May 5, 2003

  • On the Roseola front, the fever broke yesterday am, and Rose seemed so much better, we went to the Beltan fest all day yesterday and were gonna go out today, then she went to sleep *on her own* (weird) and woke up with the telltale rash and a low fever. So no park for us. :(

    This from Rob Breszeny (sp? would go check but Rose screameth)

    QUICK POLITICAL SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST
    This test consists of one (1) multiple-choice question.

    Here's a list of the countries and dates that the U.S. has bombed
    since the end of World War II, compiled by historian William
    Blum:

    China 1945-46
    Korea 1950-53
    China 1950-53
    Guatemala 1954
    Indonesia 1958
    Cuba 1959-60
    Guatemala 1960
    Congo 1964
    Peru 1965
    Laos 1964-73
    Vietnam 1961-73
    Cambodia 1969-70
    Guatemala 1967-69
    Grenada 1983
    Libya 1986
    El Salvador 1980s
    Nicaragua 1980s
    Panama 1989
    Iraq 1991-2003
    Sudan 1998
    Afghanistan 1998
    Yugoslavia 1999
    Afghanistan 2001

    In how many of these instances did a democratic government that
    was respectful of human rights, occur as a direct result?
    Choose one of the following:
    (a) 0
    (b) zero
    (c) none
    (d) not a one
    (e) a whole number between -1 and +1

    Test created by:
    Paul R. Ehrlich
    Stanford University

Comments (4)

  • Heh, that was hard. And Iraq isn't a democracy as a direct result of our gov't bombing them either. Maybe it's premature to think so, but wouldn't that happen directly and it would be obvious that it was going to happen right? And the track record. Oh my.  

  • Quite a long list of necessary targets I must say. All in a good half-century's work =D.

  • Actually, much as I hate to admit it, there is one country on the list where a case could be made for a democratic (by US standards) result, Grenada.

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