Articles tagged ‘ World Watching And Politics’

Where Am I Now

After retirement in 2002 in Salem Oregon, I backpacked many countries for 4 years; moved to Oaxaca Mexico June 2006. Regularly visit sons in Hong Kong, Thailand and Las Vegas. Completed a 6 month RTW to the U.S, Thailand, Oman and Turkey ending in Oaxaca in April 2013. Returned to OR, Thailand, Hong Kong and Las Vegas Nov 2013 to Mar 2014. October 2015 to Feb 2016 Las Vegas, OR, Hong Kong and Thailand. October 2016 attended marriage of son Joshua in Hong Kong. Month of Nov in Bangkok; Dec in Chiang Mai with son Doug. Jan 5, 2017 Salem OR with husband Bob returning Feb 4 to Oaxaca.

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<li class="cat-item cat-item-10737"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/touching-experiences" >Touching Experiences</a> (35)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-463"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/trains" >Trains</a> (54)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10884"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/trang" >Trang</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10749"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/russian-federation/trans-siberia" >Trans Siberia</a> (20)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1623"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation" >Transportation</a> (55)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4913"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/travel-tips" >Travel Tips</a> (31)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4772"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/truck" >Truck</a> (27)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-2907"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/tsunami" >Tsunami</a> (5)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-263"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey" >Turkey</a> (21)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10728"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/unesco-world-heritage-sites" >UNESCO World Heritage Sites</a> (40)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-268"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa" >USA</a> (136)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-3401"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/central-asia/uzbekistan" >Uzbekistan</a> (5)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10748"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/veracruz" >Veracruz</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-3631"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/videos" >Videos</a> (40)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4428"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/viet-nam" >Viet Nam</a> (25)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-978"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/visas" >Visas</a> (19)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-135423"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/warm-showers" >Warm Showers</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-334"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/washington-dc" >Washington D.C.</a> (1)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-23203"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/world-watching-and-politics" >World Watching And Politics</a> (144)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10733"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/worst-experiences" >Worst Experiences</a> (26)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10881"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/xishuangbanna" >Xishuangbanna</a> (5)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10741"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/yangtse-river" >Yangtse River</a> (6)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-3486"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/yunnan" >Yunnan</a> (29)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1574"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/zambia" >Zambia</a> (7)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1641"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/zanzibar" >Zanzibar</a> (7)
</li>

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/http\:\/\/blogs\.bootsnall\.com\/nomads.*?\/category\/(?:[^\/"]+\/)*([^\/"]+)/

