Sathya Sai Baba 84th Birthday Celebrations. Will 21st Century India Tolerat
2009-11-22 02:03:00 Unimaginable splurgings of pomp and conspicuous waste attend Sathya Sai Baba's imperial-like birthday celebrations. The global financial meltdown will not have melted down his vast reserves of gold. Many politicians from right across India's political spectrum fall at Sathya Sai Baba's feet. Likewise industrialists, judges, many of the top brass from the armed services and police, and so forth. We know, too, via strong former devotee contacts with those who have roles at high levels, that, though there are those in foreign service who regret it, diplomats have been told "not to rock the boat" on the Sathya Sai Baba issue. This is actually a great disservice to India, because Sathya Sai Baba is NOT India!
Golden Throne of India?s Sathya Sai Baba. He says he will Rule the world so
2009-11-21 22:05:00 Soon never comes ... On November 23, 2009, he celebrates with enormous pomp and extravagance his 84th birthday. Sathya Sai Baba is haggard, weak and ailing, although on his 60th birthday he proclaimed that he would thenceforth not age. He long ago said that he will travel to other countries, actually naming some of them, and that he would perform these visits after first putting his "own backyard" (India) in order. In many respects, India is still in a parlous state.
Don't fall into the poverty trap. You might never get out...
2009-11-13 18:05:00 image via wikipediaUntil you earn about $40,000 a year, you're pretty much stuck in poverty, economists' numbers show. In fact, until you get past $40,000 a year, any raise or higher paying job you get might actually sink you deeper into poverty. Take a look at this story about a single mother, who after getting a higher paying job, didn't spend a dime more and couldn't pay her bills:Continue Reading......
Poverty: blame it on the Democrats? Monday news round up
2009-10-12 20:10:00 Photo from bobster855 on flickrA North Carolina blog rounds up the 10 U.S. cities with the highest poverty rates: 1. Detroit , MI 32.5% 2. Buffalo , NY 29.9% 3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8% 4. Cleveland , OH 27.0% 5. Miami , FL 26.9% 6. St. Louis , MO 26.8% 7. El Paso , TX 26.4% 8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2% 9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1% 10. Newark , NJ 24.2%What do they have in common?...
Could there be an end to poverty?
2009-10-08 17:55:00 5751 S. Throop Street in West Englewood by David Schalliol. Yesterday, I was driving on the North Shore, on my way to see a friend. I had never driven through Winnetka before, and I exclaimed "Oh my God," aloud at least three or four times alone in my car. The mansions. Holy cow. Gates and tennis courts and green houses and giant houses that look like some kind of cross between Gone With the Wind's Tara and the Cinderella castle. How in the world do people have that much money? was the main thought running through my head. The day before, I had been driving through Englewood, where there are as many empty lots and boarded up buildings as palatial...
Which comes first: poverty or spanking? Friday news round up
2009-09-18 22:10:00 Photo by Art by Heather on FlickrThe LA Times reviews a new Duke University study that tries to untangle spanking your kids from being poor. The study shows that poor children are way more likely to be spanked, but it also makes them more aggressive and slows their development. It sort of asks the question - are kids spanked because they are poor and then become poor because they were spanked?The study says parents often spank because they themselves are dealing with challenges - like being a young or single parent or living in poverty - and they also might reflect that poor parents are preparing their kids for a life full of these same challenges. The UN and the...
Poverty in US way up, Power Elite doing just fine
2009-09-13 19:36:00 On September 10, 2009, the US Census Bureau released the latest figures for poverty rates in America which now affect one in eight Americans.Our plutocrats-in-charge, the grossly wealthy and morally deformed power elite, remain unmoved as their NWO plans steamroll along. And it continues to amaze me that so few people in this country see a connection!On Jan 1, 2006, with Astrology as a lens and intuition my guide, I was blogging like the dissenting gnat I am here on SO'W and fussing about upcoming Soup Lines Across America. Was I wrong? Well, I wanted to be, yet felt a sinking feeling that I was not.Please check out a bit of (Freemason) President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Jan 20, 1937 Inaugural Address where he defines the test of our progress, the dynamics of which I assert were of no concern to George Bush or to other US oligarchs.So Bush's financial crisis of 2007/2008 expectably occurred, ostensibly giving states and the federal government many excuses for cutting back on publi...
