How the president could turn a “potential” Nobel into a “kinetic” Nobel by engaging in a reform of Latin American policy.
1) Drop the embargo with Cuba. Numero uno. Top of the heap. If you want to inspire the world, El Presidente, drop this sham right now and strike a blow for international cooperation and sovereignty.
2) Drop the drug war in South America. Propping up the military in Colombia is a benefit to nobody. A massive resource draw on the United States and a human rights nightmare in el sur, just wake us up from this nightmare.
3) Commit to a dual reformation plan: Treat narcotics as a health issue in the United States and promote true free trade for Latin American agricultural products entering the United States.
4) A Marshall Plan for Mexico or Brazil. Mexico and Brazil are on the edge of entering into the next tier of development (particularly Brazil) and reasoned and well developed Marshall Plan for those nations could serve as an engine for the region. Not some interventionist Kennedy-style plan, but a real plan that allows for different paths toward development. For Mexico this may mean the real free flow of goods, services, capital, and … labor.
5) Take a real stand for indigenous rights. Refuse to do business with Latin American nations that refuse to treat indigenous populations with equality and dignity. This would have to include U.S. sponsored projects from the IMF/World Bank that have, at times, been incredibly detrimental to the indigenous.
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It is easy to change potential into kinetic. Just push it down hill.
As the prize falls down the hill it accelerates, gaining velocity(speed) as it does so, kinetic energy is taken as
Kinetic energy = velocity squared * mass of prize * 1/2
so as the speed of the prize increases the kinetic energy increases, and because the proze is lower the potential (gravitational) energy of the ball decreases.
Ah. science.
Jajajajajajaja Nice to have a scientist in the house.
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