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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-04 01:15 PM
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Fox and Bush: Two Amigos
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&u=/nm/20040112/ts_nm/americas_dc_11

The feel-good story of the week: "Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox are likely to bury the hatchet after serious differences over Iraq last year and declare themselves close "amigos" once again."

The most thought-provoking aspect of the summit:

"The United States wants the 34 leaders at an Americas-wide summit in Mexico to agree to sanction the region's most corrupt governments by barring them from future meetings"

Canadian Foreign Minister Bill Graham's reaction:

"All countries have some corruption, including our own," he told reporters. "Who will determine the criteria for that and who is the person who will decide whether a country is invited (to meetings) or not?"
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-04 02:04 PM
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1. The last time Bush thought Fox was on his side he showed him he wasn't.
Edited on Mon Jan-12-04 02:04 PM by KoKo01
In support for Iraq War Resolution and some trade deals here and there. This is just a Whore Press Headline hype fed to them by Rove.
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Cat Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-04 02:06 PM
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2. Let me guess. The "corrupt governments" are
Edited on Mon Jan-12-04 02:06 PM by Cat Atomic
Venezuela and Brazil. Oh, and Cuba of course- but that goes without saying.

For aristocrats, populist movement = corrupt.
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