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[quote author=aloy*emeka link=topic=383007.msg5334279#msg5334279 date=1263744333]Where is JosBoy?. He is the defender of these talibans. I said it before that Northern riots happen every 6 months in Nigeria; After this one today, the next one will be around june somewhere in Northern Nigeria.[/quote]That calculation is wrong. This is already the second one this month.
Something concrete needs to be done to stem the unending rounds of religous violence in the country.

ElRazur:
Do you know how to debate? Dont knit pick. Gosh, you just did again. If you noticed, I also put question marks behind the country - Meaning I am not too sure. How I wish you will expand on other things that I am sure of.

By the way, your post confirmed the "feel good mentality" that I have mentioned all along. Get over yourself and your rubbish country, at best it is God's toilet. See my signature.

What exactly was worth debating in that post you made aside from the mention of Liberia? Nothing.

You are happily stating that you aren't even sure of the name of a country you have given as supporting evidence for your argument. . . Damn!
That only means aren't even sure of your argument. You don't know what you are talking about, yet you say so with pride.

Thankfully, there are moves by Nigeria to help Haiti, its just that we are way too slow.

ElRazur:
So by your own logic we have forgotten how to be human and humane to to those who are in dire need at home, but we should export these to another nation? Oh now I get it.

It reminds me of when Nigeria offered help to help peace keep in a new democratic nation then [was it Liberia??] even though we were under the stronghold of a military government. I guess it is people with your mentality that made the decision? I really do get it now.

The help given to Liberia is something Liberians are ever thankful for. It is the best we could have done in the siuation and thank God we did it. Today, Liberia is a growing country once again, they have even produced Africa's first female head of state.

The beast, Charles Taylor is longer fanning the embers of war across West Africa, but is rightly facing a trial for war crimes after being handed over by guess who?

Oh yes! Liberia was a job well done and that selfless display of humanity will forever be a pride to Nigeria! Doff your hat to the proud soldiers and leaders that brought it about.

We need to totally restructure Nigeria before creating more states. Most of the Northern states deserve to be merged.

State creation is really a weapon by the cabals to keep the country down and squabbling for crumbs.
It perpetuates the strong centre concept and the ugly situation in which each governor rushes off to Abuja for monthly stipends.
The state creation thing keeps us all squabbling for crumbs instead of developing.

ElRazur:
Beaf (I'm out and using my phone, hence why I'm keeping it [b]short [/b]for you)

Humane will be fixing those issues I raised FIRST. Been well adjusted, will be looking after your own people as a nation first.

If you are so keen  about been humane and not to do with your "nigeria is a giant and most do something and make you feel big mentality" Please tell me what you will like us to do. Something you have refused to answer tommy and time again.

Thanks for keeping it short.
There is more about Nigeria being responsible than us being some mythical giant. Giving help to your neighbour does not require that you have zero problems. A great part of belonging to society is being humane and without society, civilisation cannot exist; maybe this is the real problem with Nigeria?
We need to help those in dire need or we risk losing the meaning of what it is to be human.

ElRazur:
To compare Nigeria and US in the manner you have just did, is like comparing a battery to a Nuclear plant.  Again what specific help will you like to see us offer? Apart from your need to feel important I.e gives you that fluffy feeling that your country Nigeria is doing something on a world stage (as evident in your thread title)

Both batteries and nuclear plants can produce electricity, they will differ only in the quantity.
Fluffy feeling? No, its about being humane and well adjusted.

Are you in Jos? If so, please give us a lowdown, there's no detailed news anywhere.

Doesn't Flishgeek just love his long-winded essays?

SeanT21:
I think this guy is being sarcastic. Good try my brotha.

He is not being sarcastic. That dude is NL's no. 1 Mutallab lover and US hater. He is 100% serious about those statements.

ElRazur:
Beaf you clearly do not understand my points. It sucks having to repeat myself. Please read again.

You claim it is inhumane to offer no help to Haiti, simple questions though. Is it humane then that people suffer on a daily basis in Nigeria? Is it humane that some places like regions in the ND have their kids taught under a tree instead of classroom? Is it humane that while millions lack basic healthcare, the man that can make a difference is a foreign country spending taxpayers money on his own health?

