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Re: Iraq: the good news and the bad
Sorry, I've just been so busy. You're an enterpreneur, you know how it is: you wake up in the middle of a weird dream, find you have an ingenious idea, and the week goes by in a blur of wheeling, dealing, and consulting with your legal defense team.
You see, the key to civilizing Iraq is to bring in foreign investment. Like the rest of the world, the Iraqis have spent the last 6,000 years sitting around in squarlor, waiting for a Nike factory to arrive and bring them into the 21st century. But there's not enough investment in Iraq. Why?
I thought about what we did in my hometown. We installed some retro lampposts, painted over graffitti, and picked up litter. Now, the graffitti is just scribbles so investors can't be offended by that, so the key to bringing investment to Iraq is dealing with the litter problem. People said tackling that issue head-on would be a lost cause, that I would be caught in a quagmire and be left weaker than when I started. But I boldly stayed the course.
I hired a contractor to put litter bins on a few key streets. But I had unestimated the creative genious of the free market. The contractor not only put the litter cans every 50 yards or so along main streets, he also thoughtfully put them right outside police stations, checkpoints, and anywhere Americans might be, just to make sure we never have to deal with the unpleasant sight and smell of litter.
I was worried that the Iraqis would not know what to do with this unframiliar technology, but very soon the bins were full of garbage. In the garbage I saw proof of a regular industrial revolution happening in he Iraqi economy: industrial waste, like fuel, fertilizer, explosives, nails, ball bearings, etc. were among the garbage. Unfortunately, in the hot sun some of the litter bins have caught fire, and exploded at some unlucky times.
I was accross the street when two marines lost a few limbs and a guy from Blackwater will need his face replaced, but that's the price of liberty. No pain no gain. Pain is just weakness leaving the economy. Free people are free to make mistakes.
Mission accomplished.
Originally posted by Jeb Thurmond
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Trent, we haven't heard from you for a while and are hoping you're okay.
Please set our minds at ease.
Please set our minds at ease.
Sorry, I've just been so busy. You're an enterpreneur, you know how it is: you wake up in the middle of a weird dream, find you have an ingenious idea, and the week goes by in a blur of wheeling, dealing, and consulting with your legal defense team.
You see, the key to civilizing Iraq is to bring in foreign investment. Like the rest of the world, the Iraqis have spent the last 6,000 years sitting around in squarlor, waiting for a Nike factory to arrive and bring them into the 21st century. But there's not enough investment in Iraq. Why?
I thought about what we did in my hometown. We installed some retro lampposts, painted over graffitti, and picked up litter. Now, the graffitti is just scribbles so investors can't be offended by that, so the key to bringing investment to Iraq is dealing with the litter problem. People said tackling that issue head-on would be a lost cause, that I would be caught in a quagmire and be left weaker than when I started. But I boldly stayed the course.
I hired a contractor to put litter bins on a few key streets. But I had unestimated the creative genious of the free market. The contractor not only put the litter cans every 50 yards or so along main streets, he also thoughtfully put them right outside police stations, checkpoints, and anywhere Americans might be, just to make sure we never have to deal with the unpleasant sight and smell of litter.
I was worried that the Iraqis would not know what to do with this unframiliar technology, but very soon the bins were full of garbage. In the garbage I saw proof of a regular industrial revolution happening in he Iraqi economy: industrial waste, like fuel, fertilizer, explosives, nails, ball bearings, etc. were among the garbage. Unfortunately, in the hot sun some of the litter bins have caught fire, and exploded at some unlucky times.
I was accross the street when two marines lost a few limbs and a guy from Blackwater will need his face replaced, but that's the price of liberty. No pain no gain. Pain is just weakness leaving the economy. Free people are free to make mistakes.
Mission accomplished.
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