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[queerbychoice]

"As recently as 1999, U.S. taxpayers paid the entire annual salary of every single Taliban government official, all in the hopes of returning to the days of dollar-a-gallon gas."
from "The New Great Game: Oil Politics in Central Asia" by Ted Rall

I think this article overstates its case, but even so, it does have some interesting information.

Comments

[venus-flytrap.livejournal.com]

did you read either naomi klein's bit or the anti-war piece? i'd like to discuss the anti-war on, especially.

btw, someone named spydielives has the same icon as you. the horror!

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Which anti-war one, and what do you want to discuss about it? I did read the Naomi Klein one, but I have nothing much to add to it.

The icon thing rather disturbs me, since this is my icon, I made it myself, and I've never heard of this spydielives person nor been asked for permission for her to use it. However, I went to look at her journal to see if she's a type of person I feel like being annoyed with, and she didn't seem particularly annoying - so since it doesn't seem to be her primary icon, I don't think I'll bother her about it at the moment.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Greetings!

I just found this comment via google - which icon do/did I have that is your property?

I will remove it - I always do promptly if I am told an icon is not public domain. (Granted this is about 6 YEARS ago so the issue may have been long resolved).

In either case, I apologize for inadvertantly stepping on your toes stealing your property.

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Wow, this was a very old comment you found! The icon you had at the time was my default one, that still is my default one. But you obviously don't have it anymore, so don't worry about it. Thanks for asking!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

This pretty swirl?

Huh. I don't remember it at all... but I will certainly take your word for it.

You are most welcome.

Good luck and take care.