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<DIV>Your Friend,</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 1/19/10, Tom Hansen <I><thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Brawl in Taiwan Parliament<BR>To: "Dan Carscallen" <areaman@moscow.com><BR>Cc: "'Moscow Vision 2020'" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 3:42 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>How did the retreat go, Area Man?<BR><BR>Y'all wrap things up with a warm, fuzzy arm-in-arm <SPAN>kumbaya</SPAN> moment or was<BR>it the typical conga line around the punch bowl?<BR><BR><SPAN>Jus</SPAN>' jokin', DC.<BR><BR>I'm glad to see the council partake in such unifying activities.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>> Nah, no rumbling. We had a retreat!<BR>><BR>> DC<BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A href="http://us.mc447.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A> [mailto:<A href="http://us.mc447.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>]<BR>> On Behalf Of Tom Hansen<BR>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:02 AM<BR>> To: Moscow Vision 2020<BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] Brawl in
Taiwan Parliament<BR>><BR>> As bad as our system is, unlike Taiwan, we don't have Nancy Pelosi in a no<BR>> holds barred cage fight with Mitch McConnel. Not that it wouldn't be<BR>> entertaining, mind you.<BR>><BR>> Courtesy of Yahoo News at:<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://news..yahoo.com/s/nm/20100118/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_taiwan_brawl/print" target=_blank>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100118/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_taiwan_brawl/print</A><BR>><BR>> -------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> Dozens of Taiwan MPs brawl in parliament<BR>> Mon Jan 18, 7:59 am ET<BR>><BR>> TAIPEI (Reuters) - More than 70 lawmakers brawled in Taiwan's parliament<BR>> on Monday, the first melee in the island nation's notoriously rambunctious<BR>> seat of government since the ruling Nationalist Party swept to power two<BR>> years ago.<BR>><BR>> Members of the anti-China opposition Democratic Progressive Party
(DPP)<BR>> wrestled and yanked the clothes of ruling Nationalist (KMT) MPs after<BR>> commandeering the speaker's podium to block a law allowing local officials<BR>> to be appointed instead of elected.<BR>><BR>> Three KMT legislators said they were hurt in the melee.<BR>><BR>> Taiwan legislators, once famous for brawls that had involved spraying<BR>> water and throwing microphones, swore off fighting in January 2008, when<BR>> the KMT expanded its majority and the overall number of MPs declined by a<BR>> half.<BR>><BR>> Brawls in parliament are seen as one way for the opposition to show voters<BR>> that it stands tough on issues.<BR>><BR>> "A violent conflict erupted in the process after the DPP had exhausted<BR>> other means to stop the law," the party said in a statement. The law<BR>> passed after the brawl.<BR>><BR>> --------------<BR>><BR>> Video<BR>><BR>> <A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3615urOm8Q" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3615urOm8Q</A><BR>><BR>> -------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> Reminder, V-peeps: The Moscow City Council meets tonight at 7:00.<BR>><BR>> Let's get ready to ruuuummmmmble!<BR>><BR>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>><BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>><BR>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>><BR>> - Unknown<BR>><BR>><BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A><BR>>
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