Union Bank Philippines keeping Filipino?s in Poverty
2009-08-20 05:38:00 Union Bank Philippines is doing its best to keep Filipino?s in poverty and people hungry. Remember the story from yesterday Unionbank Philippines Theft it is now 24 hours since that poor woman has been able to eat, because Unionbank Stole her money and will take 15 days to pay it back if they ever pay it back. We still can see no reason why it takes 15 days other banks in the world can sort a problem from a ATM fault like this in a few hours, we can only presume the reason for 15 days is it?s a long enough that many people will forget it, so Union Bank never has to pay it back. This seems to be the case we have had comments left by people who have never got their money back after ATM machines failed to pay out.While Unionbank does it?s best to keep people hungry and in poverty they also report record profits. Pat yourselfs on your back Union Bank you have record profits because you steal from your customers and keep your country in poverty. Bonnie and Clyde also bragged about the h...
Is there a Poverty Draft? Friday news round up
2009-07-17 17:00:00 Poverty Draft? - Thought-provoking opinion piece. What's the real difference between joining a gang and joining the military? It's a short read, so give it a look and tell me what you think. HUD announces $113 million available for housing transformation, community revitalization - A new program called "Choice Neighborhoods" will offer funds to "challenge public, private and nonprofit partners to extend neighborhood transformation efforts beyond public housing and link housing interventions more closely with school reform and early childhood innovation."A Home-Spun Safety Net - Another op-ed, this one about how difficult it can be to use the "system" to get help. A family who has renamed TANF (which stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) to stand for "Torture...
pearl1 wrote a new blog post: Born in poverty
2009-07-15 12:06:00 pearl1 wrote a new blog post: Born in poverty A self-made millionaire and founder of the first fashion empire, Coco Chanel was one of the most famous and admired famous women entrepreneurs of the 20th century. Born in poverty, Chanel longed for luxury, wealth and independence. She created clothes and jewelry for others that were the same as she created for herself. Coco Chanel was one ...
A Fellow Blogger In Need
2009-05-31 01:39:00 Former GTL? Blogger And Personal Friend Is Reaching Out For Your Help It was with great pain I read the heartfelt plea for help in my email box. In fact, my great personal friend had called and left a message on my cellphone a couple of days ago and I sent him a quick email ... DON'T MISS... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Lack of Budgeting Causes Poverty?
2009-04-12 08:48:00 Recently, there are quite a few people losing jobs and going into debts. However, there is nothing surprising about that. In fact, the surprising thing is that a lot of those who get into real big problems are not the really poor folks, but rather those once-rich highly-paid executives. It is bad to lose jobs for anyone, ...
Downturn could kill 400,000 children, warns Margaret Chan
2009-03-15 03:12:00 From: Times Online Thousands of women and children are dying as a direct consequence of the current economic crisis which is already derailing efforts to improve maternal care and cut child death rates, the head of the World Health Organisation has warned. Speaking to The Times after a meeting of world leaders hosted by ...
By: News for Greens
Autism and Fuel Poverty: Minister Rosie Winterton responds to UKAF
2009-02-23 19:14:00 British Minister at the Department of Work and Pensions, Rosie Winterton MP, Minister has responded to the call of the UK Autism Foundation on the serious issue of Autism and Winter Fuel Poverty. The UK Autism Foundation has been campaigning non stop on behalf of families with autism who are below the poverty line. The economic ...
MPs call for urgent action on Autism and Winter Fuel Poverty
2008-12-18 15:02:00 (Westminster, UK) Parliamentarians of all parties in Westminster are calling for urgent action on autism and winter fuel poverty.Dr Rudi Vis - MP for Finchley & Golders Green has tabled early day motion 281 in the House of Commons. One of the co-sponsors of the motion is Lee Scott, MP for Ilford North, Patron of ...
UK Autism Foundation Appeal on Winter Fuel Poverty
2008-12-10 20:31:00 (London, UK) An autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation has appealed to Her Majesty’s Government to support families and adults with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome who are suffering fuel poverty this winter. The charity has been in touch with Chancellor Alistair Darling, Business Secretary Lord Peter Mandelson, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Children’s Secretary Ed Balls, ...
Fighting Poverty with Killer Eggplant
2008-11-18 07:01:00 The Killer Eggplants are coming…they should arrive in 2009. I’m joking, of course. But Science Daily News reports that scientists have developed a newer genetically modified eggplant, which is now in the testing phase and so far it has tested safe and nutritious. If it passes the test, the new variety would allow farmers to grown eggplant without ...
