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If Fibonacci numbers was the only tool for technical stock analysis, then everyone would be on to a sure bet.

Unfortunately your fibonacci numbers have already been proved wrong and we are only in September 2008, talkless of 2010.

This is bullshit!

If you are going to analyse a whole economy like Nigerias, you have to take into account not only past growth, but GDP output, political risk, sector risk, a whole top down approach. Anybody looking to do an economic outlook for NSE over the next two years is fooling themselves.

Me costo rico del buono e grande

ologan:
Considering what Lehman Brothers is facing now and also my investment goals, i will not in invest in the company until the crisis is over. I advice everyone to do the same thing. That way, one can stay on top in the market.

By the time you posted this, Lehman was already under. What kind of investment guru are you? 


lol. . . . Cayon, your own don finish. . . . damn! Nobody will be taking your advice on investments anymore. 

Anyway, today was a good day for future's trading. I just bet on the whole FTSE and the whole DOW. I expect the euphoria to calm down next week and the market to temper itself a bit and become more steady. Days like today only come on average every 2 or 3 months. I remember the market reacted the same way after the Bear Stearns bailout.

[quote author=_Queenisha link=topic=171774.msg2826367#msg2826367 date=1221849082]bia Ibime
do you ever read things in context?
di you follow the conversation at all?
Do we need an oracle to tell us who and what MEND is and has become?
O chi m[/quote]Nna mechonu dia!

Onye juro no gi 

lol. . . . Baba Iyabo wants to enter Holy man business. . . . maybe he will open up a church someday as a conduit to wash his dirty money

Have you seen Man Utd's new strip? . . . . . . lol

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[quote author=_Queenisha link=topic=171774.msg2822775#msg2822775 date=1221795868]We all remember when the MEND militants were only Kidnapping white men and expatriates.
We went on our normal businesses thanking God that we were not expatriates ,then what happened?
They ran out of white men and are now kidnapping regular folks such that it has now spread to other states[/i].[/quote][quote author=Aloy.Emeka link=topic=171774.msg2822815#msg2822815 date=1221797673]I can't imagine what you guys will be saying now if MEND targets only yorubas for their kidnappings.[/quote]I have told you guys to stop using MEND's name in vain. Does anyone actually have any evidence that MEND is involved in kidnapping Nigerians before they spew such bunkum?

There are still many oil workers in the Niger Delta if MEND sees the need to take hostages. They do not have to resort to kidnapping Nigerian civilians like other criminals in the Niger Delta, Owo or Imo State.

Has any Nigerian kidnap victim claimed that it was MEND that kidnapped them upon release?

No! All they say is they were kidnapped by militants. There are many other militant groups roaming the Niger Delta beside MEND not to talk of Vikings, Pirates and such. So why do you people feel the need to call MEND's name every time? Is MEND the only name you know?

Please stop criminalising the only group that has made a stand for us. Whether you agree with the military nature of that stand or not, at least they made a stand. Justified or not, that is the way it is - and many Ijaws have a soft spot for MEND so stop using their name in vain.

Should we call OPC and MASSOB kidnappers just because people in Yoruba and Igboland are now resorting to kidnapping? What if we find one kidnapper/robber/fraudster amongst OPC or MASSOB? Does that give us a right to criminalise whatever they are fighting for?

That is why I set up this thread. If you keep stereotyping another people because of the actions of some, do not be surprised when people start stereotyping your people.

MEND is not the cause of Niger Delta instability. Rather, it is the symptom. Until we deal with the cause the symptom will always remain.

In conclusion, unemployment and stability are rife in Nigeria. Do not be surprised to see a kidnapper near you soon. Your tribal traditions and codes of conduct will not save you. Who would have thought that muslim youth in Kano would be some of the worst drug addicts in Nigeria today? 10 years ago, I would never have dreamt that we would have blood politics in Rivers State. And who would have thought that we would see kidnapping taking root in Imo state and Owo today? Society is breaking down. It doesn't matter how much 'morals' you think your tribe has. The child soldiers in Liberia and Sierra Leone, are they not from good families? We all need to be worried about the future of Nigeria instead of petty tribal finger pointing.

Tayo, you see. . . . markets rallied 400+ points today on news that SEC was changing laws regarding short selling. . . . how does this fit in with your "bad loans only" theory?

[quote author=Tayo-D link=topic=171736.msg2821600#msg2821600 date=1221768832]but I maintain the position that the institutions would not have crumbled if those loans were honored, and those loans would have been honored if they were not given to high risk borrowers in the first place. And guess who encouraged the socially correct attitude of giving the loans to them?

