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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Zimbabwe is suffering its worst economic crisis since Mugabe led the nation to independence from Britain in 1980.

Revisionist history?

Last time I checked, Ian Smith led Rhodesia to declare its independence from Britain, not Mugabe.

An estimated 6.7 million people, more than half the population, face hunger in coming months. Acute food shortages have been blamed on drought and agricultural disruptions caused by the seizures of thousands of white-owned commercial farms.

The scarcity of hard currency has caused gasoline shortages that have kept long lines of vehicles waiting outside gas stations for the past three weeks.

Long food lines at stores are also commonplace. Inflation and unemployment have soared.

More than 200 people, mostly opposition supporters, have died in nearly three years of political violence.

What's wrong with this picture: the economy has been ruined, the farms destroyed, people are starving, and being murdered by the madman Mugabe, and they want to organize a horn-honking campaign.

What is wrong with these people? For crying out loud, we told King George III to take his Parliament and shove it for trying to levy a tax on legal transactions (Stamp Act). When he tried to tax our tea (Tea Tax) , we dressed up as Indians, snuck aboard the ship loaded with British tea, and SMASHED THE BOXES and THREW THE CARGO IN BOSTON HARBOR! And when he sent troops against the colonial militia at Concord and Lexington, we shot his soldiers and chased them all the way back to Boston!

I don't care if you call it Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, or Never-Never Land; the people there of every race need to get off their asses, quit honking their damned horns, and start killing some of the thugs who are trying to KILL them!

They need to stop blowing their horns and start blowing things up!

Arrrrggghhhhh!

7 posted on 01/04/2003 12:26:24 PM PST by longshadow
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8 posted on 01/04/2003 4:41:03 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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