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Akihiko KITADA's Friends
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The Trend toward Global Cooling?
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On November 18, the first snow and the first frost were observed among many parts of Japan. The first snow was observed earlier than usual in a broad range of areas in Japan although it was observed later than usual in some high latitudes such as Sapporo in Hokkaido and and in some mountainous areas. In recent years, the snow has been rarely observed in most of the flat areas of Japan in November. This trend is not confined to Japan. In London, it snowed in October for the first time in 74 years since 1934. Why is it so early to get cold in a broad range of areas in the world? It seemed to be because there were many cloudy or rainy days from spring to summer this year. So, what made so much cloud arise this year? The cause can be seen in the solar activity.
From last year to this year, the number of the sunspots has been in minimum. The number of the sunspots indicates the solar activity. When the solar activity diminishes, the solar wind, which is the rapid flow of plasma shot from the solar surface, gets weaker. The solar wind pushes back the cosmic ray from outside the solar system. That is that the more the solar activity diminishes, to the more cosmic ray Earth gets explosed.
The cosmic ray is also the rapid flow of plasma. Once the cosmic ray comes in the atmosphere of Earth, it inonizes the atoms in the atmosphere. Then, the ionized atoms act as the condensation nuclei, and more cloud gets formed.
This mechanism is called the Svensmark effect named after a Danish physicist Henrik Svensmark, which is still no more than a hypothesis. In a short words, when the solar activity diminishes, the more cosmic ray come into the atmosphere, and more cloud gets formed.
Therefore, it is natural that it is cool all over the world this year. The last year was notable for the heat waves, but it might have been a temporary phenomenon caused by La Niña. If so, it is not entirely inconceivable that Earth is heading for global cooling. Of course it is possible that the cold waves of this year is also just a temporary phenomenon.
Thus, there are many factors on global climate. We need to take all these factors into consideration on discussing climate change.
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| November 24, 2008 | 8:11 AM |
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Will the United States Make the Same Mistake as the Past World Empires?
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In my previous article, I pointed that a serious problem lurks in the US behind the election of Barack Obama. That is that the rise of the conservative hard liners came to the surface under the Bush Administration. They rather blindly believe in their own dogma than tackle actual problems rationally. They do not try to have dialog with those who have different opinions. This means the crisis in democracy that is the philosophy of the American politics because the essence of democracy is not just the majority decision but the decision through the free and open discussion between those who have different opinions. Obama gained a wide range of supports by advocating the unification of the country, but the possibility cannot be overlooked that the serious confrontation arises as some of conservative hard liners resist the birth of the first black president.
The US has been reigning as the leader of the world for about 60 years since World War II. However, each of the past great world empires such as the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the British Empire declined after all. Will the US make the same mistake as the past great world empires? In fact, the symptom seems to be coming to the surface.
The cause of it is the Iraq War. As the Bush Administration started the Iraq War with public opinion still divided, the confrontation between the supporters and the opponents has become quite serious and the crack between them has escalated to almost an unrestorable level. As a result, both of them shuts their ears to each other and dialog between them has been lost. That is the crisis in democracy. Also, as the Iraq War has sticked in the mud, the international prestige of the US has seriously damaged. At present, there are few countries that have trust i the US. Furthermore, the recession that originated from the subprime shock has escalated to a global financial crisis by the bankrupt of the Lehman Brothers in September this year. It seems certain that the US is heading for its decline.
However, we cannot make light of the US. In the past, the US has experienced similar crises many times. But, every time it faced a national crisis, a strong leader such as Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan appeared to overcome it. Whenever the country drops into a crisis, such a strong leader appears to overcome it. That is the American history.
