answer the question.

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics?' Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I am the head of the family , so call me The President. Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government. We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People. The nanny , we will consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we will call him the Future. Now think about that and see if it makes sense. So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.' The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.' The little boy replies, 'The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit. Have a good day, you all. Me I want to be President SOURCE: An e-mail from Felix

Will TFG without YEY be a TFG for you? Just curious.

South African MP Nhlanhla Nene was being interviewed live on a parliamentary review programme when a loud crack was heard; seconds later his chair collapsed. The South African Broadcasting Corporation has apologised to Mr Nene, and said that "all necessary precautions are being put in place to avoid a similar incident". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7685540.stm

One thing he wouldn't say is " I thought the peace caravan will work. I see it is not. This thing has taken a nasty turn. It is time we look for other solutions.". That, I can bet with you. Xiin 'Xog la hela, talo la helaa' ayaa la yidhi. The problem with you is, you don't know much about what is going on in Addis and Harar military command center. Adeeroow, ma nawaraysan mise halkaas baad kaga sii hayn?

MS DD ma ganacsataa? Why is Ngonge talking like that about her?

Meeshi awal shukaansi unbaa ka socday. Now, I see business baa ka biloowday. 60 wuu dhamaaday baa lagu lee yahay. Iyo But I have ordered?

Originally posted by NGONGE: Does DD do home visits? The way these girls keep talking about her abaayas reminds me of the old days with the Somali baayic mushtar islaamo. Cadar eyo uunsi ku dar Greetings to Sayid.

Malika, Salaams. It is La bombonera, not anybody else. No qarxis de. I told him all that because he thinks I am dumb when it comes to football. That is why you see him teasing me with baseball thing. Nuune I am one TV which all the family share. Baryahan, I am following US and Somaliland elections. And cartoons. I am thinking of getting one more set to watch sports. How did it end yesterday?

4 more years of occupation! I wonder what the apologists of this colonisation would came up next!

I thought you are a football guy. Apparently, you are a neophyte in the field, and very much a Premier league Guy. For I am sure you would have known White Harte Lane or St. James Park! How can you not know where Diego Armando Maradona scored from the half-way line; where Claudio Canniggia booked his place for the world cup in the dying minutes of the game against Gimnasia La Plata with a sublime header? Or where the all time great, Gabriel Omar Batistuta, kissed the grass after clinching the killer goal against BOCA in River Plate shirt! HOW? HOW? Of course, It is the santiago Barnabeu of the sizzling Argentine Football. The Maracana of the football mad nation. It is where Palacio is thriving now. It is the HOME OF BOCA JUNIORS!

Do you know what La Bombonera means, Nuune?

Originally posted by Baashi: All signs indicate that we got two major players who are willing to strike a deal. Inna Yussuf is in a pressure cooker. Shariif has a point to prove. They both have a political price to gain if they prove that peace is possible. The model Shariif and Inna Yussuf adopted as the main framework for lasting peace and political reconciliation is not the perfect model. Absence of any other effort toward that end, however, theirs becomes the default one. ------------------------- Xiin how is that for badhi-taar -------------------------- Baashi is back with trademark treacherous knavery. Sad to see that just at a time I was of the opinion his munching rest from the site must have been spent on making some serious soul-searching to come to his senses. Not this rigged facts, and harebrained interpretation of events in Somalia. Not this obsence comments, as obsence as two dogs behaving badly where there are people. First, neither Sheikh Sharif nor Abdullahi Yusuf dictate the tempo of events in Somalia. As a matter of fact, Sheekh Shariif’s idea was to isolate the ‘unsalvageable crooks’ in the TFG and to deal with what he sees as the moderate elements in the false Government. Your attempt to paint Yusuf as a man who, even hypothetically, can think of peace is shameful. The track record tells otherwise. The precedence tells otherwise too. Remember: “Puppets do live on borrowed times, and not many do acquire any self-preservation instinct.” Luckily, he has more or less received the butt of history. He will only be remembered through dusty elegies for what he is: A useless traitor, who with his congenital wickedness led a nation to its abyss. Second, it is not true that Abdullahi Yusuf is the man who is making decisions for the TFG. It is Ethiopia. Hence, if peace turns out to be what Abdullahi Yusuf desires for, it is logical to assume that Ethiopia is interested in peace as well. If so, what kind of peace? With whom? And on what condition? We can debate that. But outside the realm of the predilections of petty-stooges. There is no peace model adopted by either Abdullahi Yususf or the slouching novice Sheikh. Facts are facts. Third, if they sign an agreement tomorrow, will it alter events on the ground? If it doesn’t, how will the sponsor’s of the TFG react? More importantly, who will compel Alshabab and the multitude of other liberation fighters to honour what they see as an illegitimate child born out of illegitimate fornication? Saaxiib, TFG is a graft on a burnt skin, and like all dead tissues, it soon shrinks and shrivels, stretched by time and growth, leaving the original skin to cancerous wrinkles. The sooner you acknowledge this metaphysical fact, the better. Finally, on the badh-taar ritual, it did not come as a surprise. You and Xinn, are both the immemorial owners of half-truths and rank hypocrisy.

http://www.hadhwanaagnews.com/ The link is not well-established. Kindly see the far right column once you open the site and scroll down until you see a Chinese face and the title above in Somali. Hillarious!

Ma kuwa Somalida xididka ah dhiibaa, Oromo u daahi! JB just quit the Horseshit!

Ibtisam maxay la qaylyaysaa? Surely, she must have seen or heard about worse things.

Che, ...to be insulted miyaad tidhi? Car! try me?

You are not a SOMALILANDER accroding to the laws of Somaliland. Xinn, you can't vote!

CHE yaad u jeedaa? Xagee isagoo dhacwo ah ku aragtay waayahan?

