Posts Tagged ‘democracy’

Democracy Comes To Japan

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Only took 55 years!

It will be very interesting to see how successfully the new Japanese government copes with the entrenched special interests that have run the country into the ground, particularly in the last 20 years.

Gorilla says: “Hope they have more luck with Movingforwardville than we have!”

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Was A Democracy, Now An Airbase

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Kyrgyzia 15 years ago was a beacon for human rights and democracy in Central Asia.

Now it’s little more than an airbase on the way to Afghanistan.

Do we care?

Not as long as the planes are flying.

Gorilla thinks: “Never let your rhetoric get in the way of the fierce urgency of air support”.

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