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Dear Sarita,
In our minds you performed better than the Korean. I know it is difficult but lets be happy in that knowlegdge. Medals and rankings help, but only in the short-term. What really matters is the happiness you gave us through your performance.
Cental govt employees take many pledges each year.
Bharathi has raised some pertinent questions worth pondering.
If the presnt pledge too goes like the other pledges they take
then sure it is waste.
Cleanliness awareness need to be started in Schools and not
in government offices. A national awareness campaign with
people participation throughout the country, involving all political parties
social workers, NGOs is the need of the hour.
DLN is correct when he says it is a Herculean task. But no mission is impossible
if committed ones are there.
"And there was little sign that human rights — a particularly sensitive topic for Mr. Modi, who has been accused of being complicit in deadly anti-Muslim riots — was a major item on the agenda." CAIR pracharak
"And there was little sign that human rights — a particularly sensitive topic for Mr. Modi, who has been accused of being complicit in deadly anti-Muslim riots — was a major item on the agenda." CAIR pracharak
Jihadis have shown the world who the true janwaars are. Gujarat 2002 is small potatoes, people now realize that the janwaars started it like they start most of these kinds of incidents, and no one gives a shi'ite.
Go fix your religion instead of perching here and feeling sorry for yourself.
@ D L Narayan sir
"I shall always denounce uncivil, disgraceful behaviour."
I loved it
Rajdeep deliberately tries to provoke people with useless questions on Modi's visa, his getting 31% vote etc etc(wholly irrelevant), the crowd responds back in kind and calls his bias, he gets angry and calls one an asshole, was called asshole in return, and then he attacjks.
The fault, of course lies with Modi and his supporters.
Americans are not ready to risk their lives. WHy should Indians die?
These guys are good at making you feel wanted.
Rajdeep whining about Modi not taking questions, somebody pops in on live TV and trolls: 'haisiyat dekhke question poocho ' https://t.co/KL71i599QT
A few more postponements, it will be Jail-alitaaaaaa.
Rajdeep whining about Modi not taking questions, somebody pops in on live TV and trolls: ?????? ??? ?? question ???? https://t.co/KL71i599QT
66D Suresh
" I saw the undoctored video...."
" I saw the undoctored video...."
I did too. The despicable heckling of the senior journalist is undeniable even by die-hard Moditards.
Or is it?
Bangalore jail launches "Amma Ragi balls" for the inmates.
Bengal Govt has nothing to give... Saradha is not functioning anymore
A pugilist crying...thats a disgrace !
I saw the undoctored video. Now #IShoveWithRajdeep
Delighted to hear ( even if a lie ) that a) you dont approve heckling and b) you are not member of any political party!
Perhaps easier for you then, to condemn Modis goons who heckled the veteran reporter?
" I have yet to meet a more smug, selfserving, patronising, opinionated lot"
If you meet yourself in the mirror and meet other journalists, you will change your opinion.
Garbage called in Punjabi or Kashmiri will still stink.
" Perhaps you will even promise to quit the BJP if Modi too does not condemn the senior reporters being heckled by his die-hard goons?"
" Perhaps you will even promise to quit the BJP if Modi too does not condemn the senior reporters being heckled by his die-hard goons?"
I am not a member of any political party so the question of quitting doesn't arise.
I shall always denounce uncivil, disgraceful behaviour.
60 D Mohan
There is an attitude nowadays, that the LESS accomplished / educated / selfmade and well known you are, the MORE righteous you are! This is of course, thanks to Mutemute Singhs pus*y-whipped tenure as PM.
The fact is, chaiwallahs ( or software professionals or McDonalds waiters as in the case of Rajdeeps hecklers ) are no more intelligent or brilliant - or righteous. Disrespecting someone BECAUSE they are more well known or accomplished is wrong, and anti-Indian.
The fact that chaiwallahs are becoming CMs and PMs have more to do with the failure of Indias education policy, than with the 'generalisation' that they are more brilliant/ intelligent.
Some people were floating the idea that India should commit troops to fight ISIS. I am glad that Modi did not raise to the bait.
Why should Indians fight when even the Americans are not willing to put in ground troops?
Modi stood his ground on WTO or ISIS issue or Afghanistan. That is the good thing from this visit.
BTW, whose idea was it to visit the MLK memorial? I am seeing the photos for the first time and the memorial looks like crap.
It is difficult to believe that the same country that built the Lincoln memorial or the Jefferson memorial built this ML K memorial. It looks very very crude and ugly.
As a veteran commentator, I hoped you would understand that in principle 'conviction' for possession or tax evasion, is different from mere 'accusation'. Certainly splitting hairs on 'possession / tax evasion' etc etc are merely academic as long as no conviction of a crime is there. As you point out, none of Dileeps good or bad character should have any impact on Rajdeep, who is by himself a well known journalist disliked though, by the ruling establishment.
Delighted to hear ( even if a lie ) that a Sanghi like yourself doesnt approve heckling! Perhaps you will even promise to quit the BJP if Modi too does not condemn the senior reporters being heckled by his die-hard goons?
But at least Modi was in some mode. Manmohan looked like he was buried in a dome.(though he ate more than Modi).
@ Bharati,
"will 1 day's tokenism create and sustain the necessary momentum for years to come"
"will 1 day's tokenism create and sustain the necessary momentum for years to come"
It depends on one's mindset.
The countless freedom fighters who gave us our independence did not ask Gandhiji these kind of questions when he launched the civil disobedience movement or the salt satyagraha.
While your disappointment at the cancellation of your leave is understandable, spare a thought for all the soldiers who defend our country's borders foregoing Diwalis, Eids and Christmases and the simple pleasures of family life the rest of us take for granted.
Making and keeping India clean is an important task. Learning to not litter, to segregate waste, to not urinate or defacate in public spaces are vital to achieve the aim of a Swachh Bharat.
Yes, it is a Herculean task. The enormity should not deter us. In Scandinavian countries, people drive miles to deposit toxic wastes like battery cells at waste disposal centres. We, in India, who venerate the earth, the hills and the rivers as divinities, think nothing of polluting them. It is high time we learnt to respect our environment.
May the crores of government servants like you treat this minor sacrifice as a reminder to keep our offices, streets and communities clean. It is not enough to keep our bodies and homes clean and not bother about the rest. Cleanliness is everyb[dy's responsibility, not just that of the safai karamcharis. Ever wondered how 5 star hotels are kept spotlessly clean?
