marika wrote:
> Frank Kalder wrote: - haplifnet -
>
>>
_International Politics_
>>>>>
>>>>> ... possible strikes on Iran ...
>
>>> More even than that - do you remember when you told me you could
>>> debate politics for days on end. What would happen if I ever made
>>> politics a true arena of interest instead of occasionally just dropping
>>> in on some items. Wouldn't be able to shut me up, I guess.
>>>
>> Well, as time elapses, you may online post comprehensive views and
>> particular cute opinions and so on...
>>>>
>
> politics, cute? sounds like an oxymoron?
>
>
_Changes in Western Policies_
>>>>
>>>>> Here's a link to an interesting article on changes in Western policies
>>>>> by Bush administration, concerning the recently appointed Shannon
>>>>> assistant secretary of state
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://www.coha.org/2007/01/02/tom-shannon-inherits-the-wreckage-of-the-bureau-of...
>>>>>
>>>>> Shannon's conciliatory rhetoric to the
>>>>> contrary suggests a deliberate good cop-bad cop approach to hemispheric
>>>>> issues, utilizing his Oxonian good cheer to mitigate the harshness of
>>>>> Bush's policies once they are being put to a test in a given Latin
>>>>> American country.
>>>>>
>>>> I'm not yet familiar with that particular issue...
>>>
>>> I don't think it's the issue that we need to pay attention to so much
>>> as the question of Bush's international style. Will he do something
>>> similar with Angie?
>>>
>> To get it better understood: what's that similarity, in particular,
>> that he shouldn't do with her?
>
> I won't say he should or should not do this.
>
> In movies and television, we have been introduced to the theory of good
> cop/bad cop. Usually, when someone is taken into custody, the first
> cop will be cruel and mean to the prisoner. The second cop will act
> nicer. The prisoner is locked up and unsure who is a safe person they
> can trust. So they start trusting the apparently nice cop because
> there doesn't seem to be anyone else to turn to. In interrogation, this
> is referred to as the "good cap/bad cop" technique. This same
> technique is extended in negotiations of various types. I am
> speculating that Bush may act as bad cop, insisting on various things,
> while his underling an ambassador or some other state department person
> works at the lower level with the other diplomats, saying yeah I know
> my boss is mean and stern, but you can trust me and they start trusting
> him so as not to invoke the sterner approach posed by the boss. It's
> probably standard all over.
>
Yeah, I've got it - thanks for the elucidation!
>>
>>>>
_Selling The Home_
>
> There seems to be activity on my home, so it appears I may have sold
> it. I am awaiting paperwork to confirm it is not a wacky dream.
>
Hopefully, that'd be great!
_Living in DC_
>
> Google seemed to be down on Wednesday and last night, I got really
> busy. We went to a really interesting Indian restaurant, Indique
>
> I had a variety of seafood in curries.
>
> Then name is a blend of "unique" and India"
>
http://www.indique.com
>
> There's a great slideshow of the interiors on the webpage.
>
The "Restaurant Tour": >>> very pleasant, great ambience;
and, I'd guess, smashingly spicy Indian food...
>
> "The years were good and
> allowed me to forge ahead and
> erase a birthright or generational curse and
> create a legacy"--them eyes, discoverkai
>
>
Ciao, Frank
