Rumsfeld Unveils New Justification For Iraq War: High Gas Prices

I must say that I am impressed by the reasoning of the war between america and iraq. :-)

Rumsfeld Unveils New Justification For Iraq War: High Gas Prices
Prior to the war, the administration stressed that the United States needed to invade Iraq because Saddam Hussein possessed WMDs and had connections to al-Qaeda. None of that turned out to be true.

Now, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has introduced a new rationale for the invasion of Iraq, high gas prices. From a radio interview last week:

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: The fact of the matter is - if Saddam Hussein were still in power in Iraq, he would be rolling in petrol dollars. Think of the price of oil today. He would have so much money. And he would be seeing the Iranians interested in a nuclear program, he would be seeing the North Koreans developing a nuclear program, and he’d say well why shouldn’t he - and he would. So we’re fortunate that he’s gone.

Of course, one of the reason gas prices are high is instability in the Middle East — created, in part, by the invasion of Iraq.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/17/rumsfeld-gas-prices/

Quest Net

suppose everyone can make 2 nodes down a person and india's population is 100 crores.
then
1
2
4
8
16
32
64 --> 2 ^ 6
128 --> 2 ^ 7
256 --> 2 ^ 8
.
.
.
.
536870912 ---> 2 ^ 29
1073741824 --> 2 ^ 30



that means that if whole india participats in this scheme that it can be covered in 30 layers (height of the tree shall be 30)
people who are the lowest layer will be the loser of the money (totally losing it)
1073741824 - 536870912 = 536870912 people will be total losers.

One assumption is that it is balanced tree which will not be the case in real life.it will be skewed.

It is definite that people at the end of the tree (height 28,29,30) will be losers.

It looks like a major scam. But what surprises me is that people who think that they are smart and intelligent, are falling into the trap and really not understanding it.
Also,I do not understand why people refuse to believe & analyse the scheme and simply fall into it with the tall claim that they are smart. May be they are over smart people(pun intended)

Politics- mayawati win

I do not follow the political upheavels very regularly but i like to claim that i have got some flair for national politics. Recently , Mayawati 's triump in Uttar Pradesh is talked upon event. I came across an article by Barkha Dutt on Mayawati :-
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=82647714-f110-4d46-8d86-1748a55e4d79&&Headline=In+the+pink+of+health

Retirement

may 31 2007
Today my mother is getting retired from government job. She is been working since she was 18+ years old.Such a long time in employment, managing home, childrens, relatives, friends etc.
she has a big circle of relatives and friends. Retirement is the point where a person stops employment/work completely but life does not stop.

Water (chuyia)

i watched water many days ago but still i am unable to get over the movie.Film starts with Chuyia,8 year old girl,being left in the widow ashram. Chuyia is free spiried,sensitive and intelligent girl. She is left in the ashram sobbling by her father. She keeps the faith that some day her mother will come to take her back.

Water

Few days back I watched "Water" movie with my husband. I was really impressed with the acting of the little girl-chuhia (small female rat) and Seema Biswas. It was a good thought provoking film on woman widowhood set in early nineties.

The unfortunate women who can not be "sati" are doomed to live austere life. Widowed women were supposed to spend days chanting prayers in praise of GOD and ask alms for making their living. Family was supposed to disown them.Widow remarriage was prohibited by dharma pandits and shastras. And on top of that,child marriage was norm of the day. I wonder millons of woman must be living downtrodden life in early nineties.

But I have always maintained that some where woman are responsible for their bad(?) conditions.Man were always law makers and women carried them out without questions.

Life is unfair

Who said life is fair ? Life is unfair and get used to it. These are famous words by Bill Gates,owner of Microsoft.

When we see ourselves as victims, we become caught in our circumstance whether it be a past or present experience. Our natural response to negative situations is anger.The fact is that we live in a sinful world. However, problems arise when we see life from an unfair perspective.We feel bad; therefore, we try to find things to compensate for the bad feelings.
Yes, there are injustices. Guiltless people are sent to prison. Terrorists make plans to strike at innocent citizens. Medals and Awards are presented for political reasons instead of merit. To rise up and fight against these and other forms of inequity is not only proper, but ennobling.

If we catch ourselves harbouring unjustified thoughts that the world is unfair, it’s time to change our views. Why? Because such views are unproductive. They are self-defeating.