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 Politics › Re: Do You Know How 'well-Educated' I Am? (video) by Ystranger(op): 3:39am On Jun 18, 2011 |
Kilode?!:Hey, you call this a degree: New York Universityhere I am thinking you are well educated.  She is just 27? Hot though. |
| Politics › Re: Do You Know How 'well-Educated' I Am? (video) by Ystranger(op): 3:32am On Jun 18, 2011 |
[b]Excellent management and communication skills [/b]with knowledge of trading systems and strategyVery well educated indeed! |
| Politics › Re: Do You Know How 'well-Educated' I Am? (video) by Ystranger(op): 3:15am On Jun 18, 2011 |
^^ The conductor exhibited some passive aggressive ish too They both had issues. Anyway, i thought it was hilarious. I cant believe she actually said: "Do You Know How Educated I Am?" |
| Politics › Re: Do You Know How 'well-Educated' I Am? (video) by Ystranger(op): 3:03am On Jun 18, 2011 |
Kilode?!:Yeah, you'd think she went to Amherst or Yale. Her name is Hermon Raju, an ordinary MBA student at NYU Like very funny I tell ya. She is Indian, very obnoxious people. I cant stop watching that video. Very funny. I dont blame her though, I'd feel that entitled if I spent that much for a degree no one gives a shyyt about The funniest part was when she said: 'I'm sorry, do you think I'm a little hoodlum?" |
| Politics › Re: Do You Know How 'well-Educated' I Am? (video) by Ystranger(op): 2:32am On Jun 18, 2011 |
Do you know how well-educated I am?' Stressed commuter goes nuts after being told to keep her voice down on train By MIKE O'BRIEN Last updated at 9:57 PM on 17th June 2011 A bad case of superiority complex, maybe! There can only be one thing worse than someone talking loudly on the train , and that's someone talking loudly on the train about how intelligent they are. Captured on a cellphone by a fellow passenger on a New York-Connecticut train is a commuter straight out of the 'do you know who I am?' school. Talking loudly to a friend, and allegedly using profanities, the woman is told calmly by one of the Metro-North train's conductors to keep the noise down and to stop using swear words. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/16/article-0-0C99D04A00000578-953_468x359.jpg The stress express: On being accused of loudly using profanities, the passenger gets to her feet and asks the conductor 'Do you know what schools I've been to?' What! The uptight woman snaps and says: 'I was not cursing, excuse me, do you know what schools I've been to?' As the conductor tells the other conductor why she asked the woman to be quiet, the woman interrupts: 'I'm sorry, do you think I'm a little hoodlum?' When the conductor talks about the words coming from the passenger's mouth, the indignant commuter explodes: 'From my mouth? Excuse me? Do you know how well-educated I am?' At one point she gets up and says: 'Stop the train, stop the train.' https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/16/article-0-0C99D04200000578-680_468x434.jpg Commuter rage: The passenger gets ready to fly out of her seat Getting ever more worked up, the woman demands her money back and says she'll never give Metro-North her money ever again. She had already said she takes the train to get to work and back every day. Finally, as the conductors walk off, one of them says: 'Go to customer service.' Under pressure: After saying 'stop the train,' she asks the guard to go away At that point our flustered female delivers her closing line before walking off: 'No do not tell me to go to customer service. I am not a crazy person. I am a very well-educated person.' A minute later, there was an announcement asking all passengers to please not use profanity on the train, 'especially those people who went to Harvard or Yale or are from Westport.' The original video, uploaded on YouTube on Tuesday, was titled Educated Loudmouth on the Metro North Railroad. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004479/Stressed-commuter-goes-nuts-told-voice-down.html#ixzz1PaSB3wu2 |
| Politics › Do You Know How 'well-Educated' I Am? (video) by Ystranger(op): 2:28am On Jun 18, 2011 |
[flash=400,400] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4zu6Xbg2NA?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash] |
| Politics › Re: Tribune Reporter's Confusion Over Identity Of Tinubu's Parents by Ystranger(op): 5:16pm On Jun 17, 2011 |
adejoro75:Ha. Katsumoto:Very misinformed and unnecessarily flippant. Again, you've exposed your non-familiarity with Nigeria, and Lagos in particular. Actually, you are the one exposing the gaps in your '$2 million' education. Bastard, according to the Harper dictionary of contemporary usage, means[b] fraudulent; having a misleading appearance[/b]. And, I think, that is the working meaning the Tribun's article is based. Misleading appearance in the sense that he clamied to have attended GCI when he never did. He also claimed to have studied at U of Chicago, which again is false. Also, he told INEC that he studied BS Economics at Chicago State when BS Economics wasnt even offered at Chicago State at the supposed time of his enrollment. He also presented a misleading appearance of himself when, quoting Tribune, "Chief Tinubu, in his letter, also adverted to the claim that Mama (Dr) HID Awolowo had known him from his childhood. [/b]He said: “How can I overlook old age, which every Yoruba person reveres; and the life-long closeness between you and my mum, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, who has served the Awolowo family all her life, and go ahead to sponsor an article to disparage the Awolowo name that we all revere?’’ When in fact, quoting the Tribune again, "However, as far as we know, [b]the two children of Alhaja Mogaji known to Mama are Rafatu Biodun and Sakirat Modupe. Certainly, Bola Ahmed is not one of the children of Alhaja Mogaji known to Mama. Therefore, we are unable to reconcile his account with the facts at our disposal." Also, taking the meaning of the referenced definition of Bastard, literally. Focusing on the misleading appearance part: What dictated the change in his style of dress-ing from the more "corporate' Tinubu that ran for Senate in 1992 to the new Tinubu circa 1999-now "who often dress[b] to look lik[/b]e AWO whereas [his] activities are incomparable to what AWO stood for on what good governance is." At the very least, Tinubu was adopted;I am sure you were there when he was adopted by Abibatu Mogaji. Only if he would take the high road, like Obama, and present the adoption papers for us all to see with our korokoro eyes. Maybe then, we will all give it a rest. Gerald Ford known as Leslie Lynch King was the 37th President of the US and was adopted. Bill Clinton (42nd President) was born William Jefferson Blythe, but his father died before his birth and his mother remarried, to Roger Clinton Sr., in 1950. If everyone had the same myopic and shallow mindsets as you and Wole Awolowo, the America would never have had Bill Clinton as president and that would have been a shame as he is considered one of the finest presidents ever.And, I am sure you know this much about Bill Clinton because you are close to Bill Clinton. After all, the great Katsumoto doesnt read Wikipedia. Like Ekt_Bear stated, no one can control his birth. Or were you able to influence your birth from the womb? Even if Tinubu is a bastard, how does that remove from any of his abilities? Bastard or not, the people following Tinubu are unconcerned. You may not be a bastard but I will hazard a guess and state that you couldn't lead a gang of toddlers even if you wanted to.Well, this has never been the point. You lack basic understanding of Yoruba culture, maybe thats why you are always off with your analysis, or maybe we should call it opinion. Leadership is based on integrity, extra-ordinary courage and personal merit. On those three alone, he has failed. He lacks the personal merit to lead himself let alone others. The word bastard connotes very deep meaning in Yoruba consciousness, and it would be difficult to understand it if you are an 'ajeji' to the language. Your narrow interpretation and off-point, confabulatory slant to @Adejoro aka Igbobuigbo's post exposes the great gulf in your understanding and claim to naija-ness. If I were you, I'd stop posting here to prevent further embarrassments from @Adejoro et al. That is me though, I cant speak or act on your behalf. That said, the only person that can make all this go away is Tinubu. He has a lot of options; Deny like Clinton, Confess, admit, and apologize like another 'bastard' ( your definition, not mine), Clinton. He could write a book, if organizing a world press conference would prove too much for him and his goons. Irrespective of his approach, One thing that is sure though is that, he needs to stare down the devil, like a 'leader' ( yours, not mine). The thing you dont know is that, we humans are very forgiving. We love heroes, and we do like 'Bastards' as a matter of fact. The popular Yoruba proverb says: Ba se bi eru, la b'omo; meaning, by virtue of birth alone, we are all equal. But we also learnt from the same Yoruba people that " B'elejo ba m'ejoo re lebi, ko nipe lori ikunle. If one confesses one's wrongdoing, then one will not stay long on his knees. Even the bible you hypocritically follow like a sheep emphasized confession as an indispensable road to forgiveness. "He that covers his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall find mercy." Proverbs 28: cant remember the verse. And, your moronic question on how it removes from his abilities? Well, maybe you should start by telling us what those abilities are. The abilities he possesses that no one else has. Those abilities that put him way above the rest of us. Those abilities that put him in the top 0.0000000000001 percentile of all Nigerians in deeds, achievements, philanthropy, character, and competence. Those abilities that are so important that we need to cut him some slacks WRT his 'bastardized' ways. At least the Clinton you want to compare him with was a stellar governor of Arkansas before he became the president of the US. He was "responsible for state educational improvement programs, notably more spending for schools, rising opportunities for gifted children, an increase in vocational education, raising of teachers' salaries, inclusion of a wider variety of courses, and mandatory teacher testing for aspiring educators." Only if we could say the same about your leader's reign of terror in Lagos. Under Marwa, we could sleep with our eyes closed, but Ojuyobo and his thugs thought that was a luxury we should not have. So in closing: You may not be a bastard like Tinubu or as dishonest as the jagaban himself but I will hazard a guess and state . . . No, no, no, I shouldnt do that, it is very childish and immature to deride the character of an anonymous forumite on the phrigging internet. Especially, when the person hasnt done anything wrong. 1 Like |
