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From: U.S. State Department to send diplomatic advisers to American cities …
“Hachigian hopes the system, called the Lewis Local Diplomat Program, will encourage local leaders to be more globally engaged so “they can bring back investment that creates jobs.” … may I offer a translation and a brief comment …
“This is part of a training program to turn “local leaders” into Globalists.” The end of “their” (I use “their” to be preemptively unoffensive, we should use nonsensical personal pronouns in reference to anyone from “our current administrative unpleasantness*, yes, yes I am aware that my use of “their” is problematic … but what can one do? … when in Capitoline Hill …) statement is of course the “carrot”.
From Their “Biography” at DoS … Ambassador Nina Hachigian (ret) is the first U.S. Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy (WTF? emphasis mine). In this role she seeks to bring benefits to, and learn from, local leaders in the United States, and connect them to counterparts around the world.
Before rejoining the Department, Ambassador Hachigian served as the first Deputy Mayor for International Affairs for the City of Los Angeles.
Wow! Their gig in LA certainly turned out well now didn’t it? … Oh, and by the way, another quick question: as Dr. Phil would say, “How is that whole various and sundry three letter agency (along with the MIC) driven Global Diplomacy thing workin’ out for ya?”
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for those who might read this and were not taught such things
Singular Plural
First Person I, me we, us
Second Person. you you
Third Person she, her, he, him, it they, them
… the software rules screw up the pronoun chart no matter how I type it in … apologies
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