Big “o” (The Oregonian) chooses to kowtow and play the tune of powerful incumbents and rich republicans. On my blog: http://Shah4USCongress.blogspot.com you wll find my speaking engagements.

Please read more about David Wu in http://www.blueoregon.com.

Following link of “Council for Livable World” provides the opposition to US Nuclear cooperation to India: http://us.f505.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=109_3658948_659838_1178_3887_0_120013_11962_1969035870&Idx=0&YY=89785&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox

My letter below to: The Financial Times Editor in response to the above opposition and the FT Commnents and Analysis on President Bush’s trip to India this week:

Dear FT Editor:

I came to this country from India on its 20th Independence Day almost four decades ago as a post graduate electrical engineering student in North Carolina State University and later worked in nuclear power plants engineering for Duke Power Company during early seventies. Today as a Citizen of U.S. I am contesting as a candidate for Representative in U.S. Congress from Oregon First District. Nothing overwhelms me more than the importance of US India relations that could befit both the largest democracies on the earth. The issues here are very simple if not complicated by the demagoguery of three Congressional groups (Comment & Analysis – Financial Times- February 27).

India’s use of nuclear power for commercial purpose is as peaceful as it is for USA. India’s military nuclear program though I am not in favor of any nuclear armament anywhere in the world since I believe in non-violence, is most important to India’s security to deter China and later Pakistan’s nuclear program as it was to USA to deter USSR threat before the cold war. Comparing India with Iran or China is like comparing appals and oranges. US interest lies in helping India preserve it’s democracy and plurality. India is a one billion strong market for US products and Indian high technology talents as an English speaking country. India’s middle class is as large as US population of 350 million. India and US both have rampant poverty though India has a large poor and uneducated class but had green revolution that helped India to become self-sufficient to feed its poor and rich without importing grains for few decades now thanks to US assistance in this area for food technology. India has best medical technology and cheap but reliable medicine that could help US to bring down the cost of health care which is a bottleneck for US employers’ profits and sustainability. Both US and India have moral problems in planned parenthood and high rate of abortions though for entirely different reasons of women’s choice in US versus sex of the fetus in India. Both US and India could harness coalgasification, solar, and wind energy to reduce its dependence on oil imports and nuclear technology. India’s population as as diverse in religion and ethnicity as is USA though of different nature. India and US both have problems in AIDS though of different magnitude. Medial research in India could help both India and US. On Monday March 6 an Indian delegation of high technology and industry is visiting Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Indiana that will benefit both US and India.

The cooperation between the two countries would strengthen enormously the national security, health care, and economy of both US and India. Bot India and US should trust but verify each other through diplomatic relations rather than divisive demagoguery. India has come a long way and will continue as a Rising Sun with or without US cooperation.

Retail sales in India are expected to grow to $400 billion by the next winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, making India one of the world’s five largest economies. Would not US want to be a partner in the progress of India towards this prediction? Would not the cooperation between the two largest democracies across the opposite ends of the globe help combat hunger, illiteracy, homelessness and decease?

Shantu Shah

During the democratic elections in Canada and Palestine in Janauary 2006 the incumbents were thrown out of the office by the will of the voters.

Of course. A vote for Patel is like a vote for HAMAS. Brilliant electoral strategy, sure to appeal to the suicide-bombing constituency in Portland, Oregon. Combine that with a reference to Leni Reifenstahl’s “Triumph of will” (starring Adolf Hitler!)!

I read his blog. I think he is a real good guy.

But he is sounding too ethnic, too immigrant-like. Will it work?

Shouldn’t he sound/ be like more Bobby Jindal. India, what? Asia, Me know nothing.

Just some thoughts.