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Senator
Happy Birthday, Peoples Republic of China !!
Today is communist China’s 65th birthday. Chinese people are celebrating around the planet. In Hong Kong they’ve even shut off the internet in tribute, and throngs have taken to the streets in joy.
I know what some of you are thinking. You never expected China to last this long. And in truth, the various premiers, gangs of 4, and committees of the proletariat didn’t either, otherwise they’d probably have taken better care of their nation. At one point they were on a trajectory to live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse. Asians usually look younger than they actually are, anyway - that's part of the reason asian mail order brides do so well.
Imperial China – over 500 years - invented gunpowder, paper, mechanical printing, and kites. The people’s republic of china during its brief existence has given us the one child policy/forced abortions, counterfeit merchandise on a mass scale, and mental institutions for nobel peace prize winners. They’re certainly on a roll.
I’m not immune to the notion that despite all its problems, modern China is still probably a better place to live than North Korea or Pakistan. I simply wish the leaders of china would stop sharing nuclear weapons technology with those nations.
full disclosure - also celebrating today - Jimmy Carter (90); Randy Quaid (64); Zach Galifinakis (45); Lil Chuckee (rapper) (19)
