Showing posts with label SYD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SYD. Show all posts

Monday, November 27, 2006

Small, Yappy Dogs

Hugo Chavez says he will defeat the devil (meaning US) when he wins re-election December 3rd.
"On December 3 we're going to defeat the most powerful empire on earth by knockout," Chavez said.
Iran's president Ahmadinejad predicts the crumbling of the US, Israel and the UK.
``The Zionist regime is on a steep downhill towards collapse and disgrace,'' Ahmandinejad told supporters at a rally of Basiji militia forces near Tehran today. In a reference to the U.S. and U.K., he said ``the collapse and crumbling of your devilish rule has started.''

The CIA factbook lists the respective 2005 GDP's of the threatened and the threateners at :

US 12,310,000,000
VEN 162,100,000
Iran 569,900,000
Israel 156,900,000
UK 1,818,000,000

To put that in perspective, Venezuela has a GDP about 1/75th that of the US. So, if a 1/75th scale is about what is required to bring down a nation, and checking out The Mama's own GDP, I figure I need to get together with about 14 of my closest friends to "knockout" Chavez. Just 14.

It's a little bit mean, but I could use a hobby.

As for Ahmadinejad, Iran's GDP is about 1/25th of the combined GDPs of the US, UK and Israel. Going on a 1/25th scale, The Mama would need about 151 close friends to brag about the imminent demise of his regime. Lucky for him, I'm really not that social.