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<title>Obama Arab Action Affirmative:  Just words</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>On Arab Affirmative Action Presidential <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candidate”>Candidate</a> Barak Hussein Obama</p>

<p>To call a spade a sp... no, poor choice of words, and one must not mention how some Democrats may be spooked ...</p>

<p>“Some of my closest friends are ...” nope, but I have respect. I grew up finding inspiration in rap, and having black classmates, black sports competitors and team-members and heroes, and a few black friends. I am aware that Black is cool. I'm literate so I know blacks have suffered greatly and continue to suffer greatly. Now for the bitter medicine:</p>

<p>Does America want an Affirmative Action president ? And an Arab one at that?</p>

<p>Obama is not a wolf, but an Arab. He's not in sheep's clothing, but in<br />
Black clothing.</p>

<p>“I read somewhere that he hid his race in his college application,<br />
so he's not an affirmative action case ... ...<br />
... but I don't know how he could have hid it during the interview...”<br />
is what a Bush-hating friend acknowledged.</p>

<p>We may notice that his Obama's name is closer to Barachu Husni Obaham<br />
than Barry Harrison O'Malley. These are not <br />
<a href=www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffwY74XbS4>"Just Words"  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffwY74XbS4) <br />
</a> but rather "just names"?</p>

<p>Why unmask him? Arabs and Muslims are of course not inherently bad. That his heritage may be reasonably described by an objective observer as Arab should perhaps in itself be of no great concern. (And parodies that exaggerate his Arabism do not refute the essential facts.) The problem is that he's <a href=http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/mcauliffe-says-media-in-the-tank-for-obama-2008-05-13.html> <br />
in the tank for</a> Arabs, and for Islam as it is actually manifested among global Muslims.<br />
Islam is an identity to which he can be expected to side with more<br />
closely than other pandered-to interest groups. (This leaves ambiguity<br />
as to how he may regard the principles of Islam and the degree to which Islamic societies reflect them, such principles which to a post-modern thinker like him are but narrative tools...)</p>

<p>Why is he wearing the mask?<br />
1 Base. It keeps the blacks confident in him, and without that base he would never have had anything;<br />
2 AA Benefits. It affords him the benefits of black affirmative action rather than the question marks of Arab affirmative action;<br />
3 Zap. It gives him a stack of “Racism!” zaps that he occasionally resorts to; and MOST IMPORTANT: <br />
4 Symbolism.  Being the black David of our age (to which Goliath?) gives him symbolic power that is so awesome it's almost overwhelming in itself!</p>

<p>"I have become a symbol..." Obama said.  Indeed.</p>

<p><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25kH75MB7I&feature=related><br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25kH75MB7I&feature=related</a></p>

<p><a href=http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=islXuW7qmqc>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=islXuW7qmqc<br />
</a></p>

<p>Another salient question is why we have so far failed to unmask him.<br />
One reason may be that he is so much fun.  He's charismatic and rhetorically gifted and just a damn stretch more entertaining than dull old "Honest John" McCain.  Our postnationalist and <br />
entertainment-world-fused news media cannot help but stare at the Obamanon.  **I don't know what to do with this one.**  Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are broadcast over and over daily, every three<br />
hours, while Red Eye is aired but once, at 3AM!  There are also real<br />
war and global Balance-of-Power issues, and such concerns as: If our<br />
policy is to never draw the line with respect to an Enemy who openly<br />
seeks our destruction, doesn't that mean we eventually lose even <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rUVDTmMD7s> the free speech of drawing Cartoons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rUVDTmMD7s)</a>?  (This is a reference to the Danish Muslim cartoon controversy and how pathetically it played out in America, rather than the New Yorker cover Muslim cartoon controversy.)</p>

<p>If Our behavior is 80% just and 20% faulty, there are those who will<br />
still inveigh against our impurity, even as the Enemy is their active 1% among their highly sympathetic 20% among their somewhat sympathetic 80%...</p>

