Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

I think that Russia, China, India in fact the world as a whole is appalled at the events taking place, invasions using military means and/or professionally produced elections cleverly designed to emotionally overwhelm the voter and literally in many cases strip him of his freewill to choose.

I do not see Russia or China fighting just yet, I believe they would like more time. Although time is our enemy, time is their friend.

This is way out of control. In fact a catastropic war of such a magnitude that Bush is racing toward cannot be controlled. This is something I don’t think he understands.

I remember posting this a while ago. The link is no longer active. This says it all regarding the strategic importance of Georgia to the United States. This is not a conspiracy this is a long term plan.

For its size, this nation of 4.4 million people holds disproportionate interest for Russia, its northern neighbor, and for the United States, which has poured in $1 billion in aid in the last decade. That puts Georgia in the same league, per capita, as America's biggest aid recipients, Israel and Egypt.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/15/international/europe/15GEOR.html?th




Wages in Georgia far below subsistence minimum - statistical office


Text of report by Georgian news agency Prime-News


Tbilisi, 24th August: The average monthly wage in Georgia was 75 lari in the
first six months of this year. The average wage in the public sector was 58
lari. Prime-News was told at the State Statistics Department that these
figures are 17.6 and 5.5 per cent higher than in the first six months of
1999.


The average monthly wage amounts to 66.5 per cent of the subsistence minimum
for an able-bodied man and 75.8 per cent of the subsistence minimum for an
average consumer. For the average wage in the public sector, the
percentages are 51.4 and 58.6 respectively.


The current exchange rate is 1.97 lari to the dollar.


Source: Prime-News news agency, Tbilisi, in Georgian 0710 gmt 24 Aug 00


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