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The Nicaragua Canal: Will It Ever be Built? by Attila Jancsina, Att. Everyone knows about the Panama Canal, and how it connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. However, not everyone knows that the United States originally wanted to build this canal through Nicaragua, information on which can be found in NicaFSBO. It...
The Man That is Oscar Arias Sanchez by Attila Jancsina, Att. Oscar Arias is the current president of the country of Costa Rica. He first assumed office on May 8, 2006 and is currently serving his second term. He had first been elected president on May 8, 1986 and served until May 8, 1990. For more information...
Women Take Top Spanish Positions by Roger Munns, Rog. Women have been making headlines in politics across the globe.There was once a time when having a woman in a powerful political position was unheard of. Those days are gone, for the most part. There always will be people who oppose the idea, but...
The Idiocy of Mainstream American Energy Policies by Carlton Straeker, Car. Common news reports in the United States so far: The average gasoline price will approach $5 per gallon this summer! Americans face increasing energy bills! Power outages are becoming more common in cities all across America! Food prices are at an...
Election 2008: How your vote has more impact? by Henk Mutsaers, Hen. Do you know how you're vote really makes a difference?What are your voting options at the 2008 election? Like many people, you got the idea once and a while that politicians have a short memory. Forget what you promised is like a disease called...
Virginia's new DWI detection device by Robert Keefer, Rob. On April 23, 2008, Virginia entered into a contract to purchase a new breath tester. On that same day, in accordance with its Regulations for Breath Alcohol Testing, Virginia began listing Intoximeter's EC/IR II with the Virginia test protocol as an...
John McCain is Out of Touch by Anthony Wayne, Ant. John McCain is out of touch with the American public.At a time when nearly 60% of Americans use text messaging, how does the McCain campaign not have a text message element? His competitors, Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton sure seem to be more in...
Bad Energy Policies Will Harm World Economies by Klaus H Hemsath, Kla. In 2000 a new US administration drafted a new energy plan. Two oilmen, with secret advice of the oil industry, orchestrated and supervised the plan. The results have been devastating. Gas and oil prices have escalated to more than $4 per gallon and...
The Glass Ceiling of The White House - For a Woman, It's More Like Sol.. by Diane Dutton, Dia. After Hillary's attempt to make it to the Oval Office, who can women look to as their next "Great Female Hope"?From Cond? Naste, to NAFE (National Association of Female Executives), to Pink Magazine, all eyes and journalistic talents are focused on...
Corporate Income Tax Reform--- Seriously by Steve Selengut, Ste. The investor's eye view of politics is a simplistic, practical, dot-connecting approach to sorting things out so that win/win change can be considered. Real world politics is not concerned with such things, and that is one of the most serious...
A-Z of Global Warming- Fossil Fuels by Simon Rosser, Sim. This article is taken from The A-Z of Global Warming and discusses fossil fuels. The generation of electricity from burning carbon rich coal has a greater impact on the atmosphere than any other single human activity. In 2003 the power industry...
We Can Break Oil Addiction Permanently by Klaus H Hemsath, Kla. Oil prices have begun their rise into the sky. OPEC knows that oil reserves are falling and that demand is rising. OPEC has cornered the petroleum market. OPEC's prospects for jacking up oil prices without opposition are unlimited. Or are...
We Could Fix the Gas Crises Tomorrow by David Rosenak, Dav. We could solve the gas crises tomorrow! That's right, literally, tomorrow. And no, it's not complicated, not difficult, it doesn't require enormous sacrifice or investment. The average driver, without replacing the car they have, and without...
Nichts ist unm?glich by Silke Hoffmann, Sil. Maurits Cornelis Escheriste wurde am 17. Juni 1898 in Leeuwarden, in Nordholland geboren. Er war der j?ngste von drei S?hnen des Hydraulikingenieurs G. A. Escher. M.C. Escher sollte sich in seiner Kindheit al sein au?ergew?hnlich schlechter Sch?ler...
Quantrill's Massacre of Lawrence by Attila Jancsina, Att. The attack was a direct response to suppression aid by the people of Kansas to the Missouri raiders, which were led by Quantrill, a member of the pro-slavery Confederate forces. Lawrence is also where Union and Jayhawker forces get a headstart when...
Football And Politics In Catalunia by Gaizka Pujana, Gai. Perhaps it's the lack of a Catalan side to support that causes even the most nationalist of Catalans to put divisions aside. Was this an interesting glance at the mechanics of perceived division?It's been said of the nationalist leaders of Catalunya...
A Peaceful, Powerful and Cost Effective Counter Terrorism Plan that Or.. by Ben Needles, Ben. Here is a remarkable counter terrorism proposal that was introduced by way of a gripping fiction book. Author John Erretts new espionage thriller,the Hawk is fiction but the plan that is presented at theend of the book certainly is not. It is a plan...
Barack Obamas Church: Climbing the Ladder by Ben Needles, Ben. I watch the television news and I am in awe at the shallow political reporting being done about Barack Obamas church membership. It brings up a fascinating set of questions. Did Obama only attend that church to use the anger of inner city Blacks as...
Karl Rove's Sly Deal With Fox? Wow, This Is Really Inside Stuff No One.. by Ed Bagley, Ed . Copyright ? 2008 Ed BagleyImagine my surprise when I went online recently and encountered this headline: "Karl Rove's Sly Deal With Fox". Think of a conservative, right-wing political hack with slight-of-hand magic out to pull a fast one over on...
Deep Into a Dark and Dangerous Land by Bobby Miller, Bob. This U.S. Congress has the lowest approval rating on record; nevertheless, both guys who won their parties nomination were members of this disgraceful assembly.The United States is a country so starved for an ounce integrity and vision that its...
Sour Grapes Between: China, the US and EU by Admin, Adm. Much is being said about China nowadays, most of it not good. I was in China in l996, and the people were good to fair to shitty, to nice. So somewhat like a few other countries I know, but not as bad as France, and not as good as South American...
DOD and DARPA Discussion by Admin, Adm. There is so much bureaucracy in the US Government that one has to wonder if in fact they ever do anything right. Often we will here about some new government program or something good the government is doing, yet we later find out it was pure hokum...
Government Trust at an All Time Low by Admin, Adm. As we watch the trials and tribulations of Senator Tom Delay, with his pleads of innocence and the Texas District Attorney claims of improprieties, we wonder, what on God?s Earth is wrong with our government. Manipulating our laws for their own...
Over Regulation Choking All Aspects of Human Life by Admin, Adm. No human civilization runs perfectly, that is not to say one couldn?t, as it is possible. Surely the United States runs better than most civilizations on the Planet in this present period, but with its top heavy Government it is not the epitome of...
Hurricane Conspiracy: Katrina by Admin, Adm. The female Governor of Louisiana, hiding under her skirts, should stand tall and take the blame for the dysfunctional course she piloted, in the states reaction to Katrina, the hurricane, instead of pointing fingers. She pointed at President Bush,...