in the NY Slimes........
Iraq is a hell hole, a wasteland, the people are suffering! Oh wait, that IS what you read in the slimes!! Therefore, there must be more to the story, so i did a little research, and according to The Brookings Institution
Current % of homes with access to
Electricity 98%
Piped Water 78%
Commercial TV stations
Pre war---------- Post war
0----------54
Commercial Radio Stations
0---------- 114
Independent Newspapers
0---------- 268
Trained Judges
0---------- 800
Felony Cases Resolved
4000 (2003) ----------10,000 (est. this year)
Average monthly teacher salary
$2.00 (pre new govt)---------- $100.00 today
There's much more! It's not all good news, but it's not all bad news either and you wouldn't know it by watching or reading the main stream media. Check it out for yourself in the link above.
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that's very interesting rhinoculous. a good post.
AND, by the way, since brookings is no right-wing heritage foundation, or a neocon manhattan or hoover institute, us commies, lefties, hyppies, harpies and lib-ruhls can believe it !!
;)
That's why i picked them. I actually think they're a bunch of commies, but even they can't twist the facts that much!
Besides disseminating commie anti-American propaganda, the times are well known persecuters of shoe shines, smut peddlers, donkey pubs, cheap barbers and hatters.
rhinoculous (sorry, i prefer that to rhino-it-all), here is the link to the video on my site ... i think it may be a browser problem ... i don't know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM7MR5_v47w
That's cool, i always liked rhinoculous too. Until i realized that i know everything and i had to change it!
well, that makes sense. if you got it, you should flaunt it. that's MY motto.
but watch the video ... interested in what you and the donkey think.
Of course you liked the name Rhinoculous, like a proud father I named him, but hes almost all grown up now and is rebelling against his parental given nom de plum.
Ok, the ray of sunshine that briefly went up my ass felt good, however...
1. Oil production in Iraq is down. As per the Bush plan. Good for buddies in oil business and OPEC
2. They may technically have electricity, but only for 3 to 5 hours a day in Baghdad. actually worse than pre war.
3. While water is great, it also is quite polluted...traces of Ecoli and Depleted uranium are found in nearly every water sample. Cancer rates are through the roof.
4.Independent news? Come on we have groups over there that are paid to disseminate glowing reviews of the occupation. paid editorials posing as news.
5. More crime requires more judges.
6. teachers are getting paid more. I suppose there was little money for them in the days of the trade sanctions. (because they had WMD, right?)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002690071
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