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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (22921)	9/22/2007 7:36:56 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 219195

<<It's like a 21st century coal mine, or industrial revolution engine room = great to make money, but you wouldn't want to live there>> do not be that way, for you know not what you say, because this is a great place to live, where one feels alive, free, able to create, able to keep. sovereign freedom, not only an empty concept, but a way of life, where one answers to none but self you do not have it, and so you cannot comprehend, for that is why new zealand is new zealand, endowed with natural resources and yet, so lacking whereas hong kong has nothing, and yet everything, able to buy and sell you over afternoon tea. hong kong rocks, and rocks hard. freedom, there is no substitute, not even rights.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (22921)	9/22/2007 7:50:31 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 219195

Hi Mq. On a number of objective measures (life expectancy, for instance), Hong Kong scores much better than the US and NZ.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (22921)	9/23/2007 1:17:47 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 219195

HK ad knows their audience. It's a very good piece of propaganda. That character touching the book Rule of the Law is a classic. In Brazil right now you put the congress together and you get at least 500 of jail terms around the table. Does it matter? Not at all!! The economy is doing well and that's what it matters. Blood was spilling real good in the 20's and 30's as the gangsters fought to 'make it'. Look today! Look today! You can’t fart and three police cars appear on the corner. You spill hot coffee and the lawyer is there right beside you. That is how it should be: you get some outlaws to build the country and then -and only after getting rich- you go clean your act. It's been like this for all countreis and that's how it should be for all of them. Get a Mahatir and go there and see how Malaysia looks. Get Lee Yew and see how Singapore looks. Get democratic countries free press and all that shibboleth and you get a Peru or an Argentina.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (22921)	9/23/2007 7:58:16 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219195

Out the red carpet: Iran's Ahmadinejad leaves for US President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for his third trip to the United States, saying the visit was a good chance to present Iran's solutions for the problems of the world. ELMAT: This is an unique opportunity to call Ahmadinejad to the White House and put him to talk to Bush and defuse the situation. Remember that if if the adventure in the desert sands had ended in Pizza, billions of USD were saved and lives too andf the world would be safer today. Ahmadinejad, who is due to address the UN General Assembly in New York and hold other meetings, said he would be meeting "intellectuals and independent US politicians" on his trip to Tehran's arch foe. "The General Assembly of the United Nations is a good opportunity to present the solutions of the Iranian people to solve the problems of the world," the president told reporters before leaving, according to the Fars news agency. "The United States has had influence in international relations since World War II but the American people have suffered in diverse ways and have been deprived of access to accurate information," he added. "We need to take advantage of such opportunities to present the positions of the Iranian people as they (the Americans) are very keen to hear them." Since taking office, Ahmadinejad has addressed the UN General Assembly in both 2005 and 2006, the only realistic chance for an Iranian president to travel to the United States given the current frozen ties. The 2007 trip has already created controversy over Ahmadinejad's calls for the destruction of Israel and his questioning of the scale of the Holocaust.