| PoliticsAn excerpt from Thomas Friedman...well said... "Look, I get pork-barrel politics. I understand senators from oil states protecting the windfall profits of oil companies. Ditto for farm subsidies. It’s an old story: Protect my winnings, and I’ll reward you with campaign contributions. I get it. I get it. What I don’t get is empty-barrel politics — Michigan lawmakers year after year shielding Detroit from pressure to innovate on higher mileage standards, even though Detroit’s failure to sell more energy-efficient vehicles has clearly contributed to its brush with bankruptcy, its loss of market share to Toyota and Honda — whose fleets beat all U.S. automakers in fuel economy in 2007 — and its loss of jobs. G.M. today has 73,000 working U.A.W. members, compared with 225,000 a decade ago. Last year, Toyota overtook G.M. as the world’s biggest automaker. Thank you, Michigan delegation! The people of Japan thank you as well." |
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| My Culinary ExperienceI have decided to start a new blog exclusively for my culinary/nightlife experiences... hop on over to http://stevesculinaryadventure.blogspot.com/ if you are interested! |
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| china here I comeLeaving for Asia trip in 3 days!!! YEA!!! May 30th - June 4th: Hong Kong
June 4th - 6th: ShenZhen
6th - 8th: Shanghai
8th - 12th: Beijing |
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| Summer TripTrip to China this summer set!!! (well...still need to book the flight...but..)
Hong Kong: June 7th - 12th
Shanghai: 12th - 15th
Beijing: 15th - 18th
Let me know if you will be in any of those cities during those time!!!! Exciting :)
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