<p>Reverend Wright's "Audacity of Hope" (yes the title of Obama's book is<br />
from a sermon from his Spiritual Mentor, the man who married him with<br />
his wife and baptized his children) is for WHICH Change? (Recognizing<br />
that such change is surely of the "yes we can" and "we believe in" sort.)?!<br />
The <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UByFZ07mIC8>Rev. Pflegrant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UByFZ07mIC8)</a> ...</p>

<p>His erstwhile Church's <br />
<a href=http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epok-l2AUMY>love of Farrakhan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epok-l2AUMY)</a> ...</p>

<p>His Church's <br />
<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3hrcCszAac>blame of Israel.  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3hrcCszAacY)</a> ...</p>

<p>Not "just words" but "just friends" and "just community" and "just<br />
Spiritual Mentor"? His numerous substantial affiliations in the Pally<br />
world and the Terror-symp world? Brzezinsky? And it's a GOOD thing that this would-be master diplomat ditched his mentor and his church for his political advantage, and that he made exaggerated promises to Israel that he quickly backed away from in front of another audience?</p>

<p>“Hey, just empower the hero Obama and he will discover the great<br />
responsibilities that such power entails, and learn to enact our dreams” ?</p>

<p>Will America's Original Sin of slavery (along its long line of original sins) be finally Cleansed by this Obama coronation? Is such a course in<br />
the interest of even the ignorant masses who drink in the fantasy? Condy<br />
Rice is ignored and derided for leaving the plantation, but surely<br />
Republican was not the party of Lincoln.</p>

<p>He who seemed not just black, but black and white, not just b&w, but<br />
B&W and Red all over (i.e., dumb commie revolutionist, and so<br />
charismatic he gives the media tingly legs and is thereby widely Read<br />
of), is truly golden (43% arab, 6% black, but only a jackass would be<br />
unsporting enough to acquire such intel, and surely it's a coincidence<br />
that Muslims tend to think he's a Muslim) all over.</p>

<p>An appealing symbol or <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6T0b03UGrU>an imprudent risk?<br />
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6T0b03UGrU)</a><br />
Both?</p>

<p>There are many things McCain says (and neglects) that concern me (on<br />
Saudi, tech/competition in general, MMA, global warming, immigration,<br />
and more), but it's nice that he personally is an authentic hero. I'm<br />
sympathetic to the NOTA idea or the suggestion my friend made of a<br />
Bloomberg candidacy (though I'd prefer Lieberman). A new Center seems<br />
healthy. I'd like it to include ideas such as those of <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfqKZlMfnX4&feature=user><br />
"Winner Take All"</a> <br />
author Elkus's warnings on tech policy, national information processing<br />
capacity, and their relation to competitiveness<br />
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfqKZlMfnX4&feature=user). Elkus for<br />
Sec'y of Tech (Competitiveness, Security, and Digital Government).</p>

<p>Welcome O-thusiasts to reveal how this analysis is naive or unfair, or   <br />
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<title>Obama an Arab-American Affirmative-Action  Candidate for President</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>To call a spade a sp... no, poor choice of words, and one must not mention how some Democrats may be spooked ...</p>

<p>“Some of my closest friends are ...” nope, but I have respect.  I grew up finding inspiration in rap, and having black classmates,  black sports competitors and team-members and heroes, and a few black friends.  I am aware that Black is cool. I'm literate so I know blacks have suffered greatly and continue to suffer greatly.  Now for the bitter medicine:</p>

<p>Does America want an Affirmative Action president ?</p>

<p>Obama is not a wolf, but an Arab. He's not in sheep's clothing, but in Black clothing.</p>

<p><br />
“I read somewhere that he hid his race in his college application... ...<br />
... but I don't know how he could have hid it during the interview...”<br />
is what a Dem friend acknowledged between anti-Bush rants.</p>

