In this article "The Palin Problem", the author imagines a scenario where McCain loses next Tuesday election and expects what Sara Palin will do in this case. Is she going to cut her relation with McCain and present herself as the Republication Party leader? According to the article the conservatives have to change their policy and "adopt thier economic massage to address the insecurities of the culturally conservative working class". Another issue is immigration which could be brought up on the table. The author expects Plian could take advantage of these issues and be the republican candidate for the next election. Who knows?

What I did not understand, why McCain compaign did not realize this before?

The Story of Stuff documentary film by Annie Leonard, describes in a very effective visual presentation the life cycle of the stuff "the materials economy" starting form Extraction of the raw materials, production of goods from these materials after adding toxic substances to them, distribution of these goods, consumption "the heart of the system" and finally disposals. She explains the negative affect of over consuming of the limited natural resources, not only on these resources but to the whole environment including humans.

Annie emphasizes the plan "so intestinal" to drive the people to be crazy about shopping "making consumption our way of life" by Governments & Co-operations alliance. In order to achieve their goal, Annie pointed out two strategies the Planned Obsolescence and Perceived Obsolescence.

According to the film 99% of the goods bought in North America are trashed within 6 months.

Fortunately, I do not have the habit of buying things just because it is obsolete. I think female are more subject to Adv and fashion than males. The evidences provided with this film clearly show the negative effect of globalization on environment, including global warming.

Global Warming

The United Nations scientific panel declares that global warming is a reality. Human activities are "most likely" the main factor for this increase in temperature for the last 50 years. The average surface temperature of the earth increased by 1 degree Fahrenheit sine 1900 according to the report. The question now is not whether there is an influence of human activities on global warming but rather what to do about it. Al though greenhouse effect helped to warm the earth at early stages, which was necessary to prevent live on this plant, the increase concentration of carbon dioxide will result in warmer plant.