Adam Lee's Commentaries

Obama has recently been attacking the yuan and its low value relative to the dollar, in essence what he aims to do is to increase the yuan/dollar ratio so that US debt to China actually decreases in a real sense. This is also aimed at increasing US manufacturing competitiveness towards Chinese customers and the world.

However, the low value of the yuan which is pegged to the dollar actually supports the dollar’s value and is a buffer against inflation. By allowing the yuan to freely float Obama invites hyper-inflation sooner rather than later.

Admittedly, there simply aren’t enough jobs in only the high-tech and service related industries to keep every American employed. Manufacturing jobs are also crucial to national defense, and are these industries are often at the heart of great inventions and improvements to quality of life.

With the new budget proposals out and the return to the moon program by NASA not getting the funding needed to carry through, a new wave has hit the internet again: the moon landing hoax theory. In it are a bunch of ideas that, while interesting to look at, do not add up and can be countered by the simple fact that:

There is evidence at each landing site that astronauts did indeed land there, leaving behind the US flag, retroreflectors, and an assortment of man-made items.

All of the astronauts who have been there will testify about their experiences on the moon.

Moonrocks – unique specimens brought back from the moon, which can be touched at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

Photos of the landing sites taken by NASA can be found here.

Arguments against the moon landing can be found at the following sites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories

http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html

The United States, while requiring a text statement on each pack indicating that smoking is bad for the health or that quitting will increase chances for survival, has not yet implemented measures other countries have to keep people from poisoning themselves with these products.

Singapore, probably the harshest country against tobacco companies and smokers, requires that photos of mouth and lung cancer or diseased organs be attached to each pack of cigarettes with phrases such as “Tobacco smoke can kill babies” or “Smoking harms your family”. Thailand also has implemented a similar program, and the smoking rate in the country has fallen from 30% to 18%.

Related to this, a Federal judge recently ordered the FDA to allow imports of e-cigarettes. These e-cigarettes will heat up liquid nicotine and simulate the taste of tobacco without the rest of the cancer causing agents found in real cigarettes.