An Interviewer Interviews With Palin's Supporters

These are Americans. These are my people from my country. These are my neighbors. These are the faces of America. And most of these adults are parents, yes, they have children. These adults are primary providers of education for their children. And we all know that parents are the most important part in the equation of successive education. So, is it any wonder we, as a nation, lag so-very-behind in the world?

Out of Control Medical Cost

The problem isn't only with insurance companies willing to pay for it or hospital out-of-control charges. There is also questionable doctors' fees and procedures. Hence, the real problem is greed and the joy each of us get of screwing someone else. Honestly, in the end, this is about selfish behaviors that only see people as dollar signs and nothing more. No one is really innocent on all of these wasteful medical charges.

Boss Gives Company to Workers

http://news.yahoo.com/video/business-15749628/boss-gives-company-to-workers-18220171

When you began to believe that divisive, hateful and unproductive rhetoric was the only talk in town; when you began to believe that selfish, self-centered and gluttony was the only lifestyle in town; when you began to believe that self-serving, individualist and apathy was the only virtue in town; when you began to believe and accept that the only worldview was the one that only looked after one's self interest and riches, you began to believe that humanity was lost forever. But then, you hear a story like that and a bit of hope arises from the ashes of individualistic-gluttony self-serving worldview that bombards us from the right, middle and left media. Perhaps, we can truly change and, hopefully, our next generation will see the mistakes of our parent's generation -- e.g., Wall-Street greedy, callous apathy for our fellow women and men, self-serving politicians, unconscientious judges, and many others.

Bill Moyers Interviews Richard Dawkins

This world is truly amazing and life is grandiose. But would life be so grandiose for those who hadn't the good "fortune" to experience this so-called grandiose life?

Ph.D. Digs The Dumpster

Take A Look At This!!!

Nature Furor

Check This Out!!!

Not Hard to Believe

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Don't act shocked about this, this after all is the city that didn't allow Ernie Davis to stay in the Aristocrat Hotel. Honestly, just because that event took place a half century ago doesn't mean that it will not happen again. Racism is a systematic disease that lingers on.

"The Warning" by Frontline

IBS in the Spotlight

Insider trading case puts Indian business school in spotlight

By Sumeet Chatterjee

BANGALORE (Reuters) - The Indian School of Business, backed by some of the leading global companies, has been dealt another black eye with an executive board member charged over the largest hedge fund insider-trading scheme.

Billionaire Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam and five others, were charged by U.S. investigators on Friday in an insider-trading case, generating profits of more than $20 million over several years.

Among those charged, Anil Kumar, a director at consulting firm McKinsey & Co., is on the executive board of the Indian School of Business (ISB), a premier management institute which was placed second among Asia's business schools this year.

"The incident is strange and shocking," said Rishi Sahai, managing director of Cogence Advisors, a New Delhi-based corporate advisory firm. "Greed has overpowered all the corporate and management rationalities."

Kumar, 51, a resident of Saratoga, California, is a friend of Rajaratnam's and a direct or indirect investor in certain Galleon funds.

Located in the southern Indian city and technology hub of Hyderabad, the school's governing board reads like a mini-Who's Who of global business, drawing on leaders from LVMH and Dell to Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.

The school has academic alliances with the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the London Business School with an aim to bring in the best of global management practices.

The ISB, meant to rival prestigious the country's Indian Institutes of Management, boasts air-conditioned lecture theatres, a mix of four-bedroom and studio apartments, swimming pool, gymnasium, and yoga and aerobics centers.

ISB was dealt a blow in January after its dean Mendu Rammohan Rao resigned following widespread protests over his role as a board member of fraud-tainted Satyam Computer Services.

In December, Satyam made a botched attempt to buy construction firms in which management held stakes. The decision was announced after a board meeting attended by Rao, among others.

Satyam's founder Ramalinga Raju later confessed the attempt to acquire the firms was made to cover up gaps in the company's balance sheet that had been inflated for many years.