| Nairaland General › Is Anatomy Destiny? (video) by Ystranger(op): 6:48am On Jun 17, 2011 |
[flash=400,400] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59-Rn1_kWAA?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash] |
| Politics › Re: Okonjo-iweala Accepts To Serve In Jonathan’s Government by Ystranger: 6:20am On Jun 17, 2011 |
adejoro75:See what the US ambassador wrote to the White House about another Ibo woman: 26. (C) Deziani Allison-Madueke -- Minister of Mines and Steel Development. Allison-Madueke is from Bayelsa State and was born December 6, 1960. She holds a B.Sc. in architecture from Howard University and an M.B.A. from Cambridge University. She is married to a Rear Admiral who was a former Chief of Naval Staff. She previously served as Minister of Transportation. She also was External Affairs director for Shell Petroleum Nigeria.Now compare that to what they wrote about a Yoruba man: 16. (C) Aderemi Babalola -- Minister of State for Finance. |
| Politics › Re: Okonjo-iweala Accepts To Serve In Jonathan’s Government by Ystranger: 6:13am On Jun 17, 2011 |
Well, did she ask for Dr. Mansur Muhtar too? I am sure she did. We know who actually does the work and who gets all the credit. From the US Cable a la Wikileak: 15. (C) Mansur Muhtar ) Minister of Finance. Muhtar, a graduate of Harvard University, was Director General in the Debt Relief Office under Obasanjo, where [size=15pt]he managed Nigeria's debt portfolio and played the major role in the negotiations that led to Nigeria's exit from the Paris and London Clubs of creditors[/size]. He most recently has been a senior economist with the Africa Development Bank. |
| Politics › Re: Sani Abacha: Legacy Of A Great Leader by Ystranger: 5:15am On Jun 17, 2011 |
Seriously  As in seriously Like, i am actually reading this right ?? |
| Politics › Re: Attack On Awolowo Family: Count Me Out -tinubu by Ystranger: 5:11am On Jun 17, 2011 |
^^^ @Iragbiji-Ile ( Osun a gbe wa o): Because you dont seem to have a life, gagging on Tinubu's dyycks besides. Believe me, some of us actually do like deep Drinking 'dem' oyinbo chicks. If you dont mind, I can send a pretty 'senorita' your way, for a change. You may actually like it better than getting rammed from behind, who knows. What say you? |
| Politics › Re: Attack On Awolowo Family: Count Me Out -tinubu by Ystranger: 4:41am On Jun 17, 2011 |
^^^ Do you have a GF? |
| Politics › Re: Attack On Awolowo Family: Count Me Out -tinubu by Ystranger: 11:48pm On Jun 16, 2011 |
Kilode?!:Very incoherent and thoughtless post. Somehow you assume that any attack on ACN is done out of malice and spite. But we are yet to see anyone in PDP utter any derogatory word against Tinubu's person, rather he has been tolerated for far too long. With his lengthy criminal record, home and abroad, it is a miracle he is not somewhere cooling his heels in Rikers. In sane countries, people like Tinubu wont even be anywhere close to power. Blagojevich, the former charismatic Chicago governor is now going through trial for, according to FBI files, committing several "pay to play" schemes, including attempting "to obtain personal gain , through the corrupt use" of his authority to fill Barack Obama's vacated United States Senate seat. James Ibori, Igbenedion, Tafa Balogun, Bode George have all been hounded for crimes that are no where has inhumane and unpatroitic as Tinubu's. But we hear the same thing all the time whenever there is any attempt to bring him to justice, political persecution they all cry. They want to kill him ooooo. Obasanjo hates him because Tinubu's dyyck is half inch longer than OBJ's. Criticize Tinubu, you see goons like you rant as though he is above the law. Damning for the so called "progressives." When Newspaper outfits publish anything unplatable about him, you call it ANTI-ACN. When they expose his hypocricy, you cry fowl. The same PDP folks who could not stand up to the oppressors of their people for 8 years. They messed up in all the SW states they controlled. They messed up terribly.Messing up isnt new in Nigeria. or is it? AD messed up and that is why PDP gained some foothold in the SW. It is a cycle, trust me, we will all be lamenting ACN's incompetence in 8 yrs. Unfortunately, the upper class, upper elite in the SW will not suffer the effects of the political balkanization that will result from this. They and their rich spoilt kids will still enjoy a good life and go to the best schools abroad.Political balkanization that will result or that is already happening? Balkanization as in Tinubu led ACN breaking off of AD? LP breaking off of ACN? And who are we to blame for this? PDP again? Did PDP cause ACN to break off from AD out of their "morbid desire to see Tinubu go down?" Are we blaming Tribune, your so called PDP paper for all of this again? But the poor SW folks who are under the yoke of this dis-jointed Nigerian system will continue to suffer. I mean, If you destroy the backbone of the ACN opposition just because you don't like their leader Tinubu, who will play your politics at this critical stage?SO ACN is now a Yoruba party? The same Yoruba party that worked against another Yoruba Senator in the NASS? The same Yoruba party that refused to meet with people from AD for the purpose of ironing out differences? The same Yoruba party that is working against Ganiyu Solomon as we speak? Preferring Akume instead? The same Yoruba party that is supposed to present our First eleven, that, summarily, without any deliberation, recalled