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To: combjelly who wrote (341440)	6/26/2007 8:03:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576619

CJ, > But why do they have close to nothing? They have mineral wealth, including oil and gas, they have agriculture, they have excellent harbors, they even have a reasonable pool of educated people. Not to mention very close access to US markets. Don't forget tourism. Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (341440)	6/26/2007 11:39:57 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576619

Another con job at the expense of the American taxpayer. There are probably layers upon layers of this shat going on as I type. Tonite, CNN interviewed one of the board members asking him why this crapola happened. His response: I guess the board needed to pay better attention. It seems they paid enough attention to raise butthole Small's salary from 1/2 million to nearly a million dollars in 7 years. Unfriggingbelieveable! In a Tough Hearing, Smithsonian Is Urged to Find a New Chief Fast "The independent panel’s report, the tougher of the two issued last week, found that Mr. Small’s compensation increased to $915,698 in 2007 from $536,100 in 2000, even as he took nearly 70 weeks of vacation — about 10 weeks a year — and spent 64 business days during that period serving on corporate boards." nytimes.com