Why is it possible? The biggest difference between the past hegemony countries and the US is that the US is the only ideal country, which is formed not by ethnicity but by ideals, in the hegemony countries that have ever existed. The US could gather diverse talents from all over the world because it is the country based on ideals which attract people all over the world where ethnicity does not matter. Therefore, self-purification functions in the US and it could and can keep the position as a superpower although it sometimes drops into arrogance and self-satisfaction. Moreover, the US is the only ideal country that has never collapsed. In the past, too, there were some countries based not on ethnicity but on ideals such as the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia. But they have lasted for less than 100 years and finally they has collapsed. This fact shows the difficulty in keeping the country not based on ethnicity. However, the US has overcome that difficulty by openness and dynamism originating from it. This is the difference from the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia.
In this election, too, a strong leader appeared to overcome the present crisis. That is shown in the highest poll rate after World War II, that is 64.1%. Incidentally, 1960's election has the second highest poll rate after W.W.II, and in that election a strong leader Kennedy became the president. In fact, the election of this year showed a surge of American people. That is not only because of the hope for the change the President-elect Obama advocated, but also because his counterpart John McCain was a marvelous statesman worth the presidency. In fact, McCain's graceful defeat address was enough to make us expect a forward change in the US. To be sure, it is a inevitable way if the US fall into disorder by the birth of the first black president. However, he fight between Obama and McCain was enough marvelous to make us feel that the US will go over that hardship.
However, there are other fears by the birth of President Obama. The first fear is that Obama may return to protectionism following the traditional Democratic ideology. Globalization of economy is now essential both to developed countries and to developing countries for their progress. Developed countries needs foreign developing markets because their domestic markets will not expand largely. Developing countries need technology suppliers and their export destinations to catch up developed countries. If Obama turns to protectionism, the US international competitiveness will rapidly deteriorate, and the negative impact will rebound on the US domestic economy. Also, we should not forget the history that bloc economy leaded to World War II.
The second fear is that the US prestige may deteriorate much more as the young new president who does not have enough experience gets made light of by hostile countries. It is clear that the US must return ton international cooperation and Obama is seen to take the US diplomacy toward this direction. However, the purpose of international cooperation must be pursuit for the national interest by recovering the world's faith in the US. If the US make a one-way concession without considering the purpose, the hostile countries which hold international problems such as Iran or North Korea will strengthen their influence. If so, the world order will collapse and the international trust in the US will fall down. It is unsure whether Obama has a comparable ability to McCain, who is strong for diplomacy, national security, and military affairs. McCain said in his defeat address that he would support Obama leading the country. McCain will be the most earnest criticizer and cooperator for President Obama.
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| November 18, 2008 | 2:11 AM |
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The US Presidential Election IV - The Problem in the US through McCain's Defeat
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On November 4, a long fight came to an end. In the US Presidential Election, the Democrat candidate Senator Barack Obama defeated the Republican candidate Senator John McCain for the 44th the President of the United States, against my prospect of McCain's victory. At this time, I will discuss the cause of McCain's defeat not only because it is the responsibility of who made a mistaken prediction, but also because it will show the problem the US has now.
The biggest reason for McCain's defeat was that he failed in unifying the Republicans. It was Colin Powell's annoucement of the support for Barack Obama that symbolized it. On the other hand, Barack Obama succeeded in uniting the Democrats by October although the Democratic Primary had been dragged until June. Why McCain failled? The reason becomes clear when you see his some supporters during the campaign.
Originally, McCain takes a liberal stance in the Republic Party. Therefore, it was expected that he could gather a wide support from the centrists and the realists. But he was not expected to be supported from the hard liners, who had remarkable influence on the election of George W. Bush. Therefore, he appointed the Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. After her appointment, McCain leaded Obama in the Gallup poll. I thought that McCain's victory became sure, but it seems to have been a failure.
There were some fanatics in McCain's supporters who shouted "Kill Obama!" during McCain's speech. After McCain calmed them, they started booing at him. Liberals and centrists felt their danger. That is why McCain lost the supports from liberals which was his biggest strong point.
This is an extreme example. However, there is also a more moderate example that shows the inflexibility of the Republican consevertives. That is the financial crisis that accelerated since the bankrupt of Lieman Brothers in September. The Bush Administration reacted at once, and proposed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. However, it was once rejected by the House of the Representatives. This rejection was alomost by Republican congressmen because the bailout is strongly against their traditional sense of value, the small government. They chose to adhere to fundamentalism, not to solve the present problem flexibly. McCain made every effort for the legislation of the act, but he could not persuade his party.