the most experinced Senator in their midst, Mamora? replacing him with Ashafa? Why? For supporting Fashola against Your messiah, Tinubu. Even when Bola Ige disobeyed Awo, refusing to step down for Alayande in 1979, Awo did not thake it personal. They better start naming alternatives:Alternatives to Who? Tinubu the leader of the Yorubas or Tinubu the leader of ACN? Oluwole Awolowo and his Tribune gang? ( Yea right, we saw how much they stood on the side of Truth and poor SW folks in the last 8 years of PDP rule)When they stood with AD in 1999, they werent bad then. But when they go against what you believe, your reality, your narrow POV, they are now enemy of progress. So, it is now a crime to not agree with ACN? HID said, Awo, before his death, "expounded on the theory of dialectics." I'd suggest you go look for the full speech HID Awolowo was referring to and read it "in order not to lose focus and[b] chase shadows and false doctrines which cannot stand the test of political rigours and constitutional engineering[/b]". That quote is from Bola Ige's article that he wrote shortly before his death: Obafemi Awolowo: The man with a plan Is Tinubu the only one? hell no! but he's at the front right now and acting according to script. Destroying him will be of no benefit to us or our people.Whose script? Whose doctrine? And you beleive that Awo, in this age and time, would have worked against a Yoruba man the way Tinubu instructed his sheep not to vote for that lovely Yoruba woman from Oyo? You think Awolowo would have presented a non-Yoruba for what is supposed to be ours. Our elders say: A ki leni ni mosan/igi osan, ka mu kikan A ki i du ori olori ki awodi gbe ti wa lo We all know what led to Awo being vilified by Zik as a tribalist. It would be redundant for me to relate that historical event here. Call me deluded, but Tinubu has not done anything to hurt our chances at getting strong enough or building strong enough alliances so we can re-negotiate a New Nigerian Federation. Trust, we will not go anywhere in this country until we do that.How did you know this is Tinubu's plan? Whose Chances are you talking about? Are you a card carrying member of ACN? Here I am thinking you were all for Buhari, No? The truth is that we dont know what Tinubu's plan is? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Not sure which Tinubu you are supporting? The Tinubu that was born in 1952 or the One of 1954? I wouldnt want to support a Tinubu that went to St. Paul’s Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos, only to wake up to a Tinubu that graduated from Government College, Ibadan,1965 making decisions on my behalf. There is something about being taken for a ride that I just dont like. Thats just me though. Yeah, it has something to do with principle and honesty. I don't see any politician in the PDP fold or any fold in the SW with that kind of drive, smart foresight and ability at this time, I will welcome any suggestions.There is something wrong here. You seem to be mixing everything together. Tinubu of ACN Vs. Tinubu of the SW? Again, are you an ACN member? If so, then your use of "our" is in order. Otherwise, please could you clarify this line? Tinubu did not call himself Asiwaju of Yorubaland (whatever that means)Who puts ordinary freaking title on their letter head? Or did you not see the letter he wrote to HID, with ASIWAJU before his name. Even if he never called himself the Asiwaju of Yorubaland, he hasnt come out to clarify the misconception. If that is not dishonesty to you, well would you be so kind as to define what dishonesty is? He did not Insult Awolowo, or even his family, he even wrote a letter to clarify that.Really? EKo e re He and his Party (ACN) are[b] building sweet alliances and making sensible political deals[/b]Which is all good. We all wish him luck. He has done well for himself. I don't understand this lunatic need to bring the guy down, Se won fi se yin ni?Bring Tinubu down? Who is bringing Tinubu down? Tribune? So it is fine to report about James Ibori's problems, but not Tinubu's. Reporting on his rift with Fashola is, to you, "bringing him down?" Reporting on how his company is robbing Lagos blind is "bringing him down, in your mind. It is fine to vilify OGD, a self made man, an Awoist to the core, a former youth leader in Awolowo's party, a former tutelage of the great Awojobi, the CEO of Kresta Laurel, who was rigged out of AD by Afenefere just so they could install their crony, Osoba. And his only crime, going by your senseless diatribe on PDP is that he left the undemocratic nature of AD for the more democratic PDP. OGD is a bad guy because. . .? Tinubu has alpha betta whatever and infinity concept, OGD owns gateway holdings. Tinubu went from an $18000 per annum job in Chicago to having more than half a million dollars in his account two years after, OGD made First class at Unilag and built an Engineering firm in Nigeria. OGD had issues his with the Ogun lawmakers in his second time, Tinubu had three deputies in eight years. Tinubu stood up to OBJ, OGD did the same. Yet, it is Tinubu who has the best interest of the SW because he is in ACN and OGD isnt. Lets leave the death of FUnsho Williams and Dipo Dina out of all this. [b]Most of the more progressive bills pushed or passed in the Nigerian Senate in the last 12 years have been through his party ACN [/b]under his leadership.You can believe whatever you choose to believe. "Ignorance is bliss." BTW, I got that from