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China has over 1.3 billion population. This number excludes other Chinese nationals who permanently migrated in other parts of the globe. In fact, you can see various versions of “China-town” communities sprouting from one country to another.  If all Chinese people around the world will jump simultaneously it will probably cause an earthquake. Kidding aside, China indeed invaded our global economy. You can see China-made products in every shelf of a supermarket and all aisle of a department store. In fact, China’s international trade activities (imports and exports) now accounts to 40% of their GDP. China’s foreign exchange revenues went as high as $ 1.4 trillion, the largest in the world.

Because of their huge population and cheap labor, international companies are flooding their country with imported raw materials which are being used by China-based manufacturers in the production of consumer products. No wonder consumption is also high in China. They are now the world’s top consumer of steel, copper and jewelry. In terms of oil consumption, they are now second next to the United States.

In terms of internet population, they already surpassed the United States; there are more than 240 million internet users in China. They are also the largest mobile phone users with 600 million subscriptions next to India.

Aside from its economic miracle, China also made history when they successfully hosted the 2008 Olympics. Mega-structures were built as early as 2004 in preparation of this historic event. As a result, Beijing now includes The Nest (Olympic Stadium), The Water Cube (National Swimming Center), The National Grand Theater and The Beijing International Airport as part of their list of man-made wonders next to the Great Wall of China.

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Despite these wonderful achievements, China also made some unforgettable booboos that changed global consumers’ perception on China-made products particularly milk and toy products. Their export products are continuously being criticized by neighboring countries and are being tagged as “cheap quality” products.  

China is indeed bursting with explosive energy. But the big question is: Can they sustain their extra ordinary economic performance? Will China overtake the United States as the next super power? We will see in the coming years ahead…

Our trade for gross domestic products never have an excellent benchmark since Bush's eight- -year-long administrations and thus I'll fight for a trade policy that rewards more foreign markets as means to boost more jobs for Americans. I'll also take action to increase pressure to the World Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) by enforcing trade agreements to spread good words on our labors, skills, expertises and standards to the world, and to stop countries from continuing unfair government subsidies to foreign exporters and nontariff barriers on U.S. exports. At the same time, I'll curb any devalued activities that will put U.S. at the position of low currency or dollar devaluation.

I'll urge world leaders to reconstruct a complete economical framework to boost the world's and America's economic growth. To voice my concern about the financial crisis, I'll work collectively with the world's leaders from other countries and teams of economical experts as a measure to introduce the new opportunities for prosperity and cooperation among the America's Congress members and also among other countries. This is important to develop a more effective and comprehensive economical framework in order to promote stability and growth in our Wall Street share market as well as other international financial markets in a macro scale.

America's Economy Policy

More dollars will be allocated to rebuild our own economic structures as a measure to boost a steady economic growth in America. I want all my people to have better jobs, better payment and better future. I want the progress to bring to America, in which our economy is stable, living condition is good, people here have good jobs and live peacefully while working whole-heartedly with me to fight off the global financial crisis that we're facing at the moment.

As president, I know the difficulty of my people to struggle and suffer for seeking employments so I'll introduce more foreign investors to our country to create more jobs for my people here. My members will continue working very hard to strive for the lower fuel price we could ever get by introducing fiscal policy into our financial framework so that the pressure is not felt much by the Americans.

The peace and growth mean a lot to America as they're both important elements for America and the world as well. Therefore, I urge you all not to discriminate among each other just because of religions, educational backgrounds, skin colors, social and financial status. Whether it be pure Americans, African-Americans, Chinese-Americans or any other American races, we're all living under one same flag of America, and thus we should care for each other to rebuild a strengthen family so as to stimulate our economic growth and nation building. I urge you to work with me for the betterment of the United States!

I know that some of you are annoyed with the failure of deregulation and poorest function of the Free Market that have caused you to pay for higher tax, educational fee, home mortgage, retirement plan and other daily expenditures, so I'll work very hard with a brilliant economic team to find a better solution to solve your problems.

Task ahead will be tougher as I've to clear up 8 years of George W.Bush's term, but I promise you that change will be introduced to our economical system. I want to see healthy and stable economical growth back to our country where people can afford to survive.

I'm sad to learn that the minimum wage had not changed for the past 10 years before the Democrats took back Congress. Even the minimum wage is scheduled to rise to $7.25 an hour by 2009 this minimum wage is still not enough to cope with the purchasing power among the consumers. I'm extremely sad to learn that the purchasing power is well below than that in 1968. People who work full time shouldn't be allowed to live in poverty. To solve this problem, I'll raise the minimum wage and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit to ensure that full-time workers could earn a living that enables them to pay for basic expenditures (food and drink, transportation, education, clothes), housing, and miscellaneous needs.

