Dear President Ahmedinajad,
Since when did the American and Iranian public begin to “share a common responsibility” to promote and protect freedom, human dignity and integrity? Do public floggings, beheadings, emasculation of the press and oppression of women count among some of the things American and Iranians share? When you make statements such as wiping out a sovereign nation from the map and deny the historical evidence of the holocaust, does that cast you in the mould of a man that cares about human dignity and integrity? What of those who constantly chant “death to America”?

While Divine providence has placed Iran and the United States geographically far apart, we should be cognizant that human values and our common human spirit, which proclaim the dignity and exalted worth of all human beings, have brought our two great nations of Iran and the United States closer together.
Dear President Ahmedinajad, did your definition of “all human beings” include your much hated Isreal?

Both our nations are God-fearing, truth loving and justice seeking, and both seek dignity, respect and perfection…We all deplore injustice, the trampling of peoples' rights and the intimidation and humiliation of human beings.
Including Iranians who burn flags, stone embassies, chant “death to America” and the 8 yr old kids who wish death on President Bush? Indeed Iranian people deplore the trampling of people’s rights, especially when they themselves have no rights under your self-righteous government. With such a wonderful society it is a wonder millions of Iranians are seeking asylum status in western nations!

Noble Americans, Our nation has always extended its hand of friendship to all other nations of the world.
Yes your “hands of friendship” are evident in the activities of Hezbollah in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. I’m sure when you talk of ALL nations of the world, you do not consider Isreal to be a part of that world.

We, like you, are aggrieved by the ever-worsening pain and misery of the Palestinian people. Persistent aggressions by the Zionists are making life more and more difficult for the rightful owners of the land of Palestine. In broad daylight, in front of cameras and before the eyes of the world, they are bombarding innocent defenseless civilians, bulldozing houses, firing machine guns at students in the streets and alleys, and subjecting their families to endless grief.
Dear Mr. President, if you had only watched those same cameras with objective lenses, you would have noticed some certain servants of yours firing rockets fitted with ball bearings into defenceless Isreali settlements. Infact a closer look would have convinced you some of those weapons were shipped from your armory! Need we remind about you that your government is a major financier of hizballah?

Palestinian mothers, just like Iranian and American mothers, love their children, and are painfully bereaved by the imprisonment, wounding and murder of their children. What mother wouldn't?
Sir, you and I know the truth! That these women are no mothers but human shields used by terrorists;
a. To enable terrorists escape an Israeli retaliation
b. As bait for media propaganda

Is it not possible to put wealth and power in the service of peace, stability, prosperity and the happiness of all peoples through a commitment to justice and respect for the rights of all nations, instead of aggression and war?
Very possible sir! May I also ask if the billions being funneled to hezballah and other terrorist organizations cannot be put to better use for the more than 40% of the Iranian population living below the poverty line.

We all condemn terrorism, because its victims are the innocent.
Once again sir, you are spot on! The big difference however is that while some of us condemn terrorism, you condemn terrorism by shipping weapons and funds to hizballah and numerous terror organizations primarily to destabilize the Lebanese government and launch attacks on defenceless Israeli citizens.

But, can terrorism be contained and eradicated through war, destruction and the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocents?
No sir! Thanks to you we now know terrorism can be eradicated by fanning the embers of religious fundamentalism, funding terror organizations, threatening to wipe nations of the map, denying the holocaust and chanting “death to America”.

Now that Iraq has a Constitution and an independent Assembly and Government, would it not be more beneficial to bring the US officers and soldiers home, and to spend the astronomical US military expenditures in Iraq for the welfare and prosperity of the American people? As you know very well, many victims of Katrina continue to suffer, and countless Americans continue to live in poverty and homelessness.
Thank you for sparing a thought for the welfare of Katrina victims’ sir! Your magnanimity and deep love for Americans cannot but be acknowledged. But sir, perhaps if you spent more time focusing on the pervasive poverty, illiteracy, unemployment and growing discontent in your own nation, it might reduce the huge wave of of Iranian immigrants and asylum seekers to the US and Europe.

