Asian Tigers maul Obama

[Robert A Whit]

I will supply the link but you have to use it to read the article. You won't be sorry you read it.

http://www.absoluterights.com/asian-...hip-agreement/

[Kathianne]

I read it. Think this might be more useful:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...479355368.html

• Updated November 19, 2012, 12:24 p.m. ET

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By ENDA CURRAN

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—A plan by Asian leaders to start talks on one of the world's biggest trade pacts could accelerate the global economy's shift to the fast-growing region and would overshadow Washington's separate push for a trade deal with Asia.

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The RCEP process has the potential to slow—or even undermine—the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership, which includes a raft of smaller Asian countries plus Australia, New Zealand and others, but not China. The TPP has already been hampered by disagreements over the treatment of state-backed enterprises, among other things.


"We will be doing everything we can to press forward with both sets of discussions," Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard told reporters ahead of talks here on the TPP with U.S. President Barack Obama. "How these negotiations for each roll out, how they will ultimately relate to each other is something that will develop during the course of the discussions," she said.


Indonesia's trade minister said that Asian governments shouldn't overreach with a complex web of separate negotiations. "At the end of the day we have to be realistic about it in terms of bandwidth allocation," Mr. Wirjawan said. "Policy makers have to be cognizant of the extent to which they can allocate their resources and time."


To push the RCEP through, negotiations may focus on broad-brush statements and avoid sensitive areas. "I don't think we can achieve a high-level free trade agreement like the TPP. That is a challenge. We'll have to adjust and accommodate each other, and find common ground," said Takeshi Komoto, director for free trade negotiations at Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.


A broader deal than the detailed TPP "might be an easier trade agreement to negotiate," said Mireya Solis, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

A little less hyperbole and more explanation.

[Robert A Whit]

Listen Kath, I have long known that you despise me.

So your snarky comment can just pound salt.

I had no intention of forcing any poster to read the article. Congratulations for your effort to force them.

[Kathianne]

Listen Kath, I have long known that you despise me.

So your snarky comment can just pound salt.

I had no intention of forcing any poster to read the article. Congratulations for your effort to force them.

Sheesh. I read the article. Then went further. WTF is your problem? Victim syndrome? I don't play to that.

[Robert A Whit]

Sheesh. I read the article. Then went further. WTF is your problem? Victim syndrome? I don't play to that.

You are in denial. Never your fault eh? The problem is not me, it is you. As I said, I have long known you despise me. And you proved it again above.

[Thunderknuckles]

Thank you Kat.

Without a brief explanation of what the article was about, I was afraid to click on the link being I am at work.

[Kathianne]

You are in denial. Never your fault eh? The problem is not me, it is you. As I said, I have long known you despise me. And you proved it again above.

Robert, Bob, what have you, what are you looking for? I love you and your posts, will that do it for you? How about your wisdom touches the cockles of my heart? That?

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I will supply the link but you have to use it to read the article. You won't be sorry you read it.

http://www.absoluterights.com/asian-...hip-agreement/

Crap, got my hopes up so high only to dash them on the horrid rocks below. Curse you Phenias Whiplash, curse you all to hell. -Tyr

[Robert A Whit]

Robert, Bob, what have you, what are you looking for? I love you and your posts, will that do it for you? How about your wisdom touches the cockles of my heart? That?

Sarcasm becomes you. When you claimed my post was hyperbole, I realized again that you don't like me.
Look, one poster thus far TOOK reputation from me. Everybody else has given it to me.

Guess who took and did not give?

YOU

Then after slamming my post, you now allege you like my posts? Why crap on my posts then?

[Robert A Whit]

Crap, got my hopes up so high only to dash them on the horrid rocks below. Curse you Phenias Whiplash, curse you all to hell. -Tyr

I am taking note of how you talked to me Tyr.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I am taking note of how you talked to me Tyr.

Taking notes improves your writing skills. However its a poor substitute for getting shatface and winging it when asked about a past point.
Dear old friend of mine always said, its easier and better for a lazy man to baffle 'em with bullshit than it is to dazzle them with brilliance. And takes far less effort.
I asked, what if you can do both and switch midway ? Isnt that really a sight to behold?
He replied , overkill is highly overrated and a deadly addiction for such a braggart.
I replied, but if you can do it why hold back?
His reply was simply, if you can do both why brag about it?
Then he laughed , drank a hearty shot of his favorite whiskey and said.
We both know you can do both anytime , so why not just knock the bastard out and be done with it?
My friend(now long departed), a fine man , fought in Korea and was the guy that gave me my favorite line about dipshit ,asshats and glorified fooools--
"Fukk 'em feed 'em fishheads."
He was about your age when he passed away... Some of your posts remind me of how he talked.. Thats a compliment.. --Tyr

[Kathianne]

Sarcasm becomes you. When you claimed my post was hyperbole, I realized again that you don't like me.
Look, one poster thus far TOOK reputation from me. Everybody else has given it to me.

Guess who took and did not give?

YOU

Then after slamming my post, you now allege you like my posts? Why crap on my posts then?

Dude, I never slammed your post, it was the link. Got it now? Hmmm?

[fj1200]

I will supply the link but you have to use it to read the article. You won't be sorry you read it.

http://www.absoluterights.com/asian-...hip-agreement/

And what is your opinion on the subject?

[Robert A Whit]

Taking notes improves your writing skills. However its a poor substitute for getting shatface and winging it when asked about a past point.
Dear old friend of mine always said, its easier and better for a lazy man to baffle 'em with bullshit than it is to dazzle them with brilliance. And takes far less effort.
I asked, what if you can do both and switch midway ? Isnt that really a sight to behold?
He replied , overkill is highly overrated and a deadly addiction for such a braggart.
I replied, but if you can do it why hold back?
His reply was simply, if you can do both why brag about it?
Then he laughed , drank a hearty shot of his favorite whiskey and said.
We both know you can do both anytime , so why not just knock the bastard out and be done with it?
My friend(now long departed), a fine man , fought in Korea and was the guy that gave me my favorite line about dipshit ,asshats and glorified fooools--
"Fukk 'em feed 'em fishheads."
He was about your age when he passed away... Some of your posts remind me of how he talked.. Thats a compliment.. --Tyr

Thanks my friend. Friends come in all sorts of configurations. Some are personal friends due to meeting each other and being around each other. They believe they know each other very well. I suspect your friend is like that. Vernon, when working, an aerospace engineer resides in San Diego so I seldom see him. We are super close friends. Vernon taught me to play chess.
Vernon gave me reason to get decent grades in high school. When Vernon attended MIt, we would talk on the phone. Anyway, I appreciate your posts and your humor. I was in high school during the Korean war and lost an uncle early in the war. Gene had been a true professional at combat and the way he talked when around me, I felt like he actually enjoyed combat.

Gene was on a pacific island and as part of the invasion force, got his share of combat. He was walking close to a pile of rocks and suddenly he heard a shot and it cut his helmet strap in two and quickly he aimed his M-1 Garand at the place he saw sunlight glint off metal and killed the sniper. Gene went back to dig the Japanese solder out and collected his diary. The Diary claimed he killed over 100 americans from that spot. Turns out he held a college degree from UC Berkeley, Ca. Gene found out reading the diary.

[Robert A Whit]

And what is your opinion on the subject?

From the looks of the article, Obama takes his share of crap from Asians.