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Crankie Avalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 12:56 PM
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Baghdad ranks last in "Quality of Life" third year in a row...
Zurich tops quality of life list, Baghdad last

Sun Apr 9, 8:08 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Zurich is the city with the highest quality of life in 2006, while Baghdad, for the third year running, has the lowest, a survey published on Monday shows.

Geneva and Vancouver made the top three in the list compiled by human resource company Mercer while Bangui in the Central African Republic and Brazzaville, the capital of Congo Republic, joined Baghdad in the bottom three.

Complete item: http://p14.news.re2.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060410/us_nm/life_cities_dc_1;_ylt=Ats_2rZluIMo3Wihh4jhi8jmWMcF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA--

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Just trying to report the "good" news, here. O8)
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 12:57 PM
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1. why do you hate freedom?
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 12:59 PM
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2. Wow. I woulda thought that NOLA would've competed....
Damn - The fuckers make you pay for the list.
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 01:11 PM
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3. Pretty hard to beat out Pyongyang
Or some of the more polluted Chinese cities.
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 01:44 PM
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4. how long before we hear American proponents of this war
complain about Iraq's dependance on American welfare?

It's just a matter of time I suppose.
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Neil Lisst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 01:51 PM
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5. Reminds of the old SNL line by Norm McDonald
"And for the third year in a row, the worst job in America is ... crack whore."

The US had made Iraq the sorriest place in the world to live. WTG, Dubya!
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