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Today's Topics:

1. A plot against the Senate -Boston Globe (Ram Sarangapani)
2. Something for linguists (umesh sharma)
3. Re: From the ToI (umesh sharma)
4. Are you a Liberal or Conservative or none (Rajen Barua)


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Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:15:38 -0500
From: Ram Sarang! apani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Assam] A plot against the Senate -Boston Globe
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A good article on the ''nuclear option"

--Ram

A plot against the Senate
May 11, 2005
IF ONLY Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader, had attended the
rallies in Riga or Tbilisi over the weekend to hear President Bush
tell the budding democrats of Latvia and Georgia how important it is
for them to protect minority rights. Perhaps Frist would have emulated
former Soviet bloc countries and moved to dismantle his threatened
''nuclear option."
But what's important for Eastern Europe is apparently not so important
at home, where Bush and Frist are attempting to steamroll age-old
minority rights in Congress in order to pepper the nation's courts
with extremists.
If Frist succeeds in barring the D! emocrats' use of the filibuster to
hold up judicial nominations, the result will be disastrous not only
for the courts, including the Supreme Court, but also for the
fundamental democratic principle that Bush embraced so warmly
overseas.
Bush claims, as he made clear in a statement released in Washington on
Monday, to be seeking Senate confirmation of ''extraordinarily
qualified" judicial nominees who have ''bipartisan support" and who
''deserve a simple up-or-down vote by the entire Senate." They have
not been ''treated fairly," Bush said, because Democrats have employed
''the partisan practices of the past" at an ''unprecedented level."
Bush is so palpably wrong on each point as to call his credibility
into question.
The seven appeals court nominees in dispute are all far-right
conservatives, and some have little experience. One spent most of his
life as an industry lobbyist. There is almost no Democratic support
for any of them. They! do not ''deserve" an up-or-down vote any more
than the scores of Bill Clinton nominees who never got one. As for
fairness, the Senate has confirmed 208 of 218 Bush nominations to the
bench -- the highest proportion for any recent administration. The
Democrats' efforts to block out-of-the-mainstream judges are not
unprecedented; it is the threatened demolition of minority rights in
the Senate that would be a historic turning point.
By design, the Senate is the body with more continuity, a longer
perspective, and a greater respect for minority opinions than either
the House or the presidency. For decades, the chamber's unlimited
debate rule meant that a single senator or two could block a bill. Now
filibusters can be stopped only by a vote of 60 or more senators.
Republicans may argue that if the Democrats wanted to prevail in the
Senate, they should have secured the election of 51 members. But
Democrats, with the 60-vote cloture rule in eff! ect, can counter that
Republicans should have elected 60 members if they wanted unfettered
control. Since neither happened, the existing rules should be honored.
In fact, the Bush and Frist nuclear option is an attempt to change the
rules in the middle of the game for totally partisan short-term
advantage. It would damage the courts, and it would damage the Senate
even more.


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Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 18:04:06 +0100 (BST)
From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Assam] Something for linguists
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/2361



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Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 18:27:21 +0100 (BST)
From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Assam] From the ToI
To: mridul bhuyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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I don't know if I should be saying this now but on the one hand girls with oriental looks are more desired by north Indian males - even to the extent of luring them from Nepal for prostitution in Delhi or Mumbai.

Secondly, esp for girls with oriental features from India and belonging to the eastern most states -are perceived as f! rom a culture which does not mind promiscous behavior-now ofcourse same is said of metro based girls of India - witness the broadlight rape of a 16 year old (with her friend) in posh area of Mumbai inside the policestation -by a single policeman. It is not said of Assamese who have features similar to North Indians etc. The reason is partly becos even in my college days in early 90s Manipuri youth (all oriental looking youth from North East were called Manipuri -except those whom I knew --like Mario from Arunanchal Pradesh) used to bring in their girl friends in the evening befoe dinner to their rooms and later used condoms could be found lying outside their doors.

Further, Manipuris were the first to have mixed shared housing (which in my opinion were quite non-sexual as in USA nowadays) which propagated the perception that North Eastern oriental girls are easy. I don't know how but the Manipuri guys always seemed to have a lot of money with motorcycles and audio systems ! and lost of pocket money - maybe sons and daughters of tribal leaders or on schol from church or state govt (as was our preception then).

Some oriental featured girls then mixed a lot with the North Indian youth - even had sexual relations ---- maybe a very tiny minority but in the rigid social structure in those days these girls stood out.

However, I feel the oriental looking girls are perceived as not knowing about the security issues --so move out late at night outside --and are assaulted. 5 years ago at 10 pm in Jaipur a Tibetan girl was picked up by a jeep driver and his friends while she was walking in a lonely road down a park in the heart of the town with another girl.

Umesh

mridul bhuyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

Being in the city for nearly 12 yrs., I admit that Delhi is a rough city. Its always struggle to survive here.

