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Then a few pages later she referred to the LA riots a “rebellion”.
I read an article on mob mentality that characterized the brutal assault on Reginald Denny during the LA riots as a protest, over the lack of jobs in the area. The subsequent aquittal of most of Denny's attackers was a total about face, of the law's stance on those who take part in crime during riots. It used to be considered a more serious crime to act as a mob i.e. lynching, now it is an excuse as in the case of Denny's attackers. The first two paragraphs here are worth a look.http://www.law.upenn.edu/fac/phrobins/books/Denny.pdf
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/017073.phpAbove link is from a conservative source but no civilized person could defend this "torture" makes waterboarding look like a cake walk.http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2008/09/iranian-youth-reject-islam-return-to-zoroastrianism.html Above link is representative of the students that I have met from the Middle East, look at the contrasthere. In Iran people under age 30 represent the largest demographic, their parents fought the war against Iraq and these young people embrace the West. In my veiw the reason for this can only be a rejection of theocracy.Good for them, I say they want a revolution.
I would submit that 6th century Islam was more tolerant than present day Islam. Women were not so repressed and Muhammad ibn Abd Allah,(570-632) founder of the religion was influenced by and admired the Jews. In Arabia, he saw that the cohesive nature of the Christian and Jewish religions, living in exile in Arabia, made for a high functioning, productive society. He banishes idol worship from Mecca (many battles fought over this) and establishes the law of 'umma, that is all humans should live in corresponding unity. He tolerates any monotheistic religion, including what could could be considered cultism, so long as it meant a spiritual journey of the self. Islam was intended to be a quest for this level of peace, thus the phrase "religion of peace." I think the problem comes in with the directives put into place after Muhammad has died and the the rift develops, Shia-Sunni. Here we have ever more bitter disputes and more hardship imposed on Muslims, more seclusion from non-Muslims, especially Jews and Christians.
So then the point would be, not where democracy originated but which version was adopted and from which source. The republic of early America is absolutely unique, please point out an earlier model from which “all men are created equal” or “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” could have been derived.At any rate, it was a very good article.
Here is a short article and interview with Marc Faber, he was screaming about Greenspan lowering intrest rates in 2003! http://www.tuccille.com/blog/2009/02/marc-faber-calls-stimulus-package-path.html
I think Nixon was the last president to take us off the gold standard, some economist predict precious metals will be the next bubble to bust. I'm hearing lumber and farm products will be the best investment looking ahead. One difference between the Great Depression and today's crisis is that the stock market wasn't regulated so guys like Joe Kennedy could manipulate the market, all for personal gain. In a stark contrast today, the market and commodities are strickly regulated, so guys like Barney Frank can manipulate the financial markets, all for political gain. Uh Hmm >:(
Investopedia Says:The use of the gold standard would mark the first use of formalized exchange rates in history. However, the system was flawed because countries needed to hold large gold reserves in order to keep up with the volatile nature of supply and demand for currency. After World War II, a modified version of the gold standard monetary system, the Bretton Woods monetary system, was created as its successor. This successor system was initially successful, but because it also depended heavily on gold reserves, it was abandoned in 1971 when U.S president Nixon "closed the gold window".from answers.com
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/ithaca.htmlAccording to the Odysseus Unbound project, ?The new research shows that [Paliki], this 6 kilometre-long and up to 2 kilometre-wide isthmus contains no solid limestone down to at least 90 metres below today?s surface. The fill is loose material, some of which originated through catastrophic rockfall from the earthquake-prone mountain range to the east.?The newly released data provide significant support for the theory that the peninsula of Paliki, today connected to the island of Cephalonia by an isthmus, was once separate, low-lying island of Homer?s Ithaca. As scholar Gregory Nagy of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., told Smithsonian Magazine in 2006: ?We?ll never read the Odyssey in the same way again."This may be of intrest here. 🙂
Economics, economics and psycology. :'(http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/
I'm in Massachusetts and here school is cancelled if we go down to -1.Crazy huh? People endure much worse elsewhere, we are weenies.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/21/chariot-bulgaria.htmlThis is a great discovery from 2008.
http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/ancient/ancient.htmHello all, I hope you are well.This is a great subject, for me mythology always turns to thoughts of ancients finding fossils of dinos and believing they were the cyclops, griffin, dragons etc.There was a Greek writer, whose name escapes me, darn it! I know this writer documented finds that were exhibited all over Greece. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it! Also, if anyone cares to opine, what is the signifigance of the sacrificial ritual in Ancient Greece? Was there human sacrifice?
