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Realize ISIS was once Al Qaeda and there has been chatter they want to reconcile. So if ISIS were to get wiped out, Al Qaeda would have to be wiped out. ISIS could merge seamlessly back into the ranks of Al Qaeda and a lot would be the none wiser. Until the war is fought on ideology, no matter how many ISIS's get eradicated as a group another will pop up. For example, Boko Haram in Northern Africa which sells slaves and women in the KSA and elsewhere in the muslim world. Hezbollah fighting on behalf of Iran. Muslim Brotherhood reinvented themselves as the interpreters to the west and have infiltrated the bowels of the American Government. The ideology of Islam to perpetrate violence is deeply ingrained into its very fabric. ISIS goes down its only a matter of time before another fills the vacuum because the fundamental ideology of this war has not been countered or even attempted to be countered. It was not until the mainstream of the American public went against Naziism and Communism did it become what it is today. Although there are attempts to bring both back subtly. I heard something interesting today. The fact is that violence begets stronger authoritarian rule to stop the violence but when the violence has been squashed, the authoritarian rule remains. The stronger and more deeply the violence goes, the stronger the authoritarian rule is. The Quran, not written in chronological order such as the Bible is, does have peaceful verses in it. However, these verses are no longer valid taken in a contextual framework. The peaceful verses are followed by even more threatening verses until the blood if the nonbeliever is called for. After 9-11 universities such as UNC mandated incoming freshman were to study from a lit of books. On them were the so-called peaceful verses found in the Quran. The course never said anything about these verses were abrogated with more violent verses. Nor was it said that the stories in the Quran that emulated those in the Torah and the Bible did not end the same way as the books that came before the Quran. For years the talking point was that Islam was the fastest growing religion in the World. However, that and the study today, both are faulty as each denomination of Christianity is pitted against the whole of Islam. When all of the statistics are added up for Christianity, Islam falls to number 8 on the list. Yes, growth but not as strong growth when the numbers are correct. Islam was never hijacked in the present if you look how it was born. ISIS and others still practice the 7th century Islam as it was in the 7th century. To claim Islam was hijacked is to fall into a false narrative. Only moderate muslims in the world are those who either have renounced Islam or are calling for its reform like Catholicism had. Until then ISIS may be eradicated, it may be sucked back into the ranks of AlQaeda from whence it came. Whatever the scenario, until we fight Islam on the ideology front, the portends of violent Islam will remain and fester like a puss filled wound infecting all that are in contact with it. Destroy the ideology and you will destroy not only ISIS but the terrorism that goes along with it. However, one last point is that the world sees the US on a pedestal. It is the shining beacon of light in the world that all point to. There will always be complaints and those who are willing to knock the US off the pedestal. As a nation this is what it means to be vigilant against those who seek to destroy us.

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In all actuality the ISO 37001 certification is way more progress than ISO 9001 and 2015 criteria at that.. If it has the word international anywhere near it bring a rain coat cuz the dawg is gonna start humping your leg he is sooo excited.

Where is that doggie in the window...no one wuvs him...poor little dawgie foo foo getting bopped on the head ... was his poor wittle fweelings hwurt? awww too bad... becuz little dawgie foo foo said it himself he was ignorant... ah soo sad

All this points out is that Kurds cannot be self-sufficient. If they cannot pay their salaries while waiting for Baghdad then they are not self-sufficient and the referendum to be a sovereign nation is just show. They kind of revealed their cards a little too early. They think by trying to leverage the financial aspect they will manipulate their denizens to vote for the referendum for a sovereign state. Unless the Kurds can show they financially sustainable, they will be just another third world seeking the teet of the civilized world thus a burden on us all.

Call this a parade? Wow, I would hate to see what you would do when the RV really happens. Pumping people up for trivial things like an ISO 9001 certification is no better than being a dinar pumper. I pissed on no parade. If you don't know what ISO 9001 is then it does a disservice to pump everyone up because the word "international" appears in the title. I knew about ISO in 1990's it had greater status back then. Now it's just a checkbox for the tallymen.ISO is something to have but it's nothing to have an orgasm over.

