Dialogues: Re: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series

My opinion on this matter is in sync with that of John and others. I argued on
this forum in 2008 that we can not and should not wait for London, Paris and
Washington to tackle Africa's problems. We can write from now to "thy kingdom
come" and get nowhere. In my judgment, if we want to effect a change on policies
related to Africa we must first come together as a strong "lobbying group" in
London, Paris and Washington--particularly London and Paris that colonized the
continent. Right now, my experience "with us" suggests that at this juncture, we
have problems doing that. Just ask us to contribute a $1000--no $100--each with
which to lobby for an African cause--and see how many of us will be scratching
our heads (with a murmur that this is a 419)--not to mention the fact that we
can't even agree on a common platform with which to engage these powers. My
brothers and sisters let us engage one another (positively) first and then our
corrupt leaders before we accuse Washington, London, and Paris of not doing
enough to help Africa--arguably the richest continent in the world because of
its untapped raw materials. Right now, the Chinese are doing "a number" on our
continent as I write and what are we--the intelligentsia--doing about it? Very
little on nothing. I rest my case.

Ike Udogu

----- Original Message -----
From: John MBAKU <jmbaku@weber.edu>
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:12 am
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com, wassafatti@hotmail.com

> Hello Wassa:
>
> I agree. However, I fear that while what we are currently engaged
> in on
> this forum at the moment is a debate/discussion, it is not
> constructivenor productive, especially when it comes to tackling
> the multifarious
> problems that our continent and our people suffer from. There are more
> constructive ways for us to harness the the energy generated by the
> recently completed U.S. elections for positive change in Africa. Our
> current efforts, in my opinion, are not likely to get us to an
> equilibrium that significantly raises levels of human development in
> Africa. In fact, how is what we are currently engaged in on this forum
> going to affect, for example, AFRICOM?
>
> JOHN MUKUM MBAKU, ESQ.
> J.D. (Law), Ph.D. (Economics)
> Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law
> Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
> Attorney & Counselor at Law (Licensed in Utah)
> Presidential Distinguished Professor of Economics & Willard L. Eccles
> Professor of Economics and John S. Hinckley Fellow
> Department of Economics
> Weber State University
> 3807 University Circle
> Ogden, UT 84408-3807, USA
> (801) 626-7442 Phone
> (801) 626-7423 Fax
> >>> Wassa Fatti 11/12/12 5:57 PM >>>
> Well said Mbaku, but discussing/debating
> about Obama in relation to the threat our continent is facing is no
> waste of our intellectual capital. Well, AFRICOM is active in Africa
> under Obama. The US has opened secret detention camps in Africa
> (examplein Djibouti), flying people every where (rendition) for
> torture under
> Obama. The US military are building up bases in all parts of the
> continent under Obama. These few examples as to the reason why the
> discourse on Obama is a way of using our intellectual capital with
> regard to the threat of US hegemony in Africa. For me not to be
> obsessedwith this discourse in relation to Obama is criminal. I am
> not going to
> be silent about Obama because he is Black. No! He is a disgrace as far
> as Africa is concerned. So we will debate it. That is another good way
> to invest our intellectual capital nicely.
>
> Wassa
>
>
> From: szalanga7994@msn.com
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:18:12 -0600
>
> 
> WELL SAID, PROFESSOR MBAKU.
>
>
>
> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:18:40 -0700
> From: jmbaku@weber.edu
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com; AnunobyO@lincolnu.edu
> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
>
> This obsession with the Obama administration is not healthy for us.
> Thisis not constructive engagement at all. At a time when Africa
> badly needs
> our united efforts, we are here squandering our time, efforts, and
> intellectual capital on things we cannot change. Assume that a black
> person is appointed the next CIA director. How will that advance the
> struggle for human development in the continent?
>
>
> JOHN MUKUM MBAKU, ESQ.
> J.D. (Law), Ph.D. (Economics)
> Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law
> Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
> Attorney & Counselor at Law (Licensed in Utah)
> Presidential Distinguished Professor of Economics & Willard L. Eccles
> Professor of Economics and John S. Hinckley Fellow
> Department of Economics
> Weber State University
> 3807 University Circle
> Ogden, UT 84408-3807, USA
> (801) 626-7442 Phone
> (801) 626-7423 Fax
>
> >>> "Anunoby, Ogugua" 11/12/12 2:15 PM >>>
> Whose
> list is in issue? I do not know that it is Obama?s list. Why one of
> ?ourpeople? for the job of CIA director? Is there anyone who
> believes that
> the position has been filled? Is that all Obama has to do to
> dilute the
> vitriol poured on him by some? He is not even into his second term
> yet?One would have thought that a few appropriate lessons should
> have been
> learned after the events of the last week. Lord have mercy. Give
> the man
> a chance.
