Monday, August 28, 2006

you know the place you live in sucks when you have to pay in excess of $7 tax for a pack of cigarettes

you know the place you live in sucks when its the most expensive place to light up in the region (and probably almost anywhere in the world) and the price of one pack is more than 3 times the price of a pack in the next most expensive place

you know the place you live in sucks when you can take a puff almost anywhere except in your own home

you know the place you live in sucks when the fines for smuggling a pack of cigarettes in is $200 and even the cab company offers rewards for squealing on cabbies who take part in the smuggling

you know the place you live in sucks when the revenues from taxing the layman goes to providing the inflated salaries that the government enjoys

you know the place you live in sucks when your country is ranked 140th in press freedom according to french ngo reporters without borders

you know the place you live in sucks when you country is consistently under watch by amnesty international for human rights abuses
god spoke 9:39 PM