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2005-05-06 Africa: Subsaharan

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Posted by Steve White 2005-05-06 12:03:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Runnin' on empty,
Runnin' on,
Runnin wiiiiild...

Posted by Jackson Browne 2005-05-06 02:11|| 2005-05-06 02:11|| Front Page Top

#2 You see... but Mbeki thinks ZimbaBob is a swell guy and that his ''farm reform'' is worth emulation in SA.

Are there at least 10 African countries that did not turn into thuggistans? How about one? No?

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-05-06 03:22|| 2005-05-06 03:22|| Front Page Top

#3 There was no sugar, even though there are vast sugar plantations in the south of the country.

Not if Bob has something to do with it! At least, not for much longer.

And yet, if the official results are to be believed ~~and who is that ignorant~~, Zimbabweans voted in favour of more of the same in the parliamentary elections. Despite presiding over the world's fastest-shrinking economy, the ruling Zanu-PF party apparently received a bigger share of the vote than in the last such polls five years ago.

I've forgotten...did Jimmuh Cahter ''certify'' this election?

President Mugabe can claim little support in the capital. A widely circulated phone text message asked why it was the Pope who had died rather than the Zimbabwean leader. ''I said please take Bob,'' says the message, ''not the Pope.''

''Sorry, heaven don't want ya and hell's full..those Yanks have been killin' jihadis left and right, ya know!''

I also interviewed a friend who is a successful black commercial farmer.

No wonder this guy's nervous. ''We can't have no successful farmers, nope! It's slash and burn baby!'' This, right here, is what gets me...Africa could be such a beautiful and vibrant continent, and yet thugs just drive their countries into the ground. Much like Mexico, they have almost unlimited resources and they are all just squandered away on the latest two-bit thug in charge. What is it they say...oh yeah, Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Posted by BA">BA 2005-05-06 08:32|| 2005-05-06 08:32|| Front Page Top

#4 I hear Bob's ordered the wildlife refuges stripped for food. Elephants, giraffes, the whole deal.
Wonder if PETA's heard about it?

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-06 13:44|| 2005-05-06 13:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably. It's that a) It's Africa, not some civilised Western nation, b) It's Zimbabwe, not KFC, and c) It's a matter of their own skin being punctured by an AK-47 round, rather than some giraffe's.

Posted by Pappy 2005-05-06 21:49|| 2005-05-06 21:49|| Front Page Top

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