Thank you for sparing a thought for the citizens of your great satan sir, may Allah grant you long life to continue to deny the holocaust and may he grant you the strength to threaten to wipe other nations from the map even while you continue to decieve yourself as a man genuinely interested in peace!

And lest i forget sir, "Death to America"!

It is the same story in all 36 states of the federation, legislathieves who pretend to represent the people, those who legislate solely for their pockets and their cronies, illiterates in power no thanks to a cash and carry politics, men with no ideas of how to truly move the nation forward beyond raising harebrained policies that have no relevance to the people.

While debating the recent rash of airline crashes that claimed the lives of 300 persons including the Sultan of Sokoto, a member of the Sokoto House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Haske, moved a motion for the purchase of brand new aircraft for the Sultan and other royalties in other parts of the country.
It is not clear if Alhaji Haske simply thought up his ill-concieved motion on the spur of the moment. Has he counted the number of “royalties” in the country? How many jets would the Federal Government have to purchase for each “royalty”? Until recently the British prime minister flew around on commercial British Airways flights and that is in a nation that actually produces jets!
Is Alhaji Haske really concerned about the loss of lives in aircrashes or is he interested simply because “royalties” were involved? If our roads and rail system were functioning, would we have to hop on planes every minute we wanted to move a distance of 100m?
Do our legislators actually think that the solution to the present malaise that pervades the aviation sector, a microcosm of the Nigerian problem, is to buy new jets for each “royalty”? Who really are these “royalty”? Does that include Alhaji Haske and his ilk of unintelligent legislathieves?
Thanks to Alhaji Haske and his brand of “royalty” legislature, for every time there is a road crash that claims another member of this alien “royalty”, we would have to build special roads with public funds. For those of us that are not a part of this “royalty”, Alhaji Haske could care less.

In response, The Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Abdullahi Maigwa-ndu, who presided over the sitting, also called on the Federal Government to purchase ultra modern aircraft and loan them to the private airlines.
How many aircraft would the government have to purchase to loan to the myriad of private airlines in the country? Is this the same FG that could not manage the now defunct Nigeria Airways and has to rely on a foreign airline as its national flag carrier? Do these men assume that aircraft cost a mere N3million?
From where would the funds for this flight of fancy idea come from? Is the solution to the aviation crisis a mere lack of “ultra modern” aircraft?
What of the lack of firefighting equipment at the airports, cows on runways, dilapidated aviation systems, lack of modern aviation equipment, poorly trained aviation personnel among others?

How did we end up with these kind of legislators?

Just last week 5 out of 24 legislators, a whopping 21% “majority” officially impeached Plateau state governor, Joshua Chibi Dariye from office thus ending 7 years of corruption and “God” inspired dodging from the long arm of the law. President Obasanjo has also refused to “interfere” in the unfolding political hara-kiri, claiming it is an “internal affair” despite the fact that the federal police have already launched a manhunt for the impeached ex-governor.

President Olusani Abachanjo has once again reiterated the “vision” of the Peoples Destruction Party (PDP) for Nigeria to be one of the first 20 developed nations by 2020.
With less than 13 yrs left, this “vision” either suffers from chronic myopia or bothers on the absurd. It either assumes Nigeria will break all developmental records to make a quantum leap within 13 yrs from third world to first world or that all other nations will stagnate in growth while Nigeria catches up!

…. In Anambra, “God” is in control.

Journalist: How do you feel about your present position?
Governor Etiaba: It is the will of God.
Journalist: Why the visit to the President?
Governor Etiaba: I came to pledge loyalty to the President because he is the father of the nation.
Journalist: What is the political situation in Anambra State?
Governor Etiaba: God is in control.
Journalist: What are your priorities?
Governor Etiaba: Good governance.

“God” indeed is in control of arson, political brigandage, massive looting of the treasury, circumventing the will of the people, and godfatherism.
While the people groan under the burden of misgovernance, political office holders are busy pledging their “loyalty” to the “father of the nation”.
Good governance – a vague term used by politicians to explain away years of misrule, mismanagement, corruption, profligacy and indolence in power.

Vice President Athiefu Abubacha has just inaugurated an 85-man committee to coordinate his Nov 25 declaration to run for the 2007 presidential elections.
While 85 party boys pick up salaries for doing nothing and the VP spends his time “sitting quietly at home and sleeping”, 70% of Nigerians continue to live on less than $1 a day!

