Here is something that got me excited to see, as Healthcare reform is a priotrity to me. I really believe that my family in the US deserves affordable, high quality healthcare. They deserve it. So do my former neighbors and friends in the US. I believe it is a right. The care of a good physician may have been relegated to the wealthy in the past, not any longer. Canada, Europe, China has socialized medicine. There is even legislation in place already to give Americans the same healthcare i enjoy here in Sweden. It is a bill in the house of representatives, and had ninety cosponsers the last time i checked, H.R. 676. http://www.congress.org/ams/issues/bills/?bill=9983991
Amazingly, physicians and nurses, business groups, unions, churches, they can all band together and agree on this! The entrenched interests that oppose it are the pharmaceutical companies, who are able to charge whatever they want when the government has given them free reign. The united states spends 20% of its GDP for Healthcare, Sweden, for example, spends a bit under 10%.
Funny thing i noticed this week when reading an article in Reuters, the top of the page has a caption, 'This story brought to you by Pfizer'
Makes you go Hmmm.
Check up more about groups that support single payer healthcare as is described in H.R. 676. There are many. Physicians for a Nastional Healthcare Plan is a group of over 15,000 doctors organized to offer their support, for example. https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/307/t/5720/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=3304
Here is another link about the issue http://www.pdamerica.org/leadership/
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Top Ten Reasons I Love Sweden
1. Fika- We shall not only eat between meals, we shall do it together and give it a name! Plus all the fun things to eat at fika chokladbollar, mazariner, etc.
2. Lagom- A concept of knowing things are wholly sufficient, not excessive
3. Often here in Sweden i see groups of kids. I will guess children age 8 and up seem to really have great self control. They can be trusted, as a group, to wait outdoors or go do an activity outdoors and return. It makes me feel good. My daughter is amazed that she can go home for lunch if she wants and return to school, but she hasn't chosen to do it.
4. On a dreary day recently, i went to the store with my 12 year old daughter. When we got to the corner, the sun shown out briefly, and a local Dalatrafik bus stopped and loaded with healthy, cheerful looking people, and suddenly i felt my heart surge in my chest and i gushed, 'I love Sweden.' My daughter replied, 'metoo, i never want to go back.' Of course she complains alot about everything, daily, and i am not sure what came over us at that moment. I think its the society here. Where i come from, its an 'every man for himself attitude.
5. I Love that the walking paths in the town are gravelled and cleared in winter, and even the path in the forest has streetlights, in case you go too late.
6. I love that i do not feel assaulted with fear propoganda every day from the t.v., newspapers, with the latest theme music and logo for the CRISIS. Although not being good on Swedish might mean i miss some of that, lol.
7. I have been to the doctor with a kids earache,seen, talked, and out the door less than ten minutes from the appointment time! In the US i waited 45 minutes standard for any visit to the doc. Healthcare and childcare are so fantastic to me, and if i was to bubble over with this compliment to many Swedes, i love the way they lower their eyes and shift uncomfortably....and i change the subject.
8. I Love that i can have a different opinion than someone else on a political, religious, or social issue, and they do not immediately accuse me for being anti-patriotic, or flame me outright with angry name calling and derision. Real discussions take place and alternative views are allowed.
9. A sense of knowing that people are not working only for health insurance and struggling to pay childcare, they are thinking about the next higher levels of existing, and pursue travel or cooking enthusiastically, are more social.
10. Great place to bring up children, for all the reasons mentioned before.
2. Lagom- A concept of knowing things are wholly sufficient, not excessive
3. Often here in Sweden i see groups of kids. I will guess children age 8 and up seem to really have great self control. They can be trusted, as a group, to wait outdoors or go do an activity outdoors and return. It makes me feel good. My daughter is amazed that she can go home for lunch if she wants and return to school, but she hasn't chosen to do it.
4. On a dreary day recently, i went to the store with my 12 year old daughter. When we got to the corner, the sun shown out briefly, and a local Dalatrafik bus stopped and loaded with healthy, cheerful looking people, and suddenly i felt my heart surge in my chest and i gushed, 'I love Sweden.' My daughter replied, 'metoo, i never want to go back.' Of course she complains alot about everything, daily, and i am not sure what came over us at that moment. I think its the society here. Where i come from, its an 'every man for himself attitude.
5. I Love that the walking paths in the town are gravelled and cleared in winter, and even the path in the forest has streetlights, in case you go too late.
