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Our lives begin to end
the day we become silent
about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King. Jr.

Then it begins like this:

Dear President Obama,

With your historic inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, we share our sincerest congratulations and
hope that you will uphold your commitment to change.

It continues on discussing the one-sided support in the Middle East and highlights these four major points:

• End the longstanding blockade and allow humanitarian aid to reach Gaza.
• Demand that Israel adhere to international law.
• Call for a lasting and enforceable ceasefire respected by all parties.
• Reevaluate the $3 billion of annual U.S. aid to Israel .

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Good job to all those who were part of this project.

He said a lot of things, but here are the two phrases I loved the most:

People will judge you on what you build not what you destroy

We will lend you a hand only if you unclentch your fists.

I hope this year the economy will improve and jobs in America will be on the increase.

On January 9, 2009 there was a vote for the following bill:

Recognizing Israel’s right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza, reaffirming the United States’ strong support for Israel, and supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

We all know this bill had nothing to do with defending Israel against attacks from Gaza.  We all know this is not supporting any peace-process but helping the State of Israel continue to use American taxes to kill the people of Gaza.  The following men and women of Congress were the only ‘nay’ voters to the above bill.

• Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio (D) – http://kucinich.house.gov/
• Congresswoman Gwen Moore of Wisconson (D) – http://www.house.gov/gwenmoore/
• Congressman Ron Paul of Texas (R) – http://www.house.gov/paul/
• Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California (D) – http://www.house.gov/waters/
• Congressman Rick Rahall of West Virginia (D) – http://www.rahall.house.gov/

Please contact them and thank them for their ‘nay’ vote.

Here is the full listing of the voting results of the bill.

“All this was, and is, disproportionate, indiscriminate mass violence in violation of international law,” Kucinich said in a statement. “Israel is not exempt from international law and must be held accountable.”

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Dear Congressman Dennis Kucinich,

Thank you very much for having some muscle and speaking the truth. As an American, I am proud that we have elected officials in our government that still support justice and truth for all of mankind. If you run for President in the future, you have my vote!

Thank you again!

Sincerely,
Amir M. Sahib

I didn’t care much about the Giants game, since we already made the playoffs and clinced home field advantage, so I was mostly interested in the Cowboys-Eagles game.  I despise both teams, but more the Cowgirls than the Eagles.  The Eagles defense completely obliterated the Cowgirl’s chance of going to the playoffs.  Romo was seen crying on the field with this held dugg into the ground after a fumble and recovery by the Eagles.

What a good Sunday for the NFL!

Warning: Contains foul language.

This is really sad. I am an American Muslim and I feel horrible about this. How can these idiots be a member of the US military? Where is the respect, the dignity and the honor they claim to have. They are like the bullies who drop of out high school and become drug and alcohol addicts not US soldiers! What a disgrace!

Every American should see this. This should be shown as a commercial during the Superbowl.

This is great news to me.  It’s about time those oil rich companies start cutting their prices.  They made record profits this year and last year, they don’t need any more grand revenues.

All the current talk about alternative fuels is doing oil prices no good.

Gulf Oil CEO Joe Petrowski said on Wednesday that the price of oil could sink to $20 per barrel, and there is a chance gasoline prices could drop as low as $1 per gallon by early next year.

Speaking at a South Shore Chamber of Commerce breakfast at Lombardo’s in Randolph, the Brockton native said that after speculators drove oil prices up, there is a chance that the market will overshoot on the way back down, resulting in much lower prices at the pump.

Gas prices have already sunk fairly rapidly this fall, reaching a statewide average of $1.85 for a gallon of regular-grade gasoline this week, following a plunge in crude oil prices.

To make matters worse (for the oil companies and producers) Merril Lynch is predicting $25/barrel oil soon

Shout out to Tariq Nelson for sharing this.

I almost feel sorry for Bush. No love for him from the top 20 nations of the world.

Here is a photo of Bush at the NATO conference this year:

Yesterday had to be the probably the best weekend for the Giants.  Why?  The Redskins lost to the Cowgirls making both their records 6-4 while the Eagles didn’t lose or win (it’s been 6 years since an NFL tie game) leaving them with a record of 5-4-1.  The NFC East is the only division with all teams above .500.  THere is a very strong probablity of us winning the NFC East, inshaAllah.  Although I am not going to jump to the conclusion that we can capture the division.  There is still 6 more weeks of games.  We still have to play the Cardinals, Redskins, Eagles, Cowgirls, Panthers and last Vikings.  It’s an extremely tough finish line to the playoffs, but I am confident we will come up on top.

What happened to the Redskins?  The Cowgirls suck.  Tony Romo threw 2 int’s and barely made many passes.  They aren’t going to the playoffs, but if they do there is some massive cheating in the NFL.  The Redskins don’t have a really hard schedule left.  They play us on Nov. 30.  Can’t wait for that game.

The Eagles and Bengals played to the NFLs first tie in 6 years.  Tie games are usually really exciting when its broken and one team wins, but not in the NFL.  When overtime is over, it’s over, unlike other sports.

In other news, the Tennessee Titans are undefeated.  Looks like the New England Patriots are not the best team in NFLs history.  Detroit is probably the worse city to be in both economically and NFL wise.  They have yet to win a game.  Their city is also dying and the last I heard of its Mayor or ex-Mayor he was on trial for corruption.  Hopefully in 2009, Barack can help Detroit and the rest of this country.

2.07 a gallon

Can you believe that!  That was the gas price in my state, I can bet there are even lower prices that hit below $2.00.  The only thing good about the current state of our economy in America is that we have lower gas prices.

Gasoline prices have fallen while average crude prices have done the same in the past four months. Although U.S. crude for December delivery rose $2.96 to $64 a barrel in New York trading on Monday, that’s down from its high of $147.27 a barrel on July 11.

Source: CNN

What’s the cheapest you paid for gas lately?