nicely written and explained! much obliged! to further the discussion... this means that the banks get to own real assets (put up as collateral against the...
We vote here in Amurrka and get about as much power from it as did the Russians in the Soviet Empire or the Germans from the 1920's onward, or any other...
... I agree with you, Andrew. But, if we are on a forum called "world citizen," it is because we are idealists and we want to see a change, don't we? If the...
... Of course, Gary. Do you know anybody who want to give up his or her job? Do you know a custom officer who want to legalize drugs? A fisherman who praises...
... I agree with you, Jim. The Dalai Lama has said that the purpose of life is to be happy. But if we don't feel happy as long as we don't have a more...
... I agree, Gary. Actually I think that everybody agree. So, how do we change that? Shouldn't we educate ourselves by saying that we should follow our head...
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Oct 2, 2009 3:54 am
Hi Except that scientists and scholars don't really understand journalism. Just as you wouldn't want journalists to be in charge of doing scientific research,...
... indeed, there are virtually no superior genes.Wether a gene is helpful or inconvenient, very often depends on circumstances. And it seems that all of us ...
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Oct 2, 2009 3:54 am
HI I think this is an over-generalization. While it is true that some immigrants came for that purpose, not all did, and I doubt it was even the majority....
... Not that I know of, in Scandinavia, Gary. What I know is that commercial stations drop more and more news, only to give entertainment. News cost too much...
... Ronaldo, why are the Flemish people not a part of The Netherlands? Why do we have, today, to live with national borders formed by the Napoleon wars? But if...
... Good question to which I have no answer, Gary; I am not that much well informed about the Nordic politics. All I know is that they are pleased with it;...
Hello. Has anyone read on Libian president Muammar Qaddaffi wanting Switzerland dismantled, carved up linguistically, and each part given to Italy, Germany,...
Quote:Think we should take a great scam like this worldwide on an overt level? Certainly not!We need to shatter the"Corporate Mystique"that is dominating our...
Subsidies for having children? In the U.S. it's called public assistance and welfare. The more children a single mother produces, the more cash, benefits, and...
That's pretty much "fractal lending" in a nutshell. It goes on ad-infintum since what people are actually borrowing is an illusion created by accountants....
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Oct 2, 2009 3:56 am
Hi One problem with a gradualist approach is that those who are opposed to the process can continue to use delaying tactic after delaying tactic, to put off...
If we survive, there will be this and that unfair thing over the next 10,000 or so years, and it is important to remain aware of those unfair future things....
Yet, there is the question of how deep this belief is. Would those people in the world who are not actual sadists really be unhappy if everyone in the world...
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Oct 2, 2009 3:57 am
Hi The trouble is that centralization and decentralization are neither inherently good or bad; they work differently in different situations. Let me give an...
... I agree with that, Andrew, and I have previously tried to explain what, I think, is the evolutionist reason behind it. But don't you agree that we should...
... Jim:::What you say is true. However, there is a variable involved which I think is very important. The quality of the decisions a majority makes depends on...
Among conservative circles in the United States, being communist is being liberal. So if one supports the rather thin social programs in America, like food...
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Oct 2, 2009 3:57 am
Hi I wasn't trying to be chauvinistic, I was merely using the United States as an example because I am most familiar with it. If anyone is familiar with a...
One piece of evidence seems solid. During the last several hundred years, when a nation's standard of living has risen by a reasonably large amount, the...
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Oct 2, 2009 3:57 am
Hi My understanding is that the United States military is developing 'bunker busting' conventional bombs, designed to penetrate deep into the ground before...
Speaking about America, the American economy isn't really the free enterprise system many Americans believe it is. They are told Anerica has a free enterprise...
