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Or, how to solve the world's problems without ever leaving your chair, from a Southern perspective.
The concept is simple, I identify a problem, propose a possible solution, then the rest of the world tears it to shreds.....
In the end, what everyone thinks is important, and just perhaps, every once in a while we can reach a consenus.
If you have time, please take a look at my other blogs: FARSAILOR'S SHORELEAVE * FARSAILOR'S VOYAGE * FARSAILOR'S WRITING MISADVENTURES * MURDER BY DEATH, AND OTHER GOOD STUFF
hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00IRAQ, WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED?https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/430822TOPIC FOR TODAY IRAQ, WASTE OR HOPE, HOW SHALL IT PLAY OUT? Saddam has been executed, perhaps not wisely, now a martyr for the Sunnis, and a triumph for the Shiites. History, as Napoleon once commented: "is a fairy tale agreed upon." What fairy tale shall be spun for the this latest act of...A LAMENT BY A SOLDIER, THE ANSWER IS IN THE WIND.................https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/428301TODAY'S TOPIC: WAR TODAY AND TOMORROW No one enjoys peace more than a soldier. Unfortunately, some people will only change their minds down the barrel of a gun, if even then. I foresee/observe, for the conflicts are already here four board areas of conflict. Environmental or resource conflict....CORPORATE GREED, WHEN IS TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING, TOO MUCHhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/424532T ODAY'S TOPIC CORPORATE GREED AND LACK OF ETHICS Please note that the following is a simultaneous posting with my FarSailor's Voyage Blog, it just seemed appropriate to post it here too..... PAPERCLIP Multinational Corporation, greedier still More powerful than most nations, Always seeking an...DOMESTIC VIOLENCEhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/421635TODAY'S TOPIC IS: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Yesterday, in my FarSailor's Shoreleave poetry blog I posted a poem titled The Ring. This poem was about domestic violence from the woman's point of view, as the offender. It got some spirited responses, and apparently was somewhat upsetting to several people....WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE FAILUREhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/420868TODAY'S TOPIC: FAILURE HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE IT, AND WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT IT? For myself, my biggest difficulty is recognizing that I have really, really screwed the pouch (pilot talk for crashing, with aircraft a total write off). Generally, I will go into denial, until the stench is unavoidable,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/417644TODAY'S TOPIC EVOLUTION What is so difficult with the concept of evolution. It is simple enough, when reduced to essence. Life expands, and will try to fill every environmental niche available by natural selection, if something works, the plant or animal gets to breed, the littleones continue to...TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO HUMAN HAS GONE BEFOREhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/416412TODAY'S TOPIC MANNED SPACE EXPLORATION, WHY BROTHER? First the negatives, its expensive, slow, dangerous, and there are not any really exciting places to visit any where near us. Yes folks there is a down side to space travel, in all honesty, unless we terraform Mars (i.e. make it habitable to...MIDDLE EAST END GAME, WITH A BANG, OR A WHIMPER???https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/415644T ODAY'S TOPIC MIDDLE EAST END GAME, WITH A BANG, OR A WHIMPER????????? OR JUST MAYBE PEACE? Nothing ever stays the same, and eventually any statis or equilibrium will be altered, sometimes beyond recognition. Take the situation in the Middle East, for nearly 60 years Israel has survived premised...CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION, THE BALANCE OF POWERhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/415329TOPIC OF TODAY, UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS HOW TO WIN BY LOSING Alas, alas, the poor fools have fallen for the trap, the Democrats are going to obtain a majority in the House, and perhaps the Senate in the election next month. The Republicans, though they will not admit it, are of course...SUPERMAN (OR WOMAN) COMING TO A HOME NEAR YOUhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/FARSAILOR5542/414819TODAY'S TOPIC ENHANCED HUMANS......... Now let us begin with a "just suppose"... Just suppose that scientists using various techniques could enhance human embryos so that the resulting people were on average, at least 10% better than they would have been otherwise. Then just suppose that these...