We have received credible information on the arrest of two individuals, one a middle aged man traveling on a non-Sri Lankan passport at an undisclosed location in Bangkok in a joint stint launched by Thai and Sri Lankan authorities. The travel documents and said identity confirms with an alias of LTTE operative Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingham.
The man was carrying travel documents both under his own birth name and under other aliases at the time of arrest. A group of Sri Lankan officials is expected to fly the said two individuals to Sri Lanka shortly. Please await further information as it is made available.
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Indicted N.Y. Financier Gave Big to Hillary and Terror Charity
Raj Rajaratnam Accused in $20 Million Insider Trading Case
By RICHARD ESPOSITO, KRISTIN JONES, ANNA SCHECTER and BRIAN ROSS
Oct. 16, 2009
The New York hedge fund billionaire indicted today in an alleged $20 million insider trading scheme, Raj Rajaratnam, was a major contributor to the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and also the single largest known U.S. contributor to a charity linked to the Tamil Tiger terror group in Sri Lanka, according to records obtained by ABCNews.com.
Raj Rajaratnam, billionaire founder of the Galleon Group, a major hedge fund, is led in handcuffs from FBI headquarters in New York Friday, Oct.16, 2009. Rajaratnam was charged with insider trading in the stock of several companies including Hilton, Clearwire, and Google.
(Louis Lanzano/AP Photo)Rajaratnam is accused of operating an elaborate insider trading operation through his Galleon Group hedge fund, which made him one of the wealthiest men in America with an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion.
The case against Rajaratnam and the five others indicted alleges they netted over $25 million in profits and marked the first time a court authorized wire taps were used in a hedge fund case.
A Sri Lankan native, Rajaratnam gave more than $3.5 million to the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO), whose assets were frozen by the U.S. Treasury Department in Nov. 2007 because of its alleged ties to the Tamil Tigers.
According to documents filed with the IRS, Rajaratnam's contributions to the TRO were made in 2005 and 2006 through a separate charity, which he founded in the wake of the tsunami which hit Sri Lanka in Dec. 2004.
TeamDespite its stated relief efforts, the Treasury Department described the TRO charity as "a front" for Tamil Tigers fundraising and procurement in the United States.
"TRO passed off its operation as charitable, when in fact it was raising money for designated terrorist group responsible for heinous acts of terrorism," said Adam Szubin, director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control at the time.
The Tamil Tigers waged a bloody insurgency against the government of Sri Lanka in which both sides were accused of civilian atrocities. Under the Clinton administration, the State Department designated the Tamil Tigers as a terrorist organization in 1997.
Sri Lankan government officials alleged that contributions funneled through U.S. and Canadian-based charities prolonged the group's bloody campaign.
The leader of the Tamil Tigers were killed by government forces in May, effectively putting an end to its insurgency.
ABC News Cotd
Raj Rajaratnam Gave To Democratic Campaigns
Rajaratnam and his wife were also major contributors to a number of Democratic campaigns, giving a total of $118,000 to, among others, the Senate campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer and the presidential campaigns of Mrs. Clinton and Barack Obama.
He was big with Hillary and then jumped over to Obama after Hillary lost," said one Democratic party figure involved in fundraising.
Associates of Rajaratnam formed a Tamils for Clinton fund raising group for her presidential campaign and sought her help in getting the Tamil Tigers taken off the Stte Department's Designated Terror List.
"You shouldn't lump all terrorists together," Sen. Clinton said in 2007. Members of the Tamils for Clinton met with former President bill Clinton in Dec. 2007 to press their case.
Rajaratnam is also a major trustee of the American India Foundation, which is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. President Clinton is the Foundation's honorary chair, and has publicly thanked Rajaratnam and his wife for their multi-million dollar support.
Nagaratnam Ranjithan, the President of the U.S. branch of TRO, told ABC News in 2008 that his organization has nothing to do with terrorism: "I think we got into trouble because we did so much work after the tsunami, and the Sri Lankan government was not all appreciative of it. The people are suffering because we have a few people who told us to stop."
Ranjithan's home was raided by the FBI in 2006 because of his ties to TRO.
U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York Preet Bharara called the hedge fund insider trading case brought by his office today, "the largest hedge fund insider trading case ever charged."
Paraphrasing Gordon Gecko, the fictional character from the 1987 film "Wall Street" by director Oliver Stone, Bharara said, "greed, sometimes, is not good."
Meelanga chandedi ape kattiya kiyai raj athadanguwata gaththe ape pareekshana walin saha api dunnu wisthara walin kiyala.
Mama ape inteligence services baaldu karanawa nemei. Desapalana kattiya annuge weda walatath credit eka arang paawitchi karana bawa withrai kiyanne.
Sri Lanka's USD 500 million bond issue over subscribed
ColomboPage News Desk
Oct 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's first bond issue for USD 500 million submitted after the conclusion of the war was heavily over subscribed, the Central Bank reported.
According to the Central Bank, the offer was over-subscribed by more than thirteen times, one of the highest levels of over-subscription of any sovereign US Dollar bond offering during 2009 year-to-date.
The Bank priced the 5-year sovereign bond issue with a yield of 7.40%, significantly lower than the rate of 8.25% on the first dollar bonds issued in October 2007.
Governor of the Central Bank, Ajith Nivard Cabraal said the strong response indicates the heightened confidence of investors globally in Sri Lanka and its enhanced growth prospects following the end of the conflict.
"This transaction broadens our international investor base substantially and enhances Sri Lanka's financial flexibility for the future," he said.
The issue received orders from 269 investors, 45% of them from investors in the United States, 31% to Europe, and 24% to Asia.
HSBC, J.P. Morgan and The Royal Bank of Scotland acted as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners on the offering. The bonds mature on 22nd January 2015.
Ian said...
ABC News Cotd
Rajaratnam and his wife were also major contributors to a number of Democratic campaigns, giving a total of $118,000 to, among others, the Senate campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer and the presidential campaigns of Mrs. Clinton and Barack Obama.
He was big with Hillary and then jumped over to Obama after Hillary lost," said one Democratic party figure involved in fundraising.
Associates of Rajaratnam formed a Tamils for Clinton fund raising group for her presidential campaign and sought her help in getting the Tamil Tigers taken off the Stte Department's Designated Terror List.
"You shouldn't lump all terrorists together," Sen. Clinton said in 2007. Members of the Tamils for Clinton met with former President bill Clinton in Dec. 2007 to press their case.
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Now we know what Hillary was yapping like a bitch in heat in U.N.
Now it is Blake's turn. All these guys are linked to Terrorist some way the other.
Also we should keep an eye for Butenis. She came to SL for a reason, and most probably would continue Blakes work.
Ian said...
Mama ape inteligence services baaldu karanawa nemei. Desapalana kattiya annuge weda walatath credit eka arang paawitchi karana bawa withrai kiyanne.
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Hehe nothing wrong with that. But surely we must have played an indirect part. He must have come to FBI radar after the TRO scandal. After this, it wouldn't be that difficult to get a lawyer give permission to wire tap guy like this.
He must have been a smart person. But if only he was smart enough not to supporting Terrorism.
First 'service' to the public by a newly elected politician.
Mutuhettigama
Good luck to the southern province
The Australian Asylum seeker saga continues
Illness forces end to hunger strike
Gone are the days of all powerful hunger strikers of Tamilizh Eelam, that could last 24 days without food and waters.
Friends,
It was only yesterday that I countered "Jay" by stating that Govts CUT DEALS WITH CRIMINALS all the time, to get more information to convict other criminals.
Six people have been indicted by the FBI in Raj Rajaratnam's Fiscal Folly. Some of those six people will cop pleas in return for reduced sentences, and will TURN STILL OTHER CRIMINALS IN. They in turn, will turn in more .. and the show goes on and on .. keeping prosecutors and reporters and would-be politicians happy.
Let's place some bets on how many powerful politicians will be ensnared in this ever expanding net! Anyone willing to bet? Anyone?
Thusitha,
Ha! Ha!
Yet another "Fast Unto Death" BITES THE DUST!
First we had Thirumavalavan, then Karunaniodhi, and now these Jokers & Clowns!
It must be the EELAM VIRUS!
If we are to get the full milage on the Raj episode people here and in the USA should highlight the connection between the terrorist funding to Clinton/Obama campaigns and their latest anti SL rants. It is obvious but we need to keep pointing at it again.
Thusitha said
He must have been a smart person. But if only he was smart enough not to supporting Terrorism.
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I dont have any proof to this. But there was a talk in colombo stock market circles several years ago that some/most of the funds Galleon invested were infact LTTE funds. It may have been a speculation. However I will not be surprised if there is/was a truth to that rumour.
Thusitha said...
Ian said...
If we are to get the full milage on the Raj episode people here and in the USA should highlight the connection between the terrorist funding to Clinton/Obama campaigns and their latest anti SL rants. It is obvious but we need to keep pointing at it again.
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I wish that they mentioned this in high profile U.N. council. Therefore the rebuttal should come in a high profile U.N. meeting.
This might not sound good diplomacy, but we are attacking Hillarious, not U.S.
We should never connect Obama to this shit. Obama was never the intended recipient of the Funding. It was Hilarious, and they jumped ship after Hilarious lost. Most probably because it is not easy to fool Obama.
Never heard this kind of stories about USA before.
Blake might summon SL envoy once more. This time to seek a detailed bill of usage. LOL
Now Rajarathnam's case has made Bloomberg. Only thing now is Fox news to connect the dots. Hehe
Galleon Insider Case Ushers in Wiretaps for Finance Prosecution
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Federal prosecutors have been investigating the case since at least March 7, 2008, when they obtained court approval to intercept a cell phone Rajaratnam used, according to one of two criminal complaints in the case.
In one conversation, Chiesi was heard telling Rajaratnam that she was "glad that we talk on a secure line, I appreciate that," to which Rajaratnam replied: "I never call you on my cell phone," the complaint said. It added that Chiesi said she was "nervous" about being investigated.
So this chap was under observation (wiretaps / trailed) during:
The US Election campaign.
VP’s long march to the kalapuwa, and his final SOS to the LTTE backers in the West.
KPs takeover of eelam.
No wonder we see our old friend Peter back with his damage limitation BS here.
3 posts in 10minutes! Must be a 8.4 event on the Thamizter scale.
No_MESS said...
So this chap was under observation (wiretaps / trailed) during:
The US Election campaign.
VP’s long march to the kalapuwa, and his final SOS to the LTTE backers in the West.
KPs takeover of eelam.
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It is the first time wiretaps have been used to target insider trading. Wonder why that is? Most probably FBI couldn't get him under Terrorism charges. So they must have decided to do it this way instead.
LTTE Diaspora MFs must be wetting their pants now. One thing to send their poor relatives to fight and become cannon fodder in SL. But another thing to go to Jail in the west. Specially in U.S. where he will be a bitch of a 7 foot Afro American. Hehe.
More on the Rich Thamiza Bitch ( Copyright -Thusitha)
Rajaratnam had a ticket to fly from Kennedy International Airport to London on Friday and to return to New York from Geneva, Switzerland next Thursday.
Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena is visiting London & Geneva this week.
Speaking to The Sunday Island, Jayawardena said that UNP would not succumb to government pressure but raise contentious issues internationally, thereby embarrassing the government.
The MP said that he had sought meetings with UNHCR, UNHRC, ICRC, WHO, Article 19, IOM and the Amnesty International during his week long stay in Geneva and London when he would be part of a parliamentary delegation which would represent Sri Lanka at the forthcoming General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Ministerial sources told The Sunday Island that the likes of Dr. Jayawardena were seeking to encourage foreign interference on what was purely a security issue.
Just Coincidence?
NO_Mess,
Can you please give me the link to Jayalath Jayawardena comment in Island.
Sam,
JJ to complain of ‘harassment’ of Opp. MPs in Geneva, London by Shamindra Ferdinando
and this one from Mosh On IDPs’ distress, extra judicial killings,
arbitrary arrests and lack of press freedom
Ranil sends envoy to brief Navanetham and Antonio Guterress from above.
( I’ll be back later.We need to look after the doc next week.)
Jaathiye Paahara Ballo (Scum of Sri Lanka)
Featured Scum of the Day
Mangala Samaraweera
This is the same man who said that the the most outstanding commander of SLA, General Fonseka, is not even suitable to command the Salvation Army, let alone Sri Lankan Army. The same scum Mangala Samaraweera has fake concern about General Fonseka a "fake rift." If it was not for the great heroes like President Rajapakse and Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, the great hero General Fonseka could have retired like an ordinary commander and leaving Sri Lanka with terrorist reigning supreme. At a lucky juncture of our nation's destiny, we had the fortune to kick top scum like Mangala out of power. I hope that the patriots wirrll keep this top scum out of politics forever.
