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If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ve probably heard about QANTAS cutting back on flights and jobs to avoid ‘losing money’. What QANTAS fail to mention is that they rake in billions each year and that the purpose of the cutbacks are to preserve those profit margins.

In short, QANTAS won’t ‘lose’ any money but not cutting jobs/flights. They’ll just fall a bit short of their profit estimates.

This is the way business is run in our world in which shareholders take precedence over customers/employees. Who cares about the people that actually work for and use the services of a company as long as the shareholders get their money’s worth?

I’m not saying that shareholders should also be ignored – that’d be stupid. They do support the company they buy shares from. But why can’t there be a healthy balance?

Overnight, Obama all but won the position as Democratic nominee for the position of President of the United States. I couldn’t be more happy for him. He will most likely win and should do great things for America.

However, I can’t help but feel that America isn’t ready for him. Racism is still a huge issue in the US (and many other countries), and this will effect Obama’s election campaign. Even if he does win, I fear for his life.

It takes many people to vote someone into power. It takes one crazed redneck with a rifle to undo all that. I sure hope nothing happens to Obama, but America has a history of racism which they haven’t quite overcome yet.

Why do I care what happens in the USA? Well, like it or not, they influence the rest of the world. If America is in turmoil, chances are things will go pear-shaped for a lot of other people.

Anyway, ‘that’s all I have to say about that’.