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To: Skywatcher who wrote (47659)	1/22/2005 4:35:32 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Chris on <President Bush will raise his right hand and once again pledge to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.....However, I will admit to deep misgivings about how Bush will carry it out.> The right to reaffirm pledge emanates from ballot boxes and a concept called majority will, that test and hurdle has been amply cleared by Mr. Bush, you can keep whining about all this but four more years are a reality, the sooner you get back to the real world better it will be for you. Life is about accepting harsh realities which we don't want to admit, you are now suffering from unbearable pain of being so wrong in understanding the will of majority, good luck to you. This thread will always be open to you for your grievances and I sympathise with you totally as far as this huge loss of rejection and confidence in Liberal agendaby American voter is concerned. I think majority America once for all voted out your guru ‘Moorish defeatist’ mentality.

To: Skywatcher who wrote (47659)	1/22/2005 11:48:45 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Einstein was familiar with the mystic experience, and he describes it with more precision and inherent awe than any accounts I have come across. His quotations mark him as a wonderfully wise man. But the man was known for his brilliance in physics, not illumination. Where's the science, you masy ask... "Out yonder was this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking. The contemplation of this world beckoned as a liberation, and I soon noticed that many a man whom I had learned to esteem and to admire had found inner freedom and security in its pursuit. The mental grasp of this extra-personal world within the frame of our capabilities presented itself to my mind, half consciously, half unconsciously, as a supreme goal." "The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible." "A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty ... We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive." "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT's relativity."

To: Skywatcher who wrote (47659)	1/22/2005 2:31:17 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

This should make you 'dance..' a lot of lunatics do a lot of insane things;;; your fixation with Bush resonates closely with these Islamist zealots.. Hajj pilgrims pelted stones at symbols of the devil on Friday, and many said they were targeting U.S. President George W. Bush and other world leaders seen as oppressing Muslims. Last year, 250 people were crushed to death in a stampede at Mena's Jamarat Bridge, but so far new measures by the Saudi authorities have averted any repeat. This year, more than 2.5 million Muslims streamed into the area for the stoning, meant as an act of purification and rejection of temptation. Saudi Arabia's King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah urged Muslims to shun terrorism which they said meant "warring against God and his Prophet". Muslims should follow Islam's teachings of moderation and forgiveness and unite, they said in a statement. Many pilgrims said they were thinking of Bush and his allies while they were hurling pebbles at the site where the devil is said to have appeared to the biblical patriarch Abraham. "Yes, the devil is Bush and that other one from Israel -- (Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon. And there's (British Prime Minister) Blair too," said Egyptian Tia'amah Mohammed. "We throw the stones so we can vent our anger at them." Many Muslims revile Bush for his perceived bias towards Israel and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Anger at Sharon runs deep over Israel's occupation of Palestinian land and Jerusalem, the site of one of Islam's holiest shrines. British journalist Yvonne Ridley, who converted to Islam after her capture by the Taliban in 2001 in the build-up to the Afghan war, said: "During the stoning I couldn't help thinking of Bush, Blair and Sharon." Other pilgrims said politics did not cross their minds. "This is all about God, and that's all I was thinking about when I threw the stones," Yemeni Ali al-Suweiny said. In Washington, Bush issued a statement sending his greetings to Muslims round the world marking the Eid al-Adha feast. "The kindness and charity practised by Muslims during this holiday strengthen friendships, help those in need, and exemplify the compassionate spirit that makes America and the world a better place," said Bush. Saudi Arabia has revamped the Jamarat area, expanding the stoning targets and deploying thousands of security forces to control the crowd.