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I find it funny that US troops are now reportedly ‘indignant’ that Iraq is firing back at them – especially after firing a missile intending to kill Saddam himself. I knew the war was going to be fairly one-sided, but this is ridiculous. I find it funny that Blair’s speech touched on September 11, but…
Speaking up for Obama
I am not an American citizen, but today I played my first role in helping to set the record straight on one of the leading candidates. After listening to Barack Obama’s speech in 2004 in support of John Kerry, I was hooked on this guy. He was different. He was young, brilliant and rousing. I…
Thoughts on the economy and elections
More action is happening on my [INSEAD blog](http://vantan.org/insead/), and even more action is happening in the library (boo!) but I thought I should pen down some quick thoughts about current situations: On the current economic crisis Tempting as it is to watch with an odd combination of amusement and dismay as our stock prices fall…
Happy Birthday, Pink Flamingo
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vantan.org shares soar
Due to a freak linking incident from Movable Type, my weblog is now valued at $26,412.12!!! This is possibly a once in a lifetime, all-time high. What probably happened was, just after updating my blog, pinging MT and getting listed on their recently updated blogs list, Blogshares picked up the link. Let’s say it’s the…
American politics through a French lens
To wrap up my French revision for the night, I went to [Lemonde.fr ](http://www.lemonde.fr/)to read a spot of news in the beautiful language. Not surprisingly, the home page had a photo of Barack Obama and his newly-announced running mate Joe Biden. What was more interesting was that the headline said, “[Biden, choix par défaut pour…