“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me, Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me. - Steve Jobs
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| Pergamon , Turkey 2009 |
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| Devastation of the 911 Attacks. |
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| Obama announcing Osama 's death |
There is something that people living in democractic countries need to acquire."Human Rights" & "Democracy" are not covers for imperialism. This is another idiotic act after Iraq.They spent quite a considerable amount for the numerous attacks. A complete naked and undisguised invasion of another sovereign nation.Also, The U.S. as part of the UN has stepped in as its duty to help the oppressed people. The U.S. and UN do not agree with the actions by the Libyan government, so they have stepped in to stop the harsh military oppression of the people.Needless to say , US isnt doing it alone.They formed coalition forces with France, Italy, Britain, Denmark.Many nations are trying to stop Qaddafi from randomly killing his own innocent civilians.The mission has two goals : to prevent further attacks by Libyan forces on rebels and civilians, and degrade the Libyan military's ability to contest a no-fly zone.It is increasingly evident that the port city 150 miles east of Tripoli is the crucial battlefield. Its proximity to the capital means the rebels could use it as a launch pad for an offensive.Col Gaddafi's forces have stepped up their offensive on Libya's third largest city with a population of 300,000 as they recognise its strategic importance.n response Western air strikes hit armour on the outskirts of the rebel-held area but tanks inside the city remain there and have not been hit. Chinese President Hu Jintao admonished French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the Western bombing campaign in Libya , saying that the coalition forces will not resolve the conflict in the North African country.Thank God my country does not have any involvement with Libya war.
The people in Libya are under massive oppression by the government.As i said on the previous post., one of the obstacles that hinders the growth of middle east countries is their political leaders.It's fairly obvious that the people are sick of the oppression by the autocratic government led by Maummar Gadhafi. Ghadafi (Libya's leader) is threatening his own people. He has even used citizens as human shields to protect himself from rebels.The people have revolted against the government wanting Democracy. The government responded to this with harsh military action and no positive talks with the people on peace, or consensus.Apparently , there is also a growing unrest in places like Syria , Yemen and Egypt.As unrest, which began in Tunisia and spread to Egypt, now spills over into other Middle East nations, much of the attention has been on oil and whether the flow of crude will be disrupted. But the Middle East faces a bigger problem and one that will have long-term implications on its stability. In this region, water is more valuable than oil.The scarcity of water is an even bigger issue in Yemen, a country with few energy resources compared to its oil-rich neighbor Saudi Arabia.Water, not oil, will be and already is the main source of regional geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. For example, Jordan, Israel and Palestine; Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Bahrain and Jordan; as well as Turkey and Syria have wrestled for control of water resources.Problems in the Middle East are generally caused because of tensions over US involvement, Israel and Palestine, and terrorist/freedom fighters.here is resentment in Middle Eastern countries due to their views of America as a bullying and hypocritical country who invaded parts of the Middle East for oil. In addition, there is resentment over how America had previously supported extremists and dictators such as Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein.Rebel forces fighting Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi are requesting arms supplies from the US.But they have less need for sophisticated and high technology weapons than they do for help with training and organization.I'm sceptical that NATO or the U.S. would actually bomb the rebels if they attacked civilians. But if this really is the policy, and if one follows it to its logical conclusion, could there be a situation in which we're bombing rebels who are wielding weapons we gave them?It would be a great joke if US passes their weapons to their wrong hands again.Recently , attacks by coalition forces against Libya have increasingly raged. A number of attacks with heavy artillery being waged have threatened the safety of civilians.A Libyan official pro-Gaddafi said the attack by coalition forces do not just hit the naval base, but air strikes and even then grind the fishing village that was nearby and not far from Tripoli.Heavy casualties were also inflicted by the attacks , what a shame! If Barack Obama’s aim is to conduct limited wars, he’s not doing it very well. And he’s certainly not coming clean to the public about what he’s doing. 
The ease with which birds roam the friendly skies has always been envied by mankind. The dream to be able to take off to the skies is presumably as old as mankind itself. However, the concept of an aeroplane or airplane is still fairly new in our society today. The first attempts were efforts to fly just like any birds by attaching feathers to their arms and flapping. It was quite unfortunate that all those attempts were unsuccessful. Flapping wings were a brilliant idea to lift light bodied birds. However, they simply did not have the power required to lift an entire machine and the load of a human body as well. I suppose it was a great concept but could not be executed. According to an article that I read , the first successful air flight was in a hot air balloon. The thing about hot air balloons is that you can not go the way you want. If the wind is blowing west, that means you would have to go west. If the wind is blowing east , meaning you have to go east ,too. During the Civil War hot air balloons were frequently used by the armies to look at enemy troops. But yeah , that shit won’t bring you anywhere as compared to a F-22 Raptor or an Eurofighters . While this experiment succeeded in getting off the ground literally it did not go very far either. It was only in 1799, that an Englishman named Sir George Cayley built the first true airplane. He conceptualized a flying machine that had fixed wings instead of flapping ones, a propulsion system and even movable control surfaces. Thus, the fundamental concept of airplanes subsequently came into existence. With his emphasis on lift, the thrust and control Cayley designed the first glider in 1804. It only had a single wing and a movable tail mounted on an universal joint. It also had an adjustable center of gravity and was the first ever aircraft of any size capable of flying. He then tried to expand the glider concept and built a man-sized one with wings spanning 300 feet. A few hops were all it could manage. While Cayley was working on his glider there were others too who were figuring exactly to fly. Another good example of an aspiring plane inventor is William S. Henson. All these ideas that they came up with only managed brief glides. In fact , the numerous experiments had also caused many deaths and accidents such as Samuel Langley who flew a steam powered plane and very sadly crashed into a lake. Some of the projects were foiled in the attempt of building an airplane as too much funds were spent and many people in those time never believed that flying was unattainable. Out of so many attempts , I think that only the Wright Brothers were the first people to successfully fly a plane with a person in it. The plane flew one hundred twenty feet and flew only about twelve seconds.The Wright Brothers eventually created a plane that could fly for more that one and a half hours in 1908.THEY MADE AVIATION HISTORY!!!
