Former PM Pierre Trudeau put it very well: "Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt." -- Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, On relations with the US, ib 26 Mar 69
To a great extent, the rest of the Americas, the EU, Japan etc are in that situation. larry On 8/17/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169815 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
