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#1 Oct 25 2006 at 9:39 PM Rating: Default
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And the results are just in from this years
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Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006


Top 10

1 Finland
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Netherlands
5 Czech Republic
6 Estonia
- Norway
8 Slovakia
- Switzerland
10 Hungary

Bottom 10.
158 Uzbekistan
159 Nepal
160 Ethiopia
161 Saudi Arabia
162 Iran
163 China
164 Burma
165 Cuba
166 Eritrea
167 Turkmenistan
168 North Korea

Others of note.

UK 28th.

New zealand (Cos i live there)21st.

USA 56th.

well at least the land of the free and the home of the 1st amendment
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


is doing better than Uruguay (57) Congo (73) and Liberia (84). But they are not doing as well as Croatia (54) Mozambique (47) or even Lithuania at (27).

Interestingly, to some of us anyway, the USA was 17th in 2002, when the study was first compiled. Wonder what happened since then to stuff up the free speech so badly? I really can't begin to imagine.....

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#2 Oct 25 2006 at 9:50 PM Rating: Excellent
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or even Lithuania at (27)
Why the hate on Lithuania?
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#3 Oct 25 2006 at 9:59 PM Rating: Default
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Everything I know about Lithunaia I learnt from Latka. The taxi driver.

I confess that some of the information I got from him may now be outdated....
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#4 Oct 26 2006 at 3:30 AM Rating: Good
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Thread hijack time.

You live in New Zealand, paulsol, but where? There is a job in Auckland that wants to make use of my eyepopping skills with lengthy stick-like objects that reside between my ebony legs. The pay for my wigglesticking skills seems adequate, the weather and people seem nice, and the auxillary incidentals associated with my job like sea rescue work and NODS also seem nice.

Bear in mind I live in California where the pace of life is rather fast. Would you think I'd like it? Could the Kiwis handle the Alabama Black Snake?

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#5 Oct 26 2006 at 8:39 AM Rating: Decent
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Could the Kiwis handle the Alabama Black Snake?
Yes, but they do tend to bruise easily
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#6 Oct 26 2006 at 9:31 AM Rating: Excellent
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I think you'd like NZ, personally. Gorgeous country, very nice people, fairly conservative for the most part.

However the pace of life is very, very rural compared to Cali. Not in a bad way - there's a ton to do outdoors.

That's my impression, anyway.
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#7 Oct 26 2006 at 10:13 AM Rating: Good
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16 Austria 4,50
- Bolivia 4,50
- Canada 4,50
Canada still kicks the USA's ***.
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#8 Oct 26 2006 at 6:44 PM Rating: Good
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Well the requirement is for 2,000 hours and I have 9k+, so flight time wouldn't be an issue. They fly an old model shoebox, so that isn't terribly exciting, especially considering I'm commanding the latest and greatest in Eurocopter's fleet. I dunno. The peripherals would have to be good.

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#9 Oct 26 2006 at 8:07 PM Rating: Good
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Totem wrote:
Well the requirement is for 2,000 hours and I have 9k+, so flight time wouldn't be an issue. They fly an old model shoebox, so that isn't terribly exciting, especially considering I'm commanding the latest and greatest in Eurocopter's fleet. I dunno. The peripherals would have to be good.

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So are you like Airwolf and ****?






You look like Ernest Borgnine don't you?
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#10 Oct 26 2006 at 9:03 PM Rating: Good
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Kinda, but my Santini is more Fred Sanford with a wrench.

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#11REDACTED, Posted: Oct 31 2006 at 6:58 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Unfortunately they're still canadian
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