I'll ensure every home and business in urban and rural America to easily get broadband Internet access at a lower rate that can be affordable by low-income people to help them start business with the world. To ensure the success of my plan, I'll reshape the Telephone Universal Service Program, and direct the FCC to better manage the nation's airwaves as ways to encourage public-private partnership to have more low-income communities engaged actively in a global business.

As promised in my election campaign, I'll provide $1,000 dollar emergency energy rebates, which would be sent to working families immediately to help offset the cost of spiking energy and food prices. Over a 5 year period, these rebates will bear by a tax on the excessive profits of oil companies. Additional $50 billion will also be allocated to promote funding for state and local government services and for fast-tracked infrastructure projects. Apart from this, I've also considered long-term investments in training, education and workforce development, scientific innovations and creativity inventions, R&D research are essential to create more entrepreneurs, high-wage jobs that will definitely bring prosperity to my country and to a world economy.

Energy and Environmental Policy

As promised in my election campaign, I'll implement Cap and Trade Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to its minimal level. I'll ensure my cap-and-trade policy be effective immediately to ensure all industries pay for every ton of emissions they release to our environment. I've also promised to strategically allocate $150 billion over 10 years to accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial scale renewable energy, encourage energy efficiency, advance the generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure besides investing in low emissions coal plants. I'll encourage for any clean, sustainable energy sources (solar, biomass, geothermal, solar and etc.) for energy consumptions in government offices, private sectors and home users.

As president, I want to help private sectors to create more green jobs for my people. At the same time, I'll invest in programs to help upgrade America's highly-skilled manufacturing workforce and manufacturing premises to ensure workers have skills in the green technologies so that a thorough green policy can be attained effectively.

To promote the green air policy, I'll provide a $7,000 tax credit for the purchased of advanced designed vehicles which release zero or little emissions to the air. Dollars will be allocated for plants that produce the cheapest, cleanest, as well as energy efficiency electrical appliances and transports so that it'll save consumes on paying higher bills.

Climate change is a global issue caused by a tremendous development and unexpected man-made products. As my country is the largest producer of greenhouse gases, I'll lead America to reduce greenhouse emissions by using clean-burning renewable energies and biofuels. Meanwhile, I'll arrange appointment with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and any other related environmental organizations to address my views on global energy usage, environmental concerns and solutions via international forums, press conferences, exhibitions and seminars to help raise the environmental awareness and to combat the environmental issues the world is facing now.

U.S. Military, Security Policy in Iraq and in America

I'll invite a group of Baghdad journalists, a few westerners who have been serving in Iraq and a press conference and those who've living in the Red Zone for a chat. From this meeting, I'll have an opportunity to understand more about the Iraqi life and the sufferings they faced in the past war. I'll respect their freedom of speeches and opinions as I know they're people who have experiencing the nightmare of the war than anyone in the U.S. embassy or the Iraqi government themselves. They are people who could tell me a lot more about the present condition in Iraq. Of course, I'll ensure strict protection is taken for my personal security to avoid the terrorist attack or any unexpected attacks.

I'll order my senator to invite community leaders, NGO members, investors, press representatives, and the world's politicians to meet around the table to share their ideas on what they think might be the appropriate and the best ways to retreat the U.S. troops from the land of Iraq. From here, they share their invaluable values with me which will later help me to shape a new Iraqi policy.

I may also prefer to meet the world's delegates, members of government offices and parliament mostly from Iraqis to attend for my informal chat. Once they get pass the elaborate security checks at the main entrance to the Green Zone, I'll meet their arrivals with my Iraqi translator. Those who're here for a random selection for this informal chat will earn themselves a freedom to speak in front of me under a strict security protection. I'm pretty sure that these Iraqis will deliver me plenty of their opinions, views, facts in Iraq, and suggestions that will eventually help shape my personal views on foreign policy, and U.S. military.

I'll take my courage to strongly oppose Bush's war strategy in Iraq. And I must admit and feel sorry for the wrong attacking strategy America taken under Bush's U.S. military policy which has caused many casualties for both Iraqis and American soldiers. I'll address my deepest condolences to the deceased. I believe that the end of the use of torture and extraordinary rendition is essential at the moment, as many experts have disapproved that torture is an effective method of interrogation. The use of torture may have put my troops serving abroad in a great threat. Also, this torture is wrong and cruel in a moral standpoint. Due to these reasons, the practice of torture and extraordinary rendition should be abolished.

