ItBeRandom.com

The fishing town of Obama in central Japan recently won worldwide fame for its fervent support for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama.

The town’s citizens have made headbands, T-shirts and sweet bean cakes decorated with his portrait and the town’s mayor even sent gifts.

Now, on the eve of crucial primaries in Texas and Ohio, the mayor of Obama - a town 400 kilometres west of Tokyo with a population of 32,000 - is all smiles after hearing from Obama the man. (more…)

A recent photograph of Barack Obama dressed in traditional African dress, while on a visit to Kenya in 2006, has added fuel to the fire in the rivalry against both democratic candidates. The picture, submitted to the Drudge Report website, shows Obama garbed in a white turban and white traditional African robe.

Obama’s camp claimed that the distribution of the image was a smear campaign tactic initiated by rival Hillary Clinton’s camp. The Clinton camp denied this, stating that they had nothing to do with the photograph becoming public. Obama’s father was originally from Kenya and this is probably the reason why he made the visit. (more…)

Guest writer - E. RAYMOND ROCK

Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership of capital. Our rewards are in direct proportion to our efforts - no free lunch here. If you are energetic and intelligent, connected and educated, you should do fine. If not, you could easily end up living on the streets. This system is susceptible to a dog-eat-dog environment. Monopolies and unlawful oil barons come to mind.

Socialism is defined politically as advocating state ownership of industry, and economically as state ownership of capital. The wealth is evened out and individual effort is not rewarded as sharply as it is in capitalism - but no one lives on the streets. This system is vulnerable to a do nothing environment, with welfare mothers and lazy, unmotivated people coming to mind. (more…)