wow sudhir, what a photo with a mustache

Pastery, your compassion is wonderful, but life is not always black or white and sometimes there is no logic. People as human make mistakes and bad decisions. The reason why….usually based on what they know or their interpretation of their beliefs. People maybe hypocrites , but we have to believe in their goodness and give them the benefit of the doubt, but at the same time be smart too and not be taken advantage of.

Remember the book Freakeconomics by Steven Levitt, the experiment with the bagels or donuts left in an office kitchen, where people could help themselves as long a they paid a dollar…. 90% of the people did the right thing only 10% stole the donuts. I do strongly believe that 90% of people are good, so most of the time we do have to trust the goodness in people. It is our society that creates the mistrust and wants us to focus on the 10%. It’s about mobilizing the 90% to create a better global society. But I also believe that 90% of people need the right leader and need to be guided. Self Reflection is very hard for people, we as human race are evolving to be a better species but we still make mistakes, I do believe that every generation needs to learn their own lessons, the institutional memory is there but still it needs to be learned.

It is all about our atitudes and the will to make a difference!

:-) true, remember we are only human!

I would like to read Kitty's story...where can I read it

Roxanne a great peice! I really enjoyed reading what was happening in South Dakota.... Interesting that people still stick with the devil they know than try a new one, I guess it is human nature

Pastery, I agree with you, I am trying to do my part via allvoices, I really want to make a global impact!  and create a diverse and global community on allvoices

Pastery, i feel the same way as you do! It is sad that I live in San Francsicso.... but feel the same way and you are miles away in Ireland!

Mr Anon, I thought that being over weight had to do with input and outputs...i.e if you eat big meals you become obese, I did not know that the speed at which you eat has anything to do withweight gain. I disagree with you on this and  I still think if you eat small meals and wolf them down you would not gain weight.. It is the quantity that matters not how you eat it.

Kilroy_60, a very interesting peice. America is fascinated with with Palin,  the saturday night live rating... 18 million people tuned in, the Vice presidential debate  close to 70Million people watched the debate. Americans love to hate Palin! 

She is a force of nature and even if McCain loses the elecion,  we will see Palin back in full force.

Wow Sudhir, this is a gruesome photo, but This is on-the-ground reality in the FATA Region, People getting blown up and  people committing suicide as they have nothing to live for!

I went to Bank of America to get some cash today, it was business as usual, I took some cash out of the ATM and than went to the teller to get some more. There were no issues at all. But to be on the safe side it would not hurt to have more cash on hand  and not just depend on credit cards. American society is based on credit cards compared to Japan where credit cards have been around for 10 years but people still prefer cash.  I guess cash makes you spend less.

Eid in the USA tomorrow too. Today is the last day of fasting for me too! I will take my two kids to Mosque tomorrow for Eid prayer.

Alihamza, This is really funny :-)

I don't know what he was thinking..... he was on camera! I hope he treats the women in Pakistan better than this......

Maverick,  This is good news tribal people are taking control and solving the problem

Maverick, I hear you, especially as Zardari is too busy calling Sarah Palin gorgeous.

CrysOHara, Thanks for sharing your personal news, I was very touched and I learnt a lot from it since I am a mother of two small yound boys. Keep contributing to allvoices

Kilroy, fascination piece, especially how the McCain administration hates her being called pretty... Another allvoices user contributed a report where Pakistani president calls her Gorgeous....take a look at the first video in the video tab

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1377066-new-york/videos

Doesn't Zardari know this a business meeting!  I am sure Palin did not like the remarks Zardari made,  but she took it well!

Interesting video Coyote!  We  don't know what the US financial Crisis really means for all of us, but I have heard on the news that things could get worse...For consumers..people not getting loans for cars, not being able to sell houses if they need to move for jobs,  not getting loans for houses... not being able to get money out of the ATM machines.......For small businesses... not getting loans to make payroll, comanies not being able to borrow money resulting in people losing jobs.... Some of the problems if there is no liquidity in the market.

God help us all!

Wow a google OS for cell phone.... Cool phone with all my other services, gmail,gtalk....and a search bar... Also being open will help with application development......a strategy not for the iPhone!

Kilroy, so just to summarize....McCain is hiding  behind two women :-)

Hydro, Take a look the video in this event and you will see what is also happening in the tribal areas.... this is all linked..

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1350744-pakistan-fata/comments

take a look at the video in the following event....gives an idea as to what is going on

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1350744-pakistan-fata/comments

Take a look at the video in the following event as to the situation in tribal areas .....

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1350744-pakistan-fata/comments

WOW.... So we don't know the reason..Please keep us informed as to why it happened

Alihamza,  watching this video... This is awful a 100,000 Pakistani solders and US air strikes in the tribal areas and not a single Al Qaida person has been caught and killed only innocent people. This is horrific as to what is going on...  Hamid Mir has resigned from GEO.

and now we hear there is an explosion at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad

Alihamza, Beautiful photos...Thanks for sharing with us!

Alihamza, Beautiful photos...Thanks for sharing with us!

Are they upgrading the mine, making it safer for workers...or they have just decided to shut it down....