Reducing the U.S. troop in Iraq is essential to apply less pressure on the Iraqi government. My commanders will take a new mission: ending the war in Iraq. I'll also work together with the Iraqi government to protect the American diplomatic and other parties, and if under certain threatened condition, I may have conducted targeted counter-terrorism missions to ensure the world's peace. I'll assure to the world that aggressive and permanent bases will not be built in Iraq, in order to achieve the stability while reducing hatred in the Middle East, and at the same time, I'll address my personal views on Iraq's humanitarian crisis and its solution. In a nutshell, I'll reestablish U.S. Moral troop and leadership to restore the confidence of the world towards America's position, fame, and reputation particularly in dealing with foreign laws, economical growth and political policy.

I'll close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre which has been served as a recruiting mean for America's enemies. I'll develop a fair process to distinguish those who should be prosecuted for their crimes in justice, and those who should be released or transferred to their home countries based upon the rules of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Though I strongly against the war but I'll not hesitate to order military force to take their new jobs if America is under the threat of terrorists. Therefore, I'll always ensure that my troops are strong, healthy, agile and lethal to take their painstaking posts to either capture or kill terrorists who pose a direct threat either to America or to the world. I do not want to see 911 events recurring in America. To achieve this goal, I'll ensure that America is equipped with strong armed forces to help challenging the toughest jobs. Next, I'll boost our military troops to have the ability to speak several languages so that they'll understand other people's cultures, religions, and customs better and also to better target the terrorists in a global context.

America's security earns my foremost consideration so I'll ensure every American is safe in their homeland. I'll assure Americans with a series of homeland security programs to make our land of America safer and more secure to live. With regards to the prevention towards the natural catastrophe, I'll recommend trainings and tests in all my administrations. I'll provide them with necessary equipments, supports they require; reallocate the risk group to a safer place; improve the emergency respond to catastrophe or human errors by investing the required and related resources; increase the security in railroads, airports, ports, industrial plants, transit system, roads and streets, education institutions, legal firms, government offices, multinational and private companies, nuclear and chemical plants, public infrastructures, other critical facilities and people's safety.

Remark:

Tonight (the victory's night), we've made a history in the United States. Change has come to America. The road ahead will be toughest and challenging for us to explore, but I'm here striving with you to ensure every of your dream coming true in our beloved motherland of the United States. I'll never forget that the victory belongs to you and I promise you that we, Americans will get there. Trust on me and believe that America can change. Together we're standing on the land of the United States and I'm here to make your dream coming real for a better life, better future and better global and economical prospect. May God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America. Long life, America!!!

The period of unprecedented American dominion over the world economy and political affairs that started during and after the Second World War has officially ended as German minister of finance has articulated yesterday. Other countries, especially those of European Union, recognized that they are on their own and must make the necessary changes to keep their economies afloat.

Canadian government also noticed the shift of power last year and started to make trade arrangements with various countries of the world in order to make Canadian economy more independent of their troubled neighbor.

This will bring tremendous changes to the global economical system. There will be more international regulations imposed both on the banks and on the stock market trade. The American dollar will be soon fully replaced by the euro as international currency and America will lose many privileges that she enjoyed up to this point in history.

The American people will have to learn to live within their means in order to ensure better future for their families and their country. For far too long they have lived in an illusion of wealth created by easy credit that seemed to have no limits, but now it is time to recognize the reality. I hope that the American public will make the statement by choosing for their new president a man who will be realistic and able to lead the country in a decisively new direction.

Needless to say, Sarah Palin's political stands and ideologies both appeal to some people and repel others as well. Knowing about these major political stands, however, will help every American decide who to vote for or against. For those who are not yet fully aware of Palin's positions on social and political issues, here are some of her main beliefs:

Mrs. Palin supports Bush policies regarding the war in Iraq. As of this writing, the extent of her support for the Bush war policy is still quite vague. When asked by the Alaska Business Monthly regarding how she felt about Bush's suggestion to send more troops to Iraq, Palin answered in general terms. She stated that she "supports our president" and that she's very proud of the American troops currently deployed there (including her son, Track, who enlisted in the army on September 11, 2007). On the other hand, Palin also confessed that she hasn't "really focused much on the war on Iraq". She also favors an exit plan (which hasn't been defined clearly at this point), and she wants assurances that the American troops deployed in Iraq are "safe" (another vague statement, because in a war, nobody is totally safe).

