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The Cartography of Hegemons
Published 2/22/2006 10:51:00 AM
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
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Dark Wraith, you have a way with the graphic statement.
Why, thank you, Lily.
The Dark Wraith toils for worthwhile visual nutrition.
Dark One,
Whose flag is thjat in the grey area? I recognize all but that one.
That's a neo-nazi flag.
The Dark Wraith is just a bundle of joy today!
- oddjob
You forgot to highlight the ports on the West Coast already run by Chinese companies.
(Heard that in a snippet of news this morning on the radio.)
- oddjob
That's it - I'm switching back to midnight embers.
You know, I had a feeling that it was some kind of Aryan flag ...
Thanks, oj and mpg.
That flag would be for Idaho's favorite white supremacist organization - the Aryan Nation.
Good afternoon, SAP, and welcome to The Dark Wraith Forums, if I haven't given you a proper welcome before this.
Mr. Goat hit it right on the head: that's the flag of the Aryan Nation.
The Dark Wraith thought a little puzzle in his graphic would be fun.
LMAO
Dark Wraith
You always find a wayto outdo yourself.
It's funny because my Dad and I were just talking about this stuff last night, how so much of our country and our debt is owned by other countries...lol
Those in a dark mood may enjoy today's Boondocks.
- oddjob
Good evening, Dark Wraith. That's an interesting map.
Oddjob, loved the cartoon - it made me laugh.
Good evening, good people.
As a side note of self-promotion, The Dark Wraith Forums has now been nominated in the category Best Single Issue Blog. This comes in addition to the nominations for blog Most Deserving of Wider Recogition, Best Post, and Best Expert Blog. According to the latest 2005 Koufax Open Thread at Wampum, the four remaining categories will be posted within the next two days or so, and then the first-round voting will begin.
That should be enough self-promotion for a while.
The Dark Wraith got really uncomfortable (in a squirmy kind of way) writing this comment.
All well-deserved, Dark Wraith.
Excellent graphic, btw.
Cool! Best Expert Blog, now that's some real kudos (not to diminish the other ones).
Good evening, Misty.
I had not yet had a chance to welcome you back to the Land of Virtuality (if not Virtue, I suppose). I trust your move went more or less smoothly.
It's good to have you back in the fight.
The Dark Wraith figures there's strength in numbers.
Good evening, Mr. Goat.
Yes, that "Best Expert Blog" nomination is pretty cool. The category is rough, though, because there will be contenders in all manner of areas of expertise. Science blogs of one discipline or another seem to have heavy representation, and those are going to attract more interest (as a general rule) than economics blogs ever could. (Go figure.)
Even in the economics category, it looks like there are five contenders, including Brad DeLong and the Decembrist, both of which have been much better known than The Dark Wraith Forums (until pretty recently, perhaps).
We'll see how it goes.
The Dark Wraith is just giddy with excitement (about getting his sorry backside roundly kicked into the dust).
Congratulations on the latest nominations, Dark Wraith. It’s been rather fun, don't you think? I don't know about you - but I'm enjoying the hell out of all this!
And it’s interesting your pegging so much of the country as Chinese owned. I was just having that conversation the other day – but more regards influence than ownership. We seem to resemble the Soviet Union a great deal these days. Scares the bloody hell out of me - and I only see it getting worse!
Good morning, Dark Wraith.
Well deserved nominations for the Koufax Awards in each of those areas, I have to say! How marvelous for you!
On a different topic,
Quoth the Dark Wraith
Here's an idea: Mr. Bush can give control of our ports to that Arab company if he'll agree to throw into the deal control of Air Force One, as well.
Ummmm... we're all Saudi now?
Good morning, Trailer Trash.
Not that the names of people from other lands are anything other than quite nice, I am not yet prepared to changed my name to 'Abdul Wraith'.
'Wen Ho Wraith' isn't in the cards, either.
Come to think of it, 'Bubba Wraith' has a certain clunk to it, too.
The Dark Wraith has enough trouble getting people to remember his name as it is.
Good morning, Fat Lady Sings.
I really hate to admit it, but the Koufax Awards are kind of exciting. If I understand the Awards (and I should note that I might be wrong about this), the voting is a kind of double-elimination deal: the Wampum site notes that "first round" voting is about to begin, which indicates that there will be a culling done, and then the survivors go to a final voting round.
