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18 Jun 2007 06:57:42 PM |
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Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states |
Mission accomplished.
Only Sudan is worse
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Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states
By David MorganMon Jun 18, 10:10 AM ET
Iraq has emerged as the world's second most unstable country, behind
Sudan, more than four years after President George W. Bush ordered the
U.S. invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, according to a survey released
on Monday.
The 2007 Failed States Index, produced by Foreign Policy magazine and
the Fund for Peace, said Iraq suffered a third straight year of
deterioration in 2006 with diminished results across a range of social,
economic, political and military indicators. Iraq ranked fourth last
year.
Afghanistan, another war-torn country where U.S. and NATO forces are
battling a Taliban insurgency nearly six years after a U.S.-led
invasion, was in eighth place.
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on terror,
both suffered over the past year," a report that accompanied the figures
said.
"Their experiences show that billions of dollars in development and
security aid may be futile unless accompanied by a functioning
government, trustworthy leaders, and realistic plans to keep the peace
and develop the economy."
The index said Sudan, the world's worst failed state, appears to be
dragging down its neighbors Central African Republic and Chad, with
violence in the Darfur region responsible for at least 200,000 deaths
and the displacement of 2 million to 3 million.
The authors of the index said one of the leading benchmarks for failed
state status is the loss of physical control of territory or a monopoly
on the legitimate use of force.
Other attributes include the erosion of legitimate authority, an
inability to provide reasonable public services and the inability to
interact with other states as a full member of the international
community.
Foreign Policy magazine is published by the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, a Washington-based think tank. The Fund for Peace
is an independent research group devoted to preventing and resolving
conflicts.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070618/ts_nm/iraq_usa_states_dc
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John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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18 Jun 2007 08:53:07 PM |
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that accompanied
the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if they
hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"What the hell is an aluminum Falcon?"
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states |
18 Jun 2007 11:47:48 PM |
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In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that accompanied
the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if they
hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
--
John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states |
19 Jun 2007 09:14:20 AM |
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if they
hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"What the hell is an aluminum Falcon?"
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states |
19 Jun 2007 05:24:05 PM |
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In article <zcKdnSFrlu4heerbnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if they
hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
I think it was deleted along with all those Emails.
--
John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states |
19 Jun 2007 07:14:20 PM |
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:24:05 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <zcKdnSFrlu4heerbnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if
they hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
I think it was deleted along with all those Emails.
Gonzales finds it quaint...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
- H. L. Mencken
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states |
20 Jun 2007 11:45:55 PM |
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In article <ZoudnYGNLYvB7OXbnZ2dnUVZ_h_inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:24:05 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <zcKdnSFrlu4heerbnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if
they hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
I think it was deleted along with all those Emails.
Gonzales finds it quaint...
Yep. I take it they deleted the Constitution right after they deleted
the Geneva Convention rules.
--
John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states |
21 Jun 2007 08:20:41 AM |
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:45:55 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <ZoudnYGNLYvB7OXbnZ2dnUVZ_h_inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:24:05 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <zcKdnSFrlu4heerbnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war
on terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be
if they hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
I think it was deleted along with all those Emails.
Gonzales finds it quaint...
Yep. I take it they deleted the Constitution right after they deleted
the Geneva Convention rules.
Deleted? Nah, Bush issued a signing statement...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"What the hell is an aluminum Falcon?"
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states |
21 Jun 2007 06:42:49 PM |
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In article <6fGdnQaxX5S05ufbnZ2dnUVZ_vvinZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:45:55 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <ZoudnYGNLYvB7OXbnZ2dnUVZ_h_inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:24:05 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <zcKdnSFrlu4heerbnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war
on terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be
if they hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
I think it was deleted along with all those Emails.
Gonzales finds it quaint...
Yep. I take it they deleted the Constitution right after they deleted
the Geneva Convention rules.
Deleted? Nah, Bush issued a signing statement...
True. If they can't delete it they just say it doesn't count.
--
John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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21 Jun 2007 09:19:09 PM |
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johac wrote:
In article <6fGdnQaxX5S05ufbnZ2dnUVZ_vvinZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:45:55 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <ZoudnYGNLYvB7OXbnZ2dnUVZ_h_inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:24:05 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <zcKdnSFrlu4heerbnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7inZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war
on terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be
if they hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape
parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
I think it was deleted along with all those Emails.
Gonzales finds it quaint...
Yep. I take it they deleted the Constitution right after they deleted
the Geneva Convention rules.
Deleted? Nah, Bush issued a signing statement...
True. If they can't delete it they just say it doesn't count.
It might help if you were actually talking about what Those Dreadful Neocons
had actually said instead of your stupid strawmen.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"Five years ago, Middle Eastern extremists were killing Israelis and
Americans. Today they are killing each other. Why is it that some people
persist in claiming that Israel's and America's Middle East policy is a
failure?" -- Alan Chamberlain"
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| User: "skyeyes" |
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19 Jun 2007 01:07:38 PM |
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On Jun 19, 7:14 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7in...@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if they
hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
Just finished Al Gore's new book _The Assault on Reason_. I fear for
the well-being of the Constitution. I really do. =-<
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes at dakotacom dot net
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| User: "johac" |
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19 Jun 2007 05:24:52 PM |
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In article <1182276458.961360.62670@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
skyeyes <skyeyes@dakotacom.net> wrote:
On Jun 19, 7:14 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7in...@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if they
hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
Just finished Al Gore's new book _The Assault on Reason_. I fear for
the well-being of the Constitution. I really do. =-<
I just got my copy yesterday. I'm worried too.
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes at dakotacom dot net
--
John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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19 Jun 2007 07:15:25 PM |
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:07:38 -0700, skyeyes wrote:
On Jun 19, 7:14 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7in...@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if
they hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
Just finished Al Gore's new book _The Assault on Reason_. I fear for
the well-being of the Constitution. I really do. =-<
Ever the optimist that I am, I've thought for a while we've entered the
decline of the empire. And, frankly, don't think it can be turned around.
(Buy gold!)
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys
on a million typewriters, and the Usenet is NOTHING
like Shakespeare!" - Blair Houghton
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02 Jul 2007 09:21:39 PM |
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:15:25 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo>
wrote in alt.atheism
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:07:38 -0700, skyeyes wrote:
On Jun 19, 7:14 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:47:48 -0700, johac wrote:
In article <Fo-dnT1kCsGequrbnZ2dnUVZ_t7in...@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:48:46 -0400, Geoff wrote:
Fred Stone wrote:
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on
terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that
accompanied the figures said.
What an amazing conclusion!
In other news, the sky is up.
Yeah...can you believe it? And just how fucked up would it be if
they hadn't greeted us with flowers and ticker-tape parades?
Not to mention, it's a good thing we found those WMDs!
And all that uranium ore from Africa.
Now if we could just find the Constitution.
(I know we had one once)
Just finished Al Gore's new book _The Assault on Reason_. I fear for
the well-being of the Constitution. I really do. =-<
Ever the optimist that I am, I've thought for a while we've entered the
decline of the empire. And, frankly, don't think it can be turned around.
Decline? Hell, it's been in free fall for decades.
--
Atheist n A person to be pitied in that he is
unable to believe things for which there is
no evidence, and who has thus deprived himself of
a convenient means of feeling superior to others.
—Chaz Bufe, The American Heretic’s Dictionary
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