Scum of Sri Lanka
Ranil Wickramasinghe
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Editor of ‘Lanka’ newspaper arrested over news item
The Editor of the privately owned ‘Lanka’ newspaper Chandana Sirimalwatta has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over a news item regarding the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Sarath Fonseka appearing in the Sunday edition of the newspaper, staff of the publication told Daily Mirror online.
When I tried to help in my way, some of the unpatriotic motherfuckers jumped on me for no reason.
Dudes, how about starting a campaign linking Hillary Clinton and Rajalingam so that USA talk show hosts get some attention and milage against her for those stupid remarks against rape etc,,,,
GulaNataKeema aka Robert aka ID 13664279713372198331,
When I tried to help in my way, some of the unpatriotic motherfuckers jumped on me for no reason.
You have appeared here in the past as an Eelamist Robert. Care to tell us what changed your heart?
GuuKeva
"When I tried to help in my way, some of the unpatriotic motherfuckers jumped on me for no reason."
When you have a well rounded arse and display it mischievously, is it a surprise that ppl would jump on you?
hak hak hak!
Ponna RW=LTTE huttho....looks like you are a student of Mongol Samatanavena!
hak hak hak!
"You have appeared here in the past as an Eelamist Robert. Care to tell us what changed your heart?"
GuuKeva,
tsk tsk tsk!
naughty naughty!
I guess you could not get past our OaOA pora hak hak hak!!!
Tell me Para-Demala Wes-Kallathoni Sakkiliya....do I need to bring my own thalatheil to "spread" your whoremother's arse this evening or does she like it "dry and rough" ???
hak hak hak!!!
TEA
TEAS
TEAS
TINA
What is up Mahendrarajah?
EAT
LAME
BILING
SAM
BLACK
CURRY
Chena Boys, Veddha Girls and Peter, EFT is proud to announce Jay as the winner of the bog poll. Who is the greatest bog patriot of them all? Jay is the greatest bog patriot of them all. Happy bogging Jay, you are a true bog winner!
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Mahen,
Any fat pigs this time around?
Mahen,
Somebody has rigged the ballot. Ananda-USA and NO_Mess can't even hold the candle compared to Jay when it comes to patriotism, specially the kind that sells your country for terrorist money.
Biling Sam,
Jay is the winner of the "bog" patriot award, any objections?
Mahen,
I believe that Jay's win is fair. However, patriot of Jay's high caliber should not be even compared with poor anti-patriots like Ananda-USA. That reduces the value of Jay's kind of patriotism.
Ladies,
It's time us to enlighten the public again.
Therefore please leave couple of rupees after reading our new article in EFT.
Following article gives a pretty good description on current proceedings in SL politics. Importantly the potential conspirators who might plan to destablish MR administration by becoming his advisers. It is a prologue for SPC election, and I believe it covers the sentiments quite well.
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දකුණේ සිට ලියමි
වතුර ඇදල ඇදල
අන්තිමට කළයත් බිඳගෙන වගේ!
-සුගතපාල මැන්දිස්
Mahinda Raviraj said…
EFT is proud to announce Jay as the winner of the bog poll.
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Congratulations Jay and we wish you a Happy Deepavali.
..hic..
Raj Rajarathnam means lots of connections. He has supported Hillarious and Oh-bama in a big way while funding pussycats. These things, I hope, will be thoroughly investigated and actions will be taken, regardless the individual [be it Obama or Hillarious].
However America's pro-tiger politico camp is much older than obama or hillarious. Likes of Leahy have been supporting pussycats in the background for many years now. It would be wonderful if SL can try finding any such funding program and fwd that to US. We have good insight with KP, who's for sure reasons "cooperating" with us. Otherwise I'm scared that popular few cases may be addressed but many behind lime light will get away.
And SL also shud do a similar run. Not only Ravi K I'm sure many other business men and politicians in SL are connected to this eelamist. Almost certain that Maharaja has some connection.
Let me bring another connection or misinformation effort that connects to Rajarathnam.
When we were debating unemployment issue of current computer engineers in uni of Pera, Jay [Haan Perera] brought the argument why SL entrepreneurs living abroad do not support local grads. I was surprised to hear this as most in the respective sector are employed by ventures set up by those expats or subsidiaries worked out through their links. I can name more than 10 such ventures, some amounting to 1000+ engineer employees.
But Jay was ignoring them. He only highlighted the following companies [full comment is attached herewith at teh end as Jay might delete it]
[Jay said] I'm perplexed why SL graduates dont get the same opporunities from US-Lankan run companies (eg American Reprographics Co, Galleon Group) or UK Lankan Companies. (eg Rodel Group)
Firstly this shows how Jay debates. So many companies owned by SL expats provide employment to local grads. Jay conveniently misses them and listed some eelamist company, which is obviously not supporting SL grads.
Secondly he uses this to hint us about the wealth of his masters, and make us regret for not licking their boots like he does. That is if somebody found who is the owner of Galeon. Jay, knows it, but keeps it hidden from debate. Jay is a subtle man for sure.
Like for Raj Rajaratnam, It was Jay's badluck too. I'm sure nobody read about Galeon when Jay mentioned it, but Galeon made headlines exposing Jay's roots.
Following is full comment of Jay found in ~400 comments before.
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Jay said...
In 2005 i met a US-Indian gentleman, CEO of a very succesful IT/Software Co based in Frisco on a flight from Amsterdam.
He was on his way to India to "Induct" over 50 soon to graduate students from IIT (Kanpur, Madras and Delhi). This, he tells was the third year of recruitment. He was keen to get the best crop before Indian IT giants like Infosys take the cream.
I enquired from him why does he not go to SL on this recruitment drive as there are more than capable graduates.
He gave me two reasons
1)Unable to converse fluently in English unlike the Indian graduates.
2)Indian graduates always return home after a stint in US and work for the company from India.Whilst SL graduates jump ship as soon as they arrive in US.
There was also another reason. He himself was a product of IIT recruited by a US company.
I'm perplexed why SL graduates dont get the same opporunities from US-Lankan run companies (eg American Reprographics Co, Galleon Group) or UK Lankan Companies. (eg Rodel Group)
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Blimey!
I won!
Where's my Big Mac?
Think i will refrain from the acceptance speech except to say Sam P can i now be included in your "traitor" list? Please?
Mess- Thank you.
I'm a Christain but thanks all the same.
It's rather amusing to note bloggers making much mileage as possible on the Raj Rajaratnam Insider Dealing episode as one would have expected from this forum but i find it most suprising that the GOSL run news agency like Daily News and the Island are suspiciously silent with this breaking news.
RR is a close family friend and former class mate from STC and if he broke the FSA laws he will and should take the punishment served on him.
I have no wish to make any further comment on this issue.
Jay;
[[RR is a close family friend and former class mate from STC and if he broke the FSA laws he will and should take the punishment served on him.
I have no wish to make any further comment on this issue.]]
Thanks for making it clear to us.
Jay Haan Perera,
"Think i will refrain from the acceptance speech except to say Sam P can i now be included in your "traitor" list? Please?"
Your identical twin Jehan Perera is already is bestowed with nation's highest honor reserved for scum like you.
Raj was under surveillance in Sri Lanka too-by Shamindra Ferdinando
http://www.island.lk/2009/10/18/news1.html
A much waited news for many of us.
SF stands with MR
This has a related section in divaina.
මා දේශපාලනයට එන බව කිසිවකුට කියා නෑ - ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා
Also from Divaina [diff article]:
"මේ අතර මර්වින් සිල්වා ඇමැතිවරයා නම් එක්තරා තැනකදී කදිම උත්දරයක් ඊට ලබා දී තිබිණි. හමුදාපතිවරයා ගැලවීමේ හමුදාවටවත් සුදුසු නැතැයි කී පිරිසක් සමඟ එක් වී සන්ධානගතව ජනාධිපතිවරණයට තරග කිරීමට සිතීම විවේචනය කරමින් ඔහු කළ කතාව පසුගිය බදාදා වන විට ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ද ආරංචි වී තිබිණි.
... ජනාධිපතිවරයා එතනින් පිටව ගියේ මර්වින් සිල්වා ඇමැතිවරයාට එන්නට ද පණිවිඩයක් යවමිනි. ඔහු පැමිණි පසු ඔහුටද ලොකු අවවාදයක් දුන්නේය.
මර්වින්...... මේක ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී රටක්. රටේ දේශපාලනය කරන්නේ කොහොමද, දේශපාලනයේදී හැසිරෙන්නේ කොහොමද කියලා ඕනම කෙනෙකුට තමන්ගේ හිතට එකඟව තීන්දුවක් ගන්න අයිතියක් තියෙනවා. ඔයා රණවිරුවන්ටයි, හිටපු හමුදාපතිතුමන්ටයි අපහාස වෙන විදිහට යම් අදහසක් ප්රකාශ කළා කියල මට ආරංචියි. එහෙම කරන්න එපා. ඔයාට මතකද ජානක පෙරේරා යූ.ඇන්.පී. එකට ගිය වෙලාවෙත් එක එක්කෙනා මට ෆයිල් පිටින් කරුණු ගෙනත් දුන්නා ජානක ගැන විවිධ කතා කියන්න. මම ඒවා ප්රතික්ෂේප කළා. මොකද යම් රණවිරුවෙක් අවංකව යුද්ධය ගැන කටයුතු කළා නම් අපි ඒක අගය කළ යුතුයි. අපි අර වගේ අයට යමක් කීවොත් අවංකව යුද්ධය කළ අයට යම් කලකිරීමක් ඇතිවෙන්න පුළුවන්. ඒකයි මම මර්වින්ට කියන්නේ කට පරිස්සම් කර ගන්න. රණවිරුවන්ට අපහාස වෙන විදියට කිසි දෙයක් කියන්න එපා."
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If this is how it is gonna end. It shud have not only defeated the bloody idiots whom devised the plot of breaking them, but also it shud have given MR/BR/GR/SF a clear preview on what would happen in case they fall out. And that should make them stand even close and united.
It is all that possible that MR and SF had a fight but the outrageous cry from ppl like Ponna-sela-2010, LEN. LNW, Sirasa etc opened their eyes and make them united. If so thank you eelamists for patching them up.
Looks like it is gonna end in a high note. Hope that the much expected extension on December will be on cards [to me that is the indicator of their unity - I believe SF can offer his service as CDS for at least another 5 yrs, after which we shud still try getting him to parliament in MR side].
SK said..
(Jay conveniently misses them and listed some eelamist company, which is obviously not supporting SL grads)
I assume from the remarks above and your insinuation that any company owned by a tamil is a "eelamist company". How shallow is that arguement but not surprising.
Maybe you can tell me how many "non elamist" companies who have recruited SL grads to give them a stepping stone. None!!
HR advices me 187 SL grads recriuited since 2002, 67 still remain working in either SL or India.
Regret to say that, some people are unable to organise a "piss up in a brewery"
Have a nice day!
Jay said...
SK said..
(Jay conveniently misses them and listed some eelamist company, which is obviously not supporting SL grads)
I assume from the remarks above and your insinuation that any company owned by a tamil is a "eelamist company".
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How did you come to that Assumption Jay. He did not say anything about companies owned by Tamils are Elamist companies. Anyone knows that is not the case.
It is clear what he is saying is that you are ignoring many small companies run by Sinhalese Expatriates that are doing business in SL and thereby giving SLs job opportunities.
Anyway the way foreign investments are flowing to the country, we need not worry about this as well.
Ananda said..
(It is done ALL THE TIME in the interest of PUBLIC GOOD. If in the best judgment of the authorities, they can get information on the whereabouts of other criminals, and evidence against them leading to convictions, they cut deals, encouraging others to turn state witness as well. It is often the ONLY WAY to break a case.)
Ananda -
i'm glad you mention "in the Interest of the PUBLIC GOOD"
You will remember the "Public Good" won't you ? Its then the question how you define "Public Good"
Jay the Little Monkey,
You will remember the "Public Good" won't you ? Its then the question how you define "Public Good"
Public good is defined by white masters and their stooges like Nocturnal Pussy Cats as anything they do to protect western way and their instruments of meddling, even if those instruments are instruments of terror. They fruther clarify that little brown people who are brave enough to stand up to terrorists and white masters are incapable doing any public good.
Sam P- I love you mate!
You are funny
Can you be my organ grinder?
SF and SL Politics
It seems that based on last election results UPFA has 60%+ island wide. It took 4 years that CBK's 62% to go down to 50%. People who vote for 'other' parties in regional elections usually don't do so in national level. So if MR held PE ASAP he can get 60%+. GE followed by a PE victory may not give 150 (2/3) for UPFA but for sure they get 125+. I am pretty sure about this provided MR goes for elections within next 6 months.
