Travel Diaries 1 - Journey from Las Vegas to Hawaii

An account of various journeys and trips we traveled in 2010:

December 2009 - January 2010: California / Vegas Trip

Memorable trip with parents, sister, bro-in-law and a 2-month niece

• Los Angeles - Malibu Beach, Malibu Temple, Pacific Coast Highway, Kodak theater & Hollywood Boulevard, LA Live were fabulous. Universal studios was good and so was Disneyland.
• San Francisco - A very very unique city completely different from the rest of US. Cable cars, hilly roads are its USP. Golden Gate Bridge view from Bay beach was a view to die for. Crooked street was fun. Fisherman's wharf, Coit tower, Union Square were good. Spent Christmas here.
• Santa Cruz - En-route LA to SFO. Mystery house's location. Nice one
• San Diego - Sea World was good, again a different kind of city with heavy Spanish influence.
• Las Vegas - Rightly called the sin city, the city which never sleeps. So much vibrancy, lights and colors can lighten up anybody's spirits :). Casinos, live-shows, sleepless nights, huh :)) We spent our new year's eve (my wifey's birthday eve too) here.

That was our first visit to the west coast. Loved it and with family, it was a perfect gateway. We (bava and I) drove from LA to SFO (8 hours) and back, LA to San Diego (4 hours and back), LA to Vegas (3 hours and back) and the driving was fun, especially on pacific coast highway. Lot of memories, lot of enjoyment. Really nostalgic.

February 2010:

• Ashburn, Virginia: Tanya's annaprasana ceremony beckoned us to sister's place at Ashburn. Fun time with family again.

March 2010:

• Washington DC: Parents Canadian visa appointment, interview and approval. Celebration time in the capital city of US. Though a small city, its a unique blend of grandeur and simplicity. Capitol building was worth seeing once. Smithsonian museums, white house, monument, memorials were good too.

April 2010

• Pittsburgh: visited the famous SV Temple or chinna Tirupati en-route to Toronto while bringing parents from sister's house. one of the biggest and nicest temples of the continent. Similar one is in Malibu, LA.
• Niagara Falls (US view): Though we have lost our count of visits to Niagara, this was the first time from American side. Not as bad as I expected, but Canadian view is far better. 
• Toronto: A one day trip of important areas in Toronto City with parents - The downtown, CN Tower, City Hall, YD square, Swaminarayan Temple so-on and so forth.

May 2010:

• African Lion Safari, Hamilton: Supposedly the best safari of North America. Visited once before with cousin Preetham and Saroja. This time with parents. It was a sunny day and could experience the majesty of lion and cheetah from a foot distance. Ostrich, bison, deer - none of the hosts thought twice to stop our vehicle. Visiting casino later the day was an icing on the cake.
• Niagara Falls (Canadian view): Now from the Canadian side. Journey behind the falls captivated parents. My mom says this is and will be the best siteseeing spot anybody can ever see :)
• Ottawa: My in-laws joined to make the family gathering bigger and merrier. All of us visited Ottawa, the capital city of Canada. Parliament hill was as usual majestic and so were other parks we visited.
• Wasaga beach: Sunny day at the beach two hours north of Toronto

June 2010:

• African Lion Safari, Hamilton this time with in-laws.

July 2010:

• New Market: To a raspberry picking farms. Had fun picking raspberries, blueberries in rain.
• Toronto city trip, this time with in-laws

August 2010:

• Saugeen Country / Grey county: An yearly trip with our group of friends in Mississauga (Canada kutumbam) to Saugeen. 3 days - 30 members in a cottage, beaches, water sports, waterfalls, campfires, kayaking, canoeing, fun and frolic. Memorable !!! Already waiting for 2011 summer camping with CK.
• Virginia Beach: 2 day trip to Virginia beach along with sister, bro-in-law and niece. BEST TRIP TILL THEN, period ! 37 km Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel is a made man wonder and a drive on that was mind blowing. Later, an ocean front hotel suite with Jacuzzi and all ultra star amenities was a spoiling luxury. Strolling on the beach after midnight, drenching in Atlantic waters during the day was the routine of the day (or two).

September 2010:

• Toronto: Casaloma palace, Center Island and AR Rahman live-show.

