Hey all,
I�m kind of in the midst of a corporate created conspiratorial emergency on the work front. I�ve been moved to a new location with no access to those internets we all like so much and therefore I can�t read on my breaks.
Also, the place stinks. I�m not saying this attitudinally, remember, I work for the local trash hauler, so it literally does stink to high heaven. Think �Stale Decomposing Flesh� so strong that a case of Lysol won�t make it go away for at least eight hours a night.
I�m not going to complain too badly though. There are American men and women dealing with a hell of a lot more than just that right now. Also, I kind of need the money for something (cough, Boomershoot Rifle, cough).
So just a few quick few things��..
First up, you may have seen the ads for this appearing on blogs,
This is kind of a neat little deal. I already listen to Michael Medved and Larry Elder via the web, so this just kind of fits right into my plan. I now have a folder titled �Radio�
The coolest part about RightTalk is that Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America has an hour long radio show that broadcasts once a week. Mega-Kewl!
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Next up, I saw this blog ad on the Kos IMC
OilForFoodFacts.Org
Now, some of you will remember the line the left was using a while back about �The sanctions on Iraq killed 500,000 Iraqi children� yada, yada, yada. All the while ignoring the hundred or so palaces that Saddam and his family were building.
In the �Myths and Facts� section there is this �Myth�
Myth:
The OFFP did not achieve its humanitarian goals.
And here is their supplied �Fact�
Fact:
In fact, the OFFP enabled the importation of enough food to feed all 27 million Iraqis. During its existence, the average daily caloric intake of the people of Iraq increased 83 percent, from 1,200 kilocalories to 2,200 kilocalories per person per day. In addition, malnutrition rates in 2002 in the central and southern part of the country were half those in 1996 among children under the age of five; in the three northern governorates, chronic malnutrition decreased 56 percent. According to an article in the November 21, 2004 edition of The Washington Post:
�International aid efforts and the U.N. oil-for-food program helped reduce the ruinous impact of sanctions, and the rate of acute malnutrition among the youngest Iraqis gradually dropped from a peak of 11 percent in 1996 to 4 percent in 2002.�
So now, I have to wonder�. Was the left telling a lie then or is it telling a lie now, or are they both lies?
According to the add this site is paid for by the United Nations Foundation. I wonder is this where the money for the tsunami voctims went?
Of course, they have to get their digs in on the invasion,
“This same article documented that malnutrition rates in Iraq have increased substantially since the end of the Oil-for-Food Program, from 4% to 7.7%.”
Sad, sad people they are.
