Posts from ‘October, 2008’

With the Canadian election just recently over and vote day for the American election just around the corner, it’s difficult not to pay attention to what’s going on.  One phenomena I had not figured out was (and is) the intense interest in Barack Obama.  A surprising number of Canadians actually would have preferred to vote for the American president rather than their own Prime Minister.

The reason couldn’t have been Obama’s politics.  In the US he is considered to be the most liberal candidate in their history, yet Obama is still somewhat right of centre.  By Canadian standards he is definitely not centre or left.  Obama’s call “Yes We Can” call for change couldn’t have been the reason either.  Of the paltry 59% who chose to cast a vote, the majority of the minority voted for the leader who campaigned on no change because change was too risky. continue →

I was amused to see “socialism” being used as a scare tactic in the US Presidential race a couple of weeks ago.  I don’t think the attempt gained a lot of traction because it flies in the face of both common sense and human nature.  continue →

Last night I finally had a chance to watch the season premier of Little People, Big World, albeit only two days late.  Like many others watching the show I was deeply moved by the bleak outlook for the three Iraqi kids if they didn’t receive medical attention.  But what impacted me the most was the depth of the human spirit to find joy in even the worst of conditions. continue →

A friend put me on to a project being sponsored by Google – Project 10^100 (ten to the hundredth).  The idea is to gather ideas for people helping people and select 5 to provide $10 million of funding – simple math puts makes that $2 million per project, give or take.  I’ve set up a conversation at Global MindShift for people to discuss and refine their ideas for submission.  The entry deadline is October 20, 2008. continue →