Among the present Republican conservatives, there are increasing who adhere to the ideologistic and abstract slogans, not to the practical policy. Such attitude leaded to the Iraq War. The neo-con made a mistake because they adhered not to the realistic diplomacy for the nationatl interest, but to their dogmatic ideal of spreading democracy to all over the world. Also, among the Republican supporters, there are increasing the influence of the Christian right who insist that schools should teach the Intelligent Design theory denying geology and Darwin's evolution theory.
It seems because of the cautiousness against the rise of the fundamentalism such as the Christian right that Colin Powell announced his support for Barack Obama although his stance is more closer to McCain.
In the end of October, the racist group was arrested for planning the assassination of Barack Obama. I cannot help feeling that dark clouds hung heavily over the American future while the whole country is up about the birth of the third youngest and the first black President.
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| November 17, 2008 | 9:11 AM |
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The US Presidential Election IV - The Problem in the US Seen through McCain's Defeat
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On November 4, a long fight came to an end. In the US Presidential Election, the Democrat candidate Senator Barack Obama defeated the Republican candidate Senator John McCain for the 44th the President of the United States, against my prospect of McCain's victory. At this time, I will discuss the cause of McCain's defeat not only because it is the responsibility of who made a mistaken prediction, but also because it will show the problem the US has now.
The biggest reason for McCain's defeat was that he failed in unifying the Republicans. It was Colin Powell's annoucement of the support for Barack Obama that symbolized it. On the other hand, Barack Obama succeeded in uniting the Democrats by October although the Democratic Primary had been dragged until June. Why McCain failled? The reason becomes clear when you see his some supporters during the campaign.
Originally, McCain takes a liberal stance in the Republic Party. Therefore, it was expected that he could gather a wide support from the centrists and the realists. But he was not expected to be supported from the hard liners, who had remarkable influence on the election of George W. Bush. Therefore, he appointed the Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. After her appointment, McCain leaded Obama in the Gallup poll. I thought that McCain's victory became sure, but it seems to have been a failure.
There were some fanatics in McCain's supporters who shouted "Kill Obama!" during McCain's speech. After McCain calmed them, they started booing at him. Liberals and centrists felt their danger. That is why McCain lost the supports from liberals which was his biggest strong point.
This is an extreme example. However, there is also a more moderate example that shows the inflexibility of the Republican consevertives. That is the financial crisis that accelerated since the bankrupt of Lehman Brothers in September. The Bush Administration reacted at once, and proposed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. However, it was once rejected by the House of the Representatives. This rejection was alomost by Republican congressmen because the bailout is strongly against their traditional sense of value, the small government. They chose to adhere to fundamentalism, not to solve the present problem flexibly. McCain made every effort for the legislation of the act, but he could not persuade his party.
Among the present Republican conservatives, there are increasing who adhere to the ideologistic and abstract slogans, not to the practical policy. Such attitude leaded to the Iraq War. The neo-con made a mistake because they adhered not to the realistic diplomacy for the nationatl interest, but to their dogmatic ideal of spreading democracy to all over the world. Also, among the Republican supporters, there are increasing the influence of the Christian right who insist that schools should teach the Intelligent Design theory denying geology and Darwin's evolution theory.
It seems because of the cautiousness against the rise of the fundamentalism such as the Christian right that Colin Powell announced his support for Barack Obama although his stance is more closer to McCain.
In the end of October, the racist group was arrested for planning the assassination of Barack Obama. I cannot help feeling that dark clouds hung heavily over the American future while the whole country is up about the birth of the third youngest and the first black President.
