Interesting right-wing info!

[sharder8]

Not sure how true this is, but if the numbers are correct . . . . . .
(I recieved this in an e-mail from a friend. )

"Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1..."


Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...the first battalion of the new Iraqi Army has graduated and is on active duty

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... over 60,000 Iraqis now provide security to their fellow citizens.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...nearly all of Iraq's 400 courts are functioning.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... the Iraqi judiciary is fully independent.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...on Monday, October 6 power generation hit 4,518 megawatts-exceeding the pre-war average.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...all 22 universities and 43 technical institutes and colleges are open, as are nearly all primary and secondary schools.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1, by October 1, Coalition forces had rehabbed over 1,500 schools - 500 more than their target.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... teachers earn from 12 to 25 times their former salaries.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...all 240 hospitals and more than 1200 clinics are open.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...doctors' salaries are at least eight times what they were under Saddam.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...pharmaceutical distribution has gone from essentially nothing to 700 tons in May to a current total of 12,000 tons.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...the Coalition has helped administer over 22 million vaccination doses to Iraq's children.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...a Coalition program has cleared over 14,000 kilometers of Iraq's 27,000 kilometers of weed-choked canals. They now irrigate tens of thousands of farms. This project has created jobs for more than 100,000 Iraqi men and women.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...we have restored over three-quarters of pre-war telephone services and over two-thirds of the potable water production.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... there are 4,900 full-service connections. We expect 50,000 by January first.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...the wheels of commerce are turning. From bicycles to satellite dishes to cars and trucks, businesses are coming to life in all major cities and towns.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...95 percent of all pre-war bank customers have service and first-time customers are opening accounts daily.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... Iraqi banks are making loans to finance businesses.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...the central bank is fully independent.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... Iraq has one of the world's most growth-oriented investment and banking laws.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... Iraq (has) a single, unified currency for the first time in 15 years.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...satellite dishes are legal.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...foreign journalists aren't on 10-day visas paying mandatory and extortionate fees to the Ministry of Information for "minders" and other government spies.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... there is no Ministry of Information.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...there are more than 170 newspapers.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... you can buy satellite dishes on what seems like every street corner.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... foreign journalists and everyone else are free to come and go.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...a nation that had not one single element-legislative, judicial or executive-- of a representative government, does.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...in Baghdad alone residents have selected 88 advisory councils. Baghdad's first democratic transfer of power in 35 years happened when the city council elected its new chairman.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...today in Iraq chambers of commerce, business, school and professional organizations are electing their leaders all over the country.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... 25 ministers, selected by the most representative governing body in Iraq's history, run the day-to-day business of government.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...the Iraqi government regularly participates in international events. Since July the Iraqi government has been represented in over two dozen international meetings, including those of the UN General Assembly, the Arab League, the World Bank and IMF and, today, the Islamic Conference Summit. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today announced that it is reopening over 30 Iraqi embassies around the world.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...Shia religious festivals that were all but banned, aren't.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... for the first time in 35 years, in Karbala thousands of Shiites celebrate the pilgrimage of the 12th Imam.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...the Coalition has completed over 13,000 reconstruction projects, large and small, as part of (a) strategic plan for the reconstruction of Iraq.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...Uday and Queasy are dead - and no longer feeding innocent Iraqis to his zoo lions, raping the young daughters of local leaders to force cooperation, torturing Iraq's soccer players for losing games...murdering critics.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...children aren't imprisoned or murdered when their parents disagree with the government.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...political opponents aren't imprisoned, tortured, executed, maimed, or are forced to watch their families die for disagreeing with Saddam.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...millions of longsuffering Iraqis no longer live in perpetual terror.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...Saudis will hold municipal elections.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... Qatar is reforming education to give more choices to parents.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... Jordan is accelerating market economic reforms.

Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for the first time to an Iranian -- a Muslim woman who speaks out with courage for human rights, for democracy and for peace.

Taken from HERE

[ShawnD1]

Some of it sounds possible but I get the feeling that it's all BS.

teachers earn from 12 to 25 times their former salaries.

Yeah, sure they do

[TOAD6147]

You linked to an MSN Hotmail message that is no longer active. Since I've not seen any of this through normal news sources I have to question the validity. Why haven't Bush's spinners made big news of these "acomplishments"?

