Thursday, November 17, 2005

WHIMPS

They definitely aren't nation builders. After two months, Palestinians are "tired of chaos and poverty."

Especially when they have no one to blame for it.

Monday, November 14, 2005

In a wonderful irony, the Dutch advisor to Kofi Annan on gaining control of the internet in the World Summit on the Information Society scheduled to finish this week, has quit.

The conference is being hosted by Tunisia. Professor Cees Hamelink says Tunisia is guilty of human rights abuses and he thinks the choice of Tunisia shows the UN does not take "the information issue seriously."

Of course they do, Cees. That's why they are trying to stifle free speech by limiting the growth of the internet. But first they have to stifle free speech by those in Tunisia by oppressing those who protest.