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| November 17, 2008 | 9:11 AM |
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The US Presidential Election III - McCain Will Win
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The United States Presidential Election entered the last stage. In the article of June 16, ''The US Presidential Election I - Why Americans Refused Hillary Clinton", I pointed that what the US needs now is the leader who can reunite the county. Also, I pointed that Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama both has the makings of it. Because the former 2004 presidential election ended in just a fight between second-rate candidates, the election of this time has warmed up.
Now, which candidate will win the election to be the next US president? Before answering this question, I will review the vice-presidential candidates, who are the partners of the presidential candidates.
At the Democratic National Convention held in August 25 to 28, Senator Barack Obama was nominated for the Democrat presidential candidate and named Senator Joseph Biden for the vice-presidential candidate. On the other hand, Senator John McCain was nominated for the Republican presidential candidate and named Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Senator Biden has served as the chairman of the Senate Committee Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Governor Palin is the youngest and the first female governor of Alaska. The reason they were named as the vice-presidential candidate is obvious.
Senator Obama became the symbol of change to break the present condition because of his good speech supported by his youth, but his poor experience as a senator is feared as he was elected in 2004. On the other hand, Biden is a representative Democrat middle-of-the-roader who has been served as a Senator since 1973, having held important posts on the US senate.
Also, Senator McCain has large support not only from conservatives but also from liberals because of his long and bipartisan activity on the senate, but he is at the old age of 72, and he is unpopular among conservative hard liners who are normally supporters for Republican. On the other hand, Governor Palin is more popular among conservative hard liners, and she has freshness of youth and the second female vive-presidential candidate.
That is to say, though Senator McCain and Senator Obama both has the makings to reunite the United States, McCain lacks freshness and Obama lacks experience. Both vice-presidential candidates offset their partners' weak points. However, critics say that they wreck their presidential candidates' strong points by contraries. For example, there is a criticism that Senator Biden's too long experience cancels Obama's freshness. Especially, it is a big damage that Biden voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution in 2002 though Obama has been opposing the Iraq War consistently. Also, there is a criticism that it is just a image tactics to have appointed young and female Sarah Palin though she had nothing to do with the federal politics.
But in fact, Governor Palin has the biggest strong point which the other three don't have. It is the actual experience of administration as a governor. The states which constitute the United States have strong autonomy. Every state has its own constitution, and has all governmental functions except diplomacy and national defense. Therefore, governor of state has authority almost equal to leaders of independent countries. Historically, the royal road to the US presidents has been the position of governor of state, not that of senator. Senator McCain, who is strong in diplomacy and national security, and Governor Palin, who is experienced in internal administration, is ideal pair. And, female and conservative Palin will gather votes from conservative hard liners and former supporters for Hillary Clinton.
That is to say, the range of supporters for Barack Obama will not be changed largely by his vice-presidential candidate Joseph Biden, but that for John McCain will largely change by his running mate Sarah Palin.
However, the biggest strong point of John McCain is his bipartisan activity as a senator, which is the reason he is often described as marverick. Though he is a Republican, he was rumored to be the running mate of John Kerry at the 2004 US Presidential Election. The reason is clear. He wrote the legislation that created the 9/11 commission in partnership with Democrat Senator Joseph Lieberman, passed the Feingold-McCain Act that restrains political donation by company with Democrat Senator Russel Feingold by industry, and wrote the legislation that included legalization of illegal immigrants with representative Democrat liberal Senator Edward Kennedy, who has been strong supporter for Barack Obama since the presidential primary. As you see above, McCain has shown what the reunification of the United States is like through his actual action.
On the other hand, Barack Obama started the negative campaign by referring to Palin as "a pig wearing lipstick", which he forbade to himself though he is popular for his speech advocating change and reunification of the country. Furthermore, he has no experience of writing legislation because he spent half of his career as a senate since 2004 for the presidential campaign. Obama is said to be a second Kennedy, but John F. Kennedy had totally 14-year experience as a congressman and a senate. Especially, his active contribution of investigating the connection between the labor union and organized crime under the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, or the McClellan Committee, is notable. Therefore, there is a great difference between Barack Obama and John Kennedy in regard of experience.
