Interesting News Story

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/01/AR2009120101841_pf.html

Now, work those gears and think about how it was always said no nation would ever do that. Now, could America do the same should, say, $106 trillion in unfunded liabilities isn't paid off when it comes due?

I also find it funny that corruption in North Korea is law:

The government has also criminalized everyday market behavior while creating a new kind of gulag for those it deems economic criminals, according to a report released this fall by the East-West Center, a research organization established by Congress to promote understanding of Asia.

The report says security forces in North Korea have broad discretion to detain without trial nearly anyone who buys or sells in the local markets. But if traders can pay bribes, security officials will often leave them alone, the report says.

Obama's Speech Tonight

Obama took 92 days to write a good speech about how he is going to use common sense in Afghanistan.

I Hate Stupid People 1 (European Union)

The EU proposed East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine. The Palestinians are a people, without a country. They have land, but no government. To recognize the capital of a non-existant government in a nation that doesn't exist is ridiculous. It is unorganized land with Palestinian residents. The Palestinians are fighting a civil war and to begin to draft this utopian vision of a great Palestinian nation is completely stupid. Right now there is no Palestine, and no agreements between Hamas, the Heles clan, Jawes clan, or the Fatah groups exist to form a government. The elections most likely won't happen in Gaza as Hamas will boycott and Fatah can't agree to be united as one political party with a youth movement pushing for its own party.

You can't have a capital without a nation. You can't have a nation without a government. You can have pride and a culture, but no capital without a government to operate from it. Jerusalem, in its entirety, has more respect for all cultures and faiths than it ever had under Arab rule. To protect the history of the Holy Land, Israel must exist or one can easily see a wave of retribution against all non-Arab cultures lead to the destruction of religious symbols such as the Taliban conducted in Afghanistan.

How To Deal With Darfur

What measures internationally would lead to a successful arrest of the president of Sudan? I will detail them in a coming series: "Darfur Politics".