Washington’s Election Year Politics
Hadiza
Wada, DBA
…Dec. 17, 2011
We live in truly
unusual times. By that we mean the
politicians in Washington D.C. that are literally the elected representatives of
the people, do not seem to be acting in tandem with the wishes of the
overwhelming majority of the electorate.
It has never been a prefect representation anyway, and no one is deluding
himself of such perfection. But in a
significant number of categories, the U S Congress's approval polling numbers
have dropped to record low levels.
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The Era of the Governed
Hadiza Wada, DBA
…November 26, 2011
What started as a sudden revolution
in Arab Speaking countries of the Maghreb beginning with Tunisia in December of
last year 2010 and spreading to the Arab Middle East, mostly tagged the “Arab
Spring” has been ongoing now for close to a year.
Recently, it has snuck into the European countries too, most especially
the United States. As we write this
report, demonstrators in New York, the economic and financial capital of the
U.S., Oakland, California and other major cities have been ongoing.
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Muslims, True Descendants of Abraham
Hadiza Wada, DBA …November 5, 2011
Today stands as one of the happiest days in Allah’s sight out of the 365 days
[of the year] for his human servants, as related by scholars of Islam. This happens as millions of His
direct worshippers stand on mount Arafat near the city of Makkah wrapped in
nothing but two simple pieces of cheap but clean white clothing, raising their
hands up in humility towards the sky praying directly to Him and seeking for His
guidance, and for Him to forgive and cleanse them of all their inequities, and
grant them provision for this worldly life and the next.
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Debating the Economy
Hadiza
Wada, DBA …July 16, 2011
Common Sense is just that: common. With a brain, and the five senses that
take in and analyze information man is fashioned to make close to accurate
judgment most of the time, and especially those that relate to his basic
survival.
The politician however would convince you otherwise. The
impasse over government spending cut and the willingness of politicians to deal
with US debt issue is just one of these times when you feel that the people
could be the best group to push the issue one way or another.
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The Middle East Political Challenges
Hadiza Wada, DBA
…June 4, 2011
The sweeping changes occuring in the Middle East does
indeed remind one of the democratization ripple effect that swept across a great
many nations of the world, shaking many communist nations of Eastern Europe
beginning in the late Eighties, early nineties.
That movement began under the Ronald Reagan Administration of the United
States, and many have attributed the credit to him and his government, while
others have also credited the persuasion and subsequent Glasnost “openness”
ideology introduced in Russia by the Gorbachev government.
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A Sincere
Appeal to Reason
Hadiza Wada, DBA ...December 4, 2010
President Obama and his team must not change course just to satisfy the
opposition. Most especially the
President. That will amount to abandoning the principle that form the basis for
his election into office. He must
remember always that he was seen as a God send back in 2008 when the nation
appears to have reached the peak of its patience with the policies of the
Republican party which at that time was in control of the White House.
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Keeping The Issues in
Focus
Hadiza Wada, DBA
…November 13, 2010
When the cult of fear takes hold, no one knows where it will
strike next. It is for such reasons that people
will have to find ways to keep the issues in focus. We have carried on
our pages an in-depth analysis of the manipulation of the greater society
through image creation and/or destruction.
In other words the use of media propaganda to paint grim images away from
the reality that the manipulators detest.
Recently in the United States, the ultra conservatives are
banking once again on old age dogmas to evoke fear. We have heard alot about such words like
“Socialism.” The Democratic Party’s
efforts to come up with much needed legislations such as the healthcare reform,
for example, has been described by the conservatives as socialism. And as the 112th congress convenes with a
Republican Majority in January, be ready to hear such words being used.
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Backgrounder: United States Election
Hadiza Wada, DBA ...October 31, 2010
With three days ahead of us to the
Tuesday Election, we again write in the hopes of further informing our readers
of some basics before the actual elections.
Our article from last week may sound too simplistic, because it stressed
one factual side of the argument.
But as you may have seen across the screens of your TV sets as well as heard on
radio from many news sources within the last few weeks, the battle for
nationwide legislative seats and gubernatorial seats across many states of the
United States was no joke. Each
party has been busy and fighting hard for those seats, even as polls continue to
sound upbeat for the Republicans and discouraging for Democratic voters.
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Americans Head to the Polls in Ten Days
Hadiza Wada, DBA
...October 23, 2010
Democrats, the
nation’s President also a Democrat, and most of other high ranking members
of the government are busy doing all they can to mobilize their voters in
the final days of campaigning for midterm elections. They are working very
hard because most polls suggest significant gains by Republicans in the
upcoming elections. But the question is, is it unusual for congressional
make up of both parties to undergo significant changes in midterm
elections? Is the outcome of the elections a decisive measure of the
effectiveness of the Obama Administration?
Looking at past records of the balance of power in the capital Washington
D.C., the Congress and the President have most of the time been at odds;
that is, the same political party has not typically controlled the White
House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives at the same time.
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A Financial Regulatory Victory for
Democrats
Hadiza Wada, DBA ...July 24, 2010
The
Obama Administration has reached another milestone in its struggle to put the
nation back on sound financial footing, with the signing of a new banking and
consumer protection bill Wednesday. You may recall that the U.S. financial
challenges emerged immediately after the election of President Barack Obama, but
even before he took office. Since then, one strategy after another has
been employed to deal with the issue. Today, most of the immediate threats
to the economy have gradually waned, though most financial analysts
including those within the administration believe the nation is not out of the
woods yet.
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The
Double Standards
Hadiza Wada, DBA ...June 12, 2010
While bragging that it was “the biggest trial ever undertaken by the Hague
Tribunal” once again we see how the world values human lives, or lack thereof,
based on who they are. For the 1995 murder of 7,000 Muslim Men in the city of
Srebrenica, after “luring” them into the city using credible organizations such
as the United Nations to convince them that it is a safe refuge, Bosnian Serb
Army moved in, separating families, women and children from their husbands and
adult brothers. The men were led off, mostly in handcuffs, taken to the
suburban areas told to lie down face down and shot in cold blood. For that
crime, the two men got life in prison.
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The Signs of Our Times: Volcanic Eruptions and More
Hadiza Wada, DBA ...April
17, 2010
“...(the
corruption continued) until the heavens wondered at them before Me, and
the earth and mountains, including the beasts, wondered and wailed.
All that had no effect on them; nor was the Book useful to them.”
(God to Jeremiah, Ibn Kathir)
We woke up
this week to a volcanic eruption on the northern arctic continent of
Iceland, which has literally handicapped air traffic to
and from European nations. Literally a thunderous
roaring and raging mountain spitting its guts. Before then we had many
signs of an ailing world some of which has come to be generally termed a
consequence of human activities corrupting the atmosphere and the
environment. Earthquakes have also become all too
frequent, with Haiti still on our minds and a few days ago China.
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