Seriously, this video is pretty much the ideal response to the whole thing. McCain’s campaign ought to be embarrassed, and the rest of us can laugh at both his campaign and Paris’s response.
(of course it is Paris Hilton, and she gets the details of the energy policy wrong… drilling wouldn’t carry us over because it would take 5-10 years before any of that oil actually entered the market)
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Fascinating little article about how China is trying to insult or subtly reinforce their ownership of Taiwan during the games.
(via Washington Monthly)
Goose, gander? Pot, Kettle? Ah, the metaphors abound…
the only thing to add is that it’s sad, truly disappointing that we cannot distinguish ourselves from the actions of a Communist oligarchy that tortures in their prisons and spies on it’s own citizens and tourists.
This is an unusual story. Wonder how we would react if we suspected agents of the Chinese government set off a small bomb at a U.S. factory? A DDOS attack isn’t quite the same, but whoever is behind this attack is interfering with a U.S. business. That seems significant to me.
At $3.80, I’ll forgive the spelling, too. Having done this kind of shopping now in India and China, I can say that you really get an appreciation for the scale and profit margins of mass produced goods when you go over there. I still have my $18 North Face waterproof, faux-Gore Tex jacket picked up in Beijing.
Oh boy… glad our troops are tied up in Iraq…
I don’t think China ever took responding to the press or foreign inquiries very seriously when it comes to their internal human rights, but this shows almost complete disdain:
SHANGHAI, Jan. 16 - A week of protests by villagers in China’s southern industrial heartland over government land seizures exploded into violence over the weekend, as thousands of police officers brandishing automatic weapons and electric stun batons moved to suppress the demonstrations, residents of the village said Monday.
The residents of the village, Panlong, in Guangdong Province, said that as many as 60 people were wounded and that at least one person, a 13-year-old girl, was killed by security forces. The police denied any responsibility, saying the girl died of a heart attack.
A 13-year-old girl died of a heart attack… Riiiiight. The rest of the article is interesting for a number of reasons. First, Kim Jong Il is visiting that same region of China in a “secret” visit. It’s secret in that the Chinese government hasn’t publicly commented on it, but everyone seems to know it’s happening.