I suppose getting knocked out in the first round would save me the aggravation of extended anticipation. At least that way, I could stop fretting about the whole thing and vote in the final round for other blogs I favor.
The Dark Wraith prepares for the flogging of democracy in action.
It is pleasant to see a post and it's comments not twist my melon into punch for a change
as always thanks for keeping in touch with the common folk now and again
This is the best expert blog that I ever visit, Wraithy-poo.
Now should I take it that that flag which points to the 6 ports in the news would be Dubai? I'm not up on my flags. What's the one in Texas?
Congratulations on your nominations, Dark Wraith! Well deserved.
I take it I'm living in Littleton, China? It feels like that - some days more than others.
Good afternoon, Karen M.
At one of the schools where I teach, the circumstances have now become such that a "partnership" with China has become to some extent a relationship of economic dependence. (I needn't note who the dependent is.)
As part of this growing, warm situation, it is likely that the new chair overseeing economics, among other departments, will be a Mainland Chinese, which is a problem for me to the extent that, some months ago, I voiced my opposition to a new business course that was to be offered on how to do business with the Mainland. I put on the record in a meeting that, because the syllabus made no mention of censorship issues and the increasing demands for "cultural sensitivity" being made on media and companies, the course was severely flawed. I stipulated that this, in itself, required syllabus revision; but more critically, the course completely avoided any content that would deal with exchange rate issues in accounting for transactions, nor did it say the first thing about setting up necessary banking relationships, letters of credit, and insurance arrangements. That made the course not just pure fluff, but dangerous pure fluff since the course would be marketed to "entrepreneurs and businesspersons" wanting to get started in the "huge" and "lucrative" market that is China.
The course was approved, but only after I demanded a roll call vote so names could be on record in favor or opposition.
Now, I'm dog meat.
That's okay. I never did like being indoors all that much, anyway.
The Dark Wraith will move on before the axe comes down, of course.
Ah, there you are, BlondeSense Liz. I had sort of notice a distinct absence of female blonde sense around here. Peter can do only so much, being as he is a blonde of the male variety.
The green flag at the bottom is that of Saudi Arabia; that flag on the right is the one for the United Arab Emirates. Although the company taking over the ports has "Dubai" in its name, it's a UAE enterprise. I should note that the United Arab Emirates is emerging as quite a little powerhouse in terms of ambitions for economic and technological progress. It has recently committed billions to a new aerospace industrial center, and it stands quite impressive in terms of the beauty of its cities and even of some of its more rural areas.
I should also note that the UAE, like Dubai and certain other countries of the region, is staunchly pro-Western and, rather more importantly, pro-United States. My concerns about port authority transfer are not at all that we are putting assets into the hands of "the enemy"; instead, my grave concerns are directed to the many troubling messages this type of deal sends: it smells to High Heaven of cronyism and inside dealing; it places care, custody, and control of crucial U.S. assets in question; and it stands in stunning contrast to the utter suspicion and contempt with which this Administration is treating its own citizens.
For these reasons, I oppose this deal.
In so doing, I recognize that, at least for a while, I probably won't be getting any consulting work from Arab countries.
The Dark Wraith sees the downside of free speech.
I trust your move went more or less smoothly.
That's a nice way of putting it. It went. Thanks for the welcome back. And, uh, I don't think I could say I'm from the Land of Virtue. ;-)
Cool.
good evening dark one.
about the best whatever blog-----your commenters here affirm the value of your posts.
"it is an honor just to be nominated." no, i'm not accusing you of saying that, even remotely. and recognition is good. but for you to win, for anyone to win, the fans, or the principal in mufti, must go repeatedly to vote. i opt out. i vote here. you win best expert blog. also most deserving of wider recognition. and that one way bigtime.
okay. i had wine with dinner. i get maudlin, but not stupid. i have been around a block or two. you have a fine analytic mind and a great bunch of commenters.
i did know all the flags. and i am a glutton for econ. bring it on.
a little decaf latte would be good. hold the spam.
What is this "decaf" of which you speak, Dread Pirate Roberts?
The Dark Wraith can only wonder.