NG- who is dying to be insulted. Is that how you understand being confidential! Xinn I don't know who you are talking to. Anyway, I greeted Ibtisam today. Dhinaca kale, I am following the elections keenly. Afterall, is it not my election?

Where is the Xaasidnimo NG? I stated the obvious. Plus, what is wrong in wishing a win for me?

people don't understand. Some think the reference is to Somalida ku nool south. The thing is some politicians don't want the guy from Darwanaaje or Harawo (in Somaligalbeed) to vote. Likewise, some are worried some from Aware will vote for me. Others are worried about the occupied SouthEast influx in favour of Kulmiye. It is an inter-party fued, but I doubt they will be able to stop Reer-hebel guy who is the same as the cousin in Hargeisa from registering or voting. UCID shall win! I will win and people will enjoy my rethoric!

Sayid Sidee wax u jiraan waxani gardaro ka badane? ONCE MORE leave good Ibti alone. Gabadhaas waan jeclahay. walaaltinimo of course. it is the entry, you know!

Who said so?

ONLF MUST REFORM From JIGRE's Column Too many questions are on my mind these days. For how long will the leadership of the Og.ad.en National Liberation Front (ONLF) continue to rely on the goodwill and resilience of the insuperable Og.ad.en People? For how long will they have to wish for a powerful traction from somewhere, someday, to move the coveted self-determination ideal forward?For how long will success continue to be measured in terms of holding the fort and static survival? Will they be exculpated of any responsibility for the horror of famine and death that has befallen on our people, if they continue to march on with the overbearing sense of waiting that something (most likely an exogenous intervention) will happen and will turn around the fate of the struggle? At a time, the Ethiopian (more accurately the Tigrayan) regime have unleashed a devastating war on our people, mobilised massive resources to break the spirit of longing for freedom; and is employing a debilitating divide-and-rule policy, why is ONLF unable to weigh up the danger and get on devising mitigating strategies? Why is it difficult for the organisation to mutate into a different entity than that the enemy would like it to be? Why not end the disheartening abnegation of the common Somali name? ONLF leadership deserves praise for standing united and for facing up to the ethnic cleansing campaigns of the Meles regime; but they need to accept that the struggle is still very much localised. They need to understand that the struggle needs to be revamped. They must understand that without the people of Shinile, Jigjiga and Liben joining in the fight, victory will be delayed, or when delivered will be too costly. The traditional argument for not changing the name into something more unifying does not wash anymore. No one will mistake the home-grown liberation struggle for an external drive by Somalia to annex territory at this particular time, when such a state is not in the neighbourhood. The writer is not so naive to assume that such a move will necessarily translate into a vibrant unity and common purpose among the Somalis colonised by Ethiopia; and is mindful of the complex clan and political divisions that might deter the ascribed transformation. Yet, as many said before, it would have been a win-win situation if ONLF changes its name. The changing of its name should, however, only serve as a temporary measure to accommodate the concerns of other nationalist Somalis in the region. It is not an end by itself. The organisation will need to vent its genuine goodwill with more transparency and enhanced transference of its objectives, ideals and policies to the wider public. It will have to be an organisation for all, not the old bottle that will merely pour out some of its former contents to bring in few more drops of mixable liquid. ONLF will have to work to end the unobtrusive but existing internal strife within its current leadership, ensure its top echelon are accountable and take the direction the people of the region would like them to take, and most importantly ensure new blood is infused into its body politic. It is not enough to survive. ONLF must understand that embracing pragmatism and dynamism is vital for a successful achievement of the lofty ideals we all cherish. It is also time intellectuals and influential Og.ad.den men and women, who wholeheartedly support the liberation struggle, but who have misgivings about handling of the fight at the strategic and operational levels, speak out. The call is for clarity of purpose on the part of ONLF leadership. Who are we liberating? Which areas? It is no longer tolerable to think about certain geography in manifestos, but in actuality, concentrate in parts of that same geography. ONLF will have to stop the disingenuous claim that all clans in the region are taking part in the struggle and hence the organisation's composition is misunderstood, wilfully, by detractors and agents of the enemy. Individuals who hail from other parts of the region might be members of the organisation, but it is a fact that the backbone of the organisation is from the Og.ad.en clan. This is not the fault of the organisation by itself, as historically, most liberation organisations had been dominated by one or the other sections of people who set out to defeat injustices. The bulk of the task might remain to be the ineluctable fate of the Og.ad.ens well even after an all-inclusive Liberation Front takes shape. But denial of the facts is not the way to go about it. It is time ONLF asks 'where are we?' Not in the vigorous, philosophical sense of existentialism, but to evaluate its policies, its methods, and its judgments. It is time it realises that, as much they are a veritable factor, the key for success is not in the hands of the global superpowers and their take on our struggle. It is in the hands of the people, their leadership, their policies and their ability to outmanoeuvre the enemy. ONLF leaders must not wantonly wander with the apparent profound wistfulness about the evolving realities on the ground - itself suggestive of a deep sense of entrapment and lack of clarity on what the front set out to achieve and what it needs to do to be up for the challenges that are facing our cause. It must critically look into its label, policies, strategies, and operational plans. I think there is a need to call for a meeting of all like-minded Somalis from all clans to deliberate on the ways forward and to listen to their suggestions and recommendations. With a nuance from my side, of course: surrender is not an option. The fetish about dealing with the regime, a sinister call for capitulation, must be rejected from the outset. The only plausible course of action for me is solidifying the armed struggle and broadening its appeal to all oppressed Somalis. The issue of peace and settlement with the current ruling regime, and on what conditions, will come to the fore once the regime sees the need to have a peace. As we stand, Meles has opted for a war. He should get a war. jigrecolumn@yahoo.com http://www.hornnews.net/article.php?did=7