So the problem is not the superstructure, but the foundation. In order words, this is a judgement problem (not regulation) on the part of those who should know better - the CEOs.[/quote]Tayo, you really need to stop reading these Republican manuals. I cannot believe that you are linking the subprime crisis to legislation that Jimmy Carter passed in 1977. Grow up, will ya! If Jimmy Carters legislation was that dangerous, we would have seen the effects in the 1980's not in 2007. A smart Republican would link Carters legislations to the Housing collapse of 1992. . . . but that leaves you no leg to stand on because we did not have these unregulated OTC's and short sellers flying around with much frequency in 1992 and we did not see the kind of aftereffect we are seeing now. Therefore your argument is invalid. You are simply trying to pass the buck. Let me leave you with a subtext of John McCains quote from yesterday: "They were doing complex mathematical instruments. They didn't even understand what they were doing." Goddamn it! Even John McCain admitted what the problem was. Why don't you?


[quote author=Tayo-D link=topic=171736.msg2821600#msg2821600 date=1221768832]And as I noted before, the second biggest recipient of money from them is Obama, and one of his economic advisers is the same former CEO of Fanie Mae.[/quote]Why bring it back to Obama. . . . do you have any evidence that Obama voted against stricter lending procedures or is this just supposition. . . . Damn it, Obama has only been in senate for 3 years. . . . pull out his voting record on lending regulation please before talking bla bla bla. . . . I advise you Republicans to drop this argument about who is sponsoring who because we all know who attends John McCains "staff meetings"  . . . . stop trying to cloud the argument. John McCains hypocrisy on regulation has been exposed and you have no riposte to it except to pull straws over our face about campaign funding.

^^^Don't mind Mrs Rothschild. . . . a Rothschild calling someone else an 'elitist'. . . you gotta love the irony.


I can't wait to see Biden and Palin go head to head. It will be like a lamb to the slaughter. 

davidylan:
Another comment from someone else - White privilege is being able to own seven or more houses and no one questions it and being married to a millionaire beer heiress, but being an “uppity negro” that makes more than $200,000 per year makes you an elitist and out of touch with “regular people.”

What they mean is Obama is just too highly educated to be President.

He should have been in the Navy or dropped in and out of college several times to be considered "one of the people".

What is elitist about "community organiser".

Firstly, your article just scratches the surface. You need an indepth knowledge of these things to understand the cause, effect and propagation. Bad loans alone could never bring down the system. Consider the domino effect of the structured products built on top of these bad loans. They are like a pack of cards. The bottom goes and everything comes crumbling. However, if there were no structured products on top of the bad loans, the banks would have survived. They simply used good money to chase bad money.

We can play the game of links all day. I can show you several hundred links explaining the role of strutured OTC's in the subprime collapse. No doubt the foreclosures caused problems but not enough to affect the market to the extent that we see. Just take my word for it, I know what I am talking about.


[quote author=Tayo-D link=topic=171736.msg2820887#msg2820887 date=1221757628]I have a problem with the fact that 3 and still counting of the bigest financial insitutions in this country are now under govt oversight. That is a huge step in the direction of socialism. Government shouldn't be running anything.[/quote]Someone called it "socialism for the rich". It is the ultimate end game of neo-conservative thinking. If they had allowed proper Government oversight in the first place, they wouldn't be in this position. Government shouldn't run any business but the economy should be state-directed to fulfill the nations goals like they do in China and not left to the Laissez Faire forces of the market who are more interested in speculation than building a sound economy from basic business practice. The Republican argument is the argument of the 70's and 80's not the argument of the 2000's. All tax breaks for these corporations simply go toward more investment in Ponzi schemes and do not help the economy in any way.

I would like to see a more sensible approaching from Obama and McCain. I would like to see them propose tax cuts according to the sector of the economy that needs it most, not according to tax brackets. For example, if you want to encourage more agriculture, propose tax cuts for the agriculture sector. . . . .and so on and so forth.


[quote author=Tayo-D link=topic=171736.msg2820887#msg2820887 date=1221757628]I disagree that this is a problem for McCain. Rather, he has shown leadership and forsight in this regard. he forewaned of this problem and co-sponsored a bill for oversight over F&F in 2006. But of course, Congress did not let it pass due to its political fallout.[/quote]He neither foresaw nor foretold any nonsense. The man was anti-regulation till last week. He even voted for deregulation in 2000 so I don't know WTF you are talking about. McCain has absolutely no right to claim regulation as his thing. Absolute rubbish!