Oh yeah, whatever your answer to the above let us "help" Haiti.

Every country has internal problems even the US. The US has its own issue's with food security and poverty;
http://hungerreport.org/2009/chapters/us-poverty/62-current-reform
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States

There is simply no excuse, my friend.

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However, there is a lot of dedication required to master assembler. So if you are the laid back type choose in this scale (the higher, up the better).
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ElRazur:
Hit me? You can't hit what you cant reach. I am like Muhammed Ali, Mike tyson, Lennox Lewis and Sugar ray all wrapped up in the body of one human - ElRazur.

. . .And what a sight it is to see that lethal combination of boxers knocking themselves out.

ElRazur:
On nairaland, it is necessary sometimes to post lengthy but simplified post so as to get the point across.

Just to clarify matters, just suggest one form of help Nigeria as a nation can offer? I will tell you two or three places that help can go in Nigeria. Deal?

Long posts, like long sentences and essays in response to simple questions usually signify either lack of skill or understanding. Its called "rambling".
You have failed woefully with your suggestion of sending the Red Cross to the Niger Delta instead of Haiti. You have failed in retorting that the Red Cross does not have experience (although, they can presumably get this in the Niger Delta from your viewpoint); so why should I provide you more examples just so you can come back with more harebrained "reasons"?

Not offering even token help to Haiti is inhumane in my books.

@ElRazur

Why the long essays? Have I hit you in the right spot?
My friend, instead of asking me to suggest ways Nigeria can help, but I have already done that (if only you would look). Several countries can only offer token help, but a drop of water makes the mighty ocean. We cannot match what Senegal has done, but we can surely do as much as Kenya and they have deeper problems than us.

otawa:
The question is what would make Nigeria unstable?

Who defines whats stable and what is not stable?

Could Mutallab be a pawn in part of the definition of unstable Nigeria?

This topic has [b]nothing [/b]to do with Mutallab and Nigeria is already unstable (even to the blind).

^
What has that got to do with Haiti? I fail to see the connection.

ElRazur:
You really are not getting it. In situations like this, you send in experts, not someone who is inexperienced or wanting to gain experience. Our red cross may be experienced as part of a peace keeping forces in a war zone, but it  is not the same as a disaster zone.

For the record, a few charities organisation in the UK have refused to participate because they do not have the resources - Training, money and man power. Even though they have helped sometimes in the past. I mean, using your logic, these people should just go in because "help is needed". Our red cross going in will require security, housing etc. These will do nothing but stretch the little help available further. Hence why I asked you what training Nigeria's red cross have etc.

The US troops going in are people who are trained in these aspect of Humanitarian disaster.

I have raised many issues and questions, yet you appear to be knit-picking and not able to answer any one of them. Please explain to me why Nigeria should offer help, when we need those help at home. How hard is that to comprehend?

Nitpicking? Stop being funny, you are just about not offering help to Haiti for reasons best known to you. You even mentioned sending the Red Cross to the Niger Delta as an excuse, as if there is a humanitarian catastrophe of even distantly comparable proportion there. Lets not forget that your reason for not offering help has wandered first from [size=14pt]politicising [/size]to the current so called "inexperience" of our peace keeping resources. What experience I ask? Apparently, in your books, war zones aren't akin to disaster area's.

Perhaps you might want to tell us the real reason why you are against helping Haitians, is it that you just don't care?

Onwan:
The US (the world's terrorist) has been looking for a way to mount a military base there since Russia is partnering with Venezuela and has a parade of weapons last year.

America is trying to do this everywhere in the world.[size=14pt]Which makes me NOT 100% sure that "Earthquake" was natura[/size]l. I beleive they can stage anything to get an instance of proving themselves as "Helpful"

[size=14pt]Yes o! It wasn't natural, they got one oyibo babalawo to make it. Ode!
This is why education is good. Boko Haram![/size]

ElRazur:
. . .
When was the last time our Red cross was actively involved in incident similar to this? WHat experience and man power do our Red cross have? While I understand it is an international organisation. They won't waste their time picking people from Nigeria, they will have people who can actually make change and have heard experience of some sort.