Kobojunkie, Isnt it sweet? Whatever makes you happy. From Abike Dabiri's (ACN, Lagos) FOI billThis is the kind of arrogance and shortsightedness that people hate. The first freedon of information act in this dispensation was not presented by Abike Dabiri. When the first draft was first sent to OBJ, Abike Dabiri was still working as a presenter with NTA. Cant remember how it all started, but I remember Dapo Sarumi adressing the issue and I remember that it was actually presented to the house, passed through, but OBJ refused to sign it, killing the bill in the process. But Abike Dabiri did not start from scratch. That said, giving her all the glory because she belongs to ACN is just beign disingenuous. For starters, a bill of that magnitude would never have passed if every one else was as myopic and intolerant as ACN, after all they do not have the number to pass the bill. Credit should be given to her, and every one that voted for it. Including those who worked behind the scene, toiling day and night to make sure they bill would sail through. It is one thing to present the bill and even force it through the house, the ultimate power still lies with the president. He could have easily not sign it. There are a lot of persons who are involved with the Freedom of Information Bill. It is what you call a Freedom of Information Coalition, which consists of several non-government organisations and who had been at the forefront of this for many years. Also, some members of the National Assembly, both past and present, have been involved. The press generally, and I happen to be just one of those pushing this thing, who think that it is not only good, but necessary for the progress of this country.That is from Abike Dabiri. Even Abike herself, would not go as far as taking sole credit for the bill as you've naively done here. We need to be careful how you worship people. It is well within your right to demonize the PDP as much as you want. But it would be unfair and hypocritical to deny them of their fair share of praise to the clamour for State Police and a National restructuring conference.You want us to have state police? You want to have people like vindictive, authoritarian Tinubu be in control of the police? You would rather have him use the power of the state to terrorize people who disagree with him? hun? So you would have preferred he used the more effective and better trained State Police to beat up Gani Fawehinmi, rather than the unorganized, machete wielding thugs he sent to The Federal High Court On Wednesday, October 20, 1999? Interesting! They did all that while PDP SW leaders were busy sharing money and building private Hotels.I guess PDP owns Oriental in Lagos. PDP owns Bellview. PDP owns The Nation. PDP owns Alpha beta whatever. PDP owns the more than 16 overseas account linked to Tinubu's name in Europe and North America. Whatever makes you happy. Your mind, your reality, your POV and your happiness. I totally understand how you feel. Amphetamine can have that effect on people. Hope you getting it from a safe source and dont forget to change needles before each injection. There are more dangerous operators out there I'll rather we pull down, From IBB to Gusau and Danjuma to Aremu Obasanjo. The Owners of Nigeria gang, The statu-quo keep-the-center-strong warriors.Lets pull them down and install Emperor Tinubu? Why not? Folks will have to show me an alternative before I support this pull-Tinubu-down campaign. In this unstructured Nigeria? I dey craze ni?They whole pulling down thing you keep repeating is all in your head, seriously. Anyway, all these na NL stuff sha, I'm sure regular SW folks on the ground are not this blind or forgetful.Now, you are now trying to balkanize, sorry differentiate NL Yorubas from the ones on ground, as if they suddenly become two people because they have access to the internet. It reminds of the Ibos and how they[i] balkanize[/i], sorry, group Yoruba into the Good Yoruba, like Soyinka, and the bad ones, like Awolowo. Sometimes, its always better to Now, let me go back to[b] balkanizing[/b] my food. please, Pray for my safety as my body tries to balkanize the digested food afterwards. First, I need to go to chipotle to balkanize them with my food choice. Still not decided what to balkanize, a burritto or 9 soft tacos. The other day, I balkanized a burritto maybe I should switch things up and balkanize some soft tacos today. What do you think? |
| Education › Re: Man Gives $50m Scholarship To Graduates by Ystranger: 8:20pm On Jun 16, 2011 |
ekt_bear:Really? Any link? Agbede sounds Lagos/Ogun axis , No? |
| Education › Re: Man Gives $50m Scholarship To Graduates by Ystranger: 5:23pm On Jun 16, 2011 |
Robert O. Agbede (ENGR '79, '81G at Pitt), president and CEO of Chester Engineers Inc., in Moon Township,[size=18pt] pledged $50,000 to support[/size] a need-based scholarship for students from underrepresented groups-including African Americans and African émigrés-aspiring to the STEM fields |
| Politics › Re: Lagos 2015: Acn Searches For Fashola’s Successor. by Ystranger: 11:51am On Jun 16, 2011 |
Mamora please: Authentic Omo Eko Medical Doctor Former House speaker Good party man Brilliant Senator Former Deputy Minority Leader in the Senate Impeccable Character Iwa pele, the best example of Omoluabi And most importantly, First Lady-able Wife, she fine no be small! What else do we want? Muiz Banire too. But I personally prefer Mamora! |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Pastor Tunde Bakare: A Bastard Can’t Rule The Yoruba by Ystranger: 7:49am On Jun 16, 2011 |