>
> oa
> From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Abdul Bangura
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 12:04 PM
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com;
> usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
>
>
>
> Mwalimu Wassa Fatti, why wait for four years? Just look at his list
> forCIA chief replacement and tell me if anything has changed as far as
> marginalizing our people. The guy is NO good for us, period!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Wassa Fatti
>
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>
> Sent: 11/11/2012 8:57:05 AM
>
> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
>
>
>
> Bro. Kwaku,
> We must not be harsh on Bangura at this stage. He is not alone in
> wishing Obama bad luck. Many of my African Americans friends could not
> hide their anger and frustration towards Obama in turning out to
> be a
> more refined stooge than Bill Clinton More dangerous than George
> Bush.They can not understand why Obama is being celebrated in
> Africa.
>
>
>
> Let us wait for the next four years to assess Bangura in relations to
> the performance and actions of Obama. Just check few key areas for the
> next four years: a) Israel will take over more Palestinian lands with
> impunity; b) there will be more sanctions against Iran, which has
> already started; c) there will more US military presence, more
> militarybases and secret service (CIA) activities in Africa; d) the
> US may
> attack another third world country to impose US will; e) More
> Pakistanivillages will be bombed and villagers killed; f) there
> will be more
> drone attacks in Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
>
>
>
> For the worst part: Iran may be attacked, which I doubt. North Africa
> may finally cut off from the rest of Africa and be part of the Middle
> East or the European Union. This will open the rest of the
> continent for
> recolonization to control natural resources in defiance of China. The
> process has already started in the Arab world discreetly and in Africa
> the land grabbing and the increase in poverty is something to pay
> attention to. The US imperialism will become more aggressive and
> Africans will pay price for that. The fear that China will become the
> world's biggest economy in few years time is a nightmare to the
> West. Do
> we know what they are working on secretly? We should therefore
> sense why
> an African, Obama, is needed by co-perate America to lead the "free
> world" at this time. The continent is being looted so aggressively
> thatAfrican governments do not even know how natural resources in
> theircountries are leaving their shores. Gaddafi was one leader who
> was in
> control of his country. Obama's true colour will come to light in this
> process and Bangura can be judged. We are part of a continent that has
> no leader, but "yes sir men and a woman". The calibres of Nkrumah,
> Lumumba, Biko, Toure, Nzinga, Asante-wa, Malcolm X are no more and we
> are not producing them or the type of natural resource nationalists
> Latin America is producing.
>
>
>
> Wassa
>
> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> From: dehasnem@uic.edu
> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:25:08 +0000
>
>
> Wassa
>
> Believe me that I am also disappointed in some of the president's
> actions and inactions. Elections present choices and I happen to
> preferthe president to the alternative.
>
> Kwaku
> Chicago.
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
>
> From: Wassa Fatti <wassafatti@hotmail.com>
>
> Sender: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>
> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:19:11 +0000
>
> To: <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
>
> ReplyTo: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>
> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
>
>
>
> Bro. Mensah,
> Mr. Bangura is angry about the USA's role in Libya. He was right to
> wishfor Obama's demise. I wished for the same thing anyway; but not
> at the
> door of Romney. Whatever the case, I do not like Obama. SIMPLE!
>
> From: dehasnem@uic.edu
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:45:22 -0600
>
> Hi All,
> In my view we should sentence Alhaji Bangura to read all columns
> writtenby Nate Silver. That will be the equivalence of being sent
> to a
> re-education camp to retool his intellect towards rational
> reasoning. He
> is a well- accomplished scholar in all respects. But why was he so
> wrong for so long? His hatred and disappointment in Barack clouded
> hisrational thinking faculty. Most people on this forum were also
> disappointed in some of the president?s decisions, indecisions, and
> occasional timidity. But we could look at the bigger picture and
> decidethat the alternative was worse for all progressives. Bangura
> needs to be
> re-educated to differentiate between blatant falsehood and scientific
> polling. Nate Silver will do the trick, if some of us are to be saved
> from having nightmares like Emeritus Professor Assensoh just
> experienced.
> Kwaku
>
> Chicago
>
>
> From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Moses Ebe
> Ochonu
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 10:21 AM
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
>
> THU NOV 08, 2012 AT 08:05 AM PST
> The 2012 polling hall of shamebykosFollowforDaily Kos
> 5
> PERMALINK
> 16 COMMENTS / 16 NEW
>
>
>
> attribution: Media Matters
> So funny how they pretend.
