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		<title>By: Lessons from Human Cancer in Fighting Cancerous National Movements (Part 2 of 2) &#124; The Pakistani Spectator</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lessons from Human Cancer in Fighting Cancerous National Movements (Part 2 of 2) &#124; The Pakistani Spectator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] against it! If you despair of victory, the battle is half-lost! See my almost two-year-old post Despair or Hope (which is mercifully short!) for some earlier thoughts that I had on the value of hope and optimism [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] against it! If you despair of victory, the battle is half-lost! See my almost two-year-old post Despair or Hope (which is mercifully short!) for some earlier thoughts that I had on the value of hope and optimism [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Muhammad Farid Masood</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/despair-or-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1390</link>
		<dc:creator>Muhammad Farid Masood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rahim Shah Sahib,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;:) &lt;br/&gt;I just cannot say thanks for your love. I am busy a bit but shall write espacially for your sir soon. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I don't miss visiting TPS daily, and believe me if the following persons and many others (if i can name all) are missing from TPS i feel fever in my body:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;1. Rahim Shah,&lt;br/&gt;2. Ramta Jogi,&lt;br/&gt;3. Qaiser Kamran,&lt;br/&gt;4. Jessica Martin &lt;br/&gt;5. Saba Ali&lt;br/&gt;6. Salim Badayuni&lt;br/&gt;7.&lt;br/&gt;8.&lt;br/&gt;9.&lt;br/&gt;many more&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Love you sir</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rahim Shah Sahib,</p>
<p> <img src='http://www.pkhope.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> <br />I just cannot say thanks for your love. I am busy a bit but shall write espacially for your sir soon. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t miss visiting TPS daily, and believe me if the following persons and many others (if i can name all) are missing from TPS i feel fever in my body:</p>
<p>1. Rahim Shah,<br />2. Ramta Jogi,<br />3. Qaiser Kamran,<br />4. Jessica Martin <br />5. Saba Ali<br />6. Salim Badayuni<br />7.<br />8.<br />9.<br />many more</p>
<p>Love you sir</p>
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		<title>By: Rahim Shah</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/despair-or-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1388</link>
		<dc:creator>Rahim Shah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr. Farid Masood Where are you? Sir, please write something for us, we are thirsty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Farid Masood Where are you? Sir, please write something for us, we are thirsty.</p>
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		<title>By: Ayaz Hussain</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/despair-or-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1386</link>
		<dc:creator>Ayaz Hussain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now that's interesting. I am amused. As Americans get surprised when they actually listen and meet to Pakistanis, and come to realize that , 'Oh, these Pakistanis dudes are just normal, they arent really that bloody and terrorist'&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just like that, I am surprised to hear that Jews are not the mastermind of everything happening in US, after all. I would love more commentory on this from the TPS readers, if they please.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that&#8217;s interesting. I am amused. As Americans get surprised when they actually listen and meet to Pakistanis, and come to realize that , &#8216;Oh, these Pakistanis dudes are just normal, they arent really that bloody and terrorist&#8217;</p>
<p>Just like that, I am surprised to hear that Jews are not the mastermind of everything happening in US, after all. I would love more commentory on this from the TPS readers, if they please.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan Tow</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/despair-or-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1385</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan Tow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ayaz Hussain,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Regarding your question about the notion that Jews control America: I am saddened to hear that this may be a common belief in Pakistan. I will answer frankly and very honestly. I have all my life known a larger than average number of Jewish men and women. They are (and have been) my good friends, colleagues, and classmates, and I hold them in high regard. They have represented a wide variety of political points of view, agreeing with each other no more than any other large group, so if they “controlled America,” I’d have to ask “Which ones!?” One of the few generalizations about "Jewish politics" in the US that actually holds true is that they tend to vote for the Democratic Party much more than average Americans – has the Democratic Party done well, in the last 40 years? (No, Democrats have served in 3 out of the 10 presidential terms since 1969, usually while battling with Republican-controlled Congresses!) &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I remarked at some length about conspiracy theories in general (how they are usually &lt;i&gt;wrong&lt;/i&gt;, and why) in my comments to the blog posted on September 11 regarding a supposed conspiracy behind 9/11. (I disagreed vehemently with that blog!) The key remarks that apply to supposed Jewish control of America are that we’re terrible at keeping secrets in America (actually this probably applies to secrets kept by large groups anywhere in the world – they always get out!), and that any conspiracy theory must explain more mysteries than it creates. The notion of a successful Jewish conspiracy to control America utterly fails both these tests – the secret would never be kept, and it makes no sense at all – no group of Jewish people (even assuming they agreed with &lt;i&gt;each other&lt;/i&gt;!) in America holds any set of “levers” that would give them even the &lt;i&gt;remotest&lt;/i&gt; possibility of controlling (openly or secretly) our huge, diverse government or nation, with all its competing interests!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If I were to make an argument for a group “controlling America,” presently, it would be &lt;i&gt;farmers&lt;/i&gt;, not Jewish people! Our under-populated “farm states” each get the same two senators that the heavily populated industrial states get in the Senate, so the Senate favors farmers out of proportion with their numbers. These same farm states also control a somewhat disproportionate share of the power to elect our president, for obscure constitutional reasons I won’t go into, here. Farmers vote overwhelmingly Republican, so they have done very well in the last 40 years! This does not of course imply an evil, vast, secret “farmer conspiracy!” They’re just voting for what they see as their own best interests and beliefs, like most of us, and given a fairly close match between the two parties, those votes matter, considerably.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ayaz Hussain,</p>