From above, I came to conclusion that John McCain will win over Barack Obama.
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| October 31, 2008 | 12:10 PM |
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The US Presidential Election II - The Second Coming of the Nightmare of 40 Years Ago?
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In October 27, two white men was arrested for planning the assassination of Senator Barack Obama, the US Democrat candidate for president. In this article, I will discuss the fear of the assassination of Senator Barack Obama. In May 23, 2008, Senator Hillary Clinton, who was a candidate for the Democrat presidential primary, made a big mistake. At that time, she seemed likely to lose. When she was asked the reason to continue her campaign, she answered that it was also June that Bobby Kennedy was killed. Bobby Kennedy means former Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who ran for the US presidential election of 40 years ago, and was assassinated just before the Democratic National Convention, where he was believed to be nominated for the Democrat presidential candidate. To be sure, the situation of the election is similar to that of 40 years ago. In 1968, the United States stuck in the mud of the Vietnam War, the world's trust in the US was lost, the sharp drop of the dollar and the depression because of the escalation of the war cost tore the United States. As a result of combination of the anti-war movement and the civil right movement, riots happened all over the country every day.
It was then that Bobby announced his candidacy at the young age of 43 advocating the unification of the country and the immediate withdrawal from Vietnam. His experience as a Senator was just 3 and half years, but he had a record as the Attorney General of exercising all authority of the Federal Government to solve the racial problem under the Kennedy Administration. So he had big supports from wide range of races. He was assassinated in June 5, just after winning the largest state California primary, which ensured the nomination for the Democrat presidential candidate.
It is obvious that such situation is very similar to that where Barack Obama appeared on the presidential election. Now US's international position is declining because of the deadlock of the Iraq War, and the country is almost under disruption. In such condition, Barack Obama appeared on the stage at the young age of 46 advocating the unification of the country and the immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Furthermore, he has the racial handicap that he is the first Afro-American presidential candidate. It is because Obama has the quality common to Jack and Bobby Kennedy that the members of the Kennedy family and the former aides under the Kennedy Administration announce their supports for him.
Then, How strong is the possibility of the assassination of Barack Obama? The answer is it is very bare. To be sure, the situation is very similar to that of 40 years ago. However, the United States has largely changed for 40 years. The assassination of Kennedy brothers, Martin Luther King, and the racial problem are now remembered as nightmares in the American modern history. Most of the American people think that those events were blots in history which must not be recurred. And Politicians and government officials has the same feeling. If the same things recur, the world's trust in the US will surely collapse. Nobody in the US hopes such thing.
Of course, as there are fanatics in every country, there are the groups that aim at the assassination of Obama for the racial reason. At this time, however, the resolution of the United States will not allow them.
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| October 30, 2008 | 11:10 AM |
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The US Presidential Election I - Why Americans Refused Hillary Clinton
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Probably many people could expect that result at the time of new year. June 3, 2008, Senetor Barack Obama obtained enough delegates to ensure the nomination of the Democrat candidate for the President of the United States, winning over Senator Hillary Clinton, who had been rumored to be the most potential Democrat candidate since early time. The reason for the result is obvious, taking it into consideration what kind of leadership the United States needs now. The George W. Bush Administration started the Iraq War and it has been prolonged for five years contrary to President Bush's expectation. As a result, there has arisen a serious crack between Democrats and Republicans. The original American political style is a straight and bipartisan discuss at least on diplomacy and national security however severely Democrats and Republican conflict with each other on domestic affairs. However, the traditional style has broken since the Republican Bush administration started the Iraq War forcibly dividing public opinion and it reached a deadlock. Now there is a serious conflictions which can be described only as emotional between Democrats and Republicans. The situation where both sides do not even bend their ear to each other's opinions is a serious crisis in the US politics because the essence of democracy is a honest and straight discussion. What we need in such a time is the leadership which can reunite and restore the United States to the original state. Senator John McCain, the Republican presumptive nominee, and Senator Barack Obama, the Democrat presumptive nominee, both have the makings of such kind of the leadership. Senator McCain