Firstly, can I say that Newsweek’s website for this is a total piece of crap. Higher tech is not necessarily better you idiots! Most important is ease of browsing and spreading info!
This post is sadly not as good as it could be, and i blame Newsweek :P
Nonetheless.
So, our friend Najib so proudly tweeted that we came in 37th in some poll on the 100 greatest countries. I thought the poll was worth a closer look.
For starters, let’s look at who beat us:
Israel, Czech Republic, Greece, Croatia, Poland, Chile, Slovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Costa Rica, Latvia
So basically a whole bunch of ex communist bloc countries, Latin American countries well off the beaten path, and a BANKRUPT nation all polled ahead of us?
Still want to be proud?
A friend of mine, who prompted me to finally ‘forgive’ Newsweek long enough to write this, pointed out more:
What that means is that there must be many more…
.. oh screw it. I’m going to pick out one by one and list out at least notable countries that ranked higher than us in political environment. Suck it, Najib.
El Salvador, Indonesia, Peru, Dominican Republic, India, Mozambique, Mexico, Jamaica, Ghana, Brazil, Argentina, Botswana, Uruguay, Latvia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Romania, Panama, Croatia, UK, Hungary, South Africa, Chile, Greece, Costa Rica, Israel, Lithuania, Japan, Slovakia, Portugal.
Ok, I think that’s enough. So basically it’s like a a good chunk of Africa is better of politically than us?
Great jobla, Najib – you wanna prize?
ps- as Pratamad put it, in other news: Newsweek ranked worst ever ‘interactive inforgraphic’, hahaha :)
pps- check out Stephen Colbert, haha
Nonetheless.
So, our friend Najib so proudly tweeted that we came in 37th in some poll on the 100 greatest countries. I thought the poll was worth a closer look.
For starters, let’s look at who beat us:
Israel, Czech Republic, Greece, Croatia, Poland, Chile, Slovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Costa Rica, Latvia
So basically a whole bunch of ex communist bloc countries, Latin American countries well off the beaten path, and a BANKRUPT nation all polled ahead of us?
Still want to be proud?
A friend of mine, who prompted me to finally ‘forgive’ Newsweek long enough to write this, pointed out more:
* Surprisingly Kazakhstan is ranked #14 in education while Malaysia is #36.Now, said friend had to go through a very painstaking process to gleam these details, which I can’t say I had the patience to.
* China and Vietnam have better health care than Malaysia’s #52 ranking
* Even Cuba beat us at “quality of life” coming in at #32 while we are at #48
* Mozambique comes in at #47 while Panama is #35 for “political environment” while we are ranked #54
Funny how ex-Eastern Bloc countries, freed from the “evils of communism” in the 1990′s, seems to be doing better than us who has had 53 years of independence. Duh!
What that means is that there must be many more…
.. oh screw it. I’m going to pick out one by one and list out at least notable countries that ranked higher than us in political environment. Suck it, Najib.
El Salvador, Indonesia, Peru, Dominican Republic, India, Mozambique, Mexico, Jamaica, Ghana, Brazil, Argentina, Botswana, Uruguay, Latvia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Romania, Panama, Croatia, UK, Hungary, South Africa, Chile, Greece, Costa Rica, Israel, Lithuania, Japan, Slovakia, Portugal.
Ok, I think that’s enough. So basically it’s like a a good chunk of Africa is better of politically than us?
Great jobla, Najib – you wanna prize?
ps- as Pratamad put it, in other news: Newsweek ranked worst ever ‘interactive inforgraphic’, hahaha :)
pps- check out Stephen Colbert, haha
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