Your Excellency,
It was a surprise to see you at the Festival of Life (FOL) event on Friday 17 April 2015. It was also an honour to have you come to one of the largest gathering of Christians in Britain. Never in the nineteen-year history of FOL has it welcomed such a high profile dignitary. We are extremely grateful that you found time out of your very busy schedule (especially with the election round the corner) to spend a couple of minutes with us. I loved your speech and it was refreshing and surprising to hear you mention Jesus Christ, a name that you have barely mentioned in public ever since you became Prime Minister. I also liked the photograph of you addressing the 45,000 audience with the big bright cross at the background. You certainly looked like a Minister of the Gospel...
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Dear Senator or Congressman:
Some years ago, living in a cheap apartment by my local airport, I wrote X-Plane, a flight simulator that has since grown to replace Microsoft Flight Simulator as the standard in flight simulation.
X-Plane has enabled safer flight of real airplanes by providing low-cost training, has provided millions of hours of enjoyment by hundreds of thousands of customers across the world, and has resulted in millions of dollars per year in taxable revenue – all from an invention that I created, and profited from by turning my idea into a product and selling it to those that wanted it.
Every customer of mine has purchased X-Plane voluntarily. I have never sued anyone, FORCING them to purchase my goods or services.
Three years ago, a Patent Assertion Entity...
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Dear Members of the Senate and House of Representatives,
I am writing to encourage you to oppose any efforts to impose new sanctions on the Iranian regime. Contrary to popular belief, the Iranian people do have some say in the running of their government, and their election of Hassan Rouhani to the position of President clearly demonstrates that the majority of the people are feeling the crushing impact of the current sanctions. The decision of the Guardian Council and Ayatollah Khamenei to allow the pursuit of negotiations now indicates that they understand the threat to the regime that continued sanctions represent. With success of the current system in bringing Iranian negotiators to the table in Geneva with serious proposals, it would be devastating to any possible diplomatic...
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Dear President Bush,
In March 2006, you publicly admitted that concerns about Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program derive largely from the threat it poses to Israel.1 In your own words: “The threat from Iran is, of course, their stated objective to destroy our strong ally Israel.”2
In September of 2007, you invoked the Jewish Holocaust ideology in order to “justify” any possible American or Israeli attack upon Iran. A respected British news source, quoting a former aide of yours, claimed your rhetoric was a precise attempt to link Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons and desire to wipe Israel off of the map with Hitler’s destruction of the Jews. “Iran’s active pursuit of technology that could lead to nuclear weapons,” you were quoted as saying, “threatens to put the region already...
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Dear Ayattolah Khamenei
I would have preferred to send you this letter privately but I knew it would not get to you through conventional channels. So, I decided to instead write you an open letter to raise my concerns about several issues over which you can make a real difference.
As you are aware, the Kurdish struggle for self-determination in Iran begun decades ago. Indeed, tens of thousands of Kurds joined demonstrations that helped topple the Shah in the hope that by cooperating with their Iranian brothers and sisters they might receive simple recognition of their centuries old hope for self-determination. Sadly, this did not happen as the post-revolutionary government proved to be every bit as deaf as the Shah’s regime to legitimate aspirations of the Kurdish people.
True to...
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Dear Mr. Shinzo,
My apologies first for addressing you with your first name and not the customary last. It is because in India's most common dialect, i.e. Hindustani which is a mix of Hindi and Urdu and is spoken in many states, your surname is a crude form of informal address used exclusively for impish street urchins and thoroughbred rogues. You'd not know this but it felt odd to me, so I used your first name instead.
A few unwelcome and completely unpredictable events in our national capital have forced me to write to you, sir. Ever since I have come to know that you will be our Republic Day guest this January 26, I have been a bit concerned.
Since I am pretty sure the TV channels in your country will not be so focused on what is happening here, let me give you a quick...
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This is in response to the interview Saud Al-Sati (Saudi Ambassador to India), gave to Indrani Bagchi (published in Times of India, dated: 20th April, 2015).
Mr. Said, you have defended Saudi Arabia's attack on Yemen and have blamed Iran for meddling in the affairs of other countries. May I ask you why the Shia and other minority communities living in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Bahrain have to live as marginalized groups? You talk about inclusive governments for Iraq and Syria but why don't you talk about inclusive governments for Yemen, Bahrain and your own country? Of course, you want to protect your own illegitimate monarchical government.
You have accused Iran of attempting to export the revolution. I suggest you to support inclusive governments in Bahrain, Yemen and in your own...
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Dear Mr. Medvedev,
The media informs us repetitively of your commitment to increasing entrepreneurship and innovation in Russia.
The purpose of this letter is to provide an analysis of what needs to be done in order for that to happen.
Entrepreneurship and innovation require psychological energy of the entrepreneur or innovator because “to entrepreneur” means to do something new and in starting something new there is always uncertainty and there is risk. Both consume psychological energy.
Uncertainty consumes energy because the innovator has to imagine what has to be done and how. The information is not given. It has to be created, and creativity consumes energy.
Risk consumes psychological energy because the entrepreneurial endeavor might not succeed; the investment in...
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Dear Angela Merkel,
On the 21st of January you met the barbarian Aliev. You ignored the fact that Aliev has created a totalitarian state in Azerbaijan where the human rights as well as the rights of nations are violated. You know it very well but you continue to maintain good relations with Azerbaijan and it is because of the oil and gas. I should mention that soon the oil in Azerbaijan will finish and the gas mine is not Azerbaijan’s it will soon be passed to the state to which it belonged. With the prices of nowadays Azerbaijan sells oil and gas of $25 billion which is a very small sum for Germany as GNP (gross output) of Germany is $3.5 trillion. Azerbaijan’s oil and gas will never be an alternative for Europe.
I should mention that oil and gas of the Earth will soon come to an...
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Dear Triumphant Leader,
I can only imagine the enormous pressure you are under as Chairman of the Most Glorious Land of Eternal Sun. You’re now settling into your second year in office, and yours has been a tumultuous reign. Your friend Hu is no longer in office. Your blasphemous brothers to the south actually chose a GIRL to run the country. Louisville beat Michigan for the NCAA championship. That these atrocities have occurred in the world can only mean the apocalypse is nigh. It is inconceivable that a mere man be expected to handle such affairs, but luckily for the people of The True Korea, there is nothing “mere” about you.
Your subtlety and grace is unparalleled, which is why your regime has flawlessly held power for over 60 years. Whereas others would back down in fear at...
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