Sympathy for Iran

While i deplore Iran's recent political history ,its aggression , its anti semitism and probably support for terrorist groups... Its moves are understandable from their perspective.
      If one follows the work of Noam Chomsky western powers have been manipulating the middle east for over a century, and the Islamic states are fed up of it. They have genuine grievances that has resulted in a hardline position against the west for some states.
      The west knows that the greatest superpower in world history would be  a single islamic power bloc in the middle east . With their oil wealth they would have a stranglehold on the world economy , and their military while 2nd rate compared to the US would still be a regional power.
        The war on terror would also have made the Iranian administration more insecure about their hold on power . To draw a simple analogy :
    If a gang of thugs kills your next door neighbour on your right side and take all his wealth, then the following year kills the neighbour on your left side , isnt it within your right to get weapons to defend yourself against that same gang?
      Afghanistan and Iraq have fallen to US forces very easily , the tenuous part of those wars resulted only during occupation. Guerrilla war is always messy and very hard to fight as seem in Vietnam. In the case of Aghanistan it would probably require 1 million troops to secure the nation , no army in history has ever subdued it.
     Afghanistan and Iraq are Iran's neighbours and US forces could easily cross over into Iran from their bases in those states.  A US carrier fleet in the Persian Gulf could also wipe out Iranian air and naval power in the region within a week. Iran's military might cannot save its administration ,  so the only hope is a nuclear weapon that would make invasion an unattractive target.
     I do believe that Iran simply wants nuclear weapons to reach the status of North Korea as the neighborhood badguy that cannot be touched. US and South Korean forces could wipe out North Korea very quickly - but the risks associated with a messy war and nuclear fallout make that proposition extremely unattractive .
        But i do completely understand  and sympathize with the Iranian position : Either you submit to the will of the Western powers , or you fight to maintain sovereignty and the longevity of your regime

Teaching the government how to negotiate with trade unions

Once again T&T is stricken with another batch of fools who cannot sit around a table and come to a compromise . It doesn't matter how educated or accomplished these fools are - Knowledge is not wisdom. If they cannot put aside their egos for 5 minutes to listen to someone else they cannot lead.
         All the government has to do is find a creative way to give the trade unions what they want . The unions have genuine greivances - the economy is in a mess and it is the State's job to fix it. The unions also have to understand that the government is bound by its fiscal situation and cannot give them exactly as they demand- but they can reach a compromise.
           My solution to the whole crisis is simply this : If the unions ask for a 15% wage increase , give them 20%. But give it to them in untouchable government bonds , stocks and investments not cash.
         The simple problem is that T&T  politics is built around a system of dependency which was created by slavery , indentureship and colonialism. When the government does hand out money many people use it to buy cars , expensive shoes and alcohol : Not invest in businesses ,education and houses like they should.
        So the solution is to break the cycle of dependancy by handing out investments , not cash. The state owns Petrotrin , half of CLICO , massive shares in Republic bank , T&TEC,  TSTT etc.  These are all assets that could be leverage creatively.
         Plus Treasury bonds that the central bank can print at a whim i believe - offer packages with stocks and bonds to all unionized workers , they will collect dividends and have something to retire on in the future. Give them a small increase in the wages as well to appease them and put liquidity into the economy .

 If anyone remembers England during the Thatcher years - that is a mess that can easily happen in Trinidad and Tobago if this crisis is not averted. And its EASY to avert the crisis . Negotiate creatively , there is always a solution that lets all sides win.

Christianity explained using string theory

John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.

Quoting from Wikipedia :
String theory is an active research framework in particle physics that attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is a contender for a theory of everything (TOE), a self-contained mathematical model that describes all fundamental forces and forms of matter.

Superstring theory is an attempt to explain all of the particles and fundamental forces of nature in one theory by modelling them as vibrations of tinysupersymmetric strings. Superstring theory is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theory because unlike bosonic string theory, it is the version of string theory that incorporates fermions and supersymmetry.

If the highest form of energy is a ‘superstring’ A vine you could say according to the gospel . God is the ‘vine’ the divine energy behind all Creation , the problem with science is that it tries to see things objectively in a purely secular light- a religious scientist like Einstein or Newton (among the greatest scientists as well) would see all things as touching the mind of God.
      Religion is full of metaphors and symbols that help one understand the physical word.

Applying theories like Joesph Campbell’s monomyth and Carl Jung’s collective unconscious Religion feeds the human subconscious in a way that nothing else quite can match so it forms a very important basis for understanding the world through symbols and metaphors.
         They say prostitution is the oldest profession , but that i believe is highly inaccurate. Religion is  what originally gathered men together to build Egypt and Babylon in the old times , the Babylonians got their laws from their God as the Jews got theirs from the Prophet Moses and his lineage.
      Religion and Law go hand in hand as seen in Natural Law theory postulated by Aquinas , the ancients believed all law came from God and must line up with God’s natural morality .

At the very least studying Religion , even though one does not believe in God can improve one’s intellect and understanding of the human mind.

You could call this a 'Theory of Everything'.  It has also been theorized that it would take a near infinite amount of energy to break matter down to the  level of its most basic component , so indeed it would be 'impossible' to find God or a theory of everything unless you Believed in it.