Monday, December 31, 2007
Election Madness Wrap-Up 12/31/07
Election chaos is sweeping across the world.
In Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki was sworn in shortly after election results announced that he had won reelection on Sunday, despite widespread evidence of ballot-rigging. Kibaki's regime say everything is on the up-and-up. The people don't by it, and the death toll is beginning to mount after three days of rioting.
Turmoil Grows in Kenya, With More Than 100 Dead (New York Times) - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/world/africa/31cnd-kenya.html?em&ex=1199250000&en=79367a2a48b0d6f1&ei=5087%0A
Elections may be on hold in Pakistan, as the nation mourns the death of Benazir Bhutto. In hopes of a calming down period, President Prevez Musharif is mulling over the idea of pushing back next week's parliamentary election, a move he had to swear he was trying to prevent, even as he was declaring martial law to maintain order in his country. Oddly enough, Bhutto's political party, now headed by her 19-year-old son, Bilawal Zardari with day-to-day control in the hands of to her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, are pushing for the elections to continue as planned, even if the leader Bilawal is to young to even qualify to run for parliament.
Pakistan Polls Set for Delay (AP) - http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn4WIiaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD8TSHBBG0
And here in the United States, this Thursday marks 'the first vote that counts,' the Iowa Caucuses. Problem is many think it’s a waste of time to follow a dumb non-repetition of the nation's people fight show and cold to shuffle around near-aimlessly at strangers houses.
The Iowa Scam (Slate) - http://www.slate.com/id/2181008/
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In Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki was sworn in shortly after election results announced that he had won reelection on Sunday, despite widespread evidence of ballot-rigging. Kibaki's regime say everything is on the up-and-up. The people don't by it, and the death toll is beginning to mount after three days of rioting.
Turmoil Grows in Kenya, With More Than 100 Dead (New York Times) - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/world/africa/31cnd-kenya.html?em&ex=1199250000&en=79367a2a48b0d6f1&ei=5087%0A
Elections may be on hold in Pakistan, as the nation mourns the death of Benazir Bhutto. In hopes of a calming down period, President Prevez Musharif is mulling over the idea of pushing back next week's parliamentary election, a move he had to swear he was trying to prevent, even as he was declaring martial law to maintain order in his country. Oddly enough, Bhutto's political party, now headed by her 19-year-old son, Bilawal Zardari with day-to-day control in the hands of to her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, are pushing for the elections to continue as planned, even if the leader Bilawal is to young to even qualify to run for parliament.
Pakistan Polls Set for Delay (AP) - http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn4WIiaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD8TSHBBG0
And here in the United States, this Thursday marks 'the first vote that counts,' the Iowa Caucuses. Problem is many think it’s a waste of time to follow a dumb non-repetition of the nation's people fight show and cold to shuffle around near-aimlessly at strangers houses.
The Iowa Scam (Slate) - http://www.slate.com/id/2181008/
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