If you think that the cleanliness programme has flaws, have you given construcctive feedback to your superior? Can one man clean up the entire country? It requires the dedication and active co-operation of everyone of us. Small drops make a mighty ocean.
" Liberal Hindus in India are an endangered species"
I am now convinced that it is Sagarika Ghose who is posting as Anwaar in this forum. Nothing else can explain such rank stupidity.
Rajdeep was the attacker, Anwaar's lies has been proved and the moron goes on blabbering as though nothing has happened.
I didn't bring up Rajdeep's father, it was you who mentioned him, trying to prove that Rjdeep is innocent because his father was a famous cricketer and an Oxford graduate. I just wanted to show you that a good cricketer and an oxford graduate need not be a saint. Deeds make a person good or bad, not his education background or what job he used to do.
3 D Joshi
" ... it was US which got carried away by Modi. "
" ... it was US which got carried away by Modi. "
When I saw the celebrations and euphoria by Moditards, I too thought that MODI HAD WON US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS!
Thanks for clarifying!
"Having 8 crores is by itself surely not a crime. 'Being caught' with 8 crores is not the same as 'been convicted of possessing' 8 crores."
"Having 8 crores is by itself surely not a crime. 'Being caught' with 8 crores is not the same as 'been convicted of possessing' 8 crores."
Learn to read. The minister had informed the Lok Sabha that the outstanding amount of Rs 8 crores was a PENALTY imposed on him.
Let me reiterate that Rajdeep and his father are two different people. Rajdeep can neither take the credit for his father's achievements nor blame for his failures. I did not drag in the name of Rajdeep's father, just pointed out inaccuracies in your posts about him.
" you have not replied to my question"
" you have not replied to my question"
What was the question? Was it about heckling? Heckling is uncivilised and condemnable. There is no justification for boorish behaviour and I advise you to introspect before criticising others' uncivil behaviour. You aren't exactly the epitome of civility.
Modi is no Gandhi, not Bajpayee. Modi is Modi. Congress is partly wrong. It was not Modi who got carried away in US, it was US which got carried away by Modi.
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As I work for central govt ought to mention that swachata abhiyan much publicised project is ill advised no brainer hurriedly put together . People have schedule their leave plans well in advance being a long weekend- this order was hurriedly pushed last week creating unnecessary problems- will 1 day's tokenism create and sustain the necessary momentum for years to come -70 years post independence we have still not been able to create awareness on cleanliness and sanitation-lack of sanitation in villages have given rise to heinous crimes against women shouldn't that be cause of conern to citizens. Garbage clearance and disposal are major issues everywhere - severe shortage of garbage disposal facilities leading to crisis situation in cities and upcoming unplanned townships with no facilities of regular garbage pick ups leading to pile ups resulting in rotting and strays rummaging. The cities are choked during monsoons due to clearance of drainage. The existing bodies like municipal corporations entrusted with cleanliness sanitation health needs to be monitored and responsibities fixed instead of asking the central govt staff to sweep swab and clean toilets as if it makes the ordinary people feel better to see them do it-Enough has been spoken about babus who crib of putting it an extra day- now its about the poor staff I speak for who'll be travelling whole 45-60 kms for 1 day to realise Gandhi's cleanliness (over)drive when they could spend time with families-these are common folk no perks or privileges of being driven to work. Now should this cleanliness drive applicable to only central govt shouldn't entire citizenry galvanised and mobilised into action or is it only responsibility of 31 lac staff. Will dedicating 1 day and oath registration make people of India feel good and all can forget till next year?? Aren't we trying to be simplistic in fixing things are we afraid to look deeper.
"I am not bashing anyone..."
"I am not bashing anyone..."
Another despicable trait of bigotted Modi goons is to pretend and lie, in order to appear to be unbiased.
As a veteran writer, you must know that accusations are not convictions, and using accusations against people who were not convicted and not in a position ( on this board ) to defend themselves, is a despicable trait of Modis goons desperate to tarnish Rajdeep.
Having 8 crores is by itself surely not a crime. 'Being caught' with 8 crores is not the same as 'been convicted of possessing' 8 crores.
However, you have not replied to my question I asked you to respond to, and slithered away yet again.
This is just not cricket.
#9 - @Mohan - " ... Just wondering why there is so much energy level difference between 2 types of fasting? ...."
Good observation.
" Since you too have joined in Rajdeep bashing...."
" Since you too have joined in Rajdeep bashing...."
I am not bashing anyone.
I am a huge fan of Dilip Sardesai, whose exploits in 1971 in the West Indies were eclipsed by the superhuman feats of a debutant called Sunil Gavaskar.
Of Rajdeep's talent, there is no doubt. However, a journalist should always be neutral and objective. On both counts, Rajdeep is a failure.
52 D Mohan
" The article is old becuase that incident happened long time back...."
" The article is old becuase that incident happened long time back...."
Nice attempt at tarnishing his fathers image - proves that Sanghis go to any extent ( even lying ) in order to tarnish those they dislike. No article you quote, speaks for Dilip Sardesai, and certainly none say he was convicted ( even by the extremely slow 'standards' of Indian judiciary, he was alive until 2007 )
Ok - Even assuming his father did not play for India, can these Modi goons not give respect to someone elder? Is that not Indian culture and tradition? Someone much more accomplished in life than these (? waiters ) software professionals? How could you shout someone like that down? Has Indian culture gone to the dogs ( in this case Modis goons )?
"Your link to Dilip Sardesai is misleading readers as this is a very old article, and reveals another trait of Modi goons - to tarnish the name of anyone opposed to their icon."
"Your link to Dilip Sardesai is misleading readers as this is a very old article, and reveals another trait of Modi goons - to tarnish the name of anyone opposed to their icon."
There is nothing misleading about the report of Dilip Sardesai being arrested for violation of foreign exchange fegulations.
"A whopping amount of Rs. eight crores was outstanding as penalty against the former cricketer, Mr. Dilip Sardesai," he (the then Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. G.N. Ramachandran) told the Lok Sabha in a written reply in 2001.
"A whopping amount of Rs. eight crores was outstanding as penalty against the former cricketer, Mr. Dilip Sardesai," he (the then Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. G.N. Ramachandran) told the Lok Sabha in a written reply in 2001.