<p>Regarding your question about the notion that Jews control America: I am saddened to hear that this may be a common belief in Pakistan. I will answer frankly and very honestly. I have all my life known a larger than average number of Jewish men and women. They are (and have been) my good friends, colleagues, and classmates, and I hold them in high regard. They have represented a wide variety of political points of view, agreeing with each other no more than any other large group, so if they “controlled America,” I’d have to ask “Which ones!?” One of the few generalizations about &#8220;Jewish politics&#8221; in the US that actually holds true is that they tend to vote for the Democratic Party much more than average Americans – has the Democratic Party done well, in the last 40 years? (No, Democrats have served in 3 out of the 10 presidential terms since 1969, usually while battling with Republican-controlled Congresses!) </p>
<p>I remarked at some length about conspiracy theories in general (how they are usually <i>wrong</i>, and why) in my comments to the blog posted on September 11 regarding a supposed conspiracy behind 9/11. (I disagreed vehemently with that blog!) The key remarks that apply to supposed Jewish control of America are that we’re terrible at keeping secrets in America (actually this probably applies to secrets kept by large groups anywhere in the world – they always get out!), and that any conspiracy theory must explain more mysteries than it creates. The notion of a successful Jewish conspiracy to control America utterly fails both these tests – the secret would never be kept, and it makes no sense at all – no group of Jewish people (even assuming they agreed with <i>each other</i>!) in America holds any set of “levers” that would give them even the <i>remotest</i> possibility of controlling (openly or secretly) our huge, diverse government or nation, with all its competing interests!</p>
<p>If I were to make an argument for a group “controlling America,” presently, it would be <i>farmers</i>, not Jewish people! Our under-populated “farm states” each get the same two senators that the heavily populated industrial states get in the Senate, so the Senate favors farmers out of proportion with their numbers. These same farm states also control a somewhat disproportionate share of the power to elect our president, for obscure constitutional reasons I won’t go into, here. Farmers vote overwhelmingly Republican, so they have done very well in the last 40 years! This does not of course imply an evil, vast, secret “farmer conspiracy!” They’re just voting for what they see as their own best interests and beliefs, like most of us, and given a fairly close match between the two parties, those votes matter, considerably.</p>
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		<title>By: Salim Badayuni</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/despair-or-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1384</link>
		<dc:creator>Salim Badayuni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Like American Dream, we need a Pakistani Dream. Like Lincoln, we need a dynamic and honest leader in Pakistan.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have found Pakistanis and Americans so similar in hardwork, knowledge and liveliness, the only difference is in the leadership and the sense of direction.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Dan, I thank you from Pakistanis for these awesome words.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like American Dream, we need a Pakistani Dream. Like Lincoln, we need a dynamic and honest leader in Pakistan.</p>
<p>I have found Pakistanis and Americans so similar in hardwork, knowledge and liveliness, the only difference is in the leadership and the sense of direction.</p>
<p>Dan, I thank you from Pakistanis for these awesome words.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/despair-or-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1383</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>R u implying that we should shed the fear of US?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>R u implying that we should shed the fear of US?</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/despair-or-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1382</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whenever Pakistan tries to break the shackles, US with the help of some its puppet ruler cut the wings of Pakistan.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I dont think Pakistan needs a bloodless revolution, it needs a thorough surgery.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whenever Pakistan tries to break the shackles, US with the help of some its puppet ruler cut the wings of Pakistan.</p>
<p>I dont think Pakistan needs a bloodless revolution, it needs a thorough surgery.</p>
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		<title>By: Ayaz Hussain</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/despair-or-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1381</link>
		<dc:creator>Ayaz Hussain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan, tell me one thing, and I am asking you this with full respect as I have found your writings here pretty much honest and matter-of-the-fact.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It's a prevailing and established notion here that Jews controls the America. Jews have all the wealth and they have the ultimate clout and they are the ones which influence the US policies. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What is exactly the role of Jews in US?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Is that true? Please an honest opinion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan, tell me one thing, and I am asking you this with full respect as I have found your writings here pretty much honest and matter-of-the-fact.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a prevailing and established notion here that Jews controls the America. Jews have all the wealth and they have the ultimate clout and they are the ones which influence the US policies. </p>
<p>What is exactly the role of Jews in US?</p>
<p>Is that true? Please an honest opinion.</p>
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		<title>By: Rubab</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rubab</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan, I dont think Americans are simple or naive. It's just that they are being misled  by CNN, Fox News and other mainstream old and new media.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan, I dont think Americans are simple or naive. It&#8217;s just that they are being misled  by CNN, Fox News and other mainstream old and new media.</p>
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