6. I love that i do not feel assaulted with fear propoganda every day from the t.v., newspapers, with the latest theme music and logo for the CRISIS. Although not being good on Swedish might mean i miss some of that, lol.
7. I have been to the doctor with a kids earache,seen, talked, and out the door less than ten minutes from the appointment time! In the US i waited 45 minutes standard for any visit to the doc. Healthcare and childcare are so fantastic to me, and if i was to bubble over with this compliment to many Swedes, i love the way they lower their eyes and shift uncomfortably....and i change the subject.
8. I Love that i can have a different opinion than someone else on a political, religious, or social issue, and they do not immediately accuse me for being anti-patriotic, or flame me outright with angry name calling and derision. Real discussions take place and alternative views are allowed.
9. A sense of knowing that people are not working only for health insurance and struggling to pay childcare, they are thinking about the next higher levels of existing, and pursue travel or cooking enthusiastically, are more social.
10. Great place to bring up children, for all the reasons mentioned before.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Traditional Swedish Birthday Cake
In English, i believe we would refer to this as strawberry creme pie
The yellow cake is made this way
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup water
Bake at 350
The filling is fresh or frozen strawberries, i like to simmer a cup of frozen strawberries and thicken with a teaspoon of cornstarch
The cream filling is simply very thick vanilla sauce. Cheat and use instant pudding mix.
When the cake is cooled seperate into layers and cover with vanilla cream, then strawberry layer, reassemble and top with unsweetened whipped cream. A half pint of heavy whipping cream would work.
Sprinkle cocoa powder on top.
Swedish food and desserts are traditionally not extreemly sweet. There is a great love of candy (godis) in Sweden but the food is not usually flavored with sugar as the Southern US where i am from.
Mike Connell is Dead
On Friday Mike Connell was killed in a plane accident
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24TCUbKFnh0
To all my family and friends if i never talked to you about who he was, i let you down.
Of course if you want to elaborate on the conspiracy theories he may be in a witness protection program, after all his lawyer asked for federal protection for him back in July.
Here is some more info on him.
On Election Night 2004, Blackwell e-mailed Ohio's electronic vote count to a basement in Chattanooga, Tennessee that also housed the servers for the Republican National Committee. The tally "miraculously" shifted from Kerry to Bush between 12:30 and 2 am, ultimately giving Bush a second term.
The data was handled under a state contract funneled by Blackwell to Michael Connell, a shadowy Bush family IT specialist who programmed the official Bush-Cheney website in 2000 and 2004.
On the day before the 2008 election, Connell was forced to testify under oath under cross-examination by King-Lincoln-Bronzeville attorneys Cliff Arnebeck and Bob Fitrakis. Among the questions at issue was whether Connell left any "Trojan Horse" programs in place in the Ohio electronic vote count structure through which he could have hacked the 2008 outcome.
There has yet to be a definitive answer to that question, or to what he actually may have done to the 2004 vote count. But, for what it's worth, Karl Rove did shift his predictions from a McCain victory to one for Obama shortly after the federal court agreed to force Connell to testify.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00266.htm
We here in this house were cheering when he was subpoenaed before the 2008 presidential election.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24TCUbKFnh0
To all my family and friends if i never talked to you about who he was, i let you down.
Of course if you want to elaborate on the conspiracy theories he may be in a witness protection program, after all his lawyer asked for federal protection for him back in July.
Here is some more info on him.
On Election Night 2004, Blackwell e-mailed Ohio's electronic vote count to a basement in Chattanooga, Tennessee that also housed the servers for the Republican National Committee. The tally "miraculously" shifted from Kerry to Bush between 12:30 and 2 am, ultimately giving Bush a second term.
The data was handled under a state contract funneled by Blackwell to Michael Connell, a shadowy Bush family IT specialist who programmed the official Bush-Cheney website in 2000 and 2004.
On the day before the 2008 election, Connell was forced to testify under oath under cross-examination by King-Lincoln-Bronzeville attorneys Cliff Arnebeck and Bob Fitrakis. Among the questions at issue was whether Connell left any "Trojan Horse" programs in place in the Ohio electronic vote count structure through which he could have hacked the 2008 outcome.
There has yet to be a definitive answer to that question, or to what he actually may have done to the 2004 vote count. But, for what it's worth, Karl Rove did shift his predictions from a McCain victory to one for Obama shortly after the federal court agreed to force Connell to testify.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00266.htm
We here in this house were cheering when he was subpoenaed before the 2008 presidential election.