Fighting Poverty One Person at a Time
2008-11-15 03:35:00 Yesterday morning, we heard the bands playing. This is not unusual in our town: A lot of funerals hire bands to march with the departed to the cemetery, and since the Palenke (open air market) burnt down last year, and many of the shops moved to the sidewalks of the main streets a block away, ...
Poverty Versus Denial
2008-11-14 01:02:00 Former Bushco speechwriter Michael Gerson opined as follows in the WaPo yesterday?Political indifference to durable poverty in our midst has long been a scandal; from Obama it would be a tragedy.From here?According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor statistics, the national poverty rate increased from a record low of 11.3 percent in 2000 to 12.5 percent in 2007 -- an increase of approximately 5.8 million Americans living below the poverty line. ?In George W. Bush?s presidency, there?s been an almost total absence of benefits of growth trickling down to the middle class, much less to those at the bottom,? says Jared Bernstein, an economist with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, whose extensive writing on the working poor includes the book "The State of Working America." The nation's unemployment rate has risen from 4 percent in 2000 to 6.1 percent at present. Bush's economic policy has been marked by tax cuts largely beneficial to the wealthy, while federal...
UK Autism: Launch of Initiative on Poverty and Autism
2008-11-04 11:02:00 (London, UK) A huge initiative was launched on Monday 3rd November in an effort to persuade Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Chancellor Alistair Darling to reach out to families with autism during the present credit crunch and recession. Autism is a neuro-developmental disorder, according to UK researchers 1 in 100 children has autism - there are ...
future headline: microfinance ends poverty!
2008-11-03 13:46:00 Consider these statistics... Almost half the world ? over three billion people ? live on less than $2.50 a day. At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day. More than 80 percent of the world?s population lives in countries where income differentials are widening. The poorest 40 percent of the world?s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income. According to UNICEF, 26,500-30,000 children die each day (that is one child every three seconds) due to poverty. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (same as children population in France, Germany, Greece and Italy). An estimated 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, with 3 million deaths in 2004. Every year there are 350?500 million cases of malaria, with 1 million fatalities: Africa accounts for 90 percent of malarial deaths and African children account for over 80 percent of malaria victims worldwide. Some 1.8 milli...
microfinance solution to poverty
2008-10-20 21:16:00 Poverty is one of the biggest problems that our world faces today. Many experts believe that the gap is widening and that simply throwing more aid at the problem only makes it worse. They also share that the best way to bring people out of poverty is by enabling people to pull themselves out. If ...
By: BibleDude.net
Stand Up, Take Action Against Poverty Campaign
2008-10-18 06:27:00 Last year, the Philippines won the no. 1 slot for the most number of people who stood up against poverty in the Stand Up Against Poverty, according to Minar Pimple, United Nations Millennium Campaign deputy director who is personally giving the good news to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.To achieve 15 million people who will stand up and take action against poverty for this year in order to sustain the country?s first place position, no less than Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal will lead the campaign on the occasion of the Asian Conference on Religion for Peace at the University of the Santo Tomas (UST).Minar Pimple, United Nations Millennium Campaign deputy director, who had a TV interview in Equilibrium: Sukatan ng Katarungan, hosted by former Senator Heherson Alvarez, Presidential Adviser on global warming and climate change, will be joined by Suneeta Mukherjee, UNRC AI and UN family focal person for the Philippine campaign, together with partners in the aforemention...
Poverty
2008-10-16 02:06:00 Poverty. When I speak the word “poverty”, I imagine barefooted, naked, dirt-stricken and malnourished children running around, makeshift homes with thatched roofing or with only a piece of tarpaulin serving as its walls, women huddled in one corner gossiping and men who are naked from the waist up, with cigarettes hanging from their darkened lips while ... [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty - We Can Make A Difference
2008-10-16 00:07:00 Today I am proud to be a part of the second annual Blog Action Day. Each year on October 15th, thousands of bloggers, spanning the globe, unite to bring awareness to one specific global issue. This year bloggers aim to “bring awareness, initiate action and shake the web” about poverty using their own unique voice. I would like to bring this to your attention. Every three seconds… …a child dies from extreme poverty and over 1 million Canadian children live in poverty. These numbers are unacceptable and something can be done. Get involved! It’s not hard and it doesn’t have to cost you a dime. Your voice is a powerful and effective tool to get the word out that we must Make Poverty History, our children depend on it. For more information about poverty in Canada, and globally, visit the sites below. These sites will help explain the little things we can do that could have huge impact on this battle to end poverty. Make Poverty History Campaign 2000 N...