<p>We may notice that his name is more like Barchu Husni Obaham<br />
than Barry Harrison O'Malley.  These are not <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffwY74XbS4>“Just words”</a> <br />
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffwY74XbS4)  but rather "just names"?</p>

<p>Why unmask him?  Arabs and Muslims are of course not inherently bad.  That his heritage may be reasonably described by an objective observer as Arab should perhaps in itself be of no great concern.<br />
(And parodies that exaggerate his Arabism do not refute the essential facts.) The problem is that he's <a href=http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/mcauliffe-says-media-in-the-tank-for-obama-2008-05-13.html> in the tank for</a> Arabs, and for Islam as it is actually manifested among global Muslims.  Islam is an identity to which  he can be expected to side with more closely than other pandered-to interest groups.  (This leaves ambiguity as to how he may regard the principles of Islam and the degree to which Islamic societies reflect them, such principles which to a post-modern thinker like him are but narrative tools...) </p>

<p>Why is he wearing the mask?  It keeps the blacks confident in him and without that base he would never have had anything.  It affords him the benefits of black affirmative action rather than the question marks of Arab affirmative action.  It gives him a stack of “Racism!” zaps that he occasionally resorts to.  Most important, it gives him symbolic power that is so awesome it's almost overwhelming in itself! </p>

<p>"I have become a symbol..."  indeed.<br />
<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25kH75MB7I&feature=related><br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25kH75MB7I&feature=related</a><br />
<a href=http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=islXuW7qmqc><br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=islXuW7qmqc</a></p>

<p>The more salient question is why we have so far failed to unmask him.  If our policy is to never draw the line with respect to an Enemy who openly seeks our destruction, eventually we lose even the free speech of drawing <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rUVDTmMD7s>Cartoons</a> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rUVDTmMD7s).  This is a reference to the Danish controversy rather than the New Yorker cover.  </p>

<p>If Our behavior is 80% just and 20% faulty, there are those who will still inveigh against our impurity, even as the Enemy is their active 1% among their highly sympathetic 20% among their somewhat sympathetic 80%...</p>

<p>Reverend Wright 's "Audacity of Hope" (yes the title of Obama's book is from a  sermon from his Spiritual Mentor, the man who married him with his wife and baptized his children)  is for WHICH Change? (Recognizing that such change is surely of the "yes we can" and "we believe in" sort.)?!<br />
The <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UByFZ07mIC8>Rev. Pflegrant</a> ... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UByFZ07mIC8)<br />
His erstwhile Church's love of <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epok-l2AUMY>Farrakhan</a> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epok-l2AUMY)<br />
His Church's <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3hrcCszAac>blame of Israel.</a>  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3hrcCszAac)<br />
Not "just words" but "just friends" and "just community" and "just Spiritual Mentor"?  His numerous substantial affiliations in the Pally world and the Terror-symp world?  Brzezinsky?  And it's a GOOD thing that this would-be master diplomat ditched his mentor and his church for his political advantage, and that he made exaggerated promises to Israel that he quickly backed away from in front of another audience? </p>

<p>“Hey, just empower the hero Obama and he will discover the great responsibilities that such power entails, and learn to enact our dreams” ?</p>

<p>Will America's Original Sin of slavery (along its long line of original sins) be finally Cleansed by this Obama coronation?  Is such a course in the interest of even the ignorant masses who drink in the fantasy?  Condy Rice is ignored and derided for leaving the plantation, but surely Republican was not the party of Lincoln.</p>

<p>He who seemed not just black, but black  and white, not just b&w, but "B&W and Red" all over (i.e., dumb commie revolutionist, and so charismatic he gives the media tingly legs and is thereby widely Read of), is truly golden (43% arab, 6% black, but only a jackass would be unsporting enough to acquire such intel, and surely it's a coincidence that Muslims tend to think <br />
he's a Muslim) all over.</p>

<p>An appealing symbol or <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6T0b03UGrU>an imprudent risk</a>? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6T0b03UGrU)<br />
Both?</p>

