Comments on: Brother, can you spare a billion? http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/29/brother-can-you-spare-a-billion/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Billigflug http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/29/brother-can-you-spare-a-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-1241623 Billigflug Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:19:37 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2138#comment-1241623 During my trip to Zambia I was so reminded by the communistic systems around russia. In order to buy something bigger you have to be a Billioniare, Mostly there´s only US dollar excepted. I have seen a UN Jeep, that was used by a guy to drive in this lounge with a girl to have some fun, don´t want to know who paid the bills for the hotel, but I have strong suspicions. And of course the picture of the political leader in every public building. These countries down there are so rich, why don´t they break out, why does our money not help? Why don´t the UN-representatives don´t use the money to change something, instead of bitching around? During my trip to Zambia I was so reminded by the communistic systems around russia. In order to buy something bigger you have to be a Billioniare, Mostly there´s only US dollar excepted. I have seen a UN Jeep, that was used by a guy to drive in this lounge with a girl to have some fun, don´t want to know who paid the bills for the hotel, but I have strong suspicions. And of course the picture of the political leader in every public building. These countries down there are so rich, why don´t they break out, why does our money not help? Why don´t the UN-representatives don´t use the money to change something, instead of bitching around?

]]> By: Brenda http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/29/brother-can-you-spare-a-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-1127480 Brenda Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:04:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2138#comment-1127480 I was amazed to read in the July 31st issue of The Herald, the daily propaganda rag in Zimbabwe, that we can dig out our old coins, last used in what feels like the dark and distant past - maybe 2002 - and use them as legal tender on August 1, 2008. Who would have bet hard earned money on this latest twist? It speaks volumes about the farcical situation we find ourselves in. Now what did I do with that useless change all those years ago? I was amazed to read in the July 31st issue of The Herald, the daily propaganda rag in Zimbabwe, that we can dig out our old coins, last used in what feels like the dark and distant past – maybe 2002 – and use them as legal tender on August 1, 2008. Who would have bet hard earned money on this latest twist? It speaks volumes about the farcical situation we find ourselves in.

Now what did I do with that useless change all those years ago?

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