Outsourcing Anxieties: The Internet Metaphor

There are a few fundamental laws to the Internet.

1. Who is the president of the Internet? That was an actual question asked of an early internet pioneer by some major French investors. People used to pyramid group dynamics need to realize cloud group dynamics are a whole different ball game. I prefer to mix up the two. That works best for me. Leadership functions don't go away in my version of cloud group dynamics.
   
2. The more computers that connect to the Internet, the better it becomes overall. This second point is key because spreading democracy and prosperity works the same way.

There are many white Americans consciously and subconsciously offended by the idea that India is not going to or is no longer a country exclusively of subsistence farmers. It bothers them, gives them heartburns. I am not going to make light of the anxieties in small town America from industrial jobs shipped overseas, but some of the sentiments are unfounded. They are ignorant of the basic creative destructions of capitalism.

But then Lincoln inherited a largely agricultural economy and he worked to turn the country industrial. It is a good thing that America is not going to be an industrial economy forever because there is more money to be made in the knowledge economy.

It will be the job of Barack Obama and the president after him to turn America into being a full fledged knowledge economy. America has to become a wireless broadband nation or it can go ahead and cede its leadership position in the world.

If it were not for the robust growths that China and India have seen for the past few decades, America right now would have been in a deep, deep recession. Otherwise George W has fucked up the American economy every way imaginable. Say thanks to the Chinese, say thanks to the Indians.

Imagine how much more America will benefit if the per capita income in China and India were to double and triple. You got to keep adding more and more computers to the Internet. It is a win win proposition. The industries, the companies, the jobs of tomorrow have to be created.

This will be the century when finally global equity is achieved.

No politician anywhere can stop trade any more than any dictator anywhere can prevent the ultimate prevalence of democracy. But the smart politicians will invest heavily in the education, health and credit of their people to keep ploughing them back to the jobs and careers of tomorrow. Lifelong education, universal health and credit are the answer to so-called jobs shipped overseas. People who lose jobs have to be retrained for new jobs. Those new jobs have to be created. And while people make their transitions, their health care should be there for them.

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How India 'Colonized' Britain Time celebrating Indian art, film, theatre, music, fashion and food. ..... A little over a decade ago an Indian Prime Minister called the U.K. a "third rate" country after a perceived slight on an anniversary, and Prince Philip caused a furor during a Royal visit to the site of the massacre at Amritsar when he suggested that a memorial plaque "exaggerated" the number of people killed there by British troops. .......... drinking tea is a joyous ritual that binds Delhi and Doncaster. (Polo is a rich man's sport, of course, but class and caste have long mattered in both countries.) ....... English may be Britain's greatest gift to India (which, today, is home to the world's largest English-speaking population) ....... Indian cuisine long ago surpassed fish-and-chips as Britain's most popular restaurant food. ....... business decisions rather than gestures of colonial nostalgia ...... Tata's timing is perfect, and that if it manages the British manufacturer well, it could prove to be very profitable. ...... Indian companies have been on a buying spree over the past few years, snapping up companies across the globe. ...... And now that it's our turn in the sun of course we look at British things in a desirable way. ...... it helps when you begin to talk if you both know what's pukka.

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Clinton attacks Gore to get Obama The Australian "We had two very good men and men of faith run for president in 2000 and 2004. But large segments of the electorate concluded that they did not really understand or relate to or frankly respect their ways of life." ..... The unprovoked attacks on Mr Gore and Senator Kerry came as a British newspaper reported that Mr Gore and former president Jimmy Carter would either privately or publicly appeal to Senator Clinton to pull out of the Democratic primaries ...... Mr Carter yesterday said he would not yet endorse a candidate but made it clear his entire family was pressing him to support Senator Obama. ..... "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them," he said. ...... "There are problems," Senator Clinton said. "But you don't have to psychoanalyse or patronise people to conclude that we have problems. ..... "Hillary Clinton is out there like she's on the duck blind every Sunday. She's packing a six-shooter. Come on, she knows better. That's some politics being played by Hillary Clinton. She knows better. Shame on her." ...... Jeremiah Wright, who is on sabbatical before retiring, created more controversy over the weekend when he reportedly said America's founding fathers were responsible for the mistreatment of blacks because they "planted slavery and white supremacy in the DNA of this republic".

'Most wanted criminal' wins election as independent candidate NepalNews Baban Singh alias Mr. John, the prime suspect of the serial blasts in Kathmandu last September that killed three persons and left dozens others injured was declared winner in Rautahat-1, securing 9201 votes. He defeated his nearest rival, Ajay Gupta of Sadbhawana Party, by a margin of 2613 votes. ..... Baban, who was never seen in the public during election campaigning, used gimmicks that were probability never seen or heard before. His wife, daughters and some relatives did the campaigning for him, mostly asking the voters to give him a chance to correct himself and save him from being hanged to death for his crimes. ...... Posters showed him with folded hands, apparently pleading for 'mercy', with a noose lurching around his neck. "Hamara Ke Bachali" (Save Me) read the slogan on the poster. ...... He didn't show up in the victory rally after wining the election, fearing arrest.

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How to Tame a Free Spirit Have you met someone who's fiercely independent, and yearn for their devotion? The key to taming a wild soul is to make him or her feel like they can be freer with you than with anybody else. Here's how to have that free spirit eating out of your hand, willingly and happily. ....... A free spirit is not the kind to twist and turn to meet your every need. You'll have to make it simple for them by coming to an understanding of what you want most out of a relationship and asking for that, and nothing else. ....... Things like punctuality, precautions, and any other kind of minor limit or inhibition will be of no concern to an independent mind. They like to flow through life, following their whims - and this often makes them extremely creative and fascinating individuals, which is what probably attracted you to them in the first place. By imposing dams, as little as they may be, you could very well suffocate the qualities that make this person desirable to you, if you don't manage to scare them off first. ......... Restrictions are like chains, and will send this wild horse running towards the horizon. ...... Study their tendencies, their quirks, their deepest desires, and their worst fears. Always be accepting and open-minded. Knowledge is power. The better you know this person, the less you'll feel the need to control them. Moreover, he or she will sense this and feel like you're the only person who truly knows them and thus, the only person they can be their uninhibited selves around. To a free spirit, this is the jackpot...... ........ A person who values his or her independence will truly test your ability to trust. You need to determine early on whether or not you trust this person, and then trust them completely. Sure, you might get burned, but you also might capture the heart of a person that no one else could touch. ........ Don't sit at home, wondering what he or she is doing, or when they're going to call. Get in your car and take a road trip. Visit an old friend. Watch a new movie. Taste a different kind of food. ....... independence is something to be appreciated, not just tolerated, you'll be giving a free spirit exactly the kind of nourishment that it needs. ...... If you want something, let it go, and if it's meant to be, he or she will return out of their own free choosing, not because they feel obligated. Sometimes a free spirit needs to prove to itself that it can still fly before it settles down in one place. ...... Don't try to change him or her. This is a classic mistake, in any kind of relationship, but especially when you're dealing with a rugged individual. ...... Independent individuals tend to have a burning need to progress alone - sometimes you have to let them go down a path by themselves and just let them know you'll be there for them when they get to the end. ....... Not every free spirit is trustworthy, and some just simply aren't worth taming. ...... If you seriously think you can "tame" a free spirit, think again. What you want to do is not tame it, but have it close to you. Think of it as changing your location (bringing yourself out into the wild) than theirs. (bringing them indoors.) ...... The only way to truly love someone is to realise that they can be lost, so be prepared to lose that person, if they truly are free-spirited they may not be up to a long term relationship. ...... Remember that sometimes, people don't want to be/or aren't meant to be tamed. Trying to tame someone may actually make a situation more awkward and difficult for both parties.

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It's Obama, stupid: Carter and Gore to end Clinton bid Scotsman Former president Carter and former vice-president Gore have already held high-level discussions about delivering the message that she must stand down for the good of the Democrats. ...... "They're in discussions," a source close to Carter told Scotland on Sunday. "Carter has been talking to Gore. They will act, possibly together, or in sequence." ..... insiders say it is a question of when, rather than if, they act. .... in addition to their White House past, both are winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, giving them additional gravitas to carry the party with them. ..... both have clashed in the past with the Clintons. ...... Carter, who has carved out a successful career as an international mediator, is believed to detest the flashy style of the Clintons. He recently told an interviewer that his entire family are committed Obama supporters. .... One is for Carter and Gore to go to Clinton privately and ask her to step down. The other is for both men to appear in public and endorse Obama – a move which would see a majority of superdelegates go with them. ...... Senate Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have called on superdelegates to hold an unofficial congress in early June to anoint a winner, rather than waiting for the convention in Denver. ...... 30% of Clinton's supporters would vote for McCain if she fails to become the nominee ..... historically, superdelegates have never gone against the public vote, and party insiders say they would face a revolt, or even riots, if they were to do so now. ...... her own stormy campaign contrasting with the disciplined control of Obama's organisation ...... Obama now leads her nationally by about 10 points, and a CNN poll in Pennsylvania showed him closing the once-yawning gap to just three points. ..... Should Clinton lose Pennsylvania, the defection of growing numbers of superdelegates from her to Obama could become a flood. ...... bitter working-class voters who "cling to guns or religion" ..... "Obama's remarks were elitist and out of touch." ...... He explained his troubles winning over white, working-class voters, saying they have become frustrated with economic conditions: "It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment to explain their frustrations." ....... the image that the Harvard-trained lawyer is arrogant, aloof and carries himself with an air of superiority.

Maoists poised for landslide win Himalayan Times Out of 52 seats declared till midnight, the Maoists have had the lion’s share of 32, while their rivals UML and Nepali Congress have had to be content with with 9 and 7 respectively. .... The Maoists are also leading by wide margins in 49 constituencies across the country ...... both these parties were expecting to win a majority of the 240 seats at stake under the first-past-the-post system. Or, at least each was hoping to emerge as the single largest party ...... The Maoist victory sent shock waves in the UML and Congress camps, as top leaders of both parties tumbled in their strongholds and home constituencies, from where they had been elected thrice, in some cases. ...... Nepal, also rallying behind in Rautahat-6 ..... Nepali Congress’ Khum Bahadur Khadka, elected thrice from Dang, lost heavily..... Gobinda Raj Joshi and Chiranjibi Wagle, also elected thrice in the past, lost to Suresh Ale Magar in Tanahu-1 and Parbati Thapa Shrestha in Gorkha-1

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Maoists surge ahead in Nepal Hindu giving the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) an opportunity to lead the country ...... may possibly win a majority ..... a groundswell of support for the Maoists from across the country, except in the central tarai, where the Madhesi parties are doing better ..... In over 100 constituencies where vote counting is going on, the Maoists are leading in more than 60. ...... Most of these senior Maoist leaders defeated their nearest rivals by a huge margin. ...... most of the senior leaders of the UML have been routed, and many senior leaders of the Nepali Congress are struggling in their constituencies ..... The Maoists have also made deep inroads into the traditional strong bases of the Nepali Congress such as Chitwan, Tanahu, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Bake districts. ...... It was committed to multi-party competition and would like to maintain good ties with India and China.

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