Tag Archive 'united states'

Perspectives, California v Iraq

Posted by Moonage on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Fun with Numbers

A lot is being made over another milestone in Iraq.  The 4,000th US soldier died since the war started in 2003.   That’s five years.  That’s about 800 a year.  That’s a lot.  But, not much is being made over the perspective of this.  For instance, about 2,000 people were killed in 2006 ( the most [...]

Since when is China part of North America?

Posted by Moonage on 28 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Idiot of the day, International Issues

The amazing thing about this one so far is it seems only my buds in at Independent Sources seem to have noticed:
Quoting Barack:
“In Youngstown, Ohio, I talked to workers who have seen their plants shipped overseas as a consequence of bad trade deals like NAFTA, literally seeing equipment unbolted from the floors of factories and [...]