We One People

India's Maoist threat. Deja vu?

India's Prime Minister says that its Maoist insurgency is the single biggest threat to India's security. He goes on to say India is losing the battle against these rebels (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8266550.stm). This implies that the Maoist insurgents of India are a bigger threat to India than neighboring countries such as China and Pakistan and islamist insurgents including those in Kashmir.

Capitalism, Communism, Dictatorship, Democracy, Religious or Secular State?

Which is right?

A sad and shameful record.

In 2009 the number of hungry people on earth has exceeded the 1 billion mark while countries spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a new space race and over a trillion dollars on military spending.

Death by war vs. death by starvation.

What is the difference? Over one trillion US Dollars!

A sad day.

Today, August 1, 2009 is a sad day. 

On August 1, 2009 six of our fellow human beings, four women, one man and a child died in religious unrest between Christians and Muslims in Pakistan (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8179823.stm).   Pakistan is struggling to deal with the Taliban and this mistrust and consequent conflagration between Christian and Muslim Pakistanis only makes that struggle more difficult.

Africa

August 20, 2009:  The Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the libyan bomber of Pan Am flight 103, returned to a hero's welcome on his return to Libya after his release from prision on compassionate grounds. He is dying from cancer.

September 9, 2009: Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi again received a standing ovation, this time from a group of African Union MPs. Read the BBC article "Africa MPs cheer Lockerbie bomber".

The Holocaust

Did The Holocaust really happen?

Honduras, Iran for want of a One World Government

In my blog http://www.weonepeople.com I argue that we are all really the same, made up of the same matter which we have absorbed from the air we breathe, water we drink and the food we eat.  The air that we breathe has no national boundaries neither does the water we drink.

The United States of America and World Governance

Why does the government of the United States of America act like it rules the world?  Why is the United States the lead country trying to stop North Korea, Iran and other countries from developing nuclear weapons?  Why is the United States trying to set up democracies in Iraq and Afghanistan?  Why is the United States trying to promote democracy in Africa?

 

Why is the United States' Dollar the anchor currency of the world?

Are Russia, China and India vying to usurp the USA from that position of world dominance?  Would Russia, China or India be any better than the United States in that role?

The goodness of money

In the post Money is the root of all evil I said "The root of all evil is not money.  It is the human lust for wealth and power".  Money, like a knife or atomic energy can be used for evil or good.  While examples of usage of money in a negative manner abound, the use of money in a positive manner is harder to find and is generally associated with wealthy philanthropists.