Friday May 25th 2012
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Amerika's generaly approach to truancy and delinquency is to lock them up and throw away the key while conveniently ignoring the social aspects of violent crime thereby compounding the problem.
And in a 'free market' there is a price for everything. I hope Americans will be able to pay the bill when it comes due.
@ Big Tee
Why not then issue extradition orders for all the primarly dope dealers?
And further bear in mind that Jamaica is just a transhipment point.
It seems that if the US is serious in its war on drugs the real culprits are the producers of the illegal substances. Extradite the individuals behind this production and you would eliminate all the Dudus' in the Caribbean.
That a Jamacian drug lord was singled out for extradition makes absolutely no sense if the war on drugs is the primary motivation.
China has a good hand in the globalization game and is playing it well.
Who can blame them for that?
That Mr. Immelt doesnt like it is regrettable.
Was this brouha really about the arrest & extradition of a drug kingpin who has a negligible impact on US cocaine imports?
After all there are several hundred or thousands of drug lords accross the Caribbean not to mention those in the United States.
Why was apprehending this one of such vital importance?
One wonders about the real motive behind this incident.
[q]There is a HUGE problem with APP stores. Too many APP's. How do you get found if you make an APP? Especially on a phones small screen you get buried. Developers will stop developing APPs if people can not find them to buy.[/q]
Am sure that this is a problem Palm, RIM amd Google would love to have.
But, more to the point, there is a path through the forest: There are now Iphone apps available that do nothing but review other Iphone apps.
Note as well that many Iphone apps work well on the Ipod touch.
In response to Ian S and furthering S Riches contextual argument, the statement "rich people pay 100 times or more the tax that poor people pay" needs further qualification.
If it was asked what *percent* of income is paid by "rich" people versus "poor" I believe the answer would be more enlightening: most taxation is regressive and disporportionately impacts lower income earners.
john problem
Am curious about your statement. How would a banker know the value of a complex instrument on its balance sheet given the current dearth of liquidity?
A financial asset may be worth $0.85 on the dollar but if there are no buyers what is the real worth of my portfolio?