October 2010: Alberta Trip

Another memorable trip with in-laws

• Calgary: Small but beautiful city, vibrant downtown, Calgary tower, museum and urban island park were nice.
• Drumheller: A surprise addition to the itinerary, thanks to my friend's suggestion. Completely worthy. Mushroom hoodie style hillocks, grand canyon modeled canyons, authentic dinosaur museum, river. Would have missed something if missed visiting this place.
• Edmonton: Much bigger than I expected. Vibrant downtown, WC square, largest shopping mall in North America. Good enough.
• Banff: I forget words, just thinking about the beauty the nature has bestowed upon this area. I don't think I can see a more beautiful place in my lifetime or rather I'm not sure if there is one in this whole world. Snow-clad mountains, green water lakes, lush pine blankets, a perfect treat to eyes, senses and heart. Lake Louise is by far the best location that world can ever witness. Moraine Lake is not far behind. Rope-way to the top of sulphur mountain gives a panoramic view.
• Jasper: If we missed this, I would not have forgiven myself for the entire life. This is a gateway to Athabasca glacier, the sheet of ice which is as thick as the height of Eiffel tower and which is a source of rivers draining into pacific, atlantic, arctic oceans. We traveled on this sheet of ice on a rugged snow-coach. The very feeling of standing on a glacier was overwhelming and incredible.

November 2010:

• Visited sister's place at Ashburn again for thanksgiving day weekend, but preferred to stay back at home.

December 2010:

• Blue Mountains ski resort: Karthik, my cousin visited us from NYC in peak winter and what else could be the right winter tourist spot. First visited Wasaga beach, which was then clad with snow. We danced and had fun on the snow beach and then reached the ski resort. The snow shoes we were given were heavier than us and we were novices to skiing. We slipped, tripped,struck,fell like there is nothing else to do but later picked up the techniques and had fun skiing. My second time after my brush with ski blades in Manali 3 years ago.
• Niagara-on-the-lake: For the first time, visited the place where Niagara river joins Lake Ontario. Later visited Niagara Falls.
• Toronto city: this time with Karthik

Holidays 2010 - New Years Eve, 2011

• Hawaii: This time for my wife's birthday (Jan 01), we planned to be in a dreamland called Hawaii, somewhere near nowhere. Pacific waters, beautiful islands, active volcanoes and lava fields, outdoor events and water sports like bungee jumping, snorkeling, scuba diving, jet skiing, parasailing, local new year's party (which I can never pronounce or spell, just like local area names) are awaiting us.
• Ammadu's birthday: This has always been special for us as the whole world celebrates along with us.I try to make it as special as possible, but I can never give surprise gifts like she does to me.  She holds a record of celebrating her birthday in different cities in the last 6 years. So I try to take her to the most exotic places as possible.

• 2006 - Seoul, Korea

• 2007 - Bangalore, India

• 2008 - Toronto, Canada

• 2009 - Hyderabad, India

• 2010 - Las Vegas, USA

• 2011 - Hawaii, USA

Lets hope our Hawaii trip will be as eventful and memorable as other trips were. Will post our pics in Travelogue album of my Facebook account. All the trips I mentioned in this post are captured in form of pics in this album:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=516769053&aid=158000

I'm not Straightbackward !

One of the most commonly used phrases "Let me be straightforward, ....." means there is something really unpleasant coming your way :) "Being Straightforward" is one of the most abused concepts in modern days !

Being straightforward is actually a behavior which makes others understand what we are without much difficulty. Its being honest, upright, good natured with no scheming or hypocrisy. Its all about portraying our own image but not commenting or judging others as popularly perceived.

But today it has become synonymous to being blunt, impolite and coarse to degrade others to feel superior or most of the times to conceal their own inferiority complex or to feel good (sadistic pleasure). Thats actually being "straightbackward" because if you are pointing out others' inabilities, negative situations or inherent inefficiencies by passing blunt remarks, where not necessary, its far from being frank as this kind of "frankness" might most probably break somebody's heart or possibly strain relations too while you bask in your own false glory.

Honest negative comments would only help a case where some kind of constructive criticism is needed to improve the situation or performance of the person at the receiving end. Though you are not completely impressed with something / somebody, a word of positivity will always bring out a smile and a ray of hope in others. Its hypocrisy or backbiting only when you laugh at the situation before someone else.

