Posted by Commie B on March 7, 2008 at 1:58 am
Lots…
Last few days I have kept pretty busy, and I think it’s going to get like that, but I’m going to work Asifism.com into my schedule too.
I’m currently setting up a new business (more information on that will come soon). I’m also in the process of working out with a franchise issuing organization to purchase an accounting/bookkeeping franchise (more information on that will follow too). In addition, I am studying for CIMA and actively working on DesignerPottery.com (http://www.designerpottery.com/blog). I need some help on this, so if this even remotely sounds like something you can help out with, please visit the blog and give me insight, feedback, or simply contact me for how you can help.
Of course, business is my priority. As part of marketing my accounting/bookkeeping consultancy, I am launching, in conjunction with VAFTA Solutions Limited (http://www.vafta.com) an accounting blog, which will start with me completing the second part of the accounting software article, where I will discuss and compare various accounting software. Consider it a QuickBooks Vs. Peachtree Vs. Sage Vs. Microsoft Office Accounting. Oh, and for the record, Sage sucks. Don’t buy it if you can avoid it. Get Quickbooks or Peachtree or Microsoft Accounting. They’re all three about 10 times better than Sage.
Basically, this new blog/section is about the following: many modern accountants/bookkeepers are able to use accounting software, but really, when you have a complex issue at hand, you always need to go back to your basic T-Accounts, i.e., the debits and the credits. I’ll start off with the basics, and as I study for CIMA, I’m also getting a refresher of all the basics. In addition, and this is probably going to be extremely productive and useful for some accountants or professionals, as I embark upon this journey to discuss accounting in hopefully an unambiguous way, unlike any other damn book (published by CIMA or Gleim or Kaplan or anyone else), I will point out the differences in the way the accounting is done under US GAAP and the way it is done under UK GAAP / IFRS. This itself is a bit of gap bridging activity for me, since almost all of my practical experience is US GAAP driven, and now I have to adjust to the IFRS. Please note that the differences arise at the basic level, and are carried through to the final stages, and there are problems if you hold a reluctant frame of mind about how the accounting needs to be done. Consistency past borders is hard to find in this profession, and that can get frustrating.
In addition, I will discuss some of the certification processes along the way. I am a member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) in the USA, although I never really got a chance to sit for the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exam while I was there. In the UK, CMA doesn’t mean much, but CIMA means everything for good financial & management accountants. So, I’m indulging in CIMA now, unfortunately, from the basics, and I’ll explain why when discussing the certification.
However, stay put for this new set of articles and lessons in the Accounting & Finance Category of Asifism.com. In addition, these lessons may be reproduced on http://www.vafta.com/blog, but I’m not so sure of that. If anyone is interested in writing on accounting, please be sure to email me at asif[at]asifism.com for more information.
For those of you who come here for QuickPlay. That will keep coming, as will more information regarding it that comes irrelevant. I’ve had some new problems with my HP dv2415, and I haven’t really had time to key that in, but I’ll be discussing that too. More Memoirs of the HP dv2000 series! Please, the offer for the DVB Card/Software article is still on the table, but unless people are serious about it, we won’t be spending time putting that together. Please vote on that:
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Of course, as I get time inbetween, I’m also dying to give my cynical political insight on things like the triple victory of Hillary Clinton over Obama (in Texas, Ohio etc.). And of course, I’m dying to put down a few lines on Bush backing up McCain, and John McCain being very happy about it. Like anyone cares what George Bush thinks anymore!
Well, that’s all for now folks! Let’s get this rolling!
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Posted by Commie B on February 28, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I recently read in an article published in a British Magazine which stated that the fact that Obama is leading the polls over Hillary Clinton, and it appears will most likely beat her, is proof of the fact that America is no more a racist society; well, maybe not as racist as it used to be a few decades ago. On the other hand, another gentleman, who was interviewed in the article, stated that it’s not that America is no more racist, it’s just that America has learnt to deal with the racial problem better.
That may well be true, but it appears that America is no more interested in the (at this point democratic) political ideologies of the mature, white person. But is that the only reason that Obama is winning? The simple fact that he’s young, and black, and has a different attitude toward most things than, say, the Clintons or the Edwards or the Kerrys? Probablt not.
But here’s what I can tell you. If you read the news, the interviews, the poll results, the poll analysis, political experts, etc. etc., it seems like the US public has become so fed-up of the corruption in the White House, that at this point they’re willing to take up new blood, new blood that’s different, that won’t change his/her mind every now and then, and new blood that may offer something new. The new part is key, because we’ve all seen what the Bush’s are capable of doing; between father and son, they’ve done it for almost 16 years, and America is more than hurting because of that.
