If you do, it appears that you are in the minority. It doesn’t look so bad from the air. (Don’t know when this shot was taken… I’m guessing before the November assaults) From MilitaryUnits.com It has a nice river running through it… a picturesque city of 300,000. As a reminder, this is what happened in …
Category Archives: Politics
The Value of Alaskan oil.
Today marked an interesting day in the Oil Economy. First, Oil hit an all time intra-day high of $56.60. Second, the US Senate rejected, by the slimmest of margins (51-49), a motion to halt the approval of development of the oil rich ANWR area of Alaska. Proponents of developing ANWR love to say that it …
Simple question on Iraqi democracy
Name one Democracy where the winning party must achieve something other than a simple majority (50%+1) in order to govern: Corrected/Updated US Senate: No House: No Presidency: No Canada: No UK: No France: No Israel: No Iran: No South Africa: No Sweden: No Afghan Presidency: No Lebanon: No Iraq: Yes, 75% of vote is needed …