Catherine Fitts
I am reposting this from Catherine Austin Fitts blog, an economist and speaker i admire very much. I think its a nice christmas gift to everyone to subscribe to her newsletter.
2008: Looking Back
The global financial bubble burst in 2008 -- and that's a good thing.It means that the bubble economy will stop draining the real economy.Instead of capital being invested in fraudulent mortgage securities,derivatives portfolios, and companies running black-box ponzi schemes,perhaps it can be used to finance real solutions to the problemsbefore us. Now we can talk about the real world and real issues: thereare many worth addressing.
The big question of 2008 is "Where is the money?" It just keepsdisappearing. There was $4 trillion plus that disappeared from the USgovernment between 1998 and 2002 along with the pump-and-dump of theInternet and telecom stocks and Enron. Since then and into 2008, fundskeep disappearing into the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns. Now we have$700 billion in bailouts and $7 trillion plus in loans by the Fed, notto mention the $5 trillion in mortgage market liabilities assumed bythe Federal government with the passage of the Housing and EconomicRecovery Act of 2008 <http://solari.com/archive/housing_bill/>. Thefraud in the US mortgage bubble was clearly enormous. But, where didall the money go?
The global financial meltdown that some market pundits predictedhasn't happened. Instead, the "Slow Burn<http://solari.com/blog/?p=818>" continues. But, investor losses havebeen significant. The result has been an outbreak of healthy distrustwhich has resulted in the freezing up of the global financial system.Because they are not leveraged, pension fund losses have beenrelatively quiet. Look for reports regarding pension fund performanceto have a profound impact in 2009.
What this all adds up to is financial coup d'etat. Trillions arebeing stolen through the financial system in a manner that centralizeswealth, leaving governments bankrupt but with bigger budgets to assertcontrol over the wider population. Not surprisingly, this leaveseconomies ever more dependent on defense and enforcement spending asthe infrastructure of central control grows.
One of the biggest stories in 2008 was the continuing censorship ofstories about manipulations harmful to our health, includingchemtrails, the efforts to control the food and seed supply, and theongoing suppression of energy technology. Watch for a continuedfailure of traditional media in 2009 ... and a continuing loss ofmarket share due to public disgust at such censorship. Go, Wikileaks!<http://wikileaks.org/>
The Good News
One of the few good investment categories in 2008 was building localself-sufficiency. From the success of the Financial Permacultureconference in Hohenwald, Tennessee to the rapid spread of TransitionTowns around the world, to the spreading of participatory budgetingfrom Latin America, efforts by local communities to re-localize arevery encouraging. The logical response to uneconomic centralization isto look for ways to decentralize. Despite all the difficulties in theeconomy, entrepreneurs doing natural home building, farmers markets,starting farms, installing solar energy and weatherizing homes enjoyeda market moving their way. These efforts will continue to grow wellbeyond any shakeout.
In this week's Solari Report<http://solari.com/store/the_solari_report/> (Friday, December 26),I'm doing a year-end "wrap-up" looking back at events in 2008 anddiscussing what they mean to our future.
Here's an outline: -
The Slow Burn-
Bailouts: Where's the Money?-
Financial Coup d'etat-
The Crash in Commodities: Temporary or Permanent?-
The Freezing Up of the Global Financial System-
Election 2008: The First Billion Dollar Candidate-
Russia, China, and the Middle East Rising-
Pension Fund Time Bomb-
The Shake-
Out Moves into 2009 You can learn more about The Solari Report and subscribe here<http://solari.com/store/the_solari_report/>. I hope you'll join us.
2008: Looking Back
The global financial bubble burst in 2008 -- and that's a good thing.It means that the bubble economy will stop draining the real economy.Instead of capital being invested in fraudulent mortgage securities,derivatives portfolios, and companies running black-box ponzi schemes,perhaps it can be used to finance real solutions to the problemsbefore us. Now we can talk about the real world and real issues: thereare many worth addressing.
The big question of 2008 is "Where is the money?" It just keepsdisappearing. There was $4 trillion plus that disappeared from the USgovernment between 1998 and 2002 along with the pump-and-dump of theInternet and telecom stocks and Enron. Since then and into 2008, fundskeep disappearing into the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns. Now we have$700 billion in bailouts and $7 trillion plus in loans by the Fed, notto mention the $5 trillion in mortgage market liabilities assumed bythe Federal government with the passage of the Housing and EconomicRecovery Act of 2008 <http://solari.com/archive/housing_bill/>. Thefraud in the US mortgage bubble was clearly enormous. But, where didall the money go?