Since you too have joined in Rajdeep bashing, let me ask you too: Instead of tarnishing Rajdeep Sardesai ( who is a neutral reporter by all accounts ), why dont TRUE nationalists ( as opposed to frenzied Moditards ), heckle CORRUPT leaders like Sushma Swaraj and CRONIES like Adani?
This is one question that the Sanghis dont bother to answer.
Let me start with your point 2: After MMS, EVERYone who studied abroad has lost his name ( and chaiwallahs - even those standing in for corrupt CMs - have gained popularity ). But is nt this like saying that all Hitler admirers ( like Modi ), must be like Hitler himself? Obviously, there are differences.
I am sorry about the point about being captain of the Indian team. He was so well known, that I wrongly assumed he was captain. Not to say though, that he was not a well known cricketeer.
Dilip Sardesai was indeed a very good batsman. I don't dispute that.
The article is old becuase that incident happened long time back.
Of-late, I witnessed many fasts – I saw fasting by Anna Hajare, Mr Kejriwal (just to jog memory, ex- Delhi CM) , poet Kumar Vishwas & Kiran Bedi . I observed most of them sitting softly, speaking occasionally, and after 3-4 days, even resting on mattresses for most of the day.
Now I am witnessing PM Modi . He is also on Navratri fasting since last 6 days (learnt drinking warm water only ). However doing incredible job in US for brand India. Getting engaged in hectic discussions with high-level delegations, meeting with business CEOs , managing public meetings effective, getting geared for US president discussions etc etc but with full energy, enthusiasm, focus , perfect self-control but without any glimpse of tiredness yet.
Just wondering why there is so much energy level difference between 2 types of fasting? Realized, first type of fasting is called as hunger strike with wish to bend someone as per your command for fulfilling your demands. While other type of fast is for cleansing of soul, mind and body with intension to submit to God's command rather than dictating your demands – Hmmm…no wonder why later enjoys more energy and blessings? True, selfless intensions still enjoy support and blessings from external forces, probably more when those intentions are for betterment of common society . I guess , regardless of our political views , our PM certainly deserves a bow for display of commendable commitment & resilience in US till time .
48 D Mohan
Your link to Dilip Sardesai is misleading readers as this is a very old article, and reveals another trait of Modi goons - to tarnish the name of anyone opposed to their icon.
Dilip Sardesai, former Indian test cricket captain, was born in a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin family, Sardesai made his first mark in cricket in the inter-university Rohinton Baria trophy in 1959–60 where he made 435 runs at an average of 87.
He made his first-class cricket debut for Indian Universities against the touring Pakistan team at Pune in 1960–61, scoring 87 in 194 minutes. His immediate success led to selection for the Board president's XI against the same team at Bangalore, where he scored 106*, and then as a standby in the final match of the Test series.
He scored 202 against Madras University at about the same time, and was then selected to represent Bombay in the Ranji Trophy.
He was one of the five Indian Cricket Cricketers of the Year in 1960–61.
Sardesai played for Bombay in the Ranji Trophy in 13 seasons, including 10 finals, and never finished in a losing side. He scored 199 against Rajasthan in the 1967 final. In the semi-final against the same team two years later, he was Mankaded by Kailash Ghattani.
Sardesai's final first-class match was the famous Ranji final against Madras in 1972–73, which ended on the first ball of the third day. He scored over 1,000 first-class runs in three domestic seasons, with a career best of 1,429 runs in 1964–65, which included his highest first-class score, 222, for Associated Cement Company against Indian Starlets in the final of the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament.
Sardesai used to split his time between his flat in Bombay and house in Goa. He died on 2 July 2007 at 9:15 pm (IST), after he had been admitted to Bombay Hospital on 23 June following a chest infection.
His daughter, Shonali, is a senior social scientist at the World Bank in Washington DC ( and incidentally also belongs to the 'Classless bunch of NRIs' that you proudly referred to )
After S&P now Fitch says India only country among BRICS to grow faster.
Thanks to MMS and PC of course.
"......instead of an accomplished, self-made, nationalist like Rajdeep Sardesai ( whose father was the Indian cricket team captain, and whose education was at Oxford )"
"......instead of an accomplished, self-made, nationalist like Rajdeep Sardesai ( whose father was the Indian cricket team captain, and whose education was at Oxford )"
1. Dilip Sardesai never captained India. He did not even captain Mumbai in the Ranji tourney either.
2. What is so special about degrees from Oxford? So did MMS (a doctorate) and Salman Khurshid. That did not come in the way of their genuflcting in obsequious servitude before a semi-literate au pair of dubious intellect.
3. Rajdeep was not the son of a chaiwalla. His father was a successful cricketer who could afford to send him to Oxford. Does that make him privileged or self made?
I searched for this word all over the Oxford dictionary, but could not find it. I don't know what such a big word means. Can somebody explain?
Oh, you mean Clichè ! Now I get it. Kept pronouncing klishe, klishe, according to rules of Ingleesh Graammarru. But its è at the end, not e. That's a French "accent agui" letter not our beloved, most frequent vowel "e".
Does Sepoy-cum-yale-literary-prize-winner Pankaj Mishra get it ? Does Bloomberg ?
NRIs are as opionated as resident Indians are. No more no less.
Dilip Sardesai arrested Bombay: Former Indian test cricketer, Dilip Sardesai and a leading Pune-based businessman Jayant Vittaldas were Friday arrested and remanded to judicial custody till October 29 in connection with alleged foreign exchange
46 D Mohan
"These Classless bunch of NRIs contribute measly sum of USD 65 Billion every to GOI foreign exchange. "
"These Classless bunch of NRIs contribute measly sum of USD 65 Billion every to GOI foreign exchange. "
Needless to say then, that these bunch of Modi hooligans want to make the point that since they earn a lot of foreign exchange ( well actually not all the 1 million NRIs support Modi. Many of them are simply anti Mutemute Singh ) they therefore have a right to be opinionated, and shove their views down others throats?
"India desperately needs a vision other than that of the vain small man trying to impress the big men with his self-improvised rules of the game."
"India desperately needs a vision other than that of the vain small man trying to impress the big men with his self-improvised rules of the game."
Pankaj Mishra is probably unaware that India has got the visionary leader it desperately needed after a decade of kleptocratic misrule fronted by a mute puppet.