The last time I counted, there are already more than 6 “eminent” Nigerians jostling for the office of the President of Nigeria come may 29, 2007.
Athiefu Abubacha has continued to play the role of the sulking child, preferring to “sit quietly at home and sleep” rather than toeing the path of honor by resigning from a government that clearly treats him more as an outsider than the Vice President. Diego Ibrahim Marangida, the man who mortgaged our democratic future due to “prevailing circumstances” is also heading to the polls seeking the “mandate of the people”.

With the echoes of the last fatal ADC aircrash still ringing in our ears, Baba has decided to award himself with a brand new helicopter that would cost the nation a mere N2,561,991,487. Justifying the purchase of the helicopter less than a year after Baba also acquired a brand new presidential jet, Senator Ike Ekweremadu Chairman Senate Committee on Federal Character and Governmental Affairs, claimed; “Don't forget that Mr. President is the symbol of this country and so we cannot endanger the life of the President.”

If Senator Ekweremadu’s words are anything to go by, since we the people are NOT the symbol of this country, it is perfectly okay to endanger our lives. With his new jet, Baba does not have to contend with flying 23 yr old air molues that go down at the slightest whiff. With his new helicopter, Baba would also have no need of traveling along our death traps called roads. The symbol of our mismanaged nation is safely shielded away our epileptic power supply, he does not have to contend with armed robbers, he does not deal with dry taps, non-existent public transportation, dilapidated social infrastructure, unemployment, poverty, dilapidated health care facilities and a substandard educational system.
Lest I forget, being the symbol of the nation also entitles Baba to a bottomless pit of public funds that also doubles as his private account.

After considerable thought, I have finally decided to pick up my own nomination form for office of the president. I have finally discovered why Athiefu would rather die than step down from power and why Marangida would prefer to abandon all pretences at honor by returning to Aso Rock to retrieve something he forgot.
I no longer blame those who would kill just to “serve the people”, perhaps the only way to escape the consequences of a failed state is to become its symbol!

I’m K-Fed up!
Yes you heard it! I have reached my wits end! Someone just chewed the last straw that broke the camel’s back. I am pushed to the wall, I can no longer take the hypocrisy, ethical deficit and moral decadence that wafts all around me. I’m K-Fed up!

I’m K-Fed up of men who smuggle $170,000 into the US to buy a new car when more than 70% of my country men live on less than $1 a day.
I’m K-Fed up of a country where men who should be in prison for mortgaging our future pick up nomination forms to run for democratic office they once “cancelled” due to “prevailing circumstances”.
I’m tired of god(less)fathers who openly show contempt for the will of the people by removing governors each time they cannot get their itchy fingers in the public till. I’m tired of lawbreakers who hold the threat of impeachment as a sword of Damocles over governors who try to prevent them from going on a looting spree.

I’m tired! Tired! Tired!

I’m tired of roads that are no more than death traps, broken down rail lines and water ways that have turned to fertile grounds for breeding water lilies.
I’m K-Fed up of blaming God anytime our air molues decide they can be punished no further.
I’m K-Fed up of giving excuses as to why poor Togo can provide 24hrs stable electricity and ‘almighty’ Nigeria cannot. I’m tired of excuses as to why I have to queue for 30hrs to buy fuel that is being exploited in my backyard. I’m tired of being told to go and vote for those who “keep quiet at home and sleep” while I have to slave away to put two circular meals on my table.

I’m tired! Tired! Tired!

I’m K-Fed up of tyranny, political pimps, dictators masquerading as democrats, legislathieves, commanders in thief, sole (mal)administrators and representathieves.
I’m K-Fed up of stakeholders whose only stake is in their pockets, I’m tired of experts who only surface when disaster strikes, elderstatesmen who do not represent the people and “big”men who pimp our votes to loot our future.

I’m K-Fed up of celebrikids who enjoy playing house with children’s lives. Yes, those who get married for 55hrs while on a drunken binge, those who think money can buy love and a responsible lifestyle.

I’m tired! Tired! Tired!