Comments on: Who to cheer for in the World Cup http://www.owen.org/blog/521 Thoughts from Owen in Africa Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: todd http://www.owen.org/blog/521/comment-page-1#comment-2215 todd Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:05:26 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/521#comment-2215 if having lots of debt were really a virtue, then the US should really be tops. Just because we aren't in the GDF, doesn't mean we aren't the world's largest debtor! (BTW, also shows how bankrupt the WDM thinking is...) if having lots of debt were really a virtue, then the US should really be tops. Just because we aren’t in the GDF, doesn’t mean we aren’t the world’s largest debtor! (BTW, also shows how bankrupt the WDM thinking is…)

]]> By: AsiaPundit » Blog Archive » Footie, Babes and Lost Productivity http://www.owen.org/blog/521/comment-page-1#comment-2214 AsiaPundit » Blog Archive » Footie, Babes and Lost Productivity Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:23:22 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/521#comment-2214 [...] AsiaPundit does not have a national team this year –and being Canadian likely never will — but he does have hopes for Korea, Japan, the US and Australia. Those who are also without a natural team to root for, Owen offers a tool for making an ethical decision.: The World Development Movement has a handy tool to help the ethical football supporter decide which team to support. As I type, Tunisia is beating Saudi Arabia - according to the WDM, this is good news as it means that the 3rd most supportable team is beating the 29th most supportable, on measures such as carbon emmissions, corruption and military spending. [...] [...] AsiaPundit does not have a national team this year –and being Canadian likely never will — but he does have hopes for Korea, Japan, the US and Australia. Those who are also without a natural team to root for, Owen offers a tool for making an ethical decision.: The World Development Movement has a handy tool to help the ethical football supporter decide which team to support. As I type, Tunisia is beating Saudi Arabia – according to the WDM, this is good news as it means that the 3rd most supportable team is beating the 29th most supportable, on measures such as carbon emmissions, corruption and military spending. [...]

]]> By: beev http://www.owen.org/blog/521/comment-page-1#comment-2213 beev Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:37:57 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/521#comment-2213 Thinking about it, success in football for less developed countries could help them at home and lead to improvements for ordinary people... Thinking about it, success in football for less developed countries could help them at home and lead to improvements for ordinary people…

]]> By: beev http://www.owen.org/blog/521/comment-page-1#comment-2212 beev Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:01:47 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/521#comment-2212 Unbelievable! Apparently I should support Angola over England. Even though Angola has massive corruption, massive debt, a tiny level of health spending, ridiculous inequality, nothing spent on aid, twice the level of England's military spending (proportionally), a tiny income per person, and a life expectancy that's barely half that of the English. Is this the kind of thing were supposed to support? It would appear the reason Angola are so great is because they are host to none of the world's largest 500 multinationals and they have low carbon emmissions. This is just what I'd expect from the WDM. Because the country is a disaster area and nobody wants to live there (except the corrupt motherf*****s who run the place), we're supposed to love them.<br /><br />Having said that, I was hoping Angola - as sporting underdogs - would triumph over their old adversaries Portugal, though in the end it wasn't to be. Unbelievable! Apparently I should support Angola over England. Even though Angola has massive corruption, massive debt, a tiny level of health spending, ridiculous inequality, nothing spent on aid, twice the level of England’s military spending (proportionally), a tiny income per person, and a life expectancy that’s barely half that of the English. Is this the kind of thing were supposed to support? It would appear the reason Angola are so great is because they are host to none of the world’s largest 500 multinationals and they have low carbon emmissions. This is just what I’d expect from the WDM. Because the country is a disaster area and nobody wants to live there (except the corrupt motherf*****s who run the place), we’re supposed to love them.

Having said that, I was hoping Angola – as sporting underdogs – would triumph over their old adversaries Portugal, though in the end it wasn’t to be.

]]> By: Shirazi http://www.owen.org/blog/521/comment-page-1#comment-2211 Shirazi Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:12:11 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/521#comment-2211 The game itself instead of a team that could lose. The game itself instead of a team that could lose.

]]> By: PSD Blog - The World Bank Group - Private Sector Development http://www.owen.org/blog/521/comment-page-1#comment-2210 PSD Blog - The World Bank Group - Private Sector Development Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:33:50 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/521#comment-2210 <strong>Who to route for in the World Cup?...</strong> Owen has found the tool to help those of you with a conscience who are still undecided: The World Development Movement has a handy tool to help the ethical football supporter decide which team to support. As I type, Tunisia is beating Saudi Arabia - ac... Who to route for in the World Cup?…

Owen has found the tool to help those of you with a conscience who are still undecided: The World Development Movement has a handy tool to help the ethical football supporter decide which team to support. As I type, Tunisia is beating Saudi Arabia – ac…

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