Now its in this context our opposition need to play, i.e. to minimize their defeat.
The so called common candidate seems to make some curiosity however its also at the expense of current opposition leaders, as it automatically suggest that there are no leaders in opposition now who can give a fight to MR or the it shows the fact that even opposition themselves accept their current leaders are incapable and rejected from mass.
For UNP this is mostly about their party leadership. One group wants RW to contest (and get defeated) and then expects him to resign. Another group wants RW to contest and defeat and stay. Another group working on common candidate so that the responsibility of defeat could be passed on to common candidate and leadership remains safe.
Common candidate approach seems to be the safest, risk free and best approach UNP can use, at least until nomination date. This obviously make mass curious. This doesn't avoid RW running for PE either. Further, if the common candidate is someone from nationalistic camp its even better. Its in this contest SF becomes every ones topic.
SF being common candidate means even ManoG, RaufH, Mongal, Karialla, VajiraA all are going to support him - this will be so nice. HA HA According to their pact if their candidate wins his duty is to abolish the executive presidency in 100 days, pass the powers to parliament, held GE, and RW become powerful PM while the president becomes powerless. (As in India). In this case they need to find a real fool to do so, (SF may not be the right person.) And there will be issues if the elected person changes his mind. If this common candidate loses then every party can pass the responsibility to him, and say its not their defeat. If he wins and act according to the pact its party for UNP. If he wins and disregard the pact again UNP in trouble. However, winning the common candidate is out of possibilities.
So in minimizing UNP's defeat the better way is to use this common candidate to embarrass the ruling party, break votes as much as possible and at the last minute RW becoming the candidate. If they could find a powerful common candidate who can break UPFA votes then that will maximize RW's chance to win. In such a short time UNP will not be able to find another leader and they have to agree to RW.
Now, SF is not their friend, in fact SF is their enemy and UNP don't care he lives or dead. He is the man behind the war victory that makes UPFA/MR's staying in power. In other words, If UNP can use SF as their tool against MR, its risk free for UNP, they can have some "kalakanni sathuta" using SF against MR. (uurage maalu uurage pite thiya kapeema, kale gahak nahanta kale gahak hoya ganeema.)
Even if SF do nothing (kala paththara web sites, LNW, blogs etc) can carry on the propaganda. Evan after nominations, even if SF do nothing they still can do the same. Saying SF will do this, do that etc expecting some votes to break. They will do this propaganda probably until end of GE.
Situation is same for JVP. Everyone knows JVP will not get more than 2%, yet alone winning PE. If they don't contest its toward political extinction. They can't support MR or UNP. (They could do so in politburo but not in ground level.) So common candidate (kokatath thailaya) is their solution too. If they can make SF contesting from their party they too can pass the blame after defeat and say its not their party defeat.
Considering all these, we can expect SF to do nothing, or do whatever he wants but its highly unlikely becoming a victim of his political enemies. And also we can expect Fonsakea2010 type comics for at least another year.
People just need to remember things for more than 2 weeks; If they can recall how UNP-mongal behaved within last 4 years, how they criticized SF during war then they will not get more than 25%.
Ninja Said ...
People just need to remember things for more than 2 weeks; If they can recall how UNP-mongal behaved within last 4 years, how they criticized SF during war then they will not get more than 25%.
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According to your analysis the thing I cannot understand is SFs silence.
It is clear that U.N.P. even if he is made common candidate, would make sure he goes down after winning the elections. Even if he contested against MR, it is unlikely for him to win the election. So, he can be in the opposition for the next 4 or so years if he goes to U.N.P. Not sure what he can achieve by doing this, other than divide the national vote.
Has he made a press statement regarding his political ambitions.
GR made it clear, but has SF made it clear? If not why? Why play with the common people. If he want to contest from UNP, good luck to him, but he should make it clear that he is going to do so. If this case, we would have to two parties that put the country first instead of the wished of the colonial masters.
Sam P-
Tsk! Tsk!
Why is that Sam goes after my genital organs?
Sam- I'm not that way inclined as flattered as i am.
Jay,
Orientation or disorientation, you have to be prepared to get yourself hung by those organs at a public square one day for all anti Sri Lankan acts.
/According to your analysis the thing I cannot understand is SFs silence./
SF made it clear more than once that he has no intention for doing politics. This was his official stand. However, (kala paththara web sites, mada web sites, etc) keep propagating SF becoming common candidate. At that rate, SF will be out of time if he is going to reply to all them and prove his stand. Besides, such (kala paththara websites) will earn some validity for their rumors too.
Further, if SF really plans to enter politics, this kind of approach from such unknown web sites, will for sure ruin his chances. If SF really don't care what these web sites say easiest thing he can do is doing nothing - and that's what we can see.
I don't think any high ranker in UNP wants SF to be their leader. RW is trying to keep his leadership and SB, KaruJ etc are trying to grab the same. None of them want even another competitor. Further, they all know nationalistic leader like SF is not for UNP.
Thus, the best expected final out come for UNP is SF becoming a common candidate (probably with JVP backing) so that he will break more than 2% (say 5%) and RW getting a chance, at least a hope until results are issued. If you were the UNP leader and you want to do your best to defeat MR you will probably do the same.
However, its highly unlikely SF becoming UNP's porn, despite any disappointments he has with MR/GR.
Also check,
මේ දිනවල විශේෂ කතා බහට ලක්වී ඇති ආරක්ෂක මාණ්ඩලික ප්රධානි ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතා පෙරේදා (16 දා) සවස "දිවයින ඉරිදා සංග්රහය" සමග දුරකතනය ඔස්සේ සම්බන්ධ වෙමින් මේ බැව් සඳහන් කළේය. එහිදී ඒ මහතා වෙත අප නැඟූ පැනයනට දුන් පිළිතුරු මෙසේය.
ප්රශ්නය - ඔබ ගැන මේ දිනවල කා අතරත් කතා බහට ලක්වෙනවා. ඔබ දේශපාලනයට පිවිසෙන කතාවේ සත්යයක් තිබේද?
පිළිතුර - කවුද කියන්නේ, මම ඒ කතාව කාටවත් කියලා නැහැ.
ප්රශ්නය - එහෙනම් එවැනි කතා පැතිරුනේ ඇයි?
පිළිතුර - ඒ කතා කොහෙන් ආවද? කවුද කිව්වේ කියලා මම දන්නේ නැහැ.
ප්රශ්නය - එසේ නම් ඔබ හමුදා නිලධාරීන් අමතා හමුදා ඇඳුමෙන් සැරසී කරන අන්තිම කතාව යෑයි සඳහන් කළේ ඇයි?
පිළිතුර - හමුදාපති තනතුරේදී මම ඔවුන් සමග දිගටම ඇමතීම් කළා. දැන් එම තනතුරේ නැහැ. අනික මාධ්ය නඟන ප්රශ්න වලට පිළිතුරු දෙන්න මම සූදානම් නැහැ.
ප්රශ්නය - ඔබ පිටරට යන කතාවක් පැතිරී තිබෙනවා එය ඇත්තද?
පිළිතුර - නැහැ.
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පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණවලින් කියෑවෙන්නෙ පැහැදිලිය. සිංහල ජනයා විශාල බහුතරයක් වූ ඡන්ද කොට්ඨාසවල සන්ධානයට 75% ක පමණ ඡන්ද ප්රමාණයක් ලැබෙයි. මේ ජාතිකත්වයේ ප්රතිඵලයක් මිස අනෙකක් නොවේ. සන්ධානයට ඒ ඡන්ද ලැබෙන්නේ එය වර්තමානයේ ජාතිකත්වයෙහි පිහිටා ඇති බැවින් සහ දෙමළ ත්රස්තවාදය පැරදවූ දේශපාලන හා හමුදා ඒකකය තවමත් එකට සිටින බැවින්ය. (NalinDeS)
Sam P
Can you explain to me what Ninja Turtle is saying?
...hic..
@ Thisitha
Adding to above;
UNP has a great record of taking war heroes in to politics and destroy them physically or politically.
JanakaP
LakiA
SarathM
JayaviF
However, all of them had UNP background that SF doesn't have.
People will like, actually prefer SF over regular politicians but he needs to come through the right camp - nationalistic camp. In other words, he should come instead of MR which is near impossibility. In fact, there is no vacuum in nationalistic camp to fill at this moment - in particular its full of true (eg GR, MR) and fake (75% of cabinet) patriots.
MR's victory in any election within 6 months is statistical certainty. Maximum UNP could do is make SF contest under JVP backing and break around 5% and I don't think SF wants doing that whatever his problem with MR/GR.
Ninja said...
Thus, the best expected final out come for UNP is SF becoming a common candidate (probably with JVP backing) so that he will break more than 2% (say 5%) and RW getting a chance, at least a hope until results are issued. If you were the UNP leader and you want to do your best to defeat MR you will probably do the same.
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But, I wonder whether SF understand how distressing it would be to Tamil people if he ever become the president of SL. Also this would be distressing to SL people as well as this suddenly would look like a military government.
Also we would be sitting ducks when it comes to political pressure coming from the west. The Tamil claims for Genocide e.t.c. e.t.c would become all the more easier if SF becomes president. For that matter any military leader becoming a president of a country where there is fight between ethnic groups.
/But, I wonder whether SF understand how distressing it would be to Tamil people if he ever become the president of SL. Also this would be distressing to SL people as well as this suddenly would look like a military government./
This part will be meaningless provided SF will not contest in PE. However, in replying to you;
SF becoming UNP's candidate or UNP backed common candidate means UNP losing their their almost certain minority vote base. This is good reason for UNP not to make him their candidate. I guess out of total votes UNP gets more than 50% are from minorities.
OTOH, SF can attract nationalistic votes, probably from floating votes, mostly based on western province. JVP backing will further gain. And finally may end up 5-10%. (If you living abroad feel uncomfortable with military leader doing politics alone, you can imagine the situation in villege level where people vote for one of the two parties as a rule.)
Anyway, IF SF becomes the president its irrelevant how whoever feels.
Ninja said...
SF becoming UNP's candidate or UNP backed common candidate means UNP losing their their almost certain minority vote base. This is good reason for UNP not to make him their candidate. I guess out of total votes UNP gets more than 50% are from minorities.
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Yeah, you have a very good point. Didn't consider this aspect. Hypothetically speaking while we worry that SF would divide the Sinhalese vote, it means he will divide the Minority vote as well. Tamils have to decide between too bad choices. Now I have my fool support for Fonseka 2010. Hehe.
/Hypothetically speaking while we worry that SF would divide the Sinhalese vote, it means he will divide the Minority vote as well. Tamils have to decide between too bad choices. Now I have my fool support for Fonseka 2010. Hehe./
SF becoming UNP's common candidate is near impossibility and hence no division among tamil votes. If SF and MR become the only two candidates from UNP and UPFA tamils have no choice but this case is impossible - (this is loss loss situtaion for UNP/ LTTE/ west/ anti-nationalistic forces). OTOH, if UNP can ever hire a person who can break the maximum of nationalistic (UPFA) votes, with JVP backing, that would be SF. And that's why RW-mongal working on that. As I see, this strategy of RW-mongal is bound to fail; One strong statement from SF can nullify all hard work of UNP.
"මා දැඩිව ම විශ්වාස කරන පරිදි මේ රට අයිති සිංහලයන්ටයි. සුළුතර ප්රජාවන් සිටින අතර අපි ඔවුන්ට අපේ මිනිසුන් ලෙස සලකමු. 75%ක බහුතරය වන අප යටත් නො වන අතර අපට මේ රට ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට අයිතියක් ඇත. අපි ශක්තිමත් ජාතියක් වෙමු. ඔවුන්ට අප සමග මේ රටේ ජීවත් විය හ...ැකි ය. එහෙත්, සුළුතරයක් වන ඔවුහු නො මනා ඉල්ලීම් නො කළ යුතු ය." - සරත් ෆොන්සේකා
Jay, my poor fellow, let's do a small experiment. Why don't you wake up tomorrow and have a stiff G&T first thing in the morning. Then get a flag pole and raise our beloved Sri Lankan flag and pledge allegiance to the flag and to the Republic for which it stands. Afterward for next 24 hours do not think any traitorous thoughts and stop doing any acts that bring disrepute to our beloved Lanka. Write one sentence that praises our country and its people. Before you go to bed have another stiff G&T. Then please report to us the day after on how you feel about being a patriot for a day.
Cheers!