By: The PREVA Report
Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty - We Can Make A Difference
2008-10-16 00:07:00 Today I am proud to be a part of the second annual Blog Action Day. Each year on October 15th, thousands of bloggers, spanning the globe, unite to bring awareness to one specific global issue. This year bloggers aim to “bring awareness, initiate action and shake the web” about poverty using their own unique voice. I would like to bring this to your attention. Every three seconds… …a child dies from extreme poverty and over 1 million Canadian children live in poverty. These numbers are unacceptable and something can be done. Get involved! It’s not hard and it doesn’t have to cost you a dime. Your voice is a powerful and effective tool to get the word out that we must Make Poverty History, our children depend on it. For more information about poverty in Canada, and globally, visit the sites below. These sites will help explain the little things we can do that could have huge impact on this battle to end poverty. Make Poverty History Campaign 2000 N...
By: The PREVA Report
Blog Action Day 08 - Poverty
2008-10-15 23:00:00 Earlier  today I shared about my coupon savings and even free food items with using Savings Angel.  After visiting a few of my favorite blogs today, I see that today is “Blog Action Day” an event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. This year’s topic (today) is poverty.   Though we have gone through very rough times (several job lay-offs, working from home solely, medical issues and two deaths), wondering how we’d make ends meet, we have never had an empty refrigerator, or empty cupboards. We might not always have on the shelf what we want, but there has always been food. I’ve been so excited in building up our pantry some, excited to get greatly discounted, nearly free and free food, but reading some of the blogs today that are part of the Blog Action Day has made me stop to think. I cannot imagine my children running out into the streets begging for f...
Blog Action Day - to hell with poverty we?ll get drunk on cheap wine!
2008-10-15 21:31:00 Heute ist Blog Action Day und da meine augenblicklichen intellektuellen Fähigkeiten das Verfassen eines 50-zeiligen Pamphlets nicht zulassen, muss ich mich auf das beschränken, was ich hier am besten kann: Mund halten, Musik spielen! [mp3] Gang of four / To hell with poverty! ...
By: itstoolong
Blog Action Day 2008 - Poverty and Gift Economy
2008-10-15 15:01:00 The concept of a gift economy is as old as society itself. It has always been there in one form or the other. People in all civilizations have been exchanging gifts in order to establish social relationships and strengthen existing ones or rulers would give away large amounts of goods to their followers (still do in some monarchies) or rich people give away things of value for the collective benefit of the public. Only the forms have kept changing over time.When people give to one another, freely and without conditions, sharing their blessings with others and bearing each other's burdens, the giving multiplies and we receive far more than what was given. Even when there is no immediate prospect of return, Allah Almighty keeps accounts of all the giving, and in the end blessing will return to the giver, multiplied manifold. All religions advocate that humans should participate and give (back) some of what Allah the exalted has bestowed upon them, in what ever way possible.Another ...
By: Light Within
Poverty in the Philippines
2008-10-15 14:12:00 I am not rich. But I dare not call myself poor. This I say in respect for all those who live day by day, without a steady job or none at all, those who do not have access to basic necessities such as food or medicine. I am not poor. I may not have a ... [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Blog Action Day: poverty consciousness part 2
2008-10-15 14:01:00 Wednesday 15: Blog Action Day - Does obsession with power and control kill off the cells responsible for commonsense and vision? Perhaps they cannot have both turned on at the same time? How else to explain the supremely daft things ?they? do or want to do with public money. Instead of spending money on yachts ...
2008 Blog Action Day Theme is Poverty
2008-10-15 10:16:00 It's Blog Action Day again! This year, the theme is Poverty. Earlier this year, I collected interesting names from microfinance organization Kiva. For today's post, I did the same thing--but this time I concentrated on a few of the world's poorest countries: Benin Afflèhoun, Aïchatou, Allodjessi, Chakiratou, Djémilath, Djidjoho, Kingniké, Kotchire, Mahougnon, ...
Eliminating Global Poverty
2008-10-15 08:59:00 When I heard that this year’s Blog Action Day would be dedicated to eliminating global poverty my brain went into complete overdrive. I was trying to analyse and understand what I could do to get people to take...
blog action day: thinking about poverty
2008-10-15 07:55:00 “really, though,” I thought to myself while jotting down notes about blog action day’s chosen topic of poverty, “what am i doing sitting here, sipping on a milkshake, when the three dollars I paid for it could have paid for a meal for a hungry child?” I still don’t have an answer. But it did ...
