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2008-08-04 Africa Horn
Cabinet Members Quit, Widening Rift in Somalia
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Posted by Fred 2008-08-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 The remaining cabinet members just issued a call for more chairs.
Posted by Seafarious 2008-08-04 00:09||   2008-08-04 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 She said she and her colleagues tendered their resignations, four of them from overseas. Somalia had 15 ministers.

Overseas? What the Somalis are outsourcing their government to Pakistan or Iran? Or do you think they were in London shopping?
Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back!  2008-08-04 02:20||   2008-08-04 02:20|| Front Page Top

#3 It's occurred to me several times that many nations would be better outsourcing their governments. Filling the Somali parliament with Canadians, and the ministries with, for instance, Hungarians would result in a vastly improved administration -- and perhaps some actual progress.
Posted by Fred 2008-08-04 09:29||   2008-08-04 09:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Really all they need is nuclear weapons. Then they could have some national pride. And it's all smooth sailing from there on out.
Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-04 09:41||   2008-08-04 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Bigjim - there's nowhere there worth "delivering" nukes to. You can't even use firebombs - dirt huts don't burn.
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