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Zimbabwe runs out of bread
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| October 1, 2007
| Chris McGreal
Posted on 10/01/2007 7:08:53 PM PDT by george76
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posted on
10/02/2007 2:00:51 AM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Comparative Advantage
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posted on
10/02/2007 2:01:45 AM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: MaxMax
There is definitely a level of smugness coming from many of the posts, including yours.
If not a '[you] told them so' attitude, it is still very petty to crow over and over that 'this is the consequence of kicking out 'whitey''.
If the European descended Zimbabweans remained in power, and if they kept control over most of Zimbabwe's arable land, Zimbabweans might (probably) not be starving en masse today. Yet it is disgusting that on so many of these Zimbabwe threads that the main trust of so many posts is that the European descended Zimbabweans should not have be expelled from power rather than it is bad that people are starving to death, are being oppressed by a tyrannical regime, and their country is descending toward chaos.
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posted on
10/02/2007 2:17:41 AM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
If the European descended Zimbabweans remained in power, Zimbabweans might (probably) not be starving en masse today.....Rhodesians would NOT be starving en masse today. Fixed it for you.
64
posted on
10/02/2007 2:33:43 AM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(So simple, even a Muslim can do it.)
To: george76; blam; Cincinatus' Wife; sarcasm; happygrl; Byron_the_Aussie; robnoel; GeronL; ZOOKER; ...
65
posted on
10/02/2007 3:08:33 AM PDT
by
Clive
To: george76
My favorite Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) story is the stores in the neighborhoods where the middle and upper Govt officials live.
They have everything from Octopus to Steak to varieties of bread, the shelves are packed, a bit pricey at 35,000 a pound for shrimp.
Zimbabwe also is a fascinating look into inflationary pressure and social upheaval, so far, not too much upheaval yet, but a tipping point will be reached sooner or later.
And Zimbabwe is also a good example of what happens when Race becomes the sole criteria for a Govt’s existence, Zimbabwe is sort of the radical left’s paradise, it’s what Detroit would be if it were a state.
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posted on
10/02/2007 5:14:03 AM PDT
by
padre35
(Conservative in Exile/ No more miller brewing products, pass it on....)
To: george76
Not one dime of aid. Not one damn dime. None of my taxes, no telethon, nothing. Mugabe deserves this.
Ragnar Danneskjold, your ship is ready.
They removed people from their property, by murder and rape. It was genocide, and nobody in the world cared. There are innocents in Zimbabwe, and I hope they escape.
Frankly until the people kill and eat Mugabe, I don’t have any reason to care. When that happens I will have a reason to cheer.
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posted on
10/02/2007 6:13:17 AM PDT
by
Dominick
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
To: padre35
"And Zimbabwe is also a good example of what happens when Race becomes the sole criteria for a Govts existence, Zimbabwe is sort of the radical lefts paradise, its what Detroit would be if it were a state." The residents of Detroit are obese from government hand-outs. Detroit would be just like Zimbabwe if the residents had to work for food.
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posted on
10/02/2007 6:30:59 AM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: george76; Clive
Not a surprise. I wonder where that Cathy Buckle is, who used to write a column from Zim? Was it Clive who used to post her stuff?
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posted on
10/02/2007 6:45:09 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(“Third world indigenous medicine for third world illegal aliens!!!”)
To: george76
Zimbabwe's bakeries have shut and supermarkets have warned there will be no bread for the foreseeable future as the government admitted that wheat production had collapsed following the seizure of white-owned farms.
DUH!
(I'm dismayed that there are really people in this world who are so stupid that they don't understand this! Do you have to be a flippin' moron to be a Socialist/Communist?)
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posted on
10/02/2007 6:47:50 AM PDT
by
TChris
(Governments don't RAISE money; they TAKE it.)
To: crazyshrink
Sounds tasty. Will have to try them!
71
posted on
10/02/2007 6:53:08 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Thank goodness for the multicultural conscience of Free Republic.
Your arrogance is breathtaking.
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
And whose fault is it that the nation of Zimbabwe is under a tyrranical regime and descending into chaos?
(Other than idiots like Carter and other similar commie-pinko-liberal scum, who supported the commie terrorists against Rhodesia?)
73
posted on
10/02/2007 7:06:48 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
To: dynachrome
I hope like heck she isn’t in Zimbabwe any more.
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posted on
10/02/2007 7:08:00 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
To: padre35; BIGLOOK; M. Espinola; Slings and Arrows; jazusamo; PGalt; Congressman Billybob; ...
Under communism, the elites always have excellent shopping opportunites, housing...
The problem is with the other 95 percent.
Zimbabwe is an excellent example of the Jimmy Carter theories. It may sound great to him and the New York Times, but it will never work.
It is sad that this lesson has to be re-learned so often.
America may have another learning experience soon if Hillarty care returns.
75
posted on
10/02/2007 7:23:52 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: TheyConvictedOglethorpe
"I believe Mr. Gumbo is about to find out he's in the wrong time and place to be named after a food..." Darn. Beat me to it.
76
posted on
10/02/2007 7:25:13 AM PDT
by
ProCivitas
(Duncan Hunter = Pro-Family + Fair Trade = Pro-America. www.gohunter08.com)
To: TChris
” Do you have to be a flippin’ moron to be a Socialist/Communist? “
Yes...unless one is part of the elite 5 percent.
77
posted on
10/02/2007 7:28:42 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Yes...unless one is part of the elite 5 percent. What's funny is, even most of the "elite" in an authoritarian Socialist/Communist regime don't have the standard of living that middle-class Americans enjoy. As a result of Socialism, the whole country lacks. Even the top is lower than it could be.
Liberty and free-market economics make everyone more wealthy.
78
posted on
10/02/2007 7:33:34 AM PDT
by
TChris
(Governments don't RAISE money; they TAKE it.)
To: ConservaTexan
“I am painfully aware of the widespread theft of stock, farm produce, irrigation equipment and the general vandalism of infrastructure by our new farmers,” he said.
Classic.”
There is a reason why there are EMPLOYERS and EMPLOYEEEES.
Some people can be self employed- which is exactly what a farmer/rancher is, and why some people can barely hold a job.
To: george76
"The agriculture minister, Rugare Gumbo, has blamed the food shortages on black farmers who have taken over formerly white-owned land. "I am painfully aware of the widespread theft of stock, farm produce, irrigation equipment and the general vandalism of infrastructure by our new farmers," ... It's almost as though savagery might not be a sound basis for an economy.
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posted on
10/02/2007 7:45:13 AM PDT
by
ProCivitas
(Duncan Hunter = Pro-Family + Fair Trade = Pro-America. www.gohunter08.com)
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