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It doesn’t matter how long I live l will never get used to the idea of accepting colonial rule. Yet I see many leaders of African and Developing World countries doing just that and selling their people’s interests to their colonial masters. Anyone who opposes colonialism gets labelled something bad by the colonialists who are adept at marshalling public opinion against such individuals whom they deem to be working ....

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There has been some controversy in the media recently about the inappropriateness of size zero models, particularly in regards to their health. I happen to agree that deliberately keeping your size down to an emaciated level is not right. This photo below (don’t know any ownership details) speaks much louder than I could in support of whatever I could say. So, I’m keeping it thin… Your comments please? ....

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Bill Clinton is the kind of man I hope to God I never become as I get older: a bitter and twisted person who thinks the world owes him a favour. Maybe it’s because his wife Hilary was making public love to Barack Obama in a bid to affect public unity within the US Democrats party. Or perhaps it’s the fact that Obama did not have good things to ....

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It takes a ’special’ breed of animal to be a politician. You have to be ruthless one moment, two-faced the next, a liar and deceiver mostly but a hypocrite probably all of the time. Having acting skills is also handy, of course! In the world of a politician all that matters is public opinion and being seen to do the right thing. It doesn’t matter if you’re only pretending ....

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You are what you eat so I try my best to eat only the freshest, organically grown quality food. Very occasionally I go off the rails and order a take-away but anytime I do this I know I’m taking a big risk because you never know what you’ll be getting with this kind of food service. I admit I’m very cautious this way because I feel you just cannot ....

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The American government wants to force airline and cruise line companies to collect digital fingerprints of all foreigners before they depart the United States, starting in August 2009. But the airline industry and embassies of 34 countries, including the members of the European Union, are urging the U.S. government to withdraw the plan, saying it would cost much more to implement than the George W. Bush-led proposal has indicated ....

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From time to time I bump into people who feel they have to tell me about Channel 4’s Big Brother programme and the latest ‘events’ happening on that game show. Honestly, people, I really do not care! The way how they present their opinions you would think Big Brother is a vital life-important elixir you have to get a daily dose of, else you die. Well, I’m sorry, I ....

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