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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The CDT comments are pretty silly, they
have been swayed by this crazy inside-the-beltway meme about how <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> control is
necessary to stop “other” governments from “taking over.”
See <a
href="http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2008/1/29/3494481.html">http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2008/1/29/3494481.html</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Consumers Union also takes a typical
Washington approach, doesn’t bother to look outside US borders in
formulating its position, nor did they bother to interface with any of the
groups actually involved in ICANN. To them, the NTIA proceeding is just another
<st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> gvot call for comments. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">William Drake</st1:PersonName>
[mailto:william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 14, 2008
2:31 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Governance<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [governance] <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> CS & the
JPA</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=4 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi,<br>
<br>
Wolf Ludwig just passed along the below statement from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Delhi</st1:place></st1:City> by the Consumers Union of the U.S,
which is a fairly substantial entity as CS goes. They oppose </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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