₦airaland Forum

all these Youngies. . .

nah. . .infantile in my opinion. Prefer world music



Do you like Ali Farka Toure? _{if you dont google i will be impressed}

i ban you and HIM

i ban you for thinking i dated a girl named vivian _{her name was Amaka actually}

so y man no fit see

davidylan:
the black man and his penchant for self debasement. We are our own worst enemies

the Ladies say they love that in a man

Kobojunkie:
So if the white went on about on about how the white/caucasian candidates seem to be doing better than the african american/black candidate in some area, you would be ok with it I just want to know cause I am ok with it if you are also able to recieve it from the other side without crying foul.

Hehehehe. . .if they did it would be downright vulgar like a profanity.

It would be like kicking a man while he is in the pits. . .

Not cool dude

na wa o. . .everybody jus dey sexy for my eye.

Its not good to be single i guess

nah. . .prefer kelly rowland



do you look like beyonce?

Kobojunkie:
Why is it so hard to see him as just another person?? does he have to be AFRICAN AMERICAN MY gosh!! I get really ticked when the very same people who say they are against racism go on and on about someone's skin color or ethnicity. Why not see him as just another presidential candidate for crying out loud?? and same with the Clinton candidate. UGH!!!

hehehe. . .this is wishful thinking ooo

i wish i could just assume away that i was not wowo

i ban u for having the name of the girl who once broke my heart _{[s]**sobbing loudly**[/s]}

But Bawomol. . .China's economic policies take the piss.

They deliberately manipulate their currency to make their goods cheap. . .

And besides if the American market is closed. . .where else will china be able to get a market that will
compare with the US.

There are a surfeit of countries around who can erect the same technical capacity in no time and satisfy the
American demand at I would suggest lower costs.

amievivian:
on sunday _{serious prob 4 me}




wwtlty were really broke n u had to beg for money?

its like almost everyday is a broke day for me. . .


wwtlty you felt defeated by a task or ambition

Isnt 2pac so like last century

davidylan:
Her husband won in 1992 without those credentials and was one of America's best presidents. Sometimes it is not just about "experience".

[b][/b]

On what grounds eh. . .Its astounding what a handsome face(allegedly o) and a gift of the gab can do.

Wetin wowo person like me go do na . . .

As per policy positions------the more things change the more they remain thesame.

Only special periods produce revolutionary politics. . .and looking around this will be the century of centrist politics

Truthman:
Obama reminds me of George Bush in 2000, Rhetorics and No substance. His lack of experience in foreign policy and in domestic policy will be his greatest undoing.

Domestic and Foreign policy eh. . .that about cover everythin don't it

@topic

So Obama lost eh. . .and to think they pay these pollsters handily and their expertise is in misleading people

bawomol:
the good news is that ron paul is done. that libertarian couldn't even work his magic in new hampshire

thats a shame. . .the only libertarian whose politics follows his convictions

@BigB1

You vehemently denounce Ribadu but resoundingly support Babangida.

Does not make an iota of sense.

@I-man and Donzman

http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/07/news/economy/paulson_speech_nyc/index.htm?postversion=2008010712

If this intervention is not Keynesian, then I don't for the life of me know what is.

[quote author=I-man link=topic=103487.msg1821869#msg1821869 date=1199496245]You are missing the fundamental point.In the past,when top rates of tax were high,such as 77%,the rich bore a smaller proportion of the tax burden,with recent tax cuts their proportion has been going higher.Do you want to go back to the era when the poor bore a higher proportion of the tax burden?

Tax receipts have gone up higher than expected and are at an average historical high as a percentage of GDP,up 11% in fiscal 2006 alone.[/quote]Hehehehehe. . . .I see u are marketing your neo liberal credentials here.

The Subtext to this thread should be: ''WHO CAN STOP THE PATRIOTS''

I hate them, I hate them, I hate them. Even Randy Moss cant make me like them.
They spit the most self righteous bullshit ever.

Bloody PATAKS

I am sure if Keynes had survived the war. . .he would have disavowed the Postwar quasi-socialistic consensus.

His demand-management propositions were for the special circumstances which Old Europe faced during the Inter War years
as he argued, the principles of laissez faire economics were suitable for the special circumstances of the Industrial Revolution.

Policy sloths, comfortable with post war prosperity and brimming with optimism took their eyes off the ball and the 70's were a reality check.

It is that aspect of vigilance on the part of economic policy makers that is the hallmark of Keynesian economic philosophy. While the Austrian school(Friedmans progenitors) were circumspect and quite cynical about human ability to manage economies(limits of knowledge and all that). Keynes's theory reached spectacular heights of human hubris. (The stewardship of economies were safest he thought in the hands of Oxbridge graduates!!!!!!!)

