Archive for 'General'
France’s Divorce Rate Up By One
18 October 2007Frances President Nicolas Zarkosy and First Lady Cecilia have called it quits. After months of speculation by the public and the press, it was announced today that their divorce is finalized.
Although a first for a French President, their rocky relationship was suspect for a time now, evidenced by her absence at official occasions and [...]
Who will win the Nobel Peace Prize for Health Care Reform
12 October 2007Today Al Gore and the United Nations Climate Panel (IPCC) won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for Global Warming . Who will win the Nobel Peace Prize on Health Care Reform?
I’m waiting for the good soul who will come up with the solution to the world wide problem of health care, and win the Nobel [...]
Free Burma Action Day
4 October 2007Free Burma Action Day
International bloggers gathering today in support for the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons.
Make A Difference: Make a donation to the Democratic Voice of Burma
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Latest News from Burma
2 October 2007On Saturday, Ngway Kyar Yan, one of the monasteries that was raided by government troops on Wednesday, was hurriedly cleaned up and restored, prior to the arrival of the UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari on Monday Oct 1st. New monks were installed at the monastery following the arrests of large numbers of Monks during the [...]
Ahmadinejad Meets The World
26 September 2007Ahmadinejad speech started out with a conciliatory tone,”Today human thought reflects outstanding commonalities which provide appropriate grounds to build upon”. He went on to talk about peace, human dignity, justice, the need to end poverty, the gap between rich and poor countries, the spread of terrorism, especially state terrorism, the existence and proliferation of weapons [...]
Myanmar (Burma) Monks Defy Government
25 September 2007Anti-government protests have been taking place in Myannar, formerly known as Burma, for 8 days now. “The protest is not merely for the well-being of people but also for monks struggling for democracy and for people to have an opportunity to determine their own future,” one monk told The Associated Press. “People do not tolerate [...]
Ahmadinejad Meets America
25 September 2007In a heavily secured room at Columbia University in front of 700 plus people, 80% students at Columbia, the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met his match. Despite knowing that he would be bombarded with criticism from all sides, he came to convince Americans that his country is not building nuclear weapons and that [...]
“Think Peace” NOT “Anti-War”
22 September 2007The definition of Peace according to Wikipedia, is a state of harmony, and the absence of hostility. Peace can also describe a relationship between any parties characterized by respect, justice, and goodwill.
War on the other hand is a prolonged state of violent, large-scale conflict involving two or more groups of people. Usually arising [...]
Results for “Get Out Of Iraq Poll”
22 September 2007The results for the Get Out Of Iraq Poll, are running neck and neck, all answers hovering around 20% to 25%.
The Poll Continues but since we’ve reached the 100 voter mark, I thought we’d post the results so far. If you’d like to vote, GO HERE TO VOTE
How Should We Get Out Of Iraq?
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Fed Rate Cut
18 September 2007The Fed rate cut surprised everyone. The Fed’s lowered the Fed Fund Rate 50 basis points down to 4.75%, much better than the expected 25 basis points. The Fed Discount Rate also went down 50 basis points down to 5.25%, surpassing expectations that were a 0-25 basis point cut. This sent the message out [...]
Get out of Iraq Poll
18 September 2007We know the majority of American people want out of the Iraq war, but how do we do it is the question.
<a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” >Poll Survey</a> - <a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com/poll.asp?p=106436″ >Take Our Poll</a>
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Anti-War Protest at the Capitol
18 September 2007An rally and march organized by the Answer Coalition took place on Saturday and Sunday in Washington D.C.. War protesters in the thousands including Iraq War veterans, marched from the White House to the Capitol calling for an end to the war and Bush’s Impeachment. About 190 protesters were arrested mainly for jumping over [...]
The Republican Debate: Schwarzenegger’s VS the GOP: Take the Poll
6 September 2007 <a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” >Survey Polls</a> - <a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com/poll.asp?p=99804″ >Take Our Poll</a>
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“Post Partisan”: Republican Quotes
6 September 2007“Well. there we go again”, Ronald Reagen would say. Arnold Schwarzenegger is in the lime light as usual, causing waves again. This time with his own party. He’s making public his feelings that the Republican party should widdle their platform rhetoric down to a couple of sentences, mainly focusing on lowering taxes, shrinking the long [...]
Track Record for our Congressmen
26 August 2007Want to know who in Congress, has the most success in getting Bills passed, has had no Bills passed, or just simply doesn’t show up to vote. Interesting statistics about our dear Congress over at GovTrack.us.
Read More: GovTrack.us: RepStats
Statistics Nutshell (see more)
These representatives are the most . . .
Absent: Del. Faleomavaega [D-AS] (43% votes [...]
KGB Taking Russia Back
25 August 2007Ex-KGB member and now President Vladimir Putin is apparently not the only ex-KGB member in today’s Russian Government. Has the old KGB slowly creep-ed in while no-one was looking?
“Three out of four senior Russian officials today were once affiliated to the KGB and other security and military organizations.” Greed and corruption rule, and although Russia [...]
How Congress Votes
21 August 2007 The Political Spectrum
The political spectrum image is generated through a statistical analysis of the cosponsorship of bills in the 109th and 110th sessions of Congress. The analysis places representatives who cosponsor similar legislation closer together — it does not rely on party affiliation information or any analysis of bill content. A [...]
Stop the Abuse in Darfur
21 August 2007On September 27th, join 1,000s of bloggers around the world in BlogCatalog’s Blogging for a Great Cause Challenge.
Join Bloggers to sound out about the abuses that take place all around the world.
My challenge is to get the word out about the genocide happening in Darfur. If enough people make a raucous about it [...]
Bush on Border Security and Immigration
11 August 2007President Bush and his cabinet announced the actions they will be taking to address immigration problems and border security. “These reforms represent steps my Administration can take within the boundaries of existing law to better secure our borders, improve worksite enforcement, streamline existing temporary worker programs, and help new immigrants assimilate into American society.” (source: [...]
Go Viral
10 August 2007Viral Tag Matrix!
A Link Exchange Program
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The idea of this tagging program is that once I get a ping back from you, I will add your anchor text and the associated link to my ViralTag Matrix above. The more bloggers that copy and paste this matrix, [...]
