KeenEyedTruthSeeker's Blog

U.S. Senator Barack Obama did a stupendous job today in a speech addressing the touchy issue of what someone else said in a country that lauds free speech and goes around the world shouting how it is a champion of freedom. Today he has shown America and the world that he can condemn the sin and still love the man who sinned and offended. Isn't that a cornerstone of Christianity? Why isn't Obama's very public demonstration of what he has learned from Christ's teachings held up as an example of virtue. Why isn't this Christian and statesman-like display lauded more after all the fuss and bother about his religion? Not only has he shown us how to be both a Christian and a statesman, he has also shown us that he is a man of honour and principle. Why should he throw away a friend just because they don't see eye to eye on everything? America is a country of contradictions after all. Life is full of contradictions and so are people. If I threw away all my friends when we disagree, I would be a lonely person unless, of course, I viewed life through rose-coloured glasses. Obama was never going to get an overwhelming amount of votes from working class white males anyway. This is America after all, and colour is ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS a factor-- the proverbial pink elephant in the room that lots of people don't want to acknowledge. Ohio proved it, right? Some people want to pretend that Rev. Wright's comments are an aberration in a country where black people have suffered the brunt of white bigotry for years and continue to suffer from it despite significant gains. Has anyone watched any films about the fight for civil rights lately, or the images and aftermath of Katrina's onslaught? I have had white friends tell me that I was overreacting about bigotry, and then retract what they said after they heard other white colleagues in unguarded moments who spewed things that rival or surpass anything Wright has said. Provocateurs exist on all sides of this debate about an American problem that some people would prefer to have closeted. We live in a culture where a person with one white parent is still called black and treated poorly oftentimes because his/her white heritage is ignored and discounted. The focus on Obama's colour is proof that America still has a long, long way to go, but it's heartening to see that some Americans support real "Change" epitomized through Obama's quest for the Democratic nomination and the presidency of the United States. Blessed are the peacemakers . . . I'm the KeenEyedTruthSeeker telling it like it is.

I found a really cool technology that delivers VoIP services with a twist--jajah. The calling technology didn't let me down, but the company's support processes are HORRIBLE, DISAPPOINTING, SUB-STANDARD, FRUSTRATING, and NOT CUSTOMER FOCUSED. During the past 10 days, I've sent the support team several emails and even used their online support request tool, and still I'm receiving NO response other than the tiresome automatic email reply that they'll get back to me within 15 hours. 15 hours? WHAT A JOKE THAT IS. Jajah Blah Blah to be sure. I requested a business account after testing the service, but they gave me a personal account. I sent a complaint, but bought some calling credits in the meantime, so that I could use the service immediately. They eventually converted the personal account to a business account, but zeroed my account balance when I still have more than $7 credit. So now I can't make any more calls, and no-one is responding to requests to restore my $7+ credit. Deutsche Telekom/T-Mobile have invested in Jajah, and they're not DIMWITS. But the people running Jajah are, because they're undermining a really good VoIP option with appalling customer service. A company is only as good as the people in the back office. Right? Has anyone else experienced Jajah Blah Blah? I'm the KeenEyedTruthSeeker. Have a great day!

The Keen-Eyed Truth Seeker

So, the mother of all scapegoats is dead. Saddam Hussein's execution was such an unbelievable debacle that I bet the Bush and al-Maliki governments would like to bring him back from the dead so that the hanging can be done again. No matter how much the Bush administration and the U.S. military try to distance themselves from the shameful execution process, they can't. The al-Maliki government is seen as a U.S. puppet with visible strings.

Well now that the 9/11 scapegoat Hussein is gone, is the USA any safer from terrorism? Also, what about Afghanistan, the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden? Wasn't the war in Iraq a very costly detour in the sand? Let's hope the Democrats can correct course and stop the sacrificing of more U.S. military and Iraqi civilian lives.

We've lost too many bright souls; we've lost the battle for Middle-East hearts and minds; we've lost face; we've lost the moral high ground; we've lost international respect; we've lost zillions of dollars that would be better spent on U.S. soil and, yes, we HAVE lost the war in Iraq. So isn't it high time we lost our stubborn arrogance and our destructive pride?