The global financial meltdown that some market pundits predictedhasn't happened. Instead, the "Slow Burn<http://solari.com/blog/?p=818>" continues. But, investor losses havebeen significant. The result has been an outbreak of healthy distrustwhich has resulted in the freezing up of the global financial system.Because they are not leveraged, pension fund losses have beenrelatively quiet. Look for reports regarding pension fund performanceto have a profound impact in 2009.
What this all adds up to is financial coup d'etat. Trillions arebeing stolen through the financial system in a manner that centralizeswealth, leaving governments bankrupt but with bigger budgets to assertcontrol over the wider population. Not surprisingly, this leaveseconomies ever more dependent on defense and enforcement spending asthe infrastructure of central control grows.
One of the biggest stories in 2008 was the continuing censorship ofstories about manipulations harmful to our health, includingchemtrails, the efforts to control the food and seed supply, and theongoing suppression of energy technology. Watch for a continuedfailure of traditional media in 2009 ... and a continuing loss ofmarket share due to public disgust at such censorship. Go, Wikileaks!<http://wikileaks.org/>
The Good News
One of the few good investment categories in 2008 was building localself-sufficiency. From the success of the Financial Permacultureconference in Hohenwald, Tennessee to the rapid spread of TransitionTowns around the world, to the spreading of participatory budgetingfrom Latin America, efforts by local communities to re-localize arevery encouraging. The logical response to uneconomic centralization isto look for ways to decentralize. Despite all the difficulties in theeconomy, entrepreneurs doing natural home building, farmers markets,starting farms, installing solar energy and weatherizing homes enjoyeda market moving their way. These efforts will continue to grow wellbeyond any shakeout.
In this week's Solari Report<http://solari.com/store/the_solari_report/> (Friday, December 26),I'm doing a year-end "wrap-up" looking back at events in 2008 anddiscussing what they mean to our future.
Here's an outline: -
The Slow Burn-
Bailouts: Where's the Money?-
Financial Coup d'etat-
The Crash in Commodities: Temporary or Permanent?-
The Freezing Up of the Global Financial System-
Election 2008: The First Billion Dollar Candidate-
Russia, China, and the Middle East Rising-
Pension Fund Time Bomb-
The Shake-
Out Moves into 2009 You can learn more about The Solari Report and subscribe here<http://solari.com/store/the_solari_report/>. I hope you'll join us.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Online Gaming
My husband and i play an online game together. There is some uproar lately about the SOE EULA agreement. Here i will post the differences in part bewteen the agreement for North Americans and those in the EU countries. I am still digesting this information. The EULA agreement is that annoying little message where you click 'agree' you get every time you log on.
Both North American and EU agreements are duplicated in this part:
9. We cannot ensure that your private communications and other personally identifiable information will not be disclosed to third parties. For example, we may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Additionally, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to private entities, law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to investigate or resolve possible problems or inquiries.
From here they diverge.
For North Americans, they get a continuation:
You acknowledge and agree that we may transfer such information (including, without limitation your personally identifiable information or personal data) to the United States or other countries or may share such information with our licensees and agents in connection with the Game. You agree that we may communicate with you via telephone, email and any similar technology for any purpose relating to the Game, the Software and any services or software which may in the future be provided by us or on our behalf. You expressly permit SOE to upload CPU, operating system, video card, sound card and memory information from your computer to analyze and optimize your Game experience, improve and maintain the Game and/or provide you with customer service.
For EU countries you get:
For persons in European Union countries, terms such as "personal information" refer to "personal data" as defined by the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (the "Directive"). We will not collect any personal data from you unless you provide it voluntarily by providing us with your freely given specific and informed consent. You acknowledge and agree that we may transfer such information (including, without limitation your personally identifiable information or personal data) to the United States or other countries or may share such information with our licensees and agents in connection with the Game; you should be aware that different laws and/or regulations may apply outside the European Union with respect to your personal data.