Ninja,
"Considering all these, we can expect SF to do nothing, or do whatever he wants but its highly unlikely becoming a victim of his political enemies. And also we can expect Fonsakea2010 type comics for at least another year."
He was a victim and he is already a casualty. He got a raw deal from the government after winning the war. Then the common enemies (his and the UPFA leadership) became very active and they were successful. He was always very critical of unpatriotic opposition media during the war (likes of Iqbal Athas at Sunday Times). For these media people MR is a less enemy than SF. Look at the way they are gradually destroying SF.
Then he had all the faith in government and pro-government media. Look what happened. The first time he had a problem with the political leadership they all abandoned him. (I predicted this about two weeks back, that he has no chance against politicians.) It doesn't matter weather he does something or nothing. He is screwed. There are only few who really care about him and still remembers his feats (stupids like myself and likes of you I guess. But we have no voice in this regard).
I followed his heroics from 1990's. He was badly injured, twice on the frontline and once in Colombo. I was the happiest when he became the Commander of the Army in 2005. Now it is time to wish him good luck I guess. Soon it will be all quiet about him.
I sincerely hope that I am WRONG in this regard.
And...
I mostly agree with what you (Ninja) said about the minority votes. But let me add few points.
IF SF comes as a common candidate of opposition it won't divide the 'minority votes'. The minority votes are already divided. Look at the Uva and Eastern election results. If it is SF then they will abandon both SF and UNP and will vote for MR (even TNA people too).
I see that Hakim and Ganeshan are quietely playing the game. They must already know that the story of 'a Sarath being the common candidate' is a lie (by the way, when this story first came out it was implying the former CJ Sarath N. Silva instead of SF. Around that time "Mahen" went after CJ like crazy in LNP (not in Ellalan Force. Well it is another story). Otherwise they would have already run to MR crying. So due to this reason there is no way UNP making SF the common candidate. If they do that It would be a political 'Hara Kiri' for them. They will loose more than one third of their vote base.
puligal.blogspot.com is updated :)
Bhairav said...
puligal.blogspot.com is updated :)
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Bhairav,
Like Mahen did you create a poll for the most patriotic SL blogger?
Excellent presentation by managing director of Calamander group, a Singapore based private equity fund setup to invest in Sri Lanka exclusively. The guy is so bullish on Sri Lankan economy it's hard not to rush out and invest all your money there.
Bloomberg interview with Calamander group managing director
Cheers!
Hemantha
You are quite right. When UNP-mongal attacked MR when war was there saying UPFA can't use military victories fro election gains SF clearly said as SLA fights under president's orders MR has right for victory credit. At that time government media gave publicity for SF while other media gave minimum publicity. And now, for weeks if not months SF is 'banned' item for all government media. That's how politics is, and government media in particular.
Unfortunately, there are no real media in SL. While all government media are mouthpiece of top all private media acts as their bosses needs. All these owners have close links with either political parties and we see, read and hear thing that comes under their limits.
MR did 2 right things. 1 appointing SF as SLA commander and 2 giving all the powers and resources he wanted to defeat LTTE. And he delivered. Its true that MR, GR, BR and many others played parts of this show. However, personally I don't believe what SF did as SLA commander could be done with any replaced officer. What MR had to do is stand firm on his stand of defeating terrorism, and def sec's job is technically an administrative job. These things could be done by any one with good backbone, well functioning sane brain, good common sense and education. But talent that SF displayed is not with every one.
Anyway, once the war is over (possibly considering all the out of job remarks plus his popularity) MR and other Rs decided to corner SF. It seems MR thinks SF's job is over, he should quite now leaving things for Rs so that they can eat the cake. And obviously opposition realized what a great lottery is this and they are betting on him.
It seems country lost the great person who could drive this nation to prosperity, possibly fixing the political and admin setting properly if he gets the needed powers.
Its up to SF to take right decisions wisely.
http://www.lakbimanews.lk/columns/col3.htm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091017/wl_asia_afp/indonesiaaustraliasrilankamigration
AFP also becoming like tamilnet.tv
Only ambiguity is Sri Lankan asylum seekers or eazhaam tamizzh asylum seekers..
"They have started to eat and drink. Alex said the group apologised for launching the hunger strike. He said it was a wrong move," he said, referring to the group's unofficial spokesman.
Earlier, Alex told AFP they were ending the hunger strike because "there were 100,000 deaths of Tamils due to the civil war in Sri Lanka and we want to prevent further deaths".
HIKzz
the $45,000 kallathoni ship has reached canada!!
hooray!!
"Canadians intercept migrant ship
The Ocean Lady was taken to Ogden Point, near Victoria
A ship carrying 76 suspected illegal migrants has been seized off Canada's Pacific coast, officials say.
Those on board the ship said they were trying to reach Canada, according to local authorities.
The identity of the migrants was not confirmed, although Canada's public safety minister said there were indications they were from Sri Lanka.
He said it appeared to be a case of human smuggling. The migrants, all men, were said to be in good health.
The merchant vessel, named Ocean Lady, was intercepted by a navy frigate off Vancouver Island before being escorted to a dock near Victoria, British Columbia.
Officials there were carrying out health and safety and immigration checks.
Those on board the ship were pictured wearing civilian clothes. Some were shirtless.
"The signs do point toward human smuggling," said the public safety minister, Peter Van Loan.
Several ships attempting to smuggle migrants from China to Canada's Pacific coast were intercepted off Vancouver Island a decade ago. "
australia kallathonis spent
= 260*15,000 = US$3.9 million
canada kallathonis spent
= 76*45,000 = US$3.42 million
total = $7.32 million!!!!
7% pf GSP+!!!
when ananda was amazed at their UNUSUAL PROSPERITY, i argued on the basis of INDIVIDUALS. but when taken as a whole this is AMAZING!!
not a bad industry to be in!!
i'm 100% sure there are fringe benefits too. in the mid sea if sex is demanded from a busty thangachchi, will she refuse?? no way!!
wow! what an industry!
Moshe dyan
have u seen this....it s making my blood boil.....
http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=5693
susantha,
its only tamil madu buggers saying this.
which means, we need not worry at all!! they were against the war, we continued the war.
also, BR's coment is NOT binding.
point#3 - remember they said BS b4 coming to SL that it will not be a guided tour. but what happened???
tamil madu <> india.
Isn't it a god time for DW to make a new post? At least call in KP Arrest Volume II. Almost 3500 comments on the current one that was made in early August. It will be more convenient to us.
http://www.nation.lk/2009/10/18/inter3.htm
Seems both JHU and JNF backing MR firmly... which means unless magic happens SF has 3 choices.. 1. Be a yes man and stay under MR 2. Retire and stay alone 3. Go against MR with RW/UNP/JVP and do political suicide for UNP. Hope he will choose 1 or 2.
Konappu Bandara said..
[Then please report to us the day after on how you feel about being a patriot for a day.]
That would probably give him a terminal case of food poisoning and kill him dead! LoL!
Chena Boys and Veddha Girls,
We have update our blog, new thread started.
Jay;
[[(My prev comment: Jay conveniently misses them and listed some eelamist company, which is obviously not supporting SL grads)
Jay Said;
I assume from the remarks above and your insinuation that any company owned by a tamil is a "eelamist company". How shallow is that arguement but not surprising.
Maybe you can tell me how many "non elamist" companies who have recruited SL grads to give them a stepping stone. None!!]]
I never called anyone else eelamist. "eelamist" is the Galeon lead. And I rightly called him so. Aren't you desperately trying to mislead here. I never mentioned any other tamil owned company.
The good 10 odd companies that I mentioned may include tamil-owned ones. As long as they do not use that licence to import pussycat weapons, and use their work force to destablish SL, [or conduct other similar acts] we consider them as good SL ventures.
Sorry I cannot include Nocturnal Pussy Cats of yours [NPC] as a good venture for SL [if that breaks your heart], since; firstly they do not do any addition to economy. Secondly they means evil to SL, and thirdly their objective is setting up a glorious future for scums like you.
You say that NO SL ventures employ SL ppl to work abroad. Well, that is known as head hunting. There are many companies who does that informally. But most of them try to cover it in whatever manner as there can be legal constraints. I do not know any legal head hunter operating in SL.
But that is irrelevant for your argument. Pera grads are asking for a job, not a visa and ticket to go abroad. If willing I'm sure they can go via a foreign job agency. We're talking about job providers here not visa providers.
Jay, again you're all over the place. Claiming things I didn't intend, capitalizing on totally irrelevant points, well, you must be a master of this art. But note that this blog is read by humans, with some brain capacity.
Again that's immaterial for a mercenary like you who gets paid for the number of protests your kids organize, number of eelam meetings you attend, number of letters you write to foreign powers cursing SL, amount of data you gather for spy services and of course number of illogical comments you make to sites mike this.
I wrote this fiction after seeing your identical twin and few others in TV and also finding out the kinda acts your agents get involved in at village level. It is a tribute for you. Do read it. And pass a compliment for me. Afterall someone has written about your bastard breed.
Folks;
Re: SF and MR issue
I see things getting cooled down. It is a very good thing. I really don't like to speculate.
Most of you take the "if SF makes to politics" line which is a non-reality for me. SF may take to politics thru a national list oneday. He's not a fool to be RW's suicide bomber. RW is not that intelligent to outsource the suicide attack instead of doing it himself.
Sfter latest remarks I feel taht either of teh following two are teh possibilities.
1. Seeing the impact of the faction and how it was used by enemies of both [and the nation] they decided to leave it aside. So our enemies did what 100 friends could not do for us in that case. Kudos, eelamist, ponna seka, Sirasa, LNW LEN, JVP etc.
2. They agreed for a graceful departure for SF. And SF would remain silent to retire with dignity. This is little doubtful for once knowing the general. Surrendering is his last will.
And this will be decided in december, on teh fact whether commander will be given an extension or not.
But the SLFP stray doggs will eat shit and vomit it in public. MR's biggest liability is the big-mouth no-brain yesmen of his. This does not cover all the ministers where we have superior brains among them, but sadly they're the minority. I'd recommend for MR to enforce a curfew on them regarding SF.
Australia & Canada HERE THEY COME ! Get ready for your very own EELAM WARS!
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"Canadians intercept migrant ship
The Ocean Lady was taken to Ogden Point, near Victoria
A ship carrying 76 suspected illegal migrants has been seized off Canada's Pacific coast, officials say.
"The signs do point toward human smuggling," said the public safety minister, Peter Van Loan.
Hooray, indeed! All LTTE thugs are heading HOME to ROOST in the countries that FOSTERED them, after failing to overrun Sri Lanka!
They are still looking for SIGNS? Maybe they should buy a CRYSTAL BALL to decipher these signs! LoL!
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The Struggle for the Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka having been irretrievably lost, the Struggle for the TAMIL EELAM of AUSTRALIA, the TAMIL EELAM of CANADA, the TAMIL EELAM of the UNITED KINGDOM, etc etc WILL NOW COMMENCE!
Here is the TAMIL EELAM RECIPE:
Step 1: Somehow creep into a sufficiently GULLIBLE country begging for sympathy as refugees.
Step 2: Congregate in small areas and create population concentrations sufficient to gain local political power.
Step 3: Create a manufactured basis, demand special rights and when these are denied, accuse the native majority communities of Intolerable Discrimination.
Step 4: Rewrite history to show they are really the original inhabitants of the area, and demand a separate state as a homeland.
Step 5: Attack police stations, government buildings, etc to provoke backlash from the native majority.
Step 6: Yell like hell "See, See , they are attacking us! .. we need a separate racist mono-ethnic apartheid Eelam in this country to prevent genocide of our people! WE CAN'T LIVE WITH THESE OTHER PEOPLE!"
Step 7: Generate funds from the global Tamil Diaspora, Import Weapons, form a Tamil Liberation Army, attack other communities and drive them out of the areas of the "Tamil Eelam of xxxxxx".
Step 8: Invite in International Non-Governmental Organizations, get them to fund Local Non-Governmental Organizations and create SOVEREIGN sub-national organizations whose FULL-TIME career/employment is to agitate for "human rights" and completely frustrate law-enforcement within the country. NGO staffers serve these extra-national organizations, who guarantee them lucrative jobs and promise to extract them out of the country if things get dicey. They have no loyalty to the nation, of which they are citizens.
Step 9: Demand intervention by the United Nations and partitioning of the country to solve their self-inflicted dilemma.
However, the BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE and MEN often go ASTRAY! Somewhere along this 9-Step program for attaining Eelam, the majority community FINALLY WAKES UP, realizes their country has been invaded by a MALIGNANT VIRUS, unites aggainst the Eelamists, and WIPES THEM OUT! Back to Zero for the Eelamists!
