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Corporations for Dummies

…cows. You take over his farm, eat both cows and wait for the international community to supply more. _____ A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide. _____ A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month,…

Two Cows

…heard multiples, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. Anarchism You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you. American corporation You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead. French corporation You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. Japanese cor…

Survivors and activists hail cluster bomb ban

…in eight years, clear contaminated areas within 10 years and help affected communities and survivors such as Silamphan. The provision of victim assistance, which includes physical rehabilitation, psychological support and socio-economic integration, sets “a new standard in international law”, said Lou Maresca, legal adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). So far 107 countries have signed the convention and 37 countries have…

Shakedown in America

…. Who can I blame for this? Capitalism? Baby-boomer, Gen-x’er greed? Bush? Coming back to America, somehow I simply cannot shake the feeling that society has lost any depth and it’s become a culture of people whose sole purpose is to buy things. “I buy things, therefore I am,” seems to be the current state of mentality, especially here in California. We now have the Christmas season coming up and for some reason it doesn’t seem as special as when…

San Francisco

…under my skin, especially if they call me names! I guess over time, I’ll become accustomed,, or should I say “hardened,” again and regain the ability to ignore the bad people. But I’ve got to say, from my international experience, I would actually be less worried about traveling to Iran or the middle east since I know why violence occurs there and there is usually a reason. Here, I could get mugged, beat and so on for no reason what so ever. Being…