But it was also the more realistic position. While von Mises and his protege Hayek were theorising debasing limits of human humility,he was using national income statistics and other forms of data for his policy suggestions which showed optimism in human ability.

Now I have been conflating the Austrians with Friedman, trite kitsch perhaps, but accurate in the realm of politics.

As Friedman himself admitted on his essay on Keynes-----------Keynesian contribution on technical economics was positive. . .it was his 'hubristic' political views that caused him concern. . .According to him:

''Keynes believed that economists (and others) could best contribute to the improvement of society by investigating how to manipulate the levers actually or potentially under control of the political authorities so as to achieve desirable ends, and then persuading benevolent civil servants and elected officials to follow their advice. The role of voters is to elect persons with the right moral values to office and then let them run the country.''

But guess what I-man: THAT IS PRECISELY HOW THE WORLD WORKS. Statecraft or whatever cannot be devoved from economics. They are inextricably linked. But what differentiates overtly political theories of Public Choice theory(intellectual cousins of Friedman)is their limited use considering the way the world actually works. The more you try to brush the government off, the wider the reach of its tentacles.

it is the impending visions of financial doom(in the US---Ballooning healthcare costs, ballooning deficits) that slows down governments rather than the purchase of free market theories. Keynesian philosophy/political economy readily accommodates this reality.

I have largely steered clear of discussing the intricacies of Friedmanite technical economics because at base I would argue they have a lot in common. Monetarist Economics is by and large an attenuated offshoot from Keynesian foundations. Anyways, I aint got time right now to elucidate. . .

God knws i like meat on the bones.

A lot of cushion for the pushy. . .

[quote author=I-man link=topic=103154.msg1818513#msg1818513 date=1199409320]My view is that the ideas of Friedman-smaller Govt,lower taxes,lesser regulation,lower trade tarrifs-have gained greater acceptance than Keynes.The economic reforms implemented by Thatcher and Reagan in the 80s-particularly the privatisation policies-have been the foundation of the subsequent expansion of the economic cycle,with recessions getting shorter and rarer and expansions lasting longer.[/quote]Even America, the cynosure for capitalism is not run along these lines of ''small Govt., lower taxes, lesser regulation, lower trade tarriffs''

I still maintain that once you concede the slightest involvement for the government in the running of affairs, then all manner of historical truisms reveal the
government gets bigger rather than smaller. Debts as percentages of GDP grow bigger, political imperatives of defence and healthcare etc. cannot be avoided, as your man Reagan would attest. Thatcher's government despite cutbacks and privatisations still found all manner of ways to spend money.

Economics at its own peril ignores political reality. When it does it leads to quixotic theories of the free market and Marxist Communes

linuxuser:
Umar lacked credibility to speak about Ribadu. The records of both of them in public office speaks for itself. It is on record that Umar and IBB looted Nigeria without conscience. It is also on record that Ribadu served Nigeria with high integrity, truthfullness and absolute dedication. Ribadu pursued the war on corruption with vigour and strenght while Umar and IBB pursued the embezzlement of Nigeria Money with shamefullness. This is the truth and not be contested. Period!!!!!!.

hear hear

Big B1:
Even if Umar was a crack head, he still has rights to express how he feels and point out defectiveness of any institutions in Nigeria, especially the ones that handle Fed govt daily activities.

If anyone has a bright idea to elevate this nation, I think we should welcome the idea regardless of where it is coming from.

With due respect, it is because we have been ruled by crackhead despots that we find ourselves in this malaise in the first place.

There comes a time when we should decide that some voices are simply worthless, discredited and ultimately disrespectful to us
that they keep opening their voice boxes.

Away with the old, in with the new-----------------------------------and all that malarkey

[quote author=C_JAY link=topic=103365.msg1816949#msg1816949 date=1199373310]Maybe he had good intentions with the project.

But clearly, from the look of things I think this one has snowballed to one gargantuan elephant project we really don't need now.[/quote]well i dont think its all bad. To be honest, no economic activity is ever wasted if funds are used in the first place unlike
where it ends up in someones bank account gathering dust.

Jobs were created, infrastructure was updated in the immediate vicinity albeit lookin like a commercial dud.

babasin:
Umar is respected fellow. He says his mind always.

That he is respected, I think says more about us, more than it does about his qualities.

Nigerians as a constituency are akin to Turkeys who would vote for Christmas. A most suicidal lot

Umar is amongst those crop of officers who think with a few courses abroad and polished English
they gain some sort of intellectual credence.(I would know---------I grew up with the military)

He and the rest of his military cohorts who keep reappearing like some houdini act in this dispensation
are shameless. They lost all moral authority to speak authoritatively on Democracy after their long stint in
denying the country for two decades.