Freedom of choice to decide which blogs to read is a wonderful thing.

a capella on May 8, 2008 at 11:15 AM

Yes, but you can’t read a blog which is no longer there.
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I’m not sure that a writer of Ed’s maturity and interest has ended up in the right crowd, but that’s for him to decide.

I’m just saying sanctions generally don’t work. If you want to depose a dictator, you have to pluck him off his throne.

The really, really, really, REALLY annoying thing about this? Zimbabwe is a country rich in natural resources and at one time (recently) was able to feed, house and clothe its people quite well. Jewel of the continent.

This has everything to do with Marxism and little to do with anything else. BBC did a fascinating documentary showing the theft of farmland and how it is now no longer used for farming.

Is Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, Michael Steele et al, part of your “they” group? “They” are black, so I guess “they” must be. Right?

RMR on May 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM

“They” are not militant. Stop looking for insult where none is remotely intended.

I very much doubt they are capable of thinking things through to that degree.

LimeyGeek on May 8, 2008 at 11:23 AM

Is Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, Michael Steele et al, part of your “they” group?

“They” are black, so I guess “they” must be. Right?

Krydor on May 8, 2008 at 10:01 AM

Hey, I think that was Sean Penn’s argument in Iraq, wasn’t it?

But, my actual point was the irony of black South Africa’s support for Mugabe, and the fact that they are not an apartheid country controlled by white Afrikaners largely because of international outcry. Or do I have that wrong?

I very much doubt they are capable of thinking things through to that degree.

LimeyGeek on May 8, 2008 at 11:23 AM

I think you are right. Dare to dream, I guess.

Now there is a campaign issue, looks like Obama wants a “chocolate” cabinet.

right2bright on May 8, 2008 at 11:39 AM

I’m sure Obama, his wife, and his pastor won’t be happy until the USA government looks like the Detroit government.

Black communities seem to have a high tollerance for inept leadership. I’m confident the Obama possy suffers from the same ailment.

Dawnsblood on May 8, 2008 at 9:48 AM

Because some don’t follow links, here is the opening para from this link.

In a statement released early this morning, presumptive Democratic Party nominee Senator Barack Obama, (D-Ill) speculated Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans would be a “Spectacular” choice for FEMA director….05/05/08

Now there is a campaign issue, looks like Obama wants a “chocolate” cabinet.

I guess some parts of the world just were not cut out to produce quality leaders, managers, or executives. (Or responsible populations for that matter). Africa remains the worst of the worst in producing non-functional third world governments. What will it take to change the tide.

militant black people in the U.S everywhere are glad they weren’t born in Africa

I very much doubt they are capable of thinking things through to that degree.

Click on May 8, 2008 at 10:10 AM

Freedom of choice to decide which blogs to read is a wonderful thing.

Why not make it ten years, or 20?

Isn’t Iceland planning to become independent the moment Global Warming is proven? I think that’s a perfectly reasonable time frame: “20 to 200 years or so – maybe.”

Why not? Let’s face it, the UN will have its hands too full in the meantime to do anything anyway.

I do hope that the HotAir situation is working well for your situation. From this reader’s point of view, the change of venue has not been positive. HotAir is more of a tabloid than the front page of Fox News now, and I’m finding that slowly but surely it isn’t worth visiting-except for your posts at the start of the day. It would be interesting to take a poll of your former readers to see how they feel now about the change, now that’s we’ve had a while to see the new regime. It’s nice to have a paying job, though, I understand that. :-)

Jaibones

Yes, because that, traditionally, works like a charm. The best part about stuff like that? The actual people who pay the price of the sanctions don’t even feel the pinch whilst the dictator has a sudden change of heart. In, like 4 weeks, the country becomes a thriving Jeffersonian democracy.

Wait, no, that never happens. The dictator survives and consolidates his power at the expense of the citizens.