Long as you've some way to post. We can't go without you for months, you know!
And as for Cold War II, I expect you probably didn't watch the Republican Convention? And thus missed seeing Meg Whitman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman) giving a speech there (http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/09/04/meg-and-carly-mccains-other-key-women/). (As I did.) Does that help to explain why China's in the top-tier, PayPal-wise, and Russia's in the bottom? Republicans miss the cold war so very deeply...
But I wouldn't worry too much about a new Cold War - unless McCain gets in, which seems unlikely. It doesn't make any sense for anybody, (arms-producers excepted), the neocons being out of step with everyone else in power in the West.
Oh, and for a sane analysis of current events, see this guy's articles...
quick note before i looked at your links: in a country where bush won *two times in a row*, macain will win for the third! that being said, the usa ain't the only party here who are looking to sour my business. you should see official russian media!
That sounds sad - but is there evidence that your lines of communication are being cut off? (Meaning this, non-political websites and such.) Plus the means to send you money. I can't see Russia being stupid enough to halt incoming funds, though a US blockade might just happen. Except there's way too many Western businesses with their fingers in Russia now for that to be likely, isn't there?
i don't think that they (russian hawks) actually mean to draw an iron curtain at this time - not at all. but they've been playing in such a reckless and impertinent manner, that that may just happen, and - to be quite honest - i don't see how it could *not* happen sooner or later. i don't see any evidence that financial flows are being blocked now, but if the confrontation continues, they of course may be. western business involvement present some hope, probably. but really i shouldn't talk politics - i have no idea what's going on and avoid thinking of it
You're wise, probably. I've been a bit of a political junkie since my teens, and it's never done me much good. And I've certainly appreciated having no TV of late. Going without makes you realise just how much your interests are controlled by what's on the box.
Oh, and NZ is in election-mode at the moment, though you wouldn't know it by reading my LJ, right? Happily, our elections are mercifully short compared to the US ones, which are utterly bizarre, when you think about it.
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And as for Cold War II, I expect you probably didn't watch the Republican Convention? And thus missed seeing Meg Whitman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman) giving a speech there (http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/09/04/meg-and-carly-mccains-other-key-women/). (As I did.) Does that help to explain why China's in the top-tier, PayPal-wise, and Russia's in the bottom? Republicans miss the cold war so very deeply...
But I wouldn't worry too much about a new Cold War - unless McCain gets in, which seems unlikely. It doesn't make any sense for anybody, (arms-producers excepted), the neocons being out of step with everyone else in power in the West.
Oh, and for a sane analysis of current events, see this guy's articles...
http://www.gwynnedyer.com/articles2008.htm
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that being said, the usa ain't the only party here who are looking to sour my business. you should see official russian media!
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That sounds sad - but is there evidence that your lines of communication are being cut off? (Meaning this, non-political websites and such.) Plus the means to send you money. I can't see Russia being stupid enough to halt incoming funds, though a US blockade might just happen. Except there's way too many Western businesses with their fingers in Russia now for that to be likely, isn't there?
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i don't see any evidence that financial flows are being blocked now, but if the confrontation continues, they of course may be. western business involvement present some hope, probably. but really i shouldn't talk politics - i have no idea what's going on and avoid thinking of it
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Oh, and NZ is in election-mode at the moment, though you wouldn't know it by reading my LJ, right? Happily, our elections are mercifully short compared to the US ones, which are utterly bizarre, when you think about it.