Spot on Bakare! Thank God we still have people like this! May you walk and never stumble Pastor Bakare! |
| Politics › Re: The Typical Can-do Spirit Of A SEner by Ystranger: 7:45am On Jun 16, 2011 |
"I wrote WASSCE thrice. After the first two sittings, I made the required five credits required for admission to school of nursing but I did not have credits in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. So after my midwifery school, I sat for another WASSCE and cleared all my papers at a sitting," she said.Can do spirit indeed. Even Becomrichn had 6 A1s his first time without studying. Talk about Yoruba smartness! |
| Politics › Re: Irresponsible Journalism: Who Would Call The Tribune To Order by Ystranger: 5:50am On Jun 16, 2011 |
ekt_bear:And what is wrong with that? My English teacher in secondary school was an Ogun worshiper. Ogun, by all accounts, was human, born of a woman. Soyinka, if I am not mistaken, worships one of the many Yoruba gods. Fela has a shrine. I draw no distinction between Jesus and Awo, especially when you look beyond the hyped up image of Jesus as presented in the Bible. If you see nothing crazy about how a supposed VIRGIN gave birth to your saviour Jesus Christ, why is it shocking to you that I worship Awolowo. You choose what to worship, and I think I should be able to do the same without fear of ridicule or be subjected to snide remarks Alright, Tinubu might care, but I don't.I thought this was about Tinubu, No? Right. But at some point it becomes a disease, when one expects that the solutions for the next problem will come from the past.Where do you get the inspiration from? You think Wastson discovered the secret of life from . . . where? And you think Tinubu would have been able to build a party that formidable without learning from Bola Ige? History is a nice thing to learn, but to use it as the[b] rubric t[/b]o judge decisions by subsequent leaders doesn't necessarily make sense.So what should we use? Judge them by what? I thought the past was meant to serve as standard, for future leaders to improve upon? We all agree that Awo did very well. His peers loved him, respected by his adversaries, envied by his opponents, and admired by all. Do we want someone with the ability and charisma to improve on what he did, or someone that would drag us back? As far as we know, he showed exemplary leadership, which has now made him the standard by which every one else would be measured. You move forward by improving on your past, not by lowering standards. Which to me seems to be what we are doing.And what is wrong with that? He is the finest Yoruba man ever. The embodiment of Omoluabi. What is wrong with asking everyone, including the so called Asiwaju, to live up to the best amongst us? Is that too much to ask? Or what is the point of judging politician X on whether he is an "Awoist" or not?Did you take offense with Obama announcing his candidacy at the Old State Capitol building, where Abraham Lincol[/b]n delivered his "House Divided" speech in 1858? The GOP is often referred to as the [b]part of Reagan? In most endeavors, someone comes along that changes everything. Someone who brings success to his people, a field or a way of thinking; Linus pauling, changed Chemistry; Milton, Liberal economics; Socrates, dialectics etc. That person in Yoruba 'mythology' is Awolowo. He brought success to the SW in unprecedented ways. Simply stated, Awoist is synonymous with all that is good about us, and all that we hope to be; Good education, access to a great health system, hard-work, personal success, organizational skills, intellectual sagacity, foresightedness, progressiveness, determination, perseverance, good judgement, flexibility, humanity, love, friendship, transparency, forgiveness, humility, the mystic oneness of everything deep down, just to mention a few. I've never even been a fan of such blanket terminology. . . of what use is "Awoist" or not if we have to analyze policy decision Y?Understanble. You are not a politician and havent seen a real campaign. Too bad! Lets just say, practically speaking, touting your Awoist credential sells in the SW. I think building a strong national party that leaves us less susceptible to power plays made by other groups is a good short-term (and long-term) political objective. I view it as a political goal to make strong alliances in other parts of the country with those we can work with. Especially in places like the MB and SS. I think it a worthy goal to greatly weaken the PDP. These to me seem to be very worthy tasks.Political parties arent the end, just a means. What use is weakening PDP for the sake of it alone? Awolowo would not have wanted to weaken the PDP for the sake of defeating OBJ or for some other superficial reasons. If it wouldnt advance the braoder Yoruba cause, he probably would not have supported it. Awo did not just want Independence for Nigeria, he was convinced beyond reasonable doubts that we, Nigerians, could do more than the British. he lamented at the lack of development under the British and he just wanted something better for Nigeria, unlike Zik who's goal was to have the bragging right as the "leader of the biggest black country in the world." Awo, of course, wanted Yorubaland to be strong and prosperous, but not for any selfish end. The prosperity and well-being of the Yoruba nation was to be a benchmark