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    [1] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27511"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/adana" >Adana (1)</a> </li>
    [2] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14074"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent" >African Continent (80)</a> </li>
    [3] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10742"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/altercations" >Altercations (15)</a> </li>
    [4] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10751"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/about-the-nomad/ancestors" >Ancestors (4)</a> </li>
    [5] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27506"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/antakya" >Antakya (1)</a> </li>
    [6] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4899"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/antalya" >Antalya (2)</a> </li>
    [7] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-274"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/argentina" >Argentina (2)</a> </li>
    [8] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2974"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/indonesia/bali" >Bali (7)</a> </li>
    [9] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-22917"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/bang-phra" >Bang Phra (1)</a> </li>
    [10] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2443"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/bangkok" >Bangkok (114)</a> </li>
    [11] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-408"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/beijing" >Beijing (24)</a> </li>
    [12] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14904"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/bobs-trips" >Bob's Trips (33)</a> </li>
    [13] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27512"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/bodrum" >Bodrum (1)</a> </li>
    [14] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10752"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india/bombay-mumbai" >Bombay (Mumbai) (6)</a> </li>
    [15] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1568"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/botswana" >Botswana (8)</a> </li>
    [16] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10740"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/myanmar-burma" >Burma (Myanmar) (27)</a> </li>
    [17] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1232"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/cambodia" >Cambodia (7)</a> </li>
    [18] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-23768"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/vancouver-b-c" >Canada (2)</a> </li>
    [19] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4871"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/central-asia" >Central Asia (5)</a> </li>
    [20] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14067"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/chiang-mai-thailand" >Chiang Mai (32)</a> </li>
    [21] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-6979"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/chiapas" >Chiapas (2)</a> </li>
    [22] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-275"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/chile" >Chile (1)</a> </li>
    [23] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-279"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china" >China (90)</a> </li>
    [24] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-355"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/christmas" >Christmas (13)</a> </li>
    [25] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10724"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions/climbs-walks" >Climbs & Walks (26)</a> </li>
    [26] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10736"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/conversations" >Conversations (63)</a> </li>
    [27] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3235"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/couchsurfing" >Couchsurfing (10)</a> </li>
    [28] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2172"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/culture" >Culture (103)</a> </li>
    [29] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-264"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/czech-republic" >Czech Republic (4)</a> </li>
    [30] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-844"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/dancing" >Dancing (6)</a> </li>
    [31] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-6967"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny/doug" >Doug (31)</a> </li>
    [32] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10747"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/dual-pricing" >Dual Pricing (14)</a> </li>
    [33] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1582"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/egypt" >Egypt (14)</a> </li>
    [34] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-256"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/england" >England (8)</a> </li>
    [35] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10722"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union" >Europe (50)</a> </li>
    [36] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10726"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions" >Excursions (73)</a> </li>
    [37] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9526"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/expats" >Expats (34)</a> </li>
    [38] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14075"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences" >Experiences (9)</a> </li>
    [39] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10730"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/festivals-ceremonies" >Festivals & Ceremonies (41)</a> </li>
    [40] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/food" >Food (88)</a> </li>
    [41] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-135"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/france" >France (9)</a> </li>
    [42] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10732"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/funniest-experiences" >Funny Experiences (28)</a> </li>
    [43] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/germany" >Germany (6)</a> </li>
    [44] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-135263"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/grand-cnanyo" >Grand Canyon (1)</a> </li>
    [45] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-413"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions/great-wall" >Great Wall (2)</a> </li>
    [46] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-262"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/greece" >Greece (7)</a> </li>
    [47] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10754"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny/greg" >Greg (25)</a> </li>
    [48] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7050"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/guadalajara" >Guadalajara (1)</a> </li>
    [49] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7056"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/guanajuato" >Guanajuato (1)</a> </li>
    [50] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3456"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/guangxi" >Guangxi (3)</a> </li>
    [51] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-581"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/guatemala" >Guatemala (2)</a> </li>
    [52] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7011"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/guizhou" >Guizhou (1)</a> </li>
    [53] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10826"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/guongdong" >Guongdong (2)</a> </li>
    [54] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1065"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/viet-nam/hanoi" >Hanoi (9)</a> </li>
    [55] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4994"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/hawaii" >Hawaii (1)</a> </li>
    [56] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-654"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/hitch-hiking" >Hitch-Hiking (1)</a> </li>
    [57] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10743"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/homestays" >Homestays (11)</a> </li>
