Will the 76 year old brother of Castro, follow in
his brother’s footsteps of murder and mayhem. Or is it just plain madness?
The ageing Castro finally handed the reins of the
Presidential control over to his 76 year old brother, Raul Castro, six months
ago. This was after a 49 year rule which left the nation of Cuba deprived of
democratic elections. Raul has 77 year old Jose Ramon as his Deputy and 72 year
old Gen. Julio Casas as his Defense Minister.
This Article is about choosing our next President and trying to understand how they will enhance our lives.
Copyright (c) 2008 Patti Schneckenberger
America is gearing up to pick a new and hopefully improved President of The United States. The stakes are high and yet is anyone really asking the right questions? The media seems to be more concerned with sound bites or slips of the tongue or even a fashion statement to define the right person for the job.
It is a question that should never have to be asked, but sadly it is a question that must now be examined.
I hope that the answer is yes.
As I watched the recent primaries, I was filled with the hope of a new time ahead, a new destination for our country. If Barack Obama’s speech was filled with electricity, John McCain’s speech was fossil-fueled. There is no way Barack could lose this election.
Unless?unless there are too many people like Jim.
The Story of Jim
The USA must become independent of foreign oil imports again, the world must halt global warming, and world economies must continue to grow. A comprehensive plan to achieve these objectives during the next decades is offered. The US has to stop burning of fossil fuels and must convert its electricity generation to renewable energies. Liquid transportation fuels must be produced from biologically recirculated carbon in biomass.
The USA must become independent of foreign oil imports, the world must halt global warming, and world economies must continue to grow.
High priced gasoline is not the PROBLEM. High priced gasoline is the SOLUTION! The PROBLEM is that we are burning up oil as fast as the world can pump it out of the ground. In the thirty five years since OPEC made it clear that we had a serious problem, we have done nothing to solve it. We should have created high priced gas and oil through add-on taxes over the last 35 years, and we would not have this problem today.
The PROBLEM is that we are burning up oil as fast as the world can pump it out of the ground.
High priced gasoline is not the PROBLEM. High priced gasoline is the SOLUTION! The PROBLEM is that we are burning up oil as fast as the world can pump it out of the ground. In the thirty five years since OPEC made it clear that we had a serious problem, we have done nothing to solve it. We should have created high priced gas and oil through add-on taxes over the last 35 years, and we would not have this problem today.
The PROBLEM is that we are burning up oil as fast as the world can pump it out of the ground.
High priced gasoline is not the PROBLEM. High priced gasoline is the SOLUTION! The PROBLEM is that we are burning up oil as fast as the world can pump it out of the ground. In the thirty five years since OPEC made it clear that we had a serious problem, we have done nothing to solve it. We should have created high priced gas and oil through add-on taxes over the last 35 years, and we would not have this problem today.
The PROBLEM is that we are burning up oil as fast as the world can pump it out of the ground.
The USA failed to block the Russian advance towards the Balkans.
I. NATO’s Bucharest summit
The United States had two strategic goals as it faced its reluctant allies in NATO in the April 2008 Bucharest Summit:
1. To seal NATO’s commitment to encompass and extend its security guarantees to Southeast Europe (the western Balkans, notably Macedonia, Albania, and Croatia, aka the Adriatic Charter Group) and, thus, to completely surround a belligerent Serbia, peeved as it is by Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence.
The USA will not guarantee Macedonia’s security in the wake of its conflict with Greece.
On the strength of a Greek veto, Macedonia did not receive an invitation to join NATO, while Albania and Croatia, the two other members of the Adriatic Charter Group did.
As partial compensation, the USA may sign a “technical-military” agreement with Macedonia, but it will NOT include “security guarantees”.
Why so?
1. Security guarantees are granted exclusively in the wake of a war or a conflict and as a means to ascertain the implementation of an agreed settlement between the adversaries (e.g., a ceasefire or a peace agreement).