Re: Gasoline Riots in Iran

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From: Gatt
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:07

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"Don Homuth" <dhomuthoneatcomcast.net> wrote in message 
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>>> Iranians riot over gasoline price increase and rationing.  Average
>>> price for gasoline in Iran is now 38 cents a gallon.
>>
>>Is it so wrong to giggle a little about that?   38 cents a gallon and they
>>can't get enough of it.
>
> What's their average income, denominated in US dollars?

That's a relevant question.   I wonder what they think about these eastern 
oil barons floating around in hundred-million-dollar yachts or gold-lined 
private jetliners while the common people are making whatever and can't get 
gas regardless.

>>"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink"
>
> Water, in this country, is oftimes More expensive than gasoline.

Odd, that, although it makes travelling to other cities a little less 
gastrointestinally precarious.

-c

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