[afro-nets] Pesticide use for Malaria Control in Africa (8)

[Isaac Kigozi <kigoziisaac76@yahoo.co.uk>]

Pesticide use for Malaria Control in Africa (8)
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Come on Craig,

save us the Capitalistic proselytizing! How can you call someone
an "environmental wacko" just because of the ideas he has about
how things should be done? He is entitled to be heard... I
thought that was the idea of America... "I don't agree with your
opinion but will defend to the death your right to hold it and
express it" ain't it?

Does the fact that the people don't know about what goes on in
their communities at night mean that they agree with it?... to
me it does not, it may imply a government that does not trust
its people to understand its agendas or one that just does what
it wishes with its people. One that considers people like ani-
mals on a farm not as humans with the ability to choose... is
this what America really is like? I do not know!

 From what I have seen of what Blacks in America live like and
how they get treated and the statistics about school dropout
rates and even the jail population statistics I get a feeling
black people are 2nd class citizens still... and I do not be-
lieve a country that treats its citizens like that can desire
more for Africans living in Africa.

Environmentalists have nothing to do with the price of gas... at
least I don't believe so! Last time I checked the Demand on the
resources of the earth were far outstripping the supply... im-
plying that the prices were bound to go higher not lower! And
last time I checked it was Americans Driving large cars with
monstrous engine capacities like "Hummers" in the City and its
suburbs just for the "SEE ME" effect... do you seriously think
the worlds resources are inexhaustible? If so then you guys need
to revise your opinions.

It's also Americans causing instability in the oil market with
the war in Iraq... though I don't blame them Saddam was due what
he got... but its the competition for resources with China and
the rest of the world that is driving prices up... not environ-
mentalists.

You wanna know why the poor in Africa can not afford anything?
Because governments in the developed world have to keep voters
happy by protecting their markets from goods from Africa... by
taxing any finished product out of the market. They would prefer
we export Cocoa beans to having us export a bar of chocolate,
and export raw coffee beans so your industries can continue
functioning

You wanna know why we keep dying in large numbers of treatable
diseases? Because we can not get medicine since the PEPFAR funds
can only be used to buy branded drugs from American companies
and not generics...

You know why we have bureaucrats who cant make any sensible de-
cision? Because they are in the pockets of "big business" and
anyone who tries to be pro people is branded a socialist and
hounded out of power... Do I hear anyone saying Hugo Chavez...?,
Fidel Castro...?

I am not a socialist or any brand of political groupie... I just
agree with anyone who has an agenda that is for the people espe-
cially poorer people.

And by the way... why did socialism fail? Was it because it was
tried and tested or that America was spending money to ensure it
failed? Because 'big business' was running scared... and so en-
sured all African leaders who showed people mattered were
killed... anyone remember Lumumba, Sankara...? Come on people!

Our salvation does not lie in America or in Europe but in our
own efforts and in the utilisation of our meagre resources prop-
erly... proper stewardship is all that we need.

I guess I have preached tonight... but that's what I believe...
and I don't care about socialism, capitalism, communism, fascism
and all the other -isms as long as my people live a good life...
without poverty and disease.

P.S.: has anyone read the book... " about not getting by in
America" or something like that... by a Jewish former Journal-
ist? Will try getting the proper title but it shows how achiev-
able the American dream is.


Dr Isaac Michael Kigozi
National Drug Authority, Uganda
Plot 46-48 Lumumba Avenue
P.O.Box 23096
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256-41 255 665
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