 US Presidential Elections
Voting over Iran war?
Iran belongs to the "axle of the evil ", so the present US Administration under George Bush before the wars against Afghanistan and the Iraq. With the presidential elections in November US citizens can vote also for or against a new war. A victory of Bush could confirm his war politics. New war reasons like a possible building of nuclear weapons by Iran are already published. A further reason could be the possible support of the terror in the Iraq by Iran. The entire foreign policy of the Bush government arranges itself to save the sources of raw material in the Near East for the supporting of the own economy and the control of the growth countries China and India. Iran and Syria are thereby the logical continuation of the use of territorial commercial ways. The Iran possesses after Saudi Arabia and the Iraq the richest sources of petrol.
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Germany / Meissenheim - Kuerzell
Noise protection barrier - local government policy ad absurdum II
An example of political behavior supplied these days the press statement of the former village chief Hermann Vogel after 30 years in charge in Kuerzell. Still during his term of charge the former local chief voted with abstention at the question concerned with which materials a barrier could be built up. With surprise is to be taken up now his statement, that for environmental reasons he is against a barrier.
Fact is that the run of the Unditz must be shifted on by about 200 m. The argument of the environmental degradation cannot apply. It is planned to use the old run as a flood area as far as possible and to create with a new brook run a new nature area. The river creation in Meissenheim, river-promenade, Langenwinkel, industrial area and in the new construction site in Friesenheim show an human well-being agreement between village proximity and natural environment.
In fact this " green" thought appears actual rather an excuse, because fact is that in the village development plan of Kuerzell from the year 1980 was planned a green village belt and this can be carried out now in this area. Fact is also that the groundwater is contaminated in Kuerzell by fluorocarbons which investigations of 1985 resulted in, and by which the population was not cleared up by sides of the responsible persons at that time. Fact is also that at the beginning of this year the community was informed by the press of the excess of the limit values in the groundwater of nitrate and not by public officials. One should not forget: In this time Hermann Vogel was in a responsible position.
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Kyoto agreement in strength
With the signing of the Kyoto agreement by Russia the necessary 55 % hurdle was passed. The Kyoto agreement enters into force only if countries joins who have together more than 55 % of the world-wide discharges. Russia contributes to it 17, 4 %. Japan (8,5%), Europe (24,2%) as well as other industrial nations (11,6%) committed themselves already to reduce their output to the quantity from 1990. The USA (36,2%) and Australia remain isolated with regard to foreign policy with their decision to keep out of the agreement. For the USA, according to studies of the Pentagon, the danger of a climatic change is higher than the danger from terrorism.
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Democratic elections - world politics ad absurdum I
Already in the apron of the US elections there are again problems at the registration and counting of the votes, who already begun, and the organization of the vote. Like 4 years ago already clear errors arose. At that time in fact of around 200 voices difference and the existing choice system George Bush was selected to be president. Again it be expected a limited running. It should surprise however that a country that like to order democracy to other countries by pressure, force and even war can not organize a perfect vote but however possesses weapon systems which can destroy point-exact goals from thousands of kilometre distance.
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the Journal - October 2004
