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		<title>By: TourPro</title>
		<link>http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/2006/08/oaxaca-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-9229</link>
		<dc:creator>TourPro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Normally I&#039;d dump the spammy comments, but I like fish, so this one can stay.

Mmmmm. Fish Tacos.</description>
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<p>Mmmmm. Fish Tacos.</p>
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		<title>By: Job Othoniel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Job Othoniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very funny.

So let’s see how it works here…

Are these postings any-one can post, or special-one in particular?
At least it looks like that, around here.
Someone connected to this org makes a fake posting and then the whole repertoire breaks loose?
Maybe I’m mistaken; therefor this is a test.


job othoniel
http://www.ifishmexico.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very funny.</p>
<p>So let’s see how it works here…</p>
<p>Are these postings any-one can post, or special-one in particular?<br />
At least it looks like that, around here.<br />
Someone connected to this org makes a fake posting and then the whole repertoire breaks loose?<br />
Maybe I’m mistaken; therefor this is a test.</p>
<p>job othoniel<br />
<a href="http://www.ifishmexico.com" >http://www.ifishmexico.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: akaMAT</title>
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		<dc:creator>akaMAT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is the cartoon the list?

No, the broken link (that you discovered, thank you) is posted below the graphic.

Are Chinese corporations exempt?
Not sure, none appear on the list.

How about Venezuelan?
Again not sure none are on the list.

I’m pretty sure that the Burger King franchisee isn’t sending any money to anyone now.

Burger isn&#039;t on the list, however the parent company maybe.

I see you have only started to scratch the surface of what’s really going on.

Good luck in your search.
Thanks for Visiting!
akaMAT at The Open Piehole

&lt;em&gt;Editor&#039;s Note: This comment was moved to Oaxaca - Watch (&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Corporate Criminals in Oaxaca&quot; href=&quot;http://akamat.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/corporate-criminals-in-oaxaca-2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Corporate Criminals in Oaxaca&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is the cartoon the list?</p>
<p>No, the broken link (that you discovered, thank you) is posted below the graphic.</p>
<p>Are Chinese corporations exempt?<br />
Not sure, none appear on the list.</p>
<p>How about Venezuelan?<br />
Again not sure none are on the list.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that the Burger King franchisee isn’t sending any money to anyone now.</p>
<p>Burger isn&#8217;t on the list, however the parent company maybe.</p>
<p>I see you have only started to scratch the surface of what’s really going on.</p>
<p>Good luck in your search.<br />
Thanks for Visiting!<br />
akaMAT at The Open Piehole</p>
<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This comment was moved to Oaxaca &#8211; Watch (<a target="_blank" title="Corporate Criminals in Oaxaca" href="http://akamat.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/corporate-criminals-in-oaxaca-2/" >Corporate Criminals in Oaxaca</a>)</em></p>
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		<title>By: TourPro</title>
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		<dc:creator>TourPro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Funny thing, I was just reading about a movement - in Europe I think - to eliminate traffic rules.  Basically there are no controls or even lanes, it&#039;s all based on courtesy.  Apparently, this same convention doesn&#039;t work so well in Oaxaca.  Thanks for the note Doc, the common hazards are the most concern to me.  Just last week my wife told me that due to transportation issues, they were forced to take a pickup truck taxi.  Here we are constantly reminded about child seats, but there, my 5 year old simply hangs on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funny thing, I was just reading about a movement &#8211; in Europe I think &#8211; to eliminate traffic rules.  Basically there are no controls or even lanes, it&#8217;s all based on courtesy.  Apparently, this same convention doesn&#8217;t work so well in Oaxaca.  Thanks for the note Doc, the common hazards are the most concern to me.  Just last week my wife told me that due to transportation issues, they were forced to take a pickup truck taxi.  Here we are constantly reminded about child seats, but there, my 5 year old simply hangs on.</p>
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		<title>By: The Doctor</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Doctor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know you are concerned about your family and I write this in order to give you insight into the daily routine here in the city of Oaxaca and how it is different from six months ago when the crisis started.  Yesterday the so-called Mega-march passed by my office as do all of the marches that lead from the Secretary of Education (SEP) offices headed towards the zócalo.  For years we have seen these marches and this one was on the small side.  Our office is only a few miles from the zócalo and I was completely unaware the protestors had clashed with the Federal Police until I saw it in this morning’s paper. That is to say, the occasional violence is not what stands out in my mind.  

