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India? Really? Are you kidding me with this shit? (Original Post) elehhhhna Sep 2012 OP
Whoza whatza now? Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #1
What are you talking about? southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #2
? CJCRANE Sep 2012 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author cthulu2016 Sep 2012 #6
oh 'the thing'....???????????????????????????????????? spanone Sep 2012 #9
It appears the OP refers to an emabssy attack of some sort (?) cthulu2016 Sep 2012 #4
Yes! India! DEAL WITH IT! randome Sep 2012 #5
attacking our embassy in chennai elehhhhna Sep 2012 #7
We don't have an embassy there. Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #12
okay, never mind elehhhhna Sep 2012 #24
I don't know. But I'm glad Obama is in charge. randome Sep 2012 #15
Yep, no joke. That shit is India. arcane1 Sep 2012 #8
You need medical attention promptly! nt jody Sep 2012 #10
I think we are supposed to be able to read elehhhhna's mind waddirum Sep 2012 #11
India just opened to global behemoths like Wal-Mart??? RKP5637 Sep 2012 #13
Now I get it, thanks. antiquie Sep 2012 #20
Considering everything that's happened... regnaD kciN Sep 2012 #14
Think how history could have been changed if it happened when shrub, cheney and dumbsfeld 2on2u Sep 2012 #22
This is a mind reading thread. sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #16
To be honest, I sort of guessed what you were implying CJCRANE Sep 2012 #17
whatthefuckever. I hate these posts. cali Sep 2012 #18
fuckin' eh William Seger Sep 2012 #19
Hey, we figured it out. Lighten up, guys! randome Sep 2012 #21
cripes, thanks. tough crowd. it's all over the news -- elehhhhna Sep 2012 #23

Response to CJCRANE (Reply #3)

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)
13. India just opened to global behemoths like Wal-Mart???
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 06:42 PM
Sep 2012

It this maybe it?

NEW DELHI — After years of intense debate, India’s government agreed on Friday to open the country’s retail sector to global behemoths like Wal-Mart and Ikea, pushing for a profound shift in India’s economic and political direction.
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India is still mostly a nation of small shopkeepers and farmers, and its economy is heavily controlled by the government, a legacy from decades of socialist policies. But a sharp slowdown in economic growth and a sense of impending political collapse prompted the government to finally act on long-pending proposals to loosen market restrictions in hopes of luring more foreign investment and expertise.

“The time for big-bang reforms has come,” the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, said, “and if we go down, we will go down fighting.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/business/global/india-backs-foreign-investment-in-retail-sector.html

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
14. Considering everything that's happened...
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 06:43 PM
Sep 2012

...I can't see why anyone would be surprised. The only question, IMHO, is why it didn't happen a lot sooner.

 

2on2u

(1,843 posts)
22. Think how history could have been changed if it happened when shrub, cheney and dumbsfeld
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 06:56 PM
Sep 2012

decided they needed to go on a rampage, any rampage at all. They might have and I say MIGHT have thought differently about launching their turkey shoot.

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
17. To be honest, I sort of guessed what you were implying
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 06:47 PM
Sep 2012

but it helps to have a link or details about where you heard this instead of keeping us in the dark.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
18. whatthefuckever. I hate these posts.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 06:49 PM
Sep 2012

It's so rude to post an op that doesn't give a clue as to what it's about and is posted breathlessly as if it's the most important fucking thing in the world.

If it's so astonishing, fucking tell us what it's about. duh.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
21. Hey, we figured it out. Lighten up, guys!
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 06:54 PM
Sep 2012

If nothing else, this could turn into quite a GD/meta thread.

But as for the American consulate being attacked in India, well, that is a head-scratcher. Has it simply become 'fashionable' to hate America?

 

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)
23. cripes, thanks. tough crowd. it's all over the news --
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 07:00 PM
Sep 2012


the excuse that it's b/c they're getting walmarts is ridiculous.
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