My tagline is a takeoff from an otherwise forgettable sci-fi novel from about 30 years ago-- "Pity About Earth..."
Posted on 06/01/2003 5:11:38 AM PDT by backhoe
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"Why do you keep posting this stuff? Nobody cares about Africa, anyway..."
...the truth is archived here on Free Republic, and I maintain that one
day, when things over there are too awful to be ignored any longer, those who have eyes to see will read the stories here, and be appalled at the silence. ...and the "war-veterans", most of whom were too young to serve. Chaos and anarchy reign in Zimbabwe There is no rule of law, only Mugabe's rule...Hyper-inflation, government chaos and a persecuted minority sounds too much like Germany prior to Hitler. Peace marches & organized demonstrations will only give the corrupt regime an identifiable target.
Death in the Congo: a mother watches as machete militiamen murder her little girls
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 05/30/2003 | Adrian Blomfield More:
France to head force to quell Congo violence
Austin American Statesman ^ | May 28, 2003 | Colum Lynch Pity the poor people of Congo. HIGH ON the list of the world's shamefully ignored problems is the Congo civil war...
Congo death toll: 2,500 per day (deadliest conflict since WW II)
Toronto Star ^ | 5/25/03 | FINBARR O'REILLY ...The UN at its finest..
Zimbabwe -- Cathy Buckle -- At the mercy of strangers
Letters from Cathy Buckle ^ | 24th May 2003 | Cathy Buckle Rape, torture increasing in Zimbabwe - claim
The Star (SA) via Independent Online (SA) ^ | May 23 2003 | Brian Latham Pygmies beg UN for aid to save them from Congo cannibals Times on Line ^ | May 23, 2003 | Michael Dynes |
| Posted by AmericanInTokyo On 04/08/2003 1:41 PM EDT with 17 comments MEMRI Arab Translation Service ^ | 8 April 2003 | AmericanInTokyo |
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| Mr. T takes no pity on Best Buy |
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| Posted by WaveThatFlag On 05/01/2003 6:05 PM EDT with 32 comments Reuters ^ | May 1, 2003 |
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| Mr. T Goes After Best Buy ("I pity the fools!") |
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| Posted by mhking On 05/01/2003 11:07 PM EDT with 9 comments Dayton Daily News ^ | 5.1.03 |
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| TOWN WITHOUT PITY (Un-American Fieldsboro Democrat Mayor Digs In His Heels) |
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| Posted by Doctor Raoul On 03/29/2003 4:29 AM EST with 50 comments Trentonian ^ | PAUL MICKLE, Staff Writer & CHARLES WEBSTER |
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| Sars hits Africa |
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| Posted by Prince Charles On 05/11/2003 8:16 AM EDT with 44 comments News 24 (South Africa) ^ | 5-11-03 |
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| [S. Africa] Girl beats up burglar |
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| Posted by Sweet_Sunflower29 On 04/05/2003 2:32 PM EST with 14 comments news24.com ^ | April 5, 2003 |
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| Don't sideline Africa, warn activists |
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| Posted by sarcasm On 04/13/2003 11:58 AM EDT with 14 comments Mail & Guardian ^ | April 12, 2003 |
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| Iraq war divides South Africa |
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| Posted by The New American On 04/17/2003 4:25 AM EDT with 1 comment BBC ^ |
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| Mecca-Cola comes to Africa |
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| Posted by Jimmyclyde On 04/17/2003 7:40 AM EDT with 16 comments Reuters ^ | 4-17-03 | Diadie Ba |
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| South Africa Bans Plastic Bags |
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| Posted by yankeedame On 05/10/2003 2:16 PM EDT with 12 comments BBC News On-Line ^ | May 09,2003 | staff writer |
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| South Africa 'white slave' mystery |
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| Posted by Tailgunner Joe On 05/20/2003 7:31 PM EDT with 9 comments BBC ^ | 20 May, 2003 |
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| The West can rescue Africa |
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| Posted by Pokey78 On 05/30/2003 4:13 PM EDT with 15 comments Evening Standard (U.K.) ^ | 05/30/03 | Sir Bob Geldof |
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| AIDS creating a 'perpetual' famine in Africa |
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| Posted by sarcasm On 04/06/2003 5:14 AM EDT with 9 comments AP ^ | April 6, 2003 | Terry Leonard |
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| Iraq aid efforts raise Africa questions |
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| Posted by sarcasm On 04/15/2003 5:04 AM EDT with 8 comments Boston Globe ^ | April 15, 2003 | John Donnelly |
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| Study: 'Eve' Came From East Africa |
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| Posted by blam On 04/26/2003 10:36 PM EDT with 48 comments Discover News ^ | 4-24-2003 | Jennifer Viegas |
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| First probable SARS death in Africa |
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| Posted by per loin On 04/30/2003 2:38 AM EDT with 2 comments Zee News ^ |
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| Zimbabwe -- S Africa demands seized farms back |
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| Posted by Clive On 05/01/2003 8:12 PM EDT with 2 comments Financial Gazette (Zim) ^ | May 1, 2003 | Staff Reporter |
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| Sars in Africa would be 'devastating' |
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| Posted by sarcasm On 05/04/2003 7:24 PM EDT with 11 comments Mail & Guardian ^ | May 4, 2003 |
