I found this interesting. I wonder how many here would agree? The new empire Paul Craig Roberts Thursday, March 29, 2012 Great empires, such as the Roman and British, succeeded, because the value of the resources and wealth extracted from conquered lands exceeded the value of conquest and governance...
The saying "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" has been attributed to the famous English writer and thinker Samuel Johnson, in about 1780 or thereabouts.
Beautiful old style Pakistani music! The way it used to be about 3 centuries ago, when the Muslim Mughal Emperors would sit for hours in a daze of opium listening to beautiful music. Try it with some Chivas Regal :D Gulbahar Bano sings a 'ghazal': "In love I listened to my heart, but you follow...
Have you heard the story about Einstein, who was known to be lacking in the 'looks' departent, and the beautiful sexy woman who wanted him to marry her? Having tried all the usual tricks, she said to the Great man once,"Imagine a child born to us, with your brains and my looks!" "But ...
Now c'mon Bora! I was party to BM's pms, as she was to mine, but you know that right? You have altered that pm. You are getting deperate in your attempts Bora.
I feel so sorry for the grandchildren, really Do you really Chocs? Are you sure this is not another hypocritical way of throwing some more mud at someone by not even sparing the grandchildren? :roll: How low are we gonna go! It will be an interesting excercise in observation of the human condition :(