tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324774631393962009.post1638972264012275570..comments2023-09-08T03:39:23.264-07:00Comments on Tom Paine's Clubhouse: Birds of a Feather: Mugabe, Mengistu, and ChinaThomas Paine Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11420800532745198891noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324774631393962009.post-35732059402890473602008-04-21T18:44:00.000-07:002008-04-21T18:44:00.000-07:00Classifying Jimmy Carter with Mugabe is unfair. Ca...Classifying Jimmy Carter with Mugabe is unfair. Carter was far more incompetent. I think Carter <I>wanted</I> 100,000% inflation, he just couldn't get his sh*t together to make it happen. Hamas hasn't realized that having him on their side will surely doom them. Maybe it's our secret plan, who knows.<BR/><BR/>Funny story: I know someone who ended up sitting next to old Jimmy on a commuter flight into State College, PA, where he used to go fishing. This guy started asking Carter political questions (not particularly confrontational ones), and Carter crankily said he didn't feel like talking to him. The questioner said, "Goddammit, I paid your salary for four years, and you're going to answer my questions whether you like it or not." I still don't think the discussion was satisfactory.Thomas Paine Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11420800532745198891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324774631393962009.post-69234661630783330472008-04-21T16:41:00.000-07:002008-04-21T16:41:00.000-07:00You are so right--birds of a feather. Maybe they ...You are so right--birds of a feather. Maybe they can form a new alliance of evil and bring in North Korea, Iran and the leader of Hamas--oh and Jimmy Carter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324774631393962009.post-43863492751341564462008-04-21T14:17:00.000-07:002008-04-21T14:17:00.000-07:00I've heard several critical comments from African ...I've heard several critical comments from African activists about Mbeki, but not the outcry you would expect. Apparently talking tough to the British Commonwealth gives you a blank check for human rights abuses and fraudulent electioneering. Disappointing. And what's scary is he's not nearly the only African leader who doesn't think that HIV causes AIDS.Thomas Paine Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11420800532745198891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324774631393962009.post-34274466630362214222008-04-21T13:09:00.000-07:002008-04-21T13:09:00.000-07:00An even bigger crime is that South Africa's Mbeki ...An even bigger crime is that South Africa's Mbeki has pretty much allowed Mugabe to do as he pleases.<BR/><BR/>And this is ignoring all those folks who've died of AIDS since they couldn't get cheap retrovirals owing to Mbeki not believing HIV causes AIDS.<BR/><BR/>And then there's Idi Amin still alive in Saudi Arabia ...mjlijewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217888993448828461noreply@blogger.com