Archive for 'World Politics'
The Tibetan People Have Stood Up, Now Step Aside China…
18 March 2008If anyone should understand fighting for an ideology it should be the Communist Party of China. In the words of their beloved Communist leader Mao Zedong, who when proclaiming victory back in 1949, declared that “The Chinese people have Stood Up” against imperialism, feudalism, bureaucrat-capitalism and their general representative”. Well the Tibetans have [...]
Could Chavez Be Bi-Polar…
7 March 2008
After ordering thousands of troops to the border of Colombia and threatening them with retaliation with his Russian weaponry, if they dared enter Venezuelan space, Chavez is singing a different tune. Or is he?
The tensions were triggered by a scuffle that broke out between the leaders of the terrorist group FARC, and the [...]
Is War Brewing In South America?
4 March 2008Hard to tell what is really happening, considering the players. Hugo Chavez the somewhat boisterous president of Venezuela and Rafael Correa the president of Ecuador have both ordered troops to their borders with Colombia. An operation by the government of Colombia and it’s president Alvaro Uribe, led Colombian military to cross over into Ecuadorian [...]
Indifference is Complicity: China Sells Arms To Sudan While We Do Nothing…
25 February 2008photo credit: mknobil
As long as China is held without reproach for selling weapons to the Government of the Sudan in exchange for oil, then the situation in Darfur will not change.
Evidence from a videotaped parade last year shows that the Chinese Government are heavily arming the Sudanese government without regard to the atrocities [...]
Fidel Hands Over The Cigar…and Retires to Miami…
20 February 2008
OK, so maybe he’s not moving to Miami and probably not going to Disneyland, unless Bush wants to invite him for a family outing. I am sure that there are many that would love for him to come to Miami, where he would be tarred and feathered at best.
Fidel Castro took over the reign of [...]
Pakistan Tries To Give Birth…
19 February 2008Pakistan tries to give birth to new leaders in the hopes to unify the Nation against Islamic extremists. The polls were finally opened after a delay of nearly six weeks after Benazir Buttho’s assassination. Although the voter counts were down due to fears about violence, and voter apathy, the offical death toll reported after the [...]
East Timor: Still Struggling After All These Years…
12 February 2008
Not since 2006 has East Timor experience such violence, but here it is again, beckoning at the door.
After an attack on the President’s home, cult rebel leader, Reinado lays dead and the president, Ramos-Horta lays in a hospital bed in Australia. A 48 hour curfew is in effect, and things appear calm but more [...]
Darfur: Will the Genocide Ever End…
10 February 2008The UN Refugee Agency in Chad reported that around 12,000 refugees have fled Darfur into Chad over the weekend, escaping air strikes by the Sudanese Military. Reports of attacks in three border towns on Friday is what prompted the exodus. According to the incoming refugees who are mostly men, say to expect thousands [...]
Political Bucket List…
21 January 2008In case you haven’t seen the movie, a “Bucket List” is a “Wish List”.
Before you “Kick the Bucket” what would you like to see happen Politically in the world.
What is your Political Wish List
I’ll Start it, You finish it:
Term Limits, Term Limits,Term Limits!!! 2 Years no more.
No More WAR!!!
Line Item Veto
If not Line Item Veto, [...]
Russia’s Ex-KGB Man and Venezuela’s Wannabe Commie Run Elections In Unison…
1 December 2007Both Russia’s Ex-KGB’s Putin and “wannabe Commie” Hugo Chavez are looking to change the world. Both the Russian Parliamentary Elections and Venezuela’s Referendum campaign to make 69 changes to it’s constitution, are being held on Sunday. As if in Unison, both Putin and Chavez are looking to make themselves Presidents for life. Both presidents seem [...]
What Is It about Mankind…
28 November 2007What is it about mankind, that we don’t learn from our mistakes. Everyday I look at the news, whether on the TV, Newspaper or the Net, it’s the same thing everywhere. War, Death Tolls, Violence, Political Posturing, mostly Ego’s at work.
Anywhere you look, history shows us what has worked and what hasn’t. What [...]
Are Islamic Extremists Taking Over Pakistan?
3 November 2007Gen. Pervez Musharraf has declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, suspending the constitution, cutting off communications in the Capital, shutting down all television transmission except for State run TV, suspending Freedom of Speech, allowing authorities to detain people without charges and replacing the chief Supreme Court Justice.
Threatened by an ever increasing opposition both [...]
Hugo Chavez Getting Some Of His Own Medicine
2 November 2007Protests have swelled in Venezuela, against Fidel Jr, otherwise known as Hugo Chavez. They were touched off on Thursday by Chavez’ attempt to amend the Constitution so that he can run again for President in 2012. Along with another 68 amendments to the Constitution, which Students believe ” would violate civil liberties [...]
Argentina And US in Parallel Universes
28 October 2007
As if in parallel universes, Argentina and the US are having elections and current and former First Ladies are front runners in the race for President.
In Argentina: Cristina Fernandez Kirshner, wife to current President Nestor Kirshner is currently a Senator and close adviser to the president, and a lawyer. Nestor Kirshner managed to get [...]
Could this be the turning point in Iraq?
24 October 2007According to American Commanders, the drastic drop in US military and Iraqi Civilian deaths is due to the US Troop increase and the Iraqi surge against al-Quaeda and Shiite militia extremists.
Over the last four months, Shiites and Suni citizens have been joining the Americans in the fight against these extremists. Commanders attribute the drop in [...]
Peru’s Fujimori Soap Opera Continue’s
21 October 2007Peru’s former president and Political escapee, has been formally charged with murder, kidnapping, bribery, wire tapping, and misuse of government funds. Bringing his self-imposed exile to an end in search of further Political aspirations, is what may have been Fujimori’s downfall.
In October, 2005 after stating that he would run in the April, 2006 elections, his [...]
Burma’s Dictator Tells Another Lie
19 October 2007Under heavy International pressure, the military Junta in Burma has announced that it is taking steps towards the “Road Map” that will take the country towards Democracy and free elections. They’ve created a 54 member committee that will be in charge of drafting the long-awaited constitution. No starting date for the committee was announced.
It appears [...]
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 [...]
China Jealous Of The Dalai Lama
18 October 2007The Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor that can be given to a civilian, at today’s meeting in Washington with President Bush and other members of Congress. “Calling the Dalai Lama a “universal symbol of peace and tolerance, a shepherd to the faithful and a keeper of the flame for his [...]
Russia: One Step Forward Two Steps Back
14 October 2007Condoleeza Rice is concerned that Russia is backsliding on democracy. After meeting with Human Rights activists in Russia this week to get their feeling about the upcoming elections, her statement made clear her fear, “In any country, if you don’t have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.”
Rice [...]
