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BBC News: Poll finds surprising optimists
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4641396.stm ^
| 01/24/2006
| BBC News
Posted on 01/25/2006 5:56:52 AM PST by IrishMike
Poll finds surprising optimists
Iraqis and Afghans are among the most optimistic people in the world when it comes to their economic future, a new survey for the BBC suggests.
"In Afghanistan, 70% say their own circumstances are improving, and 57% believe that the country overall is on the way up. In Iraq, 65% believe their personal life is getting better, and 56% are upbeat about the country's economy."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraqisafghans
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posted on
01/25/2006 5:56:54 AM PST
by
IrishMike
To: IrishMike
Really is Bush's fault, for once.
2
posted on
01/25/2006 5:58:47 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: IrishMike
It's only surprising to the people who believe the media without doing any thinking of their own.
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posted on
01/25/2006 5:59:27 AM PST
by
faloi
To: IrishMike
This is only surprising to blind Bush-haters. You see what you want to see.
4
posted on
01/25/2006 5:59:56 AM PST
by
loreldan
(Lincoln, Reagan, & G. W. Bush - the cure for Democrat lunacy.)
To: IrishMike
The MSM must hate this news. I highly doubt Wolf Blitzer will be reporting this.
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posted on
01/25/2006 6:01:21 AM PST
by
moose2004
(You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
To: IrishMike
It must have be terribly painful for the writer to have to put those figures in without being able to somehow spin it to hurt Bush. Probably has to walk through the newsroom today with his face covered like a perp walk, being pelted by hissing colleague's paper wads and empty coffee cups.
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posted on
01/25/2006 6:06:23 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
To: IrishMike
I'm surprised that THEY (bbc) ARE surprised. Well not really, who new that people liked freedom?
7
posted on
01/25/2006 6:08:23 AM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: BallyBill
new=knew
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posted on
01/25/2006 6:09:32 AM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: IrishMike
Wellcome to FR. Good post.
To: IrishMike
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