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To: Thermalseeker
Having worked in several 3rd world countries I can tell you with absolute confidence that Americans have NO IDEA what real poverty is all about. The poorest of the poor in this country are wealthy beyond the imaginations of folks I saw in Nicaragua.

I flew in relief supplies to Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and Eritrea.

You are absolutely correct.

Moreover, I recently talked to some people who vacationed in Jamaica recently. My wife and I were stupid enough to do that 22 years ago.

It was a mess. Crime. Poverty. Mobbed in the street.

Most Americans really have no idea.

23 posted on 09/16/2010 8:35:43 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
y correct. Moreover, I recently talked to some people who vacationed in Jamaica recently. My wife and I were stupid enough to do that 22 years ago

Kingston is a shithole.

36 posted on 09/16/2010 8:56:07 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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