And this is precisely why change must come in the large part with a
new set of faces. Whilst Obama's transition team has many Clintonites
it has new people as well. And of course the newest new person is
Obama himself.
In Bangladesh what exactly is the newest thing we will have after the
next election? Well I know criminal dalals who have left Kuwait and
are busy now seeking AL and BNP nomination in the upazilla and
parliamentary elections. Maybe these guys will be new : )
In Bangladesh being a tout or a pimp won't stop your nomination as an
MP in either AL and BNP. Thats one of the great things about our
democracy -
We Are All Equal In The Eyes Of Politcians.
And that brings us neatly to one of the common dirty political
techniques in Bangladesh - making everyone equal, good and bad, and
painting oneself as 'magnanimous' at the same time. If you have been
involved in Bangladeshi organisational culture you will understand
this well.
Its one of the reasons why no more than two dozen really decent
people exist in public life in a nation of 150 milion plus.
Sick.
Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, maruf mahmud <mahmud_maruf@...>
wrote:
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> The following story is about American politics but we can relate
the same morale for Bangladeshi politics.
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> ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE?
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>
> Candidates toss it around without really saying what they want to
change.
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> There's an old sea-story in the Marine Corps about a lieutenant who
inspected his Marines in the field, and afterward told the 'Gunny'
that the men smelled bad. The lieutenant suggested the solution might
be they should change their underwear.
>
>
>
> The Gunny responded, 'Aye, aye, sir, I'll see to it immediately!
He then went straight into the squad tent and announced, 'The
lieutenant thinks you guys smell bad, and wants you to change your
underwear. Smith, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with
Witkowskie, and Brown, you change with Schultz. Now get to it!'
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>
>
> The moral: A candidate may promise change in Washington , but don't
count on things smelling any better.
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> --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Ezajur Rahman <ezajur.rahman@...> wrote:
>
> From: Ezajur Rahman <ezajur.rahman@...>
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] The change agenda
> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 1:40 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> Hi
>
> Consider, if you will, the following statement:
>
> "After Barack Obama's win it is now statistically more probable for
the child of a decent Bangladeshi citizen to be President of the
United States Of America than to be Prime Minister of Bangladesh ."
>
> The fight to change Bangladeshi politics continues even after the
next elections.
> We ask not that we can be the best or that we must be the best.
> We demand only that we be the best that we can possibly be.
> And, under Hasina and Khaleda, we are nowhere close.
>
> Change will come to our nation. It must. History, justice, time and
faith demand it.
> So many people I know have given up on our nation in spite of their
love for it.
> It is not their fault. It is not our fault.
>
> The next time change comes, good change or bad change, it will not
come quietly
> And it will not go quietly. And change will not consider our
definition of right or wrong.
>
> Next time life will become cheap at the top just as life is cheap
at the bottom.
>
> It is only fair.
>
> Ezajur Rahman
> Kuwait
>
>
>
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