As a whole, elected officials fail to do their jobs. The best we could insist on is mandatory term limits. In reality, those in power are so firmly entrenched that only armed conflict will end the cycle of national destruction we are in.
Iran, for example, like the U.S. is engaged in foreign adventures the people do not support. China and Russia
are equally as guilty, as is Syria and many others.
The citizens of the Earth do not want war.
Among the charges one could level against george Bush:
The Bush Whitehouse has violated or ignored 750 laws, including military regs, affirmative action, immigration. whistleblower protections.
They have authorized indefinite detention for U.S. and foreign persons
Authorized the leaks of classified information.
Violation of seperation of church and state laws via discrimation against gays and religious based policy.
Failure to prevent death and suffering following hurricane Katrina.
Crimes against Humanity http://www.bushcommission.org/?q=node/22 http://whatreallyhappened.com/aboutoil.htm
Neglect and failure to enforce immigration policy.
I would refer you to this.
Country
rank Country 2006
CPI Score
1. Finland 9.6
Iceland 9.6
New Zealand 9.6
4. Denmark 9.5
5. Singapore 9.4
6. Sweden 9.2
7. Switzerland 9.1
8. Norway 8.8
9. Australia 8.7
Netherlands 8.7
11. Austria 8.6
Luxembourg 8.6
United Kingdom 8.6
14. Canada 8.5
15. Hong Kong 8.3
16. Germany 8.0
17. Japan 7.6
18. France 7.4
Ireland 7.4
20. Belgium 7.3
Chile 7.3
USA 7.3
23. Spain 6.8
24. Barbados 6.7
Estonia 6.7
26. Macao 6.6
Portugal 6.6
28. Malta 6.4
Slovenia 6.4
Uruguay 6.4
31. United Arab Emirates 6.2
32. Bhutan 6.0
Qatar 6.0
34. Israel 5.9
Taiwan 5.9
36. Bahrain 5.7
37. Botswana 5.6
Cyprus 5.6
39. Oman 5.4
40. Jordan 5.3
41. Hungary 5.2
42. Mauritius 5.1
South Korea 5.1
44. Malaysia 5.0
45. Italy 4.9
46. Czech Republic 4.8
Kuwait 4.8
Lithuania 4.8
49. Latvia 4.7
Slovakia 4.7
51. South Africa 4.6
Tunisia 4.6
53. Dominica 4.5
54. Greece 4.4
55. Costa Rica 4.1
Namibia 4.1
57. Bulgaria 4.0
El Salvador 4.0
59. Colombia 3.9
60. Turkey 3.8
61. Jamaica 3.7
Poland 3.7
63. Lebanon 3.6
Seychelles 3.6
Thailand 3.6
66. Belize 3.5
Cuba 3.5
Grenada 3.5
69. Croatia 3.4
70. Brazil 3.3
China 3.3
Egypt 3.3
Ghana 3.3
India 3.3
Mexico 3.3
Peru 3.3
Saudi Arabia 3.3
Senegal 3.3
79. Burkina Faso 3.2
Lesotho 3.2
Moldova 3.2
Morocco 3.2
Trinidad and Tobago 3.2
84. Algeria 3.1
Madagascar 3.1
Mauritania 3.1
Panama 3.1
Romania 3.1
Sri Lanka 3.1
90. Gabon 3.0
Serbia 3.0
Suriname 3.0
93. Argentina 2.9
Armenia 2.9
Bosnia and Herzgegovina 2.9
Eritrea 2.9
Syria 2.9
Tanzania 2.9
99. Dominican Republic 2.8
Georgia 2.8
Mali 2.8
Mongolia 2.8
Mozambique 2.8
Ukraine 2.8
105. Bolivia 2.7
Iran 2.7
Libya 2.7
Macedonia 2.7
Malawi 2.7
Uganda 2.7
111. Albania 2.6
Guatemala 2.6
Kazakhstan 2.6
Laos 2.6
Nicaragua 2.6
Paraguay 2.6
Timor-Leste 2.6
Viet Nam 2.6
Yemen 2.6
Zambia 2.6
121. Benin 2.5
Gambia 2.5
Guyana 2.5
Honduras 2.5
Nepal 2.5
Phillipines 2.5
Russia 2.5
Rwanda 2.5
Swaziland 2.5
130. Azerbaijan 2.4
Burundi 2.4
Central African Republic 2.4
Ethiopia 2.4
Indonesia 2.4
Papua New Guinea 2.4
Togo 2.4
Zimbabwe 2.4
138. Cameroon 2.3
Ecuador 2.3
Niger 2.3
Venezuela 2.3
142. Angola 2.2
Congo, Republic 2.2
Kenya 2.2
Kyrgyzstan 2.2
Nigeria 2.2
Pakistan 2.2
Sierra Leone 2.2
Tajikistan 2.2
Turkmenistan 2.2
151. Belarus 2.1
Cambodia 2.1
Côte d´Ivoire 2.1
Equatorial Guinea 2.1
Uzbekistan 2.1
156. Bangladesh 2.0
Chad 2.0
Congo, Democratic Republic 2.0
Sudan 2.0
160. Guinea 1.9
Iraq 1.9
Myanmar 1.9
163. Haiti 1.8
Corruption usually manifests itself as selective enforcement of laws and " taking from the till." It can be as extreme as hoarding food during a starvation, to knowingly allowing drugs and infiltrators across a border to allow big businesses to use cheap labor.
