Libby Liu of Radio Free Asia has an op-ed in Huffasnuffaguffalus. Pay attention, it isn't often we quote that source. She's talking about getting news into the North Korean people:
... mounting evidence suggests that there are cracks, through which North Koreans are able to get a glimmer of the world outside their own.
Cell phone use has shot up, especially along the Chinese border where wireless signals are stronger. This also is just one of the means by which many relatives of the 20,000 North Korean defectors in the South keep in touch with their family members.
Restricted technology such as MP3 and MP4 players, DVDs of South Korean soap operas and films, and even USB memory sticks are increasingly making their way into the hands of many North Koreans who get these goods on the black market.
Some of the most sought-after pieces of hardware are shortwave devices to listen to foreign radio.
She winds up with this observation and plea:
For the regime of Kim Jong Il, the threat is real. As the cracks widen, more outside information is disseminated within North Korea. This makes it much more difficult, if not impossible, for the country's authoritarian government to be the sole source of information for its people.
The fact remains, despite these cracks, that many North Koreans still are less than fully aware of the perilous position their leaders have placed them in during this current crisis.
This is why it's essential for international powers to consider ways of working together to keep the North Korean people informed. Radio is proving to be one of the answers.
Radio is indeed one of the answers. The more information we can get to the North Korean people, the sooner the day will come when they decide that their evil masters are idiots. And depose them.
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Restricted technology such as Talk Radio and Blogs, and access to worldwide news outlets and films, and even USB memory sticks are increasingly making their way into the hands of many Americans who get this information off the internet.
For the regime of the Democratic Party, the threat is real. As the cracks widen, more outside information is disseminated within the U.S. This makes it much more difficult, if not impossible, for the country's authoritarian government and Mainstream Media to be the sole source of information for its people.
From the beginning of his detention, Manning has been held in intensive solitary confinement. For 23 out of 24 hours every day -- for seven straight months and counting -- he sits completely alone in his cell. Even inside his cell, his activities are heavily restricted; he's barred even from exercising and is under constant surveillance to enforce those restrictions. For reasons that appear completely punitive, he's being denied many of the most basic attributes of civilized imprisonment, including even a pillow or sheets for his bed (he is not and never has been on suicide watch). For the one hour per day when he is freed from this isolation, he is barred from accessing any news or current events programs. Lt. Villiard protested that the conditions are not "like jail movies where someone gets thrown into the hole," but confirmed that he is in solitary confinement, entirely alone in his cell except for the one hour per day he is taken out.
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It's good that he's being given time and space to ponder his past and future choices. In these difficult times so few are vouchsafed that opportunity while scrambling for the filthy lucre necessary to keep a roof overhead and food in the belly.
For only the second time in my adult life, I am not ashamed of my country. I want to thank the hard working American people for paying $242 thousand dollars for my vacation in Spain . My daughter Sasha, several long-time family friends, my personal staff and various guests had a wonderful time. Honestly, you just haven't lived until you have stayed in a $2,500.00 per night suite at a 5-Star luxury hotel. Thank you also for the use of Air Force 2 and the 70 Secret Service personnel who tagged along to be sure we were safe and cared for at all times.
Air Force 2 only used 47,500 gallons of jet fuel for this trip and carbon emissions were a mere 1,031 tons of CO2. These are only rough estimates, but they are close. That's quite a carbon footprint as my good friend Al Gore would say, so we must ask the American citizens to drive smaller, more fuel efficient cars and drive less too, so we can lessen our combined carbon footprint.
I know times are hard and millions of you are struggling to put food on the table and trying to make ends meet. I do appreciate your sacrifice and do hope you find work soon. I was really exhausted after Barack took our family on a luxury vacation in Maine a few weeks ago. I just had to get away for a few days.
Happy Holidays,
Michelle (Moochelle) Obama
P.S. Thank you as well for the $2 BILLION trip to India! Love ya, mean it.
Let's face it, there are way too many people who are decrepit at 40. Many others with internal self-destruct switches that prevent them from getting through their teenage years.
If you're going to live to be 200, you shouldn't have children until you are in your 80s. You should leave your teenage years in your 30s.
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This will be yet another divide between the haves and have nots. No one in Africa (or subject to ObamaCare) will ever live that long. In fact, we can expect US longevity rates to start declining now that the US government is running things.
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It's also life and CASH, watch China played like a basket ball then go sub-orbital.
Posted by: Goldies Every Damn Where ||
12/16/2010 19:24 Comments ||
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Always fascinating to see data displayed visually (3 cheers for Edward Tufte!)
It would be interesting to see the same data set plotted with additional property rights and market economy axes. I would bet they track right along with lifespan and income.
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The sad thing is that some people will complain that there not everyone is together on the graph today like they were in 1810. They would rather that everyone was poor and sick rather than that some are poor and sick and some are rich and healthy.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
12/16/2010 22:37 Comments ||
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A real sob story here. But I have a problem with it. I've seen the Central Valley myself. How many of these unemployed farm workers are legal citizens and how many aren't? I want to know before I shed any tears.
Maybe we need a new paradigm for agriculture in this state.
You want to be Lord of the Manor and sit on the porch while Mexicans do all the work? Hmmmm. Or maybe you're some big corporation whose shareholders and officers all think of the farm the same way they would a factory? Better make sure those factory workers are legal.
I wonder how much a jar of almonds or a bottle of wine would cost if the farmers didn't have to cheat to produce it. But my fear is that they wouldn't bother. They'd sell the land to a developer who would pave it all and build a massive housing tract. I bet the developer wouldn't have any trouble getting water hookup permits either. Somehow they never do. Not in this state. Maybe the farmers just aren't greasing the right pols.
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Victor Davis Hanson needs only to mount his bicycle at Stanford University's Hoover Institute and ride 5 miles to the northeast. He will be in the Redwood City neighborhood in which I was raised. He will see what used to be lawns turned into parking lots and what used to be flower beds growing corn, squash and peppers.
My own birthplace is now housing two to three families.
All this only 25 miles south of Nancy Pelosi's digs.
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Welcome to the globalist vision of the world for all of us but the wealthiest. Soros is proud, I'm sure.
Who was it that wanted all this illegal immigration to staff the farms with slave labor? The farmers and corporations that have taken over farming. Blaming it stricly on socialists is pretty humorous. Everytime anyone says anything about restricting third world immigration, we get all the sob stories about the price of lettuce.
The only farming family I've ever met from the San Joaquin Valley had a fleet of Rolls-Royces and whose son traded stocks for his own account in a beach house in Los Angeles.
Welcome to the brave new world of globalism, where you plunder and move on, leaving the mess behind.
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Posted by: Rob Crawford ||
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If you don't own a weapon,BUY ONE and whatever Ammo it uses.
Practise, Practise, Practise.
If you've never owned one before, start with a .22 Rifle or .22 Pistol.
Posted by: Redneck Jim ||
12/16/2010 11:35 Comments ||
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My wife says one can never have too much jewelry or too many guns. Christmas shopping is easy!
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The spearhead of this movement is "collusion between Islamic ideologues and the far left to promote the idea of moral relativism
It didn't work out too well for the Communists in Iran after the revolution, did it? I'm sure our nation's academics would be just as surprised to find themselves up against the wall after all the "help".
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