Monday, July 30, 2012

America America..Gun Control is Out of Control....by Jamil Shawwa

On Friday 07/20/2012, a masked man in a Batman movie character costume, went to a movie theater in Aurora Colorado at the midnight premiere of the new Batman movie, not carrying a movie ticket to watch the show but an AK-47 to kill people, moviegoers, innocent spectators.


He went through the ticket line, I'm assuming that he bought a ticket, and went through the doors, no security and no metal detectors, just young boys or girls clipping tickets, or elderly senior citizens doing the same thing, nothing in between except for greedy theater owners that have no regard or sense for minimum security to provide their patrons, or city and state and country that are not aware of the need to monitor, minimum monitoring- no freedom infringement- places where thousands of people attend to enjoy and not attend to be killed.


In the same night, hours laters, Michael Bloomberg, the Republican Mayor of New York City confronted in frank way the politicians running for offices and especially the presidential candidates, The Democrat Obama and the Republican Romney, to start to do something about this issues, gun control, and to stop sidestepping what is, according to millions of Americans, detrimental to them to feel safe in malls, movie theaters, schools and streets.


Today, 07/30/2012, Reuters released a poll, a survey, showing that almost half of Americans asked, support some sort of gun control and purchasing. We are no longer talking about a hobby to hunt, but  sickening minds that want to kill.


On 07/22/2012, president Obama interrupted his campaign, and flew to Aurora to offer his condolences and support to the families of the victims. There, Obama said, "AK-47s belong on battlefield, not streets" .The following Thursday Time had the gun control matter and the Aurora murders on the cover with a cover story title of " How Guns Won" stating from Time’s perspective that Americans are not for gun control and basically it is an issue that will not be resolved in favour for  the advocates of gun control.


The US Constitution Second amendment grants Americans "the right to bear arms" and the Supreme Court largely and historically has uphold this amendment but has interpreted it with variations ,occasionally, based on lawsuits and challenges to it.


After the failed assassination attempt of president Reagan in 1981, the Brady Law was introduced to require background check before purchasing guns. But it did not factually prevent crime, most murders that were in the style and magnitude of the Aurora killings and killer were by individuals with no criminal record, mostly people who "suddenly" decided to act.


Now, what is the solution, we have a constitution that grants the right but it does not say what type of weapons and for what. I mean what if someone decide to purchase a canon, can they just claim that the constitution grants that to them.


Today it was reported that James Holmes, the alleged killer, of the Aurora movie theater purchased 6000 round of ammunition online;ammunition that he used to kill people and not hunt birds and dears.


What about the online gun purchasing and ammunition being delivered to killers and psychopaths doorsteps. Can advocates and politicians and even regular citizens through their elected officials, if the politicians dare to challenge the strongest lobby in America, the Gun lobby, the NRA, raise the issue, and try if not to redefine the gun laws and second amendment, but limit the types, the means and ways that people can purchase guns and ammunitions.


Do people need battlefield guns to feel safe in their homes and use if needed for self defense , or do they purchase battlefield guns to substitute and supplement a dangerous and deadly inferiority complex and a mind that is ready to snap at any provocation or to imitate any movie villains.


We are basically giving people a licence to kill and not license of self protection. Same applies to our laws that provide people a licence to kill such as “ Stand your Ground law” that allowed a killer in Florida back in February of this year to track an innocent teeanger, an unarmed walking person and  kill him in cold blood.


Does killing other humans became so easy and so simple that societies cheer to a certain extend killers with licensed guns, or say at least the killer did not steal the gun, but bought it legally like any commodity.


Are we having killers treated like movie stars, with protection and entourage wherever they move and bunch of lawyers on their side complaining  about how “harsh” society was on them.


Few months ago, in Norway, a deranged, hateful person, went on a killing spree and “eliminated” over seventy souls claiming that he is doing it to “clean” his country from foreigners changing the lifestyle of his country. That killer is now so close to run for office with all this media frenzy around him, saluting the press Corp, and making statements that news publish as if coming from an “authority” in human relations.


The time is now for a new contract that does not depend on the goodwill of humans, but on laws and regulations that do not eliminate the US constitution’s Second amendment, but makes it human and fair and just and competent and finally proactive and preventive.


