Affan Ghaffari's Blog – May 2015 Archive (4)

Have you noticed that TV shows these days advocate inappropriate behavior? We have shows like “Pretty Little Liars” (I think the title speaks for itself), “Baby Daddy (of multiple kids from different women)”, “16 and Pregnant (and proud of it apparently)”, “1 girl 5 gays”, “Drugs, Inc.”, “Nip Tuck”, and many more. After watching these shows the brains of most Americans are slowly becoming zombie-like, which is quite fitting since they enjoy watching “The Walking Dead”. My friend Berry…

We should really rename our country to “The Jew-nited States of America”. You may think I’m biased or call me anti-Semitic, but let’s look at the facts before you start throwing stones at me. Did you know that billions of our tax money are being used in foreign military aid to Israel? In 2014, the US provided $3.6 billion in foreign military aid to Israel. That is almost 50% of the budget our government has allocated for foreign military financing, military education, and peacekeeping…

According to Match.com’s “Singles in America” survey, 47% of people reported engaging in a “friends with benefits” arrangement (notice I’m not using the word “relationship” because the point of the term is to not be in a relationship).  This number hops to 63% according to MySecrets in which 26% actually believe it can work out (whatever “work out” means in this context is anyone’s guess).  This begs the question about what “friends with benefits” actually entails and what its aims are.  I…

Okay, let’s see. The most common acronym you hear is ISIS. The U.S. officially calls it “ISIL”, but since “Daesh” was the preferred term used by Arab allies, top U.S. officials also decided to use that. A number of major news organizations also call it the Islamic State, and the militant group itself wants to be called that way. Why is there so many names for a single organization? Well, no matter how many names the media gives them, one thing is clear; they do not represent Islam.  Read…