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i personally think Make Trade Fair or what Bono is doing with AIDS in Africa, etc., can only do so much...they act as moral pressure on decision-makers in the rich countries...in ground reality, only poor countries themselves can fight back as a group...i really enjoyed/relished how the Cancun talks crumbled because India/Brazil/South Africa/China stuck together and formed G-20 to not give up so easy...

hi gaby! :-) you must really like Conan...i don't like him too much (i think he over-acts!) and neither do i like that other guy on CBS....ABC guy is cool though, Jimmy Kimmel :cool:

feeling 'existential'

:) I'd say you're good at interior decoration! :cool: they have several good PBS (public tv) shows here on house/interior decoration and it reminds me of u when i watch 'em!

:dozey:

:angry: :P

i had a really good nigths' sleep...hope i don't doze off again tonight! :dozey:

\ hi Athy! :-) so nice to see you! *hugs* they offer such dance classes in Germany? :stunned: :stunned: wow that's....cool!

yeah...go for Spanish...half the America is gonna be speaking Spanish soon! :-)

thanks!! :-) **group hug** :D

eric...i gotta go. good luck...don't feel so bad about these things...it's in the passing! :-) high-five!

:)

:( i know....i know the whole history of U.S. fruit corporations like Dole and Chiquita...it's a sad story indeed. did you know that Hawaii islands became part of Ameica 'cuz Dole fruit company basically went there, got land on cheap from the queen of Hawaii--who thought Dole was a friend--then used locals to harvest pineapples and sugarcane and bananas, etc., and then one fine day, stopped paying rent on the land. so the queen got angry and officially expelled the Dole company from Hawaii, but instead, Dole got the U.S. to send in its Army and Navy and dethroned the queen and took over the land from the locals. :confused: so yeah...if Chileans grapes start to squeeze the profits of big American fruit companies, then somehow American government will find something wrong with Chilean grapes... :/ why? because the big American government is owned by big American corporations that give money to the two parties during elections.... :angry:

ahhh...you're forgiven! you're too sweet anyways! a lil crazy, but sweet! :P :D

what? why did America block Chilean exports? i don't know about this story :/ :confused: and yep, I've tried only one Chilean red wine, but i loved it! and it's cheap, comaratively, but very good! :D

you can hang out with the so-called "geeks" too....that way, you could be the coolest guy of the group! :idea2: i kinda agree with julia's tone on that question...

oh really....chilean grapes we already get here! :-)

you can hang out with us, Eric...we're cool! :sneaky: :lol: but seriously, i agree with Mr. Twix totally...

:rolleyes: :P

yes...since your president signed those agreements, he will be positive about them :-) Chavez didn't say he won't pay back debt, he just said poor countries should not have to re-pay everything, or something like that. :D so us in America can expect lots of 'made in Chile' items pretty soon now! :)

oh really? what does your version say? i'm interested!

hindi, not indie :P

you're only 15 though. you're allowed to drive in az at 15?

the new indian movies now that come in dvds have good english (and spanish too, i'm sure) subtitles...they're trying to attract more world audience!

it's here! :D quite impatient, carla! :P