Middle East: The Other Christmas Rush Is Christians Fleeing Arabia

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The British will earn more money than Americans in 2008, a first since records began. They'll also widen their lead over the French and Germans, says a new Oxford Economics study of per capita GDP.

48,062 Expected British GDP per capita in 2008, in dollars

47,427 Expected American GDP per capita in 2008, in dollars

1880 The first year comparative data were available (and already Americans led)

8 Expected percent difference between French and German GDP per capita and British GDP per capita

China ' s Orphanages: Adopting High Standards
A decade ago, the Chinese orphanage system was a case study in neglect: a 1996 Human Rights Watch report called it a "nationwide crisis." But today the system is among the most respected in the international adoption community, what Susan Soon-keum Cox at Holt International Children's Services calls a "model" for other countries. Access to China's estimated 42,000 orphanages remains limited, but American adoption agencies are reporting initial signs of a system transformed: new facilities, advanced medical technology and lower child-to-caretaker ratios. The progress would not have been possible without the booming Chinese economy or the country's growing role in international adoption.

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Posted By: nicknirm @ 07/22/2008 2:12:07 AM

???Many new exiles hope to relocate to the United States: no small irony given that the instability they're fleeing was set in motion by the United States itself???

The objectives of the US in the Middle East, post 9/11, quite apparently did not have anything to do with immigration. Christian refugees from the Middle East relocating to the Land of Immigrants would most certainly make very grateful and patriotic future citizens, in spite of their hardships. Why is that bad for America, considering that most residents of that part of the World seem to have mostly very negative feelings towards America of late? Sir, where is the irony in all this?
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Posted By: nicknirm @ 07/22/2008 2:11:47 AM

???Many new exiles hope to relocate to the United States: no small irony given that the instability they're fleeing was set in motion by the United States itself???

The objectives of the US in the Middle East, post 9/11, quite apparently did not have anything to do with immigration. Christian refugees from the Middle East relocating to the Land of Immigrants would most certainly make very grateful and patriotic future citizens, in spite of their hardships. Why is that bad for America, considering that most residents of that part of the World seem to have mostly very negative feelings towards America of late? Sir, where is the irony in all this?
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Posted By: nicknirm @ 07/22/2008 2:11:32 AM

???Many new exiles hope to relocate to the United States: no small irony given that the instability they're fleeing was set in motion by the United States itself???

The objectives of the US in the Middle East, post 9/11, quite apparently did not have anything to do with immigration. Christian refugees from the Middle East relocating to the Land of Immigrants would most certainly make very grateful and patriotic future citizens, in spite of their hardships. Why is that bad for America, considering that most residents of that part of the World seem to have mostly very negative feelings towards America of late? Sir, where is the irony in all this?