tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post117439672143991031..comments2023-12-29T21:34:44.579-05:00Comments on Political Yen/Yang: Something To Think AboutLA Sunsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174701941300451572007-03-23T23:05:00.000-04:002007-03-23T23:05:00.000-04:00BH//I'm not surprised that a Congressman with "Sup...BH<BR/><BR/><EM>//I'm not surprised that a Congressman with "Support Our Troops" signs had his house vandalized.//</EM><BR/><BR/>I am sure we do not get a lot of things here, just as you do not get a lot things where you are. I am not disputing that Belarus gets or doesn't get criticized, here. What I am saying is, it doesn't get talked about to the degree it does in, say, France, England, LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174681756525740802007-03-23T17:29:00.000-04:002007-03-23T17:29:00.000-04:00Ok, for Mr. Anon, I copied the joke, but I think t...Ok, for Mr. Anon, I copied the joke, but I think the writer got it grammatically correct as Brazilians would be countable rather than uncountable nouns. But as for the Sweet LA, do not be shocked by what you don't read in the American press. Belarus Bashing and especially trash talking about its president (the last dictator in Europe) is one of the western world's guilty pleasures. And me, I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174649130271416852007-03-23T07:25:00.000-04:002007-03-23T07:25:00.000-04:00BH,//But look at how the country is bashed constan...BH,<BR/><BR/><EM>//But look at how the country is bashed constantly and continually by a media that has no vested interest in the country other than what it can exploit from it.//</EM><BR/><BR/>What media does this? I can say the American media rarely reports anything on Belarus, they are more concerned about bashing the Bush administration.<BR/><BR/><EM>//This to me is only a single example of LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174629472335294982007-03-23T02:57:00.000-04:002007-03-23T02:57:00.000-04:00BH, did you mean, "Just exactly how MUCH is a braz...BH, did you mean, "Just exactly how <I>MUCH</I> is a brazillion?" I've been hearing this joke from my son (who is 12) over the last several days. He said, he saw it on YouTube or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174628643721975152007-03-23T02:44:00.000-04:002007-03-23T02:44:00.000-04:00Ok, fair enough. But without being too redundant, ...Ok, fair enough. But without being too redundant, remember that I am in Belarus. The country voted overwhelmingly for a guy who said he was not interested in unidirectional, profit siphoning deals with foreigners which inevitably only weaken the country. And let us not forget that there is, is, IS a strong undercurrent of Marxism here. But look at how the country is bashed constantly and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174617394535114712007-03-22T23:36:00.000-04:002007-03-22T23:36:00.000-04:00BH,//But then again, as Steven Write says, three r...BH,<BR/><BR/><EM>//But then again, as Steven Write says, three rights make a left. //</EM><BR/><BR/>I love Steven Wright. He is one of the best comedians of all time, in my book.<BR/><BR/><EM>//At the bottom line though, imperialism is as imperialism does and there is a big difference between satisfying need through trade and negotiating by force.//</EM><BR/><BR/>Two ways of looking at this. <BR/LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174596033598828472007-03-22T17:40:00.000-04:002007-03-22T17:40:00.000-04:00Hi LAWell, two wrongs don't make a right. But then...Hi LA<BR/>Well, two wrongs don't make a right. But then again, as Steven Write says, three rights make a left. At the bottom line though, imperialism is as imperialism does and there is a big difference between satisfying need through trade and negotiating by force. I just wrote about having to bring a tape recorder to a meeting with the housing authority because every year they negotiate with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174554635081203402007-03-22T06:10:00.000-04:002007-03-22T06:10:00.000-04:00Hi BH,//the US feels it has the right to dictate p...Hi BH,<BR/><BR/><EM>//the US feels it has the right to dictate policy globally- and this regardless of popular opinion that they not do this.//</EM><BR/><BR/>For every example you can give me of the the US being guilty of this, I can give you examples of other nations doing the very same thing. How is this different from the others that do this?LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174535642596540342007-03-22T00:54:00.000-04:002007-03-22T00:54:00.000-04:00Three thoughts. Firstly, this feeling of freedom a...Three thoughts. Firstly, this feeling of freedom also seems to extend from the government to countries outside of the US jurisdiction; i.e. the US feels it has the right to dictate policy globally- and this regardless of popular opinion that they not do this. <BR/><BR/>Secondly, though there is freedom to express one's self, being critical of the government does not necessarily a genius make. A BEING HADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536564388948517817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174523292884054642007-03-21T21:28:00.000-04:002007-03-21T21:28:00.000-04:00Greg,//I seriously can't think of one thing I can'...Greg,<BR/><BR/><EM>//I seriously can't think of one thing I can't say or do outside of an airport security checkpoint that I could do before GWB was President.//</EM><BR/><BR/>That's just it. I know a lot of people, I know of no one whose lives have been severely disrupted. I know a few Muslims, one of which is very prominent. One day he showed me business cards from a blue dozen FBI and other LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1174486926539469682007-03-21T11:22:00.000-04:002007-03-21T11:22:00.000-04:00With all the tooth gnashing these days about how t...With all the tooth gnashing these days about how the President has assaulted our civil liberties and is ruining our democracy, I seriously can't think of one thing I can't say or do outside of an airport security checkpoint that I could do before GWB was President.<BR/><BR/>If people are upset at the Patriot Act, perhaps it's b/c they don't realize that the supposedly enlightened Europeans have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com