Palin has a more naturalistic approach to global warming, and does not attribute climate change as being man made. Although she did not fully elaborate her position on global warming as strongly as Al Gore did a few years ago, her brief opinion about the issue was enough to gain support from some sectors, and at the same time, raise eyebrows from others.

She believes that President Bush failed to tap America's vast oil resources, particularly in her constituent state of Alaska. She attributes this failure partly to the fact that the current U.S. Congress is not "Republican controlled".

Palin claims to be pro-life. On the issue of abortion, she believes that every baby is "created with a future and potential", and that legislature should do all it can to protect them. She only favors abortion in the event that the mother's life is in danger, and there should be a mandatory parental consent.

Sarah Palin has been generally regarded as a social conservative. She is firm about her stand against same sex marriage. She supports capital punishment. She doesn't favor explicit sex education in schools. According to her, sex education in schools should only be limited to "abstinence only" information. In a recent interview, she said that she sees herself as a conservative both fiscally and politically. The question is, will these political stands ultimately help the McCain campaign, or will she indirectly and unintentionally swing thousands or even millions of votes to the Democrats? Only time will tell.

(*Direct quotes and paraphrases courtesy of Newsmax.com, Wikipedia.org, and Yahoo! News)

Per capita the United States' employees produced $63,885 annually with Ireland holding second at $55,986 a year: a significant $7,899 difference. Productivity figures are derived from the quotient between a country's GDP and the number of legally employed citizens. Per hour, the US employees brought home an average of $35.63 for 2006, a close second to Norway's respected $37.99 and roughly a half-dollar ahead of third place holder, France.

Officials have voiced concern regarding the increasing gap between the US's wealth and the wealth of other developing countries. Strictly logistically the US has a strong foothold by staying ahead of inflationary prices by maintaining a stable dollar value on the global money market. Increased productivity has naturally served to increase the wealth of the standard US worker which aught to serve as a natural encouragement for the US economy that has been touted as "ready for recession" in recent months.

Indeed, in one location that has long been “ground zero” for moose populations, northwestern Minnesota, only a few dozen now remain. Wildlife biologists are now predicting that the moose will vanish from northwestern Minnesota in less than 15 years. Just 22 years ago, a moose count in this region yielded 4,000 animals. Today, there are only about 200 moose left, and they'll soon be gone.

GLOBAL WARMING

What's killing the moose is most likely global warming, say research scientists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Winters have been getting steadily warmer in Minnesota for 41 years, and the trend has accelerated in the past 10 years.

Warmer weather means higher parasite loads which infect moose, making the animal more vulnerable to disease and death. The parasites include brain worms, liver flukes and even ticks. Warmer springs and falls allow ticks to cling to moose longer, sometimes well into winter.

After the moose population peaked in 1984, higher than normal temperatures in the spring and fall have meant that moose needed to expend more energy to stay cool, which also weakened them. These findings are the result of a five-year moose study completed in 1999, and which is finally being published last year. The study is called “The Minnesota Moose Mystery.”

In addition to warm weather and parasites, the Moose Mystery study also revealed some other curious moose stress factors:

• Lower than normal birth rates. The pregnancy rate for northwest Minnesota moose averaged just 48 percent, while moose in Canada average 84 percent.
• Malnourishment. Many moose studied here seem to be starving, although the study showed that availability of food was not a problem.
• Lack of copper. Moose livers showed a low level of copper, which is a key mineral for regulating moose reproduction. The speculation is that acid rain has leached copper from the environment.

Moose are still likely to thrive in Canada and northeast Minnesota, the study showed. But as for northwest Minnesota, all moose will be completely gone by the year 2019, just 13 years from now. And they are not likely to return.

THE MOOSE CAPITAL OF THE NORTH

The predicted demise of the moose is a special irony for one small town in northern Minnesota which has long billed itself as the “Moose Capital of the North.”

Karlstad is a tiny town of just 801 souls. Its located in the northwester corner of Minnesota in Kittson county which shares a border with Manitoba, Canada. The moose and it's image has been a key element in the identity of this proud little community which has attracted hunters and wildlife enthusiasts from around the world.