<p>There are many things McCain says (and neglects) that concern me (on Saudi, tech/competition in general, MMA, global warming, immigration, and more), but it's nice that he personally is an authentic hero.  I'm sympathetic to the NOTA idea or the Bush-hating friend above's suggestion of a Bloomberg candidacy (though I'd prefer Lieberman).  A new Center seems healthy.  I'd like it to include ideas such as those of <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfqKZlMfnX4&feature=user>"Winner Take All" author Elkus's warnings on tech policy, national information processing capacity, and their relation to competitiveness</a> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfqKZlMfnX4&feature=user).  Elkus for Sec'y of Tech (Competitiveness, Security, and Digital Government).   </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>- He was born a Muslim, went to a Madrassah, sings the Muslim call-to-prayer in perfect Arabic and considers it the most beautiful sound in the world.<br />
- Islam forbids renunciation.  He has not renounced his Islamic heritage even as he has embraced a Farrakhan-loving church.  His backers say he is not a *PRACTICING* Muslim.  <br />
- AIPAC talk was 'permissible deception'?  <br />
- It took a Nixon to go to China; the Perverse elements of Islam (Iran's mullahfudgers, OBL's crowd, etc.) cannot Submit but to the Shariah of a Muslim; he will liberate Islam?<br />
- He has already stopped the ocean's rise and performed other miracles.<br />
- He'll be the 12/23/ 12th Imam, the Incumbent 2012.<br />
- If he wins, he must be!</p>]]></description>
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<title>080508 Tdoc [{&quot;Todah-doc&quot;} -  ha, look how quickly &quot;livedoc &quot; washes off]</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Immediate agenda</p>

<p> eat;<br />
 clean,<br />
 bills;<br />
 log;<br />
 tax;<br />
 ic;<br />
 sched;<br />
 ml;<br />
 ritlist;</p>

<p>Log:<br />
 06<br />
X Shop,<br />
  acuform;<br />
  <br />
shall i call u after?</p>

<p> acu </p>

<p></p>

<p> roll ed to acu and back, good;</p>

<p> mai natural shlopfen yao.<br />
 gua tou hu; <br />
 talk ileana<br />
 ef150, bup0, alg [broken], ast, add20 [out o caf], grn; </p>

<p><br />
Weekly Planner / Appointment Schedule <br />
 satsun - eliot c; pong; <br />
 mon - 7 iz jiang</p>

<p>Omnido:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/books/06kaku.html?ei=5087%26em=%26en=db93322d7ccd6d1f%26ex=1210305600%26pagewanted=print"><br />
post-americanism?</a> -- how about post-geographic american citizenship (diaspora preparation)?<br />
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osarseph</p>

<p> <br />
fb, answers, sfriends!,  </p>

<p>Q2<br />
<a href="http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?rm=porttest&tcpport=64508&udpport=17107&lang=1033&l=1"> emule </a><br />
<a href="http://www.verycd.com/groups/datum/246833.topic">tech training </a></p>

<p>Q4<br />
?enth yanjiu <br />
?fb yanjiu - ;<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkR2riNbwos&feature=related">how to fb:</a> </p>

<p> site<br />
  sitemeter.com, https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_US/ <br />
 equip<br />
  see </p>

<p>{research vibe plate, ny try cn buy?<br />
{go migun, vibe plate, <br />
mysp;</p>

