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Bob Morris @ Dec 20th 2002 17:06 - Category: Unfiled ;
“The hinterlands are full of bloggers who don’t care whether Trent Lott is nice to them or not. That makes them different from the Washington press.” Heh. [Scripting News]
Archive for December 20th, 2002
Blair tells troops: ‘Prepare for…
Bob Morris @ Dec 20th 2002 09:49 - Category: Unfiled ;
Blair tells troops: ‘Prepare for war with Iraq’
The title says it all…
Trent topples, Frist first?
Bob Morris @ Dec 20th 2002 09:35 - Category: Unfiled ;
Trent topples, Frist first?
“Bowing to pressure from fellow senators and the Bush White House, Trent Lott resigned as Senate Republican leader Friday after colleagues worried about the repercussions of his racially insensitive remarks openly lined up behind Sen. Bill Frist.”
Lott will stay in the Senate though, to prevent the Dems from taking over, unless, of course, public opinion and pressure force him to resign <hint hint>.
As for Frist, the probable successor, he is a hard core right winger, I’ll bet you’re shocked, just shocked to learn this, right?
A radical takes over the…
Bob Morris @ Dec 20th 2002 00:24 - Category: Unfiled ;
A radical takes over the Blue House in Seoul
From the Taipei Times
“Radical left-wing and pro-unification reformer Roh Moo-hyun was elected president of South Korea by a slim margin yesterday. The US, Japan and other countries were stunned by the results.
Roh’s stark ideology is also reflected in his attitude toward the press. He detests the “domineering” mainstream newspapers. Following a lawsuit against the nation’s biggest newspaper Chosun Daily, Roh vowed to declare war on the press. Insisting that he would not compromise. He still refuses to give interviews to the daily even now.
His supporters include many Internet-savvy people in their 20s and 30s, most of whom are radical anti-US intellectuals.”
Also, many mainstream South Koreans are furious about the two Korean girls who were killed when run over by a a US military vehicle - and the soliders whisked out of the country then found not guilty of anything. This has become a huge deal in Korea, and there have been massive demonstrations protests aimed at getting US military presence deeply scaled back, if not eliminated completely.
