Comments on: Fly Airbus A330-300 to Malabo: Why Everyone Is Heading to the Heart of Darkness http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/fly-airbus-a330-300-to-malabo-why-everyone-is-heading-to-the-heart-of-darkness/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: hp http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/fly-airbus-a330-300-to-malabo-why-everyone-is-heading-to-the-heart-of-darkness/#comment-17066 hp Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:14:55 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/fly-airbus-a330-300-to-malabo-why-everyone-is-heading-to-the-heart-of-darkness/#comment-17066 "Democracy, too, is a religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses." Mencken “Democracy, too, is a religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses.”
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]]> By: sk http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/fly-airbus-a330-300-to-malabo-why-everyone-is-heading-to-the-heart-of-darkness/#comment-17042 sk Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:25:11 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/fly-airbus-a330-300-to-malabo-why-everyone-is-heading-to-the-heart-of-darkness/#comment-17042 btw, a couple of <a href="http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/04/sb-six-q-for-nicholas-shaxson" rel="nofollow">points</a> on the "oil curse" by the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Poisoned-Wells-Dirty-Politics-African/dp/1403971943" rel="nofollow"><i>Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil</i></a> that are certain to fall on deaf ears: We can best help by making changes at home. Oil wealth not only doesn't reach ordinary people, but it actively makes them poorer. btw, a couple of points on the “oil curse” by the author of Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil that are certain to fall on deaf ears:

We can best help by making changes at home.

Oil wealth not only doesn’t reach ordinary people, but it actively makes them poorer.

]]> By: sk http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/fly-airbus-a330-300-to-malabo-why-everyone-is-heading-to-the-heart-of-darkness/#comment-17039 sk Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:31:31 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/fly-airbus-a330-300-to-malabo-why-everyone-is-heading-to-the-heart-of-darkness/#comment-17039 <i>With last link missing corrected this time</i>: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1101-2004Sep6.html" rel="nofollow">Corruption</a>? What <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/baefiles/page/0,,2096320,00.html" rel="nofollow">corruption</a>? At least, one honorary member of the <a href="http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/060707Floyd.shtml" rel="nofollow">Bush</a> family can still state the obvious: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBu0asPX5k0" rel="nofollow">"So, what?"</a> With last link missing corrected this time:

Corruption? What corruption? At least, one honorary member of the Bush family can still state the obvious: “So, what?”

]]> By: dan e http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/fly-airbus-a330-300-to-malabo-why-everyone-is-heading-to-the-heart-of-darkness/#comment-17030 dan e Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:22:21 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/fly-airbus-a330-300-to-malabo-why-everyone-is-heading-to-the-heart-of-darkness/#comment-17030 Besides the political signif, which is considerable, I'm struck by the polished prose style of this superb essay. So props to both Dr. V & Toni Solo: Thank you! Besides the political signif, which is considerable, I’m struck by the polished prose style of this superb essay. So props to both Dr. V & Toni Solo: Thank you!

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