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| U.S. to Fund Gender Feminism in Africa? |
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| Posted by Tailgunner Joe On 05/20/2003 8:53 PM EDT with 5 comments www.ifeminists.net ^ | May 20, 2003 | Wendy McElroy |
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| Missing Boeing 727 Aircraft - Angola Africa |
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| Posted by Calpernia On 05/31/2003 12:54 AM EDT with 14 comments WASHINGTON (CNN) | May 31, 2003 | unknown senior U.S. official |
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| Dinosaur Cannibal: Fossil Evidence Found in Africa |
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| Posted by Sabertooth On 04/02/2003 3:22 PM EST with 38 comments National Geographic News ^ | April 2nd, 2003 | John Roach |
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| 'Africa should beware of GM food aid' |
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| Posted by sarcasm On 04/26/2003 8:24 AM EDT with 33 comments Mail & Guardian ^ | April 25, 2003 |
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| Winnie Mandela: South Africa’s Mother of Thieves |
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| Posted by dennisw On 04/28/2003 2:25 PM EDT with 1 comment fp ^ | | April 28, 2003 | Michael Radu |
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| South Africa: Mandela murder plot treason trial |
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| Posted by yankeedame On 05/19/2003 10:15 AM EDT Ananova ^ | May 19,2003 | staff writer |
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| Two-headed tortoise found in South Africa |
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| Posted by ATOMIC_PUNK On 05/31/2003 3:23 PM EDT with 20 comments ananova.com ^ | Thursday 29th May 2003 | http://www.ananova.com |
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| Ships could go to horn of Africa: commodore |
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| Posted by Clive On 04/12/2003 4:22 PM EDT with 5 comments Canadian Press via Sun Media ^ | April 11, 2003 | Alison Auld |
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| Africa Should Feel Uneasy Over Iraqi War: Mbeki |
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| Posted by Tailgunner Joe On 05/05/2003 4:56 PM EDT with 13 comments allAfrica.com ^ | April 7, 2003 |
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| Liberia's president blamed for crisis in West Africa |
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| Posted by Clive On 05/19/2003 5:43 AM EDT with 3 comments |
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| Bush Slams Europe Over GMO Crops for Africa |
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| Posted by bruinbirdman On 05/22/2003 5:20 PM EDT with 10 comments Cato Daily Dispatch ^ | May 22, 2003 |
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| Massacre in Africa happened while our heads were turned |
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| Posted by dufekin On 04/10/2003 12:19 AM EDT with 48 comments Virginia Beach Virginia Norfolk Virginian Pilot Ledger Star ^ | 09 Apr 2003 | Bronwyn Lance Chester |
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| The New Holocaust Denial [Enviros deny starvation in Africa] |
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| Posted by ZGuy On 05/21/2003 10:36 AM EDT with 13 comments Center for Consumer Freedom ^ | May 20, 2003 | CCF |
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| Protests May Say More About Protestors Than About What They Object To |
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| Posted by Constitutionalist Conservative On 04/01/2003 9:43 AM EST with 19 comments Aggie Daily (TAMU) ^ | 03/26/2003 | Texas A&M University |
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| Michael Moore gloats about about his anti-Bush remarks at the Oscars |
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| Posted by SB00 On 04/09/2003 12:52 PM EDT with 56 comments MichaelMoore.com ^ | April 9, 2003 | SB00 |
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| India, S Africa to set up working groups in IT, telecom |
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| Posted by chance33_98 On 04/27/2003 12:30 AM EDT with 1 comment irna ^ |
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| Up to 80 feared dead in South Africa bus crash |
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| Posted by chance33_98 On 05/01/2003 7:12 AM EDT with 1 comment independent.co.uk ^ |
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| French Plan To Aid Africa Could Be Sunk By Bush |
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| Posted by blam On 05/22/2003 10:32 PM EDT with 12 comments The Guardian (UK) ^ | 5-23-2003 | Charlotte Denny/Larry Elliott |
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| Iraqi lions (Uday's) to be given freedom in South Africa |
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| Posted by Shermy On 05/23/2003 8:41 PM EDT with 11 comments AFP ^ | May 23, 2003 |
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| Africa Plans Continental Peacekeeping Force to Deal With Future Crises |
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| Posted by Tailgunner Joe On 05/28/2003 10:17 PM EDT CNSNews.com ^ | May 27, 2003 | Stephen Mbogo |
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| The plague of Africa -- Money alone won't cure, or control, AIDS |
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| Posted by Clive On 04/25/2003 7:07 AM EDT with 10 comments Toronto Sun ^ | April 25, 2003 | Peter Worthington |
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| Horn of Africa now a key target for US ‘war on terror’ |
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| Posted by knighthawk On 05/06/2003 1:10 PM EDT with 8 comments The Daily Star ^ | May 06 2003 | Ed Blanche |
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| Is Happy Sindane really Jannie Botha? [South Africa 'white slave' mystery] |
