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Myk Murphy:
no one in the west has done a fabulous job of helping the world's poor. i honestly believe that increased globalization will help more people, rather than harm them. are their exploitative excesses when bringing industry to the 3rd world? absolutely. still, i think that most governments are on the right track to attempt to modernize more of the world. protesters would be more help to insist that living and working standards are kept up, rather than to vainly protest the globalization in general.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 2:52:53 pm)

Myk Murphy:
thanks, mr sping. nitwitism is certainly underrated. giggle.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 2:53:52 pm)

Decoy:
My kids can be smothering sometimes. But I don't want to kill them. It takes a village...
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 2:55:06 pm)

Heruka:
look at the numbers Myk, as a direct result of american led globalization, world piverty is down a min. of 25% in the last 20 years. some say the number is closer to 50%.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 2:55:24 pm)

Decoy:
My five year old puked on the couch 15 minutes ago, and I didnt even get mad. I gues she wasn't kidding about that stomache ache.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 2:57:03 pm)

Myk Murphy:
meanwhile, things are getting more interesting in iran. love or hate him, don't think that bush's forays into afghanistan and iraq aren't emboldening the reformers attempting to shake the yolk of the old guard. 100 of them just resigned in protest today. regular protests and such, and the US (or anyone else) doesn't have to lift a finger. at this rate, the clerics will lose their veto controls (and de facto controls) within a couple months.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 2:58:34 pm)

Decoy:
Globalization? How much of that is from humanitarian aid? I don't see Ethiopians feeding themselves just because they have internet access.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 2:58:56 pm)

Decoy:
Its that domino effect. Its a beauty thing.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 2:59:51 pm)

Heruka:
no. but you see India and China now doing for themselves what world welfare doesn't do for others.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:01:11 pm)

Myk Murphy:
yeah, heruka, and birth rates in overpopulated areas are down when globalization comes to town. these folks are reaping real benefits. perhaps the anti-globalization folks have a romantic notion of the noble savage still stuck in their brains, but honestly, can the world move forward with so many stuck in the past?

the americans can't take all the credit, of course. european industry is just as involved, but somehow the US bears the brunt of the bad press.

pepto-bismol for that kid. stuff works wonders.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:02:16 pm)

Heruka:
I'm selling the Colorado property and buying land elsewhere. out of the country. we're thinking Mazatlan, Mexico. as the wife is from near Durango, which isn't too far.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:02:43 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Trickle down.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:03:14 pm)

Heruka:
we're not moving there. just biying land there and perhaps building a house. for vacations and stuff.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:03:47 pm)

Myk Murphy:
i had a neighbor from Eritrea, which broke away from Ethiopia a few years ago after decades of resistance. he had more than a few things to say about the "famines" in that land. most, he said, were engineered by the Ethiopian gov't. it's an act of political control.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:04:28 pm)

Decoy:
India is doing a crappy job with those jobs that Americans actually do want. Hopefully we are discovering that you get what you pay for, China, I don't get.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:05:51 pm)

Decoy:
Offshore, Heruka. That can be sweet. Move to central America and be a neo Medici patriarch - buy yourself a village.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:07:09 pm)

Detlef Sping:
China? there's a reason there's a wall around it.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:07:28 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Like Jim Jones.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:08:19 pm)

Decoy:
How much per acre is the land in CO going for?
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:08:36 pm)

:
Herukania; make them wear their underwear over their clothing.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:08:40 pm)

Decoy:
They still aren't allowed to import kool-aid...
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:09:05 pm)

Heruka:
I dunno. I'm going to have it seriously appraised in the spring. it sites next to a reserve, so there can be no building going on between it and the mountains behind it.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:10:00 pm)

Herukanian:
We wear onions in our belts - by royal decree.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:10:30 pm)

Decoy:
Preserve border can add value if you're selling to a poacher or a naturalist. Either way.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:11:15 pm)

Myk Murphy:
auf for now, back in a bit, perhaps. furniture rearrangement. seriously.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:11:21 pm)

Heruka:
Hawaiian shirts are the dress code. and the womens must either be naturally brown or tanned. I'll allow no pasties in my country.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:12:00 pm)

Decoy:
Well, Myk, you don't have to spell it out!
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:12:10 pm)

Heruka:
or Col. can get pricky and now allow developements on the property.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:12:36 pm)

Detlef Sping:
The wicker chair looks best by the window, Myk.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:13:10 pm)

Heruka:
I have to go too. superbowl is on tonight. we're having chinese. Kung Pao Chicken rockz.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:13:11 pm)

Decoy:
If that's the case, they usually don't charge you taxes. That's how it here, anyway
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:13:48 pm)

Decoy:
See ya. We are making chili, pizza, nachos, and some other stuff- I forget. Later.
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:14:41 pm)

Detlef Sping:
They sell chicken rocks in Ohio?
(Sun Feb 1, 2004 - 3:14:45 pm)