Politicians

[Nur]

From the e-Nuri Archives

 

 

Welcoming The New World Order

 

 

Presents:

 

 

Politicians and Prostitutes

 

 

Faarax Gololley, the legendary Political Humorist during the Afweyne Regime was quoted as saying :

 

" Afweyne raac, ama Afgooye aad, ama Afkaaga heyso ,"

 

Today, our country, the former Somali Republic, and the world in general is going through difficult times, in Somalia, we are witnessing a 12 year uncivil war going on with no end in sight, a dilemma that is inhibiting any progress while at the same time exacerbating living conditions . The result is that many Somalis who are stranded overseas as refugees are unable to go back home, worse yet, they are unhappy to live in the Diaspora and are very fearful of melting in the American pot, adopting the McDonald and Levi's culture of consumerism, with no apparent purpose of life beyond that.

 

The solution of this problem lies in understanding politics, the politicians mindset and what drives them to make such horrible decisions as to to tear apart entire nations, seaparate friends who grew up with a tribalist mantra and exploit their fears to keep their pockets full of cash and their mouths full of qaat.

 

Politicians at home mobilize the masses and create an enemy for them to hate, later they use this hate energy to fuel their vehicles to grab power and lead their people to miseries. Likewise, on a wider scope, Internationally, politicians are doing the same thing , the scale of the village and human agony is just much bigger than Somalia, but the pain of innocent civilians in Iraq and Somalis caught across fire , hurts the same, like they say, killing one person is murder, annihilating a village is a policy, stark realities of the the Global Village and the New World Disorder.

 

Politicians usually rise to the top to fill power vacuums created when decent people shun politics due to its close relationship with dirty tricks, so most decent people who value their dignity stay away from politics for fear that it would tarnish them, and their loved ones with bad reputation by casting doubts on their character.

 

As a result, the bad apples in society, who care les for their reputation, take the lead and speak for the people and nation. Interest groups, those with material stake in the affairs of the nation, as opposed to moral values, begin supporting those who are seeking power. The interest group gives these power hungry hopefuls financial support in their quest for power, and slowly, they begin controlling them and directing them to serve the interest groups agendas against the interest of the constituency they claim to represent. Welcome the birth of a Politician, a Hero and Great leader of his tribe.

 

The politician has just sold out his people to an interest group behind the scenes with a secret agenda. He sold his conscious and that of his people for a quick personal gain that will haunt his nation for many years to come, and it is partially due to the citizens who allowed him to speak in their name and shunned active participation for fear of smearing and mudslinging. So, if good principles were like our clean bodies, a politician becomes an Intellectual Prostitute ready to trade his people principles and values for his personal gain.

 

A prostitute is therefore a person who allows others to buy time to desecrate her/his body in exchange for a material gain, like money. An Intellectual prostitute on the other hand is a person who allows others to desecrate her/his soul and intellect for a material wealth.

 

Politics was defined as the art of avoiding to tell the truth to those who need it most, but short of defending an outright verifiable lie, the more creative a politician gets in concealing the truth, the savvier that he is valued as a politician by his mentors, the interest group. The highest honor for a politician should win him the coveted Pinocchio Trophy.

 

Politicians are thus people who are interested in their personal interests and who are willing to pursue them even if it conflicts with their constituent's interest. At times, our warlords reason very logically. Everyone is claiming that he is working for what is good for our country and people, they tell us that they are saving Somalia by killing Somalis, no wonder their job is taking 12 years and counting.

 

Prostitutes sell their body for the highest bidder, in contrast, politicians sell their moral convictions to the richest financial donor. Prostitutes do not enjoy selling their bodies, but they are just compelled in doing so ,they reason, since everyone else is on their own, what the heck.. But neither do politicians enjoy telling lies, at the end of the day though, they have to pay their bills to support their special lifestyle, so, a white lie wouldn't hurt, so what the heck.

