wow even South Korea got more medals than Canada. Opportunity = USA )highest
standard of living).
>Subject: Re: Standard of Living
>From: "RelaxSingh" relaxsingh@kidki.com
>Date: 8/24/2004 2:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id:
>
>And Halliburton (where Cheney was former CEO) has overcharged some $60
>million in fuel for the Iraq (in a "no bid" contract) and has charged
>$20 per meal of a US soldier in Iraq.
>
>A lot of money being funneled into the Iraq war ends up in the hands of
>private contracting companies (friends of the Rebublicans).
>
>As regards incarceration, you are right. There are some 2 million
>people permanently in jails in the US. And plenty of death row cases
>where the inmates were later found to be innocent (the lucky ones due
>to DNA testing).
>
>Yes, olympics has nothing to do with standard of living, because even a
>dirt poor country like N Korea can garner a few medals. I believe
>Canada has done reasonably well so far with 7 medals, versus 70 for the
>US which has 10 times the population.
>
>Either, this bcvancouver guy ("bs" vancouver) guy simply does not get
>it or he is trying to emulate the Americans who never grow up (like
>their president).
>
>
>Bosco wrote:
>> Good points. Check out
>>
>> http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Crime-in-Canada
>>
>> for more comparison. The United States has the HIGHEST per capita
>rate
>> of incarceration of anywhere in the world. This includes North
>Korea,
>> Iran, Cuba, all those "evil" places. And many of the crimes are
>> political, in the sense that they are victimless and nobody is hurt.
>
>> People have been jailed on federal raps for possessing marijuana for
>> medical reasons in states that specifically allowed marijuana for
>that
>> purpose, as one sad example.
>>
>> What Olympic medals has to do with anything is anybody's guess. My
>> guess is that somebody needs to attend more high school sports events
>
>> and cheer with his classmates, and spend less time writing obnoxious,
>
>> insulting, and false posts to this newsgroup. A little more parental
>
>> supervision might also be a good idea.
>>
>> Last time I checked, Ken Lay, Enron's CEO is still free. I doubt he
>> will ever see the inside of a jail, being a huge contributor to Bush
>and
>> friend of the Bush family.
>>
>> RelaxSingh wrote:
>>
>> >Regarding Enron, notice how quickly Martha Stewart was prosecuted
>and
>> >convicted on a minor infraction (lying to Federal officials) whereas
>as
>> >Enron guys' (who are paypals of Cheney and the Rebublicans) cases
>are
>> >being dragged on in Texas courthouses.
>> >
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