Stampede in Washington D.C. caused by the arrival of T.R.Yagain.
Terrified residents flee the wagon train and herd of cattle as Try hits town and asks, "Is this the Santa Fe Trail? "
Upstanding citizens alarmed at the stampeding in DC
Virginians overcome by the stampedes in Washington and fear overflow in their own backyard.
Well-wishers lined the streets to bid farewell to Try as his motley posse pulled outta town after their audacious bid to invade Canada was thwarted by an unknown Intrepid patriot who lowered the barrier -
Local Estate owner CalamityJane sobbed, "He is also gone with the wind which had swept through Georgia" *
Although early indications suggest he is heading for Chihuahua!
*Any similarities in the dialogue of Miss Scarlett O'Hara is purely coincidental.
Xavier Fernandez, aka ,Tryagain, hides his passion for miniature dogs, as he convinces his posse, "Mexico has lenient laws, and great food."
"Yahoo!" yell the Tryagain posse in unison, as they head South in search of small yippy dogs and a lot of stuff cooked with cilantro and cheese. Arriba!
Zelda Goodnose, a reporter of the Mitchell press, has caught up with
T.R.Yagain in Copper Canyon as he tried to kidnap 5 Chihuahuas puppies.
"Sir, you are no gentleman!" she shouted at him.
Arriba! Arriba! Shouted excited A2K members who had made the great trek westwards to the promised land when Calamity Jane rushed to share her revelation with Try.
He rejects her overtures and tells her that he is leaving. Calamity Jane cries, "But what will I do? Where will I go?" Try replies with the infamous line, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." He packs his burro and returns to his hometown of Charleston.
Devastated by her realization of true love and the consequences of her kismet, Calamity Jane decides to go back to California. With her gloved hand resting lightly on the holstered Colt ?'Peacemaker' .45 she proclaimed: "After all, there are more fish in the sea than that Grouper and tomorrow is another day!"
Fin
Comment: No Chihuahuas puppies were harmed during the construction of the paragraphs; the same cannot be said of the cilantro and cheese.
Butte, Montana residents are relieved at the news that T.R. Yagain has changed plans and will not drive his herd of contraband tiny puppies through their town.
Charleston Residents, However, Were Hoping Tryagain Would Stay Away Longer
Denver residents could not be reached for comment.
PS GO PATRIOTS!!!
Every Giants Fan Has Hope For Five More Minutes...
Here's the Kickoff.
Forecasts predict the Giants will be 3 zip up in the first quarter!
GO PATRIOTS!!!
Giants won big time!! Eat your heart out, Patriots!!!
Happy Giants fans do not realize Patriots have been replaced by killer robots from outer space. They can't play football, but there goes Tokyo!
International News:
Marcelo Thompsonat
The Oxford Internet Institute
Costa Rica and A2K under the CESCR. But why only the CESCR?
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has approved some concluding observations on reports submitted by Costa Rica with regard to its implementation of articles 16 and 17 of the ICESCR. At stake was the Central American-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), recently signed by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. The Committee manifested concerns about the intellectual property bits of the CAFTA-DR.
It is brilliant that the CESCR once again is manifesting its concern about A2K, as it had already done in its recent General Comment 17. I have two problems with adopting only this approach, however. They are better explained in an article on A2K as a human right that I have forthcoming in the UOLTJ. But a teaser follows below.
1. My first problem is that A2K is not only an Economic, Social and Cultural matter. It is also an inherently political one. A2K relates to personal autonomy, which is a core value of liberal societies - whatever flavour of political liberalism may suit your ideas. A2K increases number and diversity of choices available for a person, which is all personal autonomy is about. Personal autonomy can be approached with different lenses, according to in which realm available choices lie. And so can A2k.
We tend to focus on A2K merely under article 15(1)(a) and (b) of the ICESCR ?- everyone has the right to take part in the cultural life, and to enjoy the benefits of progress and its applications. This is an individual right. It relates to a cultural expression of personal autonomy, at the individual level. We also tend to oppose this to copyright regimes, which some see as reflected by article 15(1)(c) of the Covenant, which states that everyone has the right to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author ?- though the CESCR, in its General Comment 17, has straightforwardly expressed that intellectual property rights are NOT human rights.
It is also possible to focus on A2K ?- though this is rarely done ?- with regard to article 1 of the Covenant. A2K and autonomy do not have only an individual dimension. We are here also speaking of a collective right ?- of the collective expression of autonomy, which is the right to self-determination. As article 1 states, "all peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development".
So important is the right to self-determination, this right belonging to all peoples, that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights also reflects it in its article 1, here the tonic being the idea of peoples freely determining their political status. And it is impossible to deny the political importance that A2K assumes in the international stage. This will be indeed the biggest, the typical political struggle of the 21st century.
However, it is also impossible to deny the political importance of A2K at the individual level. Knowledge, the construction of knowledge and social meaning enables individuals to directly take part in the conduct of public affairs. It enables individuals to author their lives and to act together with others in authoring this collective, complex novel that life in society increasingly turns to be. As such, A2K is also entailed by Article 25(a) of the ICCPR, which states: Every citizen shall have the right and the opportunity, without any of the distinctions mentioned in article 2 and without unreasonable restrictions: a) To take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
So, that is brilliant that the CESCR is addressing this issue. But I want to see it also being enforced by the Human Rights Committee, as an inherently political issue, and not being discussed, discussed and discussed with real action only being possible under pressure by developing countries on other UN bodies such as WIPO.
2. My second point relates to my first point. This issue only being discussed a posteriori by a body with no enforcement power is a palliative solution that can be avoided with regard to rights relating to the ICCPR. But even with regard to rights belonging to the ICESCR, there is a guarantee in the international human rights system which is the presumption against retrogressive measures. By this guarantee we should understand that only exceptionally, only under strong and proved justification can measures that diminish the degree of protection of human rights be adopted. And we talk about a presumption exactly because the burden of proof here is inverted. Those who seek to diminish the degree of protection of human rights need to prove in advance that their intentions are justified ?- as it is presumed they are not.
Well, we already know that A2K is a human right. We also already know that intellectual property rights are not human rights. And here is the thing: to strengthen intellectual property rights beyond their already too strong degree of protection ?- which is all the TRIPS-Plus agenda is about ?- is a clear and completely unjustified retrogressive measure against the human right of access to knowledge, with all its implications to human autonomy, at the collective and individual, cultural and political levels. Those who seek to do that should prove beforehand, by unequivocal means, that their intentions are justified.
The difference here is that rights belonging to the ICCPR can be enforced. But while this matter keeps being addressed only a posteriori by bodies with no enforcement power, the US (and the EU
) will continue to systematically violate the international human rights system, with the complacence and cooperation of all developing countries that introduce retrogressive measures against A2K in their intellectual property systems.
Why not begin an international effort for A2K being also addressed under the ICCPR?
Why not indeed!
Just When Everyone Thought Tryagain Had Recovered from His Concussion!
Knowing that Tryagain has so much time on an average Monday morning,
AARP comes to mind.
Optonal second labotomy recommended for T.R. Yagain to retrieve missing instruments. Apparently, the original surgeons left a void.
