on july 1st, china opens its tibet railway. tibetans oppose the railway on the grounds that it is a tool beijing will use to overwhelm the tibetan population, exploit tibet's resources, dilute tibetan culture and devastate the tibetan environment. we declare july 1st a black day for tibet, and wear these black armbands to express our rejection of the railway. we reject the railway just as we reject china's illegitimate rule in tibet. reads on the 
reject the railway website. voices of the world makes us aware of the ongoing discussions.
wenn der ausbau von verkehrsnetzen auch gerne als fortschritt gesehen und gepriesen wird, so kann dies auch grundlegend anders eingeschätzt werden, in tibet etwa. mehr darüber hier von
savetibet.org (pdf, englisch).
the president] shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the supreme court, and all other officers of the united states, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior afficers, as they think proper, in the president alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments. (u.s. constitution, quoted via wikipedia)
bestseller von allen drury aus dem jahr 1959 dreht otto preminger seinen film advise % consent. sauseschritt gibt zu, was offensichtlich ist: fast jeden abend ein film premingers: es wird immer spannender!
