... people are dying in Iraq. Soldiers and Civilians. The latter die of hunger, precision bombs lack of water, stray bullets and other such things.
So here comes a US senator whose only concern is what mobile phone system one should install when it's all over. Quite frankly, this is so cynical. Not only against the iraq people but also against US soldiers. As a soldier, I'd really like to get the message: 'Go soldier, risk your life, so we can open up some market for mobile phones.'
If some European politician made any such proposal or in fact any attempt to "secure a market" at this point in time he'd be thrown out of office.
That is what makes people turn away from the US. The lack of tactfullness. Double standards (Yes, we respect the Geneva Convention - whenever it is useful to us). Turning one or two blind eyes (Who gave Saddam weapons of mass destruction when he was the bulwark against Iran?). The will to break international law whenever it serves the purpose.
The rest of the world may be afraid of the US. But there is no respect.
"Terrorism is the war of the poor and war is the terrorism of the rich. I can't see any difference between them." Sir Peter Ustinov, UNICEF
I guess this would be too much interference by the state for the U.S., but in Austria there is a public fund from which any salary claims are paid in case your company files bankruptcy. AFAIK every company in Austria has to pay into that fund. Kind of a nation-wide bankruptcy insurance system.
Besides switching to an ergonomic keyboard, I started practising Aikido (Japanese martial art) a year ago.
I've never had major problems since then.
Aikido puts a lot of controlled stress on the wrists so my guess is that this helps keeping them elastic.
Go find a DoJo in your vicinity at:
http://www.aikiweb.com/search/
;-)
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I recently developed a little JAVA ME application for that purpose (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mobileshopper). ;-).
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... people are dying in Iraq. Soldiers and Civilians. The latter die of hunger, precision bombs lack of water, stray bullets and other such things.
So here comes a US senator whose only concern is what mobile phone system one should install when it's all over. Quite frankly, this is so cynical. Not only against the iraq people but also against US soldiers. As a soldier, I'd really like to get the message: 'Go soldier, risk your life, so we can open up some market for mobile phones.'
If some European politician made any such proposal or in fact any attempt to "secure a market" at this point in time he'd be thrown out of office.
That is what makes people turn away from the US. The lack of tactfullness. Double standards (Yes, we respect the Geneva Convention - whenever it is useful to us). Turning one or two blind eyes (Who gave Saddam weapons of mass destruction when he was the bulwark against Iran?). The will to break international law whenever it serves the purpose.
The rest of the world may be afraid of the US. But there is no respect.
"Terrorism is the war of the poor and war is the terrorism of the rich. I can't see any difference between them."
Sir Peter Ustinov, UNICEF
I guess this would be too much interference by the state for the U.S., but in Austria there is a public fund from which any salary claims are paid in case your company files bankruptcy.
AFAIK every company in Austria has to pay into that fund. Kind of a nation-wide bankruptcy insurance system.
Besides switching to an ergonomic keyboard, I started practising Aikido (Japanese martial art) a year ago. I've never had major problems since then. Aikido puts a lot of controlled stress on the wrists so my guess is that this helps keeping them elastic. Go find a DoJo in your vicinity at: http://www.aikiweb.com/search/ ;-)
It doesn't stop beeing cute. It stops beeing kute ;-)