So, if you ever are brutally honest in passing a negative comment at somebody which would not improve him/her, understand that you are being straightbackward and it shows your urge to humiliate others and take pride or solace in it. AND THIS IS A SERIOUS MENTAL DISORDER.

Set Kasab Free !

Its been 2 years Ajmal Kasab is behind bars and has been awarded death penalty, is not a news now. I have noticed in one of the publications that the daily cost to keep him alive is Rs 8.5 lakh per day. Yes, its PER DAY. So calculating the cost that our treasury incurred for the last two years is upto your math abilities :)

Our Government and legal experts declare that every accused has to be provided legal assistance however heinous the convict be. And similar "provisions" has been given to other "guests" like Afzal Guru (the mastermind behind Parliament attack) who is being taken care of for the last 10 years despite being convicted and awarded death sentence and Azhar Masood (chief of Jaish-e-Mohammad, set free after Kandahar Hijack).

So it goes without saying that Kasab WILL NEVER BE HANGED and we have to either see him enjoy Govt provided facilities or get free after some arm-twisting from terror organizations via a hijack or a kidnap. So we have to face either budget crisis or embarrassment, but never justice. Because judiciary is being continually raped by Government's appeasement and dormancy. So I feel it makes sense to set Kasab free.

The country witnessed Kasab and co's outrageous war on the country live. The public outcry went mega-decibels. Many martyrs including Hemant Karkare were shot dead. But congress politicians like Abdul Rahman Antulay declared in a couple of days that the ATS chief was killed by "Hindu Terrorists" and not militants. That is being fostered by Digvijay Singh of his party. The whole political party is hell bent on shielding anti-national elements despite the martyr's own wife's rebuttal.

Rahul Gandhi, who is put on the pedestal by some herd of sycophants just because he is a son of some ex-prime minister has an audacity of telling a foreign diplomat that "Hindu Terrorisim" is more dangerous than Lashkar-e-Taiba. Home Minister, P.Chidambaram raised concerns about "saffron terrorism" and interestingly never sounded so interested in any other color.

Inability to counter terrorism, intelligence failure can be forgiven. But can shielding, protecting and saving terrorists guilty of waging war against the country for last 3 decades be forgiven ? and that too through maligning a majority community and their sacred color ?

Muslims form 13% of Indian population and its a fact that all Muslims should not be identified as terrorists. Only 2% of Indians who happen to be Muslims turn fundamentalists and have been troubling the nation since late 1980's. And reasonably nobody used the term "Green Terrorism" as its an objectionable term as it affects the whole community.

Rahul Gandhi, Antulay, Digvijay Singh, Chidambaram and others of congress, Mulayam Singh, Laloo yadav, Ram Vilas Paswan of other parties always try to defend terrorists assuming they are appeasing the Muslim votebank. But they are ignorant of the fact that not all 13% of Indians identify themselves with these militants or their fundamentalism.

"Muslims" as a votebank appeals to most of the politicians and especially Congress, RJD, LJP, SP which appease one community are usually called "Secular parties" by our Indian media, especially by our beloved Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai, Prannoy Roy.

These secular parties abhor "Hindu nationalist" parties like BJP, Shiv Sena and affiliated organizations like RSS, VHP, ABVP. But interestingly ally with MIM of Hyderabad and Muslim League of kerala :). Going a step forward, Congress though an ally of Majlis (MIM) in Hyderabad, also contests elections along with MIM. Can you guess why ?

Hmm, the reason is that its a general knowledge that Muslims in Hyderabad vote amass to MIM thus consolidating Muslim votebank, but its Congress' responsibility to break Hindu votes as they know all Hindus don't vote based on religion. In this way they could always block religious BJP, help MIM and prove itself to be SECULAR !!!

By the way, secularism in India also means providing a certain community special rights, special treatment based on their religion and treating rest of the "second class" citizens as per the state law (common civil code) and secularism also means over-riding supreme court judgement of upholding a woman's rights to appease a religious tenet (Shah Bano case).