When Iraq becomes ISO 37001 compliant in their banking system let me know.

ISO 9001 is so widely used today it is akin to saying you have a kitchen sink so you are in a very select group. It used to be a gold standard not so much now it has been heavily watered down and companies go for it just to get the badge of participation. If everyone has it or if it the most widely used in the world, how selective is that "very select group" considering one million organizations in the world are using it. It's a checkbox to check off nothing more. ISO Survey Every year we perform a survey of certifications to our management system standards. The survey shows the number of valid certificates to ISO management standards (such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001) reported for each country, each year. ISO does not perform certification. Organizations looking to get certified to an ISO standard must contact an independent certification body. A total of 1,519,952 certificates were issued worldwide in 2015, compared to 1,476,504 the previous year, an increase of 3 %.

Need a holiday? Everyday is a holiday! At least in some country or another Here is a listing of all upcoming holidays the world over. Rumor has it GOI is adoptingt his schedule. Weekday Date Holiday Name Countries where this is observed (might not be complete) Tuesday Jun 20 Flag Day Argentina Tuesday Jun 20 Martyrs' Day Eritrea Tuesday Jun 20 West Virginia Day United States Wednesday Jun 21 Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Destiny) Australia, Brunei, Canada, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Niger, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa Wednesday Jun 21 Aymara New Year Day Bolivia Wednesday Jun 21 Buddha's Parinirvana Bhutan Wednesday Jun 21 National Aboriginal Day Canada Wednesday Jun 21 National Aboriginal Day Canada Wednesday Jun 21 Music Festival Congo Democratic Republic Wednesday Jun 21 National Day Greenland Wednesday Jun 21 Day of the Martyrs Togo Wednesday Jun 21 Father's Day Uganda Thursday Jun 22 Aymara New Year Day holiday Bolivia Thursday Jun 22 Remembrance Day of Victims of the Great Patriotic War Belarus Thursday Jun 22 Day of Antifascist Struggle Croatia Thursday Jun 22 Teachers' Day El Salvador Friday Jun 23 Jumatul Bidah Bangladesh Friday Jun 23 Night of Destiny Bangladesh Friday Jun 23 Victory Day Estonia Friday Jun 23 Midsummer Eve Finland Friday Jun 23 Jamat Ul-Vida India Friday Jun 23 National Day Luxembourg Friday Jun 23 Midsummer Eve Latvia Friday Jun 23 Statehood Day Moldova Friday Jun 23 Father's Day Poland Friday Jun 23 Midsummer Eve Sweden Saturday Jun 24 Midsummer Day Andorra Saturday Jun 24 St. Jean Baptiste Day Canada Saturday Jun 24 Midsummer Day Estonia Saturday Jun 24 Saint John the Baptist Day Spain Saturday Jun 24 Midsummer Finland Saturday Jun 24 The Feast of St. John (Florence, Genoa, Turin) Italy Saturday Jun 24 St John's Day/Day of Dew Lithuania Saturday Jun 24 Midsummer Day Latvia Saturday Jun 24 Farmer Day Peru Saturday Jun 24 Inti Raymi Day Peru Saturday Jun 24 Midsummer Day Sweden Saturday Jun 24 Ramadan Feast Eve Turkey Saturday Jun 24 Carabobo Battle Venezuela Sunday Jun 25 Eid-al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey Sunday Jun 25 End of Ramadan Argentina Sunday Jun 25 Statehood Day Croatia Sunday Jun 25 Father's Day Haiti Sunday Jun 25 Rath Yatra India Sunday Jun 25 Independence Day Mozambique Sunday Jun 25 Statehood Day Slovenia Monday Jun 26 Eid al-Fitr Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Benin, Brunei, Canada, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, India, Iraq, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Comoros, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Libya, Morocco, Macedonia, Republic of, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Syria, Chad, Togo, Tajikistan, East Timor, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Trinidad and Tobago, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Yemen, Mayotte, South Africa Monday Jun 26 Azerbaijan Armed Forces Day Azerbaijan Monday Jun 26 Discovery Day Canada Monday Jun 26 Saint Peter and Saint Paul Chile Monday Jun 26 Sacred Heart Colombia Monday Jun 26 National Sports