    [58] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2223"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/hong-kong" >Hong Kong (25)</a> </li>
    [59] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3066"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging" >Hospitality (11)</a> </li>
    [60] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14947"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/hotelshostels-guesthouses" >Hotels,Hostels & Guesthouses (74)</a> </li>
    [61] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3535"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/hunan" >Hunan (1)</a> </li>
    [62] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1566"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india" >India (24)</a> </li>
    [63] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2175"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/indonesia" >Indonesia (7)</a> </li>
    [64] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-535"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/internet" >Internet (7)</a> </li>
    [65] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-847"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/istanbul" >Istanbul (10)</a> </li>
    [66] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-17"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/italy" >Italy (7)</a> </li>
    [67] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4875"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/jinghong" >Jinghong (3)</a> </li>
    [68] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10755"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny/joshua" >Joshua (48)</a> </li>
    [69] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-5"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/kenya" >Kenya (6)</a> </li>
    [70] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14069"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/koh-samui-thailand" >Koh Samui (29)</a> </li>
    [71] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27503"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/korat" >Korat (2)</a> </li>
    [72] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14070"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/krabi-thailand" >Krabi (8)</a> </li>
    [73] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3347"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/kunming" >Kunming (6)</a> </li>
    [74] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3412"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/central-asia/kyrgyzstan" >Kyrgyzstan (1)</a> </li>
    [75] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-805"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/language" >Language (26)</a> </li>
    [76] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3025"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lao" >Lao (12)</a> </li>
    [77] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3487"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/lijiang" >Lijiang (7)</a> </li>
    [78] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-698"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/lithuania" >Lithuania (4)</a> </li>
    [79] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27502"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/lop-buri" >Lop Buri (1)</a> </li>
    [80] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1573"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/malawi" >Malawi (9)</a> </li>
    [81] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2176"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/malaysia" >Malaysia (4)</a> </li>
    [82] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-594"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/markets" >Markets (19)</a> </li>
    [83] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1883"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/massage" >Massage (4)</a> </li>
    [84] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-276"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico" >Mexico (261)</a> </li>
    [85] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2353"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/mexico-city" >Mexico City (7)</a> </li>
    [86] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1565"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/middle-east" >Middle East (23)</a> </li>
    [87] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10731"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/minority-groups" title="Ethnic people other than Han Chinese">Minority Groups (19)</a> </li>
    [88] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-278"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mongolia" >Mongolia (5)</a> </li>
    [89] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2178"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/morocco" >Morocco (8)</a> </li>
    [90] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4053"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/russian-federation/moscow" >Moscow (3)</a> </li>
    [91] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-5368"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/motorcycles" >Motorcycles (7)</a> </li>
    [92] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2487"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/music" >Music (24)</a> </li>
    [93] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-19516"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/videos/music-videos" >Music Videos (11)</a> </li>
    [94] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10725"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/eight-must-see" >Must See (11)</a> </li>
    [95] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10738"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/names-for-foreigners" >Names For Foreigners (10)</a> </li>
    [96] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3088"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/namibia" >Namibia (10)</a> </li>
    [97] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2521"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/national-parks" >National Parks (8)</a> </li>
    [98] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10745"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/las-vegas-nevada" >Nevada (24)</a> </li>
    [99] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7871"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india/new-delhi" >New Delhi (6)</a> </li>
    [100] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-657"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/new-york-city" >New York City (41)</a> </li>
    [101] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-570"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/oaxaca" >Oaxaca (234)</a> </li>
    [102] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-11507"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/middle-east/oman" >Oman (2)</a> </li>
    [103] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-93"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/oregon" >Oregon (41)</a> </li>
    [104] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2463"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/pattaya" >Pattaya (4)</a> </li>
    [105] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3681"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/philippines" >Philippines (1)</a> </li>
    [106] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-24"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/poland" >Poland (6)</a> </li>
    [107] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-694"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/portugal" >Portugal (3)</a> </li>
    [108] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10746"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny" >Progeny (47)</a> </li>
    [109] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9225"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/queretaro" >Queretaro (3)</a> </li>
    [110] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-5569"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india/rajasthan" >Rajasthan (6)</a> </li>
    [111] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-8566"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/reading" >Reading (52)</a> </li>
    [112] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3289"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/reflections" >Reflections (85)</a> </li>
    [113] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7397"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions/river-rafting" >River Rafting (2)</a> </li>
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The World Celebrates!

