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2003-10-25 Africa: Southern

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Posted by Steve White 2003-10-25 1:43:07 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It takes a serious talent for f******Up to make Rhodesia a beggar state.

Posted by Shipman 2003-10-25 8:42:51 AM|| 2003-10-25 8:42:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course Amnesty International and Human rights Watch an all the other anti-american ankle biters will be all over this, right? Anyone?.........*crickets chirping*........

Posted by Frank G 2003-10-25 8:43:51 AM|| 2003-10-25 8:43:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Anyone know whether the widespread disatisfaction is coherent enough for Mugabe to get the boot. If so who would replace the guy? Somebody worse?

Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-25 9:38:31 AM|| 2003-10-25 9:38:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Internally he's still pretty strong due to his control of the police and brownshirt youths...the tipping point will be if So Africa sees so many refugees that they join an effective blockade of Bobland. If he can't give goodies, food, gas, or money to his minions to stay in control, he'll be ousted (and hopefully killed by mobs along with his kleptocratic wife Grace). The countrie's been run so far into the shithole that whoever takes over will have a rough time, and probably revert to thugism out of habit

Posted by Frank G 2003-10-25 11:46:40 AM|| 2003-10-25 11:46:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Thank you, Frank. I guess Kadaffy wounded Bob pretty badly when he stopped the free oil for land deal.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-25 11:48:56 AM|| 2003-10-25 11:48:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 yw - it's sad to think that Rhodesia used to be a major exporter of food/grain. The land redisribution from whites (who knew what they were doing) to Bob's cronies has destroyed their agrarian economy. I've heard that many of the farmers have relocated to adjoining countries. Who went where? - look at the food supplies in a couple years and you'll be able to guess pretty accurately. Africa will be a festering sore for a long time

Posted by Frank G 2003-10-25 12:11:20 PM|| 2003-10-25 12:11:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Frank G,
Winds of Change has a link to an article about Zambia's recent doubling of its grain production. Evidently the persecuted farmers who fled Bobland, remembered how to farm. The persecuted Scots who are transforming an African nation

Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-25 12:24:29 PM|| 2003-10-25 12:24:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Interesting article SH, I just hope Bob doesn't send someone to whack him

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-10-25 12:42:43 PM|| 2003-10-25 12:42:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 good catch SH - Zambia ho!

Posted by Frank G 2003-10-25 12:45:33 PM|| 2003-10-25 12:45:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 The BBC has another article on the reopeing of Bob's favorite paper, the Daily News.
With a front-page headline saying "We're back", the daily went on sale on Saturday, for the first time since it was shut down by police six weeks ago.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-25 2:47:00 PM|| 2003-10-25 2:47:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm still not used to the idea of Scots being:

1. Persecuted
B. Farmers
III. Being so patient.

Posted by Shipman 2003-10-25 3:50:09 PM|| 2003-10-25 3:50:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 There's a world of us Scots that would take offense at those words, laddie, so be careful! Actually, my ancestors came to America to guard Savannah from wild injuns, then married into the tribe... hoodathunkit

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-10-25 6:57:48 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-10-25 6:57:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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