African AIDS and Corruption

African AIDS and Corruption
Atakpame, Togo West Africa
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
by Andy of HoboTraveler.com

I ask a girl two weeks ago,
- How many people die from AIDS. -
- Many. -

I say tell me the name of one person.
Two week later and she still cannot tell me one name.

I said,
- How many people are killed by the government? -
- Many -
I say,
- Tell me the name of one specific person. -
She thinks and then about one half hour later says,
- I know, but why do you want to know? -

I said,
- You know one name. -
She says,
- Two. -

I say,
- Ok, I understand, do not tell me. -

African AIDS and Corruption

The New Free Press

The New Free Press
Atakpame, Togo West Africa
Sunday, May 13, 2007
by Andy of HoboTraveler.com

I have been telling trying to tell people in corrupt countries for years about the power of a camera or the press, and finally it has arrived.

Youtube.com
http://www.YouTube.com

They do it for fun, and they can change the world.

Not exactly the way I thought it would evolve, but great. I welcome the new press with open arms. I know I cannot trust the present News Medias, they have lost the plot, and they are no longer trustworthy. There is a power in a camera that exposes the truth and is hard to fake, I am sure the people of Youtube.com will soon learn how to fake videos, however these social networks are very harsh and the members can be wildly violent. The one member who fakes a video, can not win against the many. While the big news sources of the World like BBC and CNN are dangerous, they are the Fourth Estate and out of control, they are the many, they are making the news up, and not reporting the true news, more their fantasies to earn money or to be famous.

This is great, the end of hiding your dirty laundry, all if exposed into the light of day.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2078503,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11

News of World, YouTube.com, BBC, CNN, Corruption, Togo,

The New Free Press

Hostel Violence and Corruption

Hostel Violence and Corruption
Katmandu Nepal Asia
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

This GPRS cell phone connection helps me play, as some of you know, I have a dream of starting a Hostel in many countries around the planet. More or less good countries to enter areas of the planet, or continents. I have been working unsuccessfully on a Hotel in Katmandu to collaborate with, and while a contract in the USA seems so easy, the combination of violence and corruption causes many problems.

I see people as corrupt or violent, and not governments, the government is just an example of how the people are…

I found a couple of good World Bank pages to evaluate or compare countries.

CORRUPTION
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/kkz2005/mc_countries.asp



VIOLENCE
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/kkz2005/mc_countries.asp



Interesting information, however just a guide, for sure the USA has some extreme violence in the inner cites, yet also easy to avoid.

I laugh when a person evaluates the USA by New York, Miami, Chicago or whatever voyeuristic tourist desires they have.

People find what they want to find when they are a tourist.

Hostel Violence and Corruption