Why will you want to send in our military? Say what? Again apply the above question here. Having said that, I really do not see the need. Why not send in those redcross and military to the Niger Delta zone? Or patrol the streets of those state wanting sharia? Why haiti? You see how easy these things can become politics?

The earlier we stop thinking we need to do something, the better you will see my point. Nigeria needs "Nigeria time" right now and not those things you are suggesting.

Thankfully, people with such arguments are the tiniest of tiny minorities (nobody else has picked up on this so called "political" angle). If our Red Cross doesn't have experience (redundant argument considering our expansive involvement in peace keeping), the better thing to do would be to kill two birds with one stone and help the Haitians while giving our people disaster experience.
Your arguments are just that we should do nothing for no reason. That is obnoxious.

The US is running the country because they are the only country in the World with the resources to immediately replace Haiti's organisational infrastructure. Do you want the Haitians to die a slow toturous death? Soldiers can be mobilised at very short notice, so they are the best placed to be sent in.
Yes the US has sent in tonnes of equipment, soldiers and an aircraft carrier.
What the US and the rest of the World are doing in Haiti is commendable, to be encouraged and applauded.

ElRazur:
You are a joke. Here, let me explain in simple terms again to you. Nigeria have internal problem that is crippling us. To offer help to an outsider at this point is unwise.

If you sort out your issues internal, then the world will take your country serious.

Even by the end of this year and the next, we wouldn't have solved our problems. Why should sending members of our Red cross and a token military presense be such a big deal? Afterall, nations like Kenya haven't done much more than that.

As they say, it is the gesture that counts. Senegal can make a big gesture because they are far ahead of us at the moment, but there is no excuse for us not making even a token gesture. I can bet you that some countries out there helping Haiti are either at war or have some sort of civil strife.

I applaud him for staring the cabal right back in the eye. There is word that he was warned not to perform the ceremony or be assasinated by snipers overlooking Eagle Square http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5512632-146/jonathan_honours_the_military_in_fear.csp

[size=14pt]Jonathan honours the military in fear[/size]
By Elor Nkereuwem
January 16, 2010 02:43AM


At the Eagle Square grounds, in Abuja, on Friday, January 15, 2010, during a parade to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance day, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's vice-president, gingerly performed one of the major duties of honouring the country's military, albeit reluctantly and with much trepidation. Visibly nervous and casting furtive glances about him, Mr. Jonathan performed the wreath-laying ceremony.

Mr. Jonathan's appearance at the event was a little different. In addition to his apparent discomfiture, his chest looked fuller than usual; perhaps betraying the fact that he was heavily padded up in a bullet-proof vest. In the past week, rumours have been rife that the vacuum created by the absence of the president is causing some restlessness in the army barracks. In the orchestrated climate of fear built around Mr. Jonathan, security officials had reportedly claimed that, should he try to perform the Friday military duty, snipers hanging on the roof of government buildings around the Eagles Square were ready to assassinate him.

Then, with insinuations of a possible plot for a military takeover in the face of the president's illness which has resulted in a laxity in governance, it is not entirely inconceivable that Mr. Jonathan would be concerned about his safety, as it apparently had hindered him from assuming the full expression of presidential responsibilities.

Mr. Jonathan, who in the past few weeks of the president's absence has been reluctant to take on some presidential duties, has recently come under tremendous pressure from a cocktail of actors - politicians, legislators, and the media - to step up his game and make a move to assume full authority of the presidency.

What has bothered many is the reluctance of Mr. Jonathan to assert himself in all fullness. "It is time for Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to rise to this occasion of Nigeria's international derision and demonstrate bold leadership on behalf of our dear country. At this time of crisis, the Vice President cannot be tentative" said a former minister who wanted to be anonymous but who said he was worried that Mr. Jonathan's endless droll to full assertion could convey hints of inadequacy.

While many hinge the vice-president's reluctance to step into his boss' shoes on his respect for the 1999 Nigerian Constitution, which does not permit him to serve as the acting president unless formally asked to do so; others characterise his actions as timidity and docility.

Constitutional lawyer and academic, Chinua Asuzu, believes that "the refusal, omission or neglect of the VP to assume full responsibility in the current circumstances evinces cowardice and a low sense of responsibility on the part of the VP. Our current constitutional ‘crisis' is more a matter of Jonathan's personal failure than one of constitutional lacuna."