is famous for his stance as a maverick in the Republican Party; he is the most straight and honest critic to the Republican Administration and he dares to bring a bill in cooperation with a Democrat for what he thinks is right. Senator Obama has accomplished the attitude not to utilize the negative campaigning during the presidential primaries though it has been proved to be a effecive in past presidential elections. It is a famous story that when some member of his election staff used the negative campaigning against Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Obama scolded him furiously. Also during the 2004 United States Presidential Election, he delivered a kenote address at the Democratic National Convention saying "There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America." to win many American's sympathy. As you can see, both Senator McCain and Senator Obama are the statesmen whom the United States needs now. It is natural that the Los Angeles Times announced its support for Senator McCain, as the Republican candidate, and for Senator Obama, as the Democrat candidate, at the time of February 1, 2008. On the other hand, how about former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee, who was regarded as a fly-by-night candidate at first but later put up a good fight and was flattered as "Huckbee sensation", and Senator Hillary Clinton, who had been regarded as the most potential candidate for President since early time? The reason for Huckabee's good fight was just that his extreme Christian right stance which rejected induced abortion, same-sex marriage, and even Darwin's theory of evolution was supported by the most conservative Republicans. Also, Senator Hillary Clinton is a such politician that mercilessly criticizes those who have different opinion and asserts herself aggressively. Therefore there are many people who dislike her completely while she has some enthusiastic supporters, like George W. Bush. After all, Mike Huckbee and Hillary Clinton are both the politician such that cannot reunite the United States but may divide it further. At least, the United States does not need them now. It was because Theodore C. Sorensen, a member of the Partnership for a Secure America, or PSA, announced his support for Barack Obama at the time of July, 2007 that I believed firmly that Barack Obama would win over Hillary Clinton. PSA is the American bipartisan organization on diplomacy and national security which was founded in 2005 to restore the bipartisan cooperation which had been fading away since the Iraq War, whose co-chair and co-founder is former Representative Lee Hamiliton, who served as the Democratic co-chair of the Iraq Study Group. The fact that A member of the PSA, which aims for birartisan cooperation, stands for Barack Obama means that he is hoped to unify the United States by the professionals in diplomacy and national security. Also, Theodore Sorensen had been one of the most influential John F. Kennedy's right-arm even called "JFK's alter ego" since JFK was a Senator. He also worked energeticly as the campaign strategist for Robert F. Kennedy during his campaign for President in 1968. The present United States is said to be confronted by the biggest crisis since the Vietnam War. But it has the past which it should model after. In 1968, just 40 years ago, Robert F. Kennedy run for President calling for reunification of the nation which had been divided thgouth the mud of Vietnam and he won a vast range of support. There is an episode which shows RFK's courage. It was April 1968 when Martin Luther King, Jr., the gratest leader in the American civil rights movement, was shot and killed. RFK was going to deliver a speech for his primary campaign at the black town ship in Indianapolis. However, there was arising a hatred toward whites among blacks because of the assassination of MLK. Police and supporters advice him to cancel the speech but he ignored it and started an impromptu speech. "What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black. So I shall ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King, that's true, but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love--a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke. We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times; we've had difficult times in the past; and we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; it is not the end of disorder. But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land." At that night, Indianapolis kept calm while other cities all over the United States were caught up in riots. He was to be shot and killed when he was about to obtain the nomination for the Democratic candidate but it was said that his overwhelming victory in the presidential election in November was obvious. Theodore Sorensen had been watching RFK and now he stands for Barack Obama. Not only Theodore Sorensen. It was Kennedy family's movement to support Barack Obama that I especially paid attention to. The top is one of the Kennedy Brother, Senator Edward Kennedy, who is the exponent of Democratic liberal. And the others are Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of JFK, and Maria Shriver, a niece of JFK and RFK (also the wife of Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger). It was because they saw the quality common to JFK and RFK in Barack Obama that they, who know the spirit of the Kennedy Brother well, moved to support him. The trigger of the movement by Kennedy family was that Hillary Clinton defamed Barack Obama with her husband Bill Clinton during the primary campaign. It ended in her defeat.