What Pankaj Mishra says may propel Modi baiters into throes of orgasmic euphoria but he is just articulating his private fantasy which is disconnected from the reality of India today.
These Classless bunch of NRIs contribute measly sum of USD 65 Billion every to GOI foreign exchange.
Instead of an accomplished, self-made, nationalist like Rajdeep Sardesai ( whose father was the Indian cricket team captain, and whose education was at Oxford ), if these Indians had heckled ( bullied ), CORRUPT politicians like Sushma Swaraj, or CRONIES billionaires like Adani for eg., India would have been a far better nation.
For Obama and Indian Leader, a Friendly Stroll if Not a Full Embrace
WASHINGTON — In a get-to-know-you visit fraught with awkward undertones, President Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India sought to repair a strained relationship between their nations on Tuesday, emerging with expressions of good will but little in the way of concrete deals.
But their talks yielded no resolutions to thorny disputes over taxes, trade and civilian nuclear energy cooperation that have divided the United States and India in recent years. And there was little sign that human rights — a particularly sensitive topic for Mr. Modi, who has been accused of being complicit in deadly anti-Muslim riots — was a major item on the agenda.
The White House has grappled with the perceptions of a visit meant to spotlight the president's high hopes for working with Mr. Modi while not lavishing the full measure of White House pageantry on a leader who until recently was barred from entering the United States because of the allegations of human rights abuses more than a decade ago.
"Till Manmohan came and turned India around completely"
.... by 360 deg.
Of Media Aristocrats and Broken Compasses
The media power-couple should shed the pretense of neutrality
There is an inherent problem with a compass. Because the earth's magnetic poles aren't exactly at the top and bottom of the earth, a compass is by nature slightly inaccurate. In fact, those with a rudimentary understanding of geology will know that the earth's magnetic poles wobble from time to time, so compasses are by nature wobbly as well. One would guess the same applies to moral and ethical compasses that a media couple keeps bleating about.
Rajdeep Sardesai claimed to have been roughed up by 'Modi Bhaktas' outside Madison Square Garden a couple of days ago. Let me get one thing out of the way. Mr Sardesai and his wife have all the right in the world to be completely and totally obnoxious and ask obnoxious and demeaning questions. Just because someone is asking 'provocative questions' does not give anyone else the right to lay a hand on them. This argument is akin to the 'but she was wearing provocative clothes' to justify rape. It does not stand up.
However, it is clear, on the basis of the video that has been released and viewed by millions on YouTube that Mr Sardesai prima facie seems to be the person who first abuses and then lunges at someone protesting his attitude. Indeed, since we have not seen the earlier part of the video, it is not possible as of now to see if Mr Sardesai was pushed into this attack.
That said, if we rewind to the time that Zinadine Zidane headbutted Marco Materazzi at the finals of the 2006 football World Cup, he might have been pushed too far as well. I give the example of Mr Zidane because Mr Sardesai evidently likes football, and no matter what Mr Zidane's heroics in 1998 might have been, he will always be remembered for this bizarre and shameful incident.
Of course, Mr Sardesai has made attempts to justify his behaviour instead of apologizing, but there is no condoning his behaviour. But, he is not the type of person to apologize to anyone ever. And this brings us to his wife, Sagarika Ghosh, who like her husband has a moral compass that evidently no one else in the media has. A moral compass that got her to presumably put out a story via an accomplice crying out at how she had been muzzled on social media by the powers that be. This was back in the time that she still was at Network 18. This got the left-liberal establishing screaming 'murder' and lamenting the loss of freedom of expression.
But Raghav Bahl, who still ran Network 18 had done nothing of the sort. The 'victimhood' complex that husband and wife excel in was evidently a move by them to become martyrs for the left-liberal cause of stopping Narendra Modi at all costs. A sequence of fiery emails followed, that some of us were privy to. And this is where the couple's other delightful habit came to the fore. They are adept at using individuals to further their own cause, but quick to throw them under the bus when those individuals have outlived their purpose.
Keep in mind that Rajdeep and Sagarika shed crocodile tears when 300 of their colleagues were laid off brutally. They lamented and cried but neither of them either offered to resign in protest, or even offer to take pay cut. Compasses wobble all the time, but in this case the compasses have broken beyond repair.
Mr Sardesai and his wife have been outspoken critics of Mr Modi for over a decade, blaming him entirely for the events of February 2002, and it seems every riot that followed in India. They sucked the teat of the UPA for years and were among its foremost propagandists and failed not once in accusing anyone who tried to disagree with them as 'communal'. They were the upholders of the corrupted Nehruvian 'Idea of India'; they used their channel as a public relations tool for Arvind Kejriwal and were unable to see the writing on the wall.
Even today, in Hindustan Times' special supplement, Mr Sardesai has plenty of uncharitable things to say about Mr Modi. There is no problem in Mr Sardesai and Mrs Ghosh doing what they do. In the United States news anchors like Glenn Beck on the right and Keith Olbermann on the left are considered shrill, and there is nothing wrong in that. However, this pretense of neutrality which is a poor-disguise for Modi-bashing is not right.
What I consider Mr Sardesai's most shameful statement to the Indian-Americans outside Madison Square Garden who heckled him, concerns their lack of class. This statement is a reason, as someone pointed out on social media, why the English language media is considered elitist and is the object of ridicule for a growing number of English-speaking middle class Indians, both in the homeland and abroad. This is a Marie Antoinette level statement, but then again, Mr Sardesai and Mrs Ghosh are the bourgeois, who have wined, dined and made merry living off the fat of the land for a decade. Unfortunately, the revolution has already taken place this May.
However, one must not and does not condone any violence in both words and deed towards anyone. Just because a revolution has taken place does not mean that heads have to roll. The 'martyr complex' is an old one in the media and there is only one way of countering that – by forcing irrelevance upon people and their outdated ideas.
>>>> " Liberal Hindus in India are an endangered species. "
>> "Hinduism cannot be anything but liberal."
You have absolutely no idea how communalistic and chauvinistic you are! But ignorance is bliss!
Hopefully now onwards, hitherto antimale courts will not be reluctant to find feminits guilty too, and send them to jail for other crimes too.
>> " If there is a distinction, one will explain it."
As if I have not done it umpteen times! I am not surprised you would make such a palpably dishonest remark.
