I think it's interesting that the United Kingdom was apparently the only English-speaking signatory. And that representives from Nigeria, the Russian Federation, and several of the 'Stans (http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10612.doc.htm) around the Caspian "oil treasures" simply didn't vote.
There exists in "my mind" not an iota of doubt that "our owners' self-government sucks." However, its "saving grace" is that it also blows. And in that eternal rhythm of sucking and blowing, self-government seems, really, to mirror its own nurtural cycles.
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"complacency, thy name is me"
Date: 2007-09-15 08:20 am (UTC)There exists in "my mind" not an iota of doubt that "our owners' self-government sucks." However, its "saving grace" is that it also blows. And in that eternal rhythm of sucking and blowing, self-government seems, really, to mirror its own nurtural cycles.