Talking about Frannie and Freddie shows that McCain is a economic lightweight who barely understands economic matters. What is the point of asking for more oversight of Frannie and Freddie when you have already voted aginst tighter regulation on several prior occasions? By chance, he happened to fall on the right side of the divide on F&F but that does not mean he is a regulator. This coming from a man who has described himself in the past as a'deregulator'. This is what gets me - why does someone who says he knows nothing about economics always take stands on something he knows nothing about? In Nigeria, we call this Aproko noser.

To show how quickly he switched position and tried to claim a populist stance, he said yesterday that AIG should not be bailed out, then changed his tune today. He was playing to a populist tune yesterday and playing to a common-sense tune today. The man has absolutely no knowledge of economics as he has said several times in the past. Obama on the other hand took the default position of saying he does not know enough about the AIG balance sheets to decide - which is perfectly correct seeing how it is impossible to decide overnight without doing proper analysis - unlike McCain who hears the basic gist and puts his mouth in it. This is a Republican tendency. They learn simple rhetoric and cling to it as perfect truth without any investigation. The same basic gist that people like 4Play have been spewing here for ages - less tax for the rich, less regulation, let the market take care of itself because regulation is stifling productivity etc. Maybe this argument was valid in the 70's and 80's but not in the 2000's. The complex mathematics involved in such structured products need strong regulation. I should know because I have studied derivatives intensely.


Here is McCain talking shit about regulation in 1995:

http://www.businesssheet.com/2008/9/obama-more-regulation-mccain-okay-maybe



His hypocrisy is being exposed everywhere:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091603732_pf.html

http://tpzoo./2008/09/18/john-mccain-deregulation-hawk-criminal/

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/mccains-good-buddy-gramm-architect-deregulation-wall-street-0


I can go on and on but let me just stop there.


In 2006 Obama sponsored a bill for more regulation and full disclosure from Wall Street. McCain voted against it. I cannot remember the specifics but I heard it on CNN this morning.

Ako, welcome back. Where you dey since? This thread has been missing your fire.

As for those links, I wont fall for your bait.

Does anyone remember when George Bush bombed Al Jazeera News agency in Iraq?

Information is power. This issue is a nationally sensitive issue. You cannot play with it the way you play with normal news stories. At a time when the vultures are circling over the presidency and in a situation that could lead to political and social instability, news channels should censor themselves abeg.

You know how Nigeria is. If people think the President is too ill to do his job, they will stop doing their job and start looking for ways to steal money. Reminds me of the time-lapse when Yar'Adua did not appoint cabinet for months. Na so so people take that opportunity to thief thief finish.

This poem is wack!

Try harder!

This is the type we prefer.



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And what is black priviledge?

Black priviledge is people questioning your credentials as a "community organiser".

Black priviledge is people questioning your relationships with left-wing radicals knowing fully well that you cannot work in politics in urban Chicago without having to work with left-wingers.

[quote author=Tayo-D link=topic=171736.msg2809166#msg2809166 date=1221568438]Like I said before, the main cause of the belly-up is the greed of the financial institutions as well as the borrowers. I'll explain. Despite all the complex financial instruments, there wouldn't have been a problem if the borrowers have the resources to pay and are paying up. The problems only came to light due to default on the loans. I personal do not blame the govt for the problems. I know I have 2 of those kind of loans on my investment properties and they are absolutely killing me. I do not blame the govt but myself for signing those documents. I believe in individual and corporate responsibility, and I consider myself to blame and to an extent, the Mortgage companies for ignoring financial common sense and giving me those loans worth about $400,000.00.

Now concerning regulation, the question is: where does it end? And if I may add, the Banks are now using the same sense they should have had before to offer loans today - under existing regulations. Even though the regulation is the same for now, their practices have changed. So the problem is not the regulations or lack of it, but corporate and managerial irresponsibilities. That is why I said before that McCain needs to hype this a lot. We can't give people a get-out-of-jail-free card for their fiscal irreponsibilites. Where are the probes right now? Where are the special tribunals? Why isn't anyone in jail?[/quote]Bad loans alone cannot bring down so many institutions. The regulation needed now involves the regulation of financial instruments. McCain can, will and is taking the blame for supporting deregulation as witnessed in the current news reports.

Short selling is the trojan horse which will kill the West. The worst is yet to come. This is the pivotal point at which everybody moves their money East. George Soros and the like have already done that and sure enough the market will follow. I fear for my future and the future of everyone in the finance sector over the next 10 years. Agriculture and Engineering are back in, whilst finance is out - just like the 60's and 70's.

