tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post6024890369066493627..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Roberts' Rules of Order@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-91427761600192544952008-07-03T16:28:00.000-04:002008-07-03T16:28:00.000-04:00OBH & AVI:Agreed.OBH & AVI:<BR/><BR/>Agreed.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-19336821398419488522008-07-02T22:40:00.000-04:002008-07-02T22:40:00.000-04:00American progressives and the UN are good at talki...American progressives and the UN are good at talking. Thus, if talking is considered the best solution, then they get to be considered important. Therefore, talking must be considered the best solution.<BR/><BR/>Africa and Africans are irrelevant to to them. This is about their own status in their home societies.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-30598513581179441522008-07-02T14:27:00.000-04:002008-07-02T14:27:00.000-04:00> I know what a shock it must be to Leftists of al...> I know what a shock it must be to Leftists of all parties, with their uncritical adoration of African leaders from the saintly, such as Nelson Mandela, <BR/><BR/>"Saintly"?<BR/><BR/>When your wife is off <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necklacing" REL="nofollow">necklacing</A> your enemies, and you don't denounce it -- when a nation is devoting 40 <B><I>billion</I></B> dollars to help<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids" REL="nofollow"> <I>you</I> deal with <I>your</I> problem, though it has no particular personal stake in it</A>, yet you denounce the people of that nation "heartless", well, let's say I think "saintly" is a rather overdone word...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Mandela is of better quality than most African leaders, I'll grant, but "saintly" is hardly the word. The fact that the standard is far closer to Mugabe than it is to Mandela is the sad part. <BR/><BR/>It's only in contrast to that vile, reprehensible lot that a man such as Mandela would take on a "saintly" aura. <BR/><BR/>By Western standards, he's at best an above-average leader. <BR/><BR/>Let's not practice any sort of reverse discrimination in politicians, either.<BR/><BR/>.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-26471618959320111452008-07-02T14:22:00.000-04:002008-07-02T14:22:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-67069595721536980342008-07-02T14:12:00.000-04:002008-07-02T14:12:00.000-04:00Jimmy Carter, however, HAS certified the election ...Jimmy Carter, however, HAS certified the election results as fair and unbiased.<BR/><BR/><BR/>... or so I surmise.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.com