Johnny D. Symon
Can a leopard change his spots?
By Johnny D. Symon
Spain's Regional and Autonomous elections will be held on the 27th of this month, and shall prove to be the first major test of public opinion on more than three years of a Socialist government.
On October 24, 2005, I wrote an ed entitled When Will They Ever Learn? predicting that the present government would emulate the years of Spain's former Socialist President, Felipe Gonzalez. Ever since this ed was published the present crew have consistently proven me wrong, because they not only emulated that late 80's disaster, they've worked overtime to prove that they're more capable of destroying a nation than Gonzalez was! The most recent polls show the Conservatives way ahead of the field. Mariano Rajoy, who heads the Spanish Conservative Party, can anticipate a further 18 to 19 percent of the Madrid vote. While I'm invoking the name of Mariano Rajoy, I'll convey something he said recently in public concerning Zappo. He said that "Zapatero practices his own form of Marxism ... Groucho Marxism that is!"
Like Zimbabwe, Spain is becoming a net importer of goods. The balance of trades deficit is immense, and mortgage rates are spiraling out of control. Thanks to Zapatero and his horde of brigands, the mortgage interest payment (tax) on an average home has risen in the past year by more than 1000 dollars. Meanwhile, the old sidekick of bad Socialist government has returned with a vengeance, going by the name of "credit boom." As folks discovered in 1980's Spain, Socialism meant higher taxes and higher prices for most goods and foodstuffs, so Spain of the 21st Century follows suit.
I regard Zapatero and his government as the European mirror image of Evo Morales of Bolivia, and Hugo Chaves and his government of Venezuela. Zapatero is friends of them both, and has been busying himself by trying to forge closer links with Infidel Castrato's Cuba. All three national leaders describe themselves and their political ideals as Socialist, when in fact it's Communism dressed up in Calvin Kleins, they're all playing "life in the Faust lane," for the difference between present-day bad Socialist governments and their aftermath on their people and economy, and similar regimes of the past, simply put, is the modern world's reliance on "credit." Without a credit boom, Spain, England, and other socio-communist regimes, would find the average man or woman in the street, come Friday, emulating Germans of the 30's, by taking home their pay-packet in a wheelbarrow. In a roundabout way I now return to the subject of Zimbabwe, and Africa as a whole, because Spain and Zimbabwe are becoming increasingly alike.
Since Robert Mugabe took office the economy has plummeted. The Zimbabwean dollar is not even worth the paper it's printed on. In fact, due to this, I mentioned to an Indian friend who owns a currency exchange business in Gibraltar, that I'd like to make all my friends and family millionaires as a birthday gift; Ten American dollars would more or less buy one million Zimbabwe dollars! ... she thought it was a great idea, and a fine novelty, unfortunately she had none of this currency in stock, for obvious reasons, but it got me thinking about Mugabe and his lousy government, because had I been in his shoes I would have recognized the market potential for worthless currency, which proves to me even more how lousy a businessman Mugabe really is. He's turned a vibrant economy into a bad joke in just a few short years. This is not only causing immense suffering for his people, it's also weighing down on South Africa and it's economy, due to a deluge of Zimbabwean illegals fleeing the country. And it's a situation that's most poignant when we take into consideration that Zimbabwe has recently become oil-rich. Over 90 percent of oil revenues goes to Mugabe and his crew, the oil companies share the remainder. But despite huge oil revenues entering it's nation's governmental coffers, hardly anyone knows what happens to it.
Tony Blair is asking G W Bush to help him "fight global warming" and also to "wage war against poverty in Africa!" yet neither of those two problems actually exist. Neither Tony or anyone else has provided comprehensive facts and figures to prove the existence of global warming. And as for "poverty in Africa," it's a lie. The problem has always remained as "proper distribution of wealth and resources." The battlefront should be waged against Africa's corrupt leadership. Africa is a rich continent, it's resources are consistently plundered by a few crazy despots. Zimbabwe houses many great minds and able potential leaders, yet the present itinerant aims to overstay his welcome at our expense.
I noted with scant interest, Michael Moore's recent skirmish with the law over another Cuban incident relating to his new film. Normally I ignore Michael's business efforts. I care little about his crusade because I know it to be false and one-sided. Unlike myself, Michael has never lived and worked abroad, his world-picture, therefore, defies logic and reality ... he only knows what he reads in the papers, is basically where he's at. But I don't regard him as some kind of threat, or even a nuisance, because through experience of living and working around the world I simply know him to be nowhere, in the knowledge, experience, and intelligence stakes.
