Good and very true points about usury practices by Western governments on the poor countries. I like your name too — it shows you are informed. However, it doesn’t change the fact that there is too much corruption in third world nations, which exacerbates the horrendous terms of the World Bank/IMF lending machine. So, I can’t really admire, on any level, the Condi Rice’s of the world, because institutions like the World Bank/IMF/WHO, etc. use the Condi Rice’s as a facade for their own enrichment at the expense of the poor nations, usually populated by those who look just like you, me and Condi.

I agree with your comments to JalilMister ( Babatunde Niger)regarding the state of Nigeria- the most corrupt african state- and coldrum of ethnic tension! Plus they are the biggest haters in Africa too!

Howvwever regarding this comment ” If Black Americans are waiting for a handout, at least we are smart enough to get it interest free, unlike the third world countries who must beg the IMF and the World Bank for loans with exorbitant interest rates and enter into contracts with Western corporations that winds up screwin’ their country.”

I have to vehemently disagree because coming from Zambia- i know for a fact that my governmnet had no choice but to accept the IMF Structural Re-adjustment Policies- With financial conditons that are forced on us- and govt- has no choice but to cut Govt expenditure on Healthcare, education, Infrastructure etc, which has a direct impact on the poor!- Africa is dying a poor death because the Western govts- the USA govt the main culprit- do not want us to develop! The Terms of trade as decided by the US govt’ agencies the IMF and World Bank are always rigged to favour your govt to the detriment of ours! ALWAYS- so it is not the poor starving Africans faults! If Africans had a equal playing field in world trade and allowed to develop using the African way as opposed to being forced to adopt American economic systems and palrty democracy- we would have a chance! but as it is- we are forced to take the USA style of democracy ( which clearly doesn’t even work well there), in countries and cultures which are vastky different from yours, and therein do our problems lie!

That withstanding- Condi Rice- I admire her as a Black woman who is educated and has reached the pinnacle of her career!! However it doesn’t change the fact that she is a War-Mongering Republican- who i bet does’t even have any Black friends other than Oprah!

Nigerian???

And you are callin’ black folks mongrels?

You claim it is not in your nature to hate, but that Christian/animis v. Muslim tension sure does result in a lot of dead bodies and destroyed property. If you want to play stereotypes and name callin’, then as your country is one big kleptocracy, I guess that makes you a corrupt, dishonest thief.

Maybe Condi’s appeal to Africans is her disregard for life. She really is a war criminal with respect to Iraq. But hey, she is on the board of Chevron, so that makes it okay, right?

If Black Americans are waiting for a handout, at least we are smart enough to get it interest free, unlike the third world countries who must beg the IMF and the World Bank for loans with exorbitant interest rates and enter into contracts with Western corporations that winds up screwin’ their country.

Oh, and where are all the doctors and nurses in Africa while the continent dies a slow death? Just asking since you asked where black americans were during Hurricane Katrina. But then again, I guess you didn’t know that most of the world’s PhD’s were awarded to Africans — and look at the continent.

Sounds just like Condi.

Oh, and you arent’ kickin’ any knowledge to us about the Democratic Party. The Republican Party became the Democratic Party vis-a-vis racial prejudice in 1968 in Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” and that has been its game plan for 40 years. The real knowledge is that they are both one big corporate party wasting the money of American taxpayers and taking American and Iraqi lives with this war.

Sounds just like Nigeria.

Many people in the world have advanced degrees and speak more than one language, fluently. It is only here in America that it is a novelty.

Education is not a baton to whirl over the heads of one’s felllows nor is it an epaulet to be worn only for bragging rights. It is a tool to improve the human condition, Dr. Rice has hardly done that. And to Terry, I most certainly don’t defend the ‘hood, but ‘hoods are all over the world (since you mentioned you are not from here); if you find black americans so distasteful, why don’t you then go (back) to a ‘hood in Africa or Jamaica or South America, where the whole country is one big hood. It is the same spirit of poverty, ignorance and injustice that is upheld by (yes, I agree with you) the people in the ‘hood and also by the Dr. Rice’s of the world. Learn it.

She speaks 5 languages, you hoes speak “Ghetto and Super deep south Ebonics”