A Letter to President Barack Obama

(I realize this may be a really stupid idea, but I'm gonna do it anyway so shoot me.)

Dear Mr. President,

I initially wanted this letter to be a formal, welcoming sorta letter, for your new job at the White House and all that. But I think it's safe to say you've had enough of that already.

(Either way Congratulations dude!)

Errm, my name's Muhammed Ali J., and I'm a Muslim from India, born and bred in the Middle East, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I first heard about you in 2005 when you were elected into the Senate in Illinois. Surely the news of someone with 'Hussein,' becoming a US Senator was big news over here. Soon after that in 2007, when you announced that you were running for Democratic Nominee, ears perked all over this part of the world (Yours Truly's included). Since then I followed your whirlwind campaign that stretched two years and now you're sitting in the Oval Office. Whoo!

I had a whole bunch of ideas that I wanted to say. I was gonna quote big words stuff like, sacrifice, hope, leadership, divine redemption, so on and so forth. However, now that I'm here I guess it's eventually of no end and I might as well speak from the heart (and brain). President Obama, I don't need to tell you that there are a lot of expectations on your shoulders. You know it better than anyone else, and it's what you built your campaign to the top job on. You know that every citizen (Well maybe besides some of the Republicans. And Ralph Nader) is celebrating your every move and every critic is just sitting around waiting for you to slip up.

Here's hoping you never do, big guy! (Slip up, I mean....)

Now, forgive me for being ignorant but this letter isn't about the change that you promised your countrymen IN your country. This letter is about the rest of us. As the only superpower in the world, your actions in some way or another affect a lot of people, especially those in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Pakistan, even Israel. Those and a lot of other countries, if not most. Mr. President for the past 8 years people in many countries have suffered ridiculous atrocities due to the selfish, ignorant and terribly biased actions of your predecessor. Sure your fellow citizens look at you with eyes full of expectations for jobs, tax cuts and whatnot. But just as every American looks to you with hope, the eyes and minds of every Iraqi, Afghani, Palestinian are maxxed out on optimism. Believe you me when I say that on the 4th of November 2008, the folk in this part of the world breathed a unanimous "OH THANK GOD." We're all rooting for you. Some more than others.

Mr. President there's nothing I can say now that you don't already know. And the big truth is you probably won't read this letter ever and it'll just be up on my blog collecting cyber dust. But if by some chance you happen to come across this, PLEASE know that the rest of the world really needs you to keep your promises. The people in Iraq, Afghanistan and both Palestine and Israel are all fed up with genocide. There's no pro-Palestinian side or pro-Israeli side to this anymore. Ask anyone what they want and you have my word, the top reply is, 'Peace.'

This letter is in it's essence a plea to please do what those who are suffering on all sides, expect you to do. You are now at the precipice of what will soon become your legacy. Soon you'll be taking that plunge, and we all hope you soar. Don't let us down. We need you to be everything you said you would.


Long story short: Please, don't screw up.


Sincerely,

Muhammed Ali J.

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Argh. Argh. Argh. And just so I'm clear: Argh.

There's just one more day until the big elections in the US of A, and ideally I'd love to be sitting in my bedroom and watching live updates and cheering on the Dems. Unfortunately, I'm still here and I'll only be back in Dubai on the 7th. Shit.

Secondly, I love it when people make slips they don't realize. Iz ozzum.

I've come down with something terrible since my last post. It's an allergic reaction that has resulted in a full chest (of phlegm thengyooverymuch), sore throat, blocked sinuses, severe ear pain, runny eyes (and nose) and a LOT of cough, headaches and all around discomfort. My asthma's also acted up and I'm having a tough time breathing. Argh. I'd love to get bed rest, but being the last few days in India, we're all packing to get ready to go to Bombay and meeting people and stuff. Either way, this is the worst health I've been in, in a while, and I can't wait to get better.

Still I can't get around the fact that I won't be able to follow the elections live. When we leave to Bombay tomorrow, odds are I won't be able to get online until I hit Dubai.

BUT, I had a really good time here surprisingly enough. Pune, Bombay, Mahableshwar. All'o'that.

