November 25, 2005

Empty Hands.

This is not about karate. The outgoing president says she is going home empty handed with out mud or blood. Meaning to say she has not been involved in any blood letting and that no mud that has been slung...
Posted by raditha at 7:18 PM

November 23, 2005

Welcome Mr President

It's often said that the Tsunami was a punishment. Two thousand years ago was when Sri Lanka was hit by a tsunami for the first time in recorded history. The king at the time was said to be unjust. Last...
Posted by raditha at 7:15 PM

November 22, 2005

The positives

Let's look at the positives from the election results. As everyone knows by now, the election was won by the JVP candidate Mahinda. Let's forget that for the moment and look on the bright side. They say people deserve the...
Posted by raditha at 8:38 PM

November 21, 2005

The second round of lying begins.

The first official act of the outgoing president CBK was to break one of her election promises. Before CBK came to power we had a hugely bloated cabinet with nearly every member of parliment from the ruling party (at the...
Posted by raditha at 7:11 PM

November 19, 2005

What now for UNP and Ranil?

It seems most likely that Ranil will either resign as the leader of the United National Party or there may be a rebellion to oust him. Hopefully that will not happen for the sake of the UNP. Even though Ranil...
Posted by raditha at 7:36 AM

November 18, 2005

JVP wins election thanks to the LTTE

The JVP candidate Mahinda Rajapaksha has won the presidential election, thanks mainly to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). On the surface the JVP is dead set against the LTTE, they oppose the current ceasefire and the peace process....
Posted by raditha at 11:56 AM

Election Results

The Sri lanka presidential election results are coming in thick and fast. About two million votes have been counted so far and it looks like the JVP is in the lead. At the last count, they had around 51% of...
Posted by raditha at 5:47 AM

November 17, 2005

This is the final countdown.

Voting to choose the next president of Sri Lanka has just ended. The same election will decide whether Sri Lanka becomes a marxists state. We will soon learn if the war that will result in the division of the country...
Posted by raditha at 5:36 PM

Voting underway.

So it has begun, the count down t making the world's third marxist country has started. We all hope that it wouldn't go that way but the average Sri Lankan is too stupid to know what marxism is. Many still...
Posted by raditha at 1:20 PM

The missing president.

According to Sri Lankan election laws campaigning has to stop 48 hours before the start of the election. During the two days prior to the election, candidates, their political parties and supporter can have Tv/Radio/print/web ads but they cannot do...
Posted by raditha at 8:55 AM

November 16, 2005

Birth of the third Marxist country in the world

As far as I know there are only two marxists countries in the world today. WIth in 48 hours, there is a very good chance that the we may see the birth of the third. It's bad enough that Sri...
Posted by raditha at 9:03 AM

November 15, 2005

The lying ends

Election campaigning ended at midnight yesterday. That means the pedagogues of the JVP can stop their shreeking. The people of the country have two days to sit and reflect on the policies of the two main candidates and decide which...
Posted by raditha at 11:34 AM

November 14, 2005

Country on tenterhooks

The whole country is on tenterhooks. Where ever you go people are talking of nothing but elections. If you switch on the TV it's all about elections. If you take the newspapers there are precious few news items on anything...
Posted by raditha at 8:09 PM

November 13, 2005

Photo and Video Expo

Attended the photo and video expo today. It was a total waste of time and money. The event was marketed as something that would appeal to any photography (or videography) enthusiast. So my father dragged me, my wife and even...
Posted by raditha at 9:28 AM

November 12, 2005

Overstaying your welcome

President CBK almost overstayed her welcome. She wasn't really welcome in the first place. It's just that the leader contestant at the election 11 years ago fell victim to an LTTE bomb. Sanath Jayasooriya, the former Sri Lankan cricket captain...
Posted by raditha at 7:52 PM

November 11, 2005

Who will divide the country.

Almost everyone I have spoken to this month believes that war will commence if Mahinda becomes the country's next president. You might think these poeple would then choose to vote for Ranil. Think again. Many people who are clamouring that...
Posted by raditha at 3:31 PM

November 10, 2005

Grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory

In sports, in business and in politics, Sri Lankans are very good at grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory. You needed look any further than the Sri Lankan cricket team or the United national party for proof. Two years...
Posted by raditha at 10:52 PM

November 9, 2005

Cooking the books.

The budget (or the attempt by politicians to empty the treasury at an ever increasing rate) was read out in parliament yesterday. As usuall with UPFA budgets there isn't anything of substance in it. That hasn't prevented some businessmen praising...
Posted by raditha at 10:10 PM

November 8, 2005

Emptying the treasury.

As this post is being typed, the Minister of Finance is reading out the governments budget. The minister is one the few people in this government who isn't a big fan of subsidies. He has openly criticised the economic policies...
Posted by raditha at 5:02 PM

November 7, 2005

Of kitchen sinks and dead voters

On December 27th, my aunt's kitchen sink was lying in her front garden. Nothing else that was in the kitchen was found. The sink has been refitted, in a different kitchen. Why a different kitchen? the goverment wouldn't allow the...
Posted by raditha at 2:35 PM

November 6, 2005

Cricket and Elections

The last time we had an election in this country it was around the same time that the all conquering australian cricketers ran up against the Sri Lankan team captained by man totally lacking in captaincy skills. The current captain...
Posted by raditha at 7:40 PM

November 4, 2005

The missing backlash

The spokesman for the JVP's presidential candidate is minister Mangala Samaraweera. The minister is incapable of stringing together two sentences with out insulting anyone. In recent days he insulted a JHU monk and the police force in two consecutive days....
Posted by raditha at 7:34 PM

November 3, 2005

Carboard Hero : Somawansa

Only one senior from the JVP inspired insurgency of the late eightis survived. That one person is Somawansa Amarasinghe the current leader of this former terrorist organization. At the time Somawansa fled the country supposedly with the aid of a...
Posted by raditha at 8:05 AM

November 2, 2005

The Religious Right

The religious right is usually wrong. We all know that. That is unless you happen to be a blind follower of some religious faith. Fortunately some of those blind followers may finally get a chance to realize how wrong they...
Posted by raditha at 2:45 PM

 

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