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Gopher
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 Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject: Zimbabwe Going Down... |
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| A new report from the International Crisis Group says that Zimbabwe is rapidly self-destructing. The problems in the country are compounded by a lack of leadership in both the ruling party and the political opposition. Meanwhile, inflation is galloping forward; it could reach 3,000 percent. |
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5456314 |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Didn't SocialismWorks defend that government as a socialist enclave that the media is being dishonest about? Was that the thread that sent Rapier over the deep end? |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: Zimbabwe Going Down... |
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| A new report from the International Crisis Group says that Zimbabwe is rapidly self-destructing. The problems in the country are compounded by a lack of leadership in both the ruling party and the political opposition. Meanwhile, inflation is galloping forward; it could reach 3,000 percent. |
Inflation, yeh ... heard this astounding figure the other day.
Moogabee's gutta get dem what fermers otta der. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:34 am Post subject: Re: Zimbabwe Going Down... |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
Moogabee's gutta get dem what fermers otta der. |
whats that supposed to mean? Zim farmers aren't deep south rednexx...
Anyhow..lowest life expectancy and highest inflation, i'm proud!
Half a loaf of bread now goes for the same price tag as a luxury house cost 18 years ago.
I was last there in 97 and it was bad enough then. You'd buy a packet of milk for 80c one day, a week later it was $1. 20.
how bad will it get, one wonders? Theres probably no limit as the people are not only starving, controlled and intimidated, but also lack any weapons let alone running water or transport. Thanks a lot U westerners for helping mugabe to power 20 years back, the economic sanctions are finally working. |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks a lot U westerners for helping mugabe to power 20 years back, the economic sanctions are finally working. |
Rapier, well said.
Sad state of affairs for all and a blight and pox on all our western houses......we just didn't care and sent token men to perform token observation meanwhile letting the fat man sing...........
There was a very beautiful window of opportunity a 2 years ago. No country stepped up and did the right thing -- funding, support, pressure, real pressure. Comes down to "better to have our man in there, than an unknown....".
Sad
Even worse for the journalists that I knew who'd gone there and made friends and then had to face the fact that their friends were gone...
DD
ps. they should write a Dummies Guide How to Ruin A Country....Zimbabwe would be the reality for copy..........starting with Smith and downwards.... |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| they should write a Dummies Guide How to Ruin A Country....Zimbabwe would be the reality for copy..........starting with Smith and downwards.... |
What?
Smith had that country running like the prosperous well-oiled machine it should be.
His only mistake was to declare unilateral independence. The west didn't like that one bit and then did all they could to ruin a successful country.
I think people should be reminded that more blacks fought on Ian smith's side in the Rhodesian forces than did whites. Hardly the racist paradise portrayed in western media.
As soon as the muppet mugabe was installed, western multinational companies installed themselves to easily exploit the countries resources. Not hard to do with a hapless corrupt leader like Mugabe. So long as he got a big piece of the pie, he'd sell his own people to make soap.
As an independent state under Smith, Rhodesia was on top economically and holding its own in world trade. Under mugabe, it became dependent on the west again and its resources flooded out the country for peanuts. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Zimbabwe Going Down... |
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| rapier wrote: |
| Thanks a lot U westerners for helping mugabe to power 20 years back |
You're entirely welcome. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:41 am Post subject: Re: Zimbabwe Going Down... |
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| rapier wrote: |
| Thanks a lot U westerners for helping mugabe to power 20 years back |
You're entirely welcome. |
Difference is, the world was more sympathetic seeing Zimbabwe go down than watching your twin towers go down. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| I wish neither had 'gone down'. Where does that leave me? |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:00 am Post subject: |
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| I wish neither had 'gone down'. Where does that leave me? |
Ahem, apologies, i wish neither had "gone down" either.~
take it easy folks |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| Did you grow up in Zimbabwe, Rapier? The situation there is a total disgrace, and the silence of the other nations in Africa is also a disgrace. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: Zimbabwe Going Down... |
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| rapier wrote: |
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| rapier wrote: |
| Thanks a lot U westerners for helping mugabe to power 20 years back |
You're entirely welcome. |
Difference is, the world was more sympathetic seeing Zimbabwe go down than watching your twin towers go down. |
Hey, you asked for my thanks and I said you're welcome to it. Your problems are your own. You lived pretty well on the back of your father. Now you get to make your own way in the world. I realize it must suck having an array of black servants to do everything for you and then suddenly that's all taken away and you're just another white guy in a big white world. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| that was a nice ass hole response there mindmetoo. Really contributed to the discussion. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, it was. Very unlike MMT. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:01 am Post subject: Re: Zimbabwe Going Down... |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| rapier wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| rapier wrote: |
| Thanks a lot U westerners for helping mugabe to power 20 years back |
You're entirely welcome. |
Difference is, the world was more sympathetic seeing Zimbabwe go down than watching your twin towers go down. |
Hey, you asked for my thanks and I said you're welcome to it. Your problems are your own. You lived pretty well on the back of your father. Now you get to make your own way in the world. I realize it must suck having an array of black servants to do everything for you and then suddenly that's all taken away and you're just another white guy in a big white world. |
MM2 you're funny Its amusing having people throwing stereotypes at you and thinking to themselves that they're really getting to you. yes MM2 I whipped my slaves everyday and daddy gave me a new merc every birthday.
"hey, cowboy bush supporter,must be hard for you to eat spicy korean food after eating burgers every day like all americans. You must really be a loser if you chose to come to korea to teach esl, rather than be a multiple millionaire in America.' |
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