If they did, would people listen anyway? No one wants to hear about accomplishments. We like the failures. We like the bad news. Gives us something to be angry about.

[shahani]

"Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1..."

Number of Iraqi children/women killed---?

Number of US/Iraqi soldiers killed......?

Number of jobs lost in the US.........?

Growth in deficit.........?

Increase in terrorism incidents around the world........?

Decrease in Mr Bush's poll ratings.......?

Value of Iraqi property destroyed by US raids/bombings.......?

The list goes on.

Bottom line: statistics can be made to reflect/endorse any situation.

[Bill in SD, CA]

Originally posted by shahani
"Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1..."

Number of jobs lost in the US.........?

Zero, Zip, Nada.

Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 57,000 in November to 130.2 million, seasonally adjusted. Payroll employment has increased by 328,000 since July. In recent months, job losses have lessened in manufacturing, and employment has trended up in construction and several services
industries. (See table B-1.)

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2003

Originally posted by ShawnD1
Some of it sounds possible but I get the feeling that it's all BS.

quote:
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teachers earn from 12 to 25 times their former salaries.
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Yeah, sure they do

Well maybe not yet, but ...............

Under Saddam teachers were paid $5 to $13 per month. New Iraq hopes to upgrade teachers’ pay, starting with the $67 to $335 per month.

Do the math.

RING THE IRAQI SCHOOL BELLS WITH JOY

Bill

[John Prophet]

Dunno about this stat or that one....but we are all grownups here..its pitiful to see everyone jump on the stupid hard bipolar opposite party line thing.

As if ANY president is responsible for me finding a job???????????

Huh??? when did it actually get to be HIS problem to find me a job??? Its not Georges problem to find me a job..it wasnt Bills problem either...Ive had jobs under Dems and Reps.

America is still the land of oppurtunity...you wanna job? go find one, quit whining, quit holding your hand out..if you cant find one, make one, go into biz for yourself....there are all kindsssss of ways to make money. Thats what kills me....peeps whine about the economy, they whine about the pres or who was pres before him, they cry this, that, the other.....but look at the facts....everyone knows our economy swings from good to bad and back again.....makes no difference at all, period, who is or isnt pres...everything in life goes on cycles...investers know it, so does anyone mature enough to rise above party line thinking............ and the proof is always in the pudding.....NO MATTER HOW BAD the economy has seemed....SOME PEOPLE FOUND WAYS TO PROSPER DURING the "bad" economy....while at the same time DURING "GOOD" ECONOMIES...SOME PEOPLE FIND WAYS TO GO BROKE.

The ONLY ONLY ONLY person responsible for a person..is THAT person. (yes, there are handicapped peeps and so forth that need some help but thats not 5-7% of our country, lol)


(besides, I notice there arent too many unemployed Mexicans around, lol....but OUR people are too proud to work that cheap for a while till they can get something better, lol...cie la vie)

[Bill in SD, CA]

IRAQI MINISTRY STARTS JOB CREATION PROGRAM IN NORTHERN IRAQ

Baghdad, Iraq…October 25, 2003 – Iraq’s Ministry of Municipalities & Public Works is expanding its job creation program this week to the northern governorates of Dohuk, Erbil, and Suleimaniyah.

The Ministry’s program, “Towards a Cleaner and Brighter Iraq,” employs tens of thousands of Iraqis to clean their neighborhoods of trash, sewage, and rubble. The program was first initiated earlier this month in 11 of Iraq’s 18 governorates.

And this from the notorious "right wing Gallup Poll:

Ousting Saddam Hussein "Was Worth Hardships Endured Since Invasion" Say Citizens Of Baghdad

Preferred System of Government for Iraq

Gallup Poll: How Long Should US Troops Stay

Culled from here:

Ministry of Education

Bill

[Chuckiechan]

Will acknowledging progress is Iraq damage anyone's left-wing credentials?

Progress is taking place out side the area known as Saddam's home town. Just grin and bear it.

[John Prophet]

after all....right wingers acknowlegded the good during Clintons years...they couldnt deny that cigar sales were up 20%!