OFF-TOPIC: Aught-Six Y.O.L.D.?

[RC Macaulay]

Jones wrote.. OT: Political commentary on the remainder of the year 2006  "The Year of Living Dangerously" or the NeoCon sequel, Subtitled: will Director Goss bring down the Ship-of-State ? Back to Y.O.L.D. : Indonesia was/is under-appreciated as a soon-to-be rich country, now and then, particularly in population but with vastly under-performing natural resources - the envy (in potential) of both East and West. It could/should have been on a par in wealth/status with Japan, for instance - based on these assets. The dictator Sukarno, in a desperate ploy to stay in power - began playing a dangerous game trying the balance the East/West lust for foreign allegiance; staging riots and so forth but internally, there was the issue of greed and disproportionate wealth- the antiquated social structure... begging for equality (as in "Red"" equality)... i.e. Billy Kwan wants elevators <g>... All of this in the context of Yankee interlopers.. Howdy Jones, Fred called me a Texas "provincial". I resemble that remark.   Now Jones brings forth Indonesia and Sukurta and Sukarno. Hmmm! Just my meat because it involved one our local "boys made good disquised as a Texan". Who ,? you say? How about a Texas Petroleum maestro named Huffington, Ariana Huffington's ex. Famed for trying to buy a California political seat. Seems thar was "gold in dem hills" of Indonesia and our boy was just the man with the shovel.. However, in the great game one must remember there are players and then there are Barrett Gold players. The gold mine turned out to be " seeded". The geologist.( I use the term loosely) responsible for the so called seeding brought much embarrassment both to the regime and others. He accidently fell out of the heliocopter returning him for questioning. Texas is full of great  adventure stories like the contractor involved in  the house of cards described as the "Sharpstown Bank scandal"involving almost every politico in Texas worth his salt. He also "suffered " an accident while hunting in west Texas. Seems he rested his bolt action rifle against a bobwire fence while attempting to crawl thru it. The bolt action rifle " accidently" went off THREE times which was sufficent to kill him dead for sure. An investigation by the state  concluded it was an accidental death.Why do you suppose so many politicos choose to begin their careers in Texas? Nowhere else but Texas.. Richard