--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <no_reply@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> , "do.rflex" > <do.rflex@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> , "Rick Archer" > <rick@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi University of Management, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Holland Celebrates the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dawn of a New World Order of Peace > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -the Rise of Perfection in World Politics and Economy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Four Nations Identified as Embodying the Cardinal > Qualities > > > of an > > > > > Ideal > > > > > > > State > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > An Historic Day of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Great Celebration for the World > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Today, Maharishi University of Management celebrates the > dawn > > > of a > > > > > > New World > > > > > > > Order of Peace, as demonstrated by the invincibility of > > > President > > > > > Fidel > > > > > > > Castro of Cuba, the freedom of President Robert Mugabe of > > > Zimbabwe, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My God! Anybody who agrees that Mugabe represents 'freedom' > is > > > one > > > > > > sick fuck. > > > > > > > > > > > > That fact that the official TMO apparently put out this > notice > > > is just > > > > > > another blatant indication that the whole thing is an > > > unconscionable > > > > > > perversion of spiritual teaching beyond the pale.>> > > > > > > > > > > It was an ancient announcement by Maharishi who congratulated > > > every > > > > > leader up until about 2002 or so when he pummelled Bush and > > > Blair, the > > > > > two headed dog. > > > > > > > > > > But you and the other dopes here fell for Rick's deliberate > > > > > manipulation. Haven't you noticed...Fidel Castro in not in > power > > > right > > > > > now. > > > > > > > > > > Apart from that, a lot of people thought Mugabe was a good > guy in > > > the > > > > > beginning. > > > > > > > > > > > > Bullshit. Mugabe has been a tyrant and a killer since at least > 1980. > > > > > > > > > > > > ---Mugabe rose to prominence in the 1960s as the Secretary > general > > > of > > > > the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). For many years in > the > > > 60s > > > > and 70s Mugabe was a political prisoner in Rhodesia. His goal > was to > > > > replace white minority-rule with one-party Marxist regime.[2] > He > > > left > > > > Rhodesia in 1976 to join the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle > (Rhodesian > > > > Bush War) from bases in Mozambique. The war ended in 1979; > emerging > > > > from this conflict, Mugabe was hailed by Africans as a hero.[3] > [4] > > > He > > > > won the general elections of 1980, the first in which the > majority > > > > black Africans participated, amid reports of violent > intimidation by > > > > the militant freedom fighters he now controlled. Mugabe then > became > > > > the first Prime Minister of black-ruled Zimbabwe after calling > for > > > > reconciliation between formerly warring parties, including the > white > > > > people as well as rival parties. > > > > > > > > The early years of Mugabe's rule saw killings targeting the > Ndebele > > > > tribe in the Matabeleland and Midlands areas of Zimbabwe. > > > > > > > > Since 1998 Mugabe's policies have increasingly elicited > domestic and > > > > international denunciation. His government pursued a costly > > > > intervention in the Second Congo War, expropriated thousands of > > > > white-owned farms, printed hundreds of trillions of Zimbabwean > > > dollars > > > > triggering hyperinflation,[5] and has been accused of harassing > and > > > > intimidating political opponents, particularly members of the > > > Movement > > > > for Democratic Change.[6] Zimbabwe's economy spiraled downward, > [7] > > > > with food and oil shortages,[8] and with massive internal > > > > displacement[9] and emigration.[10] During this period Mugabe's > > > > policies have been denounced in the West and at home as racist > > > against > > > > Zimbabwe's white minority. > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > He's been a real disappointment to many people in the world > > > > > who had high hopes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The sad thing is that South Africa appears to be going down the > same > > > route. > > > > > > Apart from the fact that Nelson Mandela has refused to condemn > > > Mugabe, > > > > > > Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has added his voice to > the > > growing international condemnation of the political violence in > Zimbabwe. > > > > In his first public comments about the crisis, he noted "the tragic > > failure of leadership" of President Robert Mugabe... > > > > Speaking at a dinner in London to mark his 90th birthday, Mr > Mandela said: > > > > "We watch with sadness the continuing tragedy in Darfur. Nearer to > > home we have seen the outbreak of violence against fellow Africans > in > > our own country and the tragic failure of leadership in our > > neighbouring Zimbabwe." > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7474561.stm > > > > "In his first public comments..." > > Finally. > > It only took him 30 years...
Wrong again, Magoo: ----The problem with that position is that it is dead wrong, something that anyone who spends a little time researching the subject would understand. Here are two efforts/comments by President Mandela that illustrate his concern for Zimbabwe over the 7+ years of this crisis. 1. Monday May 8, 2000, the Namibian paper picks up comments from President Mandela in Johannesburg in which he notes that some African leaders had liberated their countries and then overstayed their welcome. He noted in his comments that individuals like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Pompeii, and Adolf Hitler had also been brought down by the ordinary masses. "They want to die in power because they have committed crimes. The tyrant of the day can be destroyed by you and I." When asked whether he was talking about Mugabe, Mandela stated: "Everybody here knows who I am talking about." 2. The Zimbabwe Independent paper noted in 2007 that President Mandela wrote and urged Mugabe to leave office before he was hounded like Chilean dictator Pinochet - Mugabe did not respond. President Mandela then sought to work with his peers in "The Elders" to engage Mugabe, former Secretary General Annan was nominated to act as their emissary, again without success. Foreign Policy Association: http://tinyurl.com/4qm2rh