for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As Awo used to say, he could not be a good Nigerian, if he was not a good Yorubaman! One can recall Awo's rebuke of my friend, brother and colleague, Chief Bisi Onabanjo, when in 1983, following the NPN rigging of elections, he called for a confederation. He gave him political spanking and that publicity . I am aware of course, that not only has Awo been vilified by Zik and other unitarists as a tribalist and apostle of balkanisation of Nigeria, quite a few Yoruba concerned nationalists have also queried why Awo did not lead Yorubaland out of Nigeria during the Civil War. Chief Emeka Ojukwu's grouse, and that of some of his misguided cronies, was that they were encouraged in their secessionist bid by the motion which was passed by Yoruba leaders in the Western Hall, Ibadan, about April 1967. I view it as very important to grow the economy of the SW and increase the fraction of money generated through IGR in each of the states. I'm tired of being dependent on oil money from the SS. This seems to be a goal that the ACN shares, to some extent.I think PDP shares the same goal as well. OGD increased Ogun's IGR during his tenure. Nuff said. I'm not an ACN member,[b] I just think that their interests and that of the SW largely overlap [/b]at this point in time.Are you suggesting that ACN is a Yoruba Party? Or that OGD, or OBJ, does not have the best interest of the SW? Or that ACN is the answer to all that ails the SW? |
| Politics › Is Sowore Right To Have Characterized Tinubu As Asiwaju Of Heroine? by Ystranger(op): 2:54am On Jun 16, 2011 |
[flash=400,400] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3XNNbsRSzY?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash] FF to 1:20 if you dont want to listen to the whole speech. |
| Politics › Re: Attack On Awolowo Family: Count Me Out -tinubu by Ystranger: 2:28am On Jun 16, 2011 |
Eko Ile:Right. Glad you know that. Why did you take so long to realize that. It doesnt matter though, whats important is you now know. Something finally clicked. You now know that Photocopy is what it is, PHOTOCOPY. That said, A DEAD Awolowo, is better than a Living Tinubu? NO? Look no further that Obafemi Awolowo University? Give me a dead Awolowo any day any time. Before I go back to something more serious, let me 'serenade' you with Verse 2 of 9ice's song, Photocopy, Ko Easy: Ko le ye Tinubu Bomi Awolowo se wo inu agbon Ta n fe ani, Tinubu alayonuso Ko si bi Tinubu se le se to, HID Awolowo and Her children ma fi ta won yo Fakoyo, ju won lo, awon ati baba won. Current HID Awolowo na dey champion Ilesanmi, mo lo dun j'oye lo In this game, no actor HID Awolow top, She top front, ta yin yo SHe is like a tanwiji And SHe go spread all over Tinubu like a disease Epo bintin ti n boju ole je ni HID AWOLOWO Peace unto those wey dey respect HER Enemies of blessing, make you leave |
| Politics › Re: Attack On Awolowo Family: Count Me Out -tinubu by Ystranger: 1:02am On Jun 16, 2011 |
dayokanu:Awolow would have joined PDP, if he were alive. Let me remind the writer and others like him that Awo expounded the theory of dialectics in his last presidential address to the UPN at Abeokuta in 1983.That says it all. |
| Politics › Re: Attack On Awolowo Family: Count Me Out -tinubu by Ystranger: 12:59am On Jun 16, 2011 |
OAM4J:We cant build on a weak foundation. If you build a bridge on false-hood and self-aggrandizement, it will collapse Truth is the only thing I owe myself. And nothing more than that. WRT Tinubu, koba ma baje, ko tete baje. We will rebuild. |
| Politics › Re: Attack On Awolowo Family: Count Me Out -tinubu by Ystranger: 12:52am On Jun 16, 2011 |
Katsumoto:Which Bola Ige? The Bola Ige that 'siddon look' in AG? The Bola Ige in 'siddon look' mode in UPN? The Bola Ige that refused to step down for Ajasin? The Bola Ige that siddon looked while lambasting the Hause/Fulani hegemony on the pages of newspapers for 20 years? Are you trolling or what? |
| Politics › Re: Irresponsible Journalism: Who Would Call The Tribune To Order by Ystranger: 12:39am On Jun 16, 2011 |
ekt_bear:Your post is full of contradictions. Grave ones. Well, history repeats itself and if we dont know our history, we are bound to repeat the mistakes of the past. There is a reason Americans reference their founding fathers? They try to live up to the expectations of their founding fathers. Think about it. No of course, But I think, the right question is: Is Jesus Christ Awo? And if I may add, of what relevance is whether Awo is Jesus or not? Do you all worship the man, or something?You dont? And you want us to believe you are in-tune with your Yoruba-ness? is this a troll post or what? So there is no one who will ever be effective in Yorubaland now or for the next 1000 years, unless they align exactly with what Awo said or believed in?Did you mean: "So there is no one who will ever be effective in this world [/b]now or for the next 1000 years, unless they align exactly with what [b]Jesus [/b]said or believed in" There is only one way to skin the Nigerian cat, and this is copying Awolowo blindly?Well, if following Jesus Christ,[b] blindly, is bad, then it would be bad for the Yoruba people to follow Awo, their elected leader and only Asaju of Yorubaland blindly. "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father[b] except[/b] through me." You believe that crap and some how you find it absurd that we see Awo in the same light? If its what you believe, it is fine. But whatever you