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Jan 19
NGO's in places like Sudan, Somalia, Myanmar, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, Albania, and Zimbabwe have become the preferred venue
for Western aid - both humanitarian and financial - development
financing, and emergency relief. According to the Red Cross,
more money goes through NGO's than through the World Bank. Their
iron grip on food, medicine, and funds rendered them an
alternative government - sometimes as venal and graft-stricken
as the one they replace.
Local businessmen, politicians, academics, ... Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 06
Their arrival portends rising local prices and a culture shock.
Many of them live in plush apartments, or five star hotels,
drive SUV's, sport $3000 laptops and PDA's. They earn a two
figure multiple of the local average wage. They are busybodies,
preachers, critics, do-gooders, and professional altruists.
Always self-appointed, they answer to no constituency. Though
unelected and ignorant of local realities, they confront the
democratically chosen and those who voted them into office. A
few of ... Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 29
Take hope all you people! Your great suffering has not been in
vain. Many alive today will live to see the fulfillment of end
time prophecies. That is, the end of the Old World Order, which
has oppressed all the people of the world, even as it has
rewarded its faithful servants.
Osama Bin Laden began this work with his war on the West, which
is the stronghold of Mystery Babylon the Great, described in the
last book of the Christian Bible. Although Osama only succeeded
in destroying the main ... Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 27
What once was America's War on Terror is fast becoming Europe's War on Cultural Intolerance. It is one thing for Bush to announce democracy's extension into the Middle East as an expression of Western ideals'freedom, liberty, tolerance, ad nausea, ad infinitum'as a guise to buttress cheap oil prices and to further addict the world to the petrol-DOLLAR . . . it is quite another thing for Europe to rally its indifference, mediocrity and effete cultural pride to assail the Islamic hoards who,
... Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 20
'I have no priorities. I simply go on,' Gore Vidal told me in a Dec. 21, 2005 interview, 'I do what I think needs doing.'
His 'doing' has resulted in a remarkable prolific career as a novelist, essayist, playwright, historian, and bold defender of the American Constitution and our republic. From this man, whom I have read and admired for many years, I sought an interview which would, to some degree, delve into personal thoughts, as well as touch on political matters. As he told me at the end ... Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 12
The colossus of Israel's Center-Right is no more. Sharon's cerebral hemorrhage, induced coma, and declared departure from Israel's political life have created a grave and vacuous ability for Israel to carry on viable negotiations with either the Palestinians or other belligerents. This assessment is more an international impression and less an Israeli one; however, it is the international community's perception that overwhelms.
Successors are no where to be found compared with the stature and ... Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 04
I. Introduction
Pol Pot was actually the initiator of the Revolutionary Organization, whose policy completely transformed the Cambodia's national administration. From the time he was a child, till he was a Sisowat College professor, Pol Pot was deemed as 'nationalist' by many people, especially by his students and those who attended his lectures. Though it was depicted by Keo Samuth that 'Under Pol Pot, for three years, eight months, and twenty days, our people lived in hell' (Fox&Ung, 1998, p. ... Read the rest of this entry »
Nov 29
1. IS HAVING A DEMOCRACY MORE EFFECTIVE IN ADDRESSING POLITICAL
CONCERNS?
The answers below, except for item 3, are a composite of what
has come out of 3 Christian web sites in trying to answer the
above question.
1) Winston S. Churchhill used to say "Democracy is the worst
system of government we have, except for all the others.
2) Democracy is more effective, if it upholds the protection and
advancement of individual well-being, through good public
education, civil liberties, and a largely ... Read the rest of this entry »
Nov 25
President Bush has referred to Jim Gilchrist as a "Vigilante."
Many American citizens have an opposite view, calling him a
Patriot. The vast majority of Republican voters want the problem
of a tidal wave of illegal aliens pouring across our borders
solved, not swept under the rug! Their reasons for concern range
from potential terrorist threats, and fears of the importation
of vicious gang violence, as well as the adverse economic impact
on wages and employment opportunities of illegal ... Read the rest of this entry »
Nov 22
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Republicans are using a smokescreen but they also are in the
process of turning against the war and demanding a withdrawal.
What became of all the hot rhetoric about being tough on
terrorism, that Iraq was the center of the war on terrorism, and
that to do anything less than stay the course in Iraq would be
an insult to our troops AND leave the place in the hands of Al
Qaeda? We've been down this road before.....in ... Read the rest of this entry »
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