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globe risk and blackwater USA are both US Military security contractors

Since the war in Iraq began, military contractors from the U.S. have been slaughtered by both legislators and the press. And it’s not for bad reason: Private U.S. companies like Haliburton and (most recently) Blackwater have engaged in corruption, wasteful spending, and all-around bad behavior...like killing Iraqi citizens.

A whopping 72% of Americans say that they are dissatisfied with how things are going in this country, according to a USA Today/Gallup Poll, only 26% say they are happy with it.

Americans spend double what people in other industrialized countries do on health care, but have more trouble seeing doctors, are the victims of more errors and go without treatment more often.

The report studied the health care systems of: The U.S., Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

FACT: The United States spent $6,687 per person on health care in 2005 (that’s 16% of GDP.) Every other country spent less than half of that: Australia spent $3,128, for example. Canada spent $3,326.

Bush says bin Laden is like Lenin, compares him to Hitler.

Washington State lawmaker Richard Curtis resigned his office tonight after a man he allegedly paid for sex spoke to the media about the encounter. Curtis is the third conservative lawmaker in just as many months to resign amid allegations of soliciting gay sex.

The severe drought tightening like a vise across the Southeast has threatened the water supply of cities large and small, sending politicians scrambling for solutions. But Orme, about 40 miles west of Chattanooga and 150 miles northwest of Atlanta, is a town where the worst-case scenario has already come to pass: The water has run out.

The Army began its recruiting year Oct. 1 with fewer signed up for basic training than in any year since it became an all-volunteer service in 1973.

107 is the number of lives that tropical storm Noel has now claimed in the Caribbean.

Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets, forever immortalized as the guy who flew the Enola Gay and dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima, died yesterday. He was 92.

New York uses harsh anti-terrorist laws passed in the weeks after 9/11 to prosecute gang members, saying gangs “terrorize” people through intimidation.

State Department personnel under threat of dismissal, are forced to go to Iraq- They call it a “potential death sentence.”

--from blackwater's website...

Blackwater Global Stability Solutions

Blackwater USA, has a proven track record of superior advisory support to government agencies and private organizations. We are in position across the globe ready to provide rapid planning consultation, rapid mobility/logistics, and security assistance support in areas devastated by war or natural disasters.

Our thousands of highly specialized global stabilization professionals form the backbone of our consulting and services support capabilities. Blackwater Global Stability Solutions approaches every challenge with focused analysis. We pride ourselves on providing solutions that are practical, economical, timely and effective.

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