雲程的雙魚鏡

【Comment】

VOA's reported the "New Actors and Factors in Cross Strait Relations" of Elliot School of International School on Jan. 29. It is much clearer on Robert Sutter's opinion, which local media here in Taiwan fail to do.
We learn from VOA's report that the US scholars could not be sure if MYJ will sabotage the framework of the west Pacific rim for the last 60 years. They urged that it is time to re-evaluate strategic situation there and to exam many critical issues. That showed their anxiety on Taiwan under MYJ's rule.

2009.01.31的今天中天新聞播出，美國學者喬治城大學的沙特（Robert Sutter）又表達台灣對美國美國也有關係、台灣應有第二套應變計畫等。應記者臧國華的詢問後，沙特回答了他曾經表示過的意見，就是台灣當局再這樣下去，若有必要時，美國應與日本，甚至於不排除直接與中國協商（台灣問題）。他說，中國會很高興此。
沙特的意見不新鮮。他在「馬」上任只約一個月的2008年6月下旬就發表此意見於The Winds of Change in Taiwan: An Early Assessment of the Ma Government's Policy Directions研討會中

春節休息，上街閒逛，不意，產權屬於台北市產的可憐樹木（日新國小與建國北路），在寒風中蕭瑟。
難道？台北市在舉行砍樹比賽，誰砍的多，誰就可以升官？或者有績效獎金可拿？
因為要舉辦「花卉」博覽會，所以，「樹木」就不重要嗎？

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金融海嘯中，主權財富基金受傷累累。2008年，阿拉伯國家的主權財富基金損失15％，超過一兆美元；淡馬錫損失23億美元；中投，投資摩根士丹利投資56億美元、黑石投資30億美元，結果股票下跌了近80％。這幾乎血本無歸的慘狀，在各國國內都引起很大的政治壓力。

There is no free lunch. Politico tends to cut tax and raise welfare to win votes. Yet, the debt exists until it is paid, even the politicos resign or emigrate.

天下無白吃午餐，欠債必須還錢。任何形式的賒帳必須謹慎。政治上卻以「市義」（減稅、提高福利）為名快意賒帳，得到滿堂的即時掌聲之餘，債務卻如影隨形－－無論市義的主事者下台、移民，債務永遠跟隨。

【Comment】

Former AIT Chairperson Nat Bellocchi et al and Jereme Cohen wrote three open letters to MYJ paid deep concern of the judiciary incidents respectively. It is very rare that international scholars concern same issues repeatedly for it is same rare that a full democratic nation deteriorates so quickly just in few months.