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

I am so relieved! I am in Mexico now and didn’t have TV but I got a text message from Barack at midnight (you could sign up for text messages on his web site) that said “We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion to this campaign. All of this happened because of you. Thanks. Barack.”

Lovely.

“In this election, the Americans not only chose a president, but also their identity,” said Dominique Moïsi, a French political analyst. “And now we have to think, too, about our identity in France — it’s the most challenging election ever. We realize we are late, and America has regained the torch of a moral revolution.” This from France!

I am active on some couchsurfing.com forums. This morning I was greeted with many happy posts from around the world so I will cross-post some of them here:

From Germany: “I’m happy to see that after being the punching bag of the world for 8 years you’ve now made it so clear that you intent to restore some reputation now. Especially since I don’t have to excuse my liking for you weirdos when I’m with my European friends and you can’t just accuse me of typical European Anti Americanism when I criticize you flaw or make fun of them or you! HA-HAAA;-D
(Can I put back my “Abulf Gayb” picture now???) Take care! / Maat et joot!

Belgium: Congrats to all of you!
this is a great way to wake up in Europe and hear this news. I am SO happy!!! Wish I were still there but already here I feel the vibe of this news in my heart and in the air. YAAY!!

Congratulations from France. 😉 I raise my glass of wine to your new president.
I don’t have much more to say, but I think it’s enough.

Belgium: I can’t believe the news today
I don’t wanna close my eyes
Don’t make it go away!
How long, how long have we sung this song?
CONGRATULATIONS! Still can’t believe it…
This is just wonderful!
Love you all!
Lieke, Peter and kids, Belgium – Europe

Turkey: Congratulations to all of you.. You are all silent I
guess you are all partying.. we watch all those
celebrations and excitement in America.. and very
happy for you and for the World.. Obama made an
excellent speech after winning, I know everything will
not be perfect just because he won, but at least we
have ‘hope’ that it will..it is amazing that America elected its first black
president, it is amazing that America elected someone
born from a Muslim father as a president, American
people destroyed all taboos and I am very proud of
them and very thankful to them.. I think American
people took a huge step to correct America’s bad image
created by the Bush Administration.
Congratulations again and thank you..
I hope Obama administration will bring peace to the
World and wealth/welfare to the US.
I am happy:) all the best

Belgium: Well, I am hoping for a bit more sensible US policies. The focus will ofc still be on US interests but maybe the next administration will understand that what the current administration did pretty much went against those interests. We’ll see what he wants to do and what he can do with a massive deficit, recession and the composition of the houses.

France: SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to share my joy and my hopes about the future of THE WORLD!!!!
OBAMA i’m with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE for every american citizens!!!!!!!!!!
kreen 😉 😉 😉

In the meantime, we can say goodbye to Palin here:

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What Is An America Hater?

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Palin and some Republican surrogates are trying to equate liberalism and anti-Americanism. This week, Michelle Bachmann, newly elected Republican in Minnesota, called on the media to investigate the so-called “liberals” in Congress to determine if they were “Pro American” or “Anti American.” She “reasons” that if people have negative views of the U.S. then they are anti-American. Bachmann says “I’m very concerned that he [Obama] may have anti-American views.” She calls on the media to launch a “penetrating expose and take a look … at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-American or anti-American.” She adds: “I think people would love to see an expose like that.”

All my life I thought the essence of democracy was the freedom of an informed electorate to demand transparency and accountability of our elected officials and policy makers. Never once in my life did I ever think I was being an America hater by working for a better America! Must we turn a blind eye and stay silent if we think our precious country is being led in the wrong direction? Like the good Germans did? Even McCain is calling for change. Does that mean he is anti-America? It seems to me that if I didn’t care for my country I would just sit on my butt and do nothing. For the life of me, I don’t understand where this nonsense is coming from! Some deep-seated visceral fear? Of what?

Now we have McCain’s surrogates trying to link Obama with William Ayers and the Weathermen, a radical antiwar group during the Viet Nam war. The people who lived during that desperate and bewildering time and understood the anger toward the military industrial complex hell-bent on war are still around…many later voting for Nader which threw the win to Bush…or not voting at all which still helped Bush. Although the end did not justify the means, and the deaths that occurred were tragic, it did help stop the war. (watch “Fog Of War” an award-winning 2004 documentary interview of former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.) I pray these folks vote pragmatically this time.

