but in this case, ownership scares me completely. Our villain of the moment, Robert Mugabe, recently said:
"Zimbabwe is mine. I will never, never, never never surrender. Zimbabwe is mine, I am a Zimbabwean. Zimbabwe for Zimbabweans. Zimbabwe never for the British, Britain for the British," Mugabe told his party's annual conference.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081219/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwepolitics_081219142025
How in the world is Zimbabwe his? Granted, he is ruling the country but only a dictator would say a country is "his".
That should solve it for everyone...talk amongst yourselves......
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Living In Il Part 2
I have to give props to my old friend from college Tracy who rightfully commented that downstate IL is not as bad as the Chicagoland area. I would have to agree with her. Chicago dominates Illinois like New York City dominates New York.
I hear that the Governor wants to have his side of the story heard. No matter how I don't like what he has done (I won't say supposed to have done because well, I have heard the tapes!), I think our justice system needs to fulfill what it is supposed to do. He is innocent til proven guilty and he has a right to be heard.
If justice is no longer blind in our society, then we have a major shift in judicial law which I am not sure we can handle with everything else going on in our society!
Thank you Tracy for giving me perspective and thanks to the judicial system for working in every case, not just the ones we like it to work for.
Talk amongst yourselves......
I hear that the Governor wants to have his side of the story heard. No matter how I don't like what he has done (I won't say supposed to have done because well, I have heard the tapes!), I think our justice system needs to fulfill what it is supposed to do. He is innocent til proven guilty and he has a right to be heard.
If justice is no longer blind in our society, then we have a major shift in judicial law which I am not sure we can handle with everything else going on in our society!
Thank you Tracy for giving me perspective and thanks to the judicial system for working in every case, not just the ones we like it to work for.
Talk amongst yourselves......
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Living in IL
Usually the reason I curse the state that I live in (Illinois) is the cold mornings when it is 15 degrees and I am walking my dogs or walking to the train. Unfortunately, I have a new reason this week.
I live in what could possibly be called the most corrupt state in the nation. Even law enforcement officials concede this point. The latest corruption takes the cake.....
The governor of Illinios conspired to sell the vacant senate seat of our next President Barack Obama. His request was a job after he is done being governor and a seat on organization boards which would guarantee a pretty hefty income.
His actions were referred to as a crime "spree". Not an actions but a coordinated set of illegal actions. A coordinated SET!!!
On the tapes (they actually wiretapped his phone) he said he had considered appointing himself to the seat as a prelude to running for president in 2016.
Clarence Page was asked if the governor was the most corrupt person in the world to which he answered to the effect that Robert Mugabe was far and above the most corrupt person in the world but the governor was catching up quickly!
I know politics is a pretty messy game but I was shocked by this.....and I don't get shocked very much.
When candidates meet with a sitting governor to buy a senate seat, something has gone wrong with our political system and, even scarier, with people in general.
I hope that the governor will be impeached and the senate seat will no longer be appointed but elected. But can we assume in this current political situation an election would be free from corruption? No such luck.....
A few thoughts to consider
What would your solution be to assigning this seat?
Should the IL constitution change to allow an election for a vacated senate seat rather than it be appointed by the governor? (IL governors don't have a great track record.)
If not, should the previous senator pick his or her replacement?
Will this hurt Chicago's chances to host the 2016 Olympics?
Talk amongst yourselves.....
I live in what could possibly be called the most corrupt state in the nation. Even law enforcement officials concede this point. The latest corruption takes the cake.....
The governor of Illinios conspired to sell the vacant senate seat of our next President Barack Obama. His request was a job after he is done being governor and a seat on organization boards which would guarantee a pretty hefty income.
His actions were referred to as a crime "spree". Not an actions but a coordinated set of illegal actions. A coordinated SET!!!
On the tapes (they actually wiretapped his phone) he said he had considered appointing himself to the seat as a prelude to running for president in 2016.
Clarence Page was asked if the governor was the most corrupt person in the world to which he answered to the effect that Robert Mugabe was far and above the most corrupt person in the world but the governor was catching up quickly!
I know politics is a pretty messy game but I was shocked by this.....and I don't get shocked very much.
When candidates meet with a sitting governor to buy a senate seat, something has gone wrong with our political system and, even scarier, with people in general.
I hope that the governor will be impeached and the senate seat will no longer be appointed but elected. But can we assume in this current political situation an election would be free from corruption? No such luck.....
A few thoughts to consider
What would your solution be to assigning this seat?
Should the IL constitution change to allow an election for a vacated senate seat rather than it be appointed by the governor? (IL governors don't have a great track record.)
If not, should the previous senator pick his or her replacement?
Will this hurt Chicago's chances to host the 2016 Olympics?
Talk amongst yourselves.....
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Cholera...Just another problem for Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, for those of you who don't know, is the place in Africa where my wife and I support a child who has HIV. The HIV problem is bad enough (to say the least) but now there is another player in the life and death game for the people of Zimbabwe: Cholera.
MDC secretary for health Dr Henry Madzorera had this to say recently: ""Our observation is that we do not have the capacity to deal with the epidemic, there are gross shortages from human resources to materials, drugs and fluids. The human resource situation is very dire, we have all nurses on strike, and only senior nurses are manning the wards. They are working long hours, they are tired and exposed to the extent that some health workers are now being infected with cholera while on duty," said Madzorera.Some health workers have also been admitted to hospitals as they contract the disease because of lack of adequate protective uniform."
It is amazing that the drug tetracycline and clean water would cure most problems with cholera in Zimbabwe. But yet, Mugabe's group denies there is even a problem with cholera. Shock...
The mismanagement of the government has caused this huge problem once again. This makes Peter Thum's mission even more important. Clean water is the basis for health around the world.
How do we get water to those who need it.....talk amongst yourselves.....
MDC secretary for health Dr Henry Madzorera had this to say recently: ""Our observation is that we do not have the capacity to deal with the epidemic, there are gross shortages from human resources to materials, drugs and fluids. The human resource situation is very dire, we have all nurses on strike, and only senior nurses are manning the wards. They are working long hours, they are tired and exposed to the extent that some health workers are now being infected with cholera while on duty," said Madzorera.Some health workers have also been admitted to hospitals as they contract the disease because of lack of adequate protective uniform."
It is amazing that the drug tetracycline and clean water would cure most problems with cholera in Zimbabwe. But yet, Mugabe's group denies there is even a problem with cholera. Shock...
The mismanagement of the government has caused this huge problem once again. This makes Peter Thum's mission even more important. Clean water is the basis for health around the world.
How do we get water to those who need it.....talk amongst yourselves.....
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