<p></p>

<p>Contacts:<br />
monique1 of kqt ent </p>

<p>Si:<br />
 ta ai ziji, ai dao gongkaide dibu. shi loved hirself publicly <br />
                                      systematizing singlish :p; <br />
 2 libai fangfa - huabing, wangbiao;<br />
 b's “space, time, $, ah yes there we were!” discussion thread <br />
perhaps omnidoc ... what'd we call it now timecapsuledoc? T-thru “T-doc”?<br />
   shall i call u after?<br />
   where whirred meets cymbal<br />
   wrighte streight to the wirld <br />
    can delete anyway<br />
     weigh back machine, improving, (and keystroke-track and <br />
      goin' weigh weigh back to the early days ... of 75 and the black spades... <br />
u2bization)hardcore. lie tough (guan deng - youmo/xingqu jiaoyu).  <br />
this Should be streaming media w/ viewer assistance and follow-up. <br />
tired of alc-anon he considered going to greece to view ancient architecture, but instead he went to the community for people who put excess thought into their articulation of things called parse-anon.</p>

<p>all the silly media say of mccain are *old* jokes.<br />
complimentary by faint concern.  </p>

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<description><![CDATA[<p>Immediate agenda</p>

<p> acuform;<br />
 clean,<br />
 bills;<br />
 log;<br />
 tax;<br />
 ic;<br />
 sched;<br />
 ml;</p>

<p>Log:</p>

<p> roll;<br />
 mai natural shlopfen yao.<br />
 gua tou hu; <br />
 talk ileana<br />
 ef150, bup0, alg [broken], ast, add20 [out o caf], grn; </p>

<p><br />
Weekly Planner / Appointment Schedule <br />
 5- acu</p>

<p>Omnido:<br />
 sitemeter.com, https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_US/ </p>

<p>Contacts:</p>

<p><br />
Si:<br />
this Should be streaming media w/ viewer assistance and follow-up. <br />
</p>]]></description>
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<title>Clinton&apos;s running mate will be ... Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Obama CAN (be induced to) wait 4-8 years; Clinton cannot.  She publicly promises to give him unprecedented diplomatic and cultural influence on policy-making and execution.  It will be seen that it would amount to excessive cost and risk in either case, and an Obama-headed ticket would probably lose.  Clinton benefits from Obamania symbolism, perceived trust, avoiding Dem-olition.  Good for the Republic to have good opposition party as weal as ruling party.  </p>

<p>500 Gentlezens say the result of the Dem primaries will be a Clinton-Obama ticket.<br />
10-1 odds against.  <br />
No cash - it's a gentlezen's bet – but the loser must report hir debt on video record if requested.<br />
Any takers?  <br />
</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>You'll need to register at sendthisfile.com and download (350 MB, so it takes several minutes) unzip the file with 7-zip or winzip or some such program (let me know if you need help with that), and then you may also need a special Samsung video codec (let me know), and it's still excessively grainy.  <br />
</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>[t 's?:  china, world, linguo-socio-politico-economics; <br />
business, technology, world / new media; virtual worlds; <br />
us politics; linguo-socio-politico-economics; <br />
semantics, beliefs, religion;   <br />
notes, creative, films+, nutrition, organization;</p>

<p>[m obtain media content;<br />
[d consider such a domain;<br />
[* note/do follow-on action  <br />
[t tag<br />
[? not sure? reseasrch;<br />
[r research (more about) <br />
[b uy<br />
[p (for) person 's note / info;<br />
[q question</p>

<p>verbal?  visual? For a/v recordings<br />
L (hand  shape) = vis tag (generic) begin;<br />
thumbs up = vis tag (generic) end;<br />
“chirp” = vis tag (generic) begin;<br />
“poe” = vis tag (generic) end;<br />
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<p>Some find it funny.  Some find it rude.  Some are themselves rude.  </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>a chronicle of the 2012 mei(guo) zong(tong) jin(xuan).</p>

<p>As told thru the <br />
Smart-as Times<br />
(Smart-Ass take on the (NY) Times, w/ respectful nod to smarter times who might restart before the Smartest Times take hold)<br />
reporter Marq Threign<br />
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<title>camp david 2 scuttled by ... ... jc himself</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>i hadn't heard this one:</p>

<p>http://oybay.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/dershowitz-bombshell-carter-scuttled-camp-david-ii/</p>