Republicans should be ashamed of themselves for promoting the Laissez Faire economics that led us to this stage. People with no solid grasp of economics such as McCain keep trumping their Republican economic arguments and simple minded people follow. The Republican argument of the citizens adding to the economy by promoting innovation and competition through less regulation and cutting of taxes holds shallow especially in a globalised world where companies do not represent their countries of origin but themselves alone. How can such companies work toward National goals? State-directed economies are taking over. Compare that with the success of Nationalistic economies like China, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea and Japan who are efficient and achieve optimal social utility. I think we have reached a pivotal point in Western Economic domination. Nationalism or National Socialism is the new capitalism.

As I said before, I will say again:

Ibime:
Just like in in 1929, the proponents of Laissez Faire econonomics and deregulation have shown that they are incapable of self-regulation. Greed, Corruption and Ponzi schemes are the ultimate endgame of right-wing Conservatism.

Can you blame Yar'Adua?

Nigerians like to listen to myths, gossip and Urban Legend too much.

Such Urban Legends can destabilise the country.

In a country where the media is not mature enough to report the facts as they are, Govt should intervene especially on issues of national interest.

Does free speech give media the right to propagate lies?

DeepZone:
You have a knack for pointing fingers at the yorubas at any slightest opportunity.

This is news to me. Hausa never complain, na you dey complain. . . . stop being defensive, OK?

DeepZone:
Did you view that crime from every perspective before posting that thread? i am not denying the fact that there is a good chance that Yorubas committed the crime but what if there were ibo accomplices that actually told the yoruba hoodlums who and who to arrest for a sumptuous ransom? Did you check the victim factor? all the victims of these heinous crime are ibos, so it is possible that their brothers have a hand in it although it's not a fact but it's worth pondering. it's only the MEND that kidnap and accept they did the kidnapping, every other act of kidnapping whether it's in Aba state or Kano state or Kwara state could be committed by anyone including foreigners.

It doesn't matter who you think committed the crime, whether Yoruba or Igbo. . . . it only highlights my point that kidnapping is becoming a nationwide phenomenom.

And do not use MEND's name in vain. There is a difference between political hostage taking and kidnapping for profit.

Come on Negro. . . . . ya taking this shit too far!


[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=172761.msg2817563#msg2817563 date=1221698766]A black man that has not visited with his American kinfolk in their hood and campaigned in their midst is going to benefit a Nigerian woman.[/quote]The same reason Republicans don't campaign in Mississipi. . . . that vote is sewn up. . . . why should he go and preach to the converted?

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=172761.msg2817563#msg2817563 date=1221698766]He ran from his black pastor of 20yrs for political ambition. Obama double crossed the woman in Chicago that sponsored him for the Illinois state senate. They say blood is thicker than water. Obama does not recognize blood when it comes to his ambition. He has continously said he is not running a black campaign. Here you are saying he is better for us because he is black. How black is he? Is he black in his consciousness or is he just a demographic label?[/quote]Obama is as black as it gets. . . you better believe it. . . he defended Jeremiah Wright but Wright went and opened his big mouth a second time. . . . so he had to cut him off. . . . .he left University to work as a "community organiser" in the hood when he could have earned far more on Wall Street. . . . look at his wife, a pure black woman. . . . he could have easily followed the white side of his family. . . . nah, phock it - your allegations hold no water. . . . .Obama is a real negro. . . . just ask Oprah. . . . . damn it, I know Oprah don't support no fake niggas. 


Anyway, McCain is still going to win the election. I refuse to get my hopes up for Obama.

Maybe they can now leave Niger Delta alone.


Anyway, do these people not follow World trends? Why invest in a technology which will be obsolete in 10 years. Japan are almost ready to start producing fuel from algae and another company is almost ready to produce fuel from Wood chippings.

cabali:
Bleep that! d attack was rubbish.

i am not confident about that win at all. Boudeaux was not just up to it. At a time during d second half it was fraustrating watching our attacking outcome.

there Were some pretty plays but all i think about is what would happen if this same play was against man u.

there was a point when the midfield was completely clueless that it was pathetic.

the last thing i would do is to rejoice after this win.

they want me to be happy, give me 3 pts on sunday coupled with good play.

Some people are never satisfied. . . . 4-0 bro, what more can you ask for?

dyabman:
@Ibime

whats wrong with Phil about kalou on the bench , he wan that boy star ni or what .

malouda is no good.

