And I wish she would have said that getting religion out of politics is the best method to achieve it.

May those in Pakistan who opposed Bhutto see the act of murder for what it is. The Invalidator of Doctrines.
If her oppostion killed her to win an election or to 'please' their 'god',they have proven their logic is flawed, dangerous and wrong.
What cowards, What idiots, what sinners.
If you must kill another (Cain) to prove your value, then you have no real value of your own- just the loss of the value of another. You've gained nothing, but lost everything.
As a woman would I like to stone the men who feel it is their right to stone & kill a woman for being raped- damn straight I would. But it is against my principles- and principles are the only thing that separates us apart from & above the rest of the animal kingdom.
You don't have to believe in a 'superior being' or even the written laws to 'behave' .first and foremost we are community animals with the superior intellect to use our 'god's' or Nature's gift of logic!
We owe our lives to that which has given it, NOT to some idiot who has seized a microphone or camcorder.
these Meglomaniacs (Binny, Bush,Cheney,Mushie the littel guy from Iran.... ) who have captured the limelight- are just that, nothing more.Unless inciting more violence & unrest is their ral goal, these guys are retarded and insane.

He bears a striking resemblance to Keith Olbermann. Let's hope he gets to live to a ripe, old age.

Forget politics in Asia young Bhutto...
...get yourself a job in SiliconGulch inventing The New Global Electronic Democracy if you think dumbocracy is the Best Revenge.

http://www.ni4d.us/

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This young man would have too much on his plate to try to run his family's party. He would have to be content with being just the symbolic leader of the party for now.

Young Bilawal Bhutto has sunpaku. This means there is some aspect of his character he will need to work on, or maybe the condition comes from the stress of having lost his mother. Sanpaku is a condition in which white can be seen below the iris of a person's eye. Usually, it is the result of stress of fatigue, but it is also a condition very commonly seen in people with (a very) definite moral shortcoming(s). You often see it in mugs of convicted criminals.

Yo Bilawal, please call mister boosh, and explain what democracy is all about, rather than cash!

Good luck, and keep your head down, and what ever you do, don't trust some of your friends(?) . . .

It is quite sad that the boy not only needs time to grieve but at the same time is called to confront the realities of the politics of the Indian sub-continent..

It isn't as if he should be some layabout on a boat on Dal Lake with nothing but a shikara or two to keep him company, but it would be nice if he could have some private time, to contemplate not only his country but the broader region as well.

Do we know if he gives any thought to not only his own country and countrymen, but to Nepal and the situation in Tibet? Does he have the time at all to be reflective? An inner voice tells me that no, he does not.

No time to stroll through a great Moghul garden sadly, or consider the tragedy of Kathmandu Maoist rebels, before the tragic carpet-bombing of Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 crisis.

Hopefully for his own sake he will find some time for sorrow, if not peaceful reflection.

Manuel

you forgot to post this hilarious story with the header 23/6.

"Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son Bilawal was . . . appointed leader of her party just three days after the assassination[of his mother]"

after being APPOINTED leader of his mother's 'democratic' party(the PPP) by a move of feudal dynasticism, and without a hint of irony, Bilawal goes on to say:

"My mother always said, democracy is the best revenge."

How'd you like to be his college roomate?

I somehow don't see this kid as naive as some might think. I don't see him as ready for what is to come, but more power to him. It is just a shame that the policies of this administration have helped bring about some of the discontent in the world, not to say we have always caused it, but we certainly haven't done much to see it abate. It is time for something fresh and new, Pakistan has this young kid. I can only hope we could fare as well.

Democracy is a fragile thing and requires a knowledgeable committed voter. The average American voter is neither knowledgeable nor committed. The future: fascism.

Some countries can only handle dictators or else the political or religious factions within the country will kill one another.

Example Iraq.

America is heading in that direction between the have mores and the have nots.

The have nots are like sheep actually believing there is a difference between the two parties.

Both parties owned by corporate America and industrial military complex.

Note no leading pres candidate is taking on industrial military complex or the military budget.

They are all puppets of have mores. Those that have the gold or oil make the rules.

The have mores smile all the way to the bank while convincing the middle class that capitalism is in their best interest. Guess whose interest capitalism in. hint check out how many dollars it takes to buy a euro. Also check out how many homeowners in socialist countries are losing their homes due to medical costs.

Oh the have mores will convince the middle class that a weak dollar is a good thing. Guess whom a weak dollar benefits the most

I find it troubling that Bush backs Musharraf, who is obviously a dictator.

This young man has a tough job. I hope his democracy fares much better than ours has under Bush and Cheney.

My advice to this young man ... invest in a Pope mobile.

A 19 year old should not be put in this situation. Its just stupid of all involved.

Musharraf is saying he will postpone elections now for at least 3 or 4 months. No need to get in a hurry.