Fact Book 2002 ... from the C.I.A.

C.I.A. ^ | 2002 | C.I.A.

[MHGinTN]

Okay, Freepers, here's a site many of you can use! It offers compiled data on every country in the world.

Here is the URL, http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html and here's a link.

This is the C.I.A.'s compilation of data you can access. Your tax dollars paid for this, help yourself tot he fruits.

[MHGinTN]

Most of you folks probably already know about this site, but if you don't, check it out sometime.

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[SpookBrat]

This is a cool site. We use it a lot in our home schooling.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[NewRomeTacitus]

This is the Central Intelligence Agency living up to the name! I can't recommend this site enough.
Now about that secluded home I'd like...

[MHGinTN]

Upon which alternate planet to Earth?

[185JHP]

Thanks!

[MeekOneGOP]

When I saw this link:

History of The World Factbook

Why did I think of Mel Brooks movie? hehe !

Thanks !! I put the link on my Favs.

[dr_who_2]

Excerpt:

France is a country that is famous for its windmills, its dikes, and of course its people who are fond of pickled herring and wear wooden shoes. It's capital, Tehran, is a popular staging point for the large scale smuggling of such biological weapons as grey poupon, truffles, and bottled mineral water.

[MHGinTN]

I think the gyros in your Tardis are screwed up ... but I loved it!

[dr_who_2]

Government: An oligarchy of union bosses and people who couldn't make a successful career directing independent films.

Transportation: Inadequate for defending the country in the event of a large scale attack, particularly when the farmers go on strike. On the other hand, several of our agents have pointed out that the subway system is usually kept remarkably free of litter and is convenient because it ceases operation long after most of the bars have closed.

National Defense: Most military scientists agree that the best time of year to invade France would be either either in the winter, when the average Frenchman chainsmokes so much that they smell like a forest fire, or the summer, when the average Frenchman has washed so infrequently that they smell a great deal like very old cheese. Either way, the odor is usually powerful enough to halt the advance of any foe. The monsoon season is in full force the rest of the year, making ground-based operations impossible (unless one relies on water buffaloes and elephants).

[dr_who_2]

Hey, What are weekends for?

[MHGinTN]

You can leave K-9 with me while you're away.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks so much, Marvin. Bookmarked.

[yonif]

Israel's entry is terrible, especially the map.

[4Liberty]

It's fun to go through the Factbook... & find how many Countries with voting UN members are either

1. 1-Party states
2. suffer State-control media, or
3. deny citizens universal suffrage

The UN: a nice, democratic body.
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