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Afam:
Whao!! They listen to what the people say and yet US is still in Iraq? Maybe some of us need to stop thinking with our left hands abeg.

For every anti-war demonstrator, there's a pro-war demonstrator also.
I find it curious how you guys are hell-bent on the US pulling out of Iraq abruptly, thereby plunging Iraq into more chaos than it is in now. Yet if they do that and the bodies start piling up, you lay the blame once more on Bush.
If the US pull sout sharply and the struggle for power commences in Iraq, you'll still be sitting down in your comfortable chair in Lagos without a care in the world, wouldn't you?

Even the most die-hard democrats are pushing for the US to release an accelerated timetable for withdrawal, not an instant disengagement from Iraq.

McKren:
You know what??

America is equivalent to heaven and George W. Bush is Alfa and Omega.

Yet another really STUPID reply for you (and that isn't an insult, it's a fact)
You're supposed to ask for PROOF for any unverified story before you begin to spread it about. it has nothing to do with the US or even Nigeria. That's common sense, and it's a tragic thing that you don't understand this.

And Just for the record -

1. I'm an Christian and i know nowhere on earth is nearly equivalent to Heaven. I even have no plans to visit the US anytime soon, i actually prefer to spend my vacations in Europe

2. It's 'Alpha' and not 'Alfa'


Take time to type more meaningful replies instead of lame attempts at sarcasm.

This forum has a section called 'General Discussion'. This is the 'Politics' thread and your post has nothing to do with politics.

Pity Seun isn't up to the task of moderating this forum effectively anymore

[quote author=tope_teadr link=topic=85059.msg1600169#msg1600169 date=1192825607]@texazzpete please tell me more about phone platforms i wish to learn. But if you connect a phone that has windows mobile as it os to your pc you'll know that you don't need a driver to configure it. But if you can get it to browse go to getjar.com[/quote]Nokia phones run the Symbian OS. The Smartphones (Nseries, 6630 etc) run Series 60, which is a far more powerful OS than the Series 40 that runs on the slimmer phones.
Check out the pic below of the Nokia 6630. You see the button i circled? That's the menu button, and as far as i know it's present in all nokia symbian series 60 phones.


Windows mobile phones are pretty distinctive, they always have the typical windows start menu icon up top! Most of 'em are pocket pc type devices anyway, and usually have stylus input.

Hope that helps

Am i the only one that feels the Politics thread is being cluttered by off topic posts? How does this qualify as Political news?

infobaba:
Blim

if by 'Blim' you mean the ageing psx emulator, Bleem, then you're mistaken.

[quote author=G-reycells link=topic=87147.msg1599341#msg1599341 date=1192811494]Alhaji Barkin Zuwo, who stated that Kano “has surplus minerals like Fanta, Coca cola, Sprite, Mirinda and even Tango” while voting for massive use of derivation as a means of sharing national revenue, whereas Kano state, which he was representing in the senate, did not produce mineral resources. Legend has it that Barkin Zuwo once saw a number of car marts and concluded they all belonged to one person known as Saleh, because they all had the inscription, “for sale”.[/quote]That made my day

@tommyking
it doesn't have windows mobile OS. none of those chinese rip-offs do. It should be able to run java apps though. Please disregard all the advice the first couple of guys gave you, that's only for Symbian OS (comes on original nokia phones)


@tope_teadr
I doubt he'd be bale to tell whatever OS runs on his phone. then again, this ain't a smartphone, and any 'OS' it's running is likely to be rudimentary at best.

IMHO, the real traitors are those that don't open their mouths when they see something go wrong.
In every western country, the media, the people are vocal about what they want and what they want their government to do for them. That's why the average congressman in the US has staffers that monitor the phones 24/7 to listen to his constituency's complaints.

I dare you to write a letter to Etteh lamenting about the state of the roads in your area, and see if you get a reply.

Noce, but does this really belong in a 'Politics' thread?

@Afam
I actually said "hardly ever" because i'm unwilling to take a stand on something i'm not entirely sure of. But YOU are guilty of starting defamatory and inflammatory threads with unverified and illogical (at least to any truly intelligent person) information.

However, i've long since come to realize that you're way past the point where you can be saved from lapsing into idiocy.

