One of the most emotive and expressive words in English dictionary: Glee! Makes you feel childish, doesnt it? Its ok, accept it, just say it a few times and tell me if it doesnt make you smile.

Level 1: 9/11- nobody wants to shop, nobody wants to fly- economic depression- Bush wants to pump money into economy- war on afghanistan, war on iraq- money flows into ecomony from defense purchases worth $74 billion in one year- time passes- people buy, people fly- america tightens screws on ports, airlines- strip search if they suspect you going to fart methane, every container ships searched, every truck coming into US searched- longer lines at the borders- companies cannot predict when the material could come to the shop floor- Just In Time out of the window- piling inventories- greater spend on hiring security guards- somewhere in between terrorists keep attacking randomly- introduce biometrics, look at the passenger and decide whether he is trouble maker- learn from El-Al airlines of Israel- greater stigmatiztion of immigrants- US becomes a slightly tougher place to do business- Dollar falls against Euro- companies offshore and create redundancy in India and china- companies chicken out to India- avoid paying payroll taxes- US fiscal deficit increases- Kerry blames it all on Bush and Bangalore- people continue to lose jobs- CEO's keep saying "wait it will all come back"- CEO loses his job for an accounting scandal- accounting companies become endangered species- consulting companies prosper giving advice to companies and governments-...

This train of thoughts can keep going on- the train has a continuous supply of interesting factual fuel.

Corporate Security Management: Organization and Spending Since 9/11: "1 MB file is ten times as large as a 100 KB file. "

Atlast... the beacon of knowledge has shined (also accepted: shone) on me.

In 2001, the nation's civil litigation system cost every U.S. citizen $722. A year later, the amount was up by $87. In 2002, the system cost all of us $233 billion, up by $27.4 billion over 2001 and representing 2.23 percent of the gross domestic product.

Why dont they just divide this amount all the people who come to the court to have a fight which had a monetary intention (read greed) or an ego problem?

Saves a lot of money...

But, I like watching court room scenes. So lets just let them fight and spend all that money on lawyers.

Once in a while a few things happen in this wide world which are beyond Ripley's- Believe it or not or things which shock you beyond the wildest police videos. Even if you have a Parental Guidance certitificate, a few events still traumatize you and leave a mark on your psyche. One of those happened today:
Blair, Bush nominated for Nobel Peace Prize: "US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the architects of the Iraq war, are among the nominees for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize."