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Politics / Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by ekubear1: 2:47am On Aug 26, 2011 |
Please unban the username ekt_bear which was blocked by the spam filter from posting |
Politics / Re: Window To Anambra State! by ekubear1: 1:26pm On Jul 18, 2011 |
This is an article from 2001? |
Religion / Re: Miracle The Man That Walk In The Water In River Thames England! by ekubear1: 1:21pm On Jul 18, 2011 |
10 million? More like 500 million. We are too superstitious and prone to believing in magic rather than figuring out what is actually going on. |
Politics / Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by ekubear1: 1:11pm On Jul 18, 2011 |
Can the mods restore the username ekt_bear? Posting privileges removed by the spam filter in this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-714883.32.html |
Politics / Re: There Is Need To De-congest Lagos And Industrialise The South East - Jonathan by ekubear1: 12:58pm On May 18, 2011 |
Always quite fun messing with Mr Maggot. But I should probably take off and accomplish some stuff today. |
Politics / Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by ekubear1: 12:56pm On May 18, 2011 |
ekt_bear was banned by spambot, please unban |
Politics / Re: There Is Need To De-congest Lagos And Industrialise The South East - Jonathan by ekubear1: 12:55pm On May 18, 2011 |
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/cyanide_poisoning/page3_em.htm#Cyanide Poisoning Symptoms May God in heaven deliver you from this poison that has ravaged your body, Maggot. Looks like you are suffering from at least three of the symptoms. |
Politics / Re: There Is Need To De-congest Lagos And Industrialise The South East - Jonathan by ekubear1: 12:53pm On May 18, 2011 |
This cyanide poisoning that Beaf suffers from no be small thing: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/cyanide_poisoning/article_em.htm Can you imagine? Sounds like a terrible way to die. |
Politics / Re: There Is Need To De-congest Lagos And Industrialise The South East - Jonathan by ekubear1: 12:49pm On May 18, 2011 |
Previous post deleted by spambot. Anyway, long story short, I now understand Beaf's obsession with cassava. If it had poisoned and killed off my kin too, then I'd have nightmares about it too. Behold the crop that torments Maggot in his dreams: Beaf erroneously assumed that cassava is a staple crop in Ekitiland, like it is in Isokoland. Do you think my people would have grown poison as their staple crop, Beaf? |
Politics / Re: Is The Fg Really Serious About Improving Power Supply? by ekubear1: 2:31pm On May 11, 2011 |
Abiodun234:But you can generate different voltage levels from the power plant, right? The power plants don't produce high voltage power, right? I thought they step up the voltage and then convert to AC before sending onto the transmission grid. Shouldn't be that big an issue, though. You are saying that by law, the discos will have to buy their electricity from TCN? where does it say this? It doesn't need to be that way. . . you can simply maintain the generating company as a separate entity and negotiate to buy electricity from them. This is the only real issue, lack of redundancy. But I think it can be worth it, if you can avoid having to deal with TCN. Plus you can create a bit of redundancy by using several power plants, etc. I'd imagine that if you own the two Lagos discos or the Enugu Disco, you'd investigate doing it (since power can be generated locally nearby, area that you are serving is small land-mass wise.) You avoid having to deal with the government entirely if you negotiate directly with your power plants. This seems a very good thing to me. . . likely your profit is higher, and you avoid having to deal with TCN and their issues. |
Politics / Re: God Bless Akala by ekubear1: 1:56pm On May 11, 2011 |
@aloy-emeka: Well, there are two sides here: 1) What is right and best for Oyo State 2) What would be best for me, if my family members were directly affected by this pay increase I've already told you what I think the answer to (1) is. If (1) and (2) conflict, I'll probably choose (2) over (1), just because it is personal. But the Governor has to be above that, in my opinion. . . he has to do what is best for Oyo. |
Politics / Re: Beaf - You Need To Read This - Please Desist From Propaganda by ekubear1: 1:06pm On May 11, 2011 |
If GEJ privatizes and increase tariffs, then we'll have 24/7 electricity in at least some parts of the country. Main thing is for government to get out of the business as much as possible, imo |
Politics / Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by ekubear1: 12:55pm On May 11, 2011 |
plz unban ekt_bear, was blocked by spambot |
Politics / Re: I Will Not Even Support The Pdp For $1 Billion by ekubear1: 3:49am On Apr 08, 2011 |
^-- The world would likely be a better place if you take your own advice rather than needlessly offering it to others. Your suggestion is much appreciated. . . but don't be too offended that I decline. |
Politics / Re: Do You Agree With Bbc's Analysis Of Nigeria's Health, Wealth And Population? by ekubear1: 3:46am On Apr 08, 2011 |
EzeUche:Lagos was never inhabited by Benin ethnics, though? It paid tribute to the Benin Empire, but the ordinary people were Yoruba speakers? Contrast this with the rulers of the Benin Empire who I've heard spoke Yoruba as their court language. But since the people they ruled over weren't Yoruba speakers, the identity and culture of the nation did not change. PhysicsMHD:I was referring actually to the german tribes/states in Germany. . . Holy Roman Empire, unification of Germany, that sort of stuff. Sorry, I should have been more clear. Ah, yeah that I wouldn't know. Even white American culture, if you meet a guy named Petrykowski somewhere in Boston, no matter how New England blue-blood he seems, Bostonian his accent, etc. . . you know that he has some ancestry from Poland. It really depends on whether you define ethnicity by blood or by culture. |
Politics / Re: Do You Agree With Bbc's Analysis Of Nigeria's Health, Wealth And Population? by ekubear1: 3:22am On Apr 08, 2011 |
PhysicsMHD:Hrm, so this isn't quite the case of one large group absorbing a smaller one. More several small groups merging into one. But generally when this happens, one of the small subgroups seems to have a disproprotionate share of the culture. For the Germans, I'm not sure which group this is. For the Yoruba, it is probably Oyo language and culture. For Igbos, I guess Anambra? Marriage isn't the only way. Language/culture is another way. The language/culture of the smaller group absorbs larger and larger percentages of the language/culture of the larger group. . . until eventually the distinction vanishes. |
Politics / Re: I Will Not Even Support The Pdp For $1 Billion by ekubear1: 3:08am On Apr 08, 2011 |
^--- WTF does Buhari have to do with this thread? Is Buhari the one that will teach you and Beaf the difference between GDP (ppp) and GDP/capita Or teach you two that Ibori stealing $3 billion+ from Delta is bad? Rather than consulting Buhari, I'd suggest opening up a book. Or even Wikipedia will do the trick. . . |
Politics / Re: Oshiomhole Seeks New Revenue Formula by ekubear1: 3:01am On Apr 08, 2011 |
Kilode?!:Err, what do you mean by the bolded? It is pretty much the same thing that happens now. There is no real practical difference. Having 100% resource control and having to pay 50% taxes is no different from the FG owning it and giving you 50% of it Heh. I don't believe in what you wrote in bolded. . . and I suspect that you don't either But that is fine. I'm fine with doing that to cut down on administrative costs. No need for 6 governors in the SW; one will do. Etc, etc. Ultimately, there will always be New Mexicos and DCs in Nigeria, as well as New Jerseys, New Yorks, and Californias. This is simply inevitable; I doubt a nation exists on earth where every state pays exactly $1 out and gets $1 back. The goal should be reducing the variance, trying to make it more uniform. But realistically, unless the SS secedes, it is going to be a region that gets back less than it contributes. Hopefully we can go from $.05 or $0.10 up to $0.60. It is too high, I agree. But this was never the topic of the thread. |
Politics / Re: Do You Agree With Bbc's Analysis Of Nigeria's Health, Wealth And Population? by ekubear1: 2:45am On Apr 08, 2011 |
PhysicsMHD: But think of some of those small village tribes in the North who were absorbed by their neighbors. Or the Germanic tribes of the past who saw each other as distinct peoples. I think EzeUche's point is not incorrect. . . if you are a small ethnic group of 100,000 people, you'll probably get absorbed by your neighbors eventually. But if you are already several million today, then you are probably fine. Likely a threshold exists above which you'll be OK, below which you are in danger. And why do you see more ethnic groups coming into being? This only really occurred in the past due to poor communication/long distances, etc. Thousands of years ago, your cousin Frank would leave central Nigeria, move down to South Africa and 1000 years later his descendants speak an entirely different language, have a very different culture. Today, that is very less likely to happen. |
Politics / Re: Oshiomhole Seeks New Revenue Formula by ekubear1: 2:32am On Apr 08, 2011 |
ndu_chucks: Your position is pretty unreasonable. Ultimately, the resources belongs to those who own the land. So whether they are lazy or not is irrelevant; a rich man can be as lazy as he wants. I'm not challenging their ownership of the resource. I'm just suggesting that 100% resource control say tomorrow will have a pretty negative impact on lots of states which don't have oil. An increase in derivation is fine; a 20 year plan to phase it out completely is fine too. But. . . don't pull out the ladder from underneath me while I'm changing the lightbulb. If you tell me I have 10 minutes to use the ladder, I can prepare. |
Politics / Re: I Will Not Even Support The Pdp For $1 Billion by ekubear1: 2:26am On Apr 08, 2011 |
recoome:Indeed. No such thing exists. I think I was very confused when I made the statement. An excellent question. One could not calculate GDP and then divide by population and then derive meaning from that quantity. A good point you raise. . . hopefully the economists shall never use the quantity GDP/capita again. Well said. James Ibori didn't steal 3 billion+. Proof? He isn't on Forbes list! I concede that I made a typo. I should have wrote "in that" rather than "is that." However, given the # of typos and grammatical mistakes you've made in this single post of yours. . . I don't think you are in any position to criticize. Nobody. Certainly not you or Beaf. I bow in awe of your collective intelligence |
Politics / Re: Oshiomhole Seeks New Revenue Formula by ekubear1: 2:16am On Apr 08, 2011 |
Kilode?!:Sure, that is fine by me. You can in fact vest the ownership of all resources with each state. So what happens when the FG decides to tax the generated resource at an 87% rate? Nothing has really changed, has it? As they say, "six of one, half-a-dozen of the other". . . no difference. |
Politics / Re: Oshiomhole Seeks New Revenue Formula by ekubear1: 2:11am On Apr 08, 2011 |
@Kilode: My post got swallowed by the spambot. Anyway, let me respond to each of your "^----"s: 1) I think you are answering a slightly different question, no? Basically, there will be some states that generate less tax revenue than they amount they demand. Currently, for all but a few states, that is true. So again, what incentive does a net "+" state have to merge with a net "-" one? For example, the British merged the Northern and Southern protectorates because the Northern one cost money and the Southern one generated money. If it had been up the people of the South (or their representatives), they would have opposed such a merger. 2) Regarding how it is done in the US. . . consider this chart: http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html DC gets more than $5.00 for every $1 it pays out. New Jersey only gets $0.61 cents for every $1 it pays. We can make a similar table for Nigeria. . . but likely the variance is far higher. Highest might be $100, lowest might be $0.10. I agree, the goal should be to reduce the variance down to $1, as much as possible. But let's not act as if the current system is completely abnormal. The quibble is the formula for FG payouts (or equivently, FG takeaways from each state.) 3) Regarding "belong to you in the first place", I freely acknowledge that it doesn't belong to me. And in a perfect world, I wouldn't need it at all. But as things stand, it seems critical. 4) Regarding "military defense", if the basket of goods sitting on the table is sufficiently valuable, then sure, I stay. Otherwise. . . 5) Let them keep their money and pay taxes. You will still benefit from that, and who knows, they might one day need you too, Ask the Detroit city of yesterday.How is that not what occurs now? Current derivation formula is 13%. So roughly speaking, the tax rate is 87%. I have no issue with seeing this tax rate reduced. But that is not the topic of the thread, or Oshiomole's point. His point is, how should whatever the FG accrues from this tax be paid out? Surely you see that these are two separate issues. |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Israel Ex-president Moshe Katsav Jailed For violation by ekubear1: 5:29pm On Mar 22, 2011 |
A whole president, jailed? Quite impressive. I don't think that could happen in the US. |
Politics / Re: Patience "Umblerra" Jonathan Has A Degree In Biology! by ekubear1: 5:20pm On Mar 22, 2011 |
mbulela: Wow. I don't know if that is funny or sad. Maybe both. It really sucks for those who actually legitimately get their degrees, since their efforts are devalued by people like the ones you mention. |
Romance / Re: She Is Taller Than Me by ekubear1: 3:25pm On Mar 22, 2011 |
Wear platform shoes all the time to appear taller? Or have her crouch? |
Politics / Re: Patience "Umblerra" Jonathan Has A Degree In Biology! by ekubear1: 3:18pm On Mar 22, 2011 |
oyb: Sure, it is the same here too . . . people don't enjoy reading But I'm sure the dude could speak English reasonably well? At least, better than an illiterate? My dad's driver is a drop out from somewhere in Ogbomoso, but is more eloquent than her. |
Politics / Re: Patience "Umblerra" Jonathan Has A Degree In Biology! by ekubear1: 2:41pm On Mar 22, 2011 |
passyjango:Yep. It is pretty much impossible to spend four years at an English-speaking institution and come out talking like an illiterate. That is my own hypothesis at this point. . . her UniPort degrees are fake or purchased. |
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