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jerryvandenbrink/colson: @ Utomo: Your posts, your grandchildren, were my inspiration :) .

Utomo: Wow...I am glad to see you together again with your beloved grandson Kris !

Colson: @ Utomo: Thanks :) . Hope your 2013 may be healthy, happy and prosperous too.

Utomo: Wish you Great Holidays & Happy New Year 2013

jerry van den brink/colson: @ Luke: It would be worth the money, it would redeem Jakarta's historical cultural debt and it would be great to all inhabitants. So [...]

Luke: Hi Colson, Kota Tua has so much to offer once you are there and any improvement and change to the area to make tourist [...]

jerry van den brink/colson: I'll check my email :) .

Uti: Hi, Colson! I sent you an email. Just so you know, in case my email went to spam. :D

jerry van den brink/colson: @ Harry Nizam: Hope to keep it that way :) .

Harry Nizam: Hi Colson, your blog is okay now.

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Agression in Religion’s Name.

The Indonesian president likes to show off the country’s  good reputation in the world. Indeed he got overwhelming positive international feedback in the course of his administration. I’m sure that also during his imminent visit to Berlin and Budapest, Chancellor Angela Merkel and prime minister Viktor Orban ( who himself by the way is very ill [...]

Love and looming danger

The EU ambassador in Jakarta wrote a love letter to  Indonesia on February the 14th. He apparently went cruising. Or perhaps he’s already courting the Garuda bird. He praises the great Indonesian people, the fascinating Indonesian diversity, the wonderful Indonesian products, the beautiful Indonesian landscapes and the ever improving Indonesian tourist infrastructure, including more and more golf [...]

Freedom of the Press and Iriana’s seating order.

 

It’s unfortunate – but just natural- authorities don’t like being criticized. They, quite understandably,  are inclined to say:’Free press is fine – but shouldn’t poke it’s nose into my affairs and least of all tell me I’m wrong’. Therefore censorship and libel laws have been invented. If applied strictly they almost prohibit publications on incompetence, [...]

The necessary irritants

It’s not easy to be a president.

Journalists, good journalists, covering the life and times of politicians, occasionally are critical bullies. Actually not occasionally but most of the time. They have to be because it’s their mission to be necessary irritants to authorities. It’s their profession to keep an eye on people we vote in [...]

Presidential Dilemmas

Most of us meet some dilemmas  in  life. By the way he or she deals with them a person reveals his or her true colours.

The life of someone at the top, for instance a president’s life, to me appears to be abundant with that kind of inconvenient, awkward, painful choices between two evils. [...]

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