tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post71247479859138950..comments2023-12-25T10:47:28.707-05:00Comments on Work of the Poet: Ice: Currency of Last Resortmaryt/theteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516961981692076719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-6685536614838867662007-09-10T12:17:00.000-04:002007-09-10T12:17:00.000-04:00Oh...this is a good one. Thanks for sending this o...Oh...this is a good one. Thanks for sending this one my way.<BR/><BR/>At first I was thinking something along the lines of "Ice Pirates" or something of that nature! XD<BR/><BR/>Ok, seriously though. What this article does not tell you, is that Baghdad (and Iraq in general) was already in a state of decline well before the US went in there and broke things. Saddam devastated the economy of Iraq by waging his war on Iran in the 80s. <BR/><BR/>Now, it does mention that in Baghdad, there are places that are without power, air conditioning and water for most of a day, well...what about those smaller cities and towns that are well away from Baghdad? Many of them have not had any of those simple "luxeries" for more than 30 years! How are these places any different? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, yeah, it sucks over there...it is hot, it is not terribly fun, but it is not unbearable. You get used to it after awhile, and once you do, you stop taking certain things for granted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-59449479230455600692007-07-30T10:08:00.000-04:002007-07-30T10:08:00.000-04:00It's a cryin' shame, jurassic.It's a cryin' shame, jurassic.maryt/theteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516961981692076719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-88611917856856812702007-07-29T19:23:00.000-04:002007-07-29T19:23:00.000-04:00The Iceman cometh... not.You realize, of course, t...The Iceman cometh... <I>not</I>.<BR/><BR/>You realize, of course, that the goal was never to bring Iraq into the age of modern democracy, don't you? It was all a massive lab experiment into "free markets" (see Orleans, New) that was hideously delineated by all the outsourced work freely given out like pieces of candy by Bush and Rumsfeld. Did you know that private security contractors like Blackwater actually ate up almost a third of Iraq's "reconstruction" budget?jurassicporkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673461210301442978noreply@blogger.com