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2006-08-30 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Steve White 2006-08-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sniff, sniff, and to think it only took 20-plus years to notice the "black swamps/cesspools", and not just in Cambodia either. The Chicommies in BURMA taint gonna be happy. What's JED CLAMPETT's shotgun good fer iff he can't blast a lot of Commies in the ass while discovering awl???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-08-30 01:51|| 2006-08-30 01:51|| Front Page Top

#2 If managed well, this could be a huge opportunity for Cambodia," says Tim Conway, a poverty reduction specialist for the World Bank.

When EVER has it been that an oil industry run by the state has EVER benefitted the little people?

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-08-30 08:13|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-08-30 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 I think much of Norway's oil production is govt supervised (partly govt owned as I recall) and it does seem to be well managed.

Posted by mhw 2006-08-30 08:28|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2006-08-30 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 They don't count, they're the evil white west.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-08-30 11:43|| 2006-08-30 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Many diplomats and NGOs in Phnom Penh worry that the oil and natural gas - which could start flowing as soon as 2009 - could reverse more than a decade of poverty alleviation and transform Cambodia into a full-scale kleptocracy.

As opposed to the two-bit kleptocracy it is today.

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-30 22:08|| 2006-08-30 22:08|| Front Page Top

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