The one simplest reason why Obama is leading the presidential race ahead of Hillary Clinton and John McCain (who looks like he’s angry all the time; maybe he should be checked into anger management or something) is because he is NEW. People don’t know what he will do or what he can do, and people are desperate. They have seen what the white folk have done (no racism meant), and they’re willing to take their chances with what NEW brings, because with white they now have to associate the sadistic presidential rule of President George W. Bush. That’s a distaster, for both Clinton and McCain.
But there are other reasons why Barrack Obama may win the US Elections. Despite the attempts of Hillary Clinton and John McCain to defame him on the public financing / funding issue, these are not serious enough allegations to damage his credibility. With Iraq being a failure, Hillary Clinton’s former stance of supporting the war has from the very first day put her on very questionable grounds. John McCain is all about war; civil, international, world. He’s a war-like people, and he’s too traditional, which again gives Barrack Obama an edge. Obama, on the other hand, never voted for the Iraq War, and that gives him the only head start he needs in addition to being NEW.
What plays against Obama, however, is the lack of confidence people have in the leadership of black people. The same article also discussed the fact that although people are all for new and all for Obama, they are slightly hesitant, because they think that since a black man has never been a president, can he do it? White people have been becoming US Presidents for the last 200 years, and they’re bred for it. But is a black man educated, complicated, and charismatic enough to lead America. Well, we’re going to find out, won’t we?
I’m not voting, since I’m not a US National and don’t live in the US. But tell me, who do you think will win the election eventually? Not who’s best, who do you think will become commander and chief?
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Posted by Commie B on March 11, 2007 at 2:29 pm
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You can still add more discussion and comments as needed. You can also contact me if you have any questions regarding this process.
KEYWORDS for this page: ICE, Deportation, Process, Deporting, Deportee, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Deportees from America, US Deportation, Immigration, US, USA, United States, getting deported from the US, US Deportation process.
Here goes:
Have a relative or friend who is getting deported from the US? Plan on being in the same position anytime soon? Well, here it is, for the first time, a fully documented and procedural guide to US detention and deportation. Please note that you will NOT find this information anywhere else. Half the practiced procedure during this process is NOT published anywhere under the US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) or Immigration & Nationality Act (INA). That’s primarily because no one has taken interest in this procedure, and although there are manuals published by the House and Congress on the process of deportation and escorting illegal aliens out of the US, they are NOT followed by the monkeys at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The reason for that is that immigration law and procedure largely deals with people who are not US citizens, so the US government, house, or congress doesn’t give a flying fuck about them. Some of this is in violation of human rights, but who gives a fuck? If you’re not white and don’t hold a blue passport, you don’t deserve to be treated with dignity, do you? After all, America was formed after the murder of brown people wasn’t it? Anyway, think I’m getting off the topic here. Here’s how it works:
How it Begins
The person who homeland security wants to deport is picked up. Please keep in mind that the pick-up is made not by the USCIS or Immigration Services, but by Customs and Border Patrol, or, most likely, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The ICE is equivalent to the right testicle of the US Department of Homeland Security for enforcement of Immigration and related unlawful DHS policy and practice. They basically do the “dirty work” for the immigration fogies. So, if someone you know simply disappears off of the streets of America, or they go to see someone at the local immigration service center, or go for an Infopass appointment (http://infopass.uscis.gov/) and never turn up, guess what, they’ve been arrested. Please note that ICE is present at all Immigration Service Centers for this very reason: the arrest of those people they consider illegal. Whether they are OR not is neither their business nor that of the USCIS. A US court has to decide that, and good luck getting there. Not many people that chance; so America’s advertising about a free country is basically full of shit in this department.
So, how do you find out if someone has been picked up? Visit the local immigration office, and ask them where they hold immigration detainees. You’ll get a couple of printed pages from http://www.mapquest.com directions on them, which will be addresses of the “facilities” or jails that people are taken to when detained. Call them, ask for your party’s name, and you’ll know if they are there or not. Now, you can’t speak to the person who has been arrested. THEY need to call you; then you call back and set up a collect call system that costs you both your arms and a leg, and then the arrested person call you from inside the jail.
So now they’re in, and you’re contacting attorneys, and your friend is trying to extract information from the people who arrested him; what the hell is going on? Read on…
After the Arrest
Now is when the false assurances start. First of, ICE Officers will hardly ever talk to you or an Immigration Attorney. They think you’re the scum of the earth because you’re not white enough for them, and your attorney is equally pathetic because he/she is defending you. So, they will not give you any information. They may, however, give the arrested some false information about when he’ll be deported, but they will never actually tell you when, where, or how, because it’s supposed to be a ‘security risk.’ Yes, the small penis’ of the ICE Officers are at stake; they need to make the most of their petty 2 cents worth lives and they make everything sound like it’s top secret information that could change the course of the earth.
