Archive for July, 2009
1999: Exorcising the US national debt
by Adam on Jul.11, 2009, under Miscellaneous Wondering

This graph form the BBC shows what the American national debt could have been if Bush didn’t screw everything up.
Iraqis had a GTFO party
by Adam on Jul.01, 2009, under Miscellaneous Wondering
Fireworks over Baghdad as Iraqis take over cities
Fireworks, not bombings, colored the Baghdad skyline late Monday, and thousands attended a party in a park where singers performed patriotic songs. Loudspeakers at police stations and military checkpoints played recordings of similar tunes throughout the day, as Iraqi military vehicles decorated with flowers and national flags patrolled the capital.
“All of us are happy — Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds on this day,” Waleed al-Bahadili said as he celebrated at the park. “The Americans harmed and insulted us too much.”
