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2005-10-24 Africa: Subsaharan

Zimbabwe is facing mass hunger, says archbishop

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Posted by Steve White 2005-10-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think it is much more important that we focus all of our attention, 24/7, on the fact that two American soldiers burned a dead body that stank. It's far more important and newsworthy.

Posted by Grush Tholuger7316 2005-10-24 00:25|| 2005-10-24 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 I bet they stank before they were burned

Posted by NotMike Moore 2005-10-24 00:34|| 2005-10-24 00:34|| Front Page Top

#3 When is the civilized world going to revoke Mugabe's oxygen consumption license? Having this sack-of-sh!t address the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization is like inviting Pat Buchannan to a formal reception at the Venezuelan Embassy, only less funny.

Posted by Zenster 2005-10-24 00:47|| 2005-10-24 00:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Daaang. Off by 12 months in my futures entry.

I guess the ZimBOBwean famine begins next month.

I'm better at handicapping college football games anyways.

On well.

Posted by badanov 2005-10-24 01:57|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2005-10-24 01:57|| Front Page Top

#5 sometimes I ponder on the fact that one bullet could alleviate so much suffering.

Am I right or wrong? Before you say wrong - pause for a moment to consider the millions...millions... whose suffering you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.

Can one bullet save over a million lives?

Should I go to bed and get some sleep?

These are the things I ponder.

Posted by 2b 2005-10-24 05:24|| 2005-10-24 05:24|| Front Page Top

#6 "sometimes I ponder on the fact that one bullet could alleviate so much suffering."

That's dangerously close to socialism, and the reason it kills so many. "For the good of the many" has been the biggest mass-murder excuse ever.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2005-10-24 07:18|| 2005-10-24 07:18|| Front Page Top

#7 The good of the many is the concept that all forms of govt are based on. Since the fall of feifdom, that is. Killing this ass-clown would be a gift to the world, much less his people that he has taken such a lead role in subjecting to endless anguish. One maniacal autocrat would not be missed.

Posted by Crimble Gromons1663 2005-10-24 10:41|| 2005-10-24 10:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo has warned that 200,000 Zimbabweans could die of hunger over the next few months because of food shortages resulting from government policies.

No kidding???

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-10-24 13:05|| 2005-10-24 13:05|| Front Page Top

#9 The thing that truly boggles the mind is that Mugabe's abolition of property rights and subsequent land grab that precipitated this disaster is being used as a template by South Africa and Venezuela.

Posted by RWV 2005-10-24 14:29|| 2005-10-24 14:29|| Front Page Top

#10 at least Archbishop Ncube is pointing the finger where blame lies, unlike Desmond Tutu and Mandela.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-24 15:27|| 2005-10-24 15:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Genocide is genocide, no matter how it's carried out. Bob Mugabe is taking a page out of Stalin's book and starving his nation into submission. Unfortunately, it's pretty obvious that the world hasn't learned from its history, and will allow him to get away with it.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-10-24 18:01|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-10-24 18:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Although God makes his sun shine on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the Just and the Unjust, he's not obligated to plot the fields, plant them, or harvest them for anybody. He gives us chances, but won't shield us from the consequences of our perversities.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2005-10-24 18:03|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-10-24 18:03|| Front Page Top

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