Then both agreements return to the duplicate:
Furthermore, if you request any technical support, you consent to our remote accessing and review of the computer you load the Software onto for purposes of support and debugging. You may choose to visit http://www.station.sony.com (" The Station "), SOE's web site, if The Station offers services such as a Game themed chat room or other services of interest to you. You are subject to the terms and conditions, privacy customs and policies of SOE while on The Station. Since we do not control other web sites and/or privacy policies of third parties, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the personal information you disclose to others. Solely for the purpose of patching and updating the Game and/or the Software and ensuring the integrity of the Game, you hereby grant us permission to: (i) upload Game related file information and data from your computer; and (ii) download Game files to you. You acknowledge that any and all character data is stored and is resident on our servers, and any and all communications that you make within the Game (including, but not limited to, messages solely directed at another player or group of players) traverse through our servers, may or may not be monitored by us or our agents, you have no expectation of privacy in any such communications and expressly consent to such monitoring of communications you send and receive.
Both North American and EU agreements are duplicated in this part:
9. We cannot ensure that your private communications and other personally identifiable information will not be disclosed to third parties. For example, we may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Additionally, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to private entities, law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to investigate or resolve possible problems or inquiries.
From here they diverge.
For North Americans, they get a continuation:
You acknowledge and agree that we may transfer such information (including, without limitation your personally identifiable information or personal data) to the United States or other countries or may share such information with our licensees and agents in connection with the Game. You agree that we may communicate with you via telephone, email and any similar technology for any purpose relating to the Game, the Software and any services or software which may in the future be provided by us or on our behalf. You expressly permit SOE to upload CPU, operating system, video card, sound card and memory information from your computer to analyze and optimize your Game experience, improve and maintain the Game and/or provide you with customer service.
For EU countries you get:
For persons in European Union countries, terms such as "personal information" refer to "personal data" as defined by the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (the "Directive"). We will not collect any personal data from you unless you provide it voluntarily by providing us with your freely given specific and informed consent. You acknowledge and agree that we may transfer such information (including, without limitation your personally identifiable information or personal data) to the United States or other countries or may share such information with our licensees and agents in connection with the Game; you should be aware that different laws and/or regulations may apply outside the European Union with respect to your personal data.
Then both agreements return to the duplicate:
Furthermore, if you request any technical support, you consent to our remote accessing and review of the computer you load the Software onto for purposes of support and debugging. You may choose to visit http://www.station.sony.com (" The Station "), SOE's web site, if The Station offers services such as a Game themed chat room or other services of interest to you. You are subject to the terms and conditions, privacy customs and policies of SOE while on The Station. Since we do not control other web sites and/or privacy policies of third parties, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the personal information you disclose to others. Solely for the purpose of patching and updating the Game and/or the Software and ensuring the integrity of the Game, you hereby grant us permission to: (i) upload Game related file information and data from your computer; and (ii) download Game files to you. You acknowledge that any and all character data is stored and is resident on our servers, and any and all communications that you make within the Game (including, but not limited to, messages solely directed at another player or group of players) traverse through our servers, may or may not be monitored by us or our agents, you have no expectation of privacy in any such communications and expressly consent to such monitoring of communications you send and receive.
Pickled Herring
Inlagd Sill (Pickled Herring)
8 salted herring filets
1 quart water 1 cup
Swedish vinegar (ättiksprit, 12%)*
2 cups sugar
3 cups water
5 allspice whole
5 peppercorns
2 bay leaves
1 red onion -- peeled and sliced
1 carrot -- peeled and sliced red onion -- sliced
Soak 8 salted herring filets in 1 quart water for 3 hours. (at Christmas we buy fish in cans at this stage)
Skin and cut up into bite size squares
Combine 1 cup vinegar, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups water, allspice, peppercorns, and 2 bay leaves in a medium pot. Bring to a boil, then let cool.
Place fish in a glass jar, layering up with the sliced peeled red onion and sliced peeled carrot. Reuse a spaghetti sauce jar works for this. The layers look attractive in the jar.
Pour vinegar mixture over herring and vegetables, cover, and refrigerate for 3-7 days. We also did a version with leeks, you can put in what you like.
Serve with sour cream and boiled potato, garnish with chives. Great cool summer dish!
*I am not sure if you can get 12% vinegar in Virginia at supermarkets, personally, I think its worth a try with white vinegar.
There are many variations of this dish, and at Christmas and Easter we get several varieties for the table. Red beet sill, Mustard sill, Onion sill…. I have an absolute favourite if you go to the Ikea you MUST try this stuff!!!! Its made by the Abba brand, its called Skärgårdssill (archipelago herring) It’s a white creamy sauce with roe, the sauce the fish is in is just as yummy as the fish! I love it on whole grain bread for breakfast :P or lunch…. Or snack…. Good luck making sill, I hope you all at least get to salt some, the fried salted herring we eat in Virginia is exactly the same here.