 

Most people would agree with the above statements that I made, but to date, only the Italians, our past colonial masters have made the link, let us see if our Somali politicians , Presidents, Boqors, Warlords and Anarchists@ El Doret can learn a lesson or two from Reer Benito Mussolini.

 

Just before the last gulf war, a group of Italian voters, mostly young, elected an Italian Porn Star called Miss Cicciolina to Italian Parliament, They wanted to send a message to their politicians about their intimate feelings toward them, so they sent Miss Cicciolina to the Italian Parliament. The only promise the young lady made was that she will bare her top in Parliament. Subsequently, Miss Cicciolina was elected, and to the embarrassment of the Italian lawmakers, she sat topless in their midst, delivering on her promises and scoring a victory for the Italian voters who were displeased with their politicians. Later she confirmed that many politicians in parliament were staring at her with interest.

 

Cicciolina became an embarrassment in Italian Parliament, so she was asked to participate in the Parliament's Defense Committee, a boring committee that she would later breathe some evil excitement into it. As a member of the Defense Committee, she demanded to be sent to the Gulf War to entertain the Italian Soldiers in the Gulf. She was a sellout. After the show, she wondered what was all these troops doing in the gulf ? she was told that Saddam was a crazy and hostile to his neighbors and the troops are amassed here to control his evil intentions. She reasoned that they were doing the wrong thing amassing so many troops and risking so many human lives to handle a stressed out politician, instead, she offered to visit Saddam personally in order to defuse the tense situation, but her defense committee became too defensive about such a "sinister" idea.

 

Politicians also need the media to transmit their lies to their constituents, they need to reassure the public that everything is OK, and that big corporations are doing community work, burying Nuclear waste in Yoontey and cashing the checks in Nairobi Banks. They convince the locals that they can have free chest X ray and a glass of milk every day if they look after the nuclear waste in their backyard. Somali politicians think that Radiation is good for the public, so is disease, poverty, illiteracy , chaos and the ongoing anarchy, if that is not the case, then tell me please, why are they so adamant in prolonging our pain?

 

The News media in turn catches the prostitution disease, Ideally, News media were meant to report truth, and to be objective about what goes on in the our community. If you are as naive as I am, you would ask foolish questions like " Why are the politicians and the News media telling tall tales, why is each periodical, radio or a website supporting a local loser?" But Something tells me: " It is all about money stewpid!* " So as a result, the news media continues to stay in business, attracting more and more sponsors which leads to our present situation in which the news media is so adultered, doctored and altered beyond recognition. To make it even more patriotic, the newspapers become a platform for disorientation of the public, The masses are lied to, manipulated and processed like a slaughter house by the influential few with wealth and who have an interest in continuing to dominate their community, their ultimate goal being Power. Now, can you blame the warlords for clinging to power so tightly?

 

As the public is bottle fed with lies on a daily basis, bull manure begins to smell like Giorgio's of Beverly Hills perfume, a lie needs to be repeated so many times before it is upgraded to reality, and as we the public are busy making ends meet in our daily circus to survive, we learn to adjust to live with such a lie, suddenly, a naive person like me or a child yells " Siyaasiyintu waa Qaawan Yihiin"

 

 

Nur

 

2003 Nurtel Political Research

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[Baashi]

Nuuroow I will try to write an essay on this topic time permitting. This is a subject that I have very strong opinions. My take is and have always been that power is an awesome thing. Some abuse it and others use it to advance a noble cause. Politicians are slick, talented, elitist, and have the foresight and the ambition to harness the power tha comes with positions of responsibility they seek to occupy. With good intent and right principles, it's worth the shot.

 

I don't have the time now but will come and elaborate later.

 

Excellent topic by the way. Keep them coming sage.

[Nur]

Bashi bro.

 

I remember your objection from last time, and I highly respect your opinions, however, politics as I have come to know since childhood, was adirty game, all you have to do, is show me a bright picture and I am willing to change my views to make an exception.