You can guess what happens next! Yes, indeed .. they move on to the NEXT COUNTRY ON THE EELAM HOMELAND LIST .. and the CYCLE REPEATS!
You see, these guys NEVER LEARN from their FOLLIES; having brainwashed themselves that they can CON ALL THE PEOPLE, ALL THE TIME!
It is HIGH TIME they learned that the ONLY Tamil Homeland in the World is in TAMIL NADU, India .. and resign themselves to being satisfied with that!
Elsewhere, they should learn to live in peace and harmony with the other communities, without demanding racist mono-ethnic aparthied Tamil Homelands for themselves ONLY, that disposses all other citizens of the country.
Sujeewa,
I sent you an email msg. :)
Ananda-USA said...
Australia & Canada HERE THEY COME ! Get ready for your very own EELAM WARS!
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Ananda, this applies only to Canada and EU countries. Does not apply to Australia. People here are well travelled and knows what really happens in rest of the world.
They aren't sympathetic to people who are either terrorist or who try to gain special treatments via emotional blackmail.
Raj Rajaratnam holds 9.2% of John Keels in the CSE
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Sri Lanka shocked by fund manager fraud charges
By Mel Gunasakera (AFP) – 9 hours ago
COLOMBO — Sri Lankan traders reacted with shock at the weekend to US fraud charges laid against a billionaire Sri Lankan-born hedge fund manager who had big interests in the island's stock market.
The US Justice Department filed insider trading charges against Raj Rajaratnam, who spent his childhood years in Sri Lanka, and five others on Friday following an extensive wiretapping investigation.
Sri Lankan brokers said Raj, founder and head of the New York-based Galleon Management hedge fund, was a major investor in Sri Lanka's small 10-billion-dollar bourse which is among the world's best performing markets.
"I'm really shocked and surprised by the charges," said Murtaza Jafferjee, chief executive of JB Securities, a private brokerage in Colombo, who managed Rajaratnam's investments in Sri Lanka until three years ago.
Rajaratnam and his fellow alleged conspirators were accused of earning 20 million dollars from illegal trading in what US media reports said was the biggest-ever hedge fund insider dealing scheme. Related article: Warning to traders
He attended primary school in Sri Lanka before going abroad with his parents and his arrest was front-page news in the island's newspapers Saturday.
He was reported by the US magazine Forbes to have studied in Britain and the United States before creating the hedge fund, believed to manage at least six billion dollars in assets.
"Raj was by far the biggest foreign hedge fund investing in few publicly quoted and private companies in Sri Lanka," Jafferjee told AFP.
Jafferjee said the billionaire kept investing in Colombo's stock market during the height of the island's recently ended ethnic conflict when the market gave poor returns.
The charges "came as a very big surprise," said a broker who manages some of Rajaratnam's money through his Galleon Fund and requested anonymity.
According to public documents, Rajaratnam is the single largest investor in Sri Lanka's biggest quoted firm, John Keells Holdings, a conglomerate with interests from banking to ports and hotels. He holds a 9.2 percent personal stake in the company.
Figures compiled from the stock exchange by AFP showed Rajaratnam also has large holdings in other Sri Lankan blue-chips firms such as Commercial Bank and two brokerage houses either through Galleon or personally.
"He's been quietly trimming his portfolio in the past few months, making use of the booming market sentiment to make capital gains," Jafferjee said.
The billionaire, who is the world's 559th richest person according to Forbes magazine with a net worth of 1.3 billion dollars, had also donated money to local charities.
Sri Lanka's justice ministry thanked Rajaratnam last month for donating millions of dollars to rehabilitate child soldiers conscripted by Tamil Tiger separatists who were crushed by government forces in May.
Brokers said the charges against Rajaratnam were a blow to Sri Lanka's small stock market.
"It's a setback for the Colombo stock market which was proud to show him off as one of the biggest foreign investors in the country," said a fund manager who also asked not to be named.
Rajaratnam's company released a statement saying it was "shocked to learn" of his arrest and would cooperate fully with US authorities.
Thusitha,
Beg to differ on Australian views.
I have been following comments by Australians at Australian news websites. For example, they are sympathetic towards the Tamil boat refugees 80% to 20% or so; all bleedinh heart .. no brain. That is a prescription for disaster .. until they WAKE UP.
US billionaire probed for Sri Lanka terrorism fundraising: report
Indiatimes.com
October 18, 2009
WASHINGTON: A US-based hedge-fund billionaire charged as part of an insider-trading case was investigated by US authorities for allegedly raising
funds for a Sri Lankan separatist group, The Wall Street Journal reported late Saturday.
Citing people familiar with the probe, the newspaper said federal agents had uncovered documents showing that Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group, was among several wealthy Sri Lankans in the United States whose donations to a Maryland-based charity made their way to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
The LTTE, commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, fought a brutal separatist war against the government of Sri Lanka from 1976 until it was defeated last May.
Rajaratnam, 52, was among six people arrested Friday in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation said is the largest-ever, hedge-fund insider-trading case, the paper noted.
Federal prosecutors in New York charged Rajaratnam with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
Prosecutors allege Rajaratnam and his ring of alleged co-conspirators earned 20 million dollars in improper gains, the report said.
Rajaratnam's New York-based Galleon fund firm manages 3.7 billion dollars in investments.
Jim Walden, an attorney for Rajaratnam, said his client is innocent and will fight the charges, according to the paper.
Walden said Rajaratnam made charitable donations "to rebuild homes destroyed by the Tsunami" that devastated Sri Lanka and other countries in 2004, and that he wasn't involved with the LTTE, the Journal said.
As part of a separate terrorism probe, which was led by the FBI in Brooklyn, New York, eight other people have pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the LTTE, designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, The Journal noted.
Prosecutors in the cases do not allege that Rajaratnam and other donors knew their contributions were routed to the Tamil Tigers, according to the report.
But documents in a federal criminal complaint filed in US District Court in New York's Eastern District include allegations by federal agents that money donated to a US charity called Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, or TRO USA, of Cumberland, Maryland, was funneled to the Tamil Tigers insurgency, the paper noted.
The case was brought against Karunakaran Kandasamy, described by prosecutors as the head of the US branch of the LTTE, The Journal said. In the same case, an FBI agent cites documents uncovered in court-authorized searches as showing donations to TRO USA made by a person identified only as "individual B."
Rajaratnam is the person identified as "individual B," said the paper, citing "people familiar with the prob
Let me comment a bit about the Rajaratnam affair; He may have the best of connections with the politicians but one has to beware of another regime running parallel to the politicians that is neutral and their only concern is with the law and order and well being of a country. They will act against anyone who is willing to break the law. Many more guys with similar character will meet its fate just watch the space . It’s a pity that this guy is now spending his Deevali behind bars.
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Rajaratnam Surfaced in U.S. Terrorism Probe
By EVAN PEREZ and MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Wall Street Journal
October 18, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The hedge-fund billionaire charged as part of a vast insider-trading case surfaced in an earlier, separate probe into U.S. fundraising by a Sri Lankan terrorist group, people familiar with the probe said.
As part of that investigation, federal agents said they uncovered documents showing that Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group, was among several wealthy Sri Lankans in the U.S. whose donations to a Maryland-based charity made their way to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, according to people familiar with the probe.
Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of Galleon Group, exits federal court in New York, U.S., on Friday. Rajaratnam was among six people charged in a $20 million insider trading scheme.
The LTTE, commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, fought a brutal separatist war carrying out suicide bombings and political assassinations against the government of Sri Lanka from 1976 until it was defeated in May.
Mr. Rajaratnam, 52 years old, was among six people arrested Friday in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation said is the largest-ever hedge-fund insider-trading case. Federal prosecutors charged Mr. Rajaratnam with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
Citing telephone wiretaps, a federal criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for New York's Southern District describes a period from 2006 and 2008 when Mr. Rajaratnam and his group allegedly swapped inside information. Prosecutors allege Mr. Rajaratnam and his ring of alleged co-conspirators earned $20 million in improper gains. Mr. Rajaratnam's New York-based Galleon fund firm manages $3.7 billion.
There doesn't appear to be a connection between the two investigations.
Jim Walden, an attorney for Mr. Rajaratnam, said his client is innocent and will fight the insider-trading charges. The Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, the group to which Mr. Rajaratnam made donations, was heavily involved in coordinating and funding relief activities in early 2005 after a Tsunami battered Sri Lanka and other parts of South and Southeast Asia. But the group later came under scrutiny for ties to the LTTE. Mr. Walden said Mr. Rajaratnam made charitable donations "to rebuild homes destroyed by the Tsunami," and that he wasn't involved with the LTTE.
Mr. Rajaratnam made other less controversial donations to Sri Lankan causes over the years. In 2004, he contributed funding alongside several American executives and public officials to help Sri Lanka buy dogs to detect land mines that lay beneath the country's civil war battlefield.
Mr. Rajaratnam wasn't charged in the terrorism probe, which was led by the FBI and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn. Eight other people have pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the group, designated as terrorist by the U.S.
Prosecutors in the cases don't allege that Mr. Rajaratnam and other donors knew their contributions were routed to the Tamil Tigers.
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Earlier: Six Charged for Insider-Trading Trader Is Known for Speed, Smarts Recap: U.S. Attorney on Case | SEC Release Excerpted Quotes: 'I'm Dead if This Leaks' Documents in a federal criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in New York's Eastern District include allegations by federal agents that money donated to a U.S. charity called Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, or TRO USA, of Cumberland, Md., was funneled to the Tamil Tigers insurgency.
Rajaratnam Surfaced in U.S. Terrorism Probe
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The case was brought against Karunakaran Kandasamy, described by prosecutors as the head of the U.S. branch of the LTTE. He pleaded guilty in June to providing material support to a terrorist group. His attorney said Mr. Kandasamy is awaiting sentencing.
In the same case, an FBI agent cites documents uncovered in court-authorized searches as showing donations to TRO USA made by a person identified only as "individual B." Mr. Rajaratnam is the person identified as "individual B," according to people familiar with the probe.
"Individual B" made donations to TRO USA totaling $1 million in 2000, according to bank records cited by the FBI. In 2004, "individual B" made an additional $1 million donation, according to bank records cited by the FBI. The funds were then wired to the TRO organization's Sri Lanka bank accounts.
Mr. Kandasamy, according to the federal complaint, told investigators the Tamil Tigers controlled the TRO charity. Another alleged TRO USA fundraiser indicted separately, said in FBI recorded conversations that "'individual B' made one of those $1 million donations to the LTTE after its successful 'Elephant Pass' attack," said to be one of the biggest military victories by the Tigers in their war against the Sri Lankan government, according to the FBI complaint.
In response to an FBI raid on TRO offices in 2006, the organization said it was a relief organization, and that its only relationship with the Tamil Tigers was in the course of the work conducted in regions then controlled by the LTTE.
Mr. Walden said Mr. Rajaratnam's donations "was responsible for rebuilding thousands of homes for Tamils, Sinhalese, and Muslims without discrimination. He obviously had the homes rebuilt, as they are standing today. Go see them."
The arrest of Mr. Rajaratnam and a couple of others of Indian origin was the talk of the weekend, coming during Diwali, one of the most important Hindu festivals, which is celebrated with lighting of candles and fireworks. Many South Asians gather at temples and people's homes, and "it was all anyone could talk about," said a person who knows Mr. Rajaratnam. "We are all trying to figure out if we can help in any way because he has been so generous but it's difficult to say what one can do given that it's now a judicial case."
Mr. Rajaratnam was a frequent contributor to various causes, from those that promoted development in the Indian subcontinent to programs that benefited lower income South Asian youth in the New York area.
He was also active politically. Data from the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks political contributions, shows that Mr. Rajaratnam donated $26,200 to the Democratic Party's fundraising arm in 2007. He also provided $4,600 in 2007 to the campaign of Hillary Clinton, now Secretary of State, and $4,600 in 2008 to the campaign of President Barack Obama
—Amol Sharma in New Delhi and Kara Scannell contributed to this report.
Recently Dead Can Move the Legs-Tamilnet Research
According to latest TamilNut/TAG research, recently dead people can lift their legs like magic. Yes, dead has two categories, recently dead who can move legs and old dead who cannot move legs.
"The leg of an apparent previous shooting victim lying prone on the ground, down range and at the feet of the first victim, rises in the air when the first victim is shot, and then slowly drops to its former position. This reaction appears to be from the bullet that passed through the first victim and then striking the down range victim and would be consistent with a victim that was very recently shot that has not died yet."
puligal.blogspot.com is updated.
[[Ananda-USA said...
Sujeewa,
I sent you an email msg. :)]]
Sorry Ananda, I was out of net this evening due to a personal matter. Just now replied.
