I used to listen to 2WS, Sydneys classic hits, on the internet all the time (check if out if you like classic rock: www.2ws.com.au)
Anyway, they would have an hourly news update, and each update had a section dedicated solely to US news, including news that I would really consider local in nature (US supreme court decisions, Terry Schiavo stuff, etc etc) Made me wonder if this happened in other countries, and why the goings-on in the US are of such interest in other countries. > In the Japan Times they had an article about the US opinion on the issue. > http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050810a5.htm > > What's interesting about that is that it was important enough to know > the US stance and print it in their paper, but there's not much in US > papers about the issue and it's one of the things that made me think > about that disconnect. > > -Kevin > > On 8/17/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> As for the US administration, i'm assuming you are basing your conclusion >> on >> the fact that Bush hasn't made many public statements concerning Japan >> recently? If so, it would be reasonable to question why that is. Not sure >> that you can draw the conclusion though, that the administration doesn't >> care about what is happening in Japan, or isn't aware of the issues. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169812 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
