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 Kevin Anthony Stoda Educator and Political Scientist GERMANY, USA, PHILIPPINES, Oman eslkevin1@yahoo.com SHARE 
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KEVIN STODA-has been blessed to have either traveled in or worked in nearly 100 countries on five continents over the past two and a half decades.--He sees himself as a peace educator and have been-- a promoter of good economic and social development--making-him an enemy of my homelands humongous DEFENSE SPENDING and its focus on using weapons to try and solve global issues.
"I am from Kansas so I also use the pseudonym 'Kansas' and 'alone' when I write and publish.- I-keep two blogs--one with BLOGGER and one with WORDPRESS.- My writings range from reviews to editorials or to travel observations.- I also make recommendations related to policy--having both a-strong background in teaching foreign languages and degrees in teaching in history and the social sciences.--As a Midwesterner, I also write on religion and living out ones faith whether it be as a Christian, Muslim or Buddhist perspective."
On my own home page, I also provide information for language learners and travelers http://www.geocities.com/eslkevin/-,- http://the-teacher.blogspot.com/-& http://alone.gnn.tv/
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Monday, March 7, 2011The Bourne Ultimatum and What the World is Wanting (Looking for) from America President Obama continues to permit assasination units target both Non-American and Americans around the globe. The director of the Bourne Ultimatum got it right. The world is tiring of this sort of American super-patriot garbage. Viewers around the world expect such junk in action films but not as official USA foreign policy. I too, as an American, am against these rogue elements having sanction from America. Aren't U?
Monday, March 7, 20115 things that EVERY TAXPAYER IN AMERICA NEEDS TO COMPREHEND Governor, today liberals are demonstrating all over the country in what CBS has called a liberal version of the Tea Party. Their main complaint is that a lot of corporations aren't paying their fair share. For example, Bank of America in 2009 paid nothing in corporate income taxes.
Monday, March 7, 2011WHY IS THIS TALE on Airport Murders in Frankfurt NOT GETTING MORE REPORTING? Two U.S. airmen were killed and two others were wounded at Frankfurt airport Wednesday when a man opened fire on them at close range with a handgun, the first such attack on American forces in Germany in a quarter century.
Thursday, March 3, 20112-28 Day in Taiwan (Formosa) During the prior decade, the date 2-28 began to be commemorated in Taiwan, but sadly most Taiwanese residents do not openly take this date to reflect on what there fore-fathers faced in terms of the erasing of Formosan memories from the 1950s onwards. Meanwhile, thousands of statues and busts of the so-called founding father of the KMT--Chiang Kai Shek--remain throughout the country.
Thursday, March 3, 2011More on Blue Butterflies and Teaching Kids As I watched the first minutes of the film, I could hardly believe that the tale was even vaguely based upon a true story, but I was wrong. Apparently, the film is, indeed, based on the life of a the Quebec-born, David Marenger, who at the age of six was diagnosed with cancer and given only a few months to live.
Saturday, February 26, 2011STOP THE APPEASEMENT OF THE LIBYAN HITLER, EUROPE Europe has watched a bloodbath going on across the Mediterranean for far too long. In fact, over the past decade, European nations and the European Union had even cozied up to the Ghadaffi Regime. Enough is enough Europe. Start helping the victims of Ghadaffi's dictatorship before a lot mor people get killed.
Friday, February 25, 2011Taiwan has moved closer to becoming a smoke-free country by lowering cigarette sales by 13 percent over the past year Out of 23 million Taiwanese, there are approximately 5 million smokers. I suspect that the numbers are lower than this--as that particular article was written two years ago and the national and local campaigns continue. Moreover, visibility of cigarettes and smoking are becoming almost null through fairly draconian media rules and self-imposed political correctness campaigns run by editorialists in major newspapers.
Friday, February 25, 2011GULF CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM calls for Gulf Monarchies to abandon absolutism and to adopt European-style Parliaments In the midst of the rising unrest and popular arrest in North Africa, the Gulf Civil Society Forum had met in Qatar from January 11 through 13 of this year and had had the purpose of gathering "together around 250 representatives from democracy advocates and civil society activists from the MENA Region, was to prepare a common Civil Society platform of principles and goals".
