Freedom and its Price in the Georgian Conflict
by Joseph, Jos. Normallythe articles I write deal with sports, photography, or sportsmemorabilia preservation. Now, given that the Beijing Olympics are inprogress, the general assumption is that I have an unlimited numberof topics to discuss. Needless to say this...

Economic Crisis - Dynamics and Causes
by Knut, Knu. An economic crisis has happened with regular intervals throughout the last century, it happens again in the year 2008, and probably will happen in the future in much the same way. There is no fundamental differences between such crises in our time...

Socio - Political activism on the Internet
by Liza, Liz. Withinevery society, groups of individuals come together to supportdeserving causes. Social activism is most common in the politicalarena, where groups bound by shared public interests act in concertto deliver votes for political parties....

Introducing the New Face of America ? Presidential Election 2008
by Liza, Liz. TheAmerican electorate is going to the polls tomorrow. As the hourspass, the battle for the position of ?leader of the free world?being contested by two high profile senators is being heatedlydebated in every corner of the nation. The country has...

The American Economy and Election ?08
by Liza, Liz. TheAmerican economy has spun into an economic meltdown, including thelargest drop in GDP growth since 1980. The constant blow to thenation?s consumers has drastically reduced spending power, causingdepression worries. A widespread drop in housing...

APEC leaders look to India, China for growth
by Brand, Bra. Hedging himself on emerging Asia, Bob Buckle, chairman ofthe APEC Economic Committee told the AFP ?If China and India come through this crisis withvery good growth rates that would be very important for the rise of globaleconomy.? ?The IMF added...

SL Technological College Foundation Inc. Awarded as Outstanding OTOP M..
by Coreen, Cor. SL Technological College FoundationInc. was the recipient of the Outstanding OTOP MSME Partner award for themedium enterprise category at the OTOPProvincial Congress 2008 held last September 18, 2008 at Casablanca Hotel,Legazpi City.?The Department...

The McCain Tax Reform Plan For Long Term Economic Growth?
by Steve Selengut, Ste. The writing is on the wall (street, that is), and it is telling us that we need to reaffirm the United States as the dominant force in the global economy, and that we have to do more to protect our citizens' retirement and investment programs.Most...

Are we Green? Do we Recycle? Canwe outlast the Dinosaurs?
by David Rosenak, Dav. For most people, "Being Green" is a matter of throwing the pop can in the recycle bin. Not a bad thing to do, but is that going to fix the planet?We ridicule the dinosaurs by referring to anything obsolete as a "dinosaur". However, the dinosaurs...

Types Of Flack Jackets Used By The U.S. Military During The Vietnam Wa..
by Joelyn Pullano, Joe. A flack jacket is a form of protective clothing in the design of a vest. It is used to provide protection from shrapnel and other indirect low velocity projectiles. The flack jacket was originally developed by the Wilkinson Sword company during...

Nancy Pelosi and Neville Chamberlain
by Bobb Miller, Bob. DAYTON, Ohio AP - Democrat Barack Obama batted away conservative criticism Friday over a comment he made about Americans' lack of foreign language skills. EndIt is only natural that the Republicans would reject the idea of American youths getting a...

Death on the Road - Dangerous Drivers To Face Tougher Sentences
by Patrick Omari, Pat. The Road Traffic Act 1991's definition of dangerous driving states that 'a person who causes the death of another person by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle dangerously on a road or other public place is guilty of an offence.' The ambiguity...

How To Win The Election And Clean House
by Scott Mcgregor, Sco. Thank Heavens for George Bush! With elections coming up, neither Republicans nor Democrats want to appear soft on terrorism, genocide, nuclear detonation in urban areas, nor overdue parking tickets. Both parties agreed to take care of you, me and...

Live and Let Die - Government Funds End of Life Care
by Patrick Omari, Pat. 'One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly'. Nietzsche.The UK is set to introduce their first ever End of Life Care strategy to enable people to have more choice about how and where they die. The government is expected to...

Sleeping Dogs, Politics, and Politicians
by David Rosenak, Dav. I read an article in the paper the other day. When Bob Dole was running for President, he asked the oilman T. Boone Pickens to head up his campaign in Texas. In return Pickens wanted to write the energy policy that Dole would put forward. Dole...

Labour Looks to Re-Write Its Own Rules
by Patrick Omari, Pat. Surely most of us have been in a financial quagmire at some point in our lives and learned that borrowing your way out is not the answer. Not Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.As the global recession lumbers closer, the government has announced its...

The Kyoto Protocol - A-Z of Global Warming
by Simon Rosser, Sim. This article, taken from The A-Z of Global Warming deals with the Kyoto Protocol. A major political force which brought global climate change to the fore was born from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, where an agreement called the United Nations...

Halt Global Warming by Stopping Fossil Fuel Combustion
by Klaus H Hemsath, Kla. After years of warning the world about global warming and its dire consequences, Al Gore, the Nobel Prize winner, has finally taken the next, logical step. He is proposing a solution.Mr. Gore has realized that conservation measures and "Cap and...

Politics: I’m Gonna Run for Office
by Eric Le Grande, Eri. I’m gonna run for office…I swear. Next election quarter I’m gonna come out and run for President as an independent. How hard could it be? Isn’t our Nation about the people? What better for our nation to be run, than by a youth? I mean, the youth are...

High priced gasoline is not the PROBLEM. High priced gasoline is the ..
by David Rosenak, Dav. The PROBLEM is that we are burning up oil as fast as the world can pump it out of the ground.The PROBLEM is that it has been thirty five years since OPEC whacked us between the eyes, and told us that we were at the mercy of a bunch of evil tyrants...

Should Jose Medellin Be Executed?
by Brian Cuban, Bri. Jose Medellin is a convicted rapist. Jose Medellin is a convicted murderer. Fourteen years ago he was sentenced to death for participating in the gang rape and murder of Elizabeth Pena, 16 and Jennifer Ertman who was 14. The girls had tragically...

An Introduction to Obama
by Maxine Clarke, Max. He may well be the President in waiting, but how much is known in the UK about Democrat candidate Barack Obama? Following his fleeting visit to these shores in July, this article takes a brief look at the rise of the Senator from Illinois. Born...

The Hague in the Political Spotlight
by Maxine Clarke, Max. The forthcoming trial of former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide and crimes against humanity is the latest high-profile, international case to be conducted in The Hague. At a time when the world's media descend and set-up camp in...

T. Boone Pickens, Visionary or Profiteer?
by Klaus H Hemsath, Kla. T. Boone Pickens, a billionaire with large natural gas holdings, is spending more than $50 million to convince US politicians and the public that natural gas should become a transportation fuel and should be priced much higher. Gasoline costs ten...

The Brown Navy And It's Roll In The Vietnam War
by Joelyn Pullano, Joe. The concept of riverine forces was not new to Southeast Asia. During the Indochina War of 1946-54, French forces created the Dinassauts, which were combat organizations designed to operate in the hostile environment of Vietnam's waterways. These...