Your posts do nothing to belittle the original statement. They serve only to distract, like the dog with the poofy tail.
Medic 1 Jerry 0 On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Cuba's not one of the poorest nations in the world". > > It's not exactly an economic powerhouse. > > The common international poverty > line<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_threshold>has in the past > been roughly $1 a day. In 2008, the World Bank came out with > a revised figure of $1.25 at 2005 purchasing-power parity > (PPP).[<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_threshold#cite_note-nb-2> > > Average monthly salary in Cuba: $18< > http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2886.htm> > > Hmm. That's about half of the international poverty line. To you, it > might > not be poor. To me, it looks poor. > > "And volleyball? I think that's a stretch. I've never heard of an > international volleyball contest. In fact I've never heard of an > international baseball contest either. > Certainly not one that brings countries together on any scale even close to > world cup." > > You ever heard of this sporting event called the Olympics? It's this > sporting event that is held every four years. It has all of these weird > sports like baseball and volleyball. It even has soccer. It's usually a > big deal. > > There is also an event called the World Baseball > Classic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic>, > which is an international baseball tournament. Cuba was the runner up in > 2006. > > Are these other sports as popular as soccer? No. Can "poor" nations > compete in them? yes. > > Are the tournaments and events that host these sports more popular than the > world cup? no. Do they exist? yes. > > Finally, the original question was "What other sport is there where one of > the poorest nations in the world can defeat one of the richest?". It was > not, "What other sport is there, being played on such a grand stage, where > one of the poorest nations in the world can defeat one of the richest ?" > It > has been sufficiently answered. > > J > > - > > Those politicians, professors and union bosses who curse big business are > fighting for a lower standard of living. - Ludwig von Mises > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321561 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
