Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Where is America going?
Throughout history, world powers have all suffered the same fate: extinction. Whether caused by corruption, revolution, enlightenment of the “little” people, new technology or simply through exhaustion, empires have disappeared and been replaced by new candidates. Sometimes, the empire lasted for only a couple of decades (nothing really compared to others) and sometimes they lasted [...]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Putin, a Menace?
The new Primer Minister of Russia, Putin, still holds the remote that controls his country’s international politics. A small man in stature, he nevertheless impresses those who come in contact with him with an aura of inner power.
I don’t see him as a threat to the U.S. as he has to carefully balance his decisions [...]
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Our Next President
Our Next President
Does anybody in America doubt that the next President will be Black and a Democrat? Barring a tragedy, i.e. a successful attempt on Barack Obama’s life, the White House will have to prepare for some serious changes.
Let’s face the facts:
1) The economy is in ruins, thanks in great part to the hawkish cabinet [...]
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
We are not alone
Living on the border with Mexico convinced me that the rest of the country has no idea what’s going on with our Mexican friends. The national media gets into a frenzy every time a cop is assassinated south of the border, as if this tragedy only happened to them. They vilify our neighbors for their [...]
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Hello world!
We must learn to accept different cultures, but only up to a point. If women are treated as animals, as we have seen in some Muslim countries, then it is our duty to denounce their atavistic customs. If employing children in factories is the norm in an Asian country, then we must denounce it and [...]
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