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Old 05-22-2008, 02:42 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, which as I understand was once upon a time ago part of the United States of America
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Most basic goods in the country are now out of reach for many suffering Zimbabweans following massive price increases in the past week.

Independent financial assessment on Tuesday reported that annual inflation rose this month to 1,063 572 percent based on the price of a basket of basic foodstuffs.
They ought to make it Rhodesia again, and throw out Mugabe. Good grief -- the place is becoming as bad as Haiti.

allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Inflation Hits One Million Percent As Prices Continue to Skyrocket (Page 1 of 1) (http://allafrica.com/stories/200805210873.html - broken link)
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Old 05-24-2008, 12:30 AM
 
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Mr. Ian predicted this.
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Old 05-28-2008, 12:00 PM
 
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Inmates running the asylum. Wait 'till Zuma gets elected next door and watch as the ANC trashes SA... same old story, unfortunately.
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Old 05-31-2008, 04:25 PM
 
Location: somewhere in the south
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Wtf????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 05-31-2008, 04:39 PM
 
Location: Road Warrior
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Yup it's sad to see, they probably had it better as a colony.
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Old 05-31-2008, 06:36 PM
 
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Of course they had it better, the last PM of Rhodenesia predicted this would happen.
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Old 06-01-2008, 04:02 AM
 
Location: Virginia
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Inmates running the asylum. Wait 'till Zuma gets elected next door and watch as the ANC trashes SA... same old story, unfortunately.

But at least we can still send billions of our tax dollars to aid Africa every year to make us feel better about ourselves......
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