That was 40 years ago. This is now. Ayers, along with many of his generation, has discovered that patiently working within the system is a more efficacious way to encourage change. A person deserves a second chance and recognizing that a democracy depends on an enlightened electorate, he has made the most of it…becoming a respected university professor who happened to sit on the same education reform board chaired by Obama that was funded by the Republican Annenberg Foundation (whose purpose is to advance the public well-being through improved communication)and endorsed by Chicago Mayor Daley. Ayers could have become a depressive drug-addled destitute living on the streets along with the many other dissilusioned Viet Nam war vets. But he didn’t. He had the courage to face society, get off his butt, and become one of it’s good citizens. I for one am happy that he did not succumb to nihilism but instead channeled his passion and intelligence into long term benefit for our country.

Fortunately, Obama has been vetted by earnest peers, politicos, professionals, educators, middle America and the street alike…and by the super delegates during the primaries. And for all it’s ills, by the media. If Obama was such a risk, these folks would have stopped him long ago. His endorsement tally was at 55 and McCain’s at 16 as of Saturday with the LA Times endorsement. Other major endorsements for Obama include those of the Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the St Louis Post-Dispatch, the Toledo Blade, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Nashville Tennessean and the Spanish-language dailies La Opinion in Los Angeles and El Diario -La Prensa in New York.

His hometown newspaper the Chicago Tribune has endorsed a democrat for the first time in its 161-year history noting that it was breaking with a long tradition but justified the shift by citing what it called Mr. Obama’s “honor, grace and civility” under pressure and criticizing Mr. McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, which it described as a failure of judgment in which Mr. McCain put his campaign ahead of the country’s needs. “We have tremendous confidence in his intellectual rigor, his moral compass and his ability to make sound, thoughtful, careful decisions,” the newspaper said of Mr. Obama. “He is ready.”

And I haven’t even mentioned magazines like the New Yorker who has only endorsed one other candidate in it’s 83 year old history or Esquire Magazine that has never endorsed a candidate in it’s 75 year history. Then there are luminaries like Colin Powell who endorsed Obama this morning on Meet The Press saying that “I think he is a transformational figure. “I come to the conclusion that because of his ability to inspire, because of the inclusive nature of his campaign, because he is reaching out all across America, because of who he is and his rhetorical abilities — and you have to take that into account — as well as his substance — he has both style and substance,” Powell said. “He has met the standard of being a successful president, being an exceptional president.” Powell noted that McCain has been a good friend for 25 years, but expressed disappointment in the negative tone of the GOP campaign, as well as in McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the vice presidential nominee. And Christopher Buckley, who, after endorsing Obama, left the conservative “National Review” that William Buckley, the godfather of conservatism, founded saying that were he alive today his father would be dismayed with the Republican party…especially for it’s pick for VP. Even Christopher Hitchens has endorsed Obama.

Please excuse the pun, but they can’t all be “out in left field.”

McCain is desperate and has nothing left in his toolbox but to galvanize the ill-informed voter over ugly sideline distractions. I just hope people read. Our country depends on it. It was Bernard Baruch, economic advisor to Wilson, who said, “If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don’t get all the facts, it can’t be right.”

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How Do We Know The World?

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

March 12 update: This, of course, was before the crash. A conversation with Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft Two former national security advisors look at how the world has changed. September 28, 2008 This spring, two of the most respected figures in American foreign ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Making The Inward Turn

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

When one stops moving...constantly having one's awareness being drawn outward when traveling...integration begins... and reflection. I have been home since the middle of June after six months in Asia...losing myself in the mundane and thoughtless but pleasurable duties of house and ... [Continue reading this entry]

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The Palin Doctrine

Monday, September 15th, 2008

The Bush Doctrine of preemptive war is the first time in history that America has given up on diplomacy as a cornerstone of foreign policy. The problem is not that Palin didn't know what the Bush Doctrine was in the ABC ... [Continue reading this entry]

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How Stupid Are We?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

From Crooks And Liars blog: The latest Pew Survey on News Consumption, which is conducted every other year, was released yesterday. Most notably, there was a great section of the report on news-consumer knowledge and sophistication.