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Why Narendra Modi is a small man with big danger: By Pankaj Mishra
Scapegoats are already being sought in India just three months after Modi's ascent. A member of Modi's own coalition protested last week that while "discrimination and the distrust of the Muslim were covert" in the past, "now the gloves are off and the hatred is in-your-face."
Real or perceived critics of Modi in the media are under sustained assault from his devotees. Their sheer preponderance and rowdiness elicited a memorable editorial emendation: "The Economist does not consider Mr. Modi to be a pain in the ass."
The corrosive irony hints that strong-arm tactics can alienate even those inclined to give Modi's economic policies a chance. The Economist may have seemed racist to some by recording the gap between the fantastical quality of Modi's promises, which included an Orientalist reference to snake charmers, the obedient hysteria of his supporters, and the seriousness of his tasks. But anyone with a sense of history can only be wary of the blind worship of raw power.
India desperately needs a vision other than that of the vain small man trying to impress the big men with his self-improvised rules of the game.
We want history to remember what PM Modi did for India's development and What Mahatma Gandhi did for its freedom in same breath - John Kerry
"Till a decade ago, these superior folk could not stand India"
Till Manmohan came and turned India around completely.
Liberal Hindus are not endangered, just that they realise the futility of engaging with the trash that supports Modi.
Feminits cry 'foul' very quickly, and hence are looked at usually with scepticism.
For every female cheated like this, at least 10 males would be cheated too - and disappear without a whimper or mention in the antimale media.
Has Modi won US Presidential elections?
( Judging by the celebration and euphoria among the saffron brigade )
Indian spin media at its best. Modi didn't even make to CNN's cover.
Well said once again Mr. Mehta; very strange to see the grovelling on prime-time TV, and sort of agree with Freud that America is a mistake. One thing i disagree with though: there exist many of us who are not enamoured of America. Not watching TV and avoiding nonsense reading material might be one possible reason.
Mr. Mehta has always been a treat. His time -- like the rest of us -- will surely pass. Where's the next Vinod Mehta?
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Watch Modi now - he will use this judgement to distribute the coal mines to his own cronies.
"There are more nits to pick than have been picked yet. Let the Moditards celebrate for now!"
For now??
I wish I could say "Let the Modi-haters cry for now!" but then this is something you have to do for a long time.
But you have my sincere sympathies. These must be trying times for you! Please keep Preperation H with you all the time. It may ease the symptoms, though I dont have much hope for your case.
Remember, I still love you (more than Saroja). After all, you helped Modi win!!
The latest news is that to interview Modis goons, the media is recruiting saints like Baba Ramdev, Sankaracharya and Swami Adityanath, who will not get provoked.
Where as those who stand up for the liar Rajdeep?
Will they stand up with Sarita Devi?
Thanks for the article, Bonita.
Miyan promised long back that Islam will take 200 years more to reform.
Please be patient.
Meanwhile, he will continue to bring up sati, untouchability etc. and provide a fig leaf to cover the brutalities of the "religion of peace"!!
"... for shared values in the two largest democracies did not stop Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger sending the Seventh Fleet to our shores ready to fire...." -
Oh, no .. not "ready to fire" ... , actually it was TOO LATE TO FIRE, if the Fleet was meant for firing at all.
In any event, Indira Gandhi had called the bluff of Nixon-Kissinger duo as well as that of the Chinese PM Chou-en-Li who was threatening Delhi with dire consequences, rivers of blood will flow in India etc etc, if India dared to send her Army in East Pakistan. Incidentally, Nixon-Kissinger were goading Chou to take on India behind the scene as it was discovered down the track. Indira Gandhi was too smart in statesmanship and simply reduced Chou to a paper tiger by her bold moves.
That history is well recorded, but VM has not done his home work here. In any event VM could have castigated Modi on his vulnerable moral stance for inviting Xi although PLA is leaning heavily on India's border all along recently and bending backwards to please him for tranquility and peace. In that case, VM would have received his full kudos from me.
To recall that interesting history (Anderson?), the entire American nation was behind India then excepting for the duo NK. India falls under the oversight of the US Pacific Command based on Mauii. When Nixon passed his order to move the Seventh Fleet against India, the US naval commanders in Mauii dilly dallied with the definite purpose of not carrying out their President's order. This is a matter most analysts do not understand, I believe. The Prime Minister (or President) of a country cannot just order for example their submarine commander to go out on sea. For the submarine to move, a lot of peparation is needed, the mariners need to check whether the weapon system is mounted, and then all the instruments are working correctly (there are huge batteries which need to be charged up) and so on, which entails a great deal of time. I
For the implementation of an order from above the people down the chain could throw a spanner in the work, thus subotaging the entire objective. As recorded in history, Nixon was getting impatient day by day and got furious as the Naval Commander delayed and delayed. By the time the Seventh Fleet moved to Bay of Bengal, the war was all over and the question of firing did not arise.
" Liberal Hindus in India are an endangered species. "
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Kufr bolte ho aur kufr bolne wale ka saath dete ho, and Hindus ko "liberal" hone ka updesh dete ho!! Every ebvidence
Pahle sach sun na aur bolna seekho!!
All evidence proves Rajdeep was lying! May be you reacted in a haste earlier. But now at least admit that you were wrong!!
But no. instead, you have to lecture others on being "liberal"!
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This works on the central nervous system and it could damage the nerves to the brain, like the synapses that are effected during traumatic emotional stresses. Say you have a huge stress right before the birthing, and you get a bit too much gas, it's likely to send you into a seizure. That can become ........''another'' stress right there. Then you have to be weened off of the secondary stress from the seizure. In my book it's a risk.
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I think this is a great option to put in our birthing arsenal. Women should have many choices, and too often the only options are an epidural or no pain medicine at all.
Interesting input, ladies! I'll admit I'm not well-versed in the affects it would have in labor, but found the idea intriguing! Keep it comin'!
This was actually a HUGE topic of discussion at last year's NIH VBAC conference, and almost every midwife in the room was ALL for it. Apparently it's widely available to mothers in other countries, but our own doctors-in-charge decided that it wasn't worth their time anymore. I think it's a good option for some women, and they should most definitely have it. I'm not convinced that it's risk-free, but no pain medication is, and yet women are still offered those other things. It seems like a good compromise for moms who don't want to incur the risks of the epidural, and just need a little something to get through. If I were birthing in a hospital, I can't say I wouldn't consider using it. However, if it feels anything like that Stadol they gave me - NO THANKS! That stuff was horrible.