Check updates and related since first published:

Chris Kyle

A Profile of a Terrorist; a homegrown terrorist: The South Carolina Black Church Murderer

Sandy Hook Elementary School

Umpqua Community College

The Lafayette

Sandy Hook Elementary School 2

Republicans and Democrats

South Carolina Black Church 2

Norway Killer Anders Behring Breivik

Norway Killer Anders Behring Breivik 2

Thursday, July 26, 2012

..بنت من حلب بقلم جميل محمد الشوا ..07/26/2012


البنت الحلبية اليوم .. شامية. و حمصية       

والأسد والعلوي  والبعثي بالدبابات بحاصرا بدو  يؤدبا

والبنت الحلبية بتصرخ هالمرة صرخة حقيقية، مو  صرخة دلعية و عل عوايدا غنجية،   ولجوزا بتقول ,  ابن عمي، مين هيدا اللي بالصاروخ والدبابات  بصحن البيت  بيؤمر و بيتعنتر..و بيدق عل الباب     
دقة همجيه ...شبيحية...

روح ابن عمي و اطرد السوري الهمجي الغريب، بدي روح عل السوق اتسوق. الكبة الحلبية عل النار والفحمة يا دوبك مستويه...

ما نقصا  الا شويه و شويات ابن عمي...بس الغريب بصحن البيت بالدبابات مانعا...

اطلع ابن عمي، خياتي   بالشام و حمص و أدلب ودرعا شروا الكوسا الجاهز المؤور  والاكله اكلوا، ما ضل  الا بنت حلب عل السوق تروح و بخياتا تلحق ..  
و تحط الطبخة عل النار و تخلصا...

جميل محمد الشوا



Monday, July 23, 2012

Open Borders; The Palestinians, The State of Israel and Egypt...by Jamil Shawwa


The expected decision of Egypt to open its borders, with no permits or visa needed, is commendable. The people of Gaza and the West Bank should have the “Freedom of Travel”. But in the same token, the neighboring countries;The State of Israel, Jordan and Egypt, have also the right to demand like any other country in the world, that borders are for people and goods to cross and for business to flourish and not for suicide bombers and enraged terrorists to kill and attack. Every country has the right to protect its borders, and frankly speaking, if those TV fanatics and their puppet masters in the Middle East did not send suicide bombers into Israeli territories, Israel, probably, would not have imposed such restrictions on the borders, or build walls. The Palestinians now have a golden opportunity, again and again,  to not get manipulated, by lowlives that only want to see them  fall further into the abyss...Do not close your lifelines...open roads, and build bridges..

من مصر الثورجية لمصر الإخوانية ....بقلم، جميل محمد الشوا 07/23/2012


و في الصباحية؛ صباحية ٥٢، والشلة اللي هيا...ظباط صغار في غفلة من الزمان، قاموا و قالوا للي قاعد في المنتزه و عابدين و راس التين، قوم و روح ، دي مصر دلوقت بقت حرة و انت يا وعدي غريب عليا و مصر مش تكية..

قام شال تاجة وأعطاه لناصر و الشلة هدية...

و تعظيم سلام لملك  ورق الكوتشينة..

وابتدأ المشوار بكلمه في الراديو للسادات..

والشعب هلل و قال فرجت ، اهو حاكمنا نجيب و الشلة...

و في ليله ضلمه القمر فيها استخبى, نجيب بعد ما شرب الكأس ،اتشال خلسه.. 

و ناصر و عامر كلوا الكحكة، و عامر بالحشيش بعدها حبس الحتة..

و قام ناصر يبرطع بالحته و قال للفلاح بالغيط، قوم ياصحبي دا نت بقيت صاحب الحتة...

وروح جروبي ، دة في مارون جلاسيه و حاجات حلوة
و راديو و مترو دول بقوا ملك الحتة ..

والمصري بطيبته صدق الكدبه..وفي السكة يا عيني اتبهدل واطرد واتضرب
و اتزل و برضة قال لناصر والشلة ، فين الحته، دانتوا برضة اهل بلد..و إحنا اتوعدنا بالكحكة...رد ناصر و قال ، يا غشم يا عمي انتوا صدقتوا الكدبه، دي كانت من ابو ذيد الهلالي حته  و خلصت التوتة...روح بيتك و سك عل اهلك و بابك لبعتلك نصر و بسيوني والشلة يخلوك تشوف في عز الضهر نجمة و كحكه...

و في يناير في عيد الشرطة.. وقف الشعب و قال أنا عايز الكحكة اللي اتوعدت من ٥٢ و ليها و بيها اتعشمت و حطيط في عيني كحله ...

و مشي في الميدان و زعق و قال كفاية...دانتوا لا اهل بلد ولا حكاية...  

دانتوا فراعنة و حدوتة راحت

بره بقي روحوا طرة و سكوا عل الباب من غير رجعة.. 

و المشير و  الفريق والجيش قالوا ماشي، خدوا الكحكة بس إحنا قاعدين نحرس الحته...

