Connecting the Dots

The food industry is the one industry that will survive a nuclear war. No matter what state the world is in, people need to eat. But with the BP oil disaster growing more massive each day, generations of small seafood businesses along the Gulf of Mexico are laying off all their employees and closing the doors because the food has become poisoned with oil. The issue is those doors may stay closed forever because the oil will be around longer than most people live. [Read more →]

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When looking at a specific issue of the Red Shirt anti government group and the violence and mayhem they brought, comments from journalists are greeted with extreme emotions from both sides. So the desire to alter, persuade or otherwise change the objectiveness of a journalist simply places the journalist in the position of being a tool for propaganda of one side or the other. [Read more →]

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When the media becomes part of the news itself, the ability to be impartial simply disappears without a trace. The journalists become part of the story and they will do as any human would, and that is to defend their position. [Read more →]

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When a government engages in censorship, the motives must be questioned. When a government involves itself in censorship of the media, it places the media at odds with the government and no longer is the media a neutral third party observer and a sense of bias is observed. [Read more →]

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Nobody wants to be put down. In fact we do our best to put on our best face and do our best to contribute to the bigger picture. But when it comes to criticism people have to take the good with the bad when viewed through the eyes of other people. The reason for this is we all have our opinions, and as long as expressed opinions are not malicious, we should listen and perhaps get a few ideas on how to improve. [Read more →]

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If there was ever some topic that would be ultimately uncomfortable for Thais to hear the answer, this would be it. So because Thailand seems to be so preoccupied in marking up the mirror and not dealing with the source of the reflection, Connecting the Dots felt this would be a good topic to explore. [Read more →]

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Continued from part 1; So as political correctness essentially looks to over mother people and not allow coping skills to develop, that persons dignity is removed as they are treated like a child who still can not cope. In reality to treat an adult like a child is very demeaning. It is also the core basis behind political correctness. [Read more →]

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The man made monster known as Political Correctness has been criticized for many things. It has been seen consuming peoples freedoms and punishing people who do not comply. It has cause people to be weak willed and easily upset by the simple facts of life. In many ways it has removed the dignity of people to be themselves. [Read more →]

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If you ever want to make a lot of money fast, write something controversial, wait for somebody who is riding their high horse of morals, ethics, and political correctness to complain about it, then charge people to read it. Once you do this, people will always come back to read more. [Read more →]

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When an animal makes a mistake and bites the hand that feeds it, it soon discovers it’s error when it’s stomach starts to complain. The question is are banks as smart as animals or not. [Read more →]

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In voting results that can only be described as an eye opener, nearly 2 out of 3 Swiss said no to the visual expansion of the Muslim faith. Simply Switzerland has voted to prohibit the construction of new minarets but they can still build mosques. [Read more →]

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From time to time there is a story that pushes your buttons and just makes you angry. Ripping off people is bad enough, but when a reputable hospital starts ripping off sick patients, that just makes people angry. [Read more →]

Tags: Button Pushers, Health, Scams And Shams, Speak up, Thailand, Unfortunate Realities by Richard
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