Day Fiji Monday Jun 26 Eid-al-Fitr Jordan Monday Jun 26 Independence Day Madagascar Monday Jun 26 Eid-al-Fitr Holiday Qatar Monday Jun 26 Flag Day Romania Monday Jun 26 Independence of British Somaliland Somalia Monday Jun 26 Ramadan Feast Day 2 Turkey Tuesday Jun 27 Eid-al-Fitr Holiday 1 United Arab Emirates Tuesday Jun 27 Eid ul-Fitr Bangladesh, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Kenya, Comoros, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Tuesday Jun 27 Eid al-Fitr Bahrain Tuesday Jun 27 Independence Day Djibouti Tuesday Jun 27 Idul Fitri Day 2 Indonesia Tuesday Jun 27 Eid-al-Fitr holiday Iraq Tuesday Jun 27 Eid-al-Fitr holiday Jordan Tuesday Jun 27 Eid-al-Fitr holiday Kuwait Tuesday Jun 27 Eid-ul-Fitr Day 2 Pakistan Tuesday Jun 27 Day of National Unity Tajikistan Tuesday Jun 27 Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art Turkmenistan Tuesday Jun 27 Ramadan Feast Day 3 Turkey Wednesday Jun 28 Eid-al-Fitr Holiday 2 United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, Comoros, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Wednesday Jun 28 Eid al-Fitr Bahrain Wednesday Jun 28 Eid-al-Fitr holiday Jordan Wednesday Jun 28 Eid-ul-Fitr Day 3 Pakistan Wednesday Jun 28 St Vitus Day Serbia Wednesday Jun 28 Constitution Day Ukraine Thursday Jun 29 Eid ul-Fitr Holiday Day 3 Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia Thursday Jun 29 St. Peter and St. Paul Switzerland Thursday Jun 29 The Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (Rome) Italy Thursday Jun 29 Eid-al-Fitr holiday Jordan Thursday Jun 29 Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Malta Thursday Jun 29 St Peter and St Paul Peru Thursday Jun 29 Internal Autonomy Day French Polynesia Thursday Jun 29 Eid-ul-Fitr Day 4 Pakistan Thursday Jun 29 Central Province Day Solomon Islands Thursday Jun 29 National Day Seychelles Thursday Jun 29 The Feasts of Saints Peter and Paul Holy See (Vatican City) Thursday Jun 29 Saint Peter and Saint Paul Venezuela Friday Jun 30 Eid ul-Fitr Holiday Day 4 Bangladesh Friday Jun 30 Independence Day Congo Democratic Republic Friday Jun 30 National Payer Day Central African Republic Friday Jun 30 June 30 Revolution Egypt Friday Jun 30 Army Day Guatemala Friday Jun 30 Revolution Day Sudan Saturday Jul 1 July 1 Bank Holiday Bangladesh Saturday Jul 1 Independence Day Burundi Saturday Jul 1 Sir Seretse Khama Day Botswana Saturday Jul 1 Canada Day Canada Saturday Jul 1 July 1 Bank Holiday Egypt Saturday Jul 1 Republic Day Ghana Saturday Jul 1 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day Hong Kong Saturday Jul 1 Emancipation Day Saint Martin Saturday Jul 1 July 1 Bank Holiday Pakistan Saturday Jul 1 Independence Day Rwanda Saturday Jul 1 Eid-al-Fitr Holiday (public sector only) Saudi Arabia Saturday Jul 1 Independence Day Somalia Saturday Jul 1 Freedom Day Suriname Saturday Jul 1 Emancipation Day Sint Maarten Saturday Jul 1 Territory Day British Virgin Islands Saturday Jul 1 Independence Day Samoa Sunday Jul 2 Flag Day Curaçao Sunday Jul 2 Eid-al-Fitr Holiday Saudi Arabia Monday Jul 3 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck's Birthday Bhutan Monday Jul 3 Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus Belarus Monday Jul 3 Canada Day - additional statutory holiday Canada Monday Jul 3 Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Colombia Monday Jul 3 Republic Day observed Ghana Monday Jul 3 CARICOM Day Guyana Monday Jul 3 Constitution Day Cayman Islands Monday Jul 3 Mother's Day South Sudan Monday Jul 3 Carnival Monday Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Monday Jul 3 Emancipation Day US Virgin Islands Monday Jul 3 Independence Day observed Samoa Monday Jul 3 Heroes Day Zambia Tuesday Jul 4 Independence Day American Samoa Tuesday Jul 4 Independence Day Guam Tuesday Jul 4 Independence Day Northern Mariana Islands Tuesday Jul 4 US Independence Day Puerto Rico Tuesday Jul 4 Liberation Day Rwanda Tuesday Jul 4 Birthday of His Majesty King Tupou VI Tonga Tuesday Jul 4 Independence Day United States Tuesday Jul 4 Carnival Tuesday Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Tuesday Jul 4 American Independence Day US Virgin Islands Tuesday Jul 4 Unity Day Zambia