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Why The Rich Ignore The Poor
Related to country: Nigeria
About this category: Human Rights & Equity
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The rich (so called affluent and influential people) have in recent times have degenerated to the point where the see the poor as second class citizens and as nuisances rather than as fellow human beings like them.
While this is so, I will strongly agree that many of those that are poor, are in that condition because of their lackadaisical (lazy) and indifferent behaviors towards life and opportunities. Notwithstanding, there are lots of poor people out there who are ambitious, intelligent, hard-working and well-skilled, but all they need is the backing and support of one or two of these rich and influential people to either finance their idea or work a way for them to have a stepping ground, as we are in a world where the poor are not giving an opportunity to speak irrespective of whether they carry the golden ideas or not. We are in a society where to get a job you need to have a rich or influential person to back you up and in the case where the rich ignore the poor, it does not need to be overemphasized as it is obvious that only the rich get the good jobs, as the rich recommend the rich (those they feel are in their same class) ignoring the poor who most times are the brains of the society, thereby subjecting that poor but educated young man / woman to continuous hardship and suffering both for his or herself and their dependent family. Most of this poor homes cannot afford to send all their children to school, in most cases they tend to educate only one out of all their children due to financial restrictions, hoping that the educated one will become the light of the family after college, only for that only-trained son/daughter to be ignored by the labor market (job market) due to the fact that he / she is not from a wealthy home and therefore cannot get the recommendation of a rich and influential person for he/she to be even considered for employment or skilled opportunities. When a wealthy man/woman opens a company, he/she employs fellow kids of rich and influential citizens in the juicy positions then leave the derogatory and junior positions for the kids of the poor who in most cases have the same qualifications like the wealthy children who where given the juicy positions.
Secondly, the rich and influential people most times feign (pretend) giving the poor youths a hearing ear, only with the intention to listen to their viable ideas then run-off to implement them for their self-gratification because they have the financial-power to do so, thereby abandoning the poor youth to their fate with no credit to his/her name. The rich tend to see any poor person that comes towards them as a beggar, and thereby believe that the poor should not be given the opportunity to enjoy the good-things of life rather they should be used for derogatory and worthless jobs that eats them rather than build their skill and experience.
Suggestions / Opinions
- Why do the rich ignore the poor?
- Why do the rich believe that the poor should not have equal rights?
- Why do the rich believe that the poor should remain poor and the rich remain rich?
Please drop a comment /comments on your suggestions / opinions and why these should stop.
“Remember life is worthless when you stop being of value to others”
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Eta E. Uso (Jnr)
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Election in Burma
About this category: Human Rights & Equity
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There will be an election in our country soon.
Many ppl wanna know what will happen.
but I dun think it will make a difference because...the organization who will lead the election is not justice.
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| February 14, 2008 | 12:30 PM |
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About this category: Work & Economics
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i was being busy these days..
At the moment, I have to go to the mental health hospital to study the psychological status of those ppl there..and having a nice period studying the subject that i m interested in.
I will b back in these days after my 1st test over..
Hope my status will be ok.
thx all
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| February 14, 2008 | 11:57 AM |
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Haven't!!
About this category: Culture & Identity
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I am studying Buddhism at the moment!
Will write a panorama soon!
:)
I hope everyone can know about Buddhism more in my panorama!
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Cheers!