Typically, the ICE can hold a deportee for about 3 months before they’ll need special permission from other authorities to further hold the person, and because that special permission requires paperwork (which the dickheads are too fucking incompetent to do) and may establish that the ICE has ILLEGALLY or UNLAWFULLY arrested someone (this is very common), they will typically deport your arrested friend or relative within those 90 days.
If he/she has a committed a crime, the 90 day period will begin after they have done jail time for their crime. They will then be moved to a federal deportee detention facility. You can find a list of detention facilities and related information here:
http://www.ice.gov/pi/dro/facilities.htm.
If you believe an ICE Officer has arrested you by mistake, there’s really nothing you can about it. If you had a stay issued by a Court, you can file for a contempt of court. Also, you can file a Habeas Corpus with the court to request that the ICE officer be questioned and you be released. However, it seems like the system is rigged; ICE apparently feeds enough money to US Department of Justice (USDOJ) to where they don’t entertain such applications or cannot take action on them within 90 days, and that basically renders them useless. What you can do, however, is file a civil suit and get the media involved. That’s the only thing that scares the US government, and typically, this is more than an ICE Officer can handle, and somewhere somebody will always pay for fucking up. However, this is not something everyone can do as it may require some serious cash and persistence, and a lot of courage. After all, a lot of people unnecessarily tremble in the name of US Homeland Security.
The Deportation Process
This, in itself, is a big mess. There’s no set procedure or way. Typically, here’s the rule: If there’s a direct flight to your country of passport from anywhere in the US, you will be flown on either a US government plane or escorted on a commercial flight to the major international airport that such a flight will fly out of. From this airport, you will be put on a commercial flight ‘home.’ They will hand the passport over to the pilot or airline staff, and they will hand it over to you when you land or are on the plane, unless you’re from a really crooked country where these people are looking to make a quick buck off of you.
Now, according to the guide for escorting, information on which can be found on the USDOJ site at http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/INS/e0105/index.htm, if no one if the deportee in question has not committed a crime, he/she does not need an escort. But somehow it turns out that homeland security has a very hard time complying with this manual or guide, and so, the rule is typically ignored.
Now, I’m not sure if this is how it’s done in other countries too, but I know this is how it works for the Middle East and Pakistan. Most likely, the deportee will be moved to the federal detention facility in Buffalo, NY, from where the ICE charters a plane belonging to any airline, and flies in a 24 hour plus flight to three or four countries, dropping the deportees off. The idea is to hand them over to local authorities, but most local authorities could give a fuck less about what the ICE wants them to do. In fact, there have been reports of ICE and Homeland Security Officers getting into trouble upon arrival in the Pakistan without having an invitation; something to be proud of.
The Return to the Passport Country
Once your deportee lands in Pakistan, he’ll be uncuffed and brought into the airport. The problem here is that the US flight is so secretive, that they don’t even inform the local authorities of the arrival of a deportee plane, with the result that the local authorities are not prepared. The only people who may have a clue about the flight is the air traffic control room staff, and they typically don’t communicate the information with the FIA (in Pakistan) or the FBI equivalent of the country the deportees are landing.
The result: deportees are hung up at the airport for a couple of hours for filling out a survey form after which they are let go. For Pakistan, the flight usually lands in Islamabad. For all other countries, it typically lands in the capital city. The last deportee flight that few from NY and ended in Pakistan flew on Tuesday, March 6, with a stop in Jordan, after which it carried to Islamabad, Pakistan.
Conclusion
What’s the worst part about this process?
- The inhumane treatment of deportees, some of whom may be highly educated officials who are simply put behind bars for making a solid, legitimate case against the USCIS or ICE but have the wrong skin color.
- The lack of information and pathetic secrecy issues.
- The hiding of ICE officers from lawyers and other genuine people for fucking up; talk about being American, don’t face your mistakes or stand up for what you do. Way to go Dick in Bush!
- The lack of implementation of legislature and the cowardice of judiciary in front of ICE.
- Thousands of human rights violations.
- The incompetence of American Citizens in realizing that there are such atrocities going on inside their own country, and
- The fact that no one is willing to do anything about it because the mistreated don’t hold American Passports.
What can we say? What goes around comes around. Stay away and don’t get involved. This is one of the several ways the US is shooting herself in her own foot, and what happens when you do that? You only need to be told if you have never stepped outside the US.
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