#248 poverty

Finally the real question is asked on poverty in some nations: why is Africa poor?
A commentator, an African, candidly acknowledges that Africa is rich in resources but it is their national leaders who are corrupt and squandered the people’s wealth for their own pleasure.
The leaders fill their own stomach but the people…?
Should surrounding or rich nations offer [...]

#234 thot-provoking

I read this piece on blog ‘a baseline scenario’ written by Sanjiv Gupta for Huffington Post (?) dated on 10 March 2009 under the title — The Change We Need I: A Bank for America — :
 …Rather, I want to use the crisis in our financial system to pose a fundamental question about our political system.
Consider: [...]

#139 release of political prisoners

According to some news sources, Congressmen Frank R Wolf and Chris Smith went to Beijing to lobby release of 734 (?) political prisoners under the human rights banner.  
Are these congressmen willing to absorb these political prisoners to America — that is, to offer these political asylum to their country?
What are some implications in releasing these political prisoners? [...]

#84 marketing politics

I’ve been following the American Hilary-Obama ‘reality’ online show…occasionally.
Recently I saw a review on this book, ‘Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy’ by John Quelch and Kathleen Jocz. I’ve yet to lay my hands on the book though…
Marketing democracy? Americans have interesting ways of improving issues like voters apathy…or marketing the candidates…or fine tune the political process(?) and blah, blah, blah.
Another sophisticated [...]