Prisoner Deport

The Trump Administration is deporting illegal immigrants who have committed crime in this country to their home country. Some countries refused to accept their own citizens. They are in prison now in USA. 

The El Salvador Government has offered to house in their own prisons dangerous and violent US criminals and deportees of any nationality for a fee. The Trump Administration has not decided whether to take up on their offer. There may be legal battles in courts if the US Government decides to deport their own citizens who are hardened criminals to the El Salvador prisons. Cost wise it is cheaper for US Government to put the criminals in El Salvador prisons than in US prisons. 

The prisons in El Salvador are notorious. Those prisons are inhumane. After President Nayib Bukele was elected in El Salvador he declared a State of Emergency to quell gang violence, sent the military into the streets, and arrested thousands of gang members and criminals. With his notorious prison system, gangs and criminals are no longer a threat in El Salvador. 

Here is a YouTube video documentary of El Salvador prison. 

 

Here is a tongue-in-cheek remark. 

To the outside world, India is considered rape and sexual assault capital. I wish the Indian Government negotiate with El Salvadoran government to take these guys and incarcerate in their prison. Or, at least show the El Salvador prison video widely and threaten every would-be rapist that they will be sent there. And, actually send a few rapists there and publicize that. I think this will put a stop to rape and sexual assault in India. 

Please remember this is a tongue-in-cheek remark.

A Page from the Past

We were living in Salt Lake City at that time. The President of the Indian Association called us and requested if we can accommodate a Carnatic music singer and her troupe in our home for a few days. We agreed. 

Her name is Bombay Jayashree. My wife received them at the airport and drove them home. They stayed in our home for 3 days. We took care of them very well. They were very happy. We asked Jayashree “you sing very well and your voice is so sweet” and therefore why don’t you sing in the Tamil movies. She said I am trying but no one has given me the opportunity. After 3 days, they left. 

After a few years my company transferred me to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When we were there, one year, we went to Paris for vacation. One day we went to an area called Gare du Nord. Actually, it is called a little “Tamil Nadu”. We went there to have some South Indian lunch. We could hear the song “Vaseegara” in every nook and corner. 

My wife said this voice sounds like Bombay Jayashree. We asked one of the restaurant owner who the singer is. He said this is the voice of Bombay Jayashree and this is her first song in the movie industry and it has become very famous. 

Many years go by. We were vacationing in Chennai. There was a Carnatic music concert by Bombay Jayashree.  We bought tickets and went inside the auditorium. We were in the 10th row. I told my wife she is looking at us. My wife said she is looking at the audience while singing and not us. The concert ended. Her fans were eager to see her and so mobbed her. We were sitting in our seats in the 10th row. She braved her fans and was coming towards us. And finally came near us. She said “Lalitha mami, epdi irukale” (Lalitha Auntie. How are you). Then she turned around and addressed me “Sorry uncle. I forgot your name after a long time”. I said that is ok and glad you remembered auntie’s name. 

She gave us her home address and phone number and invited us to visit her. We decided not to go.

(PS: She was nominated for an Oscar Award for her work in the movie Life of Pi.

Here is her Vaseegara song in YouTube.

Presidential Humor

VIPs in many countries are not casual and humorous in public. They always look very serious and do not smile. They don’t joke in public. But American VIPs are not like that. They are casual and joke in public. For example:

Today, Trump took over as President of USA. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office. There are 35 words in this oath. 

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." 

This happened to one of the previous presidents that Chief Justice John Robert administered the oath of office. Justice Roberts started to memorize by rehearsing these words several times in his home during the prior two weeks. In the living room, in the bathroom, in the dining table, etc. etc. The poor family dog was the recipient of his administering the oath several times. 

When reporters asked Mrs. Roberts about this, she said: My husband repeated these 35 words so many times, our dog thinks he is the President of the United States. 

President Bush’s wife, Laura Bush once said: My husband, Mr. Excitement, is sound asleep at 9 pm every day. And, I am watching “Desperate Housewives” on TV. 

When a reporter asked his biggest mistake he made in life, President Bush picked baseball and not politics. (He was the owner of Texas Rangers, a professional baseball team.) He said: My biggest mistake was trading Sammy Sosa for Harold Baines.

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I wrote on November 13, 2024 the following: 

Department of Government Efficiency – This will jointly lead by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. They are going to remove wastage from the government and save 2 trillion dollars. But the question is does it need 2 people to head for an agency. Also, Musk and Ramaswamy both are very intelligent with huge ego. There are people complaining that Musk is behaving as if he is the co-President of USA. I think one of the 2 will be given another post very soon. 

I said this dog don't hunt.

Just heard thru grapevine, Vivek Ramaswamy will be leaving soon. He is expected to run for the Governor of the State of Ohio.

Kamala Harris

I applaud Kamala Harris’s guts. Kudos to her. 

Today is the day U.S. Congress has to certify the 2024 election results. Kamala Harris, current Vice President, and also the President of the U.S. Senate has the responsibility to supervise the counting of 538 electoral college votes and declare the winner to the joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. Too bad she had to announce her own defeat. 

She could have not attended today’s session by giving any excuse including she is sick and let someone else sit in for her. But she came to the Congress and bravely announced who is the winner in a commanding tone of voice. The gentleman sitting next to her is the House Speaker Mike Johnson.