Friday, 15 August 2008

Non-Hispanic population swept away in the US


The US census bureau released their latest study about American population which concludes that by 2042 all minorities combined will outnumber non-Hispanic white people. This change,although expected, will happen quicker than expected, in 2050. The projection also advance in two decades, 2039, the year when the country's population is going to reach 400 million.

The new race spreading will be that the overall population is going to be composed by 46% non-Hispanic white people (currently 64.7%), 30% Hispanic people (currently 15%), Asians 9% (currently 4%) and AfricanAmericans 15% (now already 14%, the smaller growth amongst all minorities).

The new racial and ethnic map in the USA will represent a mentality change and reshape the politics in the country.

Picture from Countenance.

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Thursday, 31 July 2008

Celebrities



Can John McCain explain us what he would do if he wins? Or he is just going to tell us what is bad about Barak Obama? Moreover, what is McCain doing when he compares Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Barak Obama... this is bullshit! (Sorry for the word).

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Wednesday, 23 July 2008

US and India have a nuclear moment



Yesterday, Indian MPs voted a confidence motion to their Government in order to seal a civilian nuclear agreement with the United States government so India can meet its energy needs. Despite being a large producer of oil, India's oil meets just 40% of the country's rapidly increasing consumption. India pretended to be in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but seems it never had a real will to sign it. That is a sine qua non condition to receive this technology ... until now. I wonder what kind of precedent this exemption is going to create? Especially now that Iran's nuclear developments are in vogue.

If this was not enough, the icing on the cake was when the MPs began waving wads of cash in Parliament - a supposed bribe to abstain. I expected more of India, whose prime minister Manmohan Singh, as far as I know is an intellectual with first class honours from Cambridge, Oxford, et cetera. Wether it is true or not, he has shown that he is leading a corrupt party (not that the opposition does much better), not knowing what is going on in his own party or encouraging this behaviour! As The Asian Age said parliament has "sullied the fair image and reputation of the Indian parliamentary system earned over six decades", and most media used adjectives such as pyrrhic and shame.

As a country that possesses nuclear weapons, couldn't India finance programs to develop its own civil nuclear energy? Are they meritous enough to deserve this kind of help? The answer is no, but with China threatening America's supremacy, an India is emerging stronger and stronger and could be a great ally to content a China (which is already biting America's heels). Morever, Mr. Bush - always willing to fight terrorists - has elevated its position to India when compared to Pakistan. I want to see how well it goes for General Pervez Musharraf to implement anti-terrorist policies lead by the US; I bet Pakistanies will be belly, belly happy.

There have been so many detractors around this matter in both countries. I already mentioned Indian media but the prestigious (a little less every year) New York Times also published more than one editorials about George Bush and Manmohan Singh's nuclear moment ... not happy I must say.

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Wednesday, 26 March 2008

About China

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News about China ’s troubles within the country are increasing exponentially, not just due to the Olympics but it’s weight in the international community. Parallel to that grows, sinophobia around the western world meanwhile non-western serious and rich countries that are supporting China on their policies, Singapore for instance.

There are governments talking badly about China that are just afraid to lose some votes, and press groups with the doubtable target of informing the world, which gets huge attention from all the media even if all this organizations are quite sinister and not really reliable. Reporters Without Borders are now increasing their activism against China now that Tibet is a riot. However they reported recently Spain as a country where there is an important lack of free press since the government shut down a newspaper that extolled ETA terrorists. These people would rather see 100 Israelis dead than a Palestinian arrested without a proper police report.

Opinions about China should be deeply meditated, forming a proper impression about this country requires an accurate analysis which should include the whole world in it, not just China . This country needs improvement, but doesn't all countries need some? The whole Great China will be soon a more powerful country than USA or the European Comunity. They will reach the so-desired free market economy to be on the same level as Singapore and soon all their big cities will be as rich as Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Have to be added it is believed by many that the USA and Europe should move in the same direction or they will just become insignificant. The next century is not ours; time will make Asia right.

China does not mess with anyone outside their borders, they just want to develop their country with their own sweat and blood. Not like Europe that had to colonize half of the planet! The main problem is not China because the global/western monotheist inquisition is not going to tolerate that a non-occidentalized, heretic, different country makes good progress. And that is just aligning half of Asia, Africa and Latin America with China, because people not without reason is tired of the West. We shouldn’t project our western way of viewing entirely different societies against the whole world.

This country must to go towards becoming a technocracy or a unique party democracy such as Singapore. A region as big and populated as China is not going to work with a populist model of democracy like in all developed countries right now, we have confused so easily fulfilling hoi polloi demands for just giving them the show they need. Developed Asian countries have done what had to be done so far, no matter who agreed or disagreed with their actions, they just did the right things.

Often forgotten is that any citizen from a poor region of the world when asked about what he wants and desires, he is going to have this clear: First life itself, then quality of life which in many countries does not go hand-in-hand with liberties. However so far “Confusionist Capitalism” works really good and has no rival.

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