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- Well said. Benidorm has a lot to offer and is much more than the Blackpool in the sun image potrayed on TV. The tapas bars are amongst the best in Spain. Benidorm: The expats bite back, 30/08/2008 12:29
More Dreams at the Democratic Convention
In 1992, Bill Clinton was singing and holding hands on the stage with Maya Angelou and others, offering a promise of a better life in America. Three years later, he was signing a welfare reform bill that threatened millions of children with poverty. The gap between rich and poor increased during the Clinton administration. The current democratic convention is adhering to the usual script-the offering of dreams of a better future for Americans. Is there a Swedish dream or a Danish dream?
There are Swedish and Danish realities that do not include millions of people without health care, thousands subjected to the death penalty, one million of its citizens in prison, thousands of homeless persons, and squalor in its cities. Not only are these conditions found in the United States, but most were part of American life at the time of the 1992 Democratic convention.
According to the 2007/2008 United Nations development report the United States was not ranked among the top 10 nations in overall human development. Our nation needs positive social advances that can be discussed proudly at the next convention. Will a Democratic victory in November and a subsequent presidency create the reality a socially advanced nation, or will aspirations for a more civilized society remain merely dreams to be offered at the next convention? Bill Honer,
(Bill Honer is co-author of the book "Adult Education for the Homeless" (Miller Freeman Inc., 1999) and former host of the California cable television program "Social Issues")
Obama seals history with Democratic nod, 29/08/2008 09:14- Dear Mr. Ben Nimmon, Islam is not Ottoman; it pre-dates the Ottoman Empire by hundreds of years. And Turkey is definitely European; only Sarkozy and his counterparts in Vienna deny this. Go to Istanbul, Ephesus, Troy and see the truth. Just how European are you?, 29/08/2008 12:12
- "Dutch people"? You probably are better off using the term "Dutch citizens" or simply "Dutch". After all, the last time I looked the Netherlands seemed to be very much a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic country. Like the rest of Europe and, indeed, most of the known world. Increasing number of part-timers in Netherlands, 29/08/2008 12:06
- sir hope you will be fine im computer hardware No resume? No problem. 1: The creative package, 29/08/2008 11:04
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