Archive for the ‘ Politics ’ Category
Yesterday I finished reading Mosab Hasan Yousef’s, Son of Hamas. I learned more about the Middle East conflict in that book than I ever had before. Not that I had known very much anyway, but I strongly recommend it. A couple interesting excerpts. On 9/11: Why had the U.S. intelligence services not been able to prevent [ READ MORE ]
According to Russian academic Igor Panarin, the United States will fall apart in 2010. Soon, we will be known as the Divided States of America. There will be 5 different republics: The California Republic (part of China) The Central North-American Republic (part of Canada) The Texas Republic (part of Mexico) The Atlantic America (part of [ READ MORE ]
According to Karl Rove, him and Bush have a reading contest each year. I am pretty surprised they both read so much, but especially shocked to see this comment, “Each year, the president also read the Bible from cover to cover, along with a daily devotional.” Not sure where Bush is in his journey with [ READ MORE ]
From The Economist (September 13th-19th 2008): The problem, says Mr. Cooper (a strategist at JPMorgan), is that central banks have subscribed to one economic philosophy in an expanding economy and quite another when the economy is contracting. When things are going well, central banks leave the markets alone. But at the merest hint of crisis, [ READ MORE ]
There’s so much oil in this world, it’s just in the hands of the wrong folks. If only life was like Settlers and someone rolled a seven… Enough Oil? [ READ MORE ]
Why are capitalists compassionate? Well, maybe they aren’t, but the policies they believe in sure are. Economic reforms made by the Chinese government in 1978 have brought 600 million Chinese people out of poverty. What other system does that? 600 million is twice the population of the U.S. Here’s the proof. [ READ MORE ]
Part two from The World is Flat. Here’s a quote from Bill Gates about globalization and its affect on impoverished nations, “Someone estimated that the cost of saving a life in the U.S. is $5 or $6 million – that is how much our society is willing to spend. You can save a life outside [ READ MORE ]
After reading The World is Flat, I’ve decided that there are three interesting things that I would like to share. I disagree with a lot of Thomas Friedman’s views, as he does tend to ranter on about nothing, and make up buzzwords. However, I do appreciate his support of free markets, and globalization. So here is the first [ READ MORE ]
Africa gets a lot of attention from the mainstream media, so yes, I think on the whole, supporting Africa is kinda trendy. Nonetheless, in honor of Miss Ellie Cummings, I’ve decided to post this little tidbit about Darfur, even though she thinks my blog is boring. “The more desperate China becomes for oil, the more [ READ MORE ]
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