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Originally Posted by mg1942
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California recently issued a veto statement to the state assembly that contained the following message:
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He should have replied :
in the very last line.
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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf
I'm not so much concerned about the story as I am curious about how the "event" is being projected in the United States.
Lee Kuan Yew honoured in US
Singapore's media being the "state-controlled" beast that it is, we're naturally getting huge, important-sounding coverage over here of Mr Lee's visit. But, unless I'm wrong, I believe this hardly registers a blip on most Americans' radar? A pity that William Safire is gone, I suppose. I would have expected some pithy comments from him were he still around.  |
Given our size, we are so easily overlooked, no matter how much we have done. I believe this contributes to the "suck thumb" mentality of the locals. Recognition is no longer a priority, but survival in the modern world is.
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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf
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You know, what they actually didn't realise is that there is only ONE press holding in Singapore and nobody actually bothered to set up another (too big of a hassle). It isn't even a press monopoly, heck there is only one player on the board!
It isn't even fair to judge press freedom by the only player in the game.