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| Posted by Constitution Day On 05/22/2003 4:34 PM EDT with 5 comments Independent Online - South Africa ^ | May 22 2003 | Solly Maphumulo |
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| DA (South Africa opposition party) condemns Interpol honour for Zim police chief |
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| Posted by Clive On 05/11/2003 12:10 PM EDT with 3 comments SAPA via SABC News (SA) ^ | May 11, 2003 |
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| Fury at Zuma's dismissal of Zimbabwe terror (South Africa foreign minister Dlamini-Zuma0 |
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| Posted by Clive On 04/21/2003 10:55 AM EDT with 2 comments Independent Online ^ | April 20, 2003 | Brian Latham |
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| Africa, Chile, China .. (Three Trips, Eight Countries, 2,400 -- and a $60 Million Pentagon Tab) |
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| Posted by Dog On 05/07/2003 6:57 PM EDT with 37 comments |
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| Zimbabwe crisis, Iraq will be focus of talks (Jack Straw visit to South Africa) |
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| Posted by Clive On 05/12/2003 8:20 AM EDT with 2 comments Business Day (SA) ^ | May 12, 2003 | International Affairs Editor |
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| A Filibuster About Something vs. A Filibuster About Nothing: The dilemma facing Senate Democrats. |
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| Posted by xsysmgr On 04/14/2003 12:20 PM EDT with 38 comments National Review Online ^ | April 15, 2003 | Byron York |
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| What About Ammunition? [Armed Females of America Talk About Firearm Ammunition] |
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| Posted by 2nd_Amendment_Defender On 04/14/2003 5:50 AM EDT with 7 comments armedfemalesofamerica.com ^ | April 2003 | Mike Straw |
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| Uday Hussein's lions to be taken back to Africa |
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| Posted by kattracks On 05/23/2003 8:57 AM EDT with 3 comments Reuters | 5/23/03 | Andrew Quinn |
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| West sidelined as Africa walks hand in hand with Mugabe |
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| Posted by Clive On 04/26/2003 6:30 AM EDT with 12 comments The Guardian (UK) ^ | April 26, 2003 | Nicholas Watt and Rory Carroll in Johannesburg |
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| West sidelined as Africa walks hand in hand with Mugabe |
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| Posted by sarcasm On 04/26/2003 8:54 AM EDT with 3 comments The Guardian ^ | April 26, 2003 | Nicholas Watt and Rory Carroll |
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... anyone who is doubtful about the situation there, or perhaps curious about how much goes unmentioned & unreported by the laughingly-misnamed "watchdog press" need only click the "keyword: Africa Watch" or go here:
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CIA -- The World Factbook -- Zimbabwe
First it was Rhodesia then SA now America paying the price of silence.
-A Capsule History of Southern Africa--
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ZWNEWS.com - linking the world to Zimbabwe MPR Books - Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African ... Title: "Cry, the Beloved Country" - Topics: World/South Africa The Coming Anarchy |
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Short of armed intervention, which is so un-PC that it won't be done, I can't think of a thing. Twenty years ago was the time to keep the situation from heading where it now is, and now- it is simply too late...
The whole story of contemporary Africa is a sad tale of tribalism, class warfare, and massive corruption- and one the media here "won't even talk about" because it does not fit within their template of acceptable ideas.
I would also add, that both the press and entertainment arms of the media encouraged and supported the toppling of the old governments, i. e., they were in collusion, and complict in the fall. Now that things have worked out at variance with their idealistic fantasies, they simply "don't talk about it..."
I truly hate to say, or even mention it, but I fear what is happening in Rhodesia will be the model for South Africa. What you have there is a state slipping from the rule of ( English-style ) Law into a state of tribalism- ruled by one corrupt & murderous strongman, who will naturally pander & cater to large groups that will help him cling to power. In such a system, minorities have "rights" only on a whim, which may be revoked instantly for no reason.
I look upon the coming train wreck in Rhodesia- and next, South Africa- with great despair. Some of us saw this burgeoning with Jimmy Carter's muddle-headed "policies" over 20 years ago, and tried without success to get our government to nudge those nations... rather than shoving them with sanctions and pariah status.
Things could have worked out better.
Well put. Bump!
Two things come to mind immediately with respect to the Western media and 'acceptable ideas':
1) Redistributionist (re. Marxist) Economies: Since the withdrawal of the colonialist Europeans from the African continent we have had one pseudo-crypto-Marxist ruler after another. What is left unsaid is that Geldorf's rock-aid was organized to provide food for a starving nation that was in Chaos because of its adoption of a Marxist economy and ruler..........and I might add I found this ironic since rock musicians as a whole are a bunch of crypto-Marxists to-boot. The result is an entire continent of Cambodias.
2) Enviro-Walden Wackos: "Let's all lead a simpler life closer to nature", the Western-Luddite-Greens, Ralph Nader, Al Gore and Pol Pot are/have said. Africa is an example of the results. Nuff said.
My tagline is a takeoff from an otherwise forgettable sci-fi novel from about 30 years ago-- "Pity About Earth..."
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