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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (203301)	11/16/2001 9:33:57 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Insensitive Daschle causes international incident: November 15, 2001 Long and Short of It. A good-natured joke by Senate Majority Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.) nearly caused an international incident with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. After arriving a few minutes late for a photo-op with Putin and House and Senate leaders, later in the meeting Daschle tried his hand at a little humor, pointing out that he and Putin are about the same height. Daschle said it was nice to work with a world leader of similar size. And then to emphasize the point, he ran his hand over his own head to remind everyone that he's usually not the tallest leader in the room. But the joke somehow got lost in the translation. As Daschle laughed, Putin didn't look the slightest bit amused, participants in the meeting told HOH. Rather than lob a zinger back at Daschle, Putin merely offered a perfunctory "Thank you" through his interpreter. [KGB doesn't get mad - they get even] Noting that the Russian leader has many black belts for his mastery of martial arts, sources in the room joked that Daschle should watch his step in future meetings. "They may be the same size, but Daschle may get a karate chop if he isn't careful," quipped one participant. rollcall.com

To: Bill who wrote (203301)	11/16/2001 11:24:19 AM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Capital by definition acts in its own self interest. Why would you expect oftherwise from a union? But "without regard for the consequences?" Hardly. That would be shooting themselves in the foot, wouldn't it? Can you cite a single concrete example of your theory?