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| January 18, 2008 | 11:40 PM |
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A Prayer for PEACE
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Here you are
Here I am
Here they are
We are here
In this world
Full of sorrow
Full of war
Full of injustices
Full of half truths
Lacking reconciliations
But we have to move on
So we here
The voices of reasoning reckoning
But do we hear
As the wind full of cries pass
The cries of young children
The cries of our mothers
The cries of our neighbours
The cries of our sisters
The cries of our brothers
Oh! The list is quite long
But wait a minute
How did it all start
It is true we have to put off the fire
Then enquire
How it all started
Now the fire has stopped burning
How did it all start
Well it was some injustices
It was some lack of truth
It was the robbing of the hope
Of many young people
But does it justify
The blood bath we are seeing
The loss of property we are seeing
The loss of livelihood we are experiencing
We need to come together
To save the world
But also note that
PEACE without JUSTICE and TRUTH
Will never be sustained for long
But PEACE with JUSTICE and TRUTH
Is as long lasting as eternal life
A message of peace for the bleeding Kenya
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| January 5, 2008 | 1:01 PM |
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Basic Need!! At least...it should be fulfilled for the citizens!
About this category: Peace, Conflict & Governance
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Electricity is indeed a basic need for a country!!
Can a country without the 24hr facility of electricity be called a developing country??
Should it be called like that!
I am say those words "not because I am not understanding the meaning of 'developing country' but because I want to highlight that a country without electric facility is such a bad country.
Example, our country Myanmar! The government is keep saying that there are lots of megawatts coming out from the power generators. But they use up all the powers for themselves. For the citizens, they give the electricity with turns. Is it fair enough??
The government has to consider for it's citizens if it is really a nice government.
We people in Myanmar are living under so much necessities.
Even though we have to stay like that we are still surviving.
One day....
there will be electricity all over our country , not because of the government but because of the effort of the citizens themselves. That day, I hope, will soon reach.
:)
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| December 11, 2007 | 2:34 PM |
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These days!!
About this category: Environment & Urbanization
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I came to know that if I want to change the world, I have to change myself first. I have to start from the very basic point.
No matter how I were childish in the past, I will try to be a mature guy from now on. Thinkings have changed. I have grown up.
I won't try to change others unless I can change myself. So I will try to be a better guy first then. I will try to change others around me, then the ones that is close to my community , and so forth.
Yes, I believe . If I can change myself, I can change my environment for sure.
If everyone can turn their selves to good one, there will be no tears. :)
PS. I am in a panic. Can I make this happen??
SURE I CAN!! :)
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| December 11, 2007 | 2:26 PM |
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Whom I’d Love to Meet
Related to country: Nigeria
About this category: Learning & Education
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This is a passion I have been pondering about in my mind for months and weeks now. I have been actually thinking about my future outside the normal daily academic routine at the University. I have always known what I want to be in life, I have always known what I want to be in future, I have always known I could pattern my destiny the right way God wants me to through him, I have always believed in positive dreams and thinking, I have always shared the passion to be great and to be a blessing to others. And because no man is an island on his own, every successful man or woman today must have a story which never ends without acknowledging one or two people who helped them to be who they are today through God. And this is the reason I have decided to let the whole world know my ideal person I will love to meet, because my helper could come from any part of the world.
My ideal man / woman could be anybody irrespective of age, tribe, religion, race or location. However, he or she should have one thing, and that is “To share my passion to be GREAT”. He / she could be a great person already or someone with workable ideas that can achieve genuine greatness. I have this passion to be a versatile and great entrepreneur. I want to be a great stock/shares investor and earner in the nearest future. I want to be a great and world-renowned Information Technology expert, as computers and Information Technology have always been my first passion and where my heart is. I have this passion to meet great men and women. I know that to be great, one has to be mix with great men / women. One thing is for sure, THE ABILITY TO BE GREAT IS IN ME.
I am a 20 year old ambitious young man and a 3rd year Electrical / Electronics Engineering student at the Cross River State University of Technology.
I know that day is coming when I will meet with great men / women and I will come back to this blog to post my testimony and experiences for you all to see and be inspired. Stay Blessed. With Love.
“Remember life is worthless when you stop being of value to others”
Yours Faithfully,
Eta E. Uso (Jnr)
+2348052856853
Owner and Author of Technological Edge Network (T.E.N) on
www.takingitglobal.org
Organization Link (below)
http://orgs.takingitglobal.org/26591/about
My Personal Profile Link
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/etauso
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| December 6, 2007 | 6:41 AM |
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