Someone named Deshapaluwa has a bowled a googly in our blog comments section.
/Someone named Deshapaluwa has a bowled a googly in our blog comments section./
Its not a googly its wide ball.
/Re: SF and MR issue
I see things getting cooled down. It is a very good thing./
Me too hope so. I like to close this discussion giving free room for Fonseka2010 type clowns to show what they could do.
Let me add one last note. Its JHU that did a magic in SL politics. They first break nearly 10 lax hard core UNP votes and in second step they make almost all of them to vote for UPFA/MR which sealed his victory. They did their first step within short period of time, under heavy attack from JVP/UPFA. And no need to mention the unofficial figure behind JHU success was Soma thero, even after his death.
Now the vote difference is 25 lax and if they can do the same RW might win. So they need to break at least 10 lax votes from MR. Can this LNW, LeN, Fonseka2010 do the similar thing? They get 6 months.
As deshapaluwa @ EFT said (I also said) one strong statement from SF will clear and nullify all this for MR.
Ninja,
Disagree with you.
I think the original article was a no ball. This is a funny game. I can bowl to myself a no ball and then hit a six.
And
Now it is free hit time.
Patriots,
The Fonseks2010 campaign is the fastest growing fan page on Facebook, with more than 4, 000 supporters registered.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarath-Fonseka-Next-Sri-Lankan-President/151916326959
Responses to the petition demanding that Rajapaksa shows respect to Gen. Fonseka has been lukewarm. There is still time for you to add your signature.
http://petol.org/SFCDS09
You can follow all latest developments via Twitter.
http://twitter.com/fonseka2010
Also, see this 'Pic of the day'
http://www.twitpic.com/m0p4b
They can lock up the astrologer. They can blank us out in state media. They can abduct editors.
They CAN NOT silence all Sri Lankans who want CHANGE.
Hemantha
/I think the original article was a no ball./
You mean deshapaluwa's comment at EFT?
I also actually thought so but change my mind declared wide - I didn't want to make any sad our good mahen.
Adding to previous, one strong statement (in national media, interview in ITN, Rupawahni, media interview with both SF and GR etc) can easily ruin UNP's "kalakanni sathuta" and ruin their party.
SF, GR, MR need to settle their personal issues and look in to the future of country. That's what my country needs (but I am not positive, pessimistic as usual).
Hope to close this topic.
Ninja,
"You mean deshapaluwa's comment at EFT?"
Oh no! I meant the original article.
"Hope to close this topic."
I like the idea too. But EF just have started. I am waiting for LNP updates too.
/Oh no! I meant the original article./
You mean Mahen's one? main article?
yes.
LNP was updated but the article didn't get published, waiting for an explanation from Mr Brown.
Hemantha
I have no problem with the rest but this part.
/EFT sources close to the Government have confirmed to us that the relationship between the Chief of Defence Staff and the President / Defence Secretary is closer than ever and have nullified the speculation that the CDS will run for President as a common candidate. EFT would also like to quell the popular belief that the CDS is a ceremonial post, according to the provisions of the CDS act, the CDS has executive powers and is the senior most SLDF officer in the Island with the power to command the forces./
This part must be written after Mahen some how switching to his comedy mode.
Hondata Ree ganna, eeta passe Gaa ganna.
"EFT would also like to quell the popular belief that the CDS is a ceremonial post, according to the provisions of the CDS act, the CDS has executive powers and is the senior most SLDF officer in the Island with the power to command the forces."
That means all credits for war victories go to the then CDS Donald Perera?
You can't fool all the people all the time. Prepare for CHANGE.
"Now the vote difference is 25 lax and if they can do the same RW might win."
No way. No miracle can make Ranil win any near future elections.
LNW and pon 2010 are just trying to destroy individuals. They killed Janaka and Rajive for no benefits for them but because they hate those individuals. I think it is the same here.
Guys,
If you are going to discuss our article, would it not be courteous to do that in our blog than this dead blog?
Ninja,
heh, heh.
See. Now toilet sinks are flying.
Hemantha
/No way. No miracle can make Ranil win any near future elections./
Well, I said IF.. some thing then.. some thing.
IF this Ponseka2010, LNW etc can break 10 lax votes this can happen. But I didn't comment any more as I didn't want to make his job/ payments uncertain if he is getting paid.
[What I am going to say here after is really not necessary due to obvious reasons but I ll say it anyway.]
What they do now is quite similar to the so called 'alternative media (rawaya, yukthiya ect) did in RP time. How successful they were means- they made people believing by saving money that UNP then ministers wasted/ corrupted people can get bread for 3.50. Continuous weekly propaganda finally overtook well controlled private and government propaganda. However it took years for them to first win the floating votes in cities, mostly in western province and then to win same in villages.
In contrast, these web based propaganda need to first win floating votes via web, then floating votes in cities and then floating votes in villages. The link between web and city is weaker than that of between city and village. And they have less than 6 months.
Now assume Fonseka2010 can actually make SF a candidate. Unless this Ponseka2010 give some free tickets to SL, those joined his FB group and live abroad have no way to vote. If SF doesn't contest he needs to convert his 4000 FB fans to vote for RW and give tickets to fly SL and make sure they indeed vote as he wanted. Still 4000 votes can't do much in 20 mn population and with 25 lax lead for MR.
/LNW and pon 2010 are just trying to destroy individuals./
Destroying individuals (SF/GR) are any way in their agenda. But they they want more than that. Their method is such they want both UNP getting power and SF/GR getting destroyed. And clearly, they have more chance destroying SF no matter whats the out come.
The best thing Ponseka2010, LNW can enjoy when fooling our people is this nation has 14 days memory.
Ego problems among leaders is the worse problem our nation has in 2500 years history.
I hope to close this topic, enjoy the monkey show from Fonseka2010.
BTW, I don't think SF@LNP = Mahen as LNP guy sounds serious while Mahen seems a comedy star..
http://www.divaina.com/2009/10/19/news02.html
The People's campaign is supported by many people in Sri Lanka. Many of the supporters on Facebook are in Sri Lankan. Given that even the largest Sri Lankan groups that have been active for many years have less than 20, 000 supporters, more than 4, 000 in a few days is a remarkable achievement and a real reflection of the enthusiasm with which Sri Lankans are looking forward to a Gen. Fonseka presidency.
We have had many messages of support from people who are too scared to publicly sign-up. How they vote inside booth will be secret. But when the brothers can abduct a popular editor in just minutes and mock our greatest military General like he is a nobody what they will do to an ordinary person is known to all.
Our people have a clear choice. They can elect Mahinda Rajapaksa, for his dynastic politics, 110 Ministers, uneducated goons as Ambassadors (cousin in USA), waste of public resources, corruption, police harassment and all the usual gimmicks of the rotten politics that has ruined our country for many decades,
Or they can vote for CHANGE. Our people will vote for (1) United Sri Lanka, (2) Valuing armed forces, (3) Rewarding workers, (4) Smaller government, (5) Power to people.
To all those Sri Lankan who ran away when the going was tough (like your master GR), we have a message for you: CHANGE is coming to Sri Lanka. Your days of keeping Sri Lankan 'poor' so that you can come here on cheap holidays and show off to those who couldn't/wouldn't go to wash toilets in the West is coming to an end.
http://www.divaina.com/2009/10/19/feature02.html
This is a good one from an outstanding hero of Sri Lankan history of 2550 years. Yes indeed, other that Lt. Colonel Gotabhaya Rajapakse, only a very few in our history has achieved this status. I hope to hear similar statements from other heroes also.
I have (so far) refrained on commenting on the "alleged" rift between Rajapakse cabal and SF and his "backers" largely due to hearsay and the emotional out pourings we have witnessed in this blog.
Sri Lankan politics is a dirty dirty business, the only winners are the politicians the losers as always are the SL masses who go about their daily chores with an inviting smile cursing but yet finding the means to place food on the table for their families.
If SF has the same vision and the determination as he did to get rid of the LTTE, to apply those same skill sets to clean up SL, i would go for it without any compromise.
Naturally i assume SF's hand are clean on human rights issues.
SF, i understand is not a clever man (reliable source) but he is determined and forthright.
I would back a military coup to get rid of the Rajapakse cabal.
Ninja,
I respect your point of view. You may be correct too. But everything is getting complex now. The good and bad were well defined during the time of war. But now, boundaries would get murkier with time (As you correctly said earlier). It is a relief now that our biggest headache is gone (terrorism). I was expecting lot more from MR+SF+GR combination because they became very powerful and popular. They had a great opportunity to make a system, with better governance and no corruption, more than any future leader ever would likely to get. But I do not see any steps towards that direction. We are loosing a great window of opportunity.
"BTW, I don't think SF@LNP = Mahen as LNP guy sounds serious while Mahen seems a comedy star.."
Heh, heh (beauty and the beast situation).
But I disagree. Who knows? I may be wrong in this case too.
Anyway thanks for the nice discussion. It is time for me to have some rest I guess.
The very same traitors Ranil Wickramasinghe, Lakshman Kiriella, and Mangala Samarawera who tried to get rid of SF, WK, and RG want them on traitors side. These top scum deserve nothing more than garbage bins of our history.
Jay the Terrorist A-hole,
SF, i understand is not a clever man (reliable source) but he is determined and forthright.
Really? what is your reliable source, got to be your a__? So this not so clever man kicked your paymaster Prabakaran's aka military genious's butt just by chance? Did your doctor stitch your mouth recently due to anti SL bad ordor coming from it and now you speak from the other end?
With Deshapaluwa's comment on the photo at the army exhibition.
I totally disagree with MR's photo displayed in the army exhibition. However it is equally wrong to display then Army commander's photo. Army has to be a faceless force that safeguards the territorial integrity of a country. It should not have a face. The exhibition should not have been used to gain personal mileage by SF or to gain political mileage by MR.
JRJ gave leadership to Vadamarachchi campaign although he had to succumb to Indian pressure at the end. He to his credit did not take credit for such things. Even today we revere Gen. Kobbekaduwa as the architect of that run.
MR/GR/SF contributed in equal measure in their areas for the victory. UPFA is milking this for political gain. We need MR/GR caliber head for the nation to ensure that separatism will not raise its head again. If RW is elected as the president there is a big risk of separatism and excessive devolution raising its head.
This does not mean that UPFA can ruin the country economically with its nationalistic politics. But it is the case now. It seems that is a price we have to pay. To not to have separatism and economy to be ruined or economically develop and face separation. Although I continue to be a UNP supporter with regard to economic policies I reluctantly have to support MR for the sake of a unified country.
War victory and patriotism is not used to take any long term precautions against separatism such as constitutional changes or they are not used to make hard unpopular decisions to take the country in the right economic path. The only I mean ONLY use the war victories are used is to conduct election after election and strengthen the power of few. It’s a shame to not to use the sacrificed of 26000 soldiers in a bigger way so that several future generations of this country would benefit. Many other detrimental things are happening in the economic front now. Only few things come to light.
In the past we used to say the war is ruining our economy. Now we have to say although the war is over it continues to ruin our economy as we have to have this administration to prevent a war (seperation).
As I said I am willing to see these losses in several fronts and incomprehensible individual gains by few for the sake of the country’s territorial integrity.
The war victories while 'benefitting' the country is making huge political advantages to MR and UPFA. The least MR can do is to treat the people like SF well as he too played an equal and crucial share of the victory.
hemantha said...
I was expecting lot more from MR+SF+GR combination because they became very powerful and popular. They had a great opportunity to make a system, with better governance and no corruption, more than any future leader ever would likely to get. But I do not see any steps towards that direction. We are loosing a great window of opportunity.
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Hemantha,
Out in to the third year of MRs presidency he managed to destroy LTTE. Corruption is one of the most disturbing things in our country. But same as LTTE, it is not easy to destroy as you say. Most of our politicians are corrupt. I don't believe he need to wait till he get elected before he can do such a thing. Otherwise it would be political suicide.
So, if we are going to ask for this stuff, we need to wait after the next election. I don't think all is lost, we need to have bit of faith in MR + GR + SF.
Jay said...
[I would back a military coup to get rid of the Rajapakse cabal.]
Of course, you would! In fact, you pray for it DAY & NIGHT .. don't you?
The paragon of democratic virtues who has been preaching "human rights", "justice and fair play" to us at this blog for months now wants a "military coup" to get his way! Wow!
The VERY SAME Diaspora fighters for DEMOCRACY are now "Backing" coup-de-etat's. Wow, what a display of law-abiding democratic spirit!
Who the hell cares about government of the people, by the people, and for the people if you can get rid of the "Rajapakse clan"; the leaders of a government freely-elected by the people of Sri Lanka!
