$109 million in 7 years and U Me Aur Hum

Billary Clinton(s) released their tax returns today (April 4, Friday). Obama campaign (and rest of the country) has been asking Clintons to be a little less secretive so they were pressured to do it. In a very old-school-politics move, they released the tax returns on a Friday afternoon hoping that media will not give it as much coverage as it would on a weekday. Reason: Nobody follows news on weekends. By Monday it will be old news and not as big a scandal.

So, what is the scandal? Clintons made $109 millions in 7 years since Bill moved out of the white house. That is more than 15 million per year...the money mostly came from book deals and paid speeches but a major chunk came from Bills dealings with Ron Burkle...the nature of these dealings has not been revealed.

Moreover, Bill Clinton has not released list of donors for his presidential library. It is known that before leaving office, Bill issued some controversial pardons. It remains to be seen whether the pardons had anything to do with "donations" to his library. Maybe that'd be a story for another Friday.

2nd Story: U Me Aur Hum - The Ajay Devgan and Kajol movie

Did anyone notice how a month before release of this movie, how suddenly we are being fed crap (pictures of) about Ajay Devgan and Kajol playing Holi...celebrating birthday...going to a premier?

An obvious attempt to remind everyone that they are a good happy couple so we don't forget to watch them in the movie. I love Ajay Devgan and Kajol is not too bad either (a bit on the heavier side but far better than Kareena/Aish et al.) but the kind of publicity Devgan's publicist is going for is only ruining the freshness factor of the movie.

Hill-Billy and their War on Media

Some people I know, are a bit turned off by the media because of the (alleged) anti-Hillary bias. I say, don't be disheartened by the treatment being meted out to Hill-Billy. Just open your eyes to the conduct of Hill-Billy and their campaign. They deserve what they are getting from millions of frustrated democrats.

Here are some of the things they have done in last few months: Bill Clinton compares Obama win in South Carolina to Jesse Jackson win (implying its a black state won by a black man). Hillary praises Obama at the end of the debate and then next day says "shame on you" then next day says "heavens will open...blah blah," starts crying whenever possible and of course says "I am your girl" and "I will be the first woman president" trying to cash in on her gender for votes as if women in USA are not smart enough to know who is better for the country and will vote for her just because she is a woman. She lies about Bosnia (3 times) then says I misspoke when videos of her "sniper fire and cork-screw landing" were revealed. Next day she talks about Rev Wright to change the story. She says McCain would be better president than a fellow democrat. Bill says Hillary and McCain love their country (implying Obama doesn't). Initially, when she wanted Iowa and New Hampshire votes, she said Michigan will not count and when Obama won rest of the states, she is now champion of the voters and wants Michigan and Florida to be counted. She says the elections in these states were fair: Obama and John Edward's's names were not even on the ballot in Michigan.

Did you ever hear of Obama showing any emotion in the face of adversity? He is Mr. Ice. Nothing ruffles him. He was calm when he was 30 points behind her, he is equally calm now when he is 10 points ahead of her. He never gave any false statement about her...his wife did not say "I would have left my husband if he was cheating on me" when Hillary said "I would have left the church if Rev Wright was my pastor". He never attacked her personally or called her any names. Even McCain is more decent than Hillary: he fired his staffer who tried to use Rev Wright for anti-Obama agenda and he denounced the conservative talk show host who kept emphasizing on Obama's middle name.

Now, if someone is as wrong as Hill-Billy, of course the media is going to keep following their stories and keep catching them in their false/deceptive/theatrical/selfish/divisive (etc.) politics. So, is there a bias...I don't think so. As you sow so shall...

The race for democratic nominee is over anyway, its just that nobody told Hillary that it is over and she lost.