New World

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Snyder Rini resigned amid public jubilation on Wednesday, a week after his election sparked two days of rioting in the impoverished South Pacific archipelago.

The presence of ANZAC security forces did help calm the situation a bit and put some order around, and I acknowledge that. It could have been worse.

It seems that a lotta people power thing are going around in the world of late.

Let's see... there was Thailand when Shinawatra stepped down after the people protested over allegations that he "sold" his country to Singapore through the telecoms corp that he sold to Temasek Holdings.

Then Arroyo had her own problems but managed to squash the movement to remove her from office with a little help from the majority of the military that still supports her.

Nepal's King Gyanendra just stepped down as head of government and has agreed to allow the people to vote their own government.

In Latin America, the majority indigeneous folks have taken over running the governments of Bolivia, Venezuela, etc where usually white folks used to be at the helms, since forever.

It seems that the universe is trying to balance the power that be in the world today.