Begrudgingly I hate to admit this, really hate to admit this, but the Bush Admin did something really good last week. They extended the African Growth and Opportunity Act until 2015. There had been fear he would not renew this key Clinton trade legislation to promote investment in Africa. I am also pretty pleased to see the US talking so tough to the Sudan all of a sudden. That is the true and immediate humanitarian crisis that Iraq never was.
posted by Kevin: 7/22/2004 11:26:20 PM Harajuku On a trailing twelve month basis, Belle and Sebastian's I'm a Cuckoo has to be my favorite track released. So god damn escapist...and this coming from a guy who flew over the Atlantic and Pacific twice each over the last 3 weeks.
posted by Kevin: 7/20/2004 12:57:00 AM Pyramids Shmeramids
Saw the Three Gorges Dam today, pretty fuckin mental...pyramids shmeramids. But what's even more nuts is that the junta dictator of Mynamar is having dinner 7 floors below me right now. If I ran in there and stabbed him with a fork, maybe I could free a nation! I saw his bodyguard..small guy and I could take him. PS Chinese farmers I met today make about US$600 a year in income, so count yourself lucky tonight.
posted by Kevin: 7/14/2004 09:53:39 PM