Malouda is playing inbetween the left and the centre at the moment. It is almost like the left side of a midfield diamond. Whoever plays there needs the discipline of a central midfielder. Kalou is an out and out winger/forward and cannot play that position (a.) because he lacks the tactical discipline and (b.) he is not neat enough in possession to play in the left-centre. That position is not for dribblers.

Trust, Malouda will make way for Ballack against Man Utd. Ballack will move to the right and Lamps will move to the left of that central midfield as they did against Portsmouth.

The only place Kalou can slot in right now is where Joey Cole is playing at the moment - slightly to the right of the forward line. He is going to have to wait a bit because Joey is on fire right now. I think Kalou was the first choice for that position but the Olympics coupled with Joey's good form cost him his place for now.

RSA:
some who the investors can trust and if you'v been following our politics you'll realised that Zuma is that man.

Which investor can trust Zuma? Investment is going to fly out of South Africa when he becomes President. I see a Zimbabwe situation on the horizon if you are not careful with this Zuma guy.

RSA:
South Africa need a motivator,someone who the poor belief in


Mbeki is a member of the ANC that is why he is in that position,he was voted by the people and if the people feel he is not representing them accordingly.then we must recall him from his seat.

The kind of wealth shift you are calling for in South Africa is not possible in a short space of time. To balance the disparity in wealth will not take just a few years. It will take a few decades. If you move any faster, the economy will crumble. You have to tax the rich something like 70% just to move wealth down to the poor people. No investor or business will come to South Africa with those kind of taxation rates and those who are already there will leave. I believe it was Negro Ntns who told me that when a society has too much wealth disparity, the only practical solution is socialism. It is a necessary evil in your case. All institutions must be Nationalised for the next 60 years if you want to achieve the kind of social utility you are talking about. You will face the same situation as Venezuela are facing now. The rich will not be happy, the whole World will hate you, but you will stabilise your society somewhat. If Zuma told you that you can achieve social parity in the next 10 years without mentioning this to you, then he is a barefaced liar. Infact, Zuma does not hold the prerequisite education to lead a nation like South Africa. It is a disgrace to the whole African continent that you elect a man like Zuma.

Mbeki is doing the best he can under the type of economy you have.

What is Mbeki's policy on education. Is it free?

This idiot and his asinine comments sef. . . . . what a cerebral invertebrate! . . . .show me where MEND kidnapped any child. . . . infact, show me where MEND kidnapped any non-oil worker. . . .


Moving on. . . .this shit is a catch 22. . . . if Nigeria is successful in rooting out militants but do not have a solid framework for respecting the resource rights and environmental rights of the Niger Delta people, they will be viewed as an invading force strictly there to steal the fruits of the land. . . . you can hold back a people militarily, but you cannot hold back their resentment. . . . sure enough, that resentment will express itself someday in more militancy and insecurity.

On the other hand, it is a proven fact that every military commander from 1979 - 1999 is a stakeholder in oil bunkering and a state attorney even wrote in a newspaper the other day that IBB and Atiku are bunkering heavily in the Delta and contributing to the insecurity. . . .this is what OBJ was speaking about when he said that he cannot stop bunkering from 'some powerful men' otherwise the nation will slide into civil war. . . . . I hope the Nigerian army will take this opportunity to route out these bunkerers, not just frighten the Niger Delta people into cowering silence and oppression. . . . . on top of that, I do not trust the army to carry out a good job. . . . surely, after a few months the situation would deteriorate and each soldier will be looking for ways to enrich himself as we see already. . . . . it is an affront to the Niger Delta people to have these Northern soldiers in our midst. . . .they are viewed as an invading force. . . .  we all know they are animals and have no respect for human rights. . . . we even prefer to have an International peacekeeping force than these animals. . . .

DeepZone:
Really? Why not set your example with other tribes apart from the yoruba?

@Bold, you remember when we discussed Nigeria and illiteracy, you went to the pits of hell to get archival documents that shows that ibos are more educated than Yorubas instead of FOCUSING on the problem at hand.

Calm down dear. . . I could have easily used any other tribe to illustrate my point. . . infact, Texcee did just that by highlighting the problem of kidnapping in Imo State. . . . . . you and this your Yoruba pride sef. . . . the only reason I showed you the JAMB results was to check your tribal ego. . . .and trust, it was an effortless task to carry out that analysis. .  . the fact is that there is nothing in anyone's tribal DNA that determines whether he will become a kidnapper, armed robber or professor. . . . as long as Nigeria is a failed state with high unemployment and a steady supply of arms from politicians, we will see an increase in these activites. . . . to the point that you will be ashamed to be associated with such people, as I am with Ijaw kidnappers. . . .if you keep thinking that kidnapping is the preserve of a certain tribe, you will be shocked when some of your own enter the profession. . . . .and that will give other tribes the right to call you 'career kidnappers'. . . . just like you do to them.