It is a valid option for women who want as natural a birth as possible without reaching out for the most popular drug of choice, the epidural. It doesn't take away the pain and you still feel everything. It just takes the edge off of how you're feeling and coping. It is a way safer option than the epidural, that is for certain. And because it wears off so quickly it would most likely take thousands of puffs of this air to affect baby (but don't quote me on that). Everything has risks and this definitely seems like the lesser of all evils.
Canadian mama here, and it's widely used as well. I haven't used it but have friends that said it helped them through those times they felt they couldn't go on anymore.


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After openly weeping and apologizing for his behavior, former U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. was sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison on Wednesday for using $750,000 in campaign funds for personal use.
"Your honor, throughout this process I've asked the government and the court to hold me and only me accountable for my actions," Jackson told U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson. He said, "I am the example for the whole Congress. I understand that. I didn't separate my personal life from my political activities, and I couldn't have been more wrong."
He also said, "I misled the American people, I misled the House of Representatives." Dabbing his eyes with tissues, he said, "I was wrong and I do not fault anyone."
As the younger Jackson delivered his statement, his father, Jesse Jackson, Sr., sat in the first row listening as tears ran down his cheeks and his mother, Jacqueline, donned sunglasses for much of the proceedings.
Jackson's wife, Sandra, a former Chicago alderwoman, was sentenced to a year in prison and will have to serve all 12 months. She must also repay $22,000 taken from her own campaign account for alderwoman. Family members wept when she was sentenced.
Based on time off for good behavior, Jackson, Jr. could be released after completing 25.5 months. In addition, Jackson, Jr. must perform 500 hours of community service.
Because the couple has two children, aged 13 and 9, they will serve time consecutively, with the husband entering prison first. Prosecutors had asked that Jackson Jr. be sentenced to four years in prison and his wife 18 months.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that Jackson treated campaign funds as "a personal piggy bank."
The judge acknowledged that in the past lawmakers , were more loose with the use of campaign funds, but Jackson's actions far exceeded even those limits.
"There may be blurred lines for Congress to follow when their lives are political, this case did not come near those areas," she told Jackson, Jr., who represented Chicago's South Side for 17 years, "This was a knowing, organized joint misconduct that was repeated over many years."
Jackson, Jr., once a rising political star and the oldest son of civil rights leader Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., pleaded guilty to conspiracy, making false statements, mail fraud and wire fraud. His wife Sandra was charged with filing false tax returns.
According to the federal information filed in federal court, Jackson knowingly misspent campaign funds from about August 2005 through July 2012. It said Jackson and his wife conspired to "enrich themselves by engaging in a conspiracy and a scheme to defraud in which they used funds donated to the Campaign for their own personal benefit."
Prosecutors said among the unauthorized spending was a $43,350 gold-plated Rolex watch for Jackson, Jr., more than $22,000 in Michael Jackson memorabilia, $11,130 for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorabilia, $10,105 for Bruce Lee memorabilia, $9,587.64 worth of children's furniture shipped from New Jersey to the couple's Washington home, a $5,000 football signed by American presidents, $2,775 on Jimi Hendrix memorabilia, $2,200 for Malcolm X memorabilia, a $1,500 black and red cashmere cape, and a $1,200 mink reversible parka.
Reid Weingarten, Jackson Jr.'s attorney, sought to minimize his client's action, saying Jackson did not victimize helpless widows or operate a Ponzi scheme.
However, Matt Graves, an assistant U.S. attorney, called Jackson's crimes "staggering." He noted that the couple had earned nearly $350,000 in 2011.
Graves spoke of Jackson being "wasted talent" who had participated in one of the largest violations of federal campaign laws. Graves even belittled Jackson's bipolar disorder, saying there was no medical evidence presented in court to support that claim.
The judge agreed, noting that there was evidence to show that the purchases were made during a bipolar episode and that none of the extravagant items were returned. The judge called evidence provided to support the defense's bipolar disorder claim "thin."
Reading from a prepared statement, Sandi Jackson cried and said. "My heart breaks every day with the pain this has caused my babies."
But the judge reminded her, "It's not the government that put your children in this position."
She recommended assigning the former congressman to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Montgomery, Ala., or a low-security facility near Raleigh, N.C. She recommended that Sandra Jackson be sent to a similar facility in Florida. However, the Bureau of Prisons will make the final decision.
"The judge rendered a sentence that we're satisfied was fair," said Weingarten after learning Jackson's fate. "The system worked well."
Weingarten continued: "We fully believe that our client, Jesse Jackson, Jr. is going to have another important chapter in his life. He will come back out, and we believe, that he will do great things."
Jackson, Jr. said he hoped his wife can earn enough money to support the family while he is prison.
""When I get back, I'll take on that burden," he said. "By then, I hope my children will be old enough that the pain I caused will be easier to bear."
By Barrington M. Salmon
Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer
With the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom fast approaching, organizers in the District are gearing up for the stretch run.
Some speakers at the Aug.1 planning meeting said they hope to mobilize 50,000 to 100,000 people from the Washington metropolitan area to come out on Saturday, Aug. 24, and as many as 100,000 to 200,000 people from around the country to commemorate the march. The 1963 march was an event that immortalized the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement, while crystallizing for the rest of this country just how serious African Americans and like-minded people were about securing a just society.
The Rev. Lennox Abrigo, president and founder of the Washington, D.C. bureau of the National Action Network (NAN), acknowledged the enormity of the project. But he said the coalition of clergy, unions, educational institutions, civic organizations and community groups that attended the two-hour meeting were coalescing around the issue and committing to the march's success.
"Our primary challenge is to mobilize D.C. and the greater metropolitan area and get community leaders to get their people out for the march," he said. "I think the march will be an expression of the individual effects that the various forms of oppression are having on people in this country."
Abrigo, a pastor of the Seventh-Day New Covenant Church and a Germantown, Md., resident, compared the conditions that King and the civil rights movement faced and what African Americans and Latinos face today.
King's efforts, he said, were focused on a small group of people in certain cities, while the pushback that the establishment exerts against minorities today is more individualized. Gay and women's rights, while affecting a smaller constituency of the whole country, have been afforded to people in every state and nationally.
