Like Kibaki and his ruling party [in Kenya], all indications are that Mugabe and his ruling ZANU-PF party lost close national elections that were held on March 29. Yet, like Kibaki, Mugabe refused to concede defeat, which also plunged Zimbabwe into post-election violence…. Therefore, it behooves Opposition Leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic… Read more.
Archives for 2008
Tzipi Livni on track to become Israel’s second female prime minister
There is no shortage of candidates lying in wait to replace Olmert when his Kadima Party holds leadership elections in September. But the one most likely to do so is Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. [Israeli PM Olmert resigns…, The iPINIONS Journal, July 31, 2008] As expected, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni defeated her chief rival yesterday… Read more.
McCain casts Obama in the sleaziest campaign ad in history
Because of my efforts last week to help compatriots in the Turks and Caicos Islands recover from Hurricane Ike, I was unable to comment on the new ad John McCain launched in which he cast Barack Obama as a pervert who wants to “teach comprehensive sex education to kindergartners.” Specifically, to reinforce the deception, the… Read more.
Chickens come home to roost on Wall Street, and Main Street maybe next…
A number of people have asked in recent months why I have written so little about the sub-prime mortgage mess and its impact on the US economy. I often replied that I didn’t have a clue what to make of the mess or what it portends. (Evidently, I am not nearly as clueless as John McCain… Read more.
Any reporter who’s thinking of asking Sarah Palin another “sexist” question about foreign policy…beware!
NOTE: This cartoon assumes you saw Palin in her fist deer-caught-in-the-headlights moment on Friday when reporter Charlie Gibson of ABC News asked her opinion on the Bush Doctrine. She made Dan Quayle’s first interview seem like that of a seasoned statesman. However, unlike the congenital dunce Quayle turned out to be, I suspect Sarah is a very quick… Read more.
After destroying the tiny Caribbean island of Grand Turk, Hurricane Ike has its sights on the big US state of Texas
Houston, you have a problem: Hurricane Ike is threatening to obliterate waterfront towns and give the skyscrapers, refineries and docks of Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city, their worst pounding in a generation. [The Associated Press] But, where my compatriots on the Turks and Caicos Island of Grand Turk were completely at Ike’s mercy, Houstonians have… Read more.
UPDATE: Getting donations directly to Turks and Caicos victims of Hurricane Ike
Many of you have expressed concerns about your donations to the British Red Cross to help relief efforts in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) getting lost in bureaucratic red tape, or worse. Unfortunately, the TCI has no indigenous relief agency with the facility to take online donations. Therefore, I have arranged with the Director… Read more.
UPDATE: Hurricane Ike tests TCI leadership and our people’s resolve…
By all accounts, Hurricane Ike was “the worst natural disaster to hit the Turks and Caicos Islands in living memory”. Therefore, it is a testament to our people’s resolve (and God’s grace) that we weathered its fury with little or no loss of life. Preliminary reports indicate, however, that Ike’s 135 mph winds did considerable… Read more.
Fellow Turks and Caicos Islanders will be sustaining the full brunt of Hurricane Ike’s fury this morning. God help them…
Talk about anxiety, I’m dreading reports later this afternoon on what property damage they’ve sustained. But I commend Premier Dr. Michael Misick for ordering the airlift of all intensive care and special needs patients to Miami a few days ago. Because chances are very good that many parts of the country will be without power for an extended period – after Ike (now a category… Read more.
Oprah’s ill-advised refusal to interview Sarah Palin
Granted, it’s her show and she can interview anybody she wants. But Oprah claims that the mission of her show is to help people (especially women) live their best lives. And she purportedly does this by providing a forum for the discussion of important issues that affect them. Therefore, it behooves her to appreciate that refusing to invite Republican… Read more.