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Hitchen's Anglo-centric romanticization of India is foolish.
India is a growing economy and best wishes. But, what a a mess of a country. You call that a democracy? More like deMOCKracy. A vast corrupt political empire of rotten bureaucrats, hothead ethnic groups, caste organizations, and the like. But, as long as the Indian elite speak good English and put on Anglophile airs, Hitchens is very ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Andrea Freiboden on December 1, 2008
Hotlink to a Music Video -- John McCain for President!
I enjoyed watching both major American political party conventions during the last two weeks. Both were highly impressive, albeit quite stage managed, television events. the speeches were good, the nutzo fervor of the partisan crowds was exciting, even the props, hats, signs and occasional arrests of journalists on public sidewalks, and protesting ...
Posted to Explainer by MichaelBernard2 on September 6, 2008
Re: talking about facts
If you read the article, Tuvas living around Kanas lake consider themselves decedents of Genghis Khan. I've been there and they indeed mentioned they are a subbranch of Mongols. Considering the small number of the group, what's wrong with recognizing as Mongols? The number of schools I am talking about are not schools with Uyghur students ...
Posted to Dispatches by dannysiu on March 14, 2008