there is an app for that. I go to timeanddate.com when I need time zone translation from eastern to central, need to know any holiday in the world, what time it is in Prague on a summer night or I just need a countdown started. The weirdest thing though, somehow I can't find the countdown from now to soon.

Saw this guy's picture and immediately thought of Is Donald Sutherland in Iraq? If there is a movie about this guy Donald Sutherland should definitely play him.

Opening an Armenian consulate in Erbil makes sense since the Turks are enemies to both. In the early 20th century, the Ottoman Empire tried to wipe out the Armenians through genocide. A major contributing factor to WWI but it's not usually spoken of in that context or if at all. As if in prelude to what was about to occur, later the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem would visit Adolf Hitler bringing about another attempted genocide.

I provide translation services for 25,000 IQD per word. I don't guarantee the translation to be 100% accurate or even 1% accurate but I am sure there will be some sort of accuracy there. I deliver all translated works "soon". Serious though: The IQD has remained at the 1182/84 program level since 2016. Hasn't changed.

Did they finger dial all those companies?

Spyker massacre demands seppuku performed by Maliki. The world will be better off. With Abadi performing the head chop role.

Bet you didn't have conversations on Crucifixions being done either. Crucifixions are still being done today in the KSA although it's not talked about in the mainstream. Slavery is also ongoing in the KSA. North Africa is awash in the trading of humans as slaves. An article pops up every now and again from Sudan or another country like it. The KSA is one of the main beneficiaries of the current trade, as the African slave trade was started by those in the ME. And people thought the USA was bad on slaves and I know some who even think America started the African slave trade. The Arabic word for slave is the same for the color black, Abed <sp?>. Revisionist history bah! Research the Barbary Pirates. A famous quote from Marine anthem... "From the shores of Tripoli..." ya daaa da daaa da daaa.