8 salted herring filets
1 quart water 1 cup
Swedish vinegar (ättiksprit, 12%)*
2 cups sugar
3 cups water
5 allspice whole
5 peppercorns
2 bay leaves
1 red onion -- peeled and sliced
1 carrot -- peeled and sliced red onion -- sliced
Soak 8 salted herring filets in 1 quart water for 3 hours. (at Christmas we buy fish in cans at this stage)
Skin and cut up into bite size squares
Combine 1 cup vinegar, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups water, allspice, peppercorns, and 2 bay leaves in a medium pot. Bring to a boil, then let cool.
Place fish in a glass jar, layering up with the sliced peeled red onion and sliced peeled carrot. Reuse a spaghetti sauce jar works for this. The layers look attractive in the jar.
Pour vinegar mixture over herring and vegetables, cover, and refrigerate for 3-7 days. We also did a version with leeks, you can put in what you like.
Serve with sour cream and boiled potato, garnish with chives. Great cool summer dish!
*I am not sure if you can get 12% vinegar in Virginia at supermarkets, personally, I think its worth a try with white vinegar.
There are many variations of this dish, and at Christmas and Easter we get several varieties for the table. Red beet sill, Mustard sill, Onion sill…. I have an absolute favourite if you go to the Ikea you MUST try this stuff!!!! Its made by the Abba brand, its called Skärgårdssill (archipelago herring) It’s a white creamy sauce with roe, the sauce the fish is in is just as yummy as the fish! I love it on whole grain bread for breakfast :P or lunch…. Or snack…. Good luck making sill, I hope you all at least get to salt some, the fried salted herring we eat in Virginia is exactly the same here.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Cuba Grows 4%
These things seem out of place but i will pull it together at the end.
Weird stuff, Cuba's economy grows 4% in 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24754940-5018001,00.html
And here you can read about the missing trillions everyone is wondering (and still wondering) about
http://whereisthemoney.org/
Dick Cheney is indicted for prison profiteering.
http://solari.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/cheney_indictment1.pdf
(sadly the judge who performed this act of justice may face persicution for doing his job)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6131207.html
One day before charges of corruption were brought upon him,
'Gov. Rod Blagojevich told all state agencies to suspend business with Bank of America immediately.'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/08/2008-12-08_illinois_governor_cuts_off_bank_of_ameri.html
Wow all this stuff is totally random i guess..... and in no particular order. Its easy to get distracted isn't it and start chasing your tail. OK going down the line i will make a train of thought .
What we want is sustainability,
Cuba does show an example of that, though we may not agree with everything about their way of government, they are the only nation in the world who has achieved sustainable agriculture.
I dislike the mistrust that is being sown by the secrecy of where all that money flows through federal agencies. It echos in our mistrust of institutions that we need to strengthen our families, like education and retirement.
It is really hard to believe that there are people in this world who, when they see children playing in the schoolyard, see only $oldiers, and jailbirds. It's discouraging. The Judge and Mr. Blagojevich, both facing repercussions
from standing up to this twisted system. If they are indeed corrupt also, as the things they tried to bring to light, i hope all people can take educated action. I am debating myself how to use my credit union from Europe...
Weird stuff, Cuba's economy grows 4% in 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24754940-5018001,00.html
And here you can read about the missing trillions everyone is wondering (and still wondering) about
http://whereisthemoney.org/
Dick Cheney is indicted for prison profiteering.
http://solari.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/cheney_indictment1.pdf
(sadly the judge who performed this act of justice may face persicution for doing his job)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6131207.html
One day before charges of corruption were brought upon him,
'Gov. Rod Blagojevich told all state agencies to suspend business with Bank of America immediately.'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/08/2008-12-08_illinois_governor_cuts_off_bank_of_ameri.html
Wow all this stuff is totally random i guess..... and in no particular order. Its easy to get distracted isn't it and start chasing your tail. OK going down the line i will make a train of thought .
What we want is sustainability,
Cuba does show an example of that, though we may not agree with everything about their way of government, they are the only nation in the world who has achieved sustainable agriculture.
I dislike the mistrust that is being sown by the secrecy of where all that money flows through federal agencies. It echos in our mistrust of institutions that we need to strengthen our families, like education and retirement.
