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mike1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:07 PM
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I heard Bremer saying "Iraqi unemployment is under 10%"...is there any
chance that's even close to true?
:eyes:
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:08 PM
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1. if Bremer said it...
it's not
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mike1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:14 PM
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7. Well, it just seemed so outrageously absurd...I mean that would be just
a bit higher than right here in Murika...
:grr:
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:08 PM
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2. 50%
somewhere along the way he figured how he could misrepresent the number
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:11 PM
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6. Hummmm


Wonder why we have so many people unemployed here in America?

Do you think they have forgotten that we need to work too...Boo on you Bush!
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terisel Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:09 PM
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3. Well they seem to have a lot of soldiers we didn't know about n/t
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:16 PM
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8. That would explain it
He must be counting those in the al Mahdi army as 'employed'.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:10 PM
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4. I bet they don't include women
Seems like there hasn't been all that much of a regime change in Iraq.
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enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:11 PM
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5. And in some areas 80%
according to a very well-informed history professor who spoke today on Talk of the Nation.
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:22 PM
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9. I think he said in Baghdad but it's still a lie.
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