>
> Few things annoy me more in political analysis than the cherry-picking
> of favorable polls. That's why, with few exceptions, I dealt mostly in
> polling aggregates. But there's no doubt that my own assessment of the
> race was colored by which pollsters were saying what.
> I obviously trust PPP. SUSA is good for the toplines, less good at
> crosstabs. Marist, CBS/NYT and ABC/WaPo are pretty solid. The internet
> pollsters?YouGov and Ipsos?were a curious (and ultimately successful)
> experiment. Pew is the gold standard, even when it's off. TIPP was a
> disaster in 2008, but it appeared more stable this time around. Some
> states have local pollsters so good they trump everything else, like
> Field in California and Selzer in Iowa. A few others were mildly
> interesting.
> But there was a class of pollster that was so patently bad, they
> made me
> assume the whatever their results said, the opposite was actually
> true.So follow me below for a tour of this year's polling suck.
>
> GALLUP
> Steve Singiser's First Rule of Polling is, "If a poll doesn't look
> likethe rest, it's likely wrong," and Gallup lived this mantra all
> cycle.While most polling showed a tight national race, Gallup
> consistentlygave Romney 5-7-point leads.
> Yet its long and storied history continued to give it credibility
> despite a disastrous recent track record. In 2010, Gallup claimed
> Republicans would win the Congressional national vote by 15 points. It
> was seven. In 2008, Gallup claimed President Barack Obama would win by
> 11. He won by seven. So how did Gallup save face? It used Hurricane
> Sandy as an excuse to quit polling for nearly a week, then
> delivered a
> late poll that showed Romney +1. No other pollster saw a major Romney
> erosion that week, and certainly not four points.
> But even its last minute recalibration didn't save it, as its results
> put it 24 of 28 in accuracy. Below Rasmussen.
> Quite the nice way to destroy their legacy.
> SUSQUEHANNA
> These Republican hack pollsters single-handedly convinced Republicans,
> and some in the media, that Pennsylvania was a battleground state that
> Mitt Romney could win. At a time when the polling consensus was 7-8
> points, they were claiming that Obama's lead was around two.
> Their last poll this week had the race tied 47-47. Obama won by more
> than five.
> SUFFOLK
> Who can forget this highlight of the 2012 campaign?
> ?I think in places like North Carolina, Virginia and Florida, we?ve
> already painted those red, we?re not polling any of those states
> again,?[Suffolk University polling director David] Paleologos said
> Tuesdaynight on Fox?s "The O?Reilly Factor." ?We?re focusing on the
> remainingstates.?
> Funny thing was, Suffolk's own polling showed Obama in the lead!
> Yet he
> claimed that Obama was toast because undecideds would go to Romney.
> Thatkind of mistake might be understandable for those who haven't
> spent much
> time looking at polling data. Truth is, the 50 percent rule doesn't
> apply in presidential races. Someone who makes a living generating
> polling data should know better. As Armando wrote, Paleologos just
> ignored his own polling.
> UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
> On 9/30, UNH had had Carol Shea-Porter up 46-35 in New Hampshire's 1st
> Congressional District. A week later, on 10/6, her opponent Frank
> Guintawas up 38-36. There was nothing in between to account for a
> one-week
> 13-point swing.
> On election eve, 11/4, UNH had the race tied 43-43. Shea-Porter won
> comfortably by four. Such wild, unexplained swings (a hallmark of UNH
> results) are a mark of shoddy quality control.
> RASMUSSEN
> Nate Silver ranked them the least accurate of 2010, and they'll likely
> earn the same this year:
> In Colorado, Rasmussen polled at 50%-47% for Romney. The actual result
> was 51%-47% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Florida, Rasmussen polled at 50%-48% for Romney. The actual result
> was 50%-49% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Iowa, Rasmussen polled at 49%-48% for Romney. The actual result was
> 52%-47% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll, doubled.
> In New Hampshire, Rasmussen polled at 50%-48% for Romney. The actual
> result was 52%-47% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Ohio, Rasmussen polled at a 49%-49% tie. The actual result was
> 50%-48% for Obama, a two-point swing.
> In Virginia, Rasmussen polled at 50%-48% for Romney. The actual result
> was 50%-48% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Wisconsin, Rasmussen polled at a 49%-49% tie. The actual result
> was52-47% for Obama, a six-point swing.
> What's more, these final numbers were actually closer than some of
> theirmid-year results, which were clearly designed to impact the
> pollingaggregator numbers (and RCP, in particular) and to try and
> craft a
> "Romney is winning" narrative. This led, in a hilarious twist,
> tocondemnation from the infamous "unskewing" guy:
> [H]e said he probably won't go back to "unskewing" polls next time. He
> actually thinks conservative-leaning pollsters like Scott Rasmussen
> havea lot more explaining to do.