 

To help you understand my concern, Transparency International has ranked the most corrupt countries in the world, Ngonge will celebrate to know, Bangladesh is the udisputed Champion of curroption, followed by Nigeria, Muslim countries sweep the trophies in each category quite a scene, and we wonder why is Ngonge this bitter with Muslims, the guy has a point, only if he can help provide a solution that does not belittle Islam as the solution. What country became the most transparent nation on earth?, Finland, a country run entirely by women, a woman president, prime mininter and a majority women parliament, Finnish men are busy designing the next generation of wireless communication and the ladies are doing Finnish house cleaning well, women are not known for taking bribes., there goes Caano Geels accusation that I am a sexist, which i admit, I believe women are more honest than men in relationships, and most volnerable, if they were not less intelligent (dishonest), they would never have loved their husbands.

 

 

Nur

[Baashi]

Here is my hasty reply. Didn't get time to compose a thoughtfull write-up to show you how important politics as a profession and politicians as class are to the society at large.

 

It will suffice to say that some politicians as you rightly describe it ofte resort to quesionable tactics in order to secure the position they seek. I don't support these sleezy kinda politicians nor do I condone the questionable tactics they use. Be that as it may, the positions they hold are extremely important. Budget appropriations, levying taxes, enacting laws that can take away yours rights and mine or curbing religious freedom all these come under political realm.

 

You will recall, I gather, Mandela, Malcolm X, Gandi, and King's role in emancipating or help roll the wheel of liberation of millions of subjugated people. They were politicians par excellent. They were fighting for justice and in so doing they have engaged the political processes in place at the time. Bro Nur you can't sit back and hold your breath when rights of so many or the future of a generation is at stake. Granted a decent, principled, and moral man would not want to be part of sleezy business where lying, bribing, corrupting, and what not is the order of the day. You don't have to be that kinda fella. Nevertheless one can be agent of change for the better and one can't go down this road without becoming a politician in the true sense of the word.

 

Saaxiib I value peace with justice so much so I'm willing to engage with few questionable characters with the intent of changing the whole game to the better. It is important to recognize that leadership in any noble cause requires people skills and understanding the art of leading and persuading folks to embrace your call. Once you do that you cross the bridge from a commoner to a politician.

 

Excuse my incoherence I'm really short of time and I only log on from work where I have a lot going on. I hope you do understand the importance of leadership and the importance of championing a cause and how these activities intersect and some cases converge with the art of politics where justice, authority, freedom, and law take the center stage.

[Alle-ubaahne]

Brother Nur,

 

Your brillience in sheding some light on the viciousness of the Somali politicians amazes me indeed, because that is exactly who they are. It would be a huge victory for the Somalis if they could understood politics from the dimension you pointed out.

 

Masha-Allah!

[Baashi]

Welcome back Alle-u-Baahane. Long time no see widaay

[Alle-ubaahne]

Mahadsanid Baashi. Maadaama Computer-kii hore la iga goostay, waxaan rajeynaa in markaan aan la iga waayi doonin golaha murtida ay aqyaartu ku caweyso, minuuw eebe raali ka ahaado!

[Baashi]

Awoowe rizaq raadis aa kuu dhaama halkaan. Horta ninyahaw magaca wanaagsan raggu ha is wareestee maxaa SOL ka faa'iidaa?

[Alle-ubaahne]

Alloow haku qaadin; war ninyahow Baashi su'aal wanaagsanidaa! Been kuuma sheegaayiyee intaan ka maqnaa Somaliaonline,(iyo internet-ka oo dhan), hormar la taaban karo ayaan gaaray, hadii la dhihi lahaa dhanka dhaqaalaha, dhanka nolosha, dhanka ka faa'iideysiga waqtiga, yacni dhinac walba.

