By: DR FAROOQ HASSAN
August Monday, 20, 2007
When Pakistan’s history is being written objectively there is little doubt that it would signify one of the most remorseless power tussles between the civilian and military rulers on the one hand, and the secular and religious forces on the other.
As such as the country reaches it 60th birthday […]

This is a must watch hour of outstanding investigative journalism.
The Trouble with Touch Screens
It looks to be likely that the 2000 Florida vote was intentionally sabotaged by Sequoia, the single source for the ballots, by:
         1. Using sub-standard paper stock to make the ballets;
         2. Ordering the ballots be printed “short”, i.e. in clear variance with standard […]

But Only
“In the Box Solutions”
are offered up by our would be presidents and their parties.
A few of our Out of the Box Problems:
Global Climate Change
Peak Oil
Bird Flu
Global Credit Crisis
Backwards Communications Infrastructure.
An electrical system that wastes at least 70% of the energy it uses
Smoldering National Urban Crisis
A corrupt, profit driven election process
The attack on […]

This was a featured add campaign in India as they celebrated their 60th year of independence on August 15th.
Another was:
One billion hearts; one voice

India is, of course, a huge, diverse country - over 30 states, over 200 languages.
Contrast this effort in India to unify the population and build up the country with the politics of […]

Dick Cheney ‘94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire
This is truly an amazing bit of history. “How many dead Americans is Sadam worth?”

It looks like we are in for a nasty economic storm as the greed driven subprime loan bubble bursts. We are about to experience the unintended consequences of unregulated, transnational capitalism, without the tools to regulate it knowledgeably or to understand its emergent vulnerabilities.
Bush and the Republicans have thrived upon a culture of greed. […]

If today’s candidates for President have a broadband strategy for rural America, it amounts to little more than bringing the inadequate and over priced broadband offered up to urban residents to their country cousins. This is hardly a path towards recapturing global communications leadership for America. More of the same old same […]

The recent FCC decision concerning the upcoming spectrum auction clearly shows that the FCC creates policy that best suits the business plans of the companies that spend the most on lobbying. Clearly, this FCC policy is NOT based on what is best for the future of nation. This FCC shows no leadership.
For more […]