> "He has lost a lot of credibility, as far as I'm concerned," [Dean]
> Chambers said. "He did a lot of surveys. A lot of those surveys were
> wrong."
> MASON-DIXON
> M-D is a long-time respected member of the polling community. So what
> the hell happened to them in 2012?
> They had Romney winning Florida 51-45. Obama won it by a point.
> They had
> the Republicans taking the Montana governorship 49-46. The Democrats
> took it by two.
> They had Jim Matheson losing his congressional seat in Utah 50-43. He
> hung on by one. They had Republicans taking the North Dakota Senate
> seatby two. Democrats won it by one.
> They had Claire McCaskill winning her Senate seat by two. She won
> it by
> 15. They had the Minnesota gay marriage ban pass by one point. It
> failedby almost 4.
> In fact, it's hard to find any race of particular note that they got
> right.
> FOSTER-McCOLLUM
> No one knows where these jokers came from, but they spent October
> telling us how Romney was going to win Michigan. In fact, their
> electioneve poll had it Romney 46.92-46.56. Any pollsters that
> reports results
> to a single decimal are suspect. Two? Pure wankery. Polling has
> inherentinaccuracies?hence the "margin of error". Pretending that
> results are so
> precise as to require multiple decimal points is simply inaccurate.
> But aside from the decimals, their numbers were comical. Obama won
> Michigan by over eight points?a nine-point miss. They had Sen. Debbie
> Stabenow winning by just 50-43 (sorry, 50.06-43.45). Stabenow won
> 58-38.
> They even ventured into Florida to tell us that Romney led 54-40. They
> were laughed out of the state, never to return.
> There were other crappy pollsters like Gravis, Zogby and ARG, and of
> course even the good ones had misses here or there. By definition,
> fiveout of every 100 polls will be off. But the pollsters above
> deserveevery bit of scorn we can send their way, and then more.
>
>
> TAGS· 2012
> · Elections
> · House
> · Pollsters
> · President
> · Senate
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Dear All:
>
>
> If Rasmussen's analyses were indeed as follows:
>
>
>
> QUOTE
>
>
>
> Nationally, Rasmussen polled at 49%-48%. The actual result was (so
> far)50%-49% Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Colorado, Rasmussen polled at 50%-47% for Romney. The actual result
> was 51%-47% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Florida, Rasmussen polled at 50%-48% for Romney. The actual result
> was 50%-49% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Iowa, Rasmussen polled at 49%-48% for Romney. The actual result was
> 52%-47% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll, doubled.
> In New Hampshire, Rasmussen polled at 50%-48% for Romney. The actual
> result was 52%-47% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Ohio, Rasmussen polled at a 49%-49% tie. The actual result was
> 50%-48% for Obama, a two-point swing.
> In Virginia, Rasmussen polled at 50%-48% for Romney. The actual result
> was 50%-48% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Wisconsin, Rasmussen polled at a 49%-49% tie. The actual result
> was52-47% for Obama, a six-point swing
>
> UNQUOTE
>
> Then its Election Prediction Index (for these 8 states) is [(4+3)
> +(0+2)+(3+4)+(2+1)+(4+2)+(4+3)+(1+1)+(2+2)+(3+2)) = 41. A Perfect EPI
> would be zero (exact modulo tallies between prediction and actual
> results).
> What is Nate Silver's EPI? Or his aggregation of polls does not count?
> Well, for Yougov.com, (see
> http://cdn.yougov.com/r/1/2012%20Election%20results%20table%20YouGovLV%20ONLY.pdf)
> final polls were:
> Colorado 48-47 Obama 3+0
> Florida 48-47 Romney 1+3
> Iowa 48-47 Obama 4+0
> New Hampshre 47-43 Obama 5+4
> Ohio 49-46 Obama 1+2
> Virginia 48-46 Obama 2+2
> Wisconsin 50-46 Obama 2+1
>
> YouGov's EPI would therefore be 29, much better than Rasmussen's.
>
>
> Bolaji Aluko
>
> PS: I could not lay my hands on how Fordham U. calculated its poll
> accuracy below...
>
> http://www.dailykos.com/
>
> WED NOV 07, 2012 AT 10:15 AM PST
> PPP poll for Daily Kos/SEIU was the most accurate of 2012bykos
>
>
> From Fordham University's Costas Panagopoulos, director of the
> university's Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy.
> "For all the ridicule directed towards pre-election polling, the final
> poll estimates were not far off from the actual nationwide vote shares
> for the two candidates," said