tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post116383586686476758..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Nuclear Poker. US Plays The India Card. China Checks.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163876967540321672006-11-18T14:09:00.000-05:002006-11-18T14:09:00.000-05:00FYI: "agy" is gay undercover as opposed to being o...FYI: "agy" is gay undercover as opposed to being old. He may be old and gay. He may or may not be undercover, not that there is anything wrong with any of that.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163876840685813812006-11-18T14:07:00.000-05:002006-11-18T14:07:00.000-05:00I didn't know that Doug was agy, not that there is...I didn't know that Doug was agy, not that there is anything wrong with that. <BR/><BR/>WC, Believe it or not, I have had several bogeyman posts but either events change or Whit comes out with something better. Trust that Putin has not been forgotten.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163861124993280362006-11-18T09:45:00.000-05:002006-11-18T09:45:00.000-05:002164th wrote:For most of the Cold War, India sided...<B>2164th</B> wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>For most of the Cold War, India sided with Russia against China and against the US. Times have changed, Russia is declining rapidly and China is not.</I><BR/><BR/>That (and $55 oil) explains the relative scarcity of Putin the Boogeyman articles around here lately. But have a care, Bush also calculated that the Hispanic vote would break the GOP way if he was soft on immigration, and it didn't work out that way. Pakistan could dangle Osama's handcuffed ass in front of us like a carrot and we'd jump in there with nuclear power assistance and screw up the whole deal with India.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163847513218877452006-11-18T05:58:00.000-05:002006-11-18T05:58:00.000-05:00India Praises US Senate Vote on Nuclear Cooperatio...<A HREF="http://www.axcessnews.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=11982" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>India Praises US Senate Vote on Nuclear Cooperation</STRONG> </A><BR/><BR/>India Friday praised the US Senate vote on nuclear cooperation between the two nations, but concern remained over the Senate's stipulation that requires India to help curb Iran's nuclear appetite for its own program, something India's lawmakers are not to keen on being involved in.<BR/><BR/>The US Senate had passed its bill in an 85-to-12 vote late on Thursday, in a deal that would <STRONG>allow the United States to ship nuclear fuel and technology to India despite India's refusal to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty</STRONG>. "This undoubtedly reflects the very broad bipartisan support which this initiative enjoys," India's foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee said.<BR/><BR/>The legislation, as passed in the Senate, contains a new provision that requires the American president to declare that India has joined multinational efforts to contain Iran's nuclear programme before the US-Indo nuclear deal moves forward. Iran is among India's most vital energy partners, and India's large Shiite Muslim population makes relations with Tehran particularly delicate.<BR/><BR/>A complementary deal between India and the International Atomic Energy Agency must be reached and an exception for India made by the Nuclear Suppliers Group, countries that export nuclear material, before the nuclear deal can become effective, even then, the US Congresss must have approved it and President Bush signed it into law.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163847110095092352006-11-18T05:51:00.001-05:002006-11-18T05:51:00.001-05:00The Kindness of a Stranger I went to a gay bar I w...<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/review/Waters.t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>The Kindness of a Stranger</STRONG> </A><BR/><BR/>I went to a gay bar I was 17 years old. It was called the Hut and it was in Washington, D.C. Some referred to it as the Chicken Hut, and it was filled with early 1960s gay men in fluffy sweaters who cruised each other by calling table-to-table on phones provided by the bar.<BR/>“I may be queer but I ain’t this,”<BR/>I remember thinking. Still reading everything Tennessee Williams wrote, I knew he would understand my dilemma. Tennessee never seemed “gayly-correct”<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/opinion/17price.html?em&ex=1163912400&en=c7b2852bcd4feecf&ei=5087%0A" REL="nofollow"> <STRONG>In the Pink No More </STRONG></A><BR/><BR/>ON Nov. 1, just two months shy of its 50th birthday, the plastic pink flamingo went extinct. Or more accurately, it stopped reproducingDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163847095598366782006-11-18T05:51:00.000-05:002006-11-18T05:51:00.000-05:00Rufus,Yeah, but if they could haul coal to Newcast...Rufus,<BR/>Yeah, but if they could haul coal to Newcastle,<BR/>we can damn sure import Petrol to Baghdad.<BR/>Stay the Course!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.com