Baldilocks emails with news:
I found out that even my old friends who love me and read my offerings faithfully didn’t know that I was blogging again so consider this notice. The main reason I want you to read again is to keep what’s going on in Kenya at least in the back of your minds. Not just because my father and other family members are there but because the African country which had been one of the most stable of the post colonial era may be falling to civil war. I realize that it doesn’t have nuclear capability, but that dearth and my family shouldn’t be the only reasons that we care about it. Take a look at some of the items that I’ve found. More will be forthcoming.  ÂÂ
That I thought was interesting given Obama’s speaking out, and not something you’ll hear on teh NPR.
{{{Dan}}}
Some days you just gotta ask “What the fuck is wrong with people?”
I guess the urge to piss what you have down your leg is universal.
Peace and safety for your family, baldi, and I hope for everyone else there.
I see his point but isn’t a measure of stability a bit of a precondition for democracy to function? There is a bit of the chicken and egg here. Years of colonial influence coupled with continent wide tribal loyalties with long standing rivalries make for difficult transitions to democracy. The fact that the greediest leaders seem to have an edge in aquiring power makes for a depressing outcome.
The African people deserve better but it’s going to take a long time to morph into societies that cherish individual freedoms and liberty over tribal loyalties and filthy lucre.
What I think is sadly missing in this reportage is any reference to the US embassy bombing in Kenya during Clinton’s last term. It was Jihad then. Why is it “political violence” now?
Today, when innocent Kenyan villagers flee into churches to escape slaughter, one presumes they are Christian because they believe the church is a sanctuary. And one presumes that the mobs who burn the crowded churches and machete the escapees are inhuman and evil.
But, why is there no mention of the murdering mobs ethno-religious orientation? If Sharia sympathizers are mobbing average Kenyans, I’d sure like to know.
I doubt all this violence is about Kenya’s minimum wage – there’s something else at work there.
Dan
You got a new email address yet? I have a new one and have been getting my emails to you returned. Could you let either paulilc or furriskey know and relay it?