chaos and honey

WTC New Design Opinion & Info

opinion piece from the ny times on the architectural design of the new wtc.
it also has good interactive information on the new design in order to look at it in greater detail.
i am even in more agreement with donald trump (scary as they may seem) on this matter now.
they should simply rebuild the same two wtc towers almost exactly as before (using new technology to insure what you are able to against attack) and leave it at that.
i truly think that simply rebuilding the twin towers would tell those who attacked it that, " you will not be allowed to alter our vision for tomorrow."

the people of arizona are among the most passionate in the u.s. regarding the rights of individuals.
clearly there are many in arizona who are against the ruling by the supreme court yesterday that interpreted more rights of eminent domain to cities/ & private projects for the 'good' of communities. the following is from the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona:

Wild West

on a sub consious level it occurs to me there is a relationship that i feel regarding this subject with israel, particularly because of the way i titled the link.
but there is a difference, in arizona and the states i agree that if you own a piece of property it is yours until you choose to sell it.
(though too i understand there are situations that the 'public good' can be argued and therefore implemented).
the people are afterall on land they rightfully own through purchase and title held.
in the case of the settlers in gaza, they are paying the price of a bad combination of govt decisions which let them live there and their own zealotry.
however, evacuating gaza isnt going to settle all of our problems in israel and will serve as a lynch pin for chaos if the evacuation is not coordinated fully between israel and palestine authorities.
many palestinians may interpret wrongly that the evacuation is a reward for the violence that surrounded us the past four years.
my post here is a short prologue on a subject that could be written as an epic.......
i am hoping that i am genuinely wrong and that the circumstances will end happily but i respect the the hatred here too much that surrounds us.
sharon and some of his principles seem to still have illusions that they are going to be able to hold onto vast enclaves within the west bank.
it may be rational to hold onto some of the communities that border the 'state of israel' within the sphere.
however, i know that the palestinians will not stand for a country - their own - if it is merely made up of autonmous cantons - this is not a viable option in the long run for a nation that can work well.
importantly, the palestinians will make a huge mistake if they instigate another intifada after the pullout from gaza. because they will lose yet again more credibility and the ability to negotiate a settlement that is favorable.
four years ago many said correctly when arafat did not agree to what barak offered and started 'his' intifada that it was a certainty that the palestinians the next time around at the 'peace' table would get even less than what they were being offered then and it has born fruit.
if the rumor is true and the egyptians have decided to give some land along the sinai to the palestinians and israel allows for a land bridge between gaza and the west bank maybe an agreement that is viable can be accomplished.
in all though i am weary of forced agreements and i am afraid the wild west soon might be in my own back.

maybe i will start constructing some type of two hundred foot high wall in order that the missiles dont hit my apartment when missiles are fired from villages not so far from us.
it feels as if we will begin playing death's lottery within four to six months once again.
all the the signs are there, discussions that are going nowhere, recriminations and accusations from the folks of hamas and islamic jihad, a power vacuum within palestinian society (who is in charge other than mafia-type fiefdoms?), utopian visions of the future by the israeli and american administrations, lack of any real progress on the ground within palestinian society and culture regarding how it is going to move forward with israel and the same type of non-thinking being done by the israelis, the re-arming of militants and ingathering of recruits during this 'calm' period, ..........this list could go on and on.
once again, we will prove just how dumb we all are.
we are about to embark on another parade of death here and i predict it will be 'end game' tactics this time around.
no more, not again.........

OpinionHa'aretz

following link is from the ny times on a review of a book written by a north african woman under an assumed name who has taken on the subject of love within the arab world.
LINK

you want a crisis, i will give you a crisis.....is anyone really surprised that this is playing out? britain is once again finding out that the country it has most in common with is not any of its european brethren but its american allie overseas.....chirac and schroder are at the end of their political ropes and blair has probably decided that making them angry does not matter at this point politically.
chirac as per usual has started his polite recriminations against the stance of britain, what interest me is what britain will say now........seems to me that britain is holding the power in her hands, if it decides to tell the euros to go to pot it could end the euro vision (not the dance contest - but the utopian dream) in a moments notice.......i dont think that is going to happen but i suspect the brits are about to play some hard ball. here's the quote.........from the ny times article.....

".........Germany's chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, stood behind Mr. Chirac. He attributed the impasse to "the stubbornness" of Britain and the Netherlands, and in particular he accused Britain of "not helping the new countries."

"My enthusiasm for Europe has suffered a profound shock," said Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's prime minister and the current European Union president, after the talks broke down. "People will tell you that Europe is not in crisis. It is in a deep crisis."........

thought for the day, batman has become our modern equivalent to shakespere......it seems that we will have a new version about the 'dark angel' every twenty years or so now.......just like hamlet.
apparently the newest film is quite good......
to be or not to be here next week at the same time and same bat channel.......that is the question.......

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/movies/15batm.html?8dpc

i would like to see the estimated amount of money that the leaders of africa and their cohorts have stolen out of their countries over the past 45 years.
would the amount of money equal the total debt that was owed to g-8 countries?
what is the amount of money stashed away in off shore and numerical bank accounts in switzerland and luxemborg?
what is the value of real estate and the other holdings these leaders and ex-leaders maintain outside of africa now?
it is good to be the king...........

well now stepping into the box are the dutch who unless a major upset is somehow accomplished look set to add an additional nail to the coffin for the entity known as the 'european state'.
speaking to a biz associate of mine yesterday in latvia, he said his feeling is that the 'western eu states' are not ready to share power with their eastern brethren, right or wrong this is how some are perceiving it in latvia he went on to say.
he added that it could almost be looked upon as a conspiracy by the 'western eu states'...........that what they did was get the eastern brethren to agree to tidy up and make some economic reforms in order to make labor and goods on a scale that is equal throughout europe, thus slowing down the development of the eastern states while the western ones continued to plow along and fix cracks as they appeared giving them a chance to compete when selling goods. AND now that the eastern states have committed to these economic austerity moves the western states are no longer compelled to go the full distance and actually share power with the eastern ones because the west as alluded to above wants to continue to hold onto its domain.
just a voice from the wilderness perhaps....

UPDATED TONIGHT........
will the last country leaving the eu dream behind please close the door? it is getting cold in here.
the dutch it appears have voted 63 % no, 37% yes according to exit polls just released - thus putting a very solid nail in this political dream which will in fact have large economic effect.
what strikes me most is the almost drugged looks of the victors who make up a rather odd looking mish-mash of folk. somehow in their excitement they fail to understand that all that they think they are voting against will actually be things they long for within a few years time......
this after they realize the ramifications of being part of a largely disjointed malfunctioning vehicle that can no longer get them anyplace.
well to each there own, and alone they all shall be.
the u.s. and china are the real victors here........

i wonder when tony blair is going to decide to somehow put off the brit vote on passing the constitution?
look for the brit press now to begin asking blair about this as they are egged on by the conservatives who know full well that this is additional ammo and will only make the labor govt in britain weaker.
all we need now is some wavering by the brits on voting about the constitution and a rather big defeat for the current leadership in germany this coming fall and a conservative victory there .....and then things will have sunk about as low as they can go for the eu as a political entity.........and maybe from the trash heap someone will arise and speak with common sense.
but then again it says somewhere that the messiah will come from the middle east........hmmmmmmmm.