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

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (740828)	5/17/2006 10:59:02 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

John Howard's statements were more directed to the opponents of the War on Terror: The war against terror will go on for a long time; I think we have to accept that. Progress is being made. The challenge remains very, very strong and there needs to be a continued commitment. And we admire and respect the leadership given by you and by the United States in that war. And it's a war that confronts us all. Those who imagine that somehow or other you can escape it by rolling yourself into a little ball and going over in the corner and hoping that you're not going to be noticed are doomed to be very, very uncomfortably disappointed. America has no better friends than the Aussies!

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (740828)	5/17/2006 3:31:30 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I believe that Australia & New Zealand's immigration policies are similiar to the very pragmatic ones currently in place for Canada. Canada I'm a bit more familiar with though. There, preference is given to immigrants with high education, valuable commercial skills, or lot's o' MONEY (on the theory that those who invest capital drive the creation of jobs). They last modified their immigration laws just prior to the handover of Hong Kong to the mainlanders --- as there were, at that time, a large number of wealthy HK citizens who had some doubts about their possible futures, and wanted some back-stop assurances (such as dual passports :). In Canada the rule became: invest $1 Million locally and (if not disqualified for some other obvious factor) he can have a Canadian citizenship. Many very wealthy HKers flew in with suitcases full of currency, invested locally, bought property, etc. As a result of that pragmatic government policy, B.C. has one of the most vibrant Chinatowns in the hemisphere today.... (RE: your US concerns, however... remember that Bush is lame duck now.)