The Best of Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin, the US Republican Vice Presidential candidate, has to be the biggest political mistake on the face of this planet. Unimgainably ignorant and verbally-challenged, her every public appearance just seems to pull down Senator John McCain’s chances of being elected to Presidency.

Palin experience: Mayor of a remote Alaskan town for 6 years, Governor of Alaska for 2 years, and 1 year chairing the Alaskan Oil & Gas Conservation Commission. Thats it!! On the basis of simply her experience, I can’t imagine what John McCain’s team was thinking when they selected her. Taking into account that the 72 year old McCain may not survive his first term in office, it’s utterly absurd to think that she could someday be President of the US.

Things get worse, when she rambles on incoherently in interviews, combining the words healthcare, foreign policy, aid, job creation and $700 bailout plan in the same sentence! I’ve never heard her answer a single question with a related answer because she always seems to revert to using the few ideas that she may have been taught just minutes before the interview.

The web is filled with criticisms and parodies of her incompetency – watch the videos below to find out! (The best: Matt Damon’s question!)

Palin on Foreign Policy

Jack Cafferty Tells Us How He Really Feels About Sarah Palin

CNN Laughs It Up Over Sarah Palin Interview

Matt Damon Rips Sarah Palin

So, Sarah Palin – were there dinosaurs?

An hour with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran by popular vote in 2005. Known for his rhetoric and ‘controversial’ ideas, he is probably one of the most important figures in the middle-eastern world.

In his second interview at the Charlie Rose Show (telecast on PBS), Ahmadinejad creates the case for a nuclear empowered Iran. He attacks the US government for interfering in the domestic governance & administration of Iraq and other mid-east countries, and questions the responsibility the US has taken upon itself to ‘help’ countries which are apparently in distress. The President also claims that the IAEA is a puppet in the hands of the US which is one of the strongest members. He questions why the US – the strongest nuclear power – does not wish other countries to use the same technology for peaceful purposes. Trashing the idea of any nation actually using nuclear weapons, he claims the Iran aims to advance in nuclear technology as well as biotechnology, nanotechnology, arts, etc.

In the interview, Ahmadinejad also talks about the strategic location of Iran in the middle-east and its role in helping the nations around it. Extending his argument, he questions the interests of the US in Iraq.

Today, news from across the world is (ultimately) biased in favour of the Americans, and we rarely sit up and question what we hear. Why do Americans feel responsible for cleansing the world? Is it really their responsibility?  Do they really have a plan? And, who judges their actions?

There are violent critics on both sides of the fence who could argue endlessly. But, what’s the solution?

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I’ve just been directed to President Ahmadinejad’s blog: http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/

Karan Thapar… the Quibbler !

I used to think highly of Mr Karan Thapar and his interviewing style at first. But having seen about 5 interviews and read some interview transcripts, I’ve concluded that he’s nothing great. At best, a Quibbler.

His strengths are his strong communication skill and composure while dealing with high profile personalities. In most interviews, he starts by bringing up an issue of importance, then wording out the interviewee’s stand on it, and then he starts ranting and quibbling. He likes twisting phrases, drawing poor conclusions, framing absurd answers and putting words

in the mouth of his interviewees.

Now dont get me wrong. On one hand, I do admire his ability to make such important people look foolish. But on the other, I feel that more often than not, he looses track of the crux of the topic rather focussing his attempts to bring out the a few shortcomings of his interviewees. Sometimes, he does manage to stumble upon a powerful personality who is ignorant or ill-minded. But on the whole, his interview skills merely aim to frustrate his guests.

However, faced with an equally good communicator, Mr Thapar’s weakness is blatant. His background

research seems dodgy and logic flawed. A good example would be his interview with India’s current Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

I may not be the best judge of an interviewer, but in my humble opinion, Mr Thapar doesn’t cut class with the best.

Those with reasoning skills as good as his, would now conclude that I hold utmost hatred for this man and the work he does. Wrong. I used to think ‘highly’ of him. Now I think he’s just a decent interviewer getting his way along. Dont be surprised to see future posts regarding him!