Either way, this is M signing off (I think) until I (probably) land in Dubai.




Oh. I just remembered. My laptop's in for servicing in Dubai and I still haven't got the call that it's completed.



Poop.



Oh well. Desktop.



Meh.


xx


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GOBAMAGO!!!!

Everyone's heard of LOLcats. From one of their branches, I present:

LOLPolitics...


I scoured the website to bring you some of their funniest shit. Most of 'em are anti-McCain, but there are a few that were just WAY cool..

:D

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List of Celebrities supporting Barack Obama

A quick list of some celebrities supporting BO and his campaign. They're hyperlinked to whatever page I could find which would be relevant. Meh.

1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Halle Berry
3. Robert De Niro
4. Matt Damon
5. George Clooney
6. Kal Penn
7. Al Gore
8. Bill Clinton
9. Hillary Clinton
10. John Edwards
11. Scarlet Johannsen
12. Caroline Kennedy
13. Ed Norton
14. Will Smith
15. Rob Reiner
16. Laurence Fishburne
17. Warren Buffet
    
18. Sharon Stone
    (around this point I got bored of looking for links... so.. Just read..)
    
19. Stephen Colbert
    
20. Jessica Biel
21. Pete Wentz
22. Chris Rock
23. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
24. The Black Eyed Peas
25. Jamie Foxx
26. Kanye West
27. Ashley Judd
28. Jennifer Lopez
29. Anne Hathaway
30. Charlize Theron
31. Ron Meyer
32. Jessica Alba
33. Michael Jordan
34. Morgan Freeman
35. Eddie Murphy
36. Jon Bon Jovi
37. Goo Goo Dolls
38. Danny Devito
39. Steven Speilberg
40. Tom Hanks
41. Denzel Washington [DUH!]
42. Tauqeer Jamadar
    
43. Ben Stiller
44. Barbara Streisand
45. Brad Grey
46. Richard Cook
47. Jennifer Garner [ ;-) ]

While this list is not conclusive it's merely a reminder to showcase Obama's popularity with the folks of the US of A.

Suck on THAT McCain.



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BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT! GFWMG goes official BO - backing!

So I've always been rooting for Obama, ever since his name cropped up on the American political scene. I've listened to a lot of his stuff and it surprises me as to why I didn't write anything about him or his campaign earlier. Either way, I was inspired to write this post after watching Barack Obama's speech at Denver, Colorado, today where he positively destroyed the Republican campaign and the $700bn bailout plan that they backed.

My brother was very skeptical (surprise surprise) about Obama's chances at winning the election this year. He was all, 'oh they wouldn't let him on, republican corporate backing, race etc etc' but even HE said it tonight. HE said that McCain just lost (yes. LOST) the elections. Obama has always been known to have a silver tongue but today at Colorado he positively sealed his campaign.

The Lower House rejected the $700bn bailout plan 228-205, resulting in urgent warnings from President Bush (and congressional leaders) that the economy could cannonball into recession. Well, I don't blame him he did f*** up the economy. Only 5 weeks now till election day and the Republicans had about two thirds of their party rejecting the very bill that they backed. The Bush Administration piled on the pleas to the lawmakers to let it pass, but still, no cigar. No one is going to take such a huge risk to the economy and with only 5 weeks till election day.

The man on the street says, 'why should our money be given to the big corporations?' McCain has promised, I believe, around $700,000 worth of tax cuts to CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and, in his words, 'not a dime of relief for the average American. So why should the American people suffer?'

Damn. BO is gonna be a bad-ass President. Let's just hope that the American people make the RIGHT choice this time around. Third time's a charm I says!

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Come what may, this post is to announce that GFWMG is now OFFICIALLY (from my end) a blog supporting Obama-Biden '08. While I don't have their official backing, they have mine. I'll do whatever I can to help their campaign. Albeit I'm halfway across the world, but hey you never know!

I have 2 widgets on the sidebar that should keep us all updated on a decently-regular basis. They're official widgets from Obama for America so I'm guessing they've got stuff. Henceforth, I will be posting any new developements of and about BO's campaign on this here blog.

WATCH THIS SPACE!


Obama - Biden '08



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