OFF TOPIC - The IOC sucks.

[Marty Ward]

Baron,

I've seen a small portion of our country, mostly the seaports and chemical production areas. Lots of visits to Tx., La., Ala. and Miss. Grew up in Maryland and have seen quite a lot of West Va, generally considered the poorest state in the nation.

Spent ~15 years in the merchant marine and have seen my fair share of third world nations.

I have never seen anything approaching the poorer areas of third world nations in the US. We have people who are poor in our country, that is not disputed. What we don't have are third world conditions. Go visit Somalia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, or Brazil if you doubt me.

I just hate to see such slanted and generalized statements made about my country.

We had 5 qualified canidates? You give them to much credit

[This message has been edited by Marty Ward (edited 15 July 2001).]