About half of Americans ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Mad Cow Disease Or…?

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

The demonstrators are still at it in South Korea, I see on CNN tonight. When I was in Hanoi this month I was sitting on the front steps of my guesthouse waiting for a van to take me on a ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Instant Run-off Voting

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Wikipedia says instant Run-off voting is a voting system used for single-winner elections in which voters have one vote and rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives a majority of first preference rankings, the candidate with the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Return To Oregon

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

After 19 hours traveling from Bangkok to Tokyo to Portland, I am finally home...of course still waking up at night and napping during the day...a vicious cycle. This is what I have come home to: Retired Major General Antonio Taguba, who investigated ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Press Conference on Burma

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Tuesday May 27 2008 Dr. Surin Pisuwan, Secretary General, ASEAN, reporting at the Foreign Correspondent's Club in Bangkok Thailand on the donors' conference Sunday with Gen. Than Shwe of Myanmar and UN chief Ban Ki Moon in Yangon. The ... [Continue reading this entry]

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“The River of Lost Footsteps”

Friday, May 16th, 2008

The Bangkok Post review says that this timely book by Thant Myint-U, published by Faber and Faber London, rewrites 3,500 years of Burmese history "in order to enrich today's debate on Burma and establish a strong base for future analysis ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Aid To Burma

Friday, May 9th, 2008

The U.N. is reporting as many as 100,000 dead and more missing. International media is reporting that most countries wanting to send aid to Burma, including the U.S., are waiting outside the country in ships, helicopters and planes...waiting for permission ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Oaxaca’s Radio Wars

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Oaxaca's Radio Wars By Charles Mostoller Despite assassinations, community radio is spreading throughout southern Mexico. "Some people think that we are too young to be informed, but what they should know is that we are too young to die." These were the fateful ... [Continue reading this entry]

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A Blog For China Watchers

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

An excellent site in English for people wanting to understand China is "The China Beat...Blogging How The East Is Read." One of the writers is Peter Hessler Peter Hessler (b. June 14, 1968) who is an American writer ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Geography Trivia

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Found some trivia in a Bootsnall article: Portland, Oregon, where it rarely snows, is about 130 miles further north than Toronto, and over 200 miles further north than Boston. The entire country of England, with over 50 million residents, is a ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Chinese Students Fight View Of Their Home

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

New York Times Article By SHAILA DEWAN Published: April 29, 2008 LOS ANGELES — When the time came for the smiling Tibetan monk at ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Another View Of The Torch Runs

Monday, April 28th, 2008

This is an interesting post in response to the Australian who described his experience in Canberra with the passing of the torch (read below.) This writer was born in China and has lived in China, Mexico ... [Continue reading this entry]

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A German And Prussian Poland

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Had a great conversation with a German guy in his 40's the other night. Culture, politics, language, heritage...then I told him my maternal grandparents were from Poland. "When, did they immigrate...after WWII" he asked. No, they immigrated ... [Continue reading this entry]

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A Protest That Didn’t Make CNN

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

I have been following a thread on a discussion forum on Couchsurfing.com about the Olympic Torch Relay in Australia. An Australian fellow who was among the Tibetan supporters wrote the following posts in response to what he experienced ... [Continue reading this entry]

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What Now For Thailand?

