Comments on: Israel’s surrender, cont’d. http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/08/5074 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:21:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ZZMike http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/08/5074/comment-page-1#comment-32605 ZZMike Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:54:46 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5074#comment-32605 Funny how things work out. Israel pulled back from the Gaza Strip, on promises that attacks by the Palestinians would stop. The next day, shells fell on Israel. The population of Palestine is not easy to find, but one site I found has it at about 3.5 million. One billion dollars among 3.5 million people works out to about $286/person. That's not a lot by our standards, but is probably quite a bit by theirs. I also note that that billion or so is in pledges - which may or may not be realized. Still, it's probably true that if they spent a little less time on rocket science, and a little more on agriculture &c, they'd be a lot better off. Funny how things work out. Israel pulled back from the Gaza Strip, on promises that attacks by the Palestinians would stop. The next day, shells fell on Israel.

The population of Palestine is not easy to find, but one site I found has it at about 3.5 million. One billion dollars among 3.5 million people works out to about $286/person. That’s not a lot by our standards, but is probably quite a bit by theirs.

I also note that that billion or so is in pledges – which may or may not be realized.

Still, it’s probably true that if they spent a little less time on rocket science, and a little more on agriculture &c, they’d be a lot better off.

]]> By: Maquis http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/08/5074/comment-page-1#comment-32603 Maquis Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:17:31 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5074#comment-32603 An apt conclusion about Europe. My many years there entailed an endless whining about how they weren't the Nazis, it was their grandparents, or someone else's grandparents, while they proved daily that psychologically they are still the hate-filled prejudice-bound self-centered control freak stock that Hitler molded so ably into his murder machine. An apt conclusion about Europe. My many years there entailed an endless whining about how they weren’t the Nazis, it was their grandparents, or someone else’s grandparents, while they proved daily that psychologically they are still the hate-filled prejudice-bound self-centered control freak stock that Hitler molded so ably into his murder machine.

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