the New York Times is reporting that President Bush is urging Americans to embrace globalization and the loss of American jobs to those countries in the far east. This has also been a big problem in the Uk. Many major companies have sourced manufacturing and call centres in such countries as India. To hide the […]
Well the story of Cheney’s shooting incident this past weekend is really growing. The downplaying of the incident to be minor injuries now appears to also be fabricated per the Associated Press: Cheney apparently did not see Whittington, and the vice president accidentally hit him in the face, neck and chest with bird shot. So […]
Here is an interesting story from the Israeli newspaperHaaretz Israelis evacuated from Amman hotel hours before bombings By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent A number of Israelis staying on Wednesday at the Radisson hotel were evacuated before the bombing by Jordanian security forces, apparently due to a specific security alert. They were escorted back to Israel […]
Further reading into the 426 pages that make up the National Response Plan (NRP) put out by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), I uncovered a few more interesting facts. First it mandates that the DHS The Homeland Security Act of 2002 established DHS to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States; reduce the vulnerability […]