Between 1989 and 1993 more than 95,000 Lhotshampas (Bhutanese Nepali-speaking Hindus of Nepali origin who live(d) in the southern plains of Bhutan), nearly a sixth of the kingdom’s total population of approximately 600,000 have been forced to leave or forcibly evicted from the country by the Bhutanese Government.
Katrina Cash Crisis Continues
America’s charitable response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina has been astounding. However, the mind-numbing scope of the disaster is such that these noble efforts must continue.
Solving the Immigration Problem:
The illegal immigrant problem can be solved. But steps to do it are harsh.
US Threatens China with Massive Tariffs
In a surprise move, Democrats and Republicans have written a bill threatening China with a heavy tariff increase on its exports to the United States unless Beijing ceases intentional manipulation of the yuan and agrees to strengthen the currency significantly against the dollar in the near future.
Bird Flu-Worst-Case Scenario
There has been a lot of buzz about bird flu or the avian influenza and how it could become a global pandemic. What would a pandemic really mean? The federal government just launched a 7 billion dollar program to help the prevention and out break of a bird flu pandemic. There have only been 83 deaths from avian flu worldwide since 2003. Health experts have not yet seen evidence of human to human transmission. So what does it mean? And why is everyone so worried about a pandemic?
Katrina Questions – Anyone Got Answers?
My wife and me came back from our house in Arabi, St Bernard Louisiana today. The water line was three inches from the ceiling. We brought a u-haul 5×8 trailer with us but went back to where we are staying with it ninety percent empty there was nothing to save.
Taliban Infiltrates South Dakota Legislature
As outrage over South Dakotas abortion ban grows, another mystery is put to rest.
Vojvodina – The Hungarian Kosovo
In October 2005, Parliamentary Assembly of Europe members tabled a draft resolution castigating the human rights situation in the province of Vojvodina. As EU accession looms larger for Serbia and Montenegro, such resolutions are bound to proliferate. Vojvodina is widely regarded as a test case and the touchstone of Serbia’s post-Milosevic reforms.
Bite The Bullet…
The government wants to give you and me government money…ah! our Chinese Bankers..
Life Just Ain’t What It Used To Be
The Tennessee Mountain Man recalls that there was a time when the city was a million miles away and no one went there
The CAT Magic Show
The Central Artery Tunnel (CA/T) video footage and documents show more than anchor bolt problems in Bostons Big Dig concrete. Contaminated concrete from recycled excavate was used in 3,800 million cubic yards of concrete construction. The CA/T documents should be examined for the chemical properties of the recycled aggregate soil and the concrete tested for corrosion and expansion contaminants.
Will Germany Declare War On Iran?
With the “Hitler-like” rhetoric coming from Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his denial of the Jewish holocaust seems to have German chancellor Angela Merkel screaming for action.