E vërteta na vjen nga jashtë

Që shqiptarët ta kuptojnë se ku ndodhen në lidhje me historinë e tyre, duhet që pasqyrën të na e mbajnë nga jashtë. Një profesor amerikan i quajtur Bernd Fisher (jam ende në kërkim të CV-së së tij) na vë në dukje tiparet e udhëheqësve që kemi pasur deri më sot, që nga Enver Hoxha e deri tek Saliu I dhe Saliu II. Ai nuk harron të tregojë këtë të fundit dhe Fatos Nanon si pasardhës të Enver Hoxhës, në saje të mentalitetit të tyre politik, por edhe të mënyrës se si ata kanë vepruar dhe veprojnë politikisht.

Who's to Blame

I'm not Obama's biggest fan right now and, honestly, never was. But I do think the guy has faced blame that was unjustly thrust upon him. It appears that even blaming him for the high unemployment in this country is also not just at all, because it is not his fault. In great part, he is responsible only for the unemployment that occurred during the time when his policies combatting it were put into effect. (Any logical person would not claim that he is responsible for all job losses post-20 January 2009.) Taking that into consideration, the result is astounding, as this blogger finds.

If you're more inclined to like pictures, behold this:

In other words, it is the Bush policies that are responsible for the loss of 7,796,000 jobs, and the Obama policies that are responsible for the loss of 41,000 jobs. That's Bush for 99.48% and Obama for 0.52% of unemployment.

This picture also illustrates it well. Or maybe it's just a cool picture that I want on my blog.

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Truth Be Told...

I am glad that at a time when most are discussing America's exit from Iraq (sort of), somebody stops and looks at the reason(s) that got us there in the first place. Those reasons were as fickle as they were false. What we didn't find there, the thousands of Iraqi victims, and the current state of political and social instability also go to show us that the war was in vain. Those dead did die in vain; they died in the hands of leaders who, led by their own reasons, sent thousands of them to fight a useless, unnecessary, unpopular, destructive war.

Revisionism is a Republican philosophy of life. Sadly, many Americans buy into it time after time. Good thing Rachel Maddow is around to shed some light where light is due, and give credit where credit is due.

Bonus clip:

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PYETJE:

Mitologjia shqiptare: Çfarë besonin paraardhësit tanë?

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Mes të tjerash: «Të bardhat janë një lloj shtojzovallesh, vajza të bukura, pra, diçka si zanat. E Bukura e Dheut, edhe kjo është njëfarë zane. Kjo figurë mitologjike është e njohur jo vetëm në Ballkan, por edhe në botën arabe, nga duhet të ketë ardhur ndër ne. Dragoi, kuçedra, syri i keq, lugati, shtriga etj..»

Për artikullin e plotë, ndiqni këtë lidhje te gazeta Standard.

Phallic Polls

The picture really is worth a thousand words in this case.

Outing Bigotry

It's all out, folks!

The Judge in the Perry et al. v. Schwarzenegger case has released all video evidence presented in the court. That means that now you can find the mendacious and misleading ads for Proposition 8 in one good ol' web page.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Everyone is entitled to his or her view of morality; no one is entitled to imposing it on another human being.

Get over it!

'Little Terrorists'

Aaaaaaaah! This Texas representative seems to suggest that children born to illegal immigrants in the United States leave the country, become terrorists, and then come back and are a threat to our security. Yes.... Because only U.S. citizens can (re)enter the country, right?

This woman is an idiot. She cites dubious sources devoid of proof and, what's more, pushes down our throats the image of illegal immigration as a direct threat to our security. Security! It's one thing to say it's a fiscal problem, but to make any suggestion that they are 'little terrorists' serves only the purpose of eliciting images of brown babies with dynamite strapped to their bodies. And that is certainly the image that the fear-mongering Republicans want people to have in mind when voting this year.

Election years are depressing but also a good test for the sanity of our representatives. This woman has failed it.

Always Have an Ace in the Hole

Never thought that's what Ella meant when she sang that song....

(Source: Buzzfeed)

Pedophilophiles

Hah! The Dutch apparently have an Onion-like news network.... What do they call it? Probably 'Leek'; they like double vowels.

(Source: Buzzfeed)

You're Playing With the Adults Now, Billyboy...

Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann have had a back-and-forth exchange of insults for a few years now. While I really do not like Bill O'Reilly, I must say that Keith Olbermann's retorts to 'Bill-o the Clown' are often childish and rely on name-calling more than anything else.

Perhaps weary of his feud with Olbermann, O'Reilly is now taking on Rachel Maddow, oblivious to the fact that she is an adult and will not engage him in name-calling, but rather fact-throwing. And, as long as she is playing that card, Billyboy will be in trouble....

I say get out now. Get out fast and don't look back.....

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A Good Season for Xenophobia

With few things left to criticize and with much promise for appeal to ball-suckers (today's epithet for teabaggers), the GOP has turned its attention to the document it touts as 'perfect' and 'immutable,' but also as 'flawed' when it so pleases its members. Their calls to repeal or amend the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment are just a desperate effort to garner votes before elections take place. Frustrations with illegal immigrants are legitimate and certainly worth addressing, but man, do they know how to amplify and inflate facts only to portray illegal immigrants as our biggest threat or thorn in our eye.

The New York Times is on it.

The NYT is equally—and justifiably—critical of Sarkozy's latest series of xenophobic measures. They are the latest in his attempts to secure a few votes from the extreme right, or to distract public opinion from his failures as Monsieur le Président.

'It Is Sooooooo Ordered'

Stephen Colbert on how straight men can ruin marriage for gay men.

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