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Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is the stinkiest head of state on the planet right now. That jerk has to be pushed out of power. The sooner the better. To his credit, he lead his country's independence from Britain. He is also on record expressing active empathy with some of the inner cities in America. Inner city blacks do have it tough in America, and not all African heads of state act like they know that. But then it is down the slope thenon. This guy's has been a rule of terror for two and half decades now. If he does not like you, he will send bulldozers to raze your shantytown. His mismanagement is so total, Zimbabwe's economy has actually been shrinking. A low growth rate is one thing, but to actually go ahead and shrink?
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This is one of those dictators who actually conducts elections. I would not be surprised if he also challenged Bush to a televised debate like Saddam did. He is up for reelection in 2008 again.
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The opposition in Zimbabwe is disunited. That is a big problem. And their strategy seems to be to beat him at the polls. That is a misguided strategy. In a country where the opposition leaders get beat up like they were petty criminals in a pre-rule of law country, the regime does not hold elections. It rubber stamps the status quo.
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The goal of the opposition has to be to create a unity platform and then shoot for a mass movement. Mugabe's 2008 polls must be boycotted. Instead the demand should be to organize an all party government that would hold elections to a constituent assembly that will give the country a new constitution.
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The ground rules are broken. The constitution is faulty, big time.
Zimbabwe: The Constitution Is Faulty
Zimpundit: Zimbabwe
South Africa should offer this guy a bungalow somewhere he can spend the rest of his days.
On The Web
Robert Mugabe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mugabe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Mugabe - President of Zimbabwe
BBC News | AFRICA | Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe strongman
BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Mugabe's descent into dictatorship
Mugabe: Blogs, Photos, Videos and more on Technorati
The wasteland - inside Mugabe's crumbling state | Special reports ...
Robert Mugabe News - The New York Times
In Zimbabwe, Mugabe Critics Face Beatings - New York Times
In The News
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Obama slowly plans health care proposal
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Ehud Olmert's Moment Time a favorable rating of 3% ... Given the poll's margin of error, it was possible Olmert had no support beyond his extended family. ..... Israel's less than triumphant war against Hizballah last summer ..... "I know I'm unpopular," he told the nation mournfully in a recent speech. .... the Bush Administration's desperate desire to wring good news from the mess it has caused in the region. ..... the collision between a grand geostrategic scheme and implacable tribal realities ...... the prospect of an alliance of moderate Arab states, and Israel, against the growing influence of Iran ..... an unresolvable religious conflict," a reference to Hamas' refusal, on Islamic grounds, to acknowledge the possibility of a Jewish state. ..... The Saudi path is a dead end. .... Syria gets back the Golan Heights. Israel gets recognized. Hamas gets the boot.
Banking Goes Mobile "I look forward to the competition trying to keep up with us." ..... all information sent between the phone and the bank has 128-bit encryption ..... Available for more than two years in Japan and much of Europe
Poll: A Surprising G.O.P. Edge for '08 an uptick in the percentage of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats ..... Hillary Clinton loses to John McCain, 42%-48%, and to Rudy Giuliani 41%-50% ..... Clinton maintains a 7% edge over Obama ... Obama still loses: 43%-45% to McCain, 44%-45% to Giuliani ...... most voters have made up their minds about her, both pro and con. ..... Edwards has surged among Democrats since he announced that his wife Elizabeth's cancer had recurred. In a three-way matchup, Clinton polls 38% among registered Democrats, versus 30% for Obama and 26% for Edwards.
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Standoff in Ukraine as prime minister defies president's order International Herald Tribune
The Captured Britons: Advantage Iran? TIME
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Hillary Clinton Raises $26 Million to Set Record ABC News campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle .... $6 million of the $26 million were raised through "grassroots" efforts. Of that, $4.2 million was raised on the Internet.
Google seeks world of instant translations Stuff.co.nz see our Arabic-English output, then they say, that's amazing ..... Och showed a translation of an Arabic internet news site into easily digestible English. ..... Languages without considerable translated texts, such as some African languages, face greater obstacles. ...... the muscle work is performed by machines. ..... Google chairman Eric Schmidt also sees broad political consequences of a world with easy translations. .... "What happens when we have 100 languages in simultaneous translation? Google and other companies are working on statistical machine translation so that we can on demand translate everything all the time" ..... "Many, many societies have operated in language-defined communities where they really don't understand and are not particularly sympathetic to other peoples' views because of the barrier of language. We're about to have that breakthrough and it is a huge thing."
Google moves into translations