Thursday, February 24, 2011Dear Kansas Senator Jerry Moran, Please Walk the Talk and Investigate DOD and Cut Spending while Supporting Americans, The new Senator from Kansas claims to be interested in stopping no-bid contracts etc. for the military. He also claims to be a big supporter of security, but he has yet to stand up and meet with nor talk with major whistleblowers from the DOD or elsewhere.
Thursday, February 24, 2011Chinese and Taiwanese celebrate End of News Years Festival Together on Matsu Islands On the Islands of Matsu Chinese from both Fujian provinces meet and celebrate an annual set of processions that predate the division between the peoples of this region of East Asia.
Friday, February 18, 2011American Educator: The Truths You Need to Tell your Children and Grandchildren about the Ronald Reagan Administration I remember the depressing politics of the Ronald Reagan Era. It left many young college students and collge drop-outs joining the military because there was no work that paid well for many. What do you remember? This is what Noam Chomsky recalls?
Monday, February 14, 2011Missouri case needs to be reviewed by the Supreme Court Missouri Public Defenders have gone on strike this past year due to the fact they cannot handle the current caseload making it even harder for those charged with crimes to get a fair trial in Missouri. The same situation reigns in Texas and numerous other USA states.
Saturday, January 15, 2011IF THIS SPEECH WERE GIVEN TODAY BY MLK Nor does the human spirit [WITHIN US] move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one's own bosom and in the surrounding world. Moreover, when the issues at hand seem as perplexing as they often do in the case of this dreadful conflict, [I.E. THE SOCALLED WAR ON TERROR] we are always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty. But we must move on.
Friday, January 14, 2011HISTORY--THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE RECALLED: THE FLIGHT OF MATHIAS RUST FOR PEACE One reader has said, "This had to be one of the top 10 most remarkable flights accomplished in the history of aviation: Orville Wright at Kittyhawk Glenn Curtiss from Albany to New York Charles Lindbergh to Paris Chuck Yeager breaking the soundbarrier Jimmy Dolittle's Tokyo raid Mathias Rust to Red Square The Enola Gay to Hiroshima Dick Rutan & Jena Yeager around the world ..."
Tuesday, January 11, 2011DEMAND CORPORATE TAX ON MILITARY INDUSTRIAL WELFARE RECIPIENTS IN 2011 The situation has gotten worse. Consider refusing to allow the federal government to keep our income taxes if this keeps up and likewise demand corporate taxes on military industrial welfare recipients in 2011-2100!
Monday, January 10, 2011"Religion and Preferences for Redistributive Policies in an East Asian Country" i.e. Taiwan There is a lot of confusion about religion in the world today and how it effects, imperils, or even ahs little influence on politics. Here is an important issue raised in Taiwan concerning secularizing or religion oriented trends in Asian political economic developments
Monday, January 10, 2011COLD As an oral historian for over three decades, I have been interested in having peoples of my and my parents generations passing down the realities of history. I think that our children do carry what we pass down to them. I want to share--what a lot of folks my age and older take for granted--our history of cold and struggle for fuel efficiency in our liftime. Read and pass on your own story.
Saturday, January 8, 2011Over 51+ million Americans Living in Poverty David DeGraw, who wrote this cited Public Record article, went on to say, "Let's also consider the staggering amount of Americans -" 52 million, roughly 17% of the population -" who are currently enrolled in "anti-poverty" programs. Over 50 million are on Medicaid, 41 million are on food stamps, 10 million are on unemployment, 4.4 million receive welfare. Not counted in this "anti-poverty" total are 30 million children
Friday, December 31, 2010CHANGING CALENDARS, CHANGING WEEKENDS, CHANGING CENTENNIALS Just a few years back we were all hoping that fex-time would be the way of the future for all employees and students. The benefits to our mental and physcial health were to be enormous. Now with the economies in many lands to be providing few jobs. There is too little serious talk about flexible calendars in education and work. This article reminds us that multiple calendars are already present in much of the world.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS IS TODAY--ACT TODAY AND PROTECT MORE INNOCENTS IN 2011 This is the 3rd of three articles connecting innocents and victimhood to war and costs. It is advocated with this peice that the peace movments around the world adopt cyclical calendars to keep us focused and in touch with older traditions as we call for newer and more invigorated mass movements. This invigoration has inspired many longterm movements, memories and disciplined reforms in the past. We can teach our children.
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