It is really hard to believe that there are people in this world who, when they see children playing in the schoolyard, see only $oldiers, and jailbirds. It's discouraging. The Judge and Mr. Blagojevich, both facing repercussions
from standing up to this twisted system. If they are indeed corrupt also, as the things they tried to bring to light, i hope all people can take educated action. I am debating myself how to use my credit union from Europe...
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Send Warm Wishes to Canada
I hope you all are noticing the struggle for democracy in your backyard.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/05/stephen-harper-parliament-suspended-canada Harper appeared on national television on Wednesday night vowing to block a coalition from coming to power. "Canada's government will use every legal means to protect our democracy, to protect our economy," he said. The Liberals AND the Socialists have put aside their differences to unite in a DEMOCRATICALLY elected parliament. They areunited because they belive Mr. Harpers economic policies are dangerous to the nation of Canada. The nation, is not the same as the government. The president is essentially saying *your government will protect you from democracy*
There is something else i want you to watch because ignoring the struggle of other countries and knowledge of history is dangerous.This stuff is important and i hope you will do more research on it, and share what you learn with concern, not combatance. There is a coalition of parties in Thailand. They represent the majority of the people, many poor rice farmers and other less powerfulpeople. The parties are unbited against the old Chinese-Thai families and royalists who are rich and powerful. They PAID protesters to shut down the airport in Banghkok recently and dissolved the democratically elected government. By paying the protesters, who called themselves'People's Alliance for Democracy, ironically, and also by controlling media and convincing people the opposition used voter fraud and is corrupt, they have suppressed a government who represented the needs of poor workers in Thailand. Most westerners do not care, they just care their vacation plans are disrupted. Many news articles give incomplete information you will have to read different sources. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5271710.ece http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/12/200812372511594298.html
Btw, In your own neighborhood there are numerous grassroots activists who are organizing on issues that you may find important. I just thought this was interesting if anyone wanted to get motivated about schools or something. http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_results?event_type=231&zip_radius%5B1%5D=150&type=advanced&orderby=zip_radius&zip_radius%5B0%5D=23116&x=22&y=15
Happy Reading!
There is something else i want you to watch because ignoring the struggle of other countries and knowledge of history is dangerous.This stuff is important and i hope you will do more research on it, and share what you learn with concern, not combatance. There is a coalition of parties in Thailand. They represent the majority of the people, many poor rice farmers and other less powerfulpeople. The parties are unbited against the old Chinese-Thai families and royalists who are rich and powerful. They PAID protesters to shut down the airport in Banghkok recently and dissolved the democratically elected government. By paying the protesters, who called themselves'People's Alliance for Democracy, ironically, and also by controlling media and convincing people the opposition used voter fraud and is corrupt, they have suppressed a government who represented the needs of poor workers in Thailand. Most westerners do not care, they just care their vacation plans are disrupted. Many news articles give incomplete information you will have to read different sources. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5271710.ece http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/12/200812372511594298.html
Btw, In your own neighborhood there are numerous grassroots activists who are organizing on issues that you may find important. I just thought this was interesting if anyone wanted to get motivated about schools or something. http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_results?event_type=231&zip_radius%5B1%5D=150&type=advanced&orderby=zip_radius&zip_radius%5B0%5D=23116&x=22&y=15
Happy Reading!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Not what it Seems
Thailand's government has been disbanded in a ruling of the courts. Here are a couple of articles on the subject.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5271710.ece
Yes you finally got to use your airport again, forget those people and their petty problems.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/12/200812372511594298.html
Sunai Phasuk of Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera that the PAD had "successfully manipulated Thailand's democratic process".
The PAD protesters were PAID, many times the daily wage of a farmer in Thailand. They shut down the airport and sure got the attention. The truth should be told, PPP won the election fairly, and the Royalists along with other moneyed interests don't want things to change. PPP is the party of the rural people and the poor who want to see more infrastructure built. I will get back to this later.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5271710.ece
Yes you finally got to use your airport again, forget those people and their petty problems.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/12/200812372511594298.html
Sunai Phasuk of Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera that the PAD had "successfully manipulated Thailand's democratic process".
The PAD protesters were PAID, many times the daily wage of a farmer in Thailand. They shut down the airport and sure got the attention. The truth should be told, PPP won the election fairly, and the Royalists along with other moneyed interests don't want things to change. PPP is the party of the rural people and the poor who want to see more infrastructure built. I will get back to this later.
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