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I just saw him on TV asking the Burmese junta to allow the US to come in and help with the cyclone.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:09:50 PM EST
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Help with the cyclone? That mean he's going to wreck whatever the cyclone left behind?

Should we start a pool on whether his performance will be better or worse than after Katrina?

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:22:50 PM EST
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omg. The book I am currently reading is really messing with my head. It is simply about how the free-market model of the Chicago School requires juntas and economic collapse and natural disasters to enable its implementation. Shock. Wait until people are bloody desperate and come in with your plan to bail our their economy. With just a few little strings attatched. Sheesh, 3rd world, military junta & cyclone all in one bag?! It's like Christmas for these people.

"This is nothing compared to how Putin rigged Eurovision."

by poemless on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:32:58 PM EST
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The only problem is that this junta is beholden to the PRC, not the US.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:42:12 PM EST
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At this point the US itself is pretty beholden to the PRC. At any rate this is not about the US specifically. It's about free-market ideology and trans-national corporations. All very China-friendly.

"This is nothing compared to how Putin rigged Eurovision."

by poemless on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:48:04 PM EST
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My friend who is doing ethnological work in southern Burma says that the ones who might be applying the Washington consensus are the opposition party, not necessarily the junta...

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 06:32:58 PM EST
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And you can trace it back before Strauss, to Synarchy.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:44:08 PM EST
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I'd remind Burma of Bill Maher's very correct comment:

On your watch, we've lost almost all of our allies, the surplus, four airliners, two trade centers, a piece of the Pentagon and the City of New Orleans. Maybe you're just not lucky. I'm not saying you don't love this country. I'm just wondering how much worse it could be if you were on the other side.

Where's your motherf*%&ing flag pin?

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:34:39 PM EST
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