Comments on: Who has the oil? http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/ Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Both are designers, Mark works in advertising while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:26:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jolie_Gal http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-364195 Jolie_Gal Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:59:20 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-364195 Well I'm not sure whether it's fair to compare Kuwait and Singapore, since according to GDP per capita, Kuwait is no. 21 and Singapore is no. 26 (no. 20 is Germany and completely superior to Kuwait in many factors) but let's give it a try. These are several factors I can think of, please feel free to add some more. Let's see how generous is this rich government on education: public expenditure per student as a percentage of GDP per capita: Kuwait is no 81 and Singapore is no. 80 Library members per capita: Singapore no. 4 and Kuwait again doesn't make it. Tertiary level enrollment ratio: Singapore is no. 46 and Kuwait is no. 72 Top 100 University: Singapore has 2 (India also has 2), and Kuwait has none. Percentage of population with adequate access to sanitation facilities: Singapore is no. 6 and Kuwait doesn't even make it to the list (Qatar is no. 4 by the way) Per capita government expenditure on health: Kuwait no. 49 and Singapore no. 57 (nice....) However, overall health performance per capita: Singapore is no. 8 and again Kuwait doesn't make it. Transportation Facility: Airport - Need I compare Singapore's and Kuwait's? Public Transportation - Ditto Crime: Kuwait and Singapore both impressively don't make it to the list in many criterias beside of course in Human Trafficking, Kuwait is in International Watch list and Singapore isn't. In corruption, Singapore's index is 9.4 and Kuwait is 4.7 (10 being highly clean and 0 being highly corrupt). In Life Satisfaction Singapore is no. 21 and Kuwait, again, doesn't make it. So I think it's objective enough to say, for a country with such strong economy, Kuwait is lacking. Disclaimer: yes I'm a nerd Well I’m not sure whether it’s fair to compare Kuwait and Singapore, since according to GDP per capita, Kuwait is no. 21 and Singapore is no. 26 (no. 20 is Germany and completely superior to Kuwait in many factors) but let’s give it a try. These are several factors I can think of, please feel free to add some more.

Let’s see how generous is this rich government on education: public expenditure per student as a percentage of GDP per capita: Kuwait is no 81 and Singapore is no. 80

Library members per capita: Singapore no. 4 and Kuwait again doesn’t make it.

Tertiary level enrollment ratio: Singapore is no. 46 and Kuwait is no. 72

Top 100 University: Singapore has 2 (India also has 2), and Kuwait has none.

Percentage of population with adequate access to sanitation facilities: Singapore is no. 6 and Kuwait doesn’t even make it to the list (Qatar is no. 4 by the way)

Per capita government expenditure on health: Kuwait no. 49 and Singapore no. 57 (nice….)

However, overall health performance per capita: Singapore is no. 8 and again Kuwait doesn’t make it.

Transportation Facility: Airport – Need I compare Singapore’s and Kuwait’s? Public Transportation – Ditto

Crime: Kuwait and Singapore both impressively don’t make it to the list in many criterias beside of course in Human Trafficking, Kuwait is in International Watch list and Singapore isn’t. In corruption, Singapore’s index is 9.4 and Kuwait is 4.7 (10 being highly clean and 0 being highly corrupt).

In Life Satisfaction Singapore is no. 21 and Kuwait, again, doesn’t make it.

So I think it’s objective enough to say, for a country with such strong economy, Kuwait is lacking.

Disclaimer: yes I’m a nerd

]]> By: fatfukka http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-363681 fatfukka Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:40:13 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-363681 I think comparing Kuwait to Singapore would work. I think comparing Kuwait to Singapore would work.

]]> By: abood79 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362735 abood79 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:29:37 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362735 Yeah...its all logics fault. Damn that logic. Yeah…its all logics fault.
Damn that logic.

]]> By: Jolie_Gal http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362722 Jolie_Gal Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:15:13 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362722 Sunny, I don't think Croco Rock made stupid observations (it's not assumptions by the way). Comparing Kuwait to other 3rd world countries like India, China and Pakistan is like comparing apples and oranges. Completely two different things. First of all, from the capital resources, the GDP per capita of Kuwait is superior to that of Pakistan, India and even China. So by pointing out that the conditions in those countries are worse than in Kuwait does not make Kuwait, with such a powerful resources, a better country in terms of what it can provide to its people. Second of all, please compare the geographical or demographical size of Kuwait to that of those countries. For them, allocating their resources to such large population across such large area, naturally present more challenge than it would be for Kuwait. But I guess, it's almost an instinct for some people here to quickly point out other miserable countries when Kuwait is under critics, logics be damned. Sunny, I don’t think Croco Rock made stupid observations (it’s not assumptions by the way). Comparing Kuwait to other 3rd world countries like India, China and Pakistan is like comparing apples and oranges. Completely two different things.

First of all, from the capital resources, the GDP per capita of Kuwait is superior to that of Pakistan, India and even China. So by pointing out that the conditions in those countries are worse than in Kuwait does not make Kuwait, with such a powerful resources, a better country in terms of what it can provide to its people.

Second of all, please compare the geographical or demographical size of Kuwait to that of those countries. For them, allocating their resources to such large population across such large area, naturally present more challenge than it would be for Kuwait.

