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December 2009

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Mahinda Rajapaksa is to some an enigma. His rise to power has been phenomenal. His is an improbably story. That story is an epic.

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What are the qualities of a great leader? You name it, Mahinda Rajapaksa is blessed with it. In abundance.

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And yet, he is still a villager from Medamulana; feet firm in his native soil, head held high and proud to inhale the winds that caress the concerns of the most humble and gentle people, conscious of his past, looking to the future and doing that which has to be done right now. For his motherland.

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—About Mahinda Rajapaksa: some quotes from the campaign website. I don’t know who writes it, but this is an improbably copy. And epic. In abundance.
Dec 25, 2009
Dec 25, 2009
“Many, perhaps most, advanced societies today, Kampfner argues, operate on the basis of a “pact,” an implicit bargain between government and society. In exchange for consumer goods and private freedoms – to travel; to marry whomever, live wherever, and read whatever they wish; to do business without interference from government regulations or labour unions; and to pay few or no taxes – the rich and the middle class have agreed to abdicate politics.” —Review of Freedom for Sale: How We Made Money and Lost Our Liberty by John Kampfner
Dec 25, 2009
“The notion that unwieldy consciousness can best be tamed by enumerative form has beguiled more than a few writers and artists. You can rank items in importance, annotate, categorize, and subcategorize—in short, you can give some material shape to and make some order of what Samuel Beckett dubbed “the big blooming buzzing confusion.” So somewhere between penciling “Pick up prescription” and “Live a more examined life,” a portion of calm might be found.” —enumeration sensation - bookforum.com
Dec 25, 2009
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