This ONE STATEMENT defines WHO YOU ARE; one of those recently defeated LTTE terrorists who tried to engineer a military take-over of 40% of Sri Lanka, and now wants to get rid of the SAVIOURS of our country who stood in the way of that diabolical plan to divide our country and grab a large part of it!
HELL NO! NOT EVEN WHEN HELL BOILS OVER!
Ian said...
This does not mean that UPFA can ruin the country economically with its nationalistic politics.
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Ian,
What do you mean ruin the country by Nationalistic policies? If this is the case, why is there such a good response from our Stock Exchange plus the Private Equity firms.
If the view held by the market is such that they believe the government is taking the country in the wrong direction, they would negatively respond. So, I cannot understand what these nationalistic policies are. Even if they exist, governments other policies seem to give the markets necessary confidence to invest in SL.
Mahen said..
[Hondata Ree ganna, eeta passe Gaa ganna.]
Eeta passe ganda makanna,
Arraku tikak bee ganna!
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Mahen sahodaraya
Oyage blog eke koti sihinayak-wu SF/MR/GR gateema dig-karana article-ekkak damma neda?
Apita eka gana katha nokarana eka wada hondai neda, massina?
Ian Said ...
MR/GR/SF contributed in equal measure in their areas for the victory. UPFA is milking this for political gain.
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Every army in the world can destroy Terrorism. There is no question about it. The only decisive factor is Political Leadership. That is withstand the external and internal pressures that make you succumb to their demands (As you mentioned happened to JRJ). The strategy and the will defines a good leader from an ordinary leader.
So, why cannot MR use the victory for his gains? Because part of the victory belongs to his skills in Leadership (Most probably with the help of GR).
Ananda,
Think you need to visit SL soon.
You will witness the "democracy" from the heart and mind of the people.
Ananda said..
(This ONE STATEMENT defines WHO YOU ARE; one of those recently defeated LTTE terrorists who tried to engineer a military take-over of 40% of Sri Lanka, and now wants to get rid of the SAVIOURS of our country who stood in the way of that diabolical plan to divide our country and grab a large part of it!)
I believed rightly or wrongly for you to be a rational person.
The above comment you made shows that you jump to conclusions and typically suspicios from ones own insecurity.
Ananda - You should visit Sri Lanka more often- Its a Paradise!
Friday the 13th of Nov at GFH.
Big Mac's on me!
Thusitha
Machang. I don't want to go in to details. I am sure you are aware that markets react to expectations first and then adjust on the performance of the economy/company. Current Bull Run is the investors' expectation the economy/businesses to do well due to the end of the war.
Nationalistic policies.
Giving employment in the state sector in reaction to picketing and possessions. Other mass scale employments in state banks/institutions etc. Who is paying the bill?
Reversing the decisions of the Public Services commision to increase productivity.
Giving fertilizer at Rs. 300 rather than using tariff on imports to develop agriculture sector (rice production). I fully support making country not dependant on others for his staple foods. But it has to be done properly like in Japan and not using populist stunts like Rs. 300 fertilizer.
Not passing the variances of the fuel costs to the public. This has the added disadvantage of Indian IOC unduly benefitting when the intl oil prices go down.
I will respond in full at a later time. Meanwhile do not have any reservations I (and many similar UNPeers) will be voting for MR. No Ranil until he drops Ganesan and the other LTTE lot, severs ties with Norwegians and other meddlers (which is unlikely), be realistic on IDP (with many sleeping LTTEers issue), and gives a believable undertaking he will NOT reverse any of the gains in separatist front.
Ian said ...
I am sure you are aware that markets react to expectations first and then adjust on the performance of the economy/company. Current Bull Run is the investors' expectation the economy/businesses to do well due to the end of the war.
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I am aware of that. The whole thing cannot be explained for just that reason alone. It also reflect the fact that markets are confident that government policies would create a good business environment.
I am not talking just about Stock Markets, I am talking about the Bullish Nature of the hedge fund managers and other foreign investors. People would not just put money in to Stock Markets because of an end of War.
Secondly when you assess MR and RW, you should assess it this way.
MR = Continuation of LTTE + Progressive Policies.
MR = End of LTTE + Nationalistic policies.
If LTTE continued, very unlikely the investor confidence would ever be so high due to possibility of war.
When you make investment decisions you need to take into account the progressive nature of the government policies plus stability of the country.
Therefore the markets are saying the net effect is MR is better the RW. If this is not the case, Markets should be like this when the peace deal of UNP was signed.
Another thing is when external investment comes in to the country and brings in a boom, all these factors relating Public sector would disappear. Who would want to be a public servant when there is money to be made in the private sector.
Thusitha
I am an independent person is SF/MR issue. I strongly believe MR/SF/GR each played a crucial part.
MR's strong resolve to not to give in to international pressure. (I truly admire this and I fully agree it played a decisive role).
GR's been the brother of the president and therefore having the confidence of the president and giving SF a free hand to select the field commanders, providing required weapons and infrastructure etc. Brushing the Millibands off. If we had any other person in this role we wouldn’t have succeeded either.
SF showed the true passion even before MR/GR. During RW time he played a role is limiting LTTE gains during CFA. During MR/GR with his no nonsense stance on selecting the able people to lead (I kind of know how army operated before with friends and allies than capability), some maneuvers (that cost more lives but if we didn’t we would have lost the game. Many many many others strategy and tactical maneuvers we would never know but made it a success.
Hypothetically put Daluwatte to the equation without SF. Prabakaran knew better. The combination of the three (MR/GR/SF) was the key. Without one of em the success may not have been the same or same outcome.
My point is the trust of the combination and the 3 working together worked for us and the same is required for the future too. My other point is as UPFA/MR is reaping benefits. MR is known to kick the ladders after the climb.(Don't ask me to explain) Change a bit, cut some slack for SF. Talk to him. Give him the due recognition and more. He is worthy of it.
Finally I sincerely want them to be together.
Ian Said ...
My point is the trust of the combination and the 3 working together worked for us and the same is required for the future too. My other point is as UPFA/MR is reaping benefits. MR is known to kick the ladders after the climb.(Don't ask me to explain) Change a bit, cut some slack for SF. Talk to him. Give him the due recognition and more. He is worthy of it.
Finally I sincerely want them to be together.
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I believe that this is what every patriot in this blog wants. Like everyone wants there parents to be together without divorce.
But some times it is not realist. Sometimes it is good to go separate ways. We need to accept this fact and try to minimize the damage if this occurs.
Also like in the west, healthy debate might be good instead of trying to hide away from the problem. I think lot of patriots are saying no such thing is happening. But there cannot be smoke without a fire.
I am getting out from the debate of SF vs MR and let Dheshapaluwa handle it.
"Or they can vote for CHANGE. Our people will vote for (1) United Sri Lanka"
what BULLSHIT is this???
SL ppl NEVER wanted a united SL! they always wanted an UNITARY SL.
and SF too. he NEVER wanted a united SL, he ALWAYS stood for a UNITARY SL.
this gives you away ponnaseka!
now there is a RIFT between fonseka2010 and fonseka2010!!
Thusitha
let me also get out of the debate with this.
All of us want seperatism to not to raise its head again. For me its not people. But no separatism. Towards this end the people like MR/GR/SF needs to be there and RW should be far away from the power of deciding on the issue.
Prabakaran made few mistakes in his way to Nanthikadal. One of them was not resolving Karuna matter. I don't want us to be feeling the way seperatists are now feeling in few years time.
I am with SF on the futility and the dangers in devolution. I sinecerly hope SF's exit would not mean a devolution or exessive devolution after the Presidential polls. Therefore having SF in the fold is better for us than more yes men in that role.
This is my last comment on this issue.
Moshe
Cant we get DW to open a new thread on something? over 3500 comments for this one. Weather would be a good topic.:))
Ian said...
Moshe
Cant we get DW to open a new thread on something? over 3500 comments for this one.
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Let create a FB page called DW2010 and start abusing the guy :)
ian,
good idea.
there is a complain SL still lingers on MAY 19th. this should not happen to DW.
post-war defence strategy, peace time military, how to stop the recurrence of war, how to have a guerilla intel unit, etc...there are many topics.
thusitha,
lol!
how many times tigers tried to kill him?? now they publish his good work!!
world will never see such a FLEXIBLE terror group!!
re: raj
of course he has his bad side which FAR outweighs the little good.
but he has a good side too. investing such a big amount in JKH and also remitting $3m (even violating exchange norms) benefitted SL which was struggling to manage FOREX.
generaly tamil elamists do EVERYTHING they can NOT TO give a cent to SL. they don't fly srilankan, they avoid going to holiday in SL, they don't buy SL produce, they don't maintain bank accounts in SL, they don't invest in SL in any way. some are sooo racists that they don't even send money to their parents.
we have to keep terror money out of our financial system but in the case of raj it is the other way round. he has GIVEN money to terror groups than has received (for himself) money from the LTTE.
he wasn't known to be involved in LTTE politics though he is a tamil elamist.
he promised $1.1 m for IDP welfare recently.
Thusitha
I get the insinuation. Not funny. I may have an opinion on a issue. But I don't have a personal agenda in been here or in making comments. My life/work is totally independant on who is in power. However as any contemporary I too have my political/economic views for the country. I love my country and feel for it. Thats it. I am not as stupid or distructive as 2010 people. If anyone here feels my previous comments are not welcome, pl let know I will delete them.
I am sorry you had to make that comment.
new sport added to RIO olympics. shooting down helicopters!
drug wars have gone toooo far. a vital lesson for SL.
Ian said...
Thusitha
I get the insinuation. Not funny.
I am sorry you had to make that
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Mate, not need to delete the comment. Zero insinuations. I meant exactly what I wrote. I am direct person. If I want to say something to you, I will tell you directly.
Had no Idea that you would think I was talking about you. It was not you who was criticising SF. It was me. So you got it all wrong.
Thusitha
Thanks! Sorry for mis-reading.
:))
i don't find anything wrong in ian's comment.
"having SF in the fold is better for us than more yes men in that role"
this is exactly what we want. MR can do whatever after winning the election IF there aren't any ppl capable of thinking and protesting. a vote for MR should not be construed as a vote for 13+.
and who will stand up to MR???
1. BR, GR??? no
2. ratnasiri, silva, silva, any other minister??? no (they know what happened!!)
3. UNP, JVP, TNA, SLMC - they critisise ALL THE TIME but to no use
4. sangha??? no
5. ppl??? all alone???
also IF 13+ satisfies tamil elamists, they will NOT be complaining!!!! they will be licking MR's arse!!! so the number of MR critics will be LOWEST if he does something stupid.
this is why MR SHOULD PATCH UP with SF and keep him in the fold.
reminds me the lion-rat story.
WTF
India assures Lanka of safeguarding democracy
Sri Lanka informally sounded India on Thursday over reports of a possibility of a destabilization of the democratic system, the Sunday Times learns. Such fears have arisen due to prevailing tensions within the defence establishment.
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Some one please tell me this story is BS.
Moshe Dyan said...
i don't find anything wrong in ian's comment.
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Moshe, Ian Misunderstood my joke about DW2010. That is why he made the previous comment.
thusitha,
yes, matie. just elaborated on the thing.
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now WTF is this???
some real conmen are around.
(i know this is total BS) is SF trying to take over SL??
in that case i don't think there is ANY need to "safeguard the democratic system" of SL!!!!! my view.
rather the democratic system should be saved from racists, traitors, corrupt MFs, separatists, homosexuals, fundamentalists and invaders.
tamil elamists can't count!! remember bloodyrav??
"[TamilNet, Sunday, 18 October 2009, 20:37 GMT]
More than 30,000 British Tamils marched to draw attention to the Sri Lankan government's continued incarceration of over 280,000 Tamils in military supervised camps despite earlier pledges to release within 180 days from the end of war in May. Protesters, young and old, carried banners and chanted slogans expressing that 150 days have passed with no concrete steps taken to resettle the Tamils held in the “concentration camps" in Vavuniyaa."
150 > 180 ???
Thusitha said...
WTF
India assures Lanka of safeguarding democracy Sri Lanka informally sounded India on Thursday over reports of a possibility of a destabilization of the democratic system, the Sunday Times learns. Such fears have arisen due to prevailing tensions within the defence establishment.
Thusita,
Sunday Times has an axe to grind with the Govt. There is probably no truth to this story. It is my guess that any discussion with India is in the context of the western plot to destabalize Sri Lanka.
The Govt is going on the offensive, which is a good thing, but no point doing things like this (see below).
US Embassy fined for illegal water tapping
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said yesterday it had fined the US Embassy in Colombo more than US$ 3,000 for illegally tapping supplies from the national network.
