tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post3400032192444720680..comments2023-09-24T03:18:15.557-04:00Comments on Guanaguanare: the laughing gull: "Scoundrel Time: The Situation In Syria."Guanaguanarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-48144824169300402422012-02-27T05:50:45.581-05:002012-02-27T05:50:45.581-05:00Thanks for visiting, Max. Yes, we need to hear mor...Thanks for visiting, Max. Yes, we need to hear more from people like Jeremy Salt with alternative perspectives, so I am glad to republish whenever I encounter them.<br /><br />About the voting, it is the usual "<i>playing smart and not being clever</i>" according to Bob Marley in "<a href="http://youtu.be/qgWUnuB6quc" rel="nofollow">Small Axe</a>." Last year on October 31, 2011, my country abstained from the vote to admit Palestine to full membership in UNESCO. 107 countries in the world voted YES. You can guess who voted NO but here are the names anyway: Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sweden, United States of America, Vanuatu. <br /><br />The sources of some of the abstentions, I found interesting. Even Haiti, knowing on which side its handouts are buttered, went to the restroom during the vote. Thanks to the the countries who voted YES, Palestine was in fact admitted to UNESCO that day. True to form, the USA, that glorious Freedom Fighter, had a fit and within hours announced that they were withdrawing their UNESCO funding representing 22% of UNESCO's current budget. USA's Mini-Me, Canada, threw a lesser tantrum and although it did not cut core funding, it halted its voluntary contributions to UNESCO. <br /><br />"<i>And whosoever diggeth a pit shall fall in it, fall in it.<br />Whosoever diggeth a pit shall bury in it, shall bury in it.</i>"<br />--Small Axe - Bob Marley<br /><br />And so the world turns... <br /><br />Thanks again for visiting and for taking the time to comment.<br />BlessingsGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-74386206945054138882012-02-27T03:52:38.728-05:002012-02-27T03:52:38.728-05:00Thank you very much for sharing this, and for your...Thank you very much for sharing this, and for your own commentary.Maximilian C. Fortehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209329841918356753noreply@blogger.com