In the civil war that has never been reported, Laurent Gbagbo, the strongman holdover would-be dictator of Cote d’Ivoire has been captured by forces loyal to legitimate elected President Alassane Quattara. Conflicting reports say the French or the U.N. forces got him.
COMMENTS:
This conflict has been going on in the Ivory Coast since the November elections when Gbagbo lost and refused to step down. It happened before Tunisia, or Egypt or the other events in the Middle East, but has not been reported. Gbagbo loyalists continue to fight, but officials are hopeful they will stop as news of the arrest spreads. One can only wonder what would happen in the U.S. if Obama refused to step down after losing in 2012.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. The Democrats have a valid point: Why were we risking closing down the government over a budget deal? (Lila ~ Crawford, TX)
A. Because we’re in serious and imminent danger of default on our national debt and nobody wants to do anything about it. If that happens, our government will close essential services for years and we’ll all be speaking Chinese. If the Democrats were Americans, they’d be rolling up their sleeves and working with the rest of the nation on these issues, as opposed to resorting to childish name calling, idle threats and tantrums.
Q. All of the baby boomers are reaching retirement age and draining Social Security. That’s not fair to the rest of us. (Spike ~ Sacramento, CA)
A. That’s the way the world seems to be treating America’s senior citizens, as if we are the enemy. We’re the ones who built this nation into what it is and you are the ones who want to piss it away.
Q. I heard yesterday that gas sales are down. Are we heading for another recession? (Paula ~ Las Vegas, NV)
A. We’re still in a recession. The cards were ready to fall back in 2008 and it was the rising price of gas that brought them all down. In a lot of ways, many of the cards may be back in place but they are ready to fall again and the price of gas is rising. This time, inflation in general is also setting in, with higher food prices hitting every pocketbook in the country. It could get really nasty. We need to understand that simply throwing taxpayer money at a problem does not make it go away.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“I learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus: In a cactus, all the pricks are on the outside.” ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
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