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2005-08-17 Israel-Palestine

Laugh of the day: BBC asks Can Gaza's economy be revived?

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Posted by phil_b 2005-08-17 05:09|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Perhaps if you ejected all the non Israeli Arabs. You would have more luck catching fish in a septic tank otherwise.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-08-17 05:36|| 2005-08-17 05:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh sure, once they can have free access there will be plenty more traditional small business opportunities such as foreign cash for armed nutters, boomer cash for surviving family members, arms and munitions trading, smuggling people, counterfeit currency and goods, bomb production, rocket production, martyr production, and, of course, increased assembly line production of hate and violence. I'm sure their traditional economic activities will flourish.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-08-17 08:28|| 2005-08-17 08:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Why am I reminded of the dead Parrot routine from Monty Python?

Posted by N guard 2005-08-17 08:29|| 2005-08-17 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Of corse it can. There is no reason why Palestine can't achieve the same level of economic self-sufficiency, liberal democracy, and high culture as the rest of the Arab world.

Posted by gromgoru 2005-08-17 09:34|| 2005-08-17 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 BBC asks Can Gaza's economy be revived?

Not while there's Palestinians in it.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-17 10:01|| 2005-08-17 10:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Can't see why not, the Pals have shown such good business sense when they took over control. What company wouldn't want to invest in a place where your business could be bombed, burned, or vandalized by just about everyone that has a gripe.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-08-17 10:45|| 2005-08-17 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Who is the MSM going to blame for Gaza's downward spiral once Israel is out of there?

Oh Duh - had a blonde moment there. Nevermind....

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-08-17 12:05|| 2005-08-17 12:05|| Front Page Top

#8 "Gimme 300 joules!... CLEAR!..."

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-08-17 12:59|| 2005-08-17 12:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe the pals should stop blowing them the fuck up and act like humans, just a thought. If they would make some changes, like say, quit talking about the destruction of the Israeli state, maybe things would be different. Their little wussy intifada has really done them right, huh?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-08-17 15:08|| 2005-08-17 15:08|| Front Page Top

#10 What company wouldn't want to invest in a place where your business could be bombed, burned, or vandalized by just about everyone that has a gripe.

For a second, I thought we were talking about Detroit.

Posted by Dreadnought 2005-08-17 15:53|| 2005-08-17 15:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Sorry, bank closed. Kojo is here to make "humanitarian" withdrawl.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-17 17:14|| 2005-08-17 17:14|| Front Page Top

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