Think of Poverty on Blog Action Day 2008
2008-10-15 05:16:00 As I contemplated on what I was going to write and how I was going to participate in a Blog Action Day 2008 in which thousands of bloggers all over the world are thinking and writing about the same issue that transcends color, creed, race and or country, I was taken over by a lot of emotions.  I thought about the lady we often see walking in the downtown area asking people for quarters. Over the years it has become a joke amongst most people who work in that area, whenever someone sees her or comes across, they’d laugh and say there goes the quarter lady!  People laugh at her because she has a one liner ‘got a quarter?’ for everyone.  You can find her eating a subway sandwich every day at the train station.  I’ve never laughed at her but I’d admit (and I am ashamed of this) that I have ignored her many times and turned my face away thinking I can’t give her a quarter every day? How selfish I was. With blog action day theme, as ...
poverty consciousness
2008-10-14 21:34:00 Tuesday 14: Best plans to get the proposal done and dusted, as well as a first article for a new contact, went to pot as, at very short notice, the psychiatrist came to see Ma… Obviously the guy could not commit himself, but she did herself no favours whatsoever, not only in how she presented ...
Blog Action Day 2008 - Poverty (and Design)
2008-10-14 18:01:00 October 15, is Blog Action Day 2008! This is where bloggers from around the world get together to talk about a common theme or topic. This year’s topic is about Poverty, and as Design Sojourn is a design blog, it will be about Poverty and Design. I’ve decided to do something different, rather than ...
By: Design Sojourn
Blog Action Day 2008 - There Is Still Time
2008-10-14 16:46:00 Don’t wait any longer. If you haven’t done so already, there is still time to register your blog for Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty. On October 15th, 2008, bloggers around the world will use their unique voice and platform to discuss, educate and bring awareness about this crippling global issue. We are encouraged to get involved in any way we can. There are numerous was to participate including publishing a post, donating a days earnings and promoting Blog Action Day 2008. Choose one or all methods, but get involved. Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo. You can read more on their website at Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty. I look forward to reading and learning from all your posts tomorrow on Blog Action Day 2008.
By: The PREVA Report
Blog Action Day 2008 - There Is Still Time
2008-10-14 16:46:00 Don’t wait any longer. If you haven’t done so already, there is still time to register your blog for Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty. On October 15th, 2008, bloggers around the world will use their unique voice and platform to discuss, educate and bring awareness about this crippling global issue. We are encouraged to get involved in any way we can. There are numerous was to participate including publishing a post, donating a days earnings and promoting Blog Action Day 2008. Choose one or all methods, but get involved. Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo. You can read more on their website at Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty. I look forward to reading and learning from all your posts tomorrow on Blog Action Day 2008.
By: The PREVA Report
End Child Poverty Campaign Rally: Gordon Brown urged to increase DLA, CLA
2008-10-01 16:51:00 (London, UK) The biggest ever event to End Child Poverty takes place in London this Saturday, 4th October, with thousands expected to participate in a march from Millbank via Westminster to Trafalgar Square. According to the latest statistics from the End Child Poverty Campaign - 1 in 3 children are in poverty. They say 5.5 ...
Celebes stand up for removal of poverty - News
2008-09-18 20:30:00 After winning many critical acclamations for its debut production film, KHOSLA KA GHOSLA,... Read Original story
POVERTY - Blog Action Day 2008:
2008-09-11 06:42:00 Poverty speaks for itself. To announce my support to eridicate pverty, I ask you to read this, I asked persons from different segments of our multi-classed society to account for their monthly income and spending. All the accounts were very revealing. This is the story that moved every one.An old lady named Suban, in her late 70s may be, she did not know her age, lives alone with no male member to look her after. Having lived all her life in the remote village in district Chitral, her total possession is three goats she had. She takes them out for grazing every day and also performs other domestic chores single-handed. She is healthy, active and happy with life. I once asked her about how she manages her expanses (read budget)? On lot of coaxing she said, "I will be happier if my goat delivers three lambs this time." Surprised, I asked her to explain. She said, "I will sell the lambs and put a new roof on my home and will sell all the milk to live comfortably!" Her budget is simpler...