For once, surprise me and actually use your long-dormant grey cells to process information before you post.

did i hear you accuse me of lying? That's rich! Where?

*cough* Hypocrite *cough*

McKren:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7048325.stm

How about asking questions politely??

Since when is 'link, please?' the default answer to any unlikely sounding story? Someone posted a seemingly far-fetched story and conveniently forgot to provide a link to the story. is that a culture you want to encourage?

Afam:
Unfortunately, on this forum once someone is not aware of something then that thing does not exist especially when one is not singing the praises of US or Israel.

Have you noticed that the so-called pro-US faction
1. harldy ever start topics praising the US or Israel
2. Only reply when rabble-rousers like yourself post untrue and hypocritical stories dissing Western countries?

whatever may be said for my political leanings, i've always supported the truth and tried to promote logical reasoning. You, on the other hand, are apt to paste articles verbatim from any conspiracy theorist site to support your absurd claims.

I agree with Seun. Non-lethal weaponry is the way to go.
anyone know if Tasers are legal in Nigeria?

*bad taste*

I think that until you provide concrete proof (at least links to a reputable website) you'll be dismissed as a rabble rouser peddling defamatory stories.

Nice Read! Someone sent this to me. It's unverified for now, but Asari's Hostility towards Henry Okah is borne out in the letter.

If true, it's an expose into the arms trade in Nigeria's Niger Delta region.

One more thing. the letter's dated Oct 7th. Hope no one else has posted this before

@almondjoy
It does make all the difference that those people who are killed in the East aren't killed in the name of religion, and you'll never see anyone chanting 'God is Great' when innocent people are massacred. We all know where we'll find people praising God while murdering innocents, don't we?


Nice job comparing Apples and Oranges by the way.

Afam:
I can't figure out how person go dey purge for wetin another person chop, na wah oo.

Doesn't this strike you as being hypocritical, considering the fact that you constantly lambast the US for any misstep, real or imagined?
Unless, of course, you can prove that the Iraq war and the 'missing' nukes in the US affect you and your business. If not, you're also purging for wetin another person chop

uspry1:
Have you thought about researching on the largest unsolved cases of all innocent Black prisoners who did not commit the crimes back 1960s but all their evidences and witnesses destroyed and never been put them for trials (violated their rights to seek for trials or speak out for themself) by white law enforcements/lawyers in the past?

For example one story about a black lady back 1960s were murdered, accused to black man who killed her, 40 years later, one retired white cop confessed to frame a black innocent man(prisoner). The real 4 white cops killed a black innocent lady who walked on the street carrying her grocery store back to home alone at late night as hate-crime to make fun of black people. (no witness at that time).

This is good example that is how lot of state courts are allowing to reopen unsolved cases to be re-investigate all over 200 innocent black prisoners. 150 were released based on found fake cases/prison records. Left 50 still unsolved.

Have you thought about the wisdom (or lack thereof) for a Nigerian to go about 'researching' things that happened many years ago in another country while his own country smoulders around him? have YOU ever done any research into what happens in Darfur, or what caused the massacres in Rwanda? Misplaced priorities. . .

naijaking1:
By the same token, I'm only saying that there are also some unresolved "conspiracy" issues concerning the US and others.

For example, if the FBI spied on MLK and his wife as peace-loving as they were, who knows what they might do next?

And you really think the Nigerian Government hasn't tried to probe into Soyinka's or Gani's background? Hell, even the press/media inmost Western countries will spy on and follow any notable public figure or celebrity.
There are also many, many 'unresolved conspiracy issues' concerning Nigeria. I wonder why this fascination with the US. AFAIK, Dele Giwa's death still counts as an 'unresolved conspiracy issue'.

RichyBlacK:
Afam,

Thanks for the post. I enjoyed it greatly and learned one or two things.

This shows that Israel's arrogance and pride, stemming from some belief that they are the chosen, knows no bounds.

You learned something from an unverified, unsubstantiated article? Do you even know who the article writer is? Why?
Unless something is proven and backed up with unassailable facts, it pretty much remains an allegation and somewhat defamatory. Why 'enjoy greatly' something that quite possibly may be false?