In Africa the worst examples are human slavery. Corruption is usually the cause of starvation as evil people interfere with care groups trying to help. Corruption is what causes American manufactures to buy good produced in China where labor is rice cheap and enviromental regulations are almost non-existant.
I work in the metal business. China buys almost all scrap metal yielded from the U.S. . Shredded steel, copper and aluminum are loaded into shipping containers where sea going foundry ships re-smelts the metal and cast it into ingots. They load garbage metal in the U.S. and unload raw materials for Chinese factories. Ever wonder why Chinese drill bits are garbage and always break?
That drill bit was once a Ford F150 truck.
My issue is that these ships pollute madly and the quality of all the goods is garbage. They are resold in American markets by Walmart and Home Depot at costs that drive both U.S. manufactures and small resalers out of business.
Sowing the seeds of war?
http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/bwi … nflict.htm
Iran, for example, like the U.S. is engaged in foreign adventures the people do not support. China and Russia
are equally as guilty, as is Syria and many others.
The citizens of the Earth do not want war.
Among the charges one could level against george Bush:
The Bush Whitehouse has violated or ignored 750 laws, including military regs, affirmative action, immigration. whistleblower protections.
They have authorized indefinite detention for U.S. and foreign persons
Authorized the leaks of classified information.
Violation of seperation of church and state laws via discrimation against gays and religious based policy.
Failure to prevent death and suffering following hurricane Katrina.
Crimes against Humanity http://www.bushcommission.org/?q=node/22 http://whatreallyhappened.com/aboutoil.htm
Neglect and failure to enforce immigration policy.
I would refer you to this.
Here is the complete corruption index, from least to most:According to the annual survey by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International, Finland, Iceland, and New Zealand are perceived to be the world's least corrupt countries, and Haiti is perceived to be the most corrupt. The index defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gain and measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among a country's public officials and politicians. It is a composite index, drawing on 12 polls and surveys from 9 independent institutions, which gathered the opinions of businesspeople and country analysts. Only 163 of the world's 193 countries are included in the survey, due to an absence of reliable data from the remaining countries. The scores range from ten (squeaky clean) to zero (highly corrupt). A score of 5.0 is the number Transparency International considers the borderline figure distinguishing countries that do and do not have a serious corruption problem.
Countries that have significantly improved their rating since the 2005 index were Algeria, Czech Republic, India, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Mauritius, Paraguay, Slovenia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uruguay. Some of the countries that have a significantly worse rating since 2005 include Brazil, Cuba, Israel, Jordan, Laos, Seychelles, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, and the United States. Because inclusion in the index requires at least three sources Afghanistan, Fiji, Liberia, Palestine, and Somalia, with only two sources in 2006, were not included.
