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2004-06-08 Africa: Subsaharan

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Posted by Steve 2004-06-08 10:26:04 AM|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I sure hope nobody's gonna take it amiss when we decline to provide megatons of free food for these jerks once the starving really begins.

Posted by mojo 2004-06-08 10:44:26 AM|| 2004-06-08 10:44:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Bob and cronies have ruined everything else and have nothing left to control but the land, ergo: nationalize the land (so we can ruin that too!)

Posted by Spot 2004-06-08 10:57:50 AM|| 2004-06-08 10:57:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 . . .Well Mugabe once compared himself to a tribal chief.

Zimbabwe Chief (round)

I-come-a-Mugu-Mugu-by-a
I-come-a-Mugu-Muga-be
I-come-a-Mugu-Mugu-by-a
I-come-a-Mugu-Muga-be

See him there, the con-fi-sca-tor
See him there, the tribal chief, chief, chief ...

Posted by Oge_Retla_2004 2004-06-08 11:12:56 AM|| 2004-06-08 11:12:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The government blamed the food shortages of previous years on drought.
The next drought is going to be one of "donor fatigue." The drying up of contributions to support the Palestinians is just the beginning of the withdrawal of the free ride that has been extended to despots in the MidEast and Africa. What's the point in providing aid when the local warlord (dba President for Life, Glorious Leader, etc.) will confiscate it and divvy it up amongst his cronies. Zimbabwe is about to have a serious encounter with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Posted by RWV 2004-06-08 11:16:24 AM|| 2004-06-08 11:16:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "I sure hope nobody's gonna take it amiss when we decline to provide megatons of free food for these jerks once the starving really begins."

I just hope we have the wisdom and the fortitude to decline it; my worry is that we'll rush in to save these collectivist asses from their folly instead of letting them reap what they've sown.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-06-08 11:59:30 AM|| 2004-06-08 11:59:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 It's a shame I didn't put money on it. We may well be in for Nov. 2004 as the start of the ZimBOBwe famine.

See this.

Posted by badanov 2004-06-08 12:10:14 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-06-08 12:10:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Dave: Do keep in mind that the people who are causinge the famine are not the people who are doing the actual starving. That said, I too do not want us to end up being Bob's enablers out of sympathy for his ~~citizens~~ ~~subjects~~ victims.

Posted by Mike 2004-06-08 12:37:10 PM|| 2004-06-08 12:37:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Notice to white people/farmers in Zimbabwe:

Cut your losses and get out while you still can. Leave right now. Don't delay. At some point the Jews in Nazi Germany were looking at what you are looking at right now. Unless you really truly intend to DIE for your cause, best to acknowledge and move on.

Posted by B 2004-06-08 3:31:58 PM|| 2004-06-08 3:31:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I just cannot believe the downward spiral that Zimbabwe has travelled. Bob needs to go. The Zimbabweans cannot do it, and South Africa seems to be enablers. SA could be a positive influence on Africa, but that bubble seems popped. And to think that Zim used to be the breadbasket of the area. Wacha gonna do, Koffi? Use some oil for palaces money left over? **sounds of empty bellies**

Posted by Alaska Paul in Chefornak 2004-06-08 4:23:18 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:23:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Stupidity in agriculture usually solves itself. Don't f**k with the prime directive.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-08 5:41:33 PM|| 2004-06-08 5:41:33 PM|| Front Page Top

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