Don't worry, when Zuma drives you into poverty, you will really be satisfied with yourselves.

I wish Nigeria had leaders like Mbeki.

Governor Palin has launched a war on information.

We are still waiting for her to open herself up to the press so we can see what she is made of. I suspect she isn't made of much.

Democracy is not to everyone's taste - especially when democracy produces a socialist government.

This is why I always dismiss the democracy argument out of hand because there are double standards in it.

Bolivia should just do itself a favour and split up. The chasm between right-wing conservatism and left-wing socialism is too wide to breach in that country. Add to that the racial nature of the split and you have a tinderbox ready to burn. We saw the same thing in Ukraine after the Orange revolution. The fact is that people must respect democracy and let Bolivia sort out its own problems. Evo Morales should also moderate his left wing views a bit so that the white minority can tolerate him like they do President Lula of Brazil.

No need to list her defaults, people already know she is a fraud. People in the media have said that the media is turning against her because they see her as a lightweight and because she has refused to give any interviews except Charlie Gibson. She has also refused to take any questions at any of her rallies unlike Biden who gave two interviews on his first day and a question and answer session at his rallies.

The media is also getting fed-up with the negativity of the McCain campaing and may launch a backlash which we are starting to see already. Some journalists have described McCain as 'selling his soul to win the Presidency'. At first he didn't want to run any negative campaigns, then he decided to go with the negativity and now he has become uncomfortable with the negativity of his campaign. The truth is that McCain is a moderate conservative and George Bush campaign already blackened his name in 2000 elections by spreading rumours that he had a black baby. That hurt him and his wife very much and he promised never to run a negative campaign. The media are also starting to question some of the lies in his campaign. I fell sorry for him sha, he is a really good man with a good heart but politics can turn a man into a monster.

nuzo:
Some of the posts here has shown that most Nigerians are really retarded.
Imagine people who have been speaking against the activities of MEND coming here to defend the hooligans in Ondo because it has to do with their tribe.

That was the reason I set up the thread. . . . the fact is that Nigerian Government cannot control law and order in Nigeria. . . . we are sitting on a tinderbox of unemployment. . . . a lot of ex-PDP thugs are running around with nothing to do but terrorise the population. . . . the fact is that militancy is rife in Nigeria be it Area boys, pdp thugs, kidnappers, armed robbers, yahoozees or whatever. . . . but when it comes to kidnapping in the Niger Delta, it is reported on every website and the bad publicity takes away legitimacy from the true Niger Delta struggle. . . .anyway, I set the booby trap to see how people react to this news. . . . and this just confirms that Nigerians are a bunch of no-good tribalists who are quick to shift blame from one tribe to the next instead of concentrating on the main cause of the problem - bad government!. 

hmmmmmm. . . . my political anlysis was spot on. . . . last week I said the impending collapse of Lehmann brothers was going to shift the goalposts in the political debate. . . . today, I said regulation would become the hot topic on the campaign trail. . . . and guess what. . . . it is!. . . .Tayo-D tried to cloud the argument by talking about campaign donations which has nothing to do with it and is completely off the radar. . . . . it seems McCain and Palin have been reading this thread. . . . this is what they've had to say in the past few hours. . . .


McCain: We need more regulation

Last week, he was against regulation


Palin: We need more regulation. The White House fell asleep at the switch.

Ibime:
Question from Journalist: Did the Bush administration fall asleep at the switch?

Come on - is this plagiarism or what? This bitch doesn't know what she is talking about. She watched Henry Paulsons press conference and stole the journalists words. Last week, she was against regulation. Poto-poto Journalism degree doesn't qualify you to hold an opinion on economic matters, I'm afraid!

If I was Obama, I would go and find an old video of McCain declaring his anti-regulation views and air it on live TV.

Now, the same John McCain said he knows nothing about economics and would read Alan Greenspans book to find out. Guess what? It is Alan Greenspans policies of deregulation which are being blamed for the slump.


The Republicans are trying to turn regulation into THEIR agenda. They cannot be allowed to get away with it. Unfortunately, wind has already blown and fowl nyash is already open.