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who took over after Thaksin Shinawatra, the former PM, was ousted by a military coup after charges of corruption, claimed yesterday that he is being threatened by yet another coup...the result no doubt of political ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Speaking Of Hope

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Mexican journalist and author, Gustavo Esteva, in writing recently about the wrenching repression and resistance in Mexico and the world, draws an analogy:

The Pot and the Vapor
In the midst of the daily struggle, an image attempting to express what ... [Continue reading this entry]

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News In SE Asia

Friday, March 28th, 2008

China, Cambodia, the Philippines, India and Burma are banning or reducing their rice exports in order to conserve enough supply for their local populations. Reasons for supply and demand are complex and theories abound. Iran and Indonesia are expected ... [Continue reading this entry]

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A Question I Asked Myself

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

How did China learn how to spin Tibet?

From Salon.com

By Andrew Sullivan

"Trust a public relations professional living in Beijing to write by far the best analysis I've seen of the Olympic-size mess that China has created for itself through ... [Continue reading this entry]

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High Tech In China

Monday, February 18th, 2008

I have not been able to access Wikipedia or the external links to Blogspot and Bootsnall blogs since I have been in China. My daughter-in-law who lives in Beijing says that she often can access Wikipedia by going to ... [Continue reading this entry]

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On To Jinghong

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Too cold to do anything in Kunming so am flying out today to Jinghong in the south of China where it is reportedly warm. Was in Jinghong in the tropical Xishuangbanna Region in December 2004 when it was much warmer than this ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Why Read Political Blogs-Left To Right

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

I am waiting for the parts to arrive so I can get the bumper fixed on my car. In the meantime I am wondering how I am going to know who to vote for in 2008 and beyond. I have ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Oaxaca Zocalo Planton 2007

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

There are no uniformed police in the Zocalo where a new planton (encampment) of teachers and the APPO constructed its plastic awnings and banners on Monday June 18, but there are plenty of undercover police. You can tell...beefy well-fed ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Mexico’s High Court Acts

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Local watchers are watching cautiously. Nancy, a local expat, explains: "The Supreme Court of Mexico has decided to appoint a commission to investigate serious violations of human rights which occurred in Oaxaca between May 2006 and January of 2007. ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Oaxaca June 14, 2007

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

by Diana June 16, 2007 It’s 4am in Oaxaca on June 14, 2007, which marks one year since the protesting teachers were violently evicted from the zócalo. And this year, no one is ... [Continue reading this entry]

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June 14 Symbolic Strike

Monday, June 11th, 2007

On June 14, this thursday, there will be a megamarch at 10:00 am (daylight savings time) from the crucero of the aeropuerto to the zocalo. There will be a symbolic strike encampment in the zocalo, the teachers say 10% of their ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Aung San Suu Kyi

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

In August of 2002, next door to a restaurant in the small village of Taunggy, Burma, I struck up a conversation with a young university student who was tending a small bookstore. "Can everyone speak (out) ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Straight Talk From New Mexican Ambassador

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Mexican Envoy Highly Critical of U.S. Role in Anti-Drug Effort By Karen DeYoung Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 23, 2007; Page A11 The United States has contributed "zilch" to Mexico's efforts to combat the nations' joint problem with criminal narcotics gangs, Mexico's new ... [Continue reading this entry]

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The Looming Tower

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Have recently finished the acclaimed "The Looming Tower" by Lawrence Wright which is a history of Islamic radical fundamentalism beginning in the 1930's and 40's and ending with the bombing of the World Trade Center. Including the ridiculous and ... [Continue reading this entry]

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What Now For Oaxaca?