Muslims as a community might not want this discrimination but politicians in a urge to appease them can go to any extent and even to malign Hinduism.Talking about Hindu Terrorism:

Hindus for 80% of the population today (and obviously were 100% some centuries ago). India and Indus valley civilization are the products of a way of life, which is called Hinduism. Etymology of Hindu says its people of India. Once the richest and most prosperous place of the world attracted many foreign merchants, artists, invaders and exploiters. Hindus received everybody, shared their wealth, their country and at times suffered. But never were xenophobes.

India with a population of over 95% of Hindus was ruled by Muslims (for centuries) who were mere 5% which shows the defensive or generous attitude of Hindus. They took minorities into their fold, made them feel at home and later abnegated a part of their land too.

From time immemorial, Hindus had no unity, were always welcoming, appeasing other communities in various ways and were perfect hosts. Hinduism being one of the world's oldest religions didn't refer to practices of other religions as false or bad.  If Hindus were "terrorists" or if Hindus were extremists or aggressive ever, India would have not been what it is today. Period !

But these pack of wolves (appeasement parties) started this maligning campaign through historians, educationalists, media and politics and put Hindu nationalists against the wall and waited for some retaliation from indigenous groups so that they can brand them as terrorists and balance the outrageous crimes of anti-nationals.

And there were some Hindu fools and fundamentalists who paved the way to this black mark. I personally denounce BJP leadership including LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti and VHP bigwigs like Ashok Singhal, Vinay Katiyar and likes who incited masses to demolish a Muslim religious structure. Irrespective of historical and archeological facts, demolishing a place of faith under current democracy is an unacceptable crime and the perpetrators should have been strictly punished. So is the case with Narendra Modi who executed a state sponsored backlash against innocent Muslims, Sadhvi Pragya, Swami Aseemanand who are accused of terrorism (if at all they are convicted).

These pack of fools have done something which gave an opportunity to pseudo secularists, Muslim fundamentalists, hostile neighbors to raise their voice. Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai and likes have never missed an opportunity to make stories about Hindu terrorism. But I wished they also covered news stories about hundreds of temples demolished after Babri demolition and also about the mastermind behind Godhra incident as Gujarat also saw massacre of hundreds of Hindus apart from Muslims, massacre of Hindu pandits and families in Kashmir and so on.

But that would not happen in India.

Communication Skills Vs Language Skills

Its a general perception that those who speak fluently and write eloquently are good communicators, thats true in most of the cases, but there can be exceptions. Communication, per se, is making other person understand exactly what you have in your mind and understanding exactly what the other person is trying to say. Language is a channel for communication.

Language skills, oratory skills,  fluency, command over grammar and vocabulary give an extra edge in communication or presenting ourselves but unfortunately, not all are blessed with these skills.

I always get jealous and envious of people who can talk eloquently and present their mind lucidly in speech or writing. I always tried to be like that, but could never be :D

I know am not remarkably good at written English, so is the case with spoken English, I suck at Hindi and I even search for words while speaking Hindi. Now don't even ask about written Hindi. My parents' objectives of admitting me in English convents, Hindi pandit courses went futile :D. I can manage written or spoken Telugu as its my mother tongue. I don't know/understand any other language in this world :(

Now that I realized that improving language skills is not my cup of tea anymore, I'm seriously contemplating to work on my non verbal communication skills and other soft skills. The bottom line is that I have to drill my audience's minds by connecting with their interests, intellect and personalities without wasting my effort on vocab, pace or grammar. Wish me luck :)

Dadagiri ROCKS !!!

1987 Reliance World Cup introduced me to the world of cricket. There was a kind of sudden sprout of patriotism everywhere in India thanks to the winning of previous world cup held in 1983. Till 1987 world cup, I was not much exposed to cricket or for that matter any other sport.

I vividly remember scenes when my cousins and I were glued to the idiot box right from the titles before every match when the cricketing eleven were introduced with their names as sub-titles. Srikkanth and Sidhu were hot favorites initially and my dad was vehemently discussing match results with his friends everyday :) Nostalgic, huh !!!

Like every other Indian, the cricket fever started gripping me and my everyday routine included playing cricket from 4 pm to sunset; galli cricket that was :) and that went on for next 10 years. Never used to miss watching a match especially when India was playing. Patriotism was all about cheering Indian cricket team then.

