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2008-05-18 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 My company organized a dinner for charity for the earthquake on Friday, raising ¥450,000 for the Red Cross! A ton of people are trying to outdo each other on how much money they can raise. The Chinese are quite proud of their disaster response (this means the money raised, it doesn't mean the performance [or non-performance {which would never be reported}] of the rescuers) and this will only fuel nationalism in the run-up to the Olympics.

Posted by gromky 2008-05-18 04:57|| 2008-05-18 04:57|| Front Page Top

#2 The kind of behaviour gromky reports is new in that part of the world, I imagine. They should be proud of themselves for it. As Chinese society becomes more transparent, the follow-up will occur as people wonder what impact their donation made. Somebody will want a photograph of the group representative with the rescued in the beautiful shelters their money was to pay for.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-05-18 06:18|| 2008-05-18 06:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Pride is not the exclusive province of any part of the world.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-05-18 08:39|| 2008-05-18 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 [bk has been pooplisted.]

Posted by bk 2008-05-18 14:55|| 2008-05-18 14:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Pride is the best tool he evil has to keep men mostly attracted to themselves.

Posted by franks nemesis 2008-05-18 14:56|| 2008-05-18 14:56|| Front Page Top

#6 As argued long ago on the Net, POST-COLD WAR > CHINA + RADICAL ISLAM > gener are REAL-TIME, DIAMETRICALLY OPPOS NATIONAL-GLOBAL EXPERIMENTS IN FUTURE OWG-NOW AUTHORITY AND ABILITY TO GOVERN/MANAGE.

*CHINA [India?] - HOW TO ECONOMICALLY + ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPPOR A "CLOSED/ISOLATED" POPULATION IN HIGHLY-STRESSED CONFINED AREA?

*RADICAL ISLAM > HOW TO SATISFY THE POLITICAL = GEOPOL ASPIRATIONS OF HIGHLY FLUID + HETEROGENOUS POPULATION?

USA = JEAN LUC-PICARD = MODERATOR/NEUTRAL ARBITER.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-18 18:04|| 2008-05-18 18:04|| Front Page Top

#7 This is very close to the antithesis of Communist teachings where the State takes care of everything. This is the first time that Chinese have had the money and will to act to help anyone outside their own "tribe" and they are taking pride in it. To me it shows that the Chinese are becoming more independant from the Government. A good thing.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-05-18 18:27|| 2008-05-18 18:27|| Front Page Top

#8 I feel pretty good when my nemesis is an illiterate idiot. Apparently, Life is turning my way!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-05-18 18:32|| 2008-05-18 18:32|| Front Page Top

#9 How much money did y'all raise for Myanmar Gromky?

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-05-18 19:23|| 2008-05-18 19:23|| Front Page Top

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