stop wasting our money

          Before leaving the house, my wife told me that while she got some news about a plan for building the biggest Ferris wheel in the world in Baghdad. I replied mocking "let the government first supply us electricity for two continuous hours, then it can build this Wheel".  When I came to the office, I read the news in many newspapers. My wife was not telling me a joke. Its a plan suggested by Baghdad municipality. The plan suggests building an amusement park which included a Ferris wheel called (Baghdad Eye). It is planed to make it higher than London Eye and another Ferris wheel in another country.

          I can not describe the pain of my heart when I read the news. I even can not my feelings now. I wish I can cry. I wish I had power to do something, to change this ill reality. We don't have power in our houses and our great officials plan to build the biggest Ferris wheel. Yesterday was one more hot and moist day of August. We don't have an air conditioner in our house because we don't have enough power. I can buy four but they will be not more than a decoration. We use the air cooler which is not really effective but it's better than nothing. I spent the day at home. My two years old son was crying all the time because the poor child can not stand the hot weather. I tried to keep him always near the air cooler but its never enough. My son is only one child. We have hundreds of thousands all over Iraq. In stead of building new power plants, our government is planning to waste our money by doing useless projects. With the beginning of 2008, The PM said that 2008 would be the year of building and reconstruction. It looks that the rebuilding of our government means only changing the pavements and planting few flowers here and there.

          This silliness and money wasting should be stopped. Iraq doesn't need Ferris wheels or new pavements. We need real building and real projects. I think Bush administration should do something because we all know they are the real government and I'm sure they can make it clear to their Iraqi guys who claim being politicians that building a Ferris wheel or new pavement or even filling streets with blast walls have not relation at all with construction or building a modern democratic country.

          

          

Comments

[club penguin]

Wish I could tell you the Americans will do something, but I don't think so. All we heard about Iraq, and what most people are interested in, is the level of violence. If its down, the media implies all is well in Iraq, talk of how real people live is close to non-existant.

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[repleader]

How the hell does this have anything to do with George Bush? or John McCain? Iraq has its own government, and makes its own decisions. This is another ploy by the democrats to paint another falsehood on Bush and McCain.
Obama fans need to find more credible items and stop spreading bs

[Spirited]

Having lived in the Middle East in a nation bled dry by the US and bombed to smithereens by their proxy (at the time) we also suffered the generosity of the US Christian nation's mass murders and elimination of food, electricity, medical care, etc . . .we learned to beat the heat from a local lady who told us to dress . . jeans work best . .then get completely wet from head to toe . . . so that the evaporation kept one cooler in horrendous heat we suffered under while dodging American made chemical weapons and bombs.

Also...if you can get running water (many times we didn't have water thanks to no electricity, we installed water storage tanks on roof we filled in brief hours of elec)

. . .hang cloth or bamboo blinds OUTSIDE your windows and soak them with water. Open your windows/doors so that what little breeze there is passes through the wet coverings to cool off the interior.

All in all, during hot days your house will stay cooler if you put heavy drapes over windows and keep the sun out...even in the worst heat.

Hope some of those tricks helps.

[Southern Beale]

Sorry. This has George W. Bush's fingerprints all over it.

"Imagine the headlines!"

Meanwhile, Presidential candidate John McCain describes Iraq as ”a peaceful and stable country now.” Well, sure! Y'all have the world's biggest Ferris Wheel!

Misison accomplished!

[Bonnie]

Your goverment sounds like a lot of goverments in other parts of the world.
It would be nice if the goverment would listen to the wants and needs of the people
and do something worth while.
Basic needs should come first like electric & water & sewer.
I hope the changes you need come soon.

[Eve]

Politicians everywhere vote for useless projects that might increase their feeling of prestige and/or re-electibility. Witness China's massive Olympics projects while the common folk still struggle and many live with few modern convienences. Wish I could tell you the Americans will do something, but I don't think so. All we heard about Iraq, and what most people are interested in, is the level of violence. If its down, the media implies all is well in Iraq, talk of how real people live is close to non-existant. The surplus the Iraqi government is racking up did however break through the media fog.