The Board said it found that the supply to US Ambassador Patricia Butenis official residence in Colombo bypassed the water metre.
The US authorities were fined $ 3,222 after the unusually low water bills for the building aroused suspicion and prompted an inspection. AFP
Fonseka 2010 claims 4000 members on Facebook page. I assume they are a representative sample of Sri Lanka's 21 million population. As of last Friday only thirty plus wall postings. Either members are stupid and can't express themselves or Fonseka 2010 is deleting all their negative comments or Fonseka 2010 created most of the 4000 member IDs. Thank your Fonseka 2010 for your effforts on behalf of disapora ellemaists who want to create that mythical state in cyberspace.
Jay said...
[Ananda - You should visit Sri Lanka more often- Its a Paradise!]
Don't worry, Jay, I visit Sri Lanka as often as I can; at least once or twice a year for a lot of what I love in this life is there.
And, you are right .. however poverty stricken Sri Lanka is .. it is a Paradise for me .. with brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, nephews and nieces, friends and neighbors, old school buddies and beloved teachers, temples and priests, music and movies, and delectable soul food for my starved palate .. for I cannot live by bread alone!
Given that I earn my living through honest hard work, I can't afford to visit more than that either.
I know I will never be able to afford a $45,000 boat ticket to the US from SL, unlike those fake LTTE supported boat refugees!
Why don't you turn a new page in your life's book and become a Patriot who loves and nurtures Lanka? Hopefully it won't be the last page in your book!
Ah! HOPE they say, springs ETERNAL in the HUMAN BREAST!
Jay the little terrorist monkey,
I believed rightly or wrongly for you to be a rational person.
The above comment you made shows that you jump to conclusions and typically suspicios from ones own insecurity.
Ananda - You should visit Sri Lanka more often- Its a Paradise!
Friday the 13th of Nov at GFH.
Big Mac's on me!
This got to be all the blather you can write when your nakedness is exposed. What a nocturnal pussy cat
gay,
"Friday the 13th of Nov at GFH.
Big Mac's on me!"
FYI, they don't serve big mac at GFH!!
looooooooser!
Jay said...
[The above comment you made shows that you jump to conclusions and typically suspicios from ones own insecurity.]
Jay,
Who else but an enemy of Sri Lanka would want to oust the "Rajapakse clan" by a military coup-de-etat? A "clan" that got rid of LTTE terrorism confronting a host of enemies within and outside the country?
What other rational conclusion can I arrive at other than that you wish to harm Sri Lanka?
Since independence, through good times and awful times, through two armed insurgencies, when successive civilian governments bungled wars and lost the peace, when the nation was brought to the brink of partition, the Sri Lankan military has never attempted a coup-de-etat, and remained loyal to the governmenmt ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE of Sri Lanka.
Yet, you express support for a military coup .. what else could you be but either an LTTE-er or an incurably jealous political opponent of the current GOSL?
What is your purpose? Is it to raise fear of a powerful military, so that Sri Lanka would not be able to create an even stronger military in the years ahead, and would remain susceptible to military and security threats?
I am not tied to any political party or extreme political idealogy of any kind. I am wedded to the notion of ONE nation, ONE people with equal rights and responsibilities, and ONE shared destiny for ALL people of Sri Lanka.
We have gone through three decades searching for a political leadership that could effectively defend and protect our country, and give Sri Lankans the opportunity to catch up with the rest of the world that is racing ahead.
The current leadership of Sri Lanka has DEMONSTRATED by their CONDUCT OF THE WAR, and DIPLOMACY exercised with a steel hand encased in a velvet glove, that they are ABLE and WILLING leaders.
In doing so, they have PROVED to me BEYOND ALL DOUBT that they are worthy leaders. The common people of Sri Lanka have no other place to go; while you and I can escape abroad and live in safety. In discharging their duty to defend the country, they have protected the common people of our country who live in it; they have no other choice. Their fate and future depends on the leaders they have trusted to lead.
In executing this war with total committment, the current GOSL placed the interests of the ordinary people of Sri Lanka above all other considerations. No other GOSL has ever done that, or inspired confidence in me like the current one. To my simple mind, that is Patriotism!
I intend to help ALL I can to see that these Patriotic leaders survive to put Sri Lanka on the road to a prosperous and secure future. We need their sure hand at the HELM of Sri Lanka for the next DECADE.
There is not ONE among the past leaders and assorted nay-sayers, now attempting bring down the GOSL in their frustration and jealousy, who had any solutions in the past. They unlikely to have any solutions in the future, either. They have had their chance, and failed miserably. They should crawl into a small hole, pull the entrance in after them, and vanish from sight without inflicting the their incompetence on the people.
Ananda-USA,
I believe that you hit the nail on Jay's head. A man who preaches peace, democracy, and accountability wants to overthrow the democratically elected government of Sri Lanka thru military force, at least he pretends. His real motive could well be to reduce the strength of our military and hence more avenues for future destabilization. Now that his paymasters having lost their tool of interference, i.e. LTTE, usage of agents like Jay may be another attempt to control us. Given the vicious anti Sri Lankan nature of Jay Haan, I believe that we should use various tools we have to protect the national security of Sri Lanka without any delay. Otherwise, it can be too late.
SYDNEY BEGGARS
Naga and Habib are Sydney beggars.
They beg in different areas of Down Town.
Habib begs just as long as Naga but only collects 2 to 3 dollars every day.
Naga brings home a suitcase FULL of $10 notes, drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage-free house and has a lot of money to spend.
Habib says to Naga 'I work just as long and hard as you do but how do
you bring home a suitcase full of $10 notes every day?'.
Naga says, .... 'Look at your sign, what does it say'?
Habib's sign reads.................. 'I have no work, a wife and 6 kids to support'.'
Naga says ' No wonder you only get $2-3 dollars
Habib says... 'So what does your sign say'?
Naga shows Habib his sign......
It reads,... 'I am only a Tamil asylum seeker from Sri Lanka , need another $10 to move to Canada
Kodos to Ananda on your reply to Jay. Jay's theories are put in a nutshelll by ancient SL village folks in the phrase, "kanna ona unaama kabaragoyath thalagoyaa venavaa". But Jay will ignore this, as he does not read sinhala, although he can.
Also Jay never compliments me, although I wrote his life story as a short story. Every time when I mention this, he skips the question.
Jay has left most our Qs un-answered, and some answered with "yanne-koheda-malle-pol" style. Leaves me believing that he's not paid for answering us. Only paid for defaming SL. White masters are sharp to the point.
Hiks.
no peace dividend???
ppl are not getting the peace divided. a few sections are getting it but ppl who made sacrifices are not getting any.
celebrating may19 STILL, without any peace dividend will lead to the mockery of the whole victory.
govt don't seem to have a PLAN, a POLICY for ethnic integration, LARGE SCALE development of the liberated areas in the short and medium term. this is disastrous.
ppl will soon get fed up with celebrations and even the victory.
OTOH tamil elamists even after losing the war, are better off financially, in SL as well.
kings were not like this. soon after winnin the war against tamil madu invaders, they allowed ppl LAND to cultivate, construct tanks, build temples, and started a large development frenzy.
we are yet to see that.
i don;t believe that should wait till IDPs are fully settled. it can happen concurrently. if we wait till all the IDPs are settled, that will be years from now.
i'm surprised no one is taking up this issue.
GR says his main focus now is the welfare of soldiers. BR's main focus will be elections. MR's main focus is celebrations. others' focus is not known?????
we are heading into trouble. in future i will be following news about the VICTORY with disgust unless GOSL starts converting the victory to TANGIBLE ECONOMICAL BENEFITS TO THOSE WHO SACRIFICED for the victory.
of course that excludes handouts bcos that is not sustainable and counterproductive.
SL still is in the POOR-PATRIOTS & RICH-TRAITORS system.
despite patriots outnumbering traitors! their innocence has been taken for a ride by traitors and now by their leaders.
unless this changes, soon NGO, HR, MFs are going to bribe ppl to support the traitors.
රණවිරුවන් "බිලිගැනීම"
Moshe Dyan,
Don't worry for too long.
CHANGE is on its way.
Every Sri Lankan wants CHANGE, just as you do.
Patriots,
Look at this cartoon from Sunday Island.
http://www.twitpic.com/m3uyr
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ArmyLK
Buddha
nangige huththa
Lion Flu
පරන්ගි
Fonseka 2010
Same person probably used many different nicknames under many different profile IDs, assasinrajiv, funseka, gontabhaya to name a few. Given his commitment for his bogus campaign, only hing one can't understand is why he didn't come up with a fresh ID.. If he did so he could have get some validity from many bloggers here.. Seems he missed some thing in his planning.. Using fonseka2010@gamil.com initially was an obvious mistake.. Nangige huththa campaigning SF means this is EFT/Mahen type tactic from peelamists camp... Perhaps this may be the way he found to guarantee the most satisfaction and pleasure by irritating his enemy-the fellow bloggers and perhaps destroying his main enemy SF too...
Basil the rat.
Moshe;
Re: 13+ [and EI]
Indeed, that is my idea too. I'm worried about possible 2/3 of the govt. It is likely that MR will get ~130 seats on his own and will be able to collect the remaining 20 from opposition [not JVP]. How will it be used?
My fear is getting a 130 yesmen, teamed with 20 eelamist into a 2/3 govt. A 2/3 for eelam is always easier than a 2/3 for non-eelam. This is why we shud fill the 130 with genuine patriots with enough backbone to resist MR if needed.
I'd vote for UPFA but always give my pref votes for men who'd safeguard the nation, and be able to stand against even MR if/when needed.
SF shud not contest PE or GE. I think he shud be given more room to plan the future of military at CDS role [heard that he's got bored with it, despite Mahen assuring he's not] and keep him for another 5yrs, after which he shud serve a term or two in national list if he wills. No pref votes, no secretary roles. No common candidate either [all three, in my view, will be rejected by SF anyway]
SF is fighting an important ideological front. I may have differences with his sinhala only view, but we need that view also represented as some ppl do believe so.
Also he is by far the only man who spoke about Ethnic Integration by means of colonization. His planned big camps include military residencies, and that looks to me as the only way how southern Sinhala population can "safely" and realistically be settled in north.
Although it is always theoretically possible to execute our sovereign powers to create multinational colonies, I have given up the possibility of MR doing it. Most likely plan for him gotta be to break TNA by two [which again is a better short term solution].
Ppl like SF are gems for the brilliance of thinking power. We need them at RIGHT places.
Sujeeraj Kokarajaratnum,
Umba danna labbak. Puka thama.
Don't think a bunch of 10 bloggers here can change the course of SL politics, A for effort, but thats all it is. The ground reality is far different from what you are imagining it to be.
[[Don't think a bunch of 10 bloggers here can change the course of SL politics, A for effort, but thats all it is. The ground reality is far different from what you are imagining it to be.]]
May we be educated pls?
Patriots,
This is very interesting.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/21249629/Mahainda-Rajapakshe-Horoescope
PREPARE FOR CHANGE
The simplest answer is the most obvious one.
Patriots,
We are proud to announce that the popular website Sri Lanka Guardian has now thrown its weight behind the People's Fonseka2010 campaign.
http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/10/mahinda-chinthanaya-is-not-mantra.html
No to corruption. No to 110 Ministers. No to family rule.
Yes to CHANGE.
Mahen,
More you try making it rocket scienec more room will there be for conspiracy theorists. And more gain for Ponnaseka-2010.
Either you say what you have to say, or you shud delete your blog post.
Do not make use of it to create more and more contreversy and make your lost blog popular in that.
mosche dyan
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20091019_01
I think mahinda and sarath have come back to an agreement
Susantha;
Me too believe so. Hope it has no plan to silence the commander however graceful it can be.
If CDS is not active enough for him, it shud be made so.
Chena Boys and Veddha Girls,
Its very simple, there is no smoke without fire.
Modayas will always be modayas.
Fonseka2010,
Sri Lanka Gaurdian eh? Did you know that SLG published EFT stories of fake counter attacks and non existent LTTE armoured corps? You expect even the Singhala modayas here to believe that drivel?
ponnaseka,
ONLY MR, GR or BR can do what i want. and JCP too.
FYI SF is never going to contest against MR or GR. i can tell you, i'm closer to SF than you are and i know how exactly he feels.
can't brush aside that some bad things happened as in most friendships, but they are as thick as thieves!!
SF has NEVER fallen for positions and he never will.
you must be refering to gamini fonseka or malini fonseka!!
lol!
susantha,
i read that. actually i got really frustrated after reading that.
they have still not stopped celebrating.
we have to put tamil elam to rest, then we can celebrate EVERYDAY.
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