Already a troubled system, Iraqi medical care has fallen to the brink of collapse since the U.S.-led invasion five years ago..... Specialists are hard to find. At one point, Baghdad — a city of more than 5 million — had no neurosurgeon, said Dr. Hussein al-Hilli, director of the Ibn Albitar Hospital in Baghdad.... Like so many areas of life in Iraq, the health care crisis is vast and complex, and there is no quick solution to improve conditions for doctors and patients.
The state's largest public hospital is near bankruptcy, struggling to pay its bills and overrun with faulty budget strategies.... Grady treats the lion's share of metro Atlanta's poor. In 2000 alone indigent care cost Grady $172.9 million, according to Agwunobi's report....
The Iraqi Interior Ministry has ordered police to round up beggars, homeless and mentally disabled people from Baghdad's streets so insurgents can't use them as suicide bombers.... The people detained in the Baghdad sweep will be taken to social welfare institutions and psychiatric hospitals that can provide shelter and care for them, Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Abdul-Karim Khalaf said.
ATLANTA — A ban on panhandling near downtown Atlanta's (search) tourist attractions was approved by the City Council (search) on Monday, despite hundreds of protesters who called the measure an attack on the poor.... the plan — approved 12-3 — sparked opposition from activists for the poor and civil rights groups, who complained the ban would unfairly affect black males....
Power failures and maintenance have disrupted running water supplies to almost half of the capital, Baghdad, home to nearly 6 million people.... A Baghdad Municipality source said the project supplying drinking water to Rasafa, the eastern half of Baghdad, was temporarily idle.... The source, refusing to be named, said running water supplies may not resume for a few days.
Quote by will in chicago: And now for something truly evil and horrid. One of the members at UNN posted this.
Iraq war vet faces trial on charge of raping 3-month-old girl
I don't know anything beyond what is in the story, but maybe some counseling would have found some problems in this man and this tragedy could be prevented.
Quote by Raine:my god.Quote by will in chicago: And now for something truly evil and horrid. One of the members at UNN posted this.
Iraq war vet faces trial on charge of raping 3-month-old girl
I don't know anything beyond what is in the story, but maybe some counseling would have found some problems in this man and this tragedy could be prevented.
words fail me.
Quote by Raine: Good blog Bobr. Sad but very good.
I would however venture to say that the lower 9th ward may be able to compare or at the very least identify, to baghdad tho... here we are probably the richest country in the world... aww hell, you know what I mean...
Quote by will in chicago: I will read it, m-hadley.
Sadly, we have failed to live up to our true promise as a nation. Yet, we can always try to work towards fulfilling that promise.
Quote by velveeta jones: Good morning.
Oh, Will, that story you posted has truly depressed me. Gads! If true, I do hope that man rots away in a dark stinky prison in hell!! And I pray that child recovers.
Quote by velveeta jones: Faye, that article also depressed me.
Ya'll are dead set on keeping Velveeta close to the fainting couch this morning! And I start my first day of *actual* work for *actual* money later this morning.
*As opposed to the laying about on the porch, sipping tea and doodling kind.
Quote by velveeta jones: Faye, that article also depressed me.
Ya'll are dead set on keeping Velveeta close to the fainting couch this morning! And I start my first day of *actual* work for *actual* money later this morning.
*As opposed to the laying about on the porch, sipping tea and doodling kind.
Quote by velveeta jones: Could it be......................
APRIL 26
APRIL 26
APRIL 26
APRIL 26
(keep repeating that so it sinks in to Chris)
Quote by Raine: 3/12/2008 - Steph Visits 3WT in Washington, DC!
BlackFinn Restaurant and Saloon
4901 Fairmont Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
(202) 895-5000
6pm to 9pm
BlackFinn Restaurant and Saloon in Bethesda, MD
:kickcan:
Quote by Raine: Mala will be our Fourfreedoms REP!
Quote by shelaghc: G'morning all.
I need to adjust my commute to add a looooong walk across the parking lot every day.
The lot here is set up for all cars to park in a line and leave their keys for the attendants. The upside is that at the end of the day you have the chance of your car being near the front of the lot even when you leave if you parked at the back in the morning. The downside, generally, is that you have to find your keys and your car when you leave.
Unless, like me, you have a car with a broken seat that's very hard to adjust forward if it's been released all the way back. I put a little sign that says "don't move the seat" on the dashboard to keep that from happening.
For me, the upshot is that the parking guys don't like to move my car so they save me a parking place behind a pole so they don't have to move it all day long. It's out of their way and I take my keys with me.
The pole is waaaaaaay on the other side of the lot so I have to add at least five minutes to my commute daily just for getting from the car to the door. On cold snowy days, that sucks rocks.
OTOH, I guess I get a little exercise every day, eh?
Quote by Raine: 3/12/2008 - Steph Visits 3WT in Washington, DC!
BlackFinn Restaurant and Saloon
4901 Fairmont Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
(202) 895-5000
6pm to 9pm
BlackFinn Restaurant and Saloon in Bethesda, MD
:kickcan:
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine: Mala will be our Fourfreedoms REP!
What am I repping?
Morning btw - :hug:
Quote by livingonli:
Doesn't help me. It's in the middle of a week I'm working. I already got my April vacation time approved. Today I better get down to looking at hotels.
Quote by livingonli:Quote by Raine: 3/12/2008 - Steph Visits 3WT in Washington, DC!
BlackFinn Restaurant and Saloon
4901 Fairmont Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
(202) 895-5000
6pm to 9pm
BlackFinn Restaurant and Saloon in Bethesda, MD
:kickcan:
Doesn't help me. It's in the middle of a week I'm working. I already got my April vacation time approved. Today I better get down to looking at hotels.
Quote by Raine:Momma is going to DC on March 12. Details below!Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine: Mala will be our Fourfreedoms REP!
What am I repping?
Morning btw - :hug:
Quote by BobR:Quote by livingonli:
Doesn't help me. It's in the middle of a week I'm working. I already got my April vacation time approved. Today I better get down to looking at hotels.
I thought we already picked the Holiday Inn @ Key Bridge?
Quote by will in chicago: As we could use some positive/interesting news, here is a story from the Christian Science Monitor: Across the Milky Way, more planet Earths?
Quote by livingonli:Quote by BobR:Quote by livingonli:
Doesn't help me. It's in the middle of a week I'm working. I already got my April vacation time approved. Today I better get down to looking at hotels.
I thought we already picked the Holiday Inn @ Key Bridge?
Oops. Silly me. Still waking up. Still looking for the best deal for that hotel. Of course with AAP down, I can't PM HBK and remind her to pop over here again and give her my details since I probably would be driving her at least one way.
Quote by wickedpam: Liv - I'm guessing AAP is still down?