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Local analysts argue about whether the causes of the popular social movement here in Oaxaca are utter corruption and the history of political bossism by the PRI party, the effects of transnational/neoliberal policies created by NAFTA, the lack of economic ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Crack Down on Mexico’s Crackdowns

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Last Saturday, in Oaxaca City's Centro, I watched the 9th MegaMarch enter the Plaza de la Danza. They had walked five miles in sweltering heat from the airport. The teachers and their supporters are letting people know their demands ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Khmer Rouge Trials

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Ever since visiting the killing fields in Cambodia in 2002, (for pictures click on the category for Cambodia on the right-hand side of the screen) I have watched closely the development of an international tribunal that hopefully will try the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Learning Spanish Amid “False Normalcy”

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Have been taking Spanish lessons in one of the local schools...Amigos del Sol. Three hours a day sitting in a chair. Only one other student in my classes so I can't space out. Present, past and future. ... [Continue reading this entry]

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What’s Up With Oaxaca Now?

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Blog Marc Lacey, The New York Times, 28.12.06 December 28 Oaxaca: Painting Over Signs of Strife to Tidy Up for the Tourists There is a new smell in the air here, competing with the aroma of mole sauce that routinely wafts through Oaxaca. It ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Calderon Takes Oath Of Office

Friday, December 1st, 2006

It was reported on a discussion site that "Felipe Calderon took the oath of office as president of Mexico this morning in a ceremony that lasted four minutes. The house of legislators came to blows several times before he ... [Continue reading this entry]

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International Tourists

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

Tomorrow Thursday at 10 AM there will be a people's consulta at Santo Domingo Plaza in front of the church, which the "international tourists" will attend, carrying their cameras and wearing a hat and sunglasses." Note: I will not ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Lovely Oaxacan Family

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Last night I visited a gentle sincere Oaxacan family that lives about 20 minutes in the mountains northwest of the city in San Andreas Huayapam. The couple roasts fragrant locally grown coffee and delivers it to outlets all over. I ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Shirin Ebadi

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

In Bangkok, in April of 2005 at the Thailand Foreign Correspondent's Club I listened to a talk by Shirin Ebadi...a strong brave woman lawyer who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for defending human rights in Iran. Yesterday the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Unexpected Adventures

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

At Pachote Organic Market while sampling Mezcal, an alcoholic beverage made in Oaxaca from the agave plant, I met Juanita, a lovely Mexican-American woman, who was here visiting her daughter. We connected immediately and it turns out that ... [Continue reading this entry]

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No One Died On June 14

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Good news! The magesterio announced yesterday on Radio Universidad that nobody died in the June 14 attack on striking teachers by the police in Oaxaca City. Immediately after the attack, the rumor spread that at least four teachers, including a ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Guelaguetza “Postponed”

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

The Asemblea of teachers and social groups succeeded in shutting down the indigenous dance festival, the Guelaguetza, that was scheduled for the 17th & 24th of July. Governor Ruiz announced the festival would be postponed but no other date was ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Khmer Tribunal Starts

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

The Seattle Times July 4, 2006 reported that the Khmer tribunal is starting so I went on-line and found the article below by The New Republic Magazine on July 12, 2006. These are some pictures we took of the Genocide Museum ... [Continue reading this entry]

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4th Megamarch Of Teacher Strike

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Photo From "Oaxaca Noticias" The local "Oaxaca Noticias" newspaper estimated 500,000 marchers at the 4th Oaxaca Megamarch...a historic event that included supporters from several neighboring states. Starting with a motorcycle cavalcade and many automobiles, the fourth ... [Continue reading this entry]

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June 14 2006 Police Attack on Teachers

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

This is an eye witness narrative written by my friend Patricia Gutierrez from Queretaro who, with her luck and mine, visited me the night of the attack on the teachers in the Zocalo in Oaxaca City on June 14, my ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Hope For Thailand

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Thousands of people have been demonstrating for several days and nights in the streets of Bangkok calling for Prime Minister Thaksin to step down. One hundred university and business leaders signed a letter pleading for the King to appoint ... [Continue reading this entry]

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A Light In The South of Thailand

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

Visitors, to the south of Thailand, including foreigners, will soon have an opportunity to experience muslim life in a village in the province of Yala. A "Widower's Village" is being built in Rotanbu Village under a resettlement project funded by ... [Continue reading this entry]

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