والشعب كحل صباعة و خد الكحكة ...و عل الجبين رسم زبيبة.،،

و قال يا مرسي الزناتي يا بوالعباس يا فتوه أنا عملتلك من جبيني و عل جبيني زبيبة، خدها واذا عايز كلها بس اوعى تنسى الحكاية، حكاية الكحكة و صبرنا من ٥٢  و الاف السنين عل الحته...

بقلم،
جميل محمد الشوا 

Sunday, July 15, 2012

The Curse of Alexander Haig; Romney's Edition by Jamil Shawwa

In 1981, President Reagan was  subject to an assassination attempt; his VP George H.W .Bush was not immediately available so the Secretary of State  Alexander Haig and the third in command in the administration, in a press conference before the White House Press Corps, announced "I'm in now in control" and that was it for him, few months later, he resigned and was forgotten and outcast from American politics. Now Romney is saying that "I'm  not in charge" of the Bain investment firm that he owned, and that as of 1999, he owned but did not manage, that he had nothing to do with the decisions the firm made or outsourcing or closing businesses in the US and laying off people. The curse of in charge and not in charge is coming back to haunt another Republican politician . Haig was a Republican presidential material as many thought but Romney is different , he is going to be the Republican party nominee for president and if Haig was done after that episode, Romney to the contrary still have a chance to manage the " in charge or not" by the time of the Republican Convention, otherwise it will add to other hurdles waiting for him by the time of the first debate with the democratic nominee for president Barack Obama. The time is not in favor of Mitt Romney;Bain is in the shadows.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Circumcision in Germany...by Jamil Shawwa


Headline: "**German circumcision ban unites religions, worries doctors"

Reporting Vehicle: The Chicago Tribune

My Note:

Circumcision for boys is not only a tradition but a world wide practice. In the United States, and based on what doctors and nurses told me personally, 99% of the boys born in America get their extra part removed immediately after birth. This is a fact across the board, meaning it covers all religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam; The Divine religions. And it covers others faiths, Hinduism, Buddhism, and so on and so forth. In Europe and the Middle East, my understanding is that the practice is mostly done through followers of Judaism and Islam. Now, it seems based on AP and this article attached from the Chicago Tribune, that the law in Germany in not clear regarding this matter and accordingly society leaders  particularly of Judaism and Islam need to raise it legally and demand clarity. Circumcision according to medical reports is healthy, normal, and does not and never affected any performance whatsoever or any human aspect. For girls, it is a different story, no religion or faith allows it, and it is practiced in backward pockets in the Middle East and other parts of the world, as far as I’m concerned, and it violates -again according to all doctors and medical scholars-the female right to have normal healthy, emotional and sexual life.

Sunday, July 01, 2012

Washington DC and Suburbs: Two Nights and Day Two No Electricity Update by Jamil Shawwa

Lines and lines in front of Gas stations;lines and lines in front of the grocery stores; not sure why, we cannot put anything in the refrigerators.

Not much police presence; America is handling itself without much authority on the road..

We the drivers and the commuters are organizing traffic at crossroads; we are more than usual courteous, we go in turns, and we turn in turns...

Virginia and DC; the most affected declared emergency, deployed the National Guards, but we do not see them, they are there, I think, if we need them...

Congress and the President are silent; they live here, but it would not be prudent to talk electricity now, and they have electricity although living in no electricity zones...But I’m not going to play politics here, our Federal Government and constitutional departments must function regardless if the other neighbouring streets have or have not electricity. National defence is the bottom line friends, or Mates as the Aussies would say...

The electric companies, Dominion, PEPCO and others are issuing hourly progression reports; they never talk about what happened or how, they never talk about where it happened, they never talk about what are they going to do to prevent it from happening again. They just talk that they are repairing, and they are. But the other information, we Americans, do not need to know.

The lucky ones  have generators; very few though, in my neighbourhood, only one, others .luckier, probably, flooded hotels around here, The Ritz Carlton and the Four Seasons are fully booked..and Motel 6 as well..But again, not to play politics,  it could be because the 4th of July holiday on Wednesday..Wait a minute; it cannot drag that long, on the fourth of July we celebrate America’s birth, no way without electricity, no way without fireworks...but the electric companies are telling us that it could take weeks before full restoration....

Average Americans like me flooded McDonalds and Starbucks for free electricity, free Air Conditioning and free Internet...But as a courtesy at least order something...

Public Libraries are open, Cooling centers are open;and this is America. You have or you have not, there is a place for you. But  you need to learn, and you need to go to that place and try at least to reach it..

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