"We live in an era when civil rights is emerging out of individual concerns. People feel that their rights are being trampled and it's not just one group or demographic," Abrigo explained. "This march on the 24th is the fruition, the blossoming of resistance to all this oppression."
Janaye Ingram, NAN's D.C. bureau chief, said that the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King, III are the public faces of the march which is titled, "National Action to Realize the Dream."
"We're working to achieve the dream," she said. "We have a lot to fight for, to focus on and to change. This is a fight against those who don't want us to reach our dream."
Bob Ross, president of the Prince George's County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), touched on a theme that others repeated.
"They didn't have Instagrams or tweets but they got 250,000 people on the Mall," said Ross, who was among the quarter-million people who marched and were on the Mall in 1963.
Ernest G. Green agreed.
"I drove all night from East Lansing, Mich., to be at the march," said Green, who came to national prominence as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the black students who helped to desegregate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in 1957. "Bayard Rustin had no social media blasts or anything like that. All he had to work with was 3×5 cards."
August 08, 2013
By Corey Williams
Associated Press
More than a dozen candidates were running in Tuesday's primary for Detroit mayor, an office with little immediate power because most operations are being run by an emergency manager seeking to take the city into bankruptcy.
None of the candidates has name recognition outside the city like current Mayor Dave Bing, a former NBA great who opted not seek another four-year term.
The leading candidates to replace him are a former police chief, a perennial mayoral candidate, a fired city attorney and a one-time medical center chief who has launched a write-in campaign. Another write-in candidate is a barber with a similar name, raising the potential that some voters could be confused.
Uncertainty and failure have been standard operating procedure for years in once-mighty Detroit. Last month, it became the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy under the weight of massive debt brought on by crushing population decline and a history of political corruption and mismanagement.
Some of the favorites for mayor have come out against the bankruptcy filing and contend the man who made the filing — state-appointed turnaround expert Kevyn Orr — is holding the job illegally.
The top two vote-getters in Tuesday's nonpartisan primary will face off in the November general election. That winner moves into City Hall with a title, $158,000 salary and — as things stand now — little else.
Sheila Cockrel, a former Detroit councilwoman and founder of a government relations and advocacy firm, said the bankruptcy proceedings are sure to hover over the next mayor's first term.
"There's no roadmap of where or how this would go," she said.
Only about 15 percent to 17 percent of Detroit's registered voters are expected to cast ballots Tuesday, according to city elections officials.
Seeking to bring stability and turn the city around, GOP Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Orr, a national bankruptcy attorney, in March under a Michigan law that gives emergency managers nearly unlimited power.
On July 18, Orr made the Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing in federal court. He said Detroit is insolvent, unable to pay off debt that his restructuring team says could reach $20 billion. He has stopped paying on $2.5 billion in bonds, using that money to pump up struggling and underfunded city services. He also asked city creditors and Detroit's two pension funds to accept pennies on the dollar in money owed them.
One candidate, Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon, contends Orr was illegally appointed as emergency manager.
"My pitch to him is, 'You're here to straighten out the finances. You have no municipal government experience,'" said Napoleon, the city police chief for three years beginning in 1998. "The emergency manager puts the budget together. The mayor should be able to set the priorities."
Orr, a turnaround specialist who is receiving $275,000 annually for his 18-month assignment, also is getting little love from other candidates.
Tom Barrow, an accountant who lost mayoral runs in 1985, 1989 and 2009, also believes a bankruptcy judge's directives are to be carried out by the city and its elected officials once Orr approves the budget.
"In light of the bankruptcy filing, I don't believe he retains his power under state law," Barrow said of Orr. "Bankruptcy laws kick in. Those laws are explicit that the debtor is the municipality and its elected officials."
Napoleon and Barrow were expected to face a stiff challenge for a spot on the November ballot from former Detroit Medical Center Chief Executive Mike Duggan. But Duggan is running a write-in campaign because a residency issue kicked him off the ballot.
Although Duggan would appear poised to become Detroit's first write-in mayor, part of his challenge will be making sure voters spell his name correctly. That's because another candidate, barber Mike Dugeon, is seeking the job as well. He has never run for elected office and said he filed after being approached by a local television reporter over his name similarity with Duggan.
That could make tabulating the write-ins onerous and time-consuming. Following the primary, county canvassers will go over the spellings on each write-in ballot cast to determine who gets the votes.
"We're going to be fine," Duggan told The Associated Press. "I don't think voters in this city will have any trouble spelling my name correctly. Every place I go people are spelling D-U-G-G-A-N."
Unlike Napoleon and Barrow, Duggan doesn't expect a bankruptcy to turn Detroit back over to the mayor and council.
"My preference would be for the governor to dissolve the emergency manager and let the mayor represent the city in bankruptcy court," he said.
If elected, Duggan said he won't wait until taking office in January to work with Orr.
"I intend to be engaged from the day after the election to push for a plan that leads to a vibrant recovery for the city," he said. "I'll try to convince the emergency manager to adopt my version and, if not, convince the bankruptcy judge to adopt it."
That's the course all candidates should push across to voters, Cockrel said.
"What we should be hearing from candidates is their understanding of the financial crisis, their approaches to facilitating the process of getting through bankruptcy and what their plans and strategies should be," she said.
By Sharon Cohen
Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City — one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant — but he says his paychecks aren't enough to buy shoes for his three daughters and insure his 15-year-old car. So he decided to draw attention to his plight: He walked off work in protest.
Wise was among a few thousand fast-food workers in seven cities, including New York, Chicago and Detroit, who took to the streets last week, carrying "Strike" and "Supersize Our Wages" signs in front of McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King and other restaurants. They demanded better pay, the right to unionize and a more than doubling of the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15.
"We work hard for companies that are making millions," the 34-year-old Wise says, adding that he lost his home last year, unable to make mortgage payments despite working about 50-hour weeks at Pizza Hut and Burger King. "We're not asking for the world. We want to make enough to make a decent living. We deserve better. If they respect us and pay us and treat us right, it'll lift up the whole economy."
These one-day protests, which also took place in St. Louis, Milwaukee and Flint, Mich., come amid calls from the White House, some members of Congress and economists to raise the federal minimum wage, which was last increased in 2009. Most of the proposals, though, seek a more modest rise than those urged by fast-food workers. President Barack Obama wants to boost the hourly wage to $9. And in July, more than 100 economists signed a petition supporting a bill sponsored by a Florida congressman that would hike it to $10.50 an hour.
