Our planet is surely a nice place to live in. This would seem to most of us, but not to those extraterrestrials who may reside in one of the more hospitable planets like the earth within our own galaxy. Forget those HOLLYWOOD movies where the extraterrestrials have an extraordinary edge over earthlings. They always seem to probe around in one of those ultra high technology flying airships and have a natural bend to identify all of our failings. But hey wait! this is simply a fantasy and nothing else for even though we are way behind these creatures in technological might, who resemble like some odd ocean fishes to praying mantis or some jungle flying insects, well they are, I assure you, way behind us in the skills of creating confusions, crass politics, nasty canard spreading habits and perhaps eventually our nerve rendering criticisms that would ruin the best of the nerve systems that has build up these extraterrestrials. Truly, we may look easy pickings for these creatures from the far outer spaces, but once they mingle with us they surely are in for some very big surprise and that would eventually prove too costly for them.
Am I fibbing? No, definitely not. If you were to go through all the newspaper and other media outputs you would seldom even doubt these thoughts for so neck deep are we are in the quagmire of confusions and crass politics these days.
Look at India and you shall see for yourself how things are keeping fine in these parts. The present ruling government has no idea of what is going on as much as the layman would think. But the sums of loot that is involved are so astronomical that even the layman can never exactly understand or able to fathom it. The loot is in many forms and for the moment let us concentrate on the loot that has kept in the safe lockers of the SWISS BANKS. For an outsider visiting the Indian soil this loot would invariably point out the defects in the system of democracy that is being practiced in India. Even still the government looks the other way as if the whole matter means nothing to it. In fact, the public protests through fasting and demonstrations have hardly had any affect on the government that seems to forget governing the country altogether and rather spend the last of their days in quiet contemplation and amusement. Something like what the erstwhile royal potentates used to do in any of the world's ancient civilization when they give up their power and surrender themselves to their new conquerors.
Not that the SWISS BANKS are in any way above contempt. They had been running the racket with the help of the SWISS government by acting as security to all the ill gotten wealth of the rest of the world especially those of the third world. But the Swiss gentlemen and gentlewoman walk around the world with pride of possession and superiority that all their standard of living came out of selling SWISS WATCHES and the unique position their country holds in the 'TOURISM MAP OF THE WORLD'. However, ill gotten money is bad money just as the SWISS GOVERNMENT now seems to have realized. Surely, they would as they have already reasoned, sooner or later, would have to play second fiddle to the more dastardly international terrorist organizations who could if given the rein could make the whole of the international finance a muddle in which the rich countries could get buried in. However, the price of follies are borne by all and this especially affects an emerging economy like that of India where there is poverty amidst plenty. The government of India is as much under the shadows for the muck it has created for its citizens as the Swiss Banks would have to answer for all the deviltry it has tried out in the area of unethical finance which by no means is small nor limited to good world citizens.
Surely, there ought not to be so much of hesitation on the part of the Indian government when the Swiss authorities have been all too friendly to hand over the list of tax evaders and an equally exasperated government spending no small time in keeping on with their never ending study and research as to who actually have stashed so much money abroad. You can never suppress the doubt that there could be more than a handful of Indian politicians involved in this and who have the potential to make hell once their names are published in the media. This perhaps justifies the delay in making the list go public.
Just as I was saying the extraterrestrials would undoubtedly scoot off the moment it sees our political scene itself.
Now, for some facts from one of the most powerful economies of the world, the US where the Clinton affect is taking place. Hillary Clinton, or as the rumor says has opted for the role of heading the World Bank. One wonders, especially from the other side of this planet whether everything is all right there. Now the fact is out you can never stop wondering whether the White House job is bigger and brighter or that of the World Bank President's. Some people may muse whether Clinton is trying her luck for the very reason that President Obama is well entrenched in his seat for the next election as well with his rating now high above after the shooting down of Bin Laden in Pakistan. Or something else entirely perhaps. It might look as if the American economy isn't actually recovering from the recession and that it has to rely a great deal too much on the emerging economy and the best bet is the World Bank through which it can get some leverage for funding its own home economy and get to control those economies which it thinks are quite belligerent to its dictats.
Whatever may be the case we earthlings can give the real jittery feelings and sleepless nights for those wandering ETs if they ever come close to us to establish a relationship. Our petty politics, perfidy and gaming and aiming at one another is perhaps the most awesome sights in the whole of the universe. Who says that we are only a small planet?
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