"Incidents like these make it amply clear that corporates and other institutions should go for better screening processes when selecting board members instead of just focusing on an individual's industry profile," Sahai said.

The ISB, conceived in 1995, formally started operation in 2001 as a not-for-profit organization.

The ISB ranked 15th in the Financial Times 2009 global MBA rankings, and placed second among Asia's business schools.

Kumar has sought leave from the board of the Indian School of Business "until he sorts this out," Dean Ajit Rangnekar said.

Kumar had an "enthusiastic" approach toward the school and was of "huge help," he said. "(It's) shocking. We need to wait and see," Rangnekar said. "Unfortunate things happen."

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I understand that this is news worthy stuff, but at the same time, we need not to pretend this is shocking news. We are just too naive in our trust in the market system. Honestly, with that much temptation of power, fame, and wealth, is any wonder that people find excuses to behave so selfishly to gain more power and wealth. I don't think so. It seems to be naive and stupid to think that no one will cave in to the lure of wealth and power--especially with that much money and power involved, like in story by Chatterjee.

Burning Bibles on Halloween in N.C.

Perhaps many of us will laugh about this story that is unfolding in North Carolina. Apparently, on Halloween night, Pastor Marc Grizzard and 14 members of his church, Amazing Grace Baptist Church, are going to burn all non-King-James bibles. They are also going to burn music and books by Christian authors, such as Billy Graham, Rick Warren, and Joel Osteen. I guess, if Pastor Marc Grizzard really wants to have a pure unadulterated version, then he should go out and get the Greek version of the Bible--that is, if he knows how to read and understand Koine Greek.

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Teen Violence

What is wrong with our society? Does this merely reflect our social reality that the value of another human being is worthless?

Ann Coulter Got Slammed

Rep. Wilson shouts, 'You lie' to Obama during speech

Southern Republican doing what is most natural to them that of being backward.

Police Taser Texas Pastor

Was that really necessary? What! Did the Pastor call forth the angels of God against the Police Officer? Was the Police Officer's life endangered by the Pastor's invocation? Was the Police Officer not please with the invocation? Or, just another racial profiling on the part of the Police Officer?

The real story:

The 1st Officer: "Hey, what is that person doing?"

The 2nd Officer: "Is he shouting at us?"

Pastor: Shouts something at the office to grab their attention.

The 2nd Officer: "Is he coming here?"

The 1st Officer: "Yes, that drunk Mexican is coming toward us."

Pastor: The pastor spoke with a slight Spanish accent. "Hello, there, I'm the pastor of that church and I was wondering..." But before the pastor could finish his sentence.

The 1st Officer: "Sir, you need to back away now! And stand over there, sir"

Pastor: Once again, the pastor spoke with a slight Spanish accent. "Sure, but I need to tell you..."

The 2nd Office: "Sir, do you understand what we are saying?"

Pastor: Again, with his slight Spanish accent the pastor speaks. "I got it, but I must tell you that you are..."

The 1st Officer: The officer speaks slower and louder so as to assist the drunk illegal Mexican. "No speak Espanol!" He speaks loud and gestures with his hand. "Go over there, now!"

Pastor: Drawing his hand up, the pastor says. "I got it!"

The 2nd Officer: The officer perceives such action as threating so he draws his weapon.

The 1st Officer: Seeing that his partner had drawn a weapon, the second officer shots.

Pastor: Falls to the ground.

The 2nd Officer: Runs toward the drunk illegal Mexican.

Well, you can imagine the rest!

Iran's Security Forces Shot Protester Dead

"Ten Trillion and Counting" by Frontline

The journey begins as FRONTLINE correspondent Forrest Sawyer takes viewers to a secret location: the Treasury's debt auction room, where the U.S. government sells securities backed by the "full faith and credit of the United States." On this day, the government is auctioning $67 billion of Treasury securities. The money borrowed will be used to fund services and programs that the government cannot pay for through tax revenues alone.