The restaurant industry argues that a $15 hourly wage could lead to businesses closing and fewer jobs. It also notes the cost of living varies greatly around the country and many states have higher minimum wages than the federal rate. (Eighteen states and the District of Columbia, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.)
The Employment Policies Institute, which receives some funding from the industry, ran a full-page ad last week in USA Today, warning of another potential consequence: It showed the uniform of a fast-food worker with an iPad face, saying the wage increase could result in employees being replaced with automation, such as touch-screen ordering.
So at a time when the economy is growing steadily but slowly and about 11.5 million people are unemployed — nearly double the level before the Great Recession — how likely is it Congress will increase the minimum wage? And have these protests done any good?
The answers depend on whom you ask.
"They're very effective," says U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. "They've brought attention to appalling conditions with workers putting in very long hours ... and not making enough money to survive. This I think is scandal. .. We believe it's essential to be paid livable wages. We know the companies can afford it. These are highly profitable businesses. It would be good not just for the family budget but for the national budget."
Ellison's caucus launched a national "Raise Up America" campaign this summer that has partnered with fast-food workers and others in low-wage industries to highlight the call for better salaries. The congressman says he's not deterred by likely resistance in the GOP-dominated House.
"Remember, things that don't look possible become possible if people advocate for them," he says, adding that in 1955 someone was probably saying "they're never going to end segregation. ... Sometimes these things catch on. I think the thing to do is keep on pushing, keep on talking. ... That's how we win."
But others are more skeptical and think if there is a winner, it's unions. The Service Employees International Union is providing financial support and staff to help train organizers for this campaign.
These protests show unions "still can appeal to and speak for workers who are on the fringes of the workforce — the less skilled, the part-timers and the immigrant workers," Gary Chaison, professor of industrial relations at Clark University in Massachusetts, wrote in an email.
These still are hard times, people are happy to be employed and the political climate in the House is not conducive for an increase, he adds. "The demonstrations are street theater and the rehabilitation of the image of American unions, but it's not going to drive new minimum wage policy," he wrote.
Scott DeFife, executive vice president of the National Restaurant Association, calls the protests a campaign "to disparage the industry," which he says operates on a tight profit margin. Doubling wages, he says, "would definitely have an impact on the creation of new jobs." He says it would be especially harmful for young people, for whom the jobless rate in some communities is already in the double digits.
Some fast food companies responded to the protests by saying they respect the rights of their workers.
And some who walked out used the media spotlight to talk openly about their financial struggles.
Kareem Sparks, a 30-year-old father of two boys, 6 and 12, was laid off in 2011 from a $17.50-an-hour city job in New York. His unemployment benefits ran out and he turned to food pantries. Five months ago, he found work at McDonald's.
"I'm grateful they gave me an opportunity to feed my family and put food on the table, but it's not enough," he says. Sparks supplements his income with a second job as a security guard, earning about $8 an hour. Together, he says, he brings home about $1,000-$1,100 every two weeks and needs food stamps to survive.
"It's horrible to know when I pick up my (McDonalds) check, it's going to be less than $200," he says. "You spend all your money in one store and go to sleep broke. It's not fair. ... Some people get their checks and don't come back to work."
The average hourly salary for fast-food workers was $9.00 in May 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The average age for these workers is 29 years old; for women, it's 32, according to the bureau. The restaurant association says its own analysis of Census data found that slightly more than 25 percent of fast-food workers are heads of households.
Both sides in the fight over the minimum wage cite numerous studies to buttress their arguments about whether a raise would be harmful.
The petition signed by the economists says that for decades, research has "found that no significant effects on employment opportunities result when the minimum wage rises in reasonable increments." The economists also note that minimum-wage workers employed full time for the entire year earn $15,080, almost 20 percent below the poverty level for a family of three.
But Michael Saltsman, research director at the Employment Policies Institute, cites another study that he says found raising the minimum wage was counterproductive — with more people losing than gaining because hours were reduced and jobs were cut.
Tessie Harrell, one of the workers in the middle of this academic debate, walked off her job in protest last week.
As a Burger King manager in Milwaukee, Harrell, 34, has to stretch her $8.25 hourly salary to support five children (a sixth lives on her own). They live in a two-bedroom apartment. Her mother helped out financially and with child care, but she has since moved to a nursing home.
"It's not like we're teens working for a pair of shoes or a cell phone," Harrell says. "We're grown adults who can't find better jobs."
She would like to see something come from the protests, a wage improvement, even if it's not $15 an hour.
"I hope it works," she says. "We're just trying to survive and build a life for our children."
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The U.S. Postal Service has delivered a message that should surprise few people: Saturday mail delivery is coming to an end.
The USPS will curtail the service effective Aug. 5, expecting to save $2 billion annually. Sadly, that won't be enough to address its financial woes. The service lost $15.9 billion in the last fiscal year, three times its loss from a year earlier.
"It's a responsible decision. It makes common sense," said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, according to CNN.
Package delivery, which is profitable, will continue on Saturdays. The move would affect 22,500 jobs, and Donahoe says he can achieve it without layoffs.
The USPS has sought to end six-day delivery for years, though some have argued that it would harm residents in rural areas. Credit card and insurance companies have said that they need Saturday delivery because they need to notify their customers frequently.
One postal union denounced the move as short-sighted.
"USPS executives cannot save the Postal Service by tearing it apart," according to a statement from the American Postal Workers Union. "These across-the-board cutbacks will weaken the nation's mail system and put it on a path to privatization."
There are many reasons for the service's fiscal mess. Congress has mandated that the USPS pre-fund 75 years of its retiree health care costs, an expense that is expected to top $100 billion by the end of the decade. The burden, which no other public or private sector employer faces, is crushing the USPS, which defaulted last year on more than $10 billion in payments needed for future retiree health costs. Some USPS critics, though, have argued that the prepayment issue is overblown.
Indeed, demand for mail service has plummeted for years. First-class mail volumes have fallen as more consumers pay bills online and send messages over email. Fewer than half of the nation's 32,000 post offices are profitable because demand from customers has fallen. The USPS is slashing the number of mail processing centers by more than 50% by 2014.
Ironically, the USPS has recently touted that it was named the most trusted government agency for the for the seventh year in a survey by Ponemon Institute. It would be interesting to see how USPS would fare in light of Wednesday's announcement.
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