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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (14651)9/19/2002 10:57:09 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
Sounds like a very interesting game indeed. I'll have to pass, because to do it justice I would have to spend more time than I'm willing. I hope somebody else will take you on however.

I remember only two pieces of useful information; one for each. The Shaw married a beautiful American. Castro used a Model 70 Winchester 30-06 when he was a revolutionary, which makes him a fine judge of firearms. So, you see, even the most vile snakes have redeeming attributes.

I'll take the Shah; you take Castro. Perhaps we could resolve it with a game of "Dueling Dictators"; we'll each present our cases and then let the thread vote. Just to get the ball rolling.



To: jttmab who wrote (14651)9/20/2002 1:35:00 AM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
Cuba before the Revolution and today:

-- Infant mortality rate: before, over 100 per one thousand live births today, 5.9, well below the United States
-- Life expectancy at birth: before, 57 years; today, 76.
-- Number of doctors: before, 344; today, 10, 334.
-- Health units: before, 46; today, 4,006.
-- Hospital beds: before, 1,470; today, over 12,000.
-- Schoolteachers: before, 1,682; today, 77,479.
-- Universities: before, 0; today, 12.
-- Illiteracy rate: before, 40.3%; today, 0.2%.
-- Grammar school graduates: before, 10% of only 34 percent of children in school age who attended public school; today, one hundred percent of children attend grammar school and 99.9% graduate.

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To: jttmab who wrote (14651)9/20/2002 2:14:13 AM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 93284
 
" ... the Cuban Constitution, adopted in 1976 with 76% voter approval out of over 90% of eligible voters participating, and amended in 1992 by more than three-fourths of an elected National Assembly as constitutionally required. In June of this year over eight million Cubans, more than four-fifths of the adult population, signed declarations in support of their constitution."

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