For me, what are notable are things like the number of traffic lights that do not work.  There are numerous street projects that are in process and they are causing the reconfiguration of the existing lights so there are many that have been unplugged as they wait to hook up the new ones.  Sometimes the police are out directing traffic and sometimes not.  It seems if they are threatened by the APPO they tend not to show up to direct traffic.  Worse, there are many light bulbs out and there is one major intersection near downtown where none of the ten or so stoplights have worked for months.  Occasionally there are traffic cops at this intersection which is about a half mile from the AAPO stronghold at Cinco Señores, which might explain their absenteeism.  Early in the morning last week, I was driving my family and we almost had a collision at an intersection where the other car did not stop because her red-light was not working.  I am aware of at least four or five burnt out lights in the downtown area alone.  About four months ago I moved from the East side to the North side of town.  I was in my old neighborhood the other day and a green turning arrow there has been burnt out for about six months now.  

This is not to say that this is all due to the current conflict.  The city officials are slow to fix burnt out traffic light bulbs anyway.  The current conflict only has made it worse.  The litigious society of the United States has cured these types of ills.  Here in Mexico, people to not run out and sue the government when an accident occurs because the traffic lights are not working, or there is a pothole the size of a VW Bug.  Instead they learn to drive more cautiously, but much of the time that is not enough.  The barricades have caused already stressed traffic to become more stressed as people try to avoid them.  This causes tempers to flair as our patience gives out.  The police are not out to help and when they are we just resent them for not dealing with the barricades instead of the traffic jams.  

This is just one of numerous examples I could site.  As a North American you have no idea how stressful and as a result, dangerous, the simple task of driving can be here in Oaxaca.  As a result, it seems that a human life in Oaxaca is less valuable than one in say, Cleveland, Ohio because, in a sense, it actually is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know you are concerned about your family and I write this in order to give you insight into the daily routine here in the city of Oaxaca and how it is different from six months ago when the crisis started.  Yesterday the so-called Mega-march passed by my office as do all of the marches that lead from the Secretary of Education (SEP) offices headed towards the zócalo.  For years we have seen these marches and this one was on the small side.  Our office is only a few miles from the zócalo and I was completely unaware the protestors had clashed with the Federal Police until I saw it in this morning’s paper. That is to say, the occasional violence is not what stands out in my mind.  </p>
<p>For me, what are notable are things like the number of traffic lights that do not work.  There are numerous street projects that are in process and they are causing the reconfiguration of the existing lights so there are many that have been unplugged as they wait to hook up the new ones.  Sometimes the police are out directing traffic and sometimes not.  It seems if they are threatened by the APPO they tend not to show up to direct traffic.  Worse, there are many light bulbs out and there is one major intersection near downtown where none of the ten or so stoplights have worked for months.  Occasionally there are traffic cops at this intersection which is about a half mile from the AAPO stronghold at Cinco Señores, which might explain their absenteeism.  Early in the morning last week, I was driving my family and we almost had a collision at an intersection where the other car did not stop because her red-light was not working.  I am aware of at least four or five burnt out lights in the downtown area alone.  About four months ago I moved from the East side to the North side of town.  I was in my old neighborhood the other day and a green turning arrow there has been burnt out for about six months now.  </p>
<p>This is not to say that this is all due to the current conflict.  The city officials are slow to fix burnt out traffic light bulbs anyway.  The current conflict only has made it worse.  The litigious society of the United States has cured these types of ills.  Here in Mexico, people to not run out and sue the government when an accident occurs because the traffic lights are not working, or there is a pothole the size of a VW Bug.  Instead they learn to drive more cautiously, but much of the time that is not enough.  The barricades have caused already stressed traffic to become more stressed as people try to avoid them.  This causes tempers to flair as our patience gives out.  The police are not out to help and when they are we just resent them for not dealing with the barricades instead of the traffic jams.  </p>
<p>This is just one of numerous examples I could site.  As a North American you have no idea how stressful and as a result, dangerous, the simple task of driving can be here in Oaxaca.  As a result, it seems that a human life in Oaxaca is less valuable than one in say, Cleveland, Ohio because, in a sense, it actually is.</p>
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