<p>"But of everything that Professor Dershowitz said, one thing was so shocking that it elicited an audible gasp from the audience, no lewd pictures necessary. In his analysis of Jimmy Carter’s Israel bashing, Professor Dershowitz revealed a series of circumstantial evidence that points to Carter’s direct meddling in the abortive 2000 Camp David peace summit between then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, PLO Chairman Yassir “May my own name be erased” Arafat, and former President Clinton. Dershowitz, who has tangled with Carter recently, pointed to Carter’s provocative book which indicates that Carter’s Saudi-funded institute was consulting the Palestinian delegation on US politics, and later Carter specifically says that, I paraphrase, “no Palestinian leader could have survived accepting that offer”. That’s funny, because Saudi Prince Bandar was even quoted saying, “If Arafat does not accept what is available now, it won’t be a tragedy, it will be a crime [against the Palestinian people].”"</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.mattjacobson.com/archives/2007/12/camp_david_2_sc.html</link>
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<category>israel politics</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>all the world&apos;s a youtube video</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>yes no longer just a stage for performance, but being filmed for our and the world's replays, mashups, etc.  it doesn't require malice on the part of government for cameras to continue getting smaller and cheaper and more omnipresent, and internet to likewise develop... <br />
i had previously given kudos to bloomberg for his concern about privacy, but now he takes for granted the goodness of the end of privacy.   </p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.mattjacobson.com/archives/2007/12/all_the_worlds.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>cybernetic j</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>j to long-term harmonize with fan-j by modifying fei-j xingwei .</p>

<p>fractal j in oven.<br />
</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.mattjacobson.com/archives/2007/12/cybernetic_j.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>diary-keeping: good, bad, neutral?</title>
<description>like taking lots of photos?  expanding scope of thought/reflection?  needs too much investment in present that costs future time?  or creates own time?  

m said good.  ta zai xie yiben &quot;shangdi zhi autobio&quot;. and good to keep here so globally accessible &amp; preservation relies on MT servers which are more reliable+ than my paper.

will write on various tags 
e.g. china - china updates and observations;
and can lianxi zhongwen


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<link>http://www.mattjacobson.com/archives/2007/12/diarykeeping_go.html</link>
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<category></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>real estate opportunity of Titanic proportions</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Survivalists, burners, or theme park developers take note of this <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Titan-Missile-Base-Central-Washington_W0QQitemZ190162956846QQihZ009QQcategoryZ1607QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">ebay sale:</a></p>

<p>"The Former Larson Air Force Base Complex 1A Titan ICBM Facility</p>

<p>Located Central Washington between Moses Lake and Ritzville</p>

<p>Ten Minutes to Interstate 90</p>

<p>1 1/2 hours West of Spokane</p>

<p>57 acres more or less</p>

<p>16 UNDERGROUND buildings including</p>

<p> </p>

<p>3 - 160' Tall Missile Silo</p>

<p>3 - (4 story) Equipment Terminal Bldgs</p>

<p>2 - Antenna Silos</p>

<p>100' Diameter Control Dome Bldg.</p>

<p>125' Diameter Power Dome Bldg.</p>

<p> </p>

<p>TERMS: $300,000 down</p>

<p>balance @ 7% interest only all due in 3 years  "</p>

<p>According to a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7050622.stm">BBC article</a> :</p>

<p>"Bari Hotchkiss, who is selling Larson Site A on internet auction site eBay, says he has been approached by a company interested in turning one of the 160-foot missile silos into an artificial reef.</p>

<p>An entrepreneur and amateur historian, he bought the complex on a whim in 1998. Ideally, he would like to see it turned into a children's summer camp and educational facility. "</p>

<p>Weather's <a href="http://gonw.about.com/library/climate/blspokane.htm">fine</a></p>

<p>Read the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7050622.stm">BBC article</a> and click on the link to the video. </p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.mattjacobson.com/archives/2007/10/real_estate_opp.html</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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