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Tag Archives: poor
Snapshot Africa: Maize
In Malawi the staple of sun kissed maize is replaced by millet because rain heavy clouds are fickle so water either squeezes or streams from the petulant sky. The rainy seasons cannot be depended upon because gods are fickle, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Angola, black, Bread Basket, Chinese, DR Congo, farm, farmers, food, gamble, gas, Gods, guns, hunger, industrial, land, maize, Malawi, millet, mine shafts, money, motors, Mugabe, Namibia, oil, poor, rain, rural, Rwanda, scorn, seasons, South Africa, tears, trespass, tunnel, Uganda, unification, uranium, Zimbabwe
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pawns, peasants and slaves
Imagine this: the concept of owning a slave surfaced like a boil on the face of the planet 12,000 years ago. Certainly it was not when bipedal males of the genus Homo habilis were developing stone tools over 2 million … Continue reading
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Tagged acid throwing, amendment, ancestors, bride burning, cheap, collaboration, collateral damage, commentary, conflict minerals, contemplation, corporations, debt, debt bondage, dowry, egalitarian, eve teasing, evolutionary, fear, global, historical, homo habilis, hunter/gatherer, IMF, institutionalized, interdependence, itinerant laborers, Jesus, landowner, legacy, marriage, mates, matriarchy, military campaigns, money, Neolithic, nomadic, offspring, opinion, patriarcy, pawnage, peasants, pimp, poor, power, prostitute, recycle, sex trafficking, slaves, societies, soil, subjugae, survival, taxes, violence, votiing rights, wealth
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The Man’s Got Soul (and nuclear weapons)
The Man’s Got Soul, and Nuclear Weapons It was at that moment, back in June of 2001 when I knew the world had changed for good. Odd, I thought, that a “Conservative” like George W. Bush (By the way George, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, capitalism, commentary, communism, George W. Bush, opinion, politics, poor, rich, Russia, Vladimir Putin
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Pride and Governments
I’ve done a lot of thinking over the years about systems of government and I’ve come to one conclusion: they ALL fail to one extent or another. Why do they fail? There’s a myriad of reasons; surely, some are specific … Continue reading →