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China?s Shaky Economic Foundation ? NYTimes.com
2011-12-31 22:28:00 As the Wukan protests evolved into an international media event, a provincial party official, under pressure from Beijing, stepped in and swiftly negotiated a truce acceptable to the villagers. This week Prime Minister Wen Jiabao asserted that “China can no longer sacrifice farmers’ land rights for the sake of reducing the cost of urbanization and ...
By: 1913 Intel
Pamela Diana Andersen Birmo commented on the blog post Greetings, peasants.
2009-01-20 23:28:00 Pamela Diana Andersen Birmo commented on the blog post Greetings, peasants. Sir Reginald, You are just the sort of chap that would cause many problems on my Island.....
Fiefdoms and Peasants
2009-01-13 14:16:00 Ostrowski was in court yesterday with Peter Reese, who sat on the county charter revision commission. He recounts that Reese kept repeating that Paul Cambria, representing the legislature, was correct in his argument before the court. Adds Ostrowski, Now, Collins previously insisted on printing 365,000 tax bills that ...
By: BuffaloPundit
No Punishment for ?Illiterate Peasants? Comment By Colorado Representative
2008-04-23 21:14:00 Although he has been called classless, a bigot and the GOP want nothing to do with him, the Colorado State Representative who called migrant workers “illiterate peasants”, will not face any official disciplinary action: Criticism poured in Tuesday over state Rep. Douglas Bruce’s reference to migrant workers as “illiterate peasants,” although no formal punishment is expected ...
Colorado State Rep Calls Mexican Workers ?Illiterate Peasants?
2008-04-22 20:06:00 A Colorado Republican in the State House is under fire for referring to Mexican workers as “illiterate peasants”: DENVER (AP) — A Colorado legislator known for kicking a photographer was ordered to leave the podium of the state House of Representatives on Monday because he called Mexican workers “illiterate peasants.” State Rep. Douglas Bruce, who has a ...
?We don?t need 5,000 more illiterate peasants in the state of Colorado?
2008-04-21 23:01:00 Colorado’s most infamous asspipe, Douglas Bruce, is at it again. Bruce booted after “illiterate” remark By Jessica Fender The Denver Post Disparaging remarks aimed at migrant workers got resident rabble-rouser Rep. Douglas Bruce banned from speaking on an alien worker bill today. “We don’t need 5,000 more illiterate peasants in the state of Colorado,” Bruce, R-Colorado Springs, told the chamber to an audible gasp. Rep. Kathleen Curry, leading the House at the time, immediately barred Bruce from speaking at the podium, an uncommon maneuver. “How dare you?” she asked Bruce, before House members moved back to discussion of a bill aimed at helping seasonal farm workers from other countries enter the state legally on a temporary basis. In case you’re unfamiliar with Bruce, he masterminded Colorado’s notorious Amendment 2 debacle and the state’s disastrous “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” (TABOR). He’s been relat...
Feudalism is dead, long live feudalism!
2007-12-21 10:21:00 After previously snubbing the Sumilao farmers and ordering riot police to block their way to the presidential palace, officials led by the President finally heeded the indigenous peasants’ request for an audience. After two meetings in Malacanang, the palace issued an order favorable to the peasants. It was a triumph of symbols, Januar Yap writes of ...
By: (Mis)readings
When the Peasants of Puck Are Right
2007-11-16 15:41:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I had three thoughts in the immediate aftermath of last night’s 2-1 loss in Sunrise. One, the title of one of my favorite cinematic comedies, ‘As Good as It Gets’ — that title, its syntax, just sorta sauntered about in my post-loss head. Two, that there surely was an elevated toxicity ...
By: On Frozen Blog
In a New India, an Old Industry Buoys Peasants
2007-06-03 06:48:00 MORBI, India - Meet the men and women building the new India. Chakubhai Khabhu, old and lean, smoking a thin, hand-rolled cigarette, stands on top of a pile of bricks his children have made with their hands.
By: Get rich
In a New India, an Old Industry Buoys Peasants
2007-06-03 06:48:00 MORBI, India - Meet the men and women building the new India. Chakubhai Khabhu, old and lean, smoking a thin, hand-rolled cigarette, stands on top of a pile of bricks his children have made with their hands.
By: Get rich
Peasants, peas and a Lion in the grass
2007-05-24 16:19:00 Charlotte got an audiobook from the library - Fire, Bed and Bone - which she insisted we all listen to as it was so good. It really was. It’s set during the peasants rebellion of 1381, seen through the eyes of a dog - bit of a tear jerker. Seems like were going both directions in ... |
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