President Bush has so badly lied himself into a corner
that he now needs the bipartisan "Iraq Study Group" (headed by the Bush
family's fix-it man, former Secretary of State James Baker) to tell the
American public that things are rapidly going south in Iraq. According
to the New York Times, one commission member anonymously acknowledged,
"There's a real sense that the clock is ticking, that Bush is desperate
for a change, but no one in the White House can bring themselves to say
so with this election coming." But media reports of the situation in
Iraq should tell the American people that the Bush administration is
lying to them about the prospects for success there.
Would
you buy a used car from this man?
Yet, unlike the
Hungarians, who have repeatedly put tens of thousands of protesters in
the streets to try to oust their prime minister for lying about the
Hungarian economy, Americans seem apathetically resigned to their
politicians' conviction that lying is just good, clean fun.
It is unclear whether even this commission is capable of telling the
truth about Iraq. White House officials and fellow commission members
told the Times that Baker is unlikely to generate findings that do not
have the prior, tacit approval of President Bush. The Times quotes one
of Baker's colleagues as admitting, "He's a very loyal Republican, and
you won't see him go against Bush." Because Baker is a respected elder
statesman with no job on the line, one would think it would be easier
for him to put loyalty to America before loyalty to George W. Bush or
the Bush family. Apparently not. go to story
The
foolish leaders of a godless civilization try to devise various plans
to bring about peace and prosperity in the godless world under a patent
trademark of materialism, and because such attempts are illusory only,
the people elect incompetent, blind leaders, one after another, who are
incapable of offering solutions. more
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who does not know whom to eulogize, whom to give honor, they give votes
to these classes of men without any knowledge of Krishna. They are
becoming the great philosophers, leaders, scientists. They have no
knowledge of Krishna, no knowledge of God. Still, they are leading the
society. And who praises them? This class of men—dogs, hogs, camels,
and asses. This is the verdict. Now you can challenge. You can talk, if
it is right or wrong. This is the challenge given by
Bhagavatam, that "Persons who have no knowledge of Krishna
consciousness, they are praised by these dogs, hogs, camels, and
asses." This is the challenge. Now how can you refute it? Can you
refute it? This is a great challenge.
We are accepting some rascal as God, as incarnation of God. So who
accept this so-called God? These classes of men. These classes of men:
camel, hogs, dogs. So by the vote of camels, dogs, hogs, one cannot
become God.
That is not possible. God is a different thing. So we should not be
misled. If some incarnation comes, "God," who is accepting? These
camels, dogs, and hogs and asses. So what is the value? What is the
value of their vote? No. Formerly, the votes were taken by highly
saintly persons, brahmanas. Just like Prithu Maharaja's father
Vena Maharaja. He was disapproved by the brahmanas and the
saintly persons, and immediately he was dethroned and killed. Not the
public vote. Not vox populi. Vote should be taken from the
highly elevated persons, not from the lower-class dogs and asses. What
is the value of their vote? What they can select? Vote should be
taken... Just like Krishna. Krishna wanted that Maharaja Yudhisthira
should be on the throne. That is vote. So nowadays, a vote is
franchised. Any common man, any rascal can vote. So how he can elect
nice man? That is not possible.
Therefore, if you want real government who can lead you back to home,
back to Godhead...
That is perfect government. That is the duty of the government: to see
the citizens happy in this life; they have no grievance for their
living condition; they are happy; at the same time, they are preparing
for going back to home, back to Godhead. That is good government.
And the government who simply levies taxes somehow or other... Every
year, the budget is increasing tax. "You give us tax, and you go to
hell. It doesn't matter. You give us tax." And the tax is divided
amongst themselves. That is government. Whatever... We know in India,
the tax collected, eighty percent is spent among the government
servants. That's all.
So this is the position of Kali-yuga. Mleccha rajanya-rupino
bhakshayishyanti prajas te. That is predicted in the Srimad-Bhagavatam,
that in Kali-yuga the mlecchas (means the rejected from human
society), such persons, rogues and fools and rascals, they will take
the post of king. Rajanya-rupinah. They are unworthy to
be kicked, but they will take the post of government.
Rajanya-rupinah. And what will be their business? Bhakshayishyanti
prajas te. They will eat the citizens. That's all. Vital force.
Vital force, blood-sucking, tax. Durbhiksha-kara-piditah [Srimad-Bhagavatam
12.2.9]. In one side, there will be scarcity of supply. In other side,
they will be perplexed with taxes. These are going to be happened. Kara-piditah
gacchanti giri-kshnanam. And they will give up their homely life
and will go to the forest, to the hills. Just like every year you hear.
Now it is going on. Just like in Vietnam. The poor people, they are
sometimes evacuating this place and evacuating... vacating this place,
vacating that place. They are troubled. The politicians, they are
making their own plan, and the poor people ... We have seen. When
partition was made in India, all poor Hindus and Muslims, they were in
trouble. And the leaders, they were in happy mood in their apartment,
ordering and eating very nicely, butter and bread. That's all. This is
going on.
Therefore the only opportunity of becoming happy is that you preach
this Krishna consciousness movement amongst the people, so if the
people become educated in Krishna consciousness, and if they decide
that "We shall vote for Krishna conscious leader," then there will be
happiness. Just like Prithu Maharaja, the king. We were discussing. So
the Krishna consciousness movement comprehends all sides of life. It is
not that a stereotype "churchianity," weekly going to the church and
come back and do all. No. It is embracing all sides of our life. But
the only aim is how to go back to home, back to Godhead. So we have to
educate these classes of men, shva-vid-varaha-ushtra-khara,
these class of men: dogs, hogs, camels, and the asses. The world is
full of these classes of men, and you have to educate them. Your
responsibility is very great. You have to make an ass a devotee, a
camel a devotee, a dog a devotee, a hog a devotee. This is your
mission.
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