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Thoughtless Slur on Dutch Voters by Indo Ambassador

By misterjames | Published: September 25, 2010
Dutchnews reports that the Indonesian ambassador to the Netherlands, Yunus Habibie, has retracted part of his criticism of the Dutch political party PVV, which has a policy to ban immigration from Islamic countries. Habibie had said that people who voted PVV were ‘anxiety psychotic’. I wonder if the PVV paid Habibie to make those comments, because [...]
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Obama – Not Coming? Who Cares?

By aboutindo | Published: June 4, 2010
What’s this?  The third time they’ve cancelled the visit to Indonesia because of ‘pressing matters at home’?  Is the great USA really in that much distress?  It really doesn’t inspire confidence that the USA is interested in the region.  China is certainly looking better. But we understand.  Obama is deeply unpopular and he wants to do some campaigning ahead of elections [...]
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Health Reform Bill is more important to Obama than Indonesia

By misterjames | Published: March 21, 2010
But don’t worry, Australia is being snubbed too. The fact is that after more than twelve month’s debate on the matter, Mr Obama needs to be at home to make sure his Health Reform Bill gets through.  If my memory serves me correctly, this isn’t the first time he’s deferred a return visit to the land [...]
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SBY gets angry, Aussie PM stays awake in fear

By misterjames | Published: March 10, 2010
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (who I will always in future refer to as SBY) has a reputation for having a bad temper.  In the clip, he is scolding some bupatis (regional leaders) who fell asleep during his speech.  It’s true that Indonesians usually make lousy speeches – long, monotonous, indirect.  But even so, you would expect [...]
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loading a truck 6

By misterjames | Published: March 1, 2010
loading a truck 6 Originally uploaded by about indo   Down it goes, and the truck sinks a bit as it takes the full weight. Another political t-shirt on the guy in the background. Sorry I made all these separate posts, but I couldn’t figure out how to put all the pics from flickr into the same post. Next [...]
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loading a truck 5

By misterjames | Published: March 1, 2010
loading a truck 5 Originally uploaded by about indo The truck has been backed under the steel block, now just have to push it over. The factory owners offered to supply boots (and gloves, safety glasses, helmets etc) but the workers refuse to wear them, they complain that it’s restricting. Notice the red and white political t-shirt? [...]
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