But Indian team was always an under-dog and had a defensive attitude. Never went aboard with the intention of playing despite having all-time greats like Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri and co. Kapil Dev was the only player and captain who had shown some kind of fighting and winning spirit.

Then came the sensation who later was called as the master blaster or the God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar himself. Sachin was a phenomenon when he kicked off and I remember him as a darling of girls as was projected in news stories too. He revolutionized cricket and started intimidating other players double his age and experience. Sanjay Manjrekar, Ajay Jadeja and Vinod Kambli brought in fresh breath into the team which was otherwise infested with politics, carelessness, negligence despite fine talent.

Until 1996, Sachin was the only saving grace and the whole team was dependent only on his performance and consistency. Advent or Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid changed the scene. Indian team batting line-up during 1996 world cup was the strongest on paper with Md Azhar at the helm with Jadeja, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid forming the formidable line up. Though the team reached semis, the winning attitude was a distant fantasy and match fixing scandals aggravated the situation. Azhar, Jadeja had to quit leaving the command to Sachin.

Sachin Tendulkar proved that his individual technical skills are not enough to make a formidable team. It takes much more. As Harsha Bhogle pointed out in one of his recent speeches at IIMA that attitude is more important than talent and that is something displayed by Sourav Ganguly, the next captain who is the architect of modern Indian cricket which knows what is winning.

Sourav was the kind of captain who taught to fight back, who instilled the winning attitude, who never feared to support his team members, who taught how not to get bogged down by sledging, who made evident the importance of confidence factor and how to psychologically win over opponents. These kind of non-technical intricacies were very important to pull the team from the conservative defensive mode, the team was known for.

The winning team or so called match winners like Sehwag, Bhajji, Pathan,Yuvraj, Dhoni, Gambhir, Zaheer were either handpicked or supported by him and were given ample chances to prove their mettle. Before Sourav's captaincy, Indian team never worked as a "team". The only other captains who built the team so meticulously and commanded the team affairs and showed true blue leadership skills were Arjuna Ranatunga, Allan Border and Vivian Richards.

All those silly brouhaha about his performance and silly jokes about his form were uncalled for as the age old saying goes, form is temporary and class is permanent. He was called God on off side, his square cuts, square drives were infallible, his timing, his lofts over midwicket were one of a kind. For all those who criticize him for not being a good player, the records shout louder than their cribs

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2010	442	431	41	17598	200*	45.12	20401	86.26	46	93	20
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1989-2009	444	432	18	13428	189	32.43	14719	91.22	28	68	34
RT Ponting (Aus)	1995-2010	352	343	37	13082	164	42.75	16226	80.62	29	79	19
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	1991-2007	378	350	53	11739	137*	39.52	15812	74.24	10	83	20
SC Ganguly (India)	1992-2007	311	300	23	11363	183	41.02	15416	73.70	22	72	16

So clearly, he is the best batsman India has seen after Sachin. Yes, not even Rahul Dravid, Sehwag or others come close inspite of playing in more ODIs than Sourav (who started his career in 1992 but was kept aside till 1996). With 22 centuries in ODIs, he again is second to Sachin. Rahul and co are far behind here too. Dada was the guy who scored most runs for India in the previous world cup (after being written off and sacked from the team earlier).

In test matches too, Sourav's average was more than 40 and despite being criticized as a bad fielder, he took more than 100 catches in both forms of cricket which put him in top 7 in fielding in Indian cricket history. And yeah he was a medium pacer too and has records of 5 scalps which again was done by very few.

Now who can blame him for being a bad player ? His limitations in playing short pitch balls, leg-side, running between the wickets didn't stop him to create records, win matches.

And during his captaincy, Sourav never encouraged regionalism by continually selecting and harboring players of his region unlike his predecessors or successors. No Bengali ever got undue advantage when Sourav was at helm. But he himself became a victim of regional discrimination coupled by propaganda and politics played by selectors like Kiran More, Dilip Vengsarkar and co. During the ugly spat with Chappell (who did no good for India during his stint as the coach), none of his contemporaries or team members benefited by him supported him.

He is a legend, good batsman, resourceful bowler, exceptional captain, born leader, DABANGG and a maharaja in its true sense. Dadagiri ROCKS and his legacy is unmatched and unforgettable.

