Monday, April 18, 2011

Local Paper

April 18, 2011

The Standard is one of the local papers here in Kitale. I don't usually purchase any of them because they are usually sold by guys and they all hang out on a corner, so if you buy one they all bug you to buy another. ugg. Anyway, so today as I was waiting for everyone to get back to the car, I noticed that our very own Barrak Obama made page three with the entire page given to the claim that he was not born in the U.S. Now the article wasn't written by a Kenyan, it actually came from the Associated Press. I thought it was odd to have an American issue in the local Kenyan paper. I mean, why would Kenyan's be interested in our President? Is it because he's black? Is it because his father was a Kenyan citizen? I mean why are they interested? I find it interesting that one country in Africa is so concerned with out President. Is he or isn't he, kinda sounds like a hair coloring commercial, a "real" American? At this point in the Presidental term it's a little late to even worry about it now, but I believe the in the future anyone, I don't care who you are, anyone who wishes to run for an political office needs to prove they are eligable to run and possibly hold office.  USA is at a point now in it's history where we need to consider the requirement of proving ones nationality when running for a public office even if the office doesn't have any requirements for the candident's.

So Anyway this paper kinda cracks me up. It's a good paper, don't get me wrong, but it does make me crack up. Like with most papers the sports section is in the back, and there are commentaries by various writers, non of which I know.  Some of them are funny and some are very serious.  One of the commentaries that I like was one called, "life's a circus" by Ted Malanda. The by-lines reads Ted Malanda draws on the wisdom of his royal Wanga ancestors to try and understand a world gone mad."
He writes about Crimes against humanity didn't begin Yesterday.  Mr. Malanda writes about how crimes against humanity began with Adam and Eve. Cain slaughtered Able, and then David slew how many in order to gain his wife. So you see what Saddam, Quadaffi, Castro, and countless other's have committed crimes against humanity, so why is it such a shock to us that it continues to happen. The conclusion: Sin. Simple. It's not rocket science people!  Now can you imagine anything like this being written in an American newspaper now? I sure can't. Can you imagine the conflict it would cause? I can. Now why can this be written here in Kenya? I'm not sure, because I see a lot of Muslims walking on the street, so this leads me to believe that being politically correct isn't an issue here at all.  Could it be possible that Kenya has more religious freedom than the good ole U.S.A.? Well it's something to ponder, ain't it?

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