Letter: Where is the news coverage about Bolivia?

all i can tell is that there are some rich families in the northern states that have the oil and the money, and the democratically elected president, evo morales, is trying to get his hands on that money. so what is the truth? is morales siezing the oil money for himself? for the good of the country? does he have any right to try to nationalize the oil revenues? is the US interviening on behalf of the anti-governement families because the US is worried that morales will restrict oil exports to the US? if morales does restrict oil exports to the US, will he then enact price gouging that will drive up the price of oil in the US? what US oil companies are the recipients of Bolivia's oil exports? what percentage of our foreign import oil does Bolivia supply? are bolivian leftists as crazy as columbian leftists? is .... nevermind.

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• Posted by todd1007 on October 6, 2008 at 2:25 a.m.
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Letter: Where is the news coverage about Bolivia?

Sorry, the paper does rely on sales. Specifically, sales of advertising. If you walk near the kansan offices, most of the conversations you'll hear will be related to someone selling ad space in the kansan. These advertisers, like most normal people, do not care about Bolivians. Bolivia, in fact, sounds like a planet to me. It is clearly not within our solar system, because I know the names of all eight planets in our solar system, and Bolivia is not one of them. Please, think of the children. God bless AMERICA.

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• Posted by pantheon on October 6, 2008 at 10:44 a.m.
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Letter: Where is the news coverage about Bolivia?

Let us not forget that the University Daily Kansan is a school newspaper. In my opinion it is there to report the useless (and sometimes not so useless) goings on at this university and in the surrounding City of Lawrence. It exists to cover issues directly relating to students. What's going on in Bolivia doesn't affect us directly.

I'm not saying that what's going on in Bolivia isn't important to you or the rest of the world, I'm just saying being the devil's advocate saying that most people here don't care, and that this story belongs in other forms of media which would be reaching people who do care. National Media outlets should be paying attention to this, as well as other global crises happening right now. But a school newspaper? maybe not so much.

That being said, sometimes I can't tell if the Kansan is actually a newspaper, or just toilet paper.

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• Posted by sjschlag on October 6, 2008 at 11:12 a.m.
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Letter: Where is the news coverage about Bolivia?

Todd: The oil and gas is in the south and the Eastern states have all the money. Today's crisis is not about oil, its about the new constitution. Evo is not a power hungry maniac, he is trying to reform the country in a way he and many deem needed and this will hurt the high classes and they are convincing the middle class it is against them and organizing an uprising.

Pantheon: take me to your leader.

sjschlag: We are demanding better news because we think student will benefit from them, and although happenings Bolivia is not relevant to a regular KU student, it can enrich his life when he is forced to read it after he's done with the Sports, the Sudoku, the crosswords and the rest of the paper but still has to kill time before his class is over.

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• Posted by javierdp on October 6, 2008 at 4:28 p.m.
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Letter: Where is the news coverage about Bolivia?

I disagree. Specially with the current economic crisis that has been triggered by the US and is now spreading globally. Now is the time when we need to be more aware of what the government is doing with your family's tax money. Money which you work for and have the right to say what should it be spent on.

Please take the time to see this video and send it to as many people as you know. Don't let your contempt for the foreign and your arrogance from your economic power keep your ignorance alive. That's what they want you to do "keep your ignorance alive".

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912

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• Posted by newearth on October 7, 2008 at 1 p.m.
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