed at least 225,000 people, including men and women in uniform, contractors, and civilians. The wars will cost Americans between $3.2 and $4 trillion, including medical care and disability for current and future war veterans, according to a new report by the Eisenhower Research Project based at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. If the wars continue, they are on track to require at least another $450 billion in Pentagon spending by 2020.
The group’s “Costs of War” project, which involved more than 20 economists, anthropologists, lawyers, humanitarian personnel, and political scientists, provides new estimates of the total war cost as well as other direct and indirect human and economic costs of the U.S. military response to the 9/11 attacks. The project is the first comprehensive analysis of all U.S., coalition, and civilian casualties, including U.S. contractors. It also assesses many of the wars’ hidden costs, such as interest on war-related debt and veterans’ benefits.Catherine Lutz, the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Family Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Brown University, co-directs the Eisenhower Research Project with Neta Crawford, a 1985 Brown graduate and professor of political science at Boston University.Among the group’s main findings:

• The U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan will cost between $3.2 and $4 trillion, including medical care and disability for current and future war veterans. This figure does not include substantial probable future interest on war-related debt.
• More than 31,000 people in uniform and military contractors have died, including the Iraqi and Afghan security forces and other military forces allied with the United States.
• By a very conservative estimate, 137,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan by all parties to these conflicts.
• The wars have created more than 7.8 million refugees among Iraqis, Afghans, and Pakistanis.
• Pentagon bills account for half of the budgetary costs incurred and are a fraction of the full economic cost of the wars.
• Because the war has been financed almost entirely by borrowing, $185 billion in interest has already been paid on war spending, and another $1 trillion could accrue in interest alone through 2020.
• Federal obligations to care for past and future veterans of these wars will likely total between $600-$950 billion. This number is not included in most analyses of the costs of war and will not peak until mid-century.

Human costs
An Afghan resident, wounded by an insurgent grenade, receives medical treatment from a U.S. Navy corpsman near Kalach in the Oruzgan district of Afghanistan.*Credit: U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Simon Lee/Released“This project’s accounting is important because information is vital for the public’s democratic deliberation on questions of foreign policy,” said Lutz. “Knowing the actual costs of war is essential as the public, Congress and the President weigh the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan, and other areas including the deficit, security, public investments, and reconstruction.”
“There are many costs and consequences of war that cannot be quantified, and the consequences of wars don’t end when the fighting stops,” Crawford said. “The Eisenhower study group has made a start at counting and estimating the costs in blood, treasure, and lost opportunities that are both immediately visible and those which are less visible and likely to grow even when the fighting winds down.”
The Eisenhower Research Project is a new, nonpartisan, nonprofit, scholarly initiative that derives its purpose from President Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell address, in which he warned of the “unwarranted influence” of the military-industrial complex and appealed for an “alert and knowledgeable citizenry” as the only force able to balance the often contrasting demands of security and liberty in the democratic state.

My view on Mass Media & Middle east aggression plan of Zionists.

http://www.omanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?33825-Did-you-know-this-about-Libya&p=443302#post443302


Note: This post of mine was posted in Oman Forum as per the link given above.


For those who blatantly gulp the 'vomits' of reputed media:

It is high time for the The international community for universal humanity to think, after all these killings & mass murders, what did they (the pretentious international policemen states) gain...??? Is the world any better...??? except for the fact that 'they' spilled TONS of innocent blood. (Not to mention the huge amount of WMDs & nuclear weaponry they seized from these counries). WTF fellas.

Yeah... forgot to mention... they did kill Osama (or atlest claimed to be) & fed his body to the poor fishes underwater.*
But the ultimate quest for a 'New World Order' with power & money remains where it had started in the first place. Good luck boys... Keep up the good work. Keep-on murdering & conquering more & more in the coming years... with the justification of providing justice & balance (obviously only to those countries where 'they' have hidden interests).

Ohh...yeah... BTW... ofcourse the world became better for George W Bush & Dick Cheney - former director of CIA & owners of Oil (& Construction) companies like "Zapata Corporation /*Harbinger Group Inc."

You see. That is what your problem is. If the blood being spilled is Muslim blood then you really don't give a damn & all you care is to desperately trying to defend (justify) these acts / aggression.*

So according to you if Muslims are killing other Muslims, will it justify the act of 'killing/spilling blood'. What about the right to breath & live for them...??? Is it a so least valuable thing for 'these' muslims (in your words) to be granted since they are being killed by the 'other' muslims.?
What happened to the Dark Angel I knew (the 21st century messiah) blaspheming about humanitarian rights.

I don't think thats the right way to think & take sides on. Whoever it may be irrespective of their religion, violence should be condemned (may it be by the government or any lunatic religious organization or by an extremist individual as what happened in Norway or the mass murders happened in Sri Lanka & Tibet).
With your permission, let me quote you a very famous ' vernacular saying' from my region. In today's world, even if someone slap his/her own mother, there'll be two group of people... one to oppose & the other to suppot & justify the slapper.

And BTW... these words like 'collateral damage' & 'friendly-fire incidents' are hard to digest for ordinary people like myself... And they are too fancy & convenient words for those western mass media to minimalize the impact of a disastrous incident. So try not to use it as much as you can since it always indicates to the result of a bad happening.

Wow... what a fantastic (out of the world) statement you brought out here.*Muslims*have killed*more Muslims*during those conquests done by your 'so called' American Government. Seriously dude. Do't make me laugh like this. I think you really need to take your 'pills'.*
You always talk about 'backing' self-statements with supporting docs. What about that rule of yours with your statement while I didn't put here my own opinion but a research done by a University.*

Who (may it be a company/individual) might have benefitted the most from all these attacks. May it be the construction Contracts, Weaponry business (selling to both the parties), Oil sector, Food & Medicine supply companies etc. And guess what... They couldn't find any Weapons of Mass Destruction & Nuclear weaponry nor the proof that Iraq had funded the september 11 attack by helping Al-Qaeida.*
What about the other side of the story. See how the media had 'fooled' the billions around the globe blindly lying about Weapons of Mass Destruction, Iraq's links to Al-Qaeida & Saddam's threat to the world blah blah blah.*(Now you may simply call it a conspiracy theory since you 'maynot' have heard this on BBC & CNN... )