Orville And Wilbur Wright
Airplane Development And Travel Today
Today, the Wright brother's first airplane is in the Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Visitors to the museum can look at the Wright brothers small plane with its cloth wings, wooden controls , tiny engines and other small components. Airplane travel has improved significantly since the first efforts of the Wright Brothers.In the modern world , it’s getting more and more convenient for people to get from one place to another. Our pilots and aircraft engineers are getting more and more efficient and professional and made flying completely safe. Airplanes now can easily travel thousands of miles at altitudes of more than 7 miles, carrying over three hundred passengers. Those passengers rest in comfortable seats instead of on their stomachs like the Wright brothers did. Jet engines have replaced propellers and speeds are greater than 600 miles per hour. Not even the Wright brothers could have imagined what air travel would be like today.They'll probably freak out! 
Celebrities exposed, rich people exposed , politicians exposed, everyone’s exposed.This is a very common scenario these days. There was a time when nobody used to bother on these things but that is definitely not that case today.It seems that people are eagerly and anxiously waiting for such things to happen. Well, I do not belong to any such category but yes one thing that has really caught off my attention these days is the phenomenal , one and the only super duper awesome WIKILEAKS.Here are some simple facts about Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website, which is dedicated to leaking confidential information to the public.Julian Assange is an Australian who had already got his grey hair at a young age.He began his hacking life at the age of 16 and did other crazy computer stuff and was eventually nabbed for several times.Mr Assange is a role model for all of us who wish to increase transparency in all aspects of public/government/corporate life. His amazing website is a true refuge for whistle-blowers as well as an unusual (in this day and age) beacon of fact-based minimalist journalism. Furthermore, it must be noted that Mr. Assange is truly a defiantly courageous individual and, irrespective of what many Americans (and perhaps others--I can't speak for them) are currently being led to believe, he can NOT be called a "terrorist" as personally i think he's harmed no one and has made no threats of any kind to do so.In my opinion , I think never once in the history before that someone has created any site created such profound impact the way this Wikileaks seems to have done.But my question is , why do people ( mostly journalist ) hate Julian Assange so much?Is it because he is foreign?Is it because he is not an European?He is only trying to reveal what politicians have been saying all along about the lies we are being told. Why would the left hate him?Personally I don't hate him. I think people are under the misconception that Assange is Wikileaks, he isn't. Wikileaks is a news "corporation" same as any other and they are meant to report news to us. Assange is just the spokesperson for that company, Wikileaks will not stop and still will be remained even if Assange is not around.Some say that Wikileaks are selective about what they expose, but hey any information is better than no information.Assange’s position has always been rife with ironies.Are the journalists jealous of him for outdoing them and betraying this country or they're afraid to get caught up in the witch hunt?In my view , Assange is purely concerned with TRUTH something America and many other governments all across the world lost many years ago.Perhaps that political leaders such as Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin are just symptoms of a broken unethical system that people lot still believe in.The media now hate Assange most likely because he made their hero, Obama, look ridiculous.The hypocrisy of U.S stance on keeping world peace is to ensure the world retains 'freedom of speech' but it is slowly becoming more like 'political correctness' more and more everyday.Lately , the US has been increasingly paranoid about the rise of power in china and how china is going to be the biggest economy in time to come.They called the former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd a 'control freak' and it seems that Gillard is standing on their side.I literally find it as a funny joke like isnt that what they are? Some people call him a coward , well maybe a little , as he's always running away and that is far from being a true activist who really wants change would stand up and fight for it.Isn't it so obvious that when governments worldwide start to attack an individual and try to rubbish that persons name, that feel endangered, under attack by the truth.We as the people have a right to know the underhand dealings of our governments , the very people so called 'public servants' who work for us as we voted for them and without us they are literally nothing.There are people in the world who are easy to like, and also some who are easy to hate.I guess Julian Assange is the most despised man in the US .Furthermore , many conservatives are now not only calling for Assange's arrest, but for his death with or without a trial.Is that threat only reserved for people like Saddam Hussein?Assange doesn’t really have a home.He travels all the time , he's on the run not just from U.S. authorities, but from pretty much all western governments in the world. He’s not a terrorist in the sense that he does not hijack planes and crash it into a building. Here’s a good example. Assange’s release of confidential data will not, as part of the action itself, kill anyone. After all, all he’s doing is copying a pile of files up to a server. But, once certain people get a hold of that data, they’ll get names of confidential informants, for example, and then go hunt down and kill those people.I think there is a small element of terrorism , it just works a little differently.I think there is a bad side and a good side of Wikileaks.I admire what he and others have done to keep us in touch with what is going on in the underworld. It gives us a better opportunity to look at politicians a lot more closely.He told us things we need to know about these underworld characters who call themselves very noble politicians. We can now chose who we trust and who we don't trust. I don't fully trust America, and he has proven I was right.
