Congratulations Mr. Raed Jarrar

NEW YORK (AFP) – An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded 240,000 dollars in compensation, campaigners said Monday.

Raed Jarrar received the pay out on Friday from two US Transportation Security Authority officials and from JetBlue Airways following the August 2006 incident at New York’s JFK Airport, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced.

“The outcome of this case is a victory for free speech and a blow to the discriminatory practice of racial profiling,” said Aden Fine, a lawyer with ACLU.

Jarrar, a US resident, was apprehended as he waited to board a JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland, California, and told to remove his shirt, which had written on it in Arabic: “We will not be silent.”

He was told other passengers felt uncomfortable because an Arabic-inscribed T-shirt in an airport was like “wearing a T-shirt at a bank stating, I am a robber,’” the ACLU said.

Jarrar eventually agreed to cover his shirt with another provided by JetBlue. He was allowed aboard but his seat was changed from the front to the back of the aircraft.

Alhamdulillah!! Finally.  It’s amazing how afraid people are of us and how much they hate us.  The above incident is ridiculous.  I am so happy that he got something for what he went through.  Although you can never put a dollar amount on publically humiliating someone like that, at least the company got punished in the only manner that they understand, in the cheque book.  You know it’s a good thing he didn’t have a rock in his hand otherwise they would have bombed the shit out of him like are doing to us in Palestine.  Israeli’s are claiming that we are the agressors and that we are the ones that are the terrorists.  Our main defensive weapon is the good ol’ rock.  They have all kinds military machinery and equipment and are able to drop one ton bombs on peoples homes and we have rocks.  Yet somehow we are the agressors in the area.  Figure that one out.  I do feel this time however that the world will wake up and see this conflict for what it really is.  Genocide.  This small victory over here by Mr. Jarrar is a step in the right direction.

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I am soooooo bored.  So I thought I would come on here and just start typing to see what would happen.  I don’t really have much to say, but I am here and the work New Year is starting just like the old one ended.  Which means I am busy beyond belief.  But that is a good thing, especially these days.  I am very thankful for the job I have and the fact that we are busy.  While others are feeling the crunch of the economy thankfully we haven’t felt it yet and maybe we will get lucky and not be effected by it.

Hmmm.  Let’s see what else can I ramble on about.  I saw Valkyrie two weeks ago.  It was okay.  Not great but not bad either.  Oh, and Tom Cruise didn’t even ruin it!  If you have no other choice, go see it.  It is definitely a DVD rental though.

Hmmm, let’s see what else is there.  Oh ya, some really terrible news.  My aunt and uncle came over on Christmas and I thought, hmmm, she looks a bit bigger than she used to.  Obviously I didn’t say anything, I mean I don’t much about women but I know enough to know not to say hey, you gain some weight there fatty!!  But after they went home I asked my moms and she said no that’s 3aib (rude) don’t you dare ask.  Well Friday comes along and bingo-bango, Moo was right!!  But unfortunately we got terrible news today, there may be complications with the child.  I don’t even know what to say to her.  We are pretty close my auntie and I, she is not that much older than me and for the first  I really don’t know what to say.  What do say really.  There is a really good she could have a miscarriage.  I mean we were picking names over the weekend.  And since I called the pregnancy before anyone else, I got to name the child if it was a boy.  Please pray for her and her child.

In rereading this post that last paragraph doesn’t really seem to fit in but it came out I don’t know.  Please pray for them.  Thanks.

Israel’s Genocide Has To Stop

As I write this my Palestinian brothers and sisters are being murdered en mass and the fact that no one has decided to step in is baffling on a level that I cannot comprehend.  Everyone in the world is literally just watching.  It is on every news channel, in every language and no one has done a thing.  All they do is talk, I condemn this and I condemn that, but no sanctions are ever put in place and no other actions either.  You know when Saddam did his thing (no need to rehash that), he was punished, as were the people of his country.  There were all kinds of sanctions placed on Iraq.  What Israel is doing now is the EXACT same thing that Saddam did and no one is doing anything.

This behaviour has been going on for over 60 years now and I don’t know why the world hates Palestine so much.  What did we do to deserve this kind of treatment?  Even if we did something wrong, like really, really messed up, I think we have paid our dues.  I mean the Americans get away with murder (literally) daily and besides the Middle East and the French, no one says anything.  Even the Germans have been forgiven for the disgusting things they did in World War II.

The thing I love the most, is all the neighbouring Arab countries that are just watching like everyone else.  Arabs are the worst kind of people.  Instead of helping each other out, we always put each other down and do whatever we can to hurt each other.  Arabs are one of the wealthiest races on the planet and if we would just stick together and help each other out we probably wouldn’t be in this situation in the first place but hey, we do build really tall buildings!

The only thing that we have hope for is the beleif that one day we will all stand before Allah on Judgement Day and we will be asked what we did and what we didn’t do in our lifetime and He will be fair and just and reward and punish as necessary.

To all that read this post, please act, talk to your local MPs and let them know that this cannot continue.

Happy Holidays My A$$!!

Me sooooo tired.

Our office was shut down from noon December 24, 2008 to 8:00 am January 5, 2009.  I was looking forward to this break since like October.  I have needed a break but I have been so busy that I couldn’t take any vacation time.  The only time I had away from the office was for a week long seminar and when I got back from the seminar all my projects had gone to hell.  No one did anything right.  I had my Blackberry during the seminar, on silent of course and during the breaks I would check my emails and messages.  I would have like 10 messages everytime.  On a 5 minute break, away from the office, you can only put out so many fires.  That week long seminar set me back two weeks.  One week for being ‘absent’ and one week fixing everyone else’s mistakes.  Hence, working through the ‘Holidays’.

Moreover, the catalytic convereter on my car got a hole in it, $1,400.  God owning a car is both a blessing a curse.

The other thing with the Holidays is that it really sticks it to you if you’re still single like I am.  I mean I don’t celebrate Christmas and I don’t go out and party for New Year’s, but as another year ends and new one begins its like here we go again, same shit, different year.  I don’t get it either.  I mean, I just don’t understand why I have such a hard time finding someone.  My friends have told me that I am far too picky.  But why shouldn’t I be.  I am a great guy and I plan on only doing this one time and  being with the one I truly love and the one that loves me in return, not needs me, but actually wants to be with me.  I am not about to settle for some broad just to be with someone, it wouldn’t be fair to her or to me for that matter.  I mean I am not depressed, but I know I could be happier, you know.  I don’t know maybe I am just a little a more agitated than normal because I didn’t get to have a vacation after all and because of the stupid car.