The decision

I'd vouch for Aksel.

I came upon this decision after a thorough review of our current blogosphere. I noticed that everybody else the deep analytical posts about current issues, the higly articulate language and simply the number of posts. There never was such an intellectually prominent blogger as dear Mr. Erik.

Highway Robbery

Firstly, I'd like to state my ultimate disgust for the phone companies for pulling of all these stunts. Because of an episode of "Pealtnägija", I managed to catch a glimpse of, this post has sprung out of my glorious mind and onto my blog.
Asking money for services not provides is called fraud. Our laws state that up to three years in prison are granted for people committing fraud although companies can only suffer from a fine. Having said that, I would further distress how disappointed I am with this. I should not be charged for services with I have neither ordered nor received. It makes as much sense as your local supermarket charging you for yogurt, if you milk happens to go bad. To be perfectly honest, it
puzzles me, why should they do it anyway. Though I too saw the figures explaining how a phone can blast a little less than 200 000 EEK of a hole in one's wallet, how many people actually pay these bills? Not only are these cases rare but what's more, they also help to build up massive amounts of negative publicity. Nevertheless, everybody seems to be content with sitting on their hands and waiting for some miracle to happen. As a result we, the ordinary folks, have to be increasingly vary of these deceitful companies, hence we are less inclined to look further into various new services provided. Not only leaves this course of actions the consumers dissatisfied but it also is bad for business in general. Thus, I am left puzzling on the motivations of keeping this circus going.

Primaries are stupid

Why? Because they pit candidates mostly on person appeal not merits or policies. The major issues in the democrat campaign have been whether Obama really can understand poor gun-loving folks and whether Hillary is actually a machine. The republican issues, if one still remembers them were quite a lot about how god created earth and how religious one is. This amounts to the idea of us having elections and the main debate would be whether Edgar's eyebrows are pointy enough. There are absolutely no discussions about policy whatsoever. Are the candidates really so similar or the Americans so dumb for them not to realise that? You can count this as another reason why I'm glad I live in Estonia.

Hi, my name is Hillary

Curious, isn't it? Despite the fact that she has snowball's chance in hell to become the nominee yet she is one with the strongest hand. The odds are that if there will be no joint ballot, then Obama will be liquidated. If she chooses to accept his offer, she has a quite definite Vice-Presidential position. If she chooses to decline, the odds are that like Gerard Baker, from Times Online, pointed out :" [She'll be] ready to pick up the baton again in 2012, armed with the most powerful “I told you so” argument in the history of politics". It would be quite hard for Obama to find someone else on the ticket, who would have as much clout as a Clinton. But then again, could he find one?

Another Dilemma

An interesting question caught my eye, the case of Bolivia, or to be more exact, the case of Santa Cruz region holding a referendum demanding for more autonomy. An interesting two pronged problems becomes apparent.

First of all, there will always be differences between regions. One is not supposed to call for autonomy or independence simply because one has to pay more than the neighbour. Can you imagine Harjumaa declaring it's autonomy, because it has to pay for all those poor regions in Ida Virumaa? Could you accept that? I guess not. Moreover, such important decisions should be motivated by a grand irreconsileable differences between ideologies or cultural differences not because of greed.

Then again, if one is forced to endure a maniac for President against one's will, what else is there to do? I'm quite sure that the people living in the suburbs are not too fond of the idea of Greater Tallinn. After all, their votes would be pitted against the entire Savisaar-adoring Lasnamäe. In Bolivia, it is even worse. One the one hand, the history is a lot more complex, but then again wouldn't you want to get out , if there is a deranged socialist coca-lover on the loose?

Another one up for McCain

Hillary and Obama are still at each others throats, but there is something one might easily miss regards to the current situation. Both campaigns are going over and over about the importance of the current primaries and how a win hre or there is crucial to their cause. Actually the battles waged now do not really matter in long run. Why don't they matter, you might ask. I'll tell you why, beacuse they are fought in republican heartlands. The states currently contested such as Indiana and North Carolina are established republican strongholds and there is little reason to believe that they would capitulate especially with the elections appearing to be quite a close match.

Election day, Yay

It seems to be a jolly start for a jolly new chapter in English politics. Labour was obliterated in almost every aspect there is. In the capital, London, the incumbent, Ken Livingstone, was defeated by a man widely known for being a stooge rather than anything else. There was a lot more devastation elsewhere. The Tories achieved more than they had been expecting in but a few constituencies. The conservative Party managed to grab 44% of overall vote, with Labour achieving only a meagre 24%, even losing out to the Liberal Democrats. Though this was more about Gordon Brown U-turns than Tory leadership, this still is a promising start of a brand new era.