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The Difference of Seven years

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:51:05 GMT

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A Biblical Seven Years

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Published: August 26, 2008

But the first rule of holes is that when you’re in one, stop digging. When you see how much modern infrastructure has been built in China since 2001, under the banner of the Olympics, and you see how much infrastructure has been postponed in America since 2001, under the banner of the war on terrorism, it’s clear that the next seven years need to be devoted to nation-building in America.

A Biblical Seven Years - Thomas Friedman

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:12:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: About the elections: "It has to be about who is strong enough, focused enough, creative enough and unifying enough to get Americans to rebuild America." Well-said again, Friedman

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A Biblical Seven Years

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

After attending the spectacular closing ceremony at the Beijing Olympics and feeling the vibrations from hundreds of Chinese drummers pulsating in my own chest, I was tempted to conclude two things: “Holy mackerel, the energy coming out of this country is unrivaled.” And, two: “We are so cooked. Start teaching your kids Mandarin.”

However, I’ve learned over the years not to over-interpret any two-week event. Olympics don’t change history. They are mere snapshots — a country posing in its Sunday bests for all the world too see.

China did not build the magnificent $43 billion infrastructure for these games, or put on the unparalleled opening and closing ceremonies, simply by the dumb luck of discovering oil.

China has been preparing for the Olympics; we’ve been preparing for Al Qaeda. They’ve been building better stadiums, subways, airports, roads and parks. And we’ve been building better metal detectors, armored Humvees and pilotless drones.

Tags: us economy, obama, bush, mccain, afganistan, iraq, china, beijing, progress

mccain is full of hot air on energy issues

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:59:26 GMT

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Eight Strikes and You’re Out

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Senator McCain did not show up for the crucial vote on July 30, and the renewable energy bill was defeated for the eighth time. In fact, John McCain has a perfect record on this renewable energy legislation. He has missed all eight votes over the last year — which effectively counts as a no vote each time. Once, he was even in the Senate and wouldn’t leave his office to vote.

This, he argues, will take more than a Manhattan Project. It will require a fundamental reshaping by government of the prices and regulations and research-and-development budgets that shape the energy market. Without taxing fossil fuels so they become more expensive and giving subsidies to renewable fuels so they become more competitive — and changing regulations so more people and companies have an interest in energy efficiency — we will not get innovation in clean power at the scale we need.

educ662

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:30:11 GMT

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“The World is Flat.”

Thomas Friedman quote

“I think it's going to be one of the biggest middle-class jobs -- collaborators. Collaborators are people who are good at working as part of global knowledge, manufacturing or supply chains.”

Swedish Covenant Hospital

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:54:32 GMT

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marriage/priest

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:42:17 GMT

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Op-Ed Columnist

Thomas L. Friedman is off today.

Anxious in America - Thomas Friedman

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:29:57 GMT

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Anxious in America

few months ago, the consensus view was that Barack Obama would need to choose a hard-core national-security type as his vice presidential running mate to compensate for his lack of foreign policy experience

Come August, though, I predict both men will be looking for a financial wizard as their running mates to help them steer America out of what could become a serious economic tailspin.

row after row of unsold S.U.V.’s

On Thursday, The Palm Beach Post ran an article on your S.U.V. options: “Continue to spend upward of $100 for a fill-up. Sell or trade in the vehicle for a fraction of the original cost.

Since President Bush came to office, our national savings have gone from 6 percent of gross domestic product to 1 percent, and consumer debt has climbed from $8 trillion to $14 trillion.

“as General Motors goes, so goes America”

then folks, we’re in a lot of trouble. General Motors’s stock-market value now stands at just $6.47 billion, compared with Toyota’s $162.6 billion.

Tags: american economy, fuel prices, general motors, toyota, suvs, barack obama, john mccain

Swedish Covenant Hospital

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:15:02 GMT

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Egypt

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:22:52 GMT

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The government will spend almost $11 billion this year to subsidize gasoline and cooking fuel; gas here is only about $1.30 a gallon. Sounds like a good deal for the poor — only the poor have no cars, and the fuel subsidies mean less money for mass transit.

