Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 1, 2010
Leaving Iraq after seven years…
In a televised address from the Oval Office, President Obama declared last evening an end to the seven-year Iraq war in a rather gloomy speech befitting a grim and violent war. He said that the United states had met its responsibility towards Iraq and that now it was time to turn to problems at home. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 19, 2010
The British are coming…
British Prime Minister David Cameron, in power since last May, arrives Tuesday to the US for his first official visit. In the UK there is a lot of expectation about the treatment he will receive by the Obama administration. The British have not forgotten the shoddy treatment the former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown got last year during his White House visit. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 6, 2010
Stubborn unemployment
If one looks at it from Europe, the unemployment rate in the US does not look so bad. The problem is that the rate does not tell exactly what is going on. For instance, in May the rate declined to 9.5% from 9.7% but that did not mean that more jobs were available. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 20, 2010
BP is not the only one to blame…
After the intense ‘grilling’ that a US congressional committee put BP chief executive,Tony Hayward, last Thursday one would have expected that afterwards we would have concentrated in solving the disaster that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 14, 2010
The company name is BP Amoco!
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a tragedy in more ways than one. Unfortunately, in our anger and impotence to solve it we have been too quick to find a culprit: BP, which contrary to what most people think -even President Obama made that mistake- does not stand for British Petroleum but for Beyond Petroleum. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 4, 2010
Latest in Germany and the Gulf of Mexico
News change fast these days. In a few hours we have to, if not change, at least report how things have altered. In Germany, it seems it is not going to be “Frauen-Power” after all. The new government designated front-runner for the post of president is the Lower Saxony Governor Christian Wulff. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 2, 2010
Indignation and disappointment
This time, hopefully, the disproportionate violence of the Israeli government in international waters is not going to be easily forgotten. The death of the activists and the many nationalities involved is going to keep the act alive. And so it should be until a transparent and full independent investigation, not an Israeli one as suggested by the US, takes place. Read the rest of this entry »
