Mugabe Throws Himself Lavish B-Day Party

[ldmelsa]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/AroundTheWorld/story?id=6980479&page=1

President Robert Mugabe, dictator of Zimbabwe, is celebrating his 85th birthday today with a lavish party costing an estimated $250,000 raised from private donations, mainly from his cronies. Congratulations are not wholly in order.

 

[Morgoth]

is that in zim dollars?

 

[dj_jyno]

is that in zim dollars?

We wish - US$

Problem is that old Mad Bob can't just drop dead and go to hell - Satan hates competition.

 

[Flanders]

Would love to see that scene from Monty Python here where the Grim Reaper makes himself known to the poison victims, points his bony finger at the culprit and exclaims "THE SALMON MOUSSE!"

 

[iDenTiTy]

We wish - US$

Problem is that old Mad Bob can't just drop dead and go to hell - Satan hates competition.

Very good.

Made me smile for a while.

 

[NameOfBeast]

(this is a x-post, and also a very cross post)

Wearing a dark suit and tie and leaning on a red, fabric covered podium Mr Mugabe spoke at length and in Shona about the 2008 elections. Suddenly straightening up 40 minutes later Mr Mugabe said: "I want to say this in English." A murmured titter of life ran through the crowd. Mr Mugabe said that there were farms in Mashonaland East, West, Central and in other areas around the country which had been properly designated in accordance with the Land Acquisition Act and were now to be taken. "Let not the original owners of the farms refuse to vacate those farms," he said. "They must vacate those farms," he repeated his words three times.

This then was Mr Mugabe's 85th birthday present to the starving people of Zimbabwe, seven million of whom are receiving international food aid.

http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page165055?oid=275954&sn=Detail