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2006-08-04 India-Pakistan

Almost 100,000 schools without electricity

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Posted by john 2006-08-04 06:35|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ISLAMABAD: More than half of the state-owned schools in the country lack proper buildings, electricity, water and sanitation facilities, or boundary walls, ..... and many students must walk or ride goats two-four miles uphill both ways!

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-04 08:08|| 2006-08-04 08:08|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder is all the hand wringing apologists who bitch about electricity in Iraq will pay attention to this? Nah, nothing here, move along. So what is the situation is better in Iraq, that's not the point, its about bitching at the slightest thing as long as they suffer from BDS.

Posted by Uloter Grinenter8414 2006-08-04 08:51|| 2006-08-04 08:51|| Front Page Top

#3 The state-owned schools may lack electricity, but what about the madrassas? Priorities.

Posted by glenmore">glenmore 2006-08-04 09:26|| 2006-08-04 09:26|| Front Page Top

#4 They have 200,000 schools? What's the official population of Paki-waki? Divide in 2 (assuming 50% of the population is school age), and then divide that again by 2 (assume 50% live in muzzie villages where "education" is frowned upon, or they're forced into the madrassas). Something tells me, these #s are skewed.

Posted by BA 2006-08-04 11:03|| 2006-08-04 11:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Hook up a rotary generator to the kids bobbing their heads in the madrassas...they could export power to the grid

Posted by mjh 2006-08-04 11:48|| 2006-08-04 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 If banging your head on the floor in the dark was good enough for Mohammad.....

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-08-04 14:50|| 2006-08-04 14:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Running water: Nope
Electricity: Nope
Textbooks: Nope
Paper: Nope
Pencils: Nope
Korans: Check
RPGs: Check
AK47s: Check
Whacked Out Holy Men: Check

Don't worry. We got what we need...

Posted by tu3031 2006-08-04 16:07|| 2006-08-04 16:07|| Front Page Top

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