Folks, we are turning into a third world nation

[Eurobabe]

now loss of electricity in a major metro area L.A.?? Pretty soon, Iraq may look better than the USA!

Bu$h will say, "we never knew there was a problem with the electrical grid!?"

[tjdee]

1. There was a similar situation with NYC and some of the northeast already.

So he can take that (completely expected) response and stuff it.

I spent much of my time in the blackout hating Bush.

It was not fun.

[jean]

2. "No one could have anticipated..." least of all bush the lesser

[BlueEyedSon]

3. "turning"????

[Eurobabe]

6. are???

[BlueEyedSon]

9. Judging from poverty, infant mortality, religion, etc....YES!!!

[incapsulated]

4. "Suddenly, Falluja Doesn't Look So Bad...."

"GO ARMY!"

Courtesy of Bill Maher...

[HereSince1628]

5. I am afraid it is already reality in the Wisconsin country...

It is the best of times and the worst of times...
Damn the Scarlet Pimpernell!

[CityZen-X]

7. More Like A Zero World Nation!

[Skidmore]

8. We are worse than a third world nation because

we know better and let it happen.

[DancingBear]

10. Bush- "thank goodness it was an acoustic guitar" n/t

[Taxloss]

25. Did the cake have currents in it? n/t

[tsuki]

11. Read the UN report. 300 pages comparing us to 3rd world countries.

[Sapphire Blue]

12. As stated in UN Report...

UN hits back at US in report saying parts of America are as poor as Third World

By Paul Vallely
Published: 08 September 2005

Parts of the United States are as poor as the Third World, according to a shocking United Nations report on global inequality.

Claims that the New Orleans floods have laid bare a growing racial and economic divide in the US have, until now, been rejected by the American political establishment as emotional rhetoric. But yesterday's UN report provides statistical proof that for many - well beyond those affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - the great American Dream is an ongoing nightmare.

The document constitutes a stinging attack on US policies at home and abroad in a fightback against moves by Washington to undermine next week's UN 60th anniversary conference which will be the biggest gathering of world leaders in history.

Continued @ http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article311066.ece

[Clark2008]

16. Does this mean we can now call in the UN as election watchers?

I mean, that's gonna be the only way to get us out of this Bushit.

[G_j]

20. another link for this important article:

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050909125053734

UN hits back at US in report saying parts of America are as poor as Third World

[Sapphire Blue]

22. Also posted on Common Dreams...

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0908-06.htm

[Sapphire Blue]

21. UN Human Development Report 2005

http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/

[lectrobyte]

13. already there by a lot of standards.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. TURNING

the graft and corruption is WORST than Mexico in the worst of tines

[CrispyQ]

15. When was that massive outage in the Northeast?

Fall of 2002 or 2003? Didn't the nit-wit dimson say then that we were going to upgrade our grid?

How long will the American people tolerate spending $5+ BILLION a month in Iraq while our own country falls apart?

WILL THE FUCKING SHEEPLE EVER WAKE UP???

[Seansky]

17. We started to become in 2000 when

Bush took power and immediately started acting like a small country dictator.

[newyawker99]

23. Hi Seansky!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Seansky]

24. Becoming a DU

Txs. newyawker99. No more MSM for me...

[Double T]

18. It is a Mad Max World.....

are you ready??????

[dogday]

19. Didn't they play this game a few years ago

and it was all about money then, it is all about money now. Bring in the guys from Iraq who are fixing the electrical grid there, they have been working on it for 4 years, you would of thought they would of had it fixed now. This is a freaking shame....