disagree with is crazy? Is that what is going on here? Are the challenges of the 50s and 60s EXACTLY what we face today?Yes. The cat hasnt changed. There are very few FUNDAMENTAL ways to skin the cat. You can compromise on everything else, but you cannot compromise on basic fundamental principles. Who cares whether the Awoists are close to Tinubu or not?Maybe you should ask Tinubu that. The dressing, the glasses, the ACN logo, the many billboards with Tinubu's image juxtaposed with Awo's and Jawaharlal Nehru, amongst others. Did that remind you of anything? And, BTW, Awolowo admired and met with Jawaharlal Nehru so many times. But never in his lifetime became obsessed with him to the point of erecting billboards in strategic places, in the SW, of his image juxtaposed with Jawaharlal Nehru's. And, yes, we dont care, and no one cares really. But trust me, TINUBU cares. But you may not know, and I will not take offence with such blatant ignorance. After all, we are all ignorant of one thing or the other. We spend too much time living in the past and engaging in romanticism.Living in the past? In what sense? We spend too much time learning about our history? You think learning about our history is TIME NOT WELL SPENT? You do know that every university in your beloved country, USA, has a History department? Are you suggesting that the time spent on reading, researching and analyzing the past could be better spent doing something else? Sarah Palin and Paul Revere hoopla isnt romanticism to you?But we talking about Awolowo is "Living in the past and engaging in romanticism." You do know that learning by itself, irrespective of discipline, is to some extent "LIVING IN THE PAST." Are Tinubu and the ACN an effective way to achieve certain goals, yes or no?What goals are we talking about here? This where I think you are confusing things. I am not sure what goals you are referring to here? If no, what would you like to replace them with?Who is talking about replacing Tinubu? I think you have things mixed up. If you want to destroy a very effective tool that we have, then kindly suggest something better to replace it with.Why would anyone want to destroy Tinubu? What do you mean by we? Are you a card carrying member of ACN? And why do you think everyone here supports ACN? This has nothing to do with ACN? If Tinubu is an effective leader for ACN, well congrats to him. No one is out to bring him down. As a matter of fact, we wish him luck with his ambitions. And I am sure HID Awolowo, the[b] Yeye Oodua of Yorubaland[/b],and the rest of the Awo family, and real Awoists, want the best for him. Otoh, if you like me think that the current tool has value, should be kept and improved rather then discarded, then suggest concrete ways to do this.Okay. You are mixing so many things together. I dont know how you manage to bring ACN into all of this? Quite impressive of you though. Tinubu and his lap dog, Omatseye, insulted HID Awolowo, and I think thats what this is all about, No? Is there something else here that I am oblivious to? |
| Politics › Re: Tribune Reporter's Confusion Over Identity Of Tinubu's Parents by Ystranger(op): 10:44pm On Jun 15, 2011 |
Gbawe:I will take it as a compliment. Thanks! I am really blushing. Yeah, I am aware that there is indeed a fine line between madness and genius. I am humbled that you'd group me among the the most intelligent, imaginative members of our species. People like Einstein, Schumann, Strindberg, Poe, Kafka, Wittgenstein, Newton, Darwin and Faraday, were generally thought to have displayed some madness in the past. Of course, after all is said and done, I hope I am never grouped with sane, sheepish, nepotistic, despotic, little minds like yours who knew neither 'schizophrenia' nor deep awareness; awareness of what is real and basic. |
| Politics › Re: Irresponsible Journalism: Who Would Call The Tribune To Order by Ystranger: 9:58pm On Jun 15, 2011 |
Awodi ( Tinubu) n fo so ke la la, olohun fe mo Oluwa Awodi (Tunubu) n fo so ke la la, olohun fe mo Oluwa Ibi ti (Tinubu) yio fo de lemi ko m Ibi ti ( Tinubu) yio fo de lemi ko mo 0 Tinubu fe se eleya ni, aye e ma ba wi Tinubu[b] fe se eleya n[/b]i, e ma ba wi |
| Politics › Re: Tribune Reporter's Confusion Over Identity Of Tinubu's Parents by Ystranger(op): 9:56pm On Jun 15, 2011 |
Awodi n fo so ke la la, olohun fe mo Oluwa Awodi n fo so ke la la, olohun fe mo Oluwa Ibi ti yio fo de lemi ko m Ibi ti yio fo de lemi ko mo 0 Tinubu fe se eleya ni, aye e ma ba wi Tinubu fe se eleya ni, e ma ba wi |
| Politics › Re: Attack On Awolowo Family: Count Me Out -tinubu by Ystranger: 7:42pm On Jun 15, 2011 |
^^^ Omode to bu'roke to bo ju we yin, ko mo pe ojuwere ki'ija lojo Hmm, Ojuwere is extremely deliberate and methodological Omode ti o ba gbe enu agba sonu, bi won ba roko, won ki le ro d’ale |
| Politics › Re: Irresponsible Journalism: Who Would Call The Tribune To Order by Ystranger: 7:38pm On Jun 15, 2011 |
ekt_bear:Thats is all good and dandy in America. God bless America In Nigeria, there is huge premium on personal integrity. The essence of Omoluabi. Awolowo did not become our god overnight. He was, besides his political achievement, the PERFECT OMOLUABI. |
| Politics › Re: Attack On Awolowo Family: Count Me Out -tinubu by Ystranger: 7:33pm On Jun 15, 2011 |
Kilode?!:What is you point? That the Yeye Oodua should not associate with the Yorubas in PDP? |
. E ya! pele oh! Mi o'mo
They need to show us the other alternative, is it Bode George? or Obasanjo?