Country
rank Country 2006
CPI Score
1. Finland 9.6
Iceland 9.6
New Zealand 9.6
4. Denmark 9.5
5. Singapore 9.4
6. Sweden 9.2
7. Switzerland 9.1
8. Norway 8.8
9. Australia 8.7
Netherlands 8.7
11. Austria 8.6
Luxembourg 8.6
United Kingdom 8.6
14. Canada 8.5
15. Hong Kong 8.3
16. Germany 8.0
17. Japan 7.6
18. France 7.4
Ireland 7.4
20. Belgium 7.3
Chile 7.3
USA 7.3
23. Spain 6.8
24. Barbados 6.7
Estonia 6.7
26. Macao 6.6
Portugal 6.6
28. Malta 6.4
Slovenia 6.4
Uruguay 6.4
31. United Arab Emirates 6.2
32. Bhutan 6.0
Qatar 6.0
34. Israel 5.9
Taiwan 5.9
36. Bahrain 5.7
37. Botswana 5.6
Cyprus 5.6
39. Oman 5.4
40. Jordan 5.3
41. Hungary 5.2
42. Mauritius 5.1
South Korea 5.1
44. Malaysia 5.0
45. Italy 4.9
46. Czech Republic 4.8
Kuwait 4.8
Lithuania 4.8
49. Latvia 4.7
Slovakia 4.7
51. South Africa 4.6
Tunisia 4.6
53. Dominica 4.5
54. Greece 4.4
55. Costa Rica 4.1
Namibia 4.1
57. Bulgaria 4.0
El Salvador 4.0
59. Colombia 3.9
60. Turkey 3.8
61. Jamaica 3.7
Poland 3.7
63. Lebanon 3.6
Seychelles 3.6
Thailand 3.6
66. Belize 3.5
Cuba 3.5
Grenada 3.5
69. Croatia 3.4
70. Brazil 3.3
China 3.3
Egypt 3.3
Ghana 3.3
India 3.3
Mexico 3.3
Peru 3.3
Saudi Arabia 3.3
Senegal 3.3
79. Burkina Faso 3.2
Lesotho 3.2
Moldova 3.2
Morocco 3.2
Trinidad and Tobago 3.2
84. Algeria 3.1
Madagascar 3.1
Mauritania 3.1
Panama 3.1
Romania 3.1
Sri Lanka 3.1
90. Gabon 3.0
Serbia 3.0
Suriname 3.0
93. Argentina 2.9
Armenia 2.9
Bosnia and Herzgegovina 2.9
Eritrea 2.9
Syria 2.9
Tanzania 2.9
99. Dominican Republic 2.8
Georgia 2.8
Mali 2.8
Mongolia 2.8
Mozambique 2.8
Ukraine 2.8
105. Bolivia 2.7
Iran 2.7
Libya 2.7
Macedonia 2.7
Malawi 2.7
Uganda 2.7
111. Albania 2.6
Guatemala 2.6
Kazakhstan 2.6
Laos 2.6
Nicaragua 2.6
Paraguay 2.6
Timor-Leste 2.6
Viet Nam 2.6
Yemen 2.6
Zambia 2.6
121. Benin 2.5
Gambia 2.5
Guyana 2.5
Honduras 2.5
Nepal 2.5
Phillipines 2.5
Russia 2.5
Rwanda 2.5
Swaziland 2.5
130. Azerbaijan 2.4
Burundi 2.4
Central African Republic 2.4
Ethiopia 2.4
Indonesia 2.4
Papua New Guinea 2.4
Togo 2.4
Zimbabwe 2.4
138. Cameroon 2.3
Ecuador 2.3
Niger 2.3
Venezuela 2.3
142. Angola 2.2
Congo, Republic 2.2
Kenya 2.2
Kyrgyzstan 2.2
Nigeria 2.2
Pakistan 2.2
Sierra Leone 2.2
Tajikistan 2.2
Turkmenistan 2.2
151. Belarus 2.1
Cambodia 2.1
Côte d´Ivoire 2.1
Equatorial Guinea 2.1
Uzbekistan 2.1
156. Bangladesh 2.0
Chad 2.0
Congo, Democratic Republic 2.0
Sudan 2.0
160. Guinea 1.9
Iraq 1.9
Myanmar 1.9
163. Haiti 1.8
Corruption usually manifests itself as selective enforcement of laws and " taking from the till." It can be as extreme as hoarding food during a starvation, to knowingly allowing drugs and infiltrators across a border to allow big businesses to use cheap labor.
In Africa the worst examples are human slavery. Corruption is usually the cause of starvation as evil people interfere with care groups trying to help. Corruption is what causes American manufactures to buy good produced in China where labor is rice cheap and enviromental regulations are almost non-existant.
I work in the metal business. China buys almost all scrap metal yielded from the U.S. . Shredded steel, copper and aluminum are loaded into shipping containers where sea going foundry ships re-smelts the metal and cast it into ingots. They load garbage metal in the U.S. and unload raw materials for Chinese factories. Ever wonder why Chinese drill bits are garbage and always break?
That drill bit was once a Ford F150 truck.
My issue is that these ships pollute madly and the quality of all the goods is garbage. They are resold in American markets by Walmart and Home Depot at costs that drive both U.S. manufactures and small resalers out of business.
Sowing the seeds of war?
http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/bwi … nflict.htm
Last edited by ATG (2007-03-30 18:08:40)