June 5, 2017 The Stand-By Arrangement aims to restore fiscal and external balance and to improve public financial management while protecting social spending. The Iraqi authorities and the IMF mission have reached agreement on a supplementary budget for 2017, objectives for the 2018 budget, and strengthened procedures to keep expenditure under control The SBA aims to restore fiscal and external balance and to improve public financial management while protecting social spending. The Iraqi authorities and an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team reached a staff-level agreement on the second review of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) that was approved by the IMF Executive Board on July 7, 2016 (See Press Release No. 16/321). The SBA aims to restore fiscal and external balance and to improve public financial management while protecting social spending. Iraq completed the first review under the SBA on December 5, 2016 and received a disbursement of SDR 0.46 billion (US$0.6 billion) (See Press Release No. 16/540). Completion of the second review will release a further disbursement of SDR 0.6 billion (US$0.8 billion). Mr. Christian Josz, Mission Chief for Iraq, issued the following statement today in Amman: “The Iraqi authorities and the IMF team have reached agreement on a supplementary budget for 2017, objectives for the 2018 budget, and strengthened procedures to keep expenditure under control. Both the supplementary 2017 budget and the 2018 budget will keep the fiscal consolidation, necessitated by the fall in oil prices, on track, while protecting social spending. “Once agreed prior actions have been implemented, the IMF Board could consider the second review of the SBA in August. “During the discussions, the team met with Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), Dr. Ali Mohsen Ismail Al-Allaq, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister, Dr. Naufel Al-Hassan, Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit, Dr. Salah Noori Khalaf, Acting Deputy Finance Minister, Ms. Taif Same, Deputy Minister of Planning, Dr. Qasim Enaya, Deputy Minister of Electricity, Mr. Abdel Hamza, Financial Adviser to the Prime Minister, Dr. Mudher Saleh, and officials from the ministry of finance, Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), the Board of Supreme Audit, the ministry of oil, the ministry of planning, the ministry of electricity, and a representative from the Kurdistan Regional Government. The team would like to thank the Iraqi authorities for their cooperation and the open and productive discussions.” If Not Now, When? Energy Price Reform in Arab Countries; April 2017 Rabat, Morocco Publication Date: June 13, 2017 Electronic Access: Free Full text (PDF file size is 686 KB).Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: Regulating energy prices has been a common practice around the world. The objective is, generally, to facilitate access to energy products, which are central to people’s well-being and countries’ economic development. However, energy price regulation also leads to wasteful and excessive consumption, discourages investment in the energy sector, and locks in inefficient technologies. Low energy prices also result in subsidies that erode fiscal space, while benefits for the poor are limited. All these effects have been evident in Arab countries, where domestic energy prices are among the lowest in the world. The current environment of low oil prices offers a unique opportunity for change. Lessons from international experience suggest how well thought-out and sequenced reforms can be successful. Series: Policy Papers

No. The SBA has outlined the milestones in which reviews are to be conducted and criteria are to be met by that review. Iraq was given a waiver on the first review in which it did not meet all of the criteria. The second one is coming up. The reviews are merely to monitor the ongoing actions taking place and to affirm the criteria that have been met or not met. To guess, fathom or even speculate the review bears the weight of a decision on Iraq to RV is a misnomer. This would be like meeting with your boss on a project you were implementing on a bi-annual basis to report progress. Recommendations, of course, are given but it is Iraq's responsibility to either implement the recommendation or not.

This will blow your mind. Flat Earth theory wasn't a theory in KSA. It was taught as fact into the late 80's. Personal computers appeared on the scene and the KSA could not keep teaching the theory anymore. In the Quran, I long ago forgot the exact verse or it might be the hadiths the point is it has religious authority backing deemed to come from the mouth of god who does not have a mouth but I digress, the story goes that the Earth is flat and at each end of the world is a row of mountains to keep people from falling off the Earth. Between the mountains, the whole of the Earth belonged to their god and thus belonged to them. They would call this the house of peace (dar al salam)so long as all the peoples were all believers. If nonbelievers existed then it was their job as believers to get rid of the nonbelievers and thus the land was called the House of War (Dar al harb). Until the land is once again cleansed of unbelievers it will always be dal al harb - House of War. Thus jihad was born and evidenced to cleanse the world of unbelievers through the practice of five pillars of islam and dawa. Those who do not say the shahada shall pay the jizyah with humility until they either convert or no longer useful and summarily put to death. And now you know the rest of the story.....

If it doesn't happen at EID. It won't in 2017.