By: Light Within
Compassion International
2008-09-08 10:00:00 Compassion International is an organization that works around the world to fight poverty, you may have heard of it last year when they organized a group of media people and bloggers to go to Uganda and write about the relief efforts they saw, one of whom was Shannon Lowe from Rocks in My Dryer who gave us wonderful stories of her time in Africa.Well they're doing it again and I wanted to mention that you can look forward to more stories as Compassion International takes another group of writers to the Dominican Republic November 2-7, 2008 to record what's happening there. I was asked to attend but through scheduling conflicts I had to decline so the least I can do is to put you wise as to what you can expect from the other bloggers attending. Who knows, maybe I can get lucky next year and get another invitation to join them then?The Pioneer Woman, 5 Minutes for Mom, Owlhaven and Big Mama are a few of the quality blogs that will be represented this time around which I'd encourage...
By: Scribbit
Number of uninsured drops; Poverty holds steady
2008-08-26 17:17:00 WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau reports that the number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office. The nation’s poverty rate held steady at 12.5 percent, not statistically different from the 12.3 percent in 2006. That meant there were 37.3 million ...
By: News for Greens
VOLUNTARY POVERTY
2008-08-22 11:47:00 by Bill CostleyWayback in the quick-rising ‘60s‘voluntary poverty’ arosewithin the disaffected 1st-world'smiddle-class: suddenly its children‘went back to the land’ to escapeparents’ plush suburban homesfor a ‘conscious’ anti-consumerist,‘natural’- pre-'50s lifestyle.A half-century later it’s mergedwith the whole foods movement,irrelevant to any known poverty,its ‘perfectly priced’ mantra an insultto the world's starving. Admit thatneo-consumerism’s co-opted it;re-break the consumerist mold.Declare ‘adequacy’ universal,‘enough’ everyone's need.Bill Costley serves on the Steering Committee of the San Francisco chapter of the National Writers Union._________________________-_______________
Blog Action Day 2008 will be about Poverty
2008-08-22 05:10:00 Last year, I had joined thousands of bloggers all over the world during Blog Action Day 2007, and the topic of conversation was Environment. This year, on Blog Action Day (October 15, 2008), once again bloggers across the globe will unite in bringing awareness to the masses and the topic will be Poverty. Many people ask what can one person do about Poverty? Or how can blogging about poverty make a difference? There is power in numbers and unity. When thousands write about the same issue, in a sort of a brain storming way, giving ideas to each other about ways to end it, educating those who have no idea about it, bringing awareness, inspiring each other to take actions, and changing minds on a global scale, our society can be better. Also, there is a very compelling video posted on Blog Action Day site just to answer some of such concerns! And you can also read up a bit on what poverty actually...
Obama, “hope” and the poverty meme
2008-07-22 15:01:00 Remember that New Yorker cover of Obama that caused so much fuss last week? Seems people are finally starting to read the actual story we (but darned few others) linked… and look what we find inside… Just after the 9/11 attacks, Obama went for the jerking knee when asked about what caused those attacks: Â Even as I hope for some measure of peace and comfort to the bereaved families, I must also hope that we as a nation draw some measure of wisdom from this tragedy. Certain immediate lessons are clear, and we must act upon those lessons decisively. We need to step up security at our airports. We must reexamine the effectiveness of our intelligence networks. And we must be resolute in identifying the perpetrators of these heinous acts and dismantling their organizations of destruction. We must also engage, however, in the more difficult task of understanding the sources of such madness. The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of em...
By: BitsBlog
Corporate doublespeak: subsidies vs ?incentives?
2008-06-10 14:19:00 I walked into a petrol station along a busy road in Penang last night and engaged in some small talk with the cashier. I asked him what kind of impact the petrol price hike has had on his collection. “In ringgit terms, it has gone up,” he replied. “But in terms of litres sold, there has ...
By: anilnetto.com
Academic paper: Enterprises needed to stimulate growth and reduce poverty i
2008-06-05 19:41:00 Source: id21 Enterprises needed to stimulate growth and reduce poverty in Zambia Zambia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Private sector development is seen as increasingly necessary to stimulate economic growth, reduce poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. But Zambia, along with many of its African neighbours, lacks growth-oriented companies. http://www.id21.org/society/s7c-cp2g1.html ...
Is India a superpower of poverty?
2008-06-05 18:48:00 Is India a superpower of poverty? Much has been written on poverty, especially in India. Much more will be written in future. Clearly, looking at the hundreds of millions living in poverty in this country, and the depth and extent of poverty, is not the title “superpower of poverty” shameful but appropriate for India? It overrides all positives ... |
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