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...Read my pen. Americans admired Bill Clinton's nerve and determination last January when he told Congress he was willing to compromise on every aspect of his proposal except one: universal coverage. "If you send me legislation that does not guarantee every American private health insurance that can never be taken away," he told Congress in January, "you will force me to take this pen, veto the legislation, and we'll come right back here and start all over again...
...such controversies were happening only in Rome, they might be dismissed as stray spikes on an otherwise healthy European heartline. But other nations are experiencing their own unhealthy twitches. France has its National Front, led by the anti-immigration populist Jean-Marie Le Pen. He has led the party to a solid 10% vote in a series of elections dating back to 1988, despite a penchant for crude crematorium quips, a reportedly secret admiration for Hitler and a not-so-secret racism. The extreme-right neofascist British National Party, which advocates anti-immigration policies, last year startled the political establishment...
Rabin had discovered that Arafat failed to pen his name to six accompanying maps that spelled out important terms of the deal. The Prime Minister threatened to quit the ceremony unless Arafat relented. Four minutes later, the parties reappeared. The audience applauded in relief as Arafat returned to the desk and methodically wrote in annotations above his signature on the documents...
...wouldn't want to end up with a cane on your smooth, unscarred, American tuches. But I'm sure you'll understand the inconvenience. Because you understand that in Singapore, we care about law and order. Talk to you soon, and be careful on those American streets! Your content pen...
There you have it, straight from my Singaporean pen-pal. I don't know about you, but I think I'll leave the "visiting" of Singapore to those big American conglomerates who make fine products for us. I never liked pinatas anyway...