 

Saaxiib, waxaan hubaa SOL inaanan sidii hore oo kale ku ahaan doonin, sababtoo ah waagaas midhaa xiiso ayaa igu jiray, balse hadda howlo iyo duruufo igu xariiro dartood, waqtiga ayaanba ii saamaxeyn. Waa sidaas oo ay kuusii dheertay, SOL oo xiiso beeshay, ama aad arkeysid marmar badan mowduucyada laga hadlayo inay u badan yahay waxyaalo aan munaasab ahayn, oo caruurta meesha timaada Iskoolada loogu soo aqriyo, kadibna ay halkaan la yimaadaan.

 

Waxaaba iigu sii daran, in dadka aqlabiyadooda markaad eegtid ay u badan yihiin kaliyah dad aan waayihii lasoo maray iyo dhaqanka aan sidaas ugu dhaganeyn. Ma rabo inaan sii faaqido, laakiin dabcan su'aashaada ayaa aheyd maxaad ka dheeftaa soo gelida SOL. U maleyn maayo qasaare mooyee in ay halkaan dheef taalo. Koley qasaare waxaa ugu weyn waqtiga oo lagu qasaaro, sababtoo ah ahmiyada waqtiga markii uu ilaah ku dhaartay, wuxuu dabadhigay qasaare, waliba dadka aan ka faa'iideysan ahmiyada uu waqtigu leeyahay.

 

Sikastaba ha ahaatee, hadaan su'aashaada kugu soo leexiyo, maxay kula tahay inaad adiga ka faa'iideysatid meeshaan?

[Baashi]

Awoowe waa shantii waana sii caraabayaa hadda. Laakiin ninyahaw annigu wax badan baa ka faa'iiday.

 

1. Asxaab baan ka bartay.

2. Afkaarta Somalida iyo siday wax u arkaan waan ka daalacday.

3. Akhbaaraha wadanka siiba dhanka siyaasada xoogaa baa iiga baxay.

4. Mararka qaar mawduucyo iyo doodo i xiisa galiya baan ka akhriyaa.

5. Madadaalo iyo maaweelo inta aan shaqada ku jiro aan ku dhoolo cadeeyo yaan ku heystaa.

 

Waxaase run ah in waqtigu qaali yahay laakiin anniga saaxiiboow hal dhaqax baan laba shinbirood ku dilaa...waan sii cararayaa oo vanpool-kii baa iga tagaya (qoryo-lacag baan ahay) ee dhanka siyaasada iiga sheekee fadlan. Waa inoo berritoole hadii eebe idmo.

[Jacpher]

Interesting topic akhyaarta. Waxaan rajeynayaa in sheekadu aysan aheyn khaas.

 

Inoo daadihiya xog-waranka.

[Baashi]

Ducaale, maxaan daadihinaa saaxiibkeey magac wanaagsane waa iga mashquulay oo riziq burris uu aadaye.

 

Ducaqabe addiga siyaasada see u aragtaa awoowe?

[Tuujiye]

Wale odayashii baa meesha iskugu soo ganbar qaatay oo shaax usoo doontay meesha..

 

War heedhaha meeshani waxee u baahan tahay odayaal dhaqan celis u keenee bal xagee laga bilaabaa..

 

Wareer Badanaa!!

[xiinfaniin]

^^Tiijiye waaxid , Yaa ku yiri odoyaashu ganbar bay ku fariistaan? Ganbarku sii kii bilcaamaha maaha?

 

SOL waa meel ikhyaareed; maalinba maalinta ka danbeysa xiisey sii yeelanaysaa. Ramadaan baase soo socota oo koley anigu xoogaa waa moogaan doonaa (IA). Waqtiga waa muhiim, hase yeeshee anigu waxaan ku rag ahay Baashe oo markaan shaqada joogo (inta badan) uun baa golahan soo booqdaa. Maanta waqti ma helin marka intaan baa iga biiris ah.

 

P.S: Tiijiye ninkii yaqaan xaal baan saaray ee ha layga keeno.