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2017-01-19 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-01-19 06:35|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 True, Guyana does not seem to be the source of much bad news since that People's Temple kool-ade party thing...

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-01-19 08:53|| 2017-01-19 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Erased all the SCADA drives remotely, did he? Heh.

Posted by KBK 2017-01-19 10:22|| 2017-01-19 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 I seem to recall they took all the operating manuals with them when they left...

Posted by trailing wife 2017-01-19 17:44|| 2017-01-19 17:44|| Front Page Top

#4 No wonder the left hates him; to treat poor ole Hugo that way. He must be marginalized!

Posted by Sonny Mussolini4178 2017-01-19 20:20|| 2017-01-19 20:20|| Front Page Top

#5 I seem to recall they took all the operating manuals with them when they left...

In 1958, French overseas territories were given a choice. If they approved the new French constitution, they had some options:

1) Continue their then-current status.
2) Move toward full integration with metropolitan France.
3) Become an autonomous republic in the new French Community.

If they rejected the new constitution, they would become independent. De Gaulle emphasized that the independent country would not get French economic and financial aid, or technical and administrative support.

Guinea rejected the new constitution. The French pulled out and pretty much took everything 'French', down to the telephone system.

Posted by Pappy 2017-01-19 20:28|| 2017-01-19 20:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Taking the phone system with them was a blessing to the new government.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-01-19 22:05|| 2017-01-19 22:05|| Front Page Top

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