A large statue of a moose commands a spot next to Highway 59 at the north end of Karlstad -- it's the first thing many motorists see when they approach the city from the north. The moose is also featured prominently on the Karlstad official web site. A sign on the south end of town welcoming visitors also depicts a moose. The city conducts an annual “Moose Festival” every fall. A moose head is emblazoned on the city water tower. Even the receipts at Karlstad's only grocery store are imprinted with an image of the moose.

But this once proud symbol of Karlstad may soon become only a fond memory of a time when the world was simpler -- and a lot less polluted/

A BLOW FOR LOCAL CITIZENS

Karlstad residents have been blindsided by the predictions of the Minnesota Moose Mystery study. Many express deep sadness, and even shock at the idea that moose will no longer be a part of the local landscape.

Jon Pearson of Karlstad is an avid hunter and bear hunting guide who last hunted moose about 10 years ago. He said the loss of the moose would be a “terrible thing.”

“I remember when I was a kid and the DNR had its offices over by Kim's Beauty Shop,“ he said. “When they had a moose season, that's where they brought them in. I remember going over there several times a day to watch and see what kind of trophies hunters were getting. It was exciting. It's sad to think it may never happen again.”

Pearson is also owner of town's only motel -- the North Star Motor Inn. He said most moose hunters in Kittson County were from outside the area, meaning his motel

was filled with guests during the season.

“That's another aspect of this,” Pearson said. “It means a loss of that kind of business, and probably other businesses as well.”

Danny Johnson sells used cars in Karlstad. As a member of the Karlstad chapter of the Jaycees, he was the “point man” in adopting the moose as the official mascot of the city. He still remembers the day the idea came to him:

“I think it was back in 1984, or so,” Johnson said. “It was a Sunday afternoon, and I was just lying down for a nap, and I got this eerie feeling that someone was watching me. I turned my head and looked out the window, and there was a gigantic moose looking at me right through the window!”

Johnson froze.

“I didn't dare make a move,” he said. “I'm sure if I would have flinched, that moose would have shattered my window.”

The bull moose decided to go its own way without bothering Johnson, but the incident sparked an idea. Johnson and others suggested to Karlstad community leaders that the moose become the official mascot of the city.

With the backing of the Jaycees, the city council agreed, and the fund raising began. One of the primary fund raisers was the annual Four-by-Four Mud Run, an event in which people competed to drive 4x4 trucks through a long stretch of gooey mud. With the money raised, the Jaycees commissioned a bigger-than- life statue of a moose, which was created by F.A.S.T. Fiberglass Wonders Company of Sparta, Wisconsin.

“The statue cost $5,000,” Johnson said. “We drove down to Sparta to get it. We took a Ford pick-up with a short box. On our way back, we turned a lot of heads because everybody could see that big moose head sticking up out over the top of the pick-up. We stopped at a gas station and one person asked us, "Hey! What are you doing with that moose!” I think some people thought it was real.”

The giant moose statue was installed in a Karlstad municipal park in a prominent location next to Highway 59. It"s a can't miss icon which screams out to travelers: “Now you're in moose country!”

So assured were community boosters that the moose would serve as its symbol for years to come, a time capsule was placed within the base of the moose statue for a distant future generation to open at an appointed time.

CHANGING TO REACT TO THE TIMES

The probable extinction of the moose in Kittson County means that city officials may have to rethink the way Karlstad presents itself to the world.

“It's definitely something we're going to have to think about,” said Karlstad Mayor Dale Nelson. “If the moose disappear. That's something we have no control over. Yes, it would be very sad. It would be something that Karlstad was known for, but if we no longer have moose in this area, well, we'll have to see what that means.”

Long-time Karlstad City Clerk Wayne Ruud agreed.

“It's very sad and ironic,” Ruud said. “The moose have been very much a part of this

community. The kids at the school used to have an Adopt-a- Moose program. Each kindergarten student was able to adopt a moose -- it was run by the DNR. They tagged and followed moose, and then the kids could follow what was going on with their own moose.”

QUESTIONS REMAIN

So many questions remain. What will happen to the moose statue in the park? Will the city stop billing itself as “The Moose Capital of the World?” Will the sign featuring a moose on the south end of town need to be replaced with something else? What will happen to the time capsule waiting patiently within the base of the moose statue?

Several residents noted that Kittson County has now become “bear country.” North Star Motor Inn owner Jon Pearson also runs a business called Bear Buster Outfitters, a bear hunting guide service. Pearson said that there are currently some 30,000 bears inhabiting northwestern Minnesota, and that the bear has already become an attraction to the area.