PS: I stopped watching cricket after his exit.

"Don't Care" or "Don't Know" ????

Lot of people when asked about their take on current affairs or latest political developments say "I don't care". And in most cases, the underlying statement remains that they don't have enough knowledge to decide if they should care or not :)

When we care enough to be a part of the society, to benefit or suffer from the rules of society, its establishment, its Government, we ought to care for the happenings around us.

Agreed that most of these happenings are directed by the corrupt forces of the society and we can't do much about it; but we should atleast be conscious and aware of the abuse thats going on with our basic rights, duties and our hard earned money going towards the state's exchequer. Awareness doesn't mean we are supporting everything going on.

When we don't shy off from "caring" the news about entertainment industry and sporting circles and also gossips about friends, colleagues and neighbors, it doesn't harm trying to get exposed to some more serious business.

The gen next or the youth assume that its older generation's business to cling to newspapers as they don't have anything else to do. But on the contrary, it is this gen next which needs more exposure as they can't afford to face the embarrassment of under-exposure and half baked knowledge in public fora, group discussions and professional or academic gatherings.

Today's generation is far more aware, knowledgeable and thinking than those in yesteryears and kids in early 20's are seriously contemplating about the prospects of jumping into the entrepreneurial world and are more focussed and aware of economic trends and the effects caused by socio-politico-techno trends.

Those who are career oriented started showing their interest in general knowledge and social awareness too as thats a vital tool  to cruise across aptitude tests, corporate ladders and professional lobbying too. And all those kids who still think serious news and current affairs are not their cup of tea are definitely missing a lot in the longer run.

For all working or business classes, its equally important to know, understand and assimilate the day to day news particularly when a part of our earnings are contributed towards running the society, when every decision taken by the Government, every policy approved by the parliament, every rule ammended in the constitution affects our well-being, our style and standard of living.

And with the kind of technical advancements, its not difficult either. Twitter has emerged the king and king-maker in this business of generating awareness. Scamsters and corrupted thugs who earlier didn't face the public wrath are now seeing the angry face of public through the twitter revolution. Mumbai attacks, 2G scam, CWG scam, media blackout, adarsh scam - no topic is exempt from public denouncement. Jessica Lal, Priyadarshini Mattoo cases have been put under hammer, only due to the increase in public outcry.

Facebook, Google form other sources which made traditional newspapers and TV channels a passe. If you want to get aware, you can do that with your fingertips through click of your mouse. You have the choice to be dumb like a dead-wood and move around with a mask of not caring or know whats happening with the money and vote you contributed to make the system. THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

Rs.1700000000000 Scam - Politicians, Media, Corporate etc

Can you read this number  1700000000000 ? Its 1.7 lakh crore rupees, roughly equivalent to $ 40 billion


This is the loss to the nation caused by the latest 2G spectrum scam. Coincidentally this is the amount India owes to World Bank. So a pack of politicians, corporate honchos and journalist lobbyists have embezzled the amount that India could have freed itself from World Bank debt and hence so many consequential issues.


This is one scam which puts the other scams of 2010, namely commonwealth scam, Adarsh scam, Yedyurappa's land scam, other powerbroking and horsetrading scams, to shame.


Corporate world (Ratan Tata - who claimed that he lost the airline business chance as he didn't bribe a minister some 15 yrs back) got an unfair deal from the then minister A Raja. Raja got the telecom ministry thanks to the powerful lobbying that went on which involved Niira Radia, a PR specialist and her accomplices in crimes like these being Barkha Dutta (NDTV), Rajdeep Sardesai (CNN IBN), Vir Sanghvi (Hindustan Times), Prabhu Chawla (Aaj Tak, India Today) etc


These journalists talk about "talking" to congress to manipulate ministries to their favorite politicians, "scripting" the interviews with corporate heads, so on and so forth. And not to mention, most of these are PadmaShris. This is a tip of the iceberg as it has been mentioned only by few media outlets and most of the electronic and print media has blacked this news out.


And these eminent journalists go hammer and tongs about the issues the country is facing through their debates (err..biased debates), scripted stories through the unfair and unnecessary freedom to media. 


DISGUSTING