One day a little boy of 12 entered his house. He was all alone inside. Going about his business he turned on the tv to watch afternoon cartoons before he worked on his homework. The cartoons were lively and the little boy laughed and laughed. As he was sitting on his couch watching the cartoon he heard a thump come from the upstairs of his house. He froze and listened. Nothing happened. He returned his attention the tv and the cartoons. After a few days went by, he would come home and watch afternoon cartoons. He heard the thump again. This time a double thump. He flew out off of the couch and ran to the stairs, looked up but nothing. Cautiously he went back to the living room and sat down on the couch. Day after day of this went on. Thump. Thump. Thump. Always he would run to the stairs and look up the stairs and always nothing. He was started to become frightened. Then one day as he rushed to the stairs the thumping didn't stop. Thump Thump. Thump. It became faster. As he stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked up it came into view. A wooden coffin Thumped its way to the stairs and began to descend down. The boy was panicked had no idea what to do. Thump the coffin traversed another stair. The boy froze as he stared at the wooden coffin. Thump. Thump. Two stairs! Broken from the solace of rigidity the boy's hand flew into his pocket. Thump. Thump. Thump. Three stairs. The little boy pulled out a rectangular package. Thump. Thump. And as the Coffin resided on the last stair the boy showed it to the coffin. The Coffin never moved again. The boy had survived. The coffin was stopped and it had been taken away. One day his mother asked how a little boy of twelve could stop something as frightening and as scary as what the boy encountered that day. The little boy's father merely replied, "Vic's, always stops the coffin."

IMF is forward-looking to the budget for 2018 already. IMF Team Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on 2nd Review of SBA with Iraq June 5, 2017 June 5, 2017 The Stand-By Arrangement aims to restore fiscal and external balance and to improve public financial management while protecting social spending. The Iraqi authorities and the IMF mission have reached agreement on a supplementary budget for 2017, objectives for the 2018 budget, and strengthened procedures to keep expenditure under control The SBA aims to restore fiscal and external balance and to improve public financial management while protecting social spending. (This statement is why there will be no RV until after the SBA has been completed, three years hence June 2016) The Iraqi authorities and an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team reached a staff-level agreement on the second review of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) that was approved by the IMF Executive Board on July 7, 2016 (See Press Release No. 16/321). The SBA aims to restore fiscal and external balance and to improve public financial management while protecting social spending. Iraq completed the first review under the SBA on December 5, 2016 and received a disbursement of SDR 0.46 billion (US$0.6 billion) (See Press Release No. 16/540). Completion of the second review will release a further disbursement of SDR 0.6 billion (US$0.8 billion). Mr. Christian Josz, Mission Chief for Iraq, issued the following statement today in Amman: “The Iraqi authorities and the IMF team have reached agreement on a supplementary budget for 2017, objectives for the 2018 budget, and strengthened procedures to keep expenditure under control. Both the supplementary 2017 budget and the 2018 budget will keep the fiscal consolidation, necessitated by the fall in oil prices, on track, while protecting social spending. “Once agreed prior actions have been implemented, the IMF Board could consider the second review of the SBA in August. “During the discussions, the team met with Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), Dr. Ali Mohsen Ismail Al-Allaq, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister, Dr. Naufel Al-Hassan, Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit, Dr. Salah Noori Khalaf, Acting Deputy Finance Minister, Ms. Taif Same, Deputy Minister of Planning, Dr. Qasim Enaya, Deputy Minister of Electricity, Mr. Abdel Hamza, Financial Adviser to the Prime Minister, Dr. Mudher Saleh, and officials from the ministry of finance, Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), the Board of Supreme Audit, the ministry of oil, the ministry of planning, the ministry of electricity, and a representative from the Kurdistan Regional Government. The team would like to thank the Iraqi authorities for their cooperation and the open and productive discussions.”

There are more per capita in Oklahoma than Dearbornistan. After 9-11a lot of conferences went on in OKC regarding this tripe.

I speak swahili in a future life.