I think the statement 'Israel's Arrogance and pride' is over used. If Nigeria and Nigerians had to live in as much adversity as Israel has had to, we'd be more sympathetic. Just sayin'

Not to attack personalities or anything, but why are we constantly urged notr to believe anything we hear on CNN or other western media, yet we're now being spoon-fed articles by unknown people?

Your article indicates a cover-up of the whole incident by the US to avoid a public row with their Middle East Ally (Israel). so why post a misleading title, insinuating that the US had foreknowledge of the attack?

Make attempts to verify your 'inbox' stories before you post 'em.

If you really claim to be unbiased, please kindly refrain from asking us to 'enjoy' the contents of your articles before they are verified.

sometimes, i can't believe people

Kurds based in Northern Iraq cross over to turkish territory and carry out terrorist attacks. Turkey announces its readiness to cross into Northen Iraq to fish out the perpetrators.
The US, recognizing that an armed incursion into Northern Iraq could inflame tensions and accelerate hostilities, try to prevail on the turkish authorities not to do this.
This is clearly an act of peace, yet the poster alleges that this is designed to precipitate war?

Please, let's try and make sensible contributions in the future, ok?

@Afam
It's one of your traits to dodge anything remotely approaching logic and fix your attention on un-important and peripheral issues.
Are you so bereft of an answer that you neglect the meat of an argument and focus on a slip of tongue? From the statement 'invading Iran' only an addled ape (or yourself) could fail to spot what i truly meant.

while most people here are attempting to learn something, you remain mired in ignorance. You can't be helped.

@naijaking1
The funny thing is, it'll be difficult for you to escape the 'anti-israeli' tag, simply because you guys seem to exhibit a lot of bias towards the Israeli situation.
I mean, China has annexed Tibet for tens of years now, and i've NEVER seen any Nairalander talk about this before. Why the focus on the Israeli 'occupation'?

People here are a funny lot. They lambast george Bush for not listening to the UN and invading Iran. That same UN (a legitimate body) approved a small strip of land in the desert for Israel, and everyone rains fire and brimstone.

delvinmaya:
Big Bee, please i plead don't get flustered by the efforts of those fools who have been posting here, to me it seems like they were lucky to get their own visas into nigeria and have refused to leave the country. The calibre of Nigerians who post here surprise greatly, okiro am beginnig to doubt if you trully are a nigerian. and for those of you i can't get your id address be thankfull. Unpatriotic fools, i wonder sometimes why you are still in nigeria if you hate or don't like anything about nigeria. guess you were also not granted visa by the embassy of these same country you are all up and high about. For goodness sake if the man can't fill a simple form asking when he will be leaving the country then he shouldnt be granred visa at all.And i thot i heard someone say something about german espionage, so you believe that the white man means you no harm, it seems that in your haste you have forgotten about KOKO, you see i have always said it times without number, its unpatirotic citizens like you that have caused this nation to move towards the brink of poverty and now that slavaging work is going on you have come to discourage those working towards the betterment of this country, don't turn yourself into enemies of Nehemiah

And where in the article did you see them say he didn't indicate when he'd be leaving the country?
Since when did questioning the wisdom of the immighration guys become 'never see anything good in Nigeria'.
More to the point, d'ya think you're more patriotic than others just because you see everything through rose-tinted glasses?
Even in the US, in the Uk people criticise the government because they feel they have the right to spur the leaders to do better.
It's those that love their country that strive to criticise to make things better. As far as i'm concerned, all those that can't see anything wrong in the way Nigeria is is a fucking traitor. Nigeria doesn't need people like you.

I criticise Nigeria far, far less than accepted 'elders' like Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka. Guess that makes them 'Unpatriotic fools', abi?

Afam:
@RichyBlack,

Learn to ignore some of these people. They lie, they use multiple IDs, they hate anything islam or arab.

You cannot go far with them unless you are ready to play their dirty games of deceit, diversion and endless meaningless questions.

I advised you earlier, may be its time to revisit that advice.

Do have a good week.

Your typical 'advice' when some other idiot fights your insidious battles for you.  As for the 'hate anything islam or arab' crack, that's pretty rich coming from someone that's so blatantly anti-israeli and anti-american.
You speak about 'games of deceit and diversion'. This topic was started by YOU with the sole aim of tarnishing the image of both the US and Israel. You posted a story that even you had to know was untrue just to score a few points in your never-ending war with the west.

