DISQUS

AMERICAblog: http://www.americablog.com/2009/02/african-union-chooses-gadhafi.html

  • scytherius · 10 months ago
    Over my many years (and they are many). I have come to the conclusion that only 3 events will truly, fundamentally, change mankind:

    1. Comet/asteroid strike;

    2. Nuclear war;

    3. Aliens landing.

    Outside of that, we just keep doing the same stupid shit over and over and over. It doesn't matter the country, the same shit takes place.
  • unrepentant_expat · 10 months ago
    Woke up this morning with light in my eyes
    And then realized it was still dark outside
    It was a light coming down from the sky
    I don't know who or why

    Must be those strangers that come every night
    Those saucer shaped lights put people uptight
    Leave blue green footprints that glow in the dark
    I hope they get home all right

    Hey, Mr. Spaceman
    Won't you please take me along
    I won't do anything wrong
    Hey, Mr. Spaceman
    Won't you please take me along for a ride

    Woke up this morning, I was feeling quite weird
    Had flies in my beard, my toothpaste was smeared
    Over my window, they'd written my name
    Said, So long, we'll see you again
  • scytherius · 10 months ago
    lol Awesome!
  • example · 10 months ago
    I thought Gadhafi was our bestest friend in the whole world now.

    Anyway you whine too much. Like Gadhafi or not he's worked his ass off to bring Africa together, and I doubt the members states want some American puppet or whatever. And frankly I doubt they care to much about what latte sippers in D.C. think of them, what have we ever done for them? The whole point is to be self sufficient.

    Not that I'm a great defender of Gadaffi, but this attitude that American elites should get to decide what's best for every other country in the world wears a little thin.
  • t mak · 10 months ago
    the man is doing some serious good for his people and the region and certainly should be "taken seriously."
  • unrepentant_expat · 10 months ago
    Do they ever want to be taken seriously by the rest of the world? Do they even care? I realize the West makes similarly bad decisions - Blair as the Middle East peace envoy comes to mind

    Not only did America let Bush close enough to an election for him to steal it in 2000, they did it again in 2004. It may be decades before the world forgets theses events.
  • bicyclemark · 10 months ago
    The truth is, and worth keeping in mind, that Gadhafi is one of the major architects of the AU. Its his pet project. In every interview since 2001 he's been talking about it and how he wants that to be his legacy. His an odd guy with a checkered past.. but it seems like facing the last years of his life, he's worried about doing something good for the continent. OR his rep.. either one. This one wasnt a shocker.