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To: Tom Daly who wrote (34467)	5/5/2008 3:22:59 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 217548

You know Tom, to me it all boils down to taking the garbage out at home first. I find it really impossible to believe that the US government has any truly legitimate concerns wrt Tibet other than using it as a convenient smokescreen. As to the the hypocrisy I frankly dislike the ad hominem avenue.. and actually regret the delivery of the prior post.. I do rather feel that you folks (US citizens) are being duped again as with Iraq into serving interests which are not your own. Despite that you feel that all this focus on Tibet is warranted and has some seeming higher intention... Certainly by some it does.. folks are missing priorities though and are missing the greater evil.. Ignorance can be pled by many but de facto hypocrisy is though, at least an unintended consequence.. Maybe we'll be able to elect someone who will change the course in Iraq. Shouldn't THAT be job one.. ?? maybe ? sigh.. Shouldn't the American people be DEMANDING that their government get with the programme ? Hopefully somebody is working on it is not a recipe for success.. Iraq is not ancient history.. and excluding the Crusades the meddling therein by the West is much more recent and ongoing .. The history of Tibet and China certainly goes back as far as the history of the US (or Canada as we are certainly no better in that regard than you guys).. so once more.. I'm reminded of the Who's We don't get fooled again.. Nowhere did I ever advocate the Chinese getting out of Tibet. Didn't say you did. and becoming an autonomous region within China would likely be the best compromise. I still fail to understand how so many can worry about this now when the garbage at home is smelling up the house because no one is bringing it to the curb.. This is not a priority for Americans.. it should be way down on the list... but it certainly serves someone's agenda.. I rarely see anything in black and white,... I'm blessed with shades of grey.. EDIT: isn't this more pressing than Tibet ... but really who cares eh ? not strategically located... no oil... f'get about em' Message 24562275 The Black Swan

To: Tom Daly who wrote (34467)	5/6/2008 1:18:12 AM
From: Rolla Coasta	Respond to of 217548

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To: Tom Daly who wrote (34467)	5/6/2008 1:44:10 AM
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To: Tom Daly who wrote (34467)	5/20/2008 2:59:20 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217548

Quake Quiets the Critics of China's Human-Rights Record, Before the earthquake, China's image abroad had taken a beating. Quake Quiets the Critics of China's Human-Rights Record, HONG KONG -- In the aftermath of the deadly Sichuan earthquake, the clamor of criticism that had been dogging China over human-rights issues and its policies toward Tibet has suddenly been silenced. The deaths of at least 34,000 and as many as 50,000 people from the quake has unleashed a groundswell of sympathy from overseas. That has forced some critics of the Beijing government, including activists who had organized protests during the Olympic torch relay, to think twice about their tactics. "It's almost like after Sept. 11," says Joseph Cheng, professor of political science at the City University of Hong Kong. "You can't criticize the Bush administration's policy on Sept. 12. You make your criticisms later." Before the earthquake, China's image abroad had taken a beating. The first big blow came from news of violence in Lhasa and ethnic Tibetan areas elsewhere in China, and the government crackdown that followed. Impressions only worsened when protesters of all stripes, including those opposed to China's policies toward Tibet and others eager to link its investments in the Sudan with atrocities in Darfur, converged on the Olympic torch relay in London, Paris and San Francisco. But the earthquake has, in a sense, shelved the debate over China's track record, altering the political calculus. "The tone of advocacy has to change because of the earthquake," says Jill Savitt, director of Dream for Darfur campaign, which has been protesting China's support of the Sudanese government. "It would really be unwise and unstrategic to continue to pound on China and not to realize that there have been hundreds of thousands of people who have been killed and wounded. It would be foolhardy." When Liu Guijin, special representative on African Affairs of the Chinese Government and China's point person on Darfur, visited the U.S. last week to press his government's case, activists intentionally demurred from overt public protests, according to Ms. Savitt. "There could have easily been demonstrations in front of those buildings," she says, adding that demonstrations were not "even a thought, no one even suggested it." After months of scathing critiques over Beijing's treatment of political dissidents, Human Rights Watch hasn't issued a statement about China since the earthquake. The silence is "partly a function of the earthquake, but not exclusively," according to Sophie Richardson, Asia Advocacy director for Human Rights Watch. "The question becomes, Are we all pulling our punches?" says Ms. Richardson. With such a large natural disaster, and one where the government appears to be earnestly trying to help its people, she says, "one certainly stands down for a bit in part out of sympathy and respect and tact," but also because strategically it may be difficult to draw attention to human-rights abuses when everyone is focused on humanitarian relief. Of course, expressing sympathy during a time of crisis doesn't necessarily imply political backtracking. French President Nicolas Sarkozy had riled the Chinese government by suggesting that he might not attend the Opening Ceremonies on Aug. 8, given the apparent stalemate in Tibet. Then Mr. Sarkozy visited China's embassy in Paris on Monday to express France's solidarity and sympathy after the May 12 earthquake. A spokesman for Mr. Sarkozy said Monday France's president hasn't changed his position about whether to attend the Opening Ceremonies. "The Olympic Games and the terrifying earthquake are two different things," the spokesman said. While the mood seems to have shifted, at least momentarily, it is unclear whether the outpouring of sympathy that the earthquake has provoked will run dry before the Games begin just over 11 weeks from now. "When you see Hu Jintao or Wen Jiabao with their arms around an eight-year-old, it tends to soften people's images. It just does," says Eliot Cutler, managing partner at the Beijing office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a law firm that advises clients on crisis management and public policy. "How long is this going to last? I don't know." --David

To: Tom Daly who wrote (34467)	5/20/2008 2:59:20 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217548

Argentines Rush to Buy Dollars Amid Fear of a Financial Crisis By John Lyons in São Paulo, Brazil, and Michael Casey in Buenos Aires Word Count: 789 Barely six years after Argentina committed the biggest sovereign-debt default in history and devalued its currency, locals and Wall Street investors are asking an unsettling question: Is it about to happen again? The short answer appears to be: It doesn't have to happen, but it might. With nearly $50 billion of foreign reserves and one of Latin America's fastest growth rates, Argentina has an array of options to keep its currency stable and meet financing needs in the coming years. Nonetheless, troubling signs of financial panic have appeared. Middle-class Argentines are rushing to cash out savings accounts to buy dollars, ...