bush , a tragedy, finally they speak out

call it a lost decade


A tragedy of errors

By Edward Luce

Published: January 18 2009 20:05 | Last updated: January 18 2009 20:05

electoral map 2008

http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html

thucydides, great political leaders

http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.html

on pericles

obama hip hop

obama final speech

Obama come periple
l giudizio di Tucidide su Pericle [modifica]

Lo storico Tucidide presenta Pericle come un modello di uomo politico equilibrato, che seppe portare Atene al massimojavascript:void(0) splendore ed alla massima potenza. Pericle infatti condusse la città nei periodi di pace con moderazione e la mantenne sicura, facendola diventare grandissima. Quando scoppiò la Guerra ne previde la potenzialità, manifestando una preveggenza che si rivelò solo dopo la sua morte.

Disse infatti che gli ateniesi avrebbero vinto se fossero rimasti tranquilli, si fossero curati della flotta e non avessero cercato di ampliare l'impero nel corso della guerra facendo correre pericoli alla città. Gli Ateniesi fecero l'esatto contrario, imbarcandosi in imprese estranee alla guerra e che, se riuscite, avrebbero portato vantaggi soprattutto a privati cittadini, e il cui fallimento si sarebbe ritorto a danno per l'intera città.

Il giudizio di Tucidide è lucidamente espresso nelle seguenti parole:
« [...] Ne era motivo il fatto che Pericle, potente per dignità e senno, chiaramente incorruttibile al denaro, dominava il popolo senza limitarne la libertà, e non era da lui condotto più di quanto egli stesso non lo conducesse, poiché Pericle non parlava per lusingarlo, come avrebbe fatto se avesse ottenuto il potere con mezzi illeciti, ma lo contraddiceva anche sotto l'influsso dell'ira, avendo ottenuto il potere per suo merito personale. [...]
Vi era così ad Atene una democrazia, ma di fatto un potere affidato al primo cittadino. »


(Tucidide, Storie, II, 65)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vlM3x-GoCA&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/04/the-final-rallies-obama-m_n_140800.html

obama tooth

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/03/obama-on-grandmother-and_n_140698.html

Calling it a "bittersweet time" in his life, there were moments when one could detect the sadness in his voice and face. The crowd in Charlotte did its best to pull him along, screaming out words of support as he detailed Madelyn Dunham's life and drew from it threads that weaved into his candidacy and message. It was a poignant moment: the woman who helped raise him passing away just hours before the election.

No matter what happens tomorrow, I'm going to feel good about how it has turned out because all of you have created this remarkable campaign. She is gone home. And she died peacefully in her sleep, with my sister at her side. And so, there is great joy as well as tears. I'm not going to talk about it too long because it is hard, a little, to talk about.

I want everybody to know though a little bit about her. Her name was Madelyn Dunham. And she was born in Kansas in a small town in 1922. Which means she lived through the Great Depression, she lived through two world wars, she watched her husband go off to war, while she looked after her baby and worked on a bomber assembly line. When her husband came back they benefited from the GI bill, they moved west and eventually ended up in Hawaii.

She was somebody who was a very humble person, a very plainspoken person. She is one of those quiet heroes we have all across America, who are not famous, their names are not in the newspapers, but each and every day they work hard. They look after their families. They sacrifice for their children, and their grandchildren. They aren't seeking the limelight. All they try to do is do the right thing. And in this crowd, there are a lot of quiet heroes like that, people like that, mothers and fathers and grandparents who have worked hard and sacrificed all their lives and the satisfaction that they get is in seeing their children or maybe their grandchildren or their great-grandchildren live a better life than they did. That is what America is about. That is what we are fighting for.

POst Crisis: a new bretton wod , a new order ?

POst Crisis: a new bretton wod , a new order ?

Steinbrueck, Germany , the crisis and the gaz deal

A new star is rising the European firmament of anti capitalism, his name is Peer Steinbrück, his fierce attack on the the American model and the end of its hegemony was accompanied 2 days later by the collapse of the larger commercial estate lender in Germany , Hypo real estate , and its demise as rubbish to be swept away gradually. The German finance minsiter has demonstrated a great coherence on his anti cpaitalistic views but a short sightedness on the reasons and ramifications of the crisis. While socialism is unveiling the mantra of anti americanism asa demagogical tool of sad memory, it shows a far more realistic Welt anschaung when it comes to broker deal with gaz and the Putin regime ratehr than supporting the the fate of one of the largest financial institutions affected by the credit crisis as many others in Europe.

In the meantime rumors on the end of the USA are still spread from Russia with a nostaligc touch for the good old times of the Soviet Union in spite of their own domestic financial crisis . Which takes you back to the famous quote: rumors over my death were exagerated.

Lets hope that democratic and republican institutions are good and dynamic enough to reform the system proving to be a better alternative than authoritarian regimes. this is a new challenge for America but also for Europe.

Made in Texas; GW BUSH legacy

Micheal Lind

Obama Speech Denver

georgia

clearly by losing the war Georgia will become the winner from a moral point of view . but at what price , the loss of its sovereignty ? a likely outcome since Russia will never allow any Caucasian country to join the nato . the only recalcitrant country to the Russian hegemony in the region , Georgia , was emboldened by the promises of , guess who, GEORGE W Bush, and the sincere believes of his president S. on the ancient bond with the western civilization , dating back to the Argonauts and the spread of the Christian gospel, to lead to a better future. this sincerity without any solid backup may ended up in a monumental mistake : an ally in the terror war loses its sovereignty at the expense of an historical enemy of reedom. By occupying Georgia Russia will dictate its terms in the Caucasus. Chess Mate . In the meantime I hope the president Bush will still enjoy his holydays in Bejing !

PS: By the way , it looks like the majority of posts are pro Russian , are we assisting to a media runoff from the progovernment youth movements , nasi rossie ? if not the nostalgics of the Soviet Union are always very strong in our backyard .

obama , the script never written

not even Hollywood could come up with a similar scenario, an Africa descendant with above the average skills candidate to the presidency of the most powerful country in the world. it goes beyond the American dream. what does it take now to be elected ? obama is up to the task , is the American public up to the most unconceivable innovation in their history ?

an epic vicoty / barack obama

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/06/05/us/politics/0605-nat-PRIMARIES.jpg


http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/demmap/


http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=Presidential+Election+of+2008&d=&o=&v=&c=&n=10&dp=0&daterange=full&srchst=m&sort=newest

Hilry and maths

The Clinton campaign said all current polls had her beating McCain in November, and claimed to be ahead in the popular vote by half a million ballots after 51 valid Democratic contests stretching back to Iowa in early January.

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs mocked the Clinton calculations, which rest on counting Florida and Michigan, and estimating vote totals from Obama's victories in four caucus states where official tallies have not been released.

"It involves square roots and logarithms and you know, I think there's a computer crunching the formula. And a lot of margaritas," the Obama aide said.

from
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080529193741.dozugrom&show_article=1

pete peterson

pete peterson, blackstone founder, a legend in private quity and philantropic endeavours, incarnation of the american spirit