The pressure on Jonathan

For at least seven weeks since the Nigerian president travelled out of the country, citing a medical emergency, without formally ceding power to his deputy, Mr. Jonathan has found himself in a dire situation of some sort. Without a letter, formally handing over the presidential powers to him; and with a Federal Executive Council (FEC), reluctant to take the necessary steps which would empower him to carry out the duties of the president pending his recovery and return to duty, the vice-president may not be finding it easy to define what his current job prescription is.

It became evident that the vice president was not fully empowered to function in the capacity of an acting president when he refused to sign the 2009 Supplementary Budget late in December, 2009. To solve this problem, the FEC claimed that the budget had been taken to the ailing president who purportedly signed the documents on his sick bed. Soon after that, the vice president also declined to swear in the new Chief Justice (CJ) of Nigeria on December 31, 2009 leading to the controversial oath administration by the outgoing Chief Justice on the incoming one.

A cabal, hiding the true state of the president's health, keeping him from formally handing over power to his deputy, and profiting hugely from that game-plan, is to be blamed for the current confusion in the high places of governance, sources, speaking confidentially to NEXT say.

This close-circuited group is made up of the First Lady Turai Yar'Adua; the president's Chief Security Officer, Mohammed Tilde; his ADC Mustapha Onoedieva, the Chief Economic Adviser, Taminu Yakubu; the Agriculture Minister, Sayyadi Abba Ruma and federal legislator representing Katsina, Shehu Inuwa Iman. This group, in popular perception now, has surreptitiously usurped the power of the president and tactically denied others, even members of the president's cabinet, access to him. This way, the group which is increasingly expanding its presence in Abuja, has been able to rule by proxy, in essence aborting the prospects of a constitutional succession.

Close sources to the now growing, if even quiet, opposition to the emergence of Mr. Jonathan, claim that there is a perception out there that he will restore the likes of Nuhu Ribadu, the former anti-corruption chief, to positions of influence. That possibility in itself, seen as a move to scuttle the plans of the nest of corrupt elites that had formed a ring around Mr. Yar Adua, is seen as one of the hurdles to his smooth succession.

While the confusion persists, it has been business as usual for the Yar'Adua acolytes who made a career early in the administration spurning and spiting Mr. Jonathan. When Mr. Jonathan spoke to the president recently, even before he ended the call, it was the likes of Mr. Yakubu who went to town orchestrating the claim and defining the terms of the dialogue he presumably did not participated in.

There is also the frustration of the Yar'Adua men who cannot get Mr. Jonathan's endorsement for a $300 million Chinese oil deal they have brokered and for which they are yet to deliver their own part of the bargain to the Chinese in terms of oil blocks.

"It is all about them not about the nation" said a legislator in Abuja close to Mr. Jonathan last week.

The BOT hang-up

Last Thursday, the meeting of the PDP's board of trustees had its own sampling of this cabal's grip when the gathering exploded in occasional acrimony. Bello Mohammed, the party's deputy chairperson, had tried to mobilise northern members to boycott the meeting. When that failed, Katsina governor Ibrahim Shema flew into town and, as a member put it, "positively persuaded" some members to ensure that Mr. Yar Adua's matter was not discussed.

"At some point in the meeting, the issue was degenerating into an ethnic issue," said our source who claimed that the day was saved by Adamu Waziri, a former minister, who forced the Yar'Adua matter on the agenda, prompting three hours of debate.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo reportedly told the gathering that as someone who has been both president, and deputy during a military regime in the country, he knows that Mr. Jonathan cannot be said to be in charge as the limitations of his powers are all too obvious. Mr. Obasanjo then urged the party leaders to be aware that the current instability in the country places everyone and the system at risk.

A proposal to send a BoT team to Saudi Arabia was subsequently shelved, waiting for the report of the House of Representatives team expected to visit Jeddah soon.

A military intervention

Yet many commentators believe that the leadership vacuum created by the absence of Mr. Yar'Adua has elicited a myriad problems threatening to worsen the country's already fragile polity.

