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2009-01-02 Afghanistan

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Posted by ryuge 2009-01-02 06:24|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 That's progress---used to be they've solved all their conflicts of interest by force.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-02 08:00|| 2009-01-02 08:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Kept afloat by billions of dollars in American and other foreign aid, the government of Afghanistan is shot through with corruption and graft

Why it sounds just like.....Washington. Dodd, Franks, Stevens, et al. It's just a more civilized game to get the money and perks into 're-election funds coffers' and put family and friends on the payroll, so you're open to bailing out your good old buddies over at the UAW et al who've kept it up for so many years. Captain Renault would be just as good a pic for this article as Tammany Hall.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-02 08:14|| 2009-01-02 08:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Washington, Chicago, Albany, or any other Northeastern city. Can you say "Federal funding and grants"?

Posted by Pappy 2009-01-02 11:36|| 2009-01-02 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 From the headline, I thought this was about Illinois.

Or D.C.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-02 20:24|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-02 20:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Uh, uh, SONG LYRIC > EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD, THEY COME TO AFGHANISTAN!?

So-o-o, we're NOT talking about ARUBA???

Gut Nuthin.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-01-02 23:22|| 2009-01-02 23:22|| Front Page Top

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