As a wise man once said, 'There is none so blind as those who will not see'.

RichyBlacK:
@texazzpete,

The problem with you is that your uneducated ass can't tell the difference between recorded history and conjectural history. Idiot!

Good luck on finding the prior inhabitants of the Niger Delta. This fool thinks that writing (the key source of recorded history) has always been in existence. A proper slowpoke exposing his banal views.

This piece of dirt called texazzpete is just an example of a confirmed charlatan, a purveyor of mediocrity. Just shut up if your head is empty! After all, it's not a crime to be a dunce.

Ah. 'tis a terrible day indeed when an intellectual gnat can accuse me of being uneducated. perhaps in your stupidity you feel anyone that doesn't rail against 'Zionist Plots' is a half-wit like yourself.
Am i to blame if sarcasm is wasted on you? should i waste time on a two-bit hypocritical jester like yourself, you who blithely gabble on and on about history, yet selectively apply your insignificant grasp of history?
What else can be expected from a lout that puts forward information from a conspiracy theorist website as 'independent corroboration'? What else can be expected from a pathetic hypocrite that blathered on and on about the Jewish role in African Slavery, while conveniently neglecting the far greater Arab role in slavery?
What else can be expected from a man that quotes radioislam.org as independent and unbiased evidence that the Holocaust was all a myth?

Keep reading conspiracy theory articles. You'll be lining your cap with foil soon enough while the rest of us are actually doing something worthwile with our lives.

Not a crime to be a dunce, eh? You would know, wouldn't you?

Big deal. While the guy he fought was taller and had a longer arm reach than him, the guy is actually 10 years older than him!

exept of course d age wey dem dey quote na official age.

I Agree! The Canaanites are the real owners of the land of Israel!!
Now all we need to do is to vacate where we live as Nigerians, because these current tribes lioving in the 'Niger Area' all emigrated there. We need to find out where we came from and then go back ASAP!

RichyBlack
Thanks for solving the Niger Delta crisis. now all we need to do is to go back through history and find out who actually owned the land before the Ijaws et al got there. You're so smart!

Bill Gates is not an 'ordinary man'. I mean, he's flesh and blood like all of us, but if you read this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3913581.stm
you'll find out that he's a hero, and heroes are not just 'ordinary people'.

Funny how i don't see *any* nigerian giving out billions of naira to charity. This man has funded research in infant diseases, tuberculosis and other life-threatening ailments around the world. He runs by far the biggest charity in the world. He does things that you and i would not do even if we had his money.
So you may rant and rail all you want, but remember that true heroes are larger than life.

Finally, the article didn't say he wrongly filled in his visa application, or that he tried to illegally enter Nigeria. I'm pretty sure not all countries ask for your bank statement when you're requesting a Visa, so not including it must have been a temporary oversight.

Initially denying the Visa isn't what makes this stupid. It's the line about "knowing if he would remain in the country and moochin gon our 'social services'" that cracks everybody up.

A simple 'Nigerian law requires all Visa applicants to append their Bank Statements to their Visa applications. Please reapply with the required document' is not only polite, it's professional.

You poor, simple-minded people.
While you gleefully think this makes Nigeria seem tough and uncompromising, in reality it only posts an extremely Negative image of Nigeria in the eyes of the world, painting our Immigration people as silly and incompetent.
Perhaps the fact that the story is filed in Gizmodo under 'Stupid' is lost on you. perhaps the tone of the comments following that story (ranging from incredulous to derisive) is lot on you all too.

I'm not saying that the Immigration people did not follow the right protocol. What i'm saying is, if you think this conveys a 'victory' for Nigeria, then you're deluded.

don't bother. i too have several mails in my inbox, and since they are from my inbox, they must be true.

All three promise me cheap viagra, penile enlargement up to 12 inches and one even promises that i'll be a super stud. Yes, straight from my bulk mail, so it must be true.

Davidylan, I-man, the onus is on you to now prove that these charitable guys can't actually increase my penis size to 12 inches.

The gentlemen were so nice to provide links within the emails. I will post them if y'all need