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To: Keith Feral who wrote (149261)	10/27/2004 2:03:37 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (4) of 281500

I have absolutely no regard for the competing interests of our economic adversaries in Western Europe. They are the most corrupt business leaders in the world, protecting their own interests at any expense. And you base this opinion on what? Facts? Conveniently forgetting about Savings and Loans, Enron, Worldcom, Anderson Consulting, hundreds of dot bomb blowups, Tyco... it would take me an hour to put together a comprehensive list for the last decade or two. And the trend has been worsening, not improving, over two decades. Here's a handy fact: International Corruption Index - 2003 ...where 10 = highly clean, 1 very dirty Source: US DEPARTMENT OF STATE 9.7 Finland 9.5 Denmark 9.3 Sweden 8.8 Switzerland 8.8 Norway 8.8 Australia 8.7 Canada 8.7 United Kingdom (in western Europe by the way) 8.0 Hong Kong (what's this? China protectorate less corrupt than US?) 7.7 Germany 7.6 Belgium 7.5 Ireland 7.5 USA 7.4 Chile (whats this? USA ranked next to Chile? Oh, that's right, Henry Kissinger was telling the Chileans to do their human rights abuses quickly "so they could return to normality" - so it makes sense to be paired with Chile I guess) 6.9 France 6.6 Portugal You can claim a minor moral victory - the US is higher than France. Break out the party balloons! Just don't fill them with chemical weapons that Reagan didn't mind ignoring.

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