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...several from the Clintons. Hillary ended up planting some tomatoes on the roof of the White House at one point. But down there by the Rose Garden is what really interested me. I think that speaks to a nation. (See 10 Ideas Changing the World...
...need to have a course in school that teaches about ecology and gastronomy. I could imagine that all children could eat at school for free and that the cafeteria would become part of the school's curriculum. I mean, 20% of the [nation's] population is in school! The way I could [see] this happening is the way JFK talked about physical education. He spoke to everyone in this country, saying that we were not fit for the new frontier and that we had to take a course in P.E. We needed to get graded on it and it needed...
...message was delivered - though it was, one must say, a big shift from the last time Obama messed up the prime-time television schedule for a press conference. Six weeks ago, he had a different message: The nation was facing a financial abyss, he explained, and lots had to be done, and fast, to prevent a prolonged economic catastrophe. Now he had returned to the same format to say that that the ship was slowly turning and the problems would be solved. Teachers and police officers were keeping their jobs, he said in his introduction, reading from a large...
...these finer points will not matter in the end. Over the past week, Obama has barnstormed the nation's televisions, with repeated town halls in California, a seat on Jay Leno's couch, a big 60 Minutes splash on Sunday, and now a prime-time press conference. Even those who eschew politics have most likely seen a clip or two of their President in charge, projecting confidence, explaining that things will get better. And for the White House, that is the message that matters...
...Corruption Perception Index. But it was perhaps easier to overlook occasional shakedowns from officials when Vietnam's economy was doing well and incomes were doubling every few years. That's no longer the case. People being squeezed by the economic downturn are increasingly frustrated by the nation's enduring corruption, says Trinh Hoa Binh, head of environment and health at the government-run Institute of Sociology in Hanoi. Officials are maintaining their special privileges while the economic position of ordinary Vietnamese is becoming more precarious. They are incensed, he says, that corrupt officials are rarely punished for taking bribes...