Re: OT - Katrina

On 29 Aug 2006 15:58:35 -0700, "brewertr" <brewertr@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Cliff wrote:
That would be your buddy Protagonist?

The guy who said the Nazi's had it right when it came to the Jews and
you Cliff refused to condemn him for it because he holds some of your
extremist views.

I'm not actually reqired to comment on all posts nor to duplicte
the comments of others.

You only refrain when they hold similar views to yours.

But gunner YOU don't comment on.
Curious.

I did comment on it, my comment I have not read any of Gunners
Political Posts and if I have I have never seen a post by Gunner where
he said the Nazi's had it right.

Tom
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/28/world/africa/28cnd-obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 28 ? Barack Obama strode into a packed auditorium
in Nairobi today and attacked an issue that notoriously bedevils
Kenyan society: corruption.

He urged people to reject ?the insulting idea that corruption is
somehow part of Kenyan culture? and ?to stand up and speak out against
injustices.?

This was Day Five of his Kenya tour and with each stop he makes, each
speech he gives, the crowds only grow.

It is an unusual reception for an unusual trip for a Democratic
freshman senator from Illinois to be making, but it seems that Mr.
Obama, whose father was Kenyan, is using all the rapturous attention
to spotlight serious issues that too often are ignored in Africa.

The Kenyans are eating it up.

On Friday, thousands of students at the University of Nairobi ? some
in halter tops or Che Guevara T-shirts and blue jeans and others in
business suits ? pressed up against barricades to watch Mr. Obama and
his entourage walk through the door.

During a nationally televised speech at the campus, students and
faculty clapped in all the right places and laughed at all of Mr.
Obama?s jokes. For a second, it almost seemed as if Mr. Obama was back
in Boston in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention, when he gave
such a rousing pep talk that people started mentioning the p-word with
his name.

Everywhere he has gone so far in Kenya ? fancy hotels, rusted-roof
slums, the village his father was from, an AIDS clinic where he and
his wife were tested on Saturday ? questions have trailed him about
whether he is running for president. Mr. Obama always politely defers,
saying he is happy to be a senator.

But his schedule is so packed and scripted and full of
photo-opportunities, that it appears he is on the campaign trail ?
just a few thousand miles away. Actually, members of his staff have
described the trip as more grueling than a campaign. The Kenyan media
have covered it in great detail ? every grueling mile.

During his speech today, he laid out a tough prescription for Africa?s
ills, calling for government cutbacks, more openness and less ethnic
politics. Kenya is one of the more developed countries in sub-Saharan
Africa and one of the closest to the West, but it is consistently
ranked by international organizations as one of the most corrupt. Mr.
Obama said this corroded its ability to attract investment, fight
terrorism and provide security for its own people.

Most of all, he told Kenyans to stop complaining about the injustices
of the colonial past and to accept responsibility. ?It?s more than
just history and outside influence that explain why Kenya is lagging
behind,? he said.

In closing, he told the university crowd, ?I want you all to know that
as your ally, your friend and your brother, I will be there in every
way I can.?

Many members of the audience left with a lift in their step.

?He?s inspiring,? said Miriam Musonye, a literature professor. ?He
really seems to believe what he says.?


Now if he would only give that same speech in New Orleans...........


Gunner



"If I'm going to reach out to the the Democrats then I need a third
hand.There's no way I'm letting go of my wallet or my gun while they're
around."

"Democrat. In the dictionary it's right after demobilize and right
before demode` (out of fashion).
-Buddy Jordan 2001
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