Zimbabwe on edge as inflation hits 1,000%

The Scotsman ^ | May 13, 2006 | CRIS CHINAKA

[MadIvan]

There does come a point where fighting and dying becomes preferable to merely dying. Mugabe's time is near an end, I hope.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Really, what horrific new development can legitimately be called "a surprise" when it comes to this hellhole of hellholes. I can't help but feel sorry for the ordinary people there (when I think about them, which isn't that often) and I know folks here will say "toss the b**stard out" but it ain't that easy when the so-called gov't there has all the guns and power (yet another lesson)

[poetknowit]

Didn't "Land Reform" consist of driving white farmers off of their (productive) farms?
That info dropped off the screen very quickly. Rack up yet another sit on your hands United Nations solution.

[cowtowney]

"I know folks here will say "toss the b**stard out" but it ain't that easy when the so-called gov't there has all the guns and power (yet another lesson)"

Exhibit A for the paper - "Why citizens should be allowed to own guns"

Exhibit B for the paper - "Socialism destroys economies and does so very consistently"

[river rat]

".......could trigger protests against Robert Mugabe's government."

The poor bastards should have revolted years ago -- even if they had nothing but sticks, rocks and matches as weapons to start with...

Semper Fi

[Clive]

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[BooksForTheRight.com]

confiscated farms from white owners.
now this.
not a cent in aid!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Mr Mugabe recently awarded civil servants, including security forces, a 300 per cent pay rise.

At 1000% inflation, this must mean that they are only 700% behind now. The brilliance of totalitarian Marxist economics.

[Recovering_Democrat]

IBBF!

(in before Bush's fault!)

[rod1]

Welcome to Mugabe's paradise. Surely the UN has some kind of "leader of the year" or "most valuable leader" award they can bestow on the guy.

BTW--Didn't Carter certify all this. Any responsible reporters would be insisting that wherever Jimmah shows his face to make liberal looney condemnations of Bush and America, that he be made to comment on the carnage left behind after his little stamps of electoral approval. He love to give his good housekeeping stamp of despotic approval worldwide.

[6SJ7]

Analysts say the president has dented Zimbabwe's investment image...

Dented? What a 'sensitive' reporter we have here! Mustn't be too harsh when writing about a Marxist 'miracle' economy. Give it another year; the same writer will be commenting on how there is no obesity problem in Zimbabwe.

[DManA]

Leftys must be torn over this one. Since it would benefit our interests in no way it would be ok to send in troops. But don't we have to support a government that threw off the yoke of western imperialism?

[cgbg]

If there is a difference between the political views and aspirations of Mugabe and the Congressional Black Caucus it is beneath notice.

They want to do to America what Mugabe has done to his formerly prosperous native land.

:-(

(if you have a moment please click on my name, go to the bottom of the page--and link to my short story...)

[cgbg]

dented

"annihilated" has a better sound to it.

:-)

[headsonpikes]

Yet more empirical evidence for the thesis that the very point of socialism is the annihilation of human life.

[staytrue]

Didn't "Land Reform" consist of driving white farmers off of their (productive) farms?

Yes, but this is more about excessive govt. than race (although there is a anti white racial aspect too). China with its "great leap forward" (ended up starving millions of chinese) was the govt. seizure of chinese farmers land and collectivizing it. The same thing happened in Russia with similar results.

Hillary of "we will take your stuff for the common good" fame, plans the same thing for the US as did John Kerry with his "we will raise taxes only on the top 2 percent" plan.

[Sundog]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625780/posts

Mugabe buys ten figher airplanes from Russia.

Here is the link if you can believe that.

[calljack]

Well, when you cut the heart out of your GDP it aint surprising that your country dies.

[quadrant]

I know the people of this sad country are undergoing a great deal of pain, but I cannot shake the thought that they wanted this. They wanted majority rule, and they have to live with the consequences.