Still others hope the moose will hang on, though wildlife biologists don't see that happening. No other studies are being planned, and only time will tell if the moose will remain a beloved resident of Karlstad and northwestern Minnesota.

It just makes me sick. I and many around me already know this, but the whole global warming scare is a gigantic lie. Since the early 1980s the overall temperature has risen less than 1 degree, a change so insignificant that it is hardly noticeable to the complex scientific instruments that measure it. Not only is the change in temperature so drastically small, but since the early 1920s, the Fourth Estate has switched their view 4 Times from global warming to global Cooling, at Least. In periods of about 20 years, some overlapping, the Fourth Estate has been either crying "Global Warming!" or "The Next Ice Age is Here!!!" in 10 to 20 years, all of this global warming hype will have switched to a global cooling freak, which upsets me deeply.

Yes, the earth may possibly be getting hotter, but even if it was, it is not our fault and there is nothing we can do about it. The Earth goes through natural cylces of heating and cooling, hence ice ages and "global warming" periods millions of years ago, and even thousands of years ago, during the age of the cave men. They didnt have the technology to heat up the earth, so how did the Earth go from being an ice age to being what it is today? I'll tell you why, it was a Natural part of the cycle, a natural phase of heating coming out of a cold recession. Don't get me wrong, we can still all recycle and help the environment, but doing it to stop something that isnt even happening is the problem. The Motive behind helping the environment is what is misplaced. Global warming, whether or not it exists, is Not our fault, and it is just part of a NATURAL cycle of heating and cooling that the Earth goes through on its Own.

The earth in a thermal sensor showed that light gives off a lot of heat into the environment. Which increase the temperature by a little. Also it creates a glare that can be seen from space. All this could be stop by having shielded lights so the lights only shine downwards. So now many organizations are trying to make the whole world do it so that people are aware of light pollution and "Global Warming." During this day you do not need to turn off all your lights just the unnecessary ones. It is on March 29 from 8 PM to 9PM.

Recent stats have shown that, ice about the size of Texas and California combined have already melted into the ocean in the past two years. That's nearly a fourth of the artic ice shelf. But according to many scientist, Global warming doesn't necessarily mean a rise in temperature. It could possibly mean an other ice age, even. But isn't that very ironic, considering the loss of polar ice? Theory has it that when those ice are melted into the ocean, they disrupt the flow of sea currents that is responsible for distributing warmer waters to the northern hemisphere. As a result, temperatures would decrease tremendously and ice would start to form again and cover a much more enormous portion of the earth.

However, that is only a possible long-term effect. A short-term effect to Global Warming would be the sinking of coastal cities. Again, this brings us back to the ice in the arctic circle. Since these ice are melting, it's common sense to conclude that it adds up to the sea level. A major concern would be Venice, being it is a “floating” city. As of now, the current water level is innocuous to the city's major infrastructures. But in a few years from now, provided the rate that the ice melt remains consistent, there'd be more reported floods throughout Venice, and perhaps the city would become abandoned similar to what we call ghost towns in the west.

The earth needs our attention and is crying for our help. It's either that, or because we're abusing it too much. Either way, we need to come up with a solution, and quick. And before you think that any of this might not happen within your lifetime, you might want to think about the movie The Day After Tomorrow. And before you think about throwing trash out of your car window into the streets, and driving literally next door when you can walk, you might want to give it a second thought about your future and your children and grandchildren's future.

Many people the world over have an intense dislike for George W. Bush. His foreign policy has been aggressive, uncompromising and damaging to the relative harmony the planet may have enjoyed eight years ago.

My opinion of the man has changed somewhat over recent weeks. I am still of the opinion that he is divisive and intellectually unfit for the post, but it seems that the latter, is irrelevant to the position of President of the USA.

Hear me out on this one: This is not a cheap shot at xenophobia or "yank-bashing". In this media-savvy age where statement and sound bites are dissected easily. The internet is awash with conspiracy and counter-conspiracy theories on Mr Bush's actions. This perhaps misses the point.

That big business now controls the world - it is the New World Order. Al Gore received a Nobel Prize for his "Inconvenient Truth", but perhaps it is an even more inconvenient truth for Mr Gore that it was he, as part of the Clinton administration that first put the brakes on the idea of the Kyoto agreement.

American politics is run by massive lobbying group who give generous sums of money to both Democrat and Republic campaigns (and here in the UK, although the structure of politics is different, the result remains the same) the only point of party politics is to put a face to the myriad sponsors.

Lies it seems is the political lubricant, and in the 21st century, a global currency.