Wed 16 Dec 2009
I like the Governor of California talk about Climate Change in Copenhagen.
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Wed 13 May 2009
Communication and Miscommunication
Posted by arully under Humor , IT , Strategy , What ever :)[2] Comments
Human created a digital world using 0 (zero) and 1 (one). But it seems that Human communicate within their own race not just 0 and 1, buat from 0 to 9.
Thus, misunderstanding in Human is almost inevitable 
But, how to overcome the inevitability is an interesting art that should be mastered by every human 
Thu 12 Mar 2009
You Can Critics US Gov, but not Israel
Posted by arully under HumanRight , Law&Ethics , Politics , StrategyNo Comments
Interesting quote from Andrew Sullivan article related about Freeman nomination as Director of National Intelligence Council:
Obama may bring change in many areas, but there is no possibility of change on the Israel-Palestine question. Having the kind of debate in America that they have in Israel, let alone Europe, on the way ahead in the Middle East is simply forbidden. Even if a president wants to have differing sources of advice on many questions, the Congress will prevent any actual, genuinely open debate on Israel. More to the point: the Obama peeps never defended Freeman. They were too scared. The fact that Obama blinked means no one else in Washington will ever dare to go through the hazing that Freeman endured. And so the chilling effect is as real as it is deliberate.
Salon.com also has an article reporting about this, but major news outlet muted.
(updated 090312) Washington Post editorial put blame on Freeman while the reader differ with that assessment
Recorded report from Al-Jazeera:
(updated 090313) NYT has a report about this
Tue 10 Mar 2009
My friend gave me link to article Battle of Karánsebes in Wikipedia. The article is a story about war between Austrian Army with Ottoman Empire Army, and how the Austrian Army killed themselves before the real war.
A very interesting and full of learning human drama 
Thu 8 Jan 2009
I found an article which give solutions to Palestinians problems
No amount of military escalation can buy Israel immunity from rocket attacks from the military wing of Hamas. Despite all the death and destruction that Israel has inflicted on them, they kept up their resistance and they kept firing their rockets. This is a movement that glorifies victimhood and martyrdom. There is simply no military solution to the conflict between the two communities. The problem with Israel’s concept of security is that it denies even the most elementary security to the other community. The only way for Israel to achieve security is not through shooting but through talks with Hamas, which has repeatedly declared its readiness to negotiate a long-term ceasefire with the Jewish state within its pre-1967 borders for 20, 30, or even 50 years. Israel has rejected this offer for the same reason it spurned the Arab League peace plan of 2002, which is still on the table: it involves concessions and compromises.
Sat 29 Nov 2008
Interesting article about the end of Bush administration in Times. After all, a leader must have ability to understand and make a balanced decision.
In the end, though, it will not be the creative paralysis that defines Bush. It will be his intellectual laziness, at home and abroad. Bush never understood, or cared about, the delicate balance between freedom and regulation that was necessary to make markets work. He never understood, or cared about, the delicate balance between freedom and equity that was necessary to maintain the strong middle class required for both prosperity and democracy. He never considered the complexities of the cultures he was invading. He never understood that faith, unaccompanied by rigorous skepticism, is a recipe for myopia and foolishness. He is less than President now, and that is appropriate. He was never very much of one.
Tue 16 Sep 2008
How the (just another) Black Monday unfolded
Posted by arully under Economy , Finance , Law&Ethics , Strategy , Way of LifeNo Comments
Amidst the biggest financial industry shake-up since the Great Depression, an article in Washington Post from The Associated Press, show the real culprit of what happening in Financial Market.
It’s been nearly a decade since Congress and President Clinton reshaped the financial landscape. That 1999 legislation removed Depression-era barriers between commercial banks and investment firms and allowed the creation of financial behemoths where years later the risks of underwriting subprime mortgages were somewhat hidden.
Former Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, until recently one of the McCain campaign’s top economic advisers, was a chief writer of that law.
McCain voted for a Senate version of the bill but did not vote on the final package. Biden voted against the Senate legislation but for the final compromise that Clinton signed. Obama was not in Congress at the time.
Meanwhile, the big 2 in Investment Banking category:
For Goldman, which is expected on Tuesday to report its worst quarterly results since going public in 1999, it was the stock’s biggest one-day drop in eight years.
Morgan Stanley, which has been shedding assets since an embarrassing fourth quarter loss last year, likewise will be under pressure to show its house is in order when it reports results on Thursday.
We need a preventive action especially in Financial System, as said by Paul Krugman from NYT
The real answer to the current problem would, of course, have been to take preventive action before we reached this point. Even leaving aside the obvious need to regulate the shadow banking system — if institutions need to be rescued like banks, they should be regulated like banks — why were we so unprepared for this latest shock? When Bear went under, many people talked about the need for a mechanism for “orderly liquidation” of failing investment banks. Well, that was six months ago. Where’s the mechanism?
To better understand the financial problem, The Time has 2 good articles: How Financial Madness Overtook Wall Street and Why the Government Wouldn’t Let AIG Fail.
And there is also a rumor about relations between AIG and China
(Updated 08/10/03)
Another good article from Reuters
(Updated 08/10/04)
Spheres of influences
(Updated 08/11/28) Thomas L. Friedman wrote after Citibank was bailed out more!
(Updated 08/12/27) Chinese Savings Helped Inflate American Bubble
Tue 24 Jun 2008
Neocon next agenda: bomb Iran whatever it cost
Posted by arully under Politics , StrategyNo Comments
LA times highlight another Neocon proposal. This time the proposal came not from The Heritage but from The Washington Institute for Near East Studies.
Their doctrine is: “If the potential risks, challenges and consequences of prevention (as previously outlined) are daunting, the risks and challenges of deterrence are even more so. Deterrence is not an easy, low-risk alternative. The cost/benefit calculus pertaining to prevention versus deterrence as a means of dealing with Iran’s nuclear program may be one of the most complex and difficult policy choices facing U.S. policymakers today, given the uncertainties of the prospects for success and the possible price of failure for each.”
I think they are in the state of one of these three possibilities:
- They are very naive and stupid, even though they regard themselves as scholars
- They have wrong inputs, thus produce wrong outputs
- They have a hidden agenda
I believe in no 3 sound like a conspiracy theory??? haha
Please read the above articles with this article. Happy reading…
“I’m worried that by November it’s going to be too late,” to stop Iran from gaining the ability to produce nuclear weapons, said Yossi Kuperwasser, the former senior intelligence officer for the Central Command of the Israeli Defense. On military action against nuclear sites in Iran, he said, “Just do it. For Christ’s sake, do it and solve our problem.”
And something more interesting also:
Following Bush’s visit this month, the Jerusalem Post reported that a senior U.S. advisor on the trip had told Israeli officials that Bush was prepared to attack Iran, but that Gates and Rice were blocking the way.
Wed 16 Apr 2008
According to this site from The University of Wisconsin Whitewater, the four functions of management are:
