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Syria

With all the change going on in…Continue

Tags: Al-Assad, syria

Started Aug 4, 2011

Libya
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An impossible situation in my…Continue

Tags: Ghaddafi, libya

Started this discussion. Last reply by Nicholas Nagao Apr 27, 2011.

Amazon Rainforest Seeing More Fires...Even Without Deforestation

Even when we think we're doing something good, and things are going as planned, we find out how little we really know about how the world works. After a successful program that is limiting…Continue

Tags: deforestation, fire, rainforest, amazon

Started Jun 6, 2010

Iran ready to escort flotilla to Gaza
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This Reuters article reports that Iran is now ready to use their Revolutionary Guards to escort flotillas of aid to Gaza, prepared to take on…Continue

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nicholas Nagao Mar 25, 2011.

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Nicholas Nagao commented on Nicholas Nagao's blog post 'Famine in Somalia'

According to this article, the World Food Programme is not being allowed into rebel controlled areas. It mentions Islamic Relief, Unicef, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as organizations that the rebels are…

Aug 4, 2011

Syria

With all the change going on in the world, I feel like Syria is getting drowned out. I'm starting this discussion so that we can start to pull together information about what's going on and discuss what actions we can take to help bring attention to the murder and oppression being committed by President Al-Assad. I feel that the…See More

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Are people fatigued from the Arab spring to the point that they won't help in Syria?

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Cars of the Future

A Misguided BeginningWhile researching the Cars of the Future, I came across a lot of interesting and differing information. I started with a bit of mis-information, which colored a lot of my initial trains of thoughts. After doing some research, I did almost a 180, and then ended up somewhere in the middle. Here's are some of the pieces of information that I started with, and either proved or disproved along the way.Biofuels are the answer...Before I started looking into the technologies being…See More

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Nicholas Nagao replied to Nicole's discussion 'An Eye for an Eye?'

Nicole, I just saw a PBS documentary called "Freedom Riders". It really hit home with what we're talking about. It's about a group of Civil Rights activists that rode on buses from Washington DC to all over the U.S.…

May 23, 2011

Nicholas Nagao replied to Nicole's discussion 'An Eye for an Eye?'

Nicole, Thank you for continuing to help us explore these humanitarian issues. I know it's not changing anything, but I think understanding the issues and exploring solutions will lead to change over time. Personally,…

May 16, 2011

Nicholas Nagao commented on Nicholas Nagao's blog post 'Osama Bin Laden...anger, war, patriotism, what's it all about'

Is it just me or does it seem ironic that "we" have come to a consensus with other nations like Russia, China, and the UK that Nuclear War is a Lose/Lose situation for EVERYONE. However, we can't make the leap from Nuclear War…

May 12, 2011

Nicole commented on Nicholas Nagao's blog post 'Osama Bin Laden...anger, war, patriotism, what's it all about'

shoot - I accidently deleted my comment when I just wanted to edit it a little. In a nutshell, it said "I believe Americans don't realize the impact of their violent response to Osama because the general population…

May 12, 2011

Nicole commented on Nicholas Nagao's blog post 'Osama Bin Laden...anger, war, patriotism, what's it all about'

Exactly :-) Your site is awesome, Nick.

May 12, 2011

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Drip Drip! - the sound of drops in the ocean :)

May 12, 2011

Osama Bin Laden...anger, war, patriotism, what's it all about

I've been waiting to post my thoughts on the death of Osama Bin Laden to give myself some time to reflect and think about all that has happened, and what continues to happen in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Ivory Coast, and other places around the world. Initially when I heard of his death I felt some relief, and I re-lived a bit of anger remembering what he had helped do to the United States. However, I became more upset about the people celebrating here in the United States than…See More

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Nicholas Nagao replied to Nicole's discussion 'What will come of the Arab Spring?'

Great post Nicole! Your images of Morocco bring a welcome change to all of the pictures and videos we see coming from the media. I'm hopeful that the Arab Spring will bring about changes for good, but I'm also wondering…

May 4, 2011

Nicholas Nagao commented on Michele Baron's blog post 'Who is the Libyan Opposition-- report of discussion with Ali Aujali'

I've given this a lot more thought over the last few days and even started rereading my old American Government textbook from college to get an academic perspective of government and it's ideals. In the first chapter, it mentions…

May 4, 2011

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Nicholas Nagao commented on Michele Baron's blog post 'Who is the Libyan Opposition-- report of discussion with Ali Aujali'

Koshy, I've actually thought the same thing and taken the same stance when talking to others. I think people are what make things work, not systems. For instance, I think a Monarchy can really well if the ruler is a good person and…

May 2, 2011

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Famine in Somalia

I've been following the drought in Somalia causing horrible famine and mass…

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Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Cars of the Future

A Misguided Beginning

While researching the Cars of the Future, I came across a lot of interesting and differing information. I started with a bit of mis-information, which colored a lot of my initial trains of thoughts. After doing some research, I did almost a 180, and then ended up somewhere in the middle. Here's are some of the pieces of information that I started with, and either proved or… Continue

Posted on June 21, 2011 at 8:23am

Osama Bin Laden...anger, war, patriotism, what's it all about

Initially when I heard of his death I felt some relief, and I re-lived a bit of anger remembering what he had helped do to the United States. However, I became more upset about the people celebrating here in the…

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Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Free speech...is it still free if someone else pays the price for you?

I just read about UN workers killed as a retaliation over the burning of the Koran. These UN workers were killed during a protest in Afghanistan over the burning of the Koran by some pastors in Florida.

I firmly believe in free speech, but my question is, should we at home be aware that the free speech we enjoy while here safe at home, might be putting others at risk who are outside U.S.…

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Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:21am

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At 2:15pm on May 21, 2010, Patricio Buenrostro-Gilhuys said…: Hey!!! I see Respected Opinions is going great!!! Good Job!!! Now that Evoke is going dark I´ll have more time to participate here.

At 6:07pm on May 20, 2010, MoE said…: Hi Nicholas,
the platform is going pretty well; maybe a bit slowly (since I'm working on cool stuff I'll let you know soon) but inexorable :)
Beyond the forum you might consider to join the beyondEVOKE list:
http://evoke.mapofemergence.com
and help me spread the word. I can ensure you it won't be "just another network"

I read your post and appreciated the good mood, though I must confess that, to me, positiveness isn't enough to be effective in reality, and consistent with our good will.
I think biggest and heaviest steps are to be taken, yet; but I won't bother too much with such ideas in here. Maybe I'll open a discussion and invite you, later on ;)

At 8:02pm on May 5, 2010, Rachel Smith said…: This is a great idea -- I like the way you took the weekly focus thing from EVOKE. It's a good model. This would be a perfect site for classes to use for in-depth studies of current events. I'll spread the word :-)

At 3:56pm on April 24, 2010, Morgan Zuckerman said…: Omg it's so funny you say that, a friend of mine from high school made a post on FB the other day and I wanted to comment so bad but I knew it would've "stirred the pot" way too much for her to handle! It was really hard to bite my tongue! I'm looking forward to having adult discussions here.