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Friday, June 19, 2009

Champion of the masses

I heard somebody on Fox News describe Rafsanjani as "the champion of the masses". He forgot to add that he is also a champion of his own wealth and looting of public money.

Posted by As'ad AbuKhalil at 3:56 AM

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-My blog posts for Al-Akhbar English
-The Battle For Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power
-Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New "War on Terrorism"
-Historical Dictionary of Lebanon
-America and the New "War on Terrorism": Who Split the World into Two? (Arabic)
-Shattered Illusions: Analyzing the War on Terrorism (Chapter: Orientalism, Alive and Well)
-Between the State and Islam (Chapter: Against the Taboos of Islam: Anti-Conformist Tendencies in Contemporary Arab Islamic Thought)
-The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide: The Middle East and North Africa (Chapter on women in Saudi Arabia)
-Women in the Middle East
-It is War. (Arabic)
-Terrorism or Resistance? Against the Criteria of Bin Laden or Arab Neo-Cons(Arabic)
-Lebanon and Syria: searching for a map?
-In Their Memory, and Not in His. (Arabic)
-Features (and virtues) of French Secularism(Arabic)
-The Status of Zionism, in Europe and US(Arabic)
-Sex and the Suicide Bomber
-On Democratic Party Elections
-Any Objection to US Violation of Lebanese Sovereignty?
-Repercussions of American fumbling in Iraq
-The One Who Returned, By Crowning.
-After Arafat
-Who is He?
-What Bashir Gemayyel Represents: the Legacy of Lebanese Fascism
-Incoherence of the Opposition: Production of Sectarian Dynasties
-The Folklore of Lebanese Patriotism: What the Fluttering Flags Could not Hide
-Against Francophonie: The Falsity of Lebanese Culture
-How do we Stay Arab, How do we Stay Human? Or, Challenging Globalization
-U.S.-Saudi Arabia relations
-The Islam Industry
-Muhsin Ibrahim and the Repercussions of Self-Criticism: So as Not to Unfairly Criticize Thy Self
-Critique of Arab Media Coverage of the War, TV
-Walid Jumblat: For and Against
-Pierre Laval: Statesman
-My Eulogy of Joseph Samhah: He died just as He lived: Hands Unbound, Free
Wasfi At-Tal: the Authentic Arab Nationalist
When Ahmad Hajj Remembered Mistakes of Nasser
In Defense of Conspiracy Theory
Islamic Rule in Gaza? Oh, What Horror!
Who Can Rescue the Shi`ites (Except Sa`d Hariri)?
Did the Aggression on Lebanon have Aides?
The Triumph of Phalangist Ideology
Pakistan...First
Two Phases in the History of Arab Liberalism

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-My experiences living under Israeli Occupation (Boston Globe)

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-NYPost: McNuggets Becoming Healthier

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-For vegetarians like me, you may enjoy Tofu Nuggets

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Mother Teresa Miracle Watch

Help speed her canonization! Make miracles up!

-Sainthood cause of Mother Teresa moves to Vatican

-Mother Teresa's miracles to be revealed

-As'ad's sink was miraculously unclogged in October 2003

-Penelope Cruz to act in movie on Mother Teresa (the Unclogging of my Kitchen sink will be featured in the movie: one of her best known miracles to date)

-Economist has reported on October 30th, 2003 that a Catholic priest "placed a relic of Mother Teresa" on the body of Terri Schiavo who has been in a coma in a Florida hospital.

-This is an interview with somebody who met Mother Teresa. Note that he mentioned that Mother Teresa "pulled a piece of bread out of her apron pocket". What he did not mention is that she also kept 16" Pizza (with eggplants), two serving of Kung Pao Chicken, 3 Black Forest Cakes, 57 oranges, and 478 burritos all in her apron pocket. How did she fit all that? Well, you know how.(Thanks to Kyle for the link)

Comic by Terry Furry, reproduced from "Heard the One About the Funny Leftist?" by Cris Thompson, East Bay Express

As'ad's Bio

As'ad AbuKhalil, born March 16, 1960. From Tyre, Lebanon, grew up in Beirut. Received his BA and MA from American University of Beirut in pol sc. Came to US in 1983 and received his PhD in comparative government from Georgetown University. Taught at Tufts University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Colorado College, and Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Served as a Scholar-in-Residence at Middle East Institute in Washington DC. He served as free-lance Middle East consultant for NBC News and ABC News, an experience that only served to increase his disdain for maintream US media. He is now professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. His favorite food is fried eggplants.

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