Those Dear To You

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We have another excellent FWD. This one really makes you reflect on what’s important. And let’s be honest — it’s the picture that does it. Anyone can weave a sappy tale about things you love and carnage and such… it takes a multimedia presentation to reach my jaded heart.

A friend who I used to live with in San Diego just sent me this photo of a horrible highway accident near Heidelberg, Germany where he lives. The picture may be kind of hard to take for some of you. If you look closely you can see what appears to be some survivors of the accident still in the wreckage. Although the picture is quite graphic, it makes you realize how quickly our loved ones can be taken from us.My friend stayed on the scene to help and even though he performed mouth to mouth on quite a few of them, none apparently survived. Please open with discretion … and think of the ones you love.

Thanks Sarah

The Other Iraq

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I came across this site today. It’s put together by “the Kurdistan Development Corporation (KDC) is an initiative established jointly by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and international business to promote, facilitate and establish business and investment opportunities in the Kurdistan region in Iraq.”Ah capitalism, pushing that marketing onward… but it’s an interesting twist coming out of the “war torn” Iraq. Thanks and investment opportunities all in one. Nice.

French React

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Now as we enter day 13 of rioting in France… the French finally admit it is an emergency. Hundreds of people were arrested last night, which lessened the destruction by about half. 600 cars and several business still burned despite the curfew and police actions.Apparently the mulism youths are using blogs, cel phones, and text messages to coordinate their efforts and evade police. Time will tell if the new measures will put out this firey outrage or simply slow its spread… as copycat riots have begun to spring up in Germany.

I heard someone on the radio ask “So, when the insurgency in Iraq becomes less than the insurgency in France… does that mean we’ve won?”

  • State of Emergency Declared in France (Nov 8)
  • State of Emergency Begins in France (Nov 9)

    • French Riots

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    Muslim youths have been rioting for days with no apparent end in sight. Burning cars seem to be the destruction of choice. Initially, I thought the rising numbers of burned cars reported on the news was a running total… 300, 600, 800, 1000… and then I learned it was actually an escalating number of cars burned per night.

    The scary part is that France doesn’t seem to have a good handle on how to quell the unrest. When many would think clamping down on the rioters is the proper course of action, the French government seems to be teetering towards appeasement by promising to increase welfare benefits to the “suburbs” (projects).

    Quarters For A Cause

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    So a mystery economist has partnered with Glenn Beck to bring you “Quarters for the Cause”. I have to admit that this idea is GENUIS. Using an army of kids to sift and collect quarters for the Red Cross is great. I think their projections of $7 Mill/day is unrealistic. I would say this idea in full swing might hit $7 Mill/week, but even that is a tad optimistic.

    Here’s how it works:The US Mint now prints individual states on the backs of quarters. There are over 2.8 billion quarters in circulation from the Gulf States that have been affected by the hurricanes (Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas). If we were able to get just 1% of those quarters donated, it would mean $7 million in additional funds.

    But, here’s the twist…once these quarters are donated they will be spent and put right back into circulation. So, if this concept were to catch on, $7 million would be donated EVERY SINGLE DAY. That?s over $2.6 billion a year.
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