Mr Jean Paul Aristide, erstwhile leader of the beautiful Caribbean Island of Haiti, has his sights set on retiring in South Africa. His welcome is being planned and I have no doubt he will retire there. Perhaps the Mbeki government will settle him near the sea. Umhlanga Rocks would be nice, so would Amanzimtoti. On the other hand he might like East London or Port Elizabeth. “ We could give him a little parkhome,” the East London Mayor said. “ We only have a caravan left,” said the Mayor ...
One Saturday morning you see an advert in the newspaper soliciting donations for the starving people in the DRC, Sudan or Somalia. The photographs fill you with guilt and despair so you dig deeply into your pocket and send $100 to one of many aid organisations. Most are quite legitimate. You receive thanks for your donation and are told the money will be used for food, clothing or medical supplies. In fact, you receive a further note telling you that you personally paid for ten bags of ma...
I note in the South African press that Kerry is being keelhauled again. I mean there is an election in just over two months so there have to be accusations in the Great American Political Game! So pick a card from the following: * He went into Cambodia and committed atrocities. * He was too scared to go into Cambodia. * He went into Cambodia to visit Angkor Wat. * He bribed people for his medals. * His medals are fake. * He let George Bush down while defending Hill 17. * He let LBJ dow...
Item 1: Comrade Mugabe has had a lot to say lately. He has made a "Royal " pronouncement on the mistakes Britain has made by going into Iraq and he has blamed Britain for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Olympics. In fact Comrade Bob blames Britain for everything: His piles give trouble, he blames Tony. He has constipation, he blames Tony. In his wisdom he probably blames Tony for the AIDS afflicting his family. I feel sorry for Bob. He just cannot see that the one person who has really m...
Dear Joeusers, Sudan has been in the news lately. I have lived in Africa for 50 years and I can tell you it is no surprize. Every African story is a nightmare, a tale of horror and a reflection on how the poorer African countries cannot get their act together. The Dufor region in the Sudan is subject to ethnic cleansing and the government (please choose) is: unable to do anything,can't do anything, won't do anything. The DRC (Congo) is a maelstrom of ethnic cleansing, greedy militias an...
Adnaustradamus says Bush will be re-elected. It does not matter whether George Bush, in his election year, knocks the crap out of Iraq, bin Laden or, for that matter, Colombia or Zimbabwe. What does matter is that he sent in the big guns because of the terrorist threat to the World. It matters not a whit that he miscalculated on the WMD, or the fact that Iraq had few ties with bin Laden or whether Don Rumsfeld has his own private torture chamber. It makes no difference whether Dubya m...
Robert Mugabe is not an evil person. He is just completely stupid. Here is a man who took over one of the breadbaskets of Africa (Erstwhile Rhodesia was the biggest tobacco producer in Africa and a major exporter of maize and sorghum.) Now they have nothing in Zimbabwe. They rely on aid and that aid goes to Mugabe supporters. Mugabe is intent on raping his country and proving that the British (whom he hates with a passion), are the one's responsible. This old idiot has brought his countriy to...
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It is all very well for Tony Blair to say his party has moved Britain forward. His sidekick, Mr Broon (sic), has praised himself and his party for wonders done for the aged, disabled, the unemployed, the old age pensioners, companies, the NHS et al. His new vote-grabbing budget sounds attractive to many. And they, (Labour),have done wonders. I truthfully believe that Britain (bringing down unemployment deserves major kudos), is on the right course---in some areas. However, there are some...
Tony Blair could be in for a rude shock come election time. His labour government is making fluff after fluff and I believe they are on shaky ground. Michael Howard is not a Churchillian wonderman but, like a demented fox terrier, he does not back down. His tenacious character shows that he is not pulled in by the Blair charisma so he is able to aim at the weak spots, or the underbelly, of labour. Howard has been given a whip by labourites and you cannot blame him for seeking to lash out a...
What is the World going to do about the DRC? Today, Medecins Sans Frontieres, a group of doctors providing medical help in the DRC and many other countries, has released details about mass rapes in the Northern Provinces near Uganda and Rwanda. Another news release this week mentions murders, torture and rape of the Congolese people. Perpetrators are "troops", "rebels" "Militia" and "God knows who else". I, and countless others, have nagged relentlessly about the continuing bloodbath in th...
Nelson Mandela, probably the most revered man in the World, has called on the G7 nations to cancel Africa's debt. This is a reasonable request and would probably help some of the impoverished countries in Africa like Ethiopia,Somalia, Sudan, Mocambique and Eritrea to win some time. But why ask for every African country to be absolved? Countries like Angola, Kenya,Uganda and Nigeria are some of those who could have done better with their resources. Angola, for instance,has the second bigges...
Osama Bin Laden is no friend of the USA but after his latest video he could have George Bush kissing his feet. Imagine the perfect pre-election scenario:George W. is neck and neck with Kerry and a lightning bolt from the blue pushes the American people into the Dubya camp. If you're going to scare the shit out of any American you just need a terrorist adventurer (who is probably not as influential as he thinks--I think he's incapable of topping his 9/11attack now), who strikes fear in ever...
Did you know that: -General Gordon did his best to save Khartoum? -George Bush doesn't give a damn about the Sudan? Did you know that: -Kofi Annan can't save the Darfur region of Sudan, as his predecessors could not rescue Rwanda? -The African Union is so divided that it couldn't save a man from drowning? -That pouring food into a region results in theft on a massive scale leading to non-delivery? Did you know that: -That Iraq bleeds while the Sudan bleeds out? -The Government of Sud...
Remember, you guys get more insight than I do. Nevertheless another bash at predictions including the dropouts: Clinton: Going strong into Super Tuesday. Obama: Ahead in SC but loses Florida to Clinton. I think both are neck and neck into Super Tuesday. Huckabee: Hopes on Missouri. I think he'll be out soon. Romney: Still there and getting nasty with McCain campaign. Thomson: Out. Edwards: Out. Guiliani: Out. Last but not least , my man McCain is still there after FLA. A s Super...