> >What many don't realise, however, is that some
> > women are more vulnerable than othe! rs by virtue of their alien
> > physical features, language and culture.
> >
> > Women from the North-East, clubbed together by most as "chinkys",
> > have it tougher than many of their peers in schools, colleges and
> > workplaces in the Capital.
The treatment is particularly melted out to those having an oriental face. Being similar to the North Indian by looks, Me & my family & others visiting our place have not faced any such incidents till now. In the begining years, I was really hurt. But, now I am accustomed and feel that the rude language is a way of life in this part of India. The rude behaviour to some extent can be said to be the result of the harsh weather, people use to face in Delhi.People hailing from South India also are being treated badly due to their different looks.

One of the reasons contributing to such treatment towards the people belonging to those from Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya etc. may be! because of the provacative dresses they use to wear. However, it should not be assumed that I am trying to justify the ill-treatment. Another reason is that after 10 PM, almost 70% people on roads are in inebriated state. People here are too much materialistic with no respect for human relations.

Mridul Bhuyan


>From: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Assam] From the ToI
>Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 08:10:08 -0500
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>This is just horrible. The fact is that Delhi has always been like
>this. The city is full of uncouth upstarts with no cultural/moral
>moorings. With every trip to Delhi, I have always come back with a bad
>impression. Even the Hindi spoken in the capital is odd (to say the
>least). Instead of 'Aap bhetia', one would hear 'Aap bheto'. Basically
>mixi! ng Apuni and tumi in one sentence.
>
>Hopefully, the Delhi Administration realizes the bad rap its been
>getting, and try and project a new image.
>
>
>
>It is specially unsettling that women from the NE be treated like this.
>
>On 5/9/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > N-E women in Delhi a doubly cursed lot
> > OINAM SUNIL
> >
> > TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2005 12:27:50 AM ]
> > Sign into earnIndiatimes points
> > GUWAHATI: It is no secret that Delhi is perhaps the most unsafe city
> > for women in India. What many don't realise, however, is that some
> > women are more vulnerable than others by virtue of their alien
> > physical features, language and culture.
> >
> > Women from the North-East, clubbed together by most as "chinkys",
> > have it tougher than many of their peers in schools, colleges and
> > workplaces in the Capital.
> >
> > "I am here for a short break, and now that the issue has been
> > raised, let me put what I feel about Delhi like this: that place
> > violates me in numerous ways," says Susan Kharpran, a 22-year-old
> > working at a call centre. "People just think we are available."
> >
> > Girls from N-E, who have either studied in Delhi or worked there,
> > have awful memories about the city.
> >
> > Another girl, a master's degree holder from JNU, says it was
> > "absolutely nightmarish" travelling by bus from her campus to certain
> > libraries in CP. "Even the conductors try to act funny with us. And
> > the worst thing is that there seems to be no protection for those who
> > are already hindered by their inability to speak in Hindi, or for
> > that matter, by their faces."
> >
> >! In Kohima, Naga girl Kevingunuo, 24, said: "It was sometime in 2001
> > that I was nearly molested by two guys at Janpath.
> > Fortunately, an excursion team comprising both boys and girls from
> > Nagaland came to my rescue."
> >
> > Now working for a private firm in Bangalore, Kevinguno says: "The
> > South is far better. Of course, we can't remain in the N-E and have
> > to come to Delhi for work and studies, but none of us feels safe
> > here. We are doubly cursed. First, we are women, and then we are N-E
> > women."
> >
> > The story is the same for Mizo girl Zenifer Lallianpuii (The N-E, by
> > the way, has 8 states, including Sikkim, and "chinkys" from each
> > state are as different from each other as Gujaratis from Tamilians).
> > A student at Lady Sriram College, Zenifer said in Aizawl, "We feel
> > insecure going out alone for shoppi! ng or hang-outs. Even in crowded
> > markets there are these guys who will try to molest us. Something
> > like this will never happen anywhere in the N-E. We are so proud of
> > that."
> >
> > Romi Kakaty (name changed), an Assamese working with an
> > international NGO in the Capital, thinks "Delhi as a whole is not at
> > all safe for women. But speaking of people from the North-East, I
> > would say that the region as a whole is seen differently by
> > Delhiites. They still think we are outsiders, that they can do
> > anything with us and get away with it. The police, too, are
> > unfriendly. It is useless going to them for help. We are at a
> > disadvantage from all sides."
> >
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Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 12:46:57 -0500
From: "Rajen Barua" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Assam] Are you a Liberal or Conservative or none
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Are you a Liberal or Conservative or None:

You no longer can just call yourself a Liberal or Conservative or just simple Democrats and Rep! ublicans any more. You need to qualify yourself.
This org has classified Americans into nine different catagories depending on their social and political beliefs.

The new political typology is :

ENTERPRISERS
SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES
PRO GOVERNMENT CONSERVATIVES
UPBEATS
DISAFFECTEDS
LIBERALS
CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS
DISADVANTAGED DEMOCRATS
BYSTANDERS

If you want to find out where you fit, you can do a self test and see.

http://people-press.org/reports/display

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