I suspect that Michael enjoys what he's doing and is becoming rich in that line of business, but I'd prefer to watch his films and documentaries if he could boast about where he lived in other parts, and how he and the natives formed a rapport. Zimbabwe is a good start; I recommend that he asks the average person in the street what life is like under Rob. South Africa is my next choice, with the world's highest aids rate and highest crime. My third choice for Mike to visit is Sudan, that's if Mike is still alive, after his last two visits, to make the trip. You see, I have reams and reams of countries that Mike should visit to gain an experience of the world and it's peoples, and in most of those countries the local folks would not share Mike's view of the present US government under George Bush, for unlike Mike's free and easy life in the US, other folks in the journalism and film-making business have short careers if they speak out against their leader. Which brings me round to another choice for Mike, which is Russia.
Condoleezza Rice paid the Poot a visit this week to ask him, amongst other things, to take care of his human rights record. You see, if Mike had been born a Russian and made a documentary against Poot, his career would not have lasted as long as it has in the USA. Likewise, if he'd found himself in Zimbabwe as a native, Sudanese, or a film-maker from the Congo, his future would not be so sure, neither would his ability to generate wealth be as great. And with all this I'm speaking from personal experience. I not only live in other parts, I spend much of my spare time sounding out the natives. I've always held a preference for blue-collars. I know how hard life is for the average normal Joe or Josephine, they're the ones who help build the economy that their political deadbeats scavenge from.
In Spain recently I sounded out the average blue-collar on the forthcoming Regional elections; were they better off under the present government? or better off under Aznar? The answers, the facts and figures, show Aznar as the best choice. Rising prices, crime, immigration, terrorism, unemployment, corruption and more, preoccupy the Spanish people. And moral decay is another factor that troubles the Spanish mind. Several days ago an old lady was found in her apartment in a mummified condition. She'd passed away six years ago and no one appeared to notice.
Another evidential sign of moral decay goes under the name of De Juana Chaos. I wrote within my ed In Chaos They Trust that the present regime's tinkering with the Judicial System helped reduce Chaos' 96-year sentence for killing 25 innocent human beings, to 6 years. I said that knowing the Spanish penal system as I do, I reckoned he'd be eligible for parole in half that time.
Well, here's a collection of photos, courtesy of Antena 3 TV, showing Chaos free and easy. His 6-year sentence quickly dwindled to 3 a few months ago, then disappeared altogether, which further proves that this present Socialist government can indeed perform miracles! (But it's worthy of note, that shortly before he was permitted to go home, he told the British Times newspaper that he still had no remorse for his victims.) What a pity that the Spanish government's miracle-making capabilities will not stretch to improving the quality of life for the average Spaniard. The only thing they're good at is making friends with terrorists, and talking down the results of their evil acts.
There are many millions of people throughout the world who envy America and its people. It's a place where you can speak out against your national leader and still expect to be alive next week, and the week after. It's also a place where people like Michael can find fame and fortune, conditions that the vast majority of Zimbabwe shall never experience, thanks to their national leader and his cohorts.
The world is not a perfect place, and I'm in a position to know. Ambrose Bierce once said, "There is nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we don't know."
Ambrose, as a matter of interest, took a trip to Mexico around 1914, though never returned, and he was sadly missed. His wit and wisdom shall always remain with us, and sometimes I get to wondering what happened to him. I like to believe that, like myself, he became engrossed in the culture and the people, that far from experiencing a bad end, he sensed yet another good beginning and continued to travel. Travel broadens the mind, and I recommend this cure for Michael and for politicians, for if travel broadens the mind, to not travel ensures that it remains narrow. I suspect that it continues to narrow as time goes on until there's no space left.
Communism is just another word to describe imprisonment, and history testifies to this.
Spain's credit boom proves that the average Spaniard is in prison, therefore the 27th of May could turn out to be a very sad day indeed for Zappo. Like the average person in the street, I also know the price of a cup of coffee, whereas the Zap says it's 80 cents it's nigh on two dollars. And unlike Zap, we all know the price of milk, bread, coffee, gas, and mortgage interest rates.
Spain's foolish and ignorant government are bracing themselves for a bruising on the 27th, but Zappo has already made plans for that possible rainy day: Condoleezza Rice is on the visitor agenda at the start of the following month of June. Condoleezza has been out and about in the world, and her mind is far from narrow. Her job requires that she shakes hands with foreign dignitaries and indignantaries. Recently she shook hands with the latter variety in Moscow, and early next month another of the latter will hold out his dirty hand for a shaking. This is something I cannot advise. I suggest that Condoleezza holds out her hand to shake his stupid throat instead. Boy would I love to take her place at that meet!
© Johnny D. Symon
Spain's Regional and Autonomous elections will be held on the 27th of this month, and shall prove to be the first major test of public opinion on more than three years of a Socialist government.
On October 24, 2005, I wrote an ed entitled When Will They Ever Learn? predicting that the present government would emulate the years of Spain's former Socialist President, Felipe Gonzalez. Ever since this ed was published the present crew have consistently proven me wrong, because they not only emulated that late 80's disaster, they've worked overtime to prove that they're more capable of destroying a nation than Gonzalez was! The most recent polls show the Conservatives way ahead of the field. Mariano Rajoy, who heads the Spanish Conservative Party, can anticipate a further 18 to 19 percent of the Madrid vote. While I'm invoking the name of Mariano Rajoy, I'll convey something he said recently in public concerning Zappo. He said that "Zapatero practices his own form of Marxism ... Groucho Marxism that is!"
Like Zimbabwe, Spain is becoming a net importer of goods. The balance of trades deficit is immense, and mortgage rates are spiraling out of control. Thanks to Zapatero and his horde of brigands, the mortgage interest payment (tax) on an average home has risen in the past year by more than 1000 dollars. Meanwhile, the old sidekick of bad Socialist government has returned with a vengeance, going by the name of "credit boom." As folks discovered in 1980's Spain, Socialism meant higher taxes and higher prices for most goods and foodstuffs, so Spain of the 21st Century follows suit.
I regard Zapatero and his government as the European mirror image of Evo Morales of Bolivia, and Hugo Chaves and his government of Venezuela. Zapatero is friends of them both, and has been busying himself by trying to forge closer links with Infidel Castrato's Cuba. All three national leaders describe themselves and their political ideals as Socialist, when in fact it's Communism dressed up in Calvin Kleins, they're all playing "life in the Faust lane," for the difference between present-day bad Socialist governments and their aftermath on their people and economy, and similar regimes of the past, simply put, is the modern world's reliance on "credit." Without a credit boom, Spain, England, and other socio-communist regimes, would find the average man or woman in the street, come Friday, emulating Germans of the 30's, by taking home their pay-packet in a wheelbarrow. In a roundabout way I now return to the subject of Zimbabwe, and Africa as a whole, because Spain and Zimbabwe are becoming increasingly alike.
Since Robert Mugabe took office the economy has plummeted. The Zimbabwean dollar is not even worth the paper it's printed on. In fact, due to this, I mentioned to an Indian friend who owns a currency exchange business in Gibraltar, that I'd like to make all my friends and family millionaires as a birthday gift; Ten American dollars would more or less buy one million Zimbabwe dollars! ... she thought it was a great idea, and a fine novelty, unfortunately she had none of this currency in stock, for obvious reasons, but it got me thinking about Mugabe and his lousy government, because had I been in his shoes I would have recognized the market potential for worthless currency, which proves to me even more how lousy a businessman Mugabe really is. He's turned a vibrant economy into a bad joke in just a few short years. This is not only causing immense suffering for his people, it's also weighing down on South Africa and it's economy, due to a deluge of Zimbabwean illegals fleeing the country. And it's a situation that's most poignant when we take into consideration that Zimbabwe has recently become oil-rich. Over 90 percent of oil revenues goes to Mugabe and his crew, the oil companies share the remainder. But despite huge oil revenues entering it's nation's governmental coffers, hardly anyone knows what happens to it.
Tony Blair is asking G W Bush to help him "fight global warming" and also to "wage war against poverty in Africa!" yet neither of those two problems actually exist. Neither Tony or anyone else has provided comprehensive facts and figures to prove the existence of global warming. And as for "poverty in Africa," it's a lie. The problem has always remained as "proper distribution of wealth and resources." The battlefront should be waged against Africa's corrupt leadership. Africa is a rich continent, it's resources are consistently plundered by a few crazy despots. Zimbabwe houses many great minds and able potential leaders, yet the present itinerant aims to overstay his welcome at our expense.
I noted with scant interest, Michael Moore's recent skirmish with the law over another Cuban incident relating to his new film. Normally I ignore Michael's business efforts. I care little about his crusade because I know it to be false and one-sided. Unlike myself, Michael has never lived and worked abroad, his world-picture, therefore, defies logic and reality ... he only knows what he reads in the papers, is basically where he's at. But I don't regard him as some kind of threat, or even a nuisance, because through experience of living and working around the world I simply know him to be nowhere, in the knowledge, experience, and intelligence stakes.I suspect that Michael enjoys what he's doing and is becoming rich in that line of business, but I'd prefer to watch his films and documentaries if he could boast about where he lived in other parts, and how he and the natives formed a rapport. Zimbabwe is a good start; I recommend that he asks the average person in the street what life is like under Rob. South Africa is my next choice, with the world's highest aids rate and highest crime. My third choice for Mike to visit is Sudan, that's if Mike is still alive, after his last two visits, to make the trip. You see, I have reams and reams of countries that Mike should visit to gain an experience of the world and it's peoples, and in most of those countries the local folks would not share Mike's view of the present US government under George Bush, for unlike Mike's free and easy life in the US, other folks in the journalism and film-making business have short careers if they speak out against their leader. Which brings me round to another choice for Mike, which is Russia.
Condoleezza Rice paid the Poot a visit this week to ask him, amongst other things, to take care of his human rights record. You see, if Mike had been born a Russian and made a documentary against Poot, his career would not have lasted as long as it has in the USA. Likewise, if he'd found himself in Zimbabwe as a native, Sudanese, or a film-maker from the Congo, his future would not be so sure, neither would his ability to generate wealth be as great. And with all this I'm speaking from personal experience. I not only live in other parts, I spend much of my spare time sounding out the natives. I've always held a preference for blue-collars. I know how hard life is for the average normal Joe or Josephine, they're the ones who help build the economy that their political deadbeats scavenge from.
In Spain recently I sounded out the average blue-collar on the forthcoming Regional elections; were they better off under the present government? or better off under Aznar? The answers, the facts and figures, show Aznar as the best choice. Rising prices, crime, immigration, terrorism, unemployment, corruption and more, preoccupy the Spanish people. And moral decay is another factor that troubles the Spanish mind. Several days ago an old lady was found in her apartment in a mummified condition. She'd passed away six years ago and no one appeared to notice.
Another evidential sign of moral decay goes under the name of De Juana Chaos. I wrote within my ed In Chaos They Trust that the present regime's tinkering with the Judicial System helped reduce Chaos' 96-year sentence for killing 25 innocent human beings, to 6 years. I said that knowing the Spanish penal system as I do, I reckoned he'd be eligible for parole in half that time.
Well, here's a collection of photos, courtesy of Antena 3 TV, showing Chaos free and easy. His 6-year sentence quickly dwindled to 3 a few months ago, then disappeared altogether, which further proves that this present Socialist government can indeed perform miracles! (But it's worthy of note, that shortly before he was permitted to go home, he told the British Times newspaper that he still had no remorse for his victims.) What a pity that the Spanish government's miracle-making capabilities will not stretch to improving the quality of life for the average Spaniard. The only thing they're good at is making friends with terrorists, and talking down the results of their evil acts.There are many millions of people throughout the world who envy America and its people. It's a place where you can speak out against your national leader and still expect to be alive next week, and the week after. It's also a place where people like Michael can find fame and fortune, conditions that the vast majority of Zimbabwe shall never experience, thanks to their national leader and his cohorts.
The world is not a perfect place, and I'm in a position to know. Ambrose Bierce once said, "There is nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we don't know."
Ambrose, as a matter of interest, took a trip to Mexico around 1914, though never returned, and he was sadly missed. His wit and wisdom shall always remain with us, and sometimes I get to wondering what happened to him. I like to believe that, like myself, he became engrossed in the culture and the people, that far from experiencing a bad end, he sensed yet another good beginning and continued to travel. Travel broadens the mind, and I recommend this cure for Michael and for politicians, for if travel broadens the mind, to not travel ensures that it remains narrow. I suspect that it continues to narrow as time goes on until there's no space left.
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"Those who do not move, do not notice
their chains."
Rosa Luxemburg
Communism is just another word to describe imprisonment, and history testifies to this.
Spain's credit boom proves that the average Spaniard is in prison, therefore the 27th of May could turn out to be a very sad day indeed for Zappo. Like the average person in the street, I also know the price of a cup of coffee, whereas the Zap says it's 80 cents it's nigh on two dollars. And unlike Zap, we all know the price of milk, bread, coffee, gas, and mortgage interest rates.
Spain's foolish and ignorant government are bracing themselves for a bruising on the 27th, but Zappo has already made plans for that possible rainy day: Condoleezza Rice is on the visitor agenda at the start of the following month of June. Condoleezza has been out and about in the world, and her mind is far from narrow. Her job requires that she shakes hands with foreign dignitaries and indignantaries. Recently she shook hands with the latter variety in Moscow, and early next month another of the latter will hold out his dirty hand for a shaking. This is something I cannot advise. I suggest that Condoleezza holds out her hand to shake his stupid throat instead. Boy would I love to take her place at that meet!
© Johnny D. Symon
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