I thought beetle hit it dead on, I found myself nodding at his comment not getting upset, infact I was really suprised to see how upset some people got. Course, now I dont live in 'texas'.
Hmm... last time I checked we give a smaller proportion of our gdp to foriegn aid than any other industrialized country in the world.
Back to the thread...
What is the major issue in the upgrade? Is it the video card or the rest of the computer? I am amazed at how many people believe you need this 'money' tree to buy a 40 dollar video card, or a 100 dollar mb chip combo.
40 dollars is what? A days worth of gas for the average truck driving texan....
ducking and running...
edit-> here is a reference if you want it.
"[Americans] are regularly told by politicians and the media, that America is the world's most generous nation. This is one of the most conventional pieces of 'knowledgable ignorance'. According to the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the US gave between $6 and $15 billion in foreign aid in the period between 1995 and 1999. In absolute terms, Japan gives more than the US, between $9 and $15 billion in the same period. But the absolute figures are less significant than the proportion of gross domestic product (GDP, or national wealth) that a country devotes to foreign aid. On that league table, the US ranks twenty-second of the 22 most developed nations. As former President Jimmy Carter commented: 'We are the stingiest nation of all'. Denmark is top of the table, giving 1.01% of GDP, while the US manages just 0.1%. The United Nations has long established the target of 0.7% GDP for development assistance, although only four countries actually achieve this: Denmark, 1.01%; Norway, 0.91%; the Netherlands, 0.79%; Sweden, 0.7%. Apart from being the least generous nation, the US is highly selective in who receives its aid. Over 50% of its aid budget is spent on middle-income countries in the Middle East, with Israel being the recipient of the largest single share"
"Why do people hate America?" by Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies, 2002. p79