Posted: under Government.
Tags: Clinton, elections, Obama, politics, proportional reperesentation, voting
Dang it Obama, why did you have to do it? Why did you have to go first? If John McCain had named his running mate first, I theorize that you might have chosen Hilary as yours. Now he beat you to the punch. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 26 2008
Posted: under Government.
Tags: Cyclone Nargis, earthquake, humanitarian aid, Japan, Kakegawa, Kobe, Myanmar
I was dismayed to learn of the government of Myanmar refusing some of the humanitarian aid being offered for the survivors of Cyclone Nargis. Whenever I hear of a government refusing food and medicine in a time of need, I cannot help but be reminded of Japan’s reaction to foreign humanitarian aid offered immediately after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Read the rest of this entry »
May 10 2008