No, Gorbachev tried to "tweak" a system that he still believed in. What happened through his actions - he did not expect (a dismantling of the Russian communist/socialist system). That was what was needed at the time. Only "real" change happens through complete destruction of the "old" & a rebirth of the "new" from "scratch".
- Mekkar
well, yes - it is just the name of this article. .... what i think is that USSR needed democratic reforms, more freedoms .. BUT NOT destruction, not dissolution ... i believe in, and he should aim at - DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM, with fair wealth distribution .. similar to what China does - freedoms, but with law order still applying .. what happened is that millions of people lost...
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- Petr Buben
check this one out - forever unbelievable to me ..... a land of size of small country of Austria covered with solar thermal power generation in equatorial Africa will cover the energy needs OF THE WHOLE WORLD !!! ... do i even believe this?? ... it's a German energy project .... so why do we even have coal or oil ?? http://friendfeed.com/solarth...
- Petr Buben
Homeless Idaho residents sue city over prohibiting camping law, other similar lawsuits elsewhere - physically eliminating people without work, money or healthcare. Criminal practice. Homelessnes is violation of human rights. At least in civilized, developed countries. - http://www.sacbee.com/state_w...
Chemicals in Our Food and Bodies. Breast cancer, obesity, attention disorder, all linked to BPA corporations are spiking food with. More than 92 % of Americans have BPA - bisphenol A in their urine. It’s a synthetic estrogen that US factories use in everything from plastics to epoxies, 6 pounds per American per year.Now it turns out it’s in our... - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
Should we be alarmed?... more than 200 other studies have shown links between low doses of BPA and adverse health effects, according to the Breast Cancer Fund, which is trying to ban the chemical from food and beverage containers ...... “The vast majority of independent scientists — those not working for industry — are concerned about early-life low-dose exposures to BPA,” ......Published journal articles have found that BPA given to pregnant rats or mice can cause malformed genitals in their offspring, as well as reduced sperm count among males.....
- Petr Buben
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This year, the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found that pregnant mice exposed to BPA had babies with abnormalities in the cervix, uterus and vagina. .... Last year, Canada became the first country to conclude that BPA can be hazardous to humans, ... . “When you have 92 percent of the American population exposed to a chemical, this is not one where you want to be wrong,”....
- Petr Buben
While the evidence isn’t conclusive, it justifies precautions. In my family, we’re cutting down on the use of those plastic containers that contain BPA to store or microwave food, and I’m drinking water out of a metal bottle now.
- Petr Buben
Germany's Angela Merkel at joint session of Congress thanks the USA for freedom. “To sum it up in one sentence,” Merkel stated, “We Germans know, how much we owe you, our American friends. We as a nation, and I personally, will never forget that.” Several standing ovations greeted Merkel’s remarks. "Addressing Transatlantic relations, Merkel... - http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtr...
"Addressing Transatlantic relations, Merkel admitted that while America and Europe have had their share of disagreements, “I am deeply convinced that there is no better partner for Europe than America and no better partner for America than Europe.” She stressed that what united Europe and America is not simply shared history or shared interests, “but a common basis of shared values. It is a common idea of the individual and his inviolable dignity. It is a common understanding of freedom in responsibility.” Merkel added, “This basis of values was what ended the Cold War.”"
- Petr Buben
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"This basis of values was what ended the Cold War" - we need to get back to our values, abandon rendition torture, black prisons and become again a proud beacon of freedom and rights and protector not a bully
- WarLord
Bad call. Israel planning cell phone rocket alerts. Israel is working on a warning system that will calculate the precise location of where a rocket will hit and alert residents in the area using cell phones, a newspaper reported on Sunday. "The rocket sensor will create a virtual ellipse (of the predicted impact zone) and all phones in that area... - http://www.breitbart.com/article...
Maiming the nation? Epidemic of obesity and cancer? Good for profits of private corporations out of control. A shadow, unelected, unelectable government. Scholars have noted some increasing reports of boys born with malformed genitals, girls who begin puberty at age 6 or 8 or even earlier, breast cancer in women and men alike, and declining sperm... - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
well .. what else would you want ... might you want ?!
- Petr Buben
Obesity responsible for 100,000 cancer cases annually. Excessive fat also causes heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and strokes. - http://www.cnn.com/2009...
Thank you Speaker Pelosi, Rep Reid, Pres Obama, for passing at least public option healthcare, so fighting for America, against mega fraud private extortion republican scheme. It is important that abortion and birth are covered WITHOUT ANY SURCHARGE. It is important that medical care NOT be devided into medical, dental and eye care and this divisio
..this division NOT be used as a vehicle for incredible overpricing of medical care. Let's STOP denying medical care - clearly human rights violation - to people without work and with actual need for a medical care.
- Petr Buben
Guns, the devil's instrument of death. America leads the developed world for murders committed using firearms, rate of 0.0279271 per 1,000 people, according to UN reports from 2000. But South Africa has 0.719782 gun murders per 1,000 people - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...
Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design – secret report. The very existence of the technology, known as a "two-point implosion" device, is officially secret in both the US and Britain. There are fears in Washington and London that if no deal is reached to at least temporarily defuse tensions by the end of December, Israel could set in motion... - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world...
There are fears in Washington and London that if no deal is reached to at least temporarily defuse tensions by the end of December, Israel could set in motion plans to take military action aimed at setting back the Iranian programme by force, with incalculable consequences for the Middle East.Descriptions of "two-point implosion" warheads designs have occasionally appeared in the public domain (there are extensive descriptions on Wikipedia) and they were first developed by US scientists in the 1950s, but it remains an offence for American officials or even non-governmental nuclear experts with security clearance to discuss them.
- Petr Buben
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Space elevator, 22 000 miles long, possible within our lifetime. Biggest hurdle is a material strong enough to support heavy loads. Another issue is how to keep the cable, or the elevator itself, from getting clobbered by meteorites or space junk floating around in space. York U. has 13 miles tower project. That high, you can see basically same - http://www.cnn.com/2009...
things as astronauts from the space..........."space elevator cable would need to be about 22,000 miles long. That's how far away a satellite must be to maintain orbit above a fixed spot on the Earth's equator."
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AIDS created in lab by Merck. Robert Gallo: man who created AIDS. Admission that Merck drug company vaccines have traditionally been injecting cancer viruses (SV40 and others) in people worldwide. 9/11 is a controlled demolition, per irrefutable scientific evidence. - http://www.alvaran.com/forum...
US unemployment now at 20%. Government propaganda number is 10.2%. This Oct 09 unemployment rate, reflects nearly 16 million jobless people, jumped from 9.8 % in Sept 09, Labor Dept said. 36 million Americans on food stamps. $1 trillion military budget. 2 republican occupation wars costing $1 trillion so far. http://costofwar.com - http://finance.yahoo.com/news...