But I guess, it’s almost an instinct for some people here to quickly point out other miserable countries when Kuwait is under critics, logics be damned.

]]> By: abood79 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362716 abood79 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:01:45 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362716 *fatfukka* Ummm .....o...k? Here is one for ya. "Mama says stupid is as stupid does." Forrest Gump P.S Keep your masticating cow. *fatfukka*
Ummm …..o…k?
Here is one for ya.

“Mama says stupid is as stupid does.”
Forrest Gump

P.S
Keep your masticating cow.

]]> By: fatfukka http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362612 fatfukka Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:38:39 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362612 I'm not Kuwait. But I help you guys get the black gold out of the ground in ever-increasing quantities so I feel entitled to an opinion. As you're fond of famous quotes, here's one: "It's a misguided man who tries to squeeze more milk from a cow with one hand, while the other hand continually beats the cow with a sharp stick." ~fatfukka I’m not Kuwait. But I help you guys get the black gold out of the ground in ever-increasing quantities so I feel entitled to an opinion.

As you’re fond of famous quotes, here’s one:

“It’s a misguided man who tries to squeeze more milk from a cow with one hand, while the other hand continually beats the cow with a sharp stick.” ~fatfukka

]]> By: abood79 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362586 abood79 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:51:39 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362586 *fatfukka* The question is are you kuwaity? If not read what i said to Croco Rock. I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ~Abraham Lincoln *fatfukka*
The question is are you kuwaity? If not read what i said to Croco Rock.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ~Abraham Lincoln

]]> By: Cerebral Assassin http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362580 Cerebral Assassin Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:43:20 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362580 well said Bo Bder//good to knw dt some ppl hv facts to back up their talk unlike *cough croconut cough* well said Bo Bder//good to knw dt some ppl hv facts to back up their talk unlike *cough croconut cough*

]]> By: Bo-Bader http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362548 Bo-Bader Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:36:31 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362548 Croconot.. it seems that you have not been to Kuwait since the 70s!! I am a Kuwaiti and I hate to say the following. Based on 2005 GDP per Capita, Kuwait is number 36 worldwide (Good thing). We do have free health care, education .. etc. We also do have high rate of crime, rape, and murder, just read the newspapers. However, Public education in Kuwait is so bad that private schools are flooded and cannot handle more students. The health care sector is really messed up.. for example, my brother spent 12 months from hospital to another trying to know what is wrong with him. My father booked him a ticket and sent him to London, they diagnosed him with scleroderma the first day and told him that valuable time was wasted. Our health care is only good for Panamol (not even Panadol) and cough medicine. One more thing, I did a research on oil reserve issue some time ago. It is funny that Kuwait and KSA increased their oil reserve since the 1980s just to increase the production. Actual data are impossible to know. It is that attitude of some people who say "we are better than some other countries" that is keeping us from improving Kuwait. We have to admit that we have serious problems that need to be solved NOW. Our children will be the victim here not us if things keep going on this direction. Croconot.. it seems that you have not been to Kuwait since the 70s!! I am a Kuwaiti and I hate to say the following. Based on 2005 GDP per Capita, Kuwait is number 36 worldwide (Good thing). We do have free health care, education .. etc. We also do have high rate of crime, rape, and murder, just read the newspapers. However, Public education in Kuwait is so bad that private schools are flooded and cannot handle more students. The health care sector is really messed up.. for example, my brother spent 12 months from hospital to another trying to know what is wrong with him. My father booked him a ticket and sent him to London, they diagnosed him with scleroderma the first day and told him that valuable time was wasted. Our health care is only good for Panamol (not even Panadol) and cough medicine.

One more thing, I did a research on oil reserve issue some time ago. It is funny that Kuwait and KSA increased their oil reserve since the 1980s just to increase the production. Actual data are impossible to know.

It is that attitude of some people who say “we are better than some other countries” that is keeping us from improving Kuwait. We have to admit that we have serious problems that need to be solved NOW. Our children will be the victim here not us if things keep going on this direction.

]]> By: fatfukka http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362456 fatfukka Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:17:44 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362456 Roads full of holes. Dirt, garbage, food waste littering the streets like a post-apocalyptic scene. Buildings people have to live in that would be condemned in a developed country. Maids brutally beaten - sometimes to death. Driving like there's no regard for humanity or any human who gets in the way (unless he is important). Yeah, well done on having all that oil. Roads full of holes. Dirt, garbage, food waste littering the streets like a post-apocalyptic scene. Buildings people have to live in that would be condemned in a developed country. Maids brutally beaten – sometimes to death. Driving like there’s no regard for humanity or any human who gets in the way (unless he is important).

Yeah, well done on having all that oil.

]]> By: Mark d http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362356 Mark d Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:38:27 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362356 Croconot..if you are so proud of kuwait, leave Washington and go back. People here arent too fond of your type anyway :) Croconot..if you are so proud of kuwait, leave Washington and go back. People here arent too fond of your type anyway :)

]]> By: Sunny http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362241 Sunny Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:55:53 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/who-has-the-oil/#comment-362241 Croco Rock: Obviously u have'nt been to other 3rd world countries then. Try India, China, Pakistan or any other country, then make ur stupid assumptions. Croco Rock: Obviously u have’nt been to other 3rd world countries then. Try India, China, Pakistan or any other country, then make ur stupid assumptions.

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