Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs

Zimbabwe's opposition leader says he is pulling out of Friday's runoff election against President Mugabe (Pronunced "Moo gab bee" -- means "evil nutcase"). Morgan Tsvangirai (pronounced "Svang-er-eye (I)") says this is because of mounting violence and intimidation against the opposition during the campaign.

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It is truly a sad story. Rhodesia was one of the most prosperous nations in all of Africa in 1960s & 70s. Uganda wasn't far behind. Great progress in 40 years, eh? Guess Mugabe would blame it all on the Brits and the West.

The lesson not learned. When you submit to the ever increasing power of a centralized government, all it takes is one wacko president to bring a nation to its knees. Sadly, America is on that road.

"Sadly, America is on that road."

I'm curious...when were we not on that road?

Zimbabwe is free, free at last.

There is no more Rhodesia.

The evil white man who so badly exploited the blacks has been driven out, and the lands that the whites cultivated have been seized by blacks.

The country which was once the breadbasket of Africa, now is in a dismal state, but remember what counts, they are "free," and we can observe how they manage their affairs.

"Free, free at last," may be the gateway for African blacks to far more miserable and dismal lives than they lived previously.

The Union of South Africa is also descending into chaos. The reality of liberation from white rule and eventual expulsion or voluntary emigration of whites, may result in insufficient numbers of capable people remaining to maintain the affluence and viability of the countries.

Much of subSaharan Africa has degenerated with the withdrawal of the colonial powers. Now the Asians are enering to provide in some degree, the knowledge and expertise necessary to sustain those countries.

Can the indigenous people acquire the skill sets necessary to maintain a civilization requiring the degree of technical knowledge and sophistication necessary to maintain those countries at levels of prosperity that they enjoyed under colonial rule? Or do the indigenous peoples of subSaharan Africa lack the distribution of intelligence necessary to achieve such a result?

www.pinedale.org

This situation has special interest for me, but certainly not to the degree it does for a family in my Sunday School class. Derek Mushayamunda (his brother Donald is their village's "mayor") spoke this morning about what's happening in the nation and with his family.

Mugabee's soldiers are going village to village, stopping at areas which voted for the opposition... and either killing or beating up many of the villagers. Males have taken to hiding, since they are more likely to be killed. Only the military is allowed to possess a weapon.

A long term drought has crippled the nation's ability to raise food. Mugabee's reign of terror is real. Derek indicated two of his cousins were killed recently by the government's henchmen. AIDS runs rampant. Inflation is out of control, now running around 150,000% www.talkzimbabwe.com

People are dying... the dictator nullified the last election and has vowed to overturn any negative outcome in the next election. We bitch about our lives here in the US but it's an entirely different proposition over there.

Posted by OohRah at 2008-06-22 04:07 PM

We bitch about our lives here in the US but it's an entirely different proposition over there.

Who is this "we," kimosabe?

It's the lefties, who are the grievance collectors, and unhappy dissatisfied pessimists. Except, of course, now that they have a savior on the horizon. But that'll only last a little while. The lefties can't reconcile themselves to the realities of the world and human existence. It's the nature of lefties to grouse and be unhappy.

"Who is this "we," kimosabe?" - JOHNSON

You can freely elect to exclude yourself from my sweeping generalization... but it's human nature to bitch about SOMETHING. The right bitches about everything from the gay agenda to illegal immigration to faulty war strategy to abortion to the high taxation of Americans to our welfare state, etc.

The left has its own issues to bitch about. I agree lefties tend to be a more gloomy bunch, but bitching isn't exclusive to them.

"Who is this "we," kimosabe?" - JOHNSON

Yeah...can't you see that "johnson" never bitches about his life?

He's gotta be the happiest goddam son of a bitch on the Retort.

We should send in a undercover hit squad and knock the jerk off. George Bush use your imagination.

DANGER DANGER Cricky Mate. Do You REALLY want Dubya using His imagination?? I mean REALLY??

Larry Mohr

my man mugabe does it again. what a great leader.

Why do You continually trash this place Messiah aka Jackass/Hardcore. Haven't You left enough shit here??

Larry Mohr

larry who are you talking about? Please stop chasing ghosts

Posted by Dave at 2008-06-22 07:55 PM

Yeah...can't you see that "johnson" never bitches about his life?

He's gotta be the happiest goddam son of a bitch on the Retort.


It's an attitude, Dave. We all die. Many of us suffer. You can either mourn the tragedy of inevitable death, or celebrate having the opportunity to live life while you have it.

I find that a disproportionate number of persons on the left seem discontent and morose and brooding, and internalize many extraneous matters as a basis for their declared unhappiness.

Many of them also seem to be unable to accept the fact that others have a different model of how the world operates, and become quite angry if anyone supports a view contrary to their's. It seems as if they are precariously perched, and can't stand dissent from their ideas. They also seem to wear their emotion on their sleeeves and resort to emotional name-calling if their world view is challenged. Is there a pathology affecting a large number of leftists?

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