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2006-12-06 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 IOW, DEMOCAPITALISM + FREE ENTERPRISE/MARKETS + FREEDOMS WORK, COMMUNISM-SOCIALISM even its most benevolent form(s) STILL FAILS = IS FAR FAR FAR BEHIND. Once again, a reason for 9-11 and Global Anti-Americanism.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-06 00:54|| 2006-12-06 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 As various loggers remind us > WELFARISM = re-distribution, re-alignment, and substitution of wealth + revenue-generating sectors, where in simple terms Producers unilater or as [Govt-led]public policy take care of non-Producers. AID invols littel or none of above. WOT > WAR FOR THE WORLD > ANTI-US LEFTS = Producers $$$ taking care of Non-Producers WHILE NON-PRODUCERS CONTROL + MAKE THE RULES FOR EVERYONE. WEAK CONTROL THE STRONG WHILE THE WEAK DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE=REFORM ANYTHING, i.e GLOBAL SLAVE STATE = GLOBAL ANARCHY/MAFIA STATE. * FOX > NORTH KOREA = belabeled as a CRIMINAL STATE???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-06 01:06|| 2006-12-06 01:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Graphic needs coffee alert warning.

(cleaning monitor, mopping desk)

Outstanding!

Posted by Quana 2006-12-06 06:09|| 2006-12-06 06:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Good thing we have the UN to tell us that wealth is unevenly distributed worldwide. I breathlessly await their next report...."Water: It's Wet".

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-12-06 06:19|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[ http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-12-06 06:19|| Front Page Top

#5 And I bet the wealth distribution is the most uneven in the poorest countries. And the most 'socialistic' countries. But I repeat myself.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-12-06 07:08|| 2006-12-06 07:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Socialisms method of raising the per capita wealth was to kill off people until the remainder were convinced to be happy with what little they had.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2006-12-06 07:23|| 2006-12-06 07:23|| Front Page Top

#7 If you want to get rich, you can work hard to earn it, or marry it, like I did. Otherwise, you're stuck in Iraq....just joking *loopy grin*

Posted by John Fn Kerry">John Fn Kerry 2006-12-06 07:53|| 2006-12-06 07:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Beat me to it, Blondie. I wonder how much money went from the UN budget to fund this "research" - did they even think to use it to help the "bottom half"? Didn't think so.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2006-12-06 08:48|| 2006-12-06 08:48|| Front Page Top

#9 When Bill Richardson [now governor and wannabe presidential candidate] was appointed ambassador to the UN, one of the things he did was to sit and talk with the maintenance personnel in the UN cafeteria just to get to know the people. The employees were shocked, shocked because no one of importance had ever done such a thing. Yep, for all their talk about the poor and working class, the UN bureaucrats were and are the classical model of limousine socialists. Socialism for them is simply the modern religious citation of holy chants to rationalize and justify their position of power and rule over the vast minions. For them the concept of consent of the govern is as alien as the landscape of the moon Titan. These apparatchiks are only concerned about the issue as a hitter is in selecting the club to beat the ball [the opposition to their power] into submission.

Posted by Procopius2k 2006-12-06 09:52|| 2006-12-06 09:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Proc, the perfect description of the UN was coined by a blog, the Diplomad (no longer exists but sorely missed) during the Tsunami where the UN swept in (after a month - had to have 24Hr catering and a 5-star hotel) and took all the credit:

Vampire Vulture Elite

They sweep in and suck the blood out of their victims.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-12-06 10:10|| 2006-12-06 10:10|| Front Page Top

#11 One of the interesting statements comes from a US Contractor in Iraq. He says a 2 hr job in the States will take all week when performed by Iraqis.

When you take into account that Iraqis are more diligent than most Arabs, you realize the productivity gap between our societies.

Do you think that might have something to do with wealth distribution?

Al

Posted by frozen al">frozen al 2006-12-06 11:47|| 2006-12-06 11:47|| Front Page Top

#12 No, Al, just another example of The Man with his boot on the neck of oppressed peepuls everywhere.

Or something like that...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-12-06 12:00|| 2006-12-06 12:00|| Front Page Top

#13 All your wealth are belong to us!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-12-06 13:15|| 2006-12-06 13:15|| Front Page Top

#14 IF you tracked government interference in the economy you'd probably get a same picture as the wealth but reversed.

I would love to see an African nation establish a free-trade city identical to Hong Kong in laws and attitude and see what happened. My guess is you'd have a very wealthy city.

I would love to seen a free-trade city in India, or Latin America for that matter.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-12-06 15:39|| 2006-12-06 15:39|| Front Page Top

#15 frozen al, that comment reminds me of one I read in the book Baghdad without a Map. In the section on Sudan he mentioned how the Egyptians considered the Sudanese lazy, which was a mind-blowing thing when he considered the fact the average Egyptian worked like four hours a week.

I bet with a proper profit motive things would slowly change.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-12-06 15:41|| 2006-12-06 15:41|| Front Page Top

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