Finally a debate that was a little interesting though whether it will change anything in the voters minds is something we are going to have to wait until the 4th of November. Personally I am happy I already sent my absentee ballot. Read the rest of this entry »

End of the week and nor relief on sight! The bailout seems so far away and we are still asking ourselves if it accomplished anything. Now we are facing not just an American financial crisis but a global one. Read the rest of this entry »

At the end, it seems everybody realized the situation was so dire for the economy of the United States -and also for the global economy- that there was no solution but an agreement by both political parties on a bailout. Read the rest of this entry »

Today my day began reading the update someone on my team had written. I like it when they do it as one can then read opinions other than mine and it gets more interesting. Also, it is good for me when I am very busy that someone else helps with the blog. Read the rest of this entry »

Another G8 summit has just finished. The issues discussed ranged from rising food and energy prices to aid for Africa and the political crisis in Zimbabwe. Of course global warming was one of the main problems in everybody’s mind. But after all the meetings and talks, is the planet going to be any better? Hard to say but certainly not in the near future. Read the rest of this entry »

Starting on April 13th President Carter traveled to Israel, the West Bank, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan and met with leaders of each of those nations. This trip has been extensively criticized in the US especially by the Bush administration, as well as by the government of Israel – not for the trip in itself but for the meetings with Hamas and the Syrian government. Read the rest of this entry »

Taking a short break from the US election’s politics, I decided to concentrate on the environment. This is a global theme which by definition affects us all and yet it has, strangely enough, been quite absent in both the Democrats and the Republicans campaigns. But I said I was going to take a break for that, didn’t I?
Instead I will begin by describing the attitude of the current administration which in almost eight years in power has not contributed much except in a negative way towards solving or ameliorating a problem which threatens the earth: global warming. Read the rest of this entry »