Think about these numbers: This year Egypt will spend $6 billion on education and $3 billion on health care, far less than the subsidies for fuel. This is a terrible trap. The subsidies should have been phased out when food and fuel prices were lower. Now that they have soared, the pain of removing the subsidies would be politically suicidal. So education and health care get killed instead.

Egypt

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:21:27 GMT

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For Egypt’s poor, who make up 40 percent of the population, food makes up 60 percent of their household budget. When wheat prices double, because more U.S. farmers plant corn for biofuels, it is devastating for Egyptians, who depend on imported American wheat for their pita bread. Bread riots are now a daily occurrence here. As for chicken, all Ashri knows is that “there are fewer customers and less traffic now.” You need to give your kids meat, complains a lady in a veil, “but now you give them a little smaller piece.”

"The Post-American World."

Sat, 24 May 2008 10:05:04 GMT

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The growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia, and many others—is the great story of our time, and one that will reshape the world. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, largest-selling movies, and most advanced cell phones are all being built outside the United States.

Fareed Zakaria -"The Post-American World."

In Sunday's New York Times, Thomas Friedman writes that "It baffles me that President Bush would rather go to Saudi Arabia twice in four months and beg the Saudi king for an oil price break than ask the American people to drive 55 miles an hour, buy more fuel-efficient cars or accept a carbon tax or gasoline tax that might actually help free us from what he called our 'addiction to oil'.”

“the rise of the rest” — the Chinas, the Indias, the Brazils and even smaller nonstate actors — is creating a world where many other countries are slowly moving up to America’s level of economic clout and self-assertion, in every realm.

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Imbalances of Power - by Thomas Friedman

Fri, 23 May 2008 09:44:36 GMT

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Imbalances of Power

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

There has been much debate in this campaign about which of our enemies the next U.S. president should deign to talk to.

The real story, the next president may discover, though, is how few countries are waiting around for us to call. It is hard to remember a time when more shifts in the global balance of power are happening at once — with so few in America’s favor.

According to Congressional testimony Wednesday by the energy expert Gal Luft, with oil at $200 a barrel, OPEC could “potentially buy Bank of America in one month worth of production, Apple computers in a week and General Motors in just three days.”

The first rule of holes is when you’re in one, stop digging. When you’re in three, bring a lot of shovels.

Tags: power, world, oil, global, us, india, china, brazil, venezuela, opec

The right position on Israel

Tue, 20 May 2008 22:00:13 GMT

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Call Your Mother

Sat, 17 May 2008 17:33:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Whenever I’ve had the honor of giving a college graduation speech, I always try to end it with this story about the legendary University of Alabama football coach, Bear Bryant. Late in his career, after his mother had died, South Central Bell Telephone Company asked Bear Bryant to do a TV commercial. As best I can piece together, the commercial was supposed to be very simple — just a little music and Coach Bryant saying in his tough voice: “Have you called your mama today?”

On the day of the filming, though, he decided to ad-lib something. He reportedly looked into the camera and said: “Have you called your mama today? I sure wish I could call mine.” That was how the commercial ran, and it got a huge response from audiences.

So on this Mother’s Day, if you take one thing away from this column, take this: Call your mother.

I sure wish I could call mine. "

I found this too late for Mother's Day this year but the message is important for any day.

Call your mother.

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Call Your Mother

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Published: May 11, 2008

even columnists have mothers

My mother, Margaret Friedman, died last month at the age of 89, and so this is my first Mother’s Day without a mom

I’d like to share a little bit about her

As my childhood friend Brad Lehrman said to me at her funeral: “She put the mensch in dementia.”

My mom’s life spanned an incredible period. She was born in 1918, just at the close of World War I. She grew up in the Depression, enlisted in the Navy after Pearl Harbor, served her country in World War II, bought our first house with a G.I. loan and lived long enough to play bridge on the Internet with someone in Siberia

My mom left two indelible marks on me. The first was to never settle for the cards you’re dealt.

It’s so easy to overlook — your mom had dreams, too.

My mom’s other big influence on me you can read between the lines of virtually every column — and that is a sense of optimism. She was the most uncynical person in the world

Tags: mothers, holiday-related, inspiration, family