The view is that of all the fallouts that may emanate from this, none looks as frightening as the possibility of a military coup.

A few days to the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, January 15, 2010, Mr. Jonathan received two security visitors. The director of the country's National Security Agency (NSA), Gen. Seriki Mouktar; and the Director of the State Security Service (SSS), Afakriya Gadzama. Mr. Jonathan's visitors shared reports of restiveness in the army with the vice-president and also warned him of the dangers lurking in the entrails of January 15.

The security reports were not unconnected with the rumours of a possible military take-over now making rounds in many quarters. The rumours have however been discounted by the army.

A former United States ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell also brought the matter to the front burner a month ago in the article titled "Nigeria's Leadership Vacuum". In the face of vacuum created by Mr. Yar'Adua's absence from duty and the political interplay that it has provoked, Mr. Campbell postulated that the military will possibly intervene and might adopt a nominal civilian head to win credence for their action.

According to Mr. Campbell, the military might seek justification for its action by claiming it will prepare for election and tackle what he termed extremism in the Niger Delta. Despite the outcry and criticism that trailed the former ambassador's article, information reaching NEXT suggests that Mr. Campbell's postulations may not be far-fetched after all.

Last week, however, in a telephone interview with NEXT, Chris Olukolade, a brigadier-general and the head of the Directorate of Army Public Relations said that contrary to rumours and reports that some officers in the Nigeria Army might be spoiling to take over power based on the present political outlook concerning Mr. Yar‘Adua's indefinite absence, the army has no intention of returning to power.

"The chief of army staff has given a clear answer to that by stating that we are not interested in seizing power and our interest is to perform our constitutional duties and remain loyal to the political authorities," he said.

While the rumour of a military takeover is being met with rebuttal, Nigerian history suggests that the current happenings in the political arena is playing out a similar pattern which gave birth to coups d'état in time past.

When Joshua Dogonyaro, then a brigadier of the Nigerian army, made a nationwide broadcast on August 27, 1985 that he and his colleagues succeeded in a coup to topple the Buhari/Idiagbon government, Mr. Dogonyaro justified the coup by blaming the ruling class.

"This [the coup] is because a few people have arrogated to themselves the right to make the decisions for the larger part of the ruling body." His reason seems not far-fetched from what our present leaders are currently exhibiting in Abuja.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5512632-146/jonathan_honours_the_military_in_fear.csp

slap1:
Don't you think that Haitians, despite their ordeal, might publicly turn down the offer if we make one?

Haiti is in no position to turn down offers. The whole country has been wiped out. The minimum any human can do is offer help.

^
Don't say things that don't sound smart. The person who published that writeup is called Godday A. Odidi. Why don't you try to reach him for a debate instead of making funny statements without proof?

ElRazur:
Well depends on how you looks at it. Senegal is smaller as made up of few ethnics group. This nation will clearly have lesser issues and easier to govern.

Whatever the case, there is nothing to be ashamed about. It is not a must we get involved in world politics in my opinion. A few nations are "politically neutral" on the world stage and are clearly doing better than us.

But this isn't politics, it is about humanity. Our lack of humanity is also the reason why we are failing internally.

I await Aondoakaa's head with glee. Let's wait for the lucky guy to settle in and see how things go.

Aondoakaa + Northern cabal + Ibori = Jail.

ElRazur:
Yoruba people say na house we look be before we give pickin name. Even the bible talk say "a spec in your eye, and you try to remove a log in mine" Translation be say sort out your bullsh.it internal problem before you go offering help. Whatever is offered to haiti, I am sure many Nigerians can do with that help.

Thumbs up to Senegal, that is Senegal and we aint them. It sucks when people think because we are a so called"giant" of Africa that we have to be seen as big players on the world stage. Oh give me a break! USSR was bigger than us, but when internal problem wasn't sorted. . . .where is her today? Many fragments as a result.

Perhaps if we didn't have avoidable "bullsh.it internal problems", Nigeria would naturally be the giant of Africa. Instead, tiny Senegal is showing us up on the international scene; what they have done is the sign of true leadership and love for fellow blacks; at a time Nigeria, with a 5th of the black population, has no leader, due to tribalism and hatred for one another (talkless of loving the wider black diaspora).

This is a time of shame.

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=382804.msg5331683#msg5331683 date=1263689820]hehehehe, you dey fear make AFRICOM no come circumcise MEND and other terrrorists dressed up as freedom fighters ko? Welcome back from hibernation.[/quote]The whole of the ND (including the Igbo's) needs to come up with a policies in relation to the US, as well as regional progress. There is no better time than now.
If Nigeria wants to squander itself with ugly tribal politics, then let the ND (and surrounding areas of interest) who have always borne the brunt of inhumane actions try to get the best they can out of US policies (which lean in our direction anyway).

Rather than scale back, we need to dramatically escalate and intensify cooperation in the ND. Cooperation is already exemplary, but needs to be strongly focused toward set goals and landmarks for both the region and surrounding areas.

[size=14pt]Senegal offers land to Haitians[/size]
*Abdoulaye Wade said Haitians could "return to their origin"

Senegal's president says he will offer free land and "repatriation" to people affected by the earthquake in Haiti.
President Abdoulaye Wade said Haitians were sons and daughters of Africa since Haiti was founded by slaves, including some thought to be from Senegal.
"The president is offering voluntary repatriation to any Haitian that wants to return to their origin," said Mr Wade's spokesman, Mamadou Bemba Ndiaye.

Tuesday's earthquake killed tens of thousands and left many more homeless.
Buildings have been reduced to rubble, the distribution of aid is slow, and people have been flooding out of the devastated capital, Port-au-Prince.
"Senegal is ready to offer them parcels of land - even an entire region. It all depends on how many Haitians come," Mr Bemba Ndiaye said.
"If it's just a few individuals, then we will likely offer them housing or small pieces of land. If they come en masse we are ready to give them a region."

The spokesman emphasised that if a region was given, it would be in a fertile part of the country rather than in its parched deserts, the Associated Press news agency reported.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8463921.stm

I need to be blunt about this message that is bothering my mind.

If the crisis in the presidency is not solved soon or takes any dangerous or uncertain turn, the US will likely react militarily. In 2008 the US revealed that they have a contingency plan should Nigeria become unstable;

Among scenarios examined during the game were the possibility of direct American military intervention involving some 20,000 U.S. troops in order to "secure the oil," and the question of how to handle possible splits between factions within the Nigerian government. The game ended without military intervention because one of the rival factions executed a successful coup and formed a new government that sought stability.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14783

Some people have made arguments that the US is war weary. What an error! In a current poll by FOXNews, over 70% of Americans supported US boots in Yemen http://en.rian.ru/world/20100104/157460179.html (http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/01/03/decide-engage-yemen-offensive/). It is easy to see that the same argument can be made for Nigeria, especially when the costs of such an action will be repaid almost immediately. The stated aim of the US is to secure the oil, but we are providing them with have a massive pile that they can pick and choose from; there are the human rights abuses in the Niger Delta (which can be extended to include the treatment of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan), there is the real fear that the country will implode and destabilise West and Central Africa.

Others have argued about US military capabilities, especially as derived from the goings on in Iraq and Afghanistan. But they forget the most important thing, the relevant sections of those countries populations are united; whereas, in Nigeria, the Niger Delta has been alienated by the brutal tactics of the nations own military. It is likely morale in the Niger Delta might not be disposed toward fighting of boots that have come to secure trade and are not bombing or razing down their communities.
If we do not right our sickening political slide, we will pay a very heavy price for not loving one another.

With the amount of tension in the polity, elections might not even be possible in 2011. It is not impossible that a coup might also be sponsored by foreign powers with the goal of reaping up the political balance in Nigeria.

The dangerous, edge of sit politics Nigeria is playing will lead to sorrow.

sjeezy8:
yea Oil! Im not tryin to tribalistic thats wack- so i leave it as just business, Why should i be prepared to fight, isnt that what the Nigerian army is for? lmfao

southern Nigeria sounds like shiot
NNPC sounds better.

Your family is a shiot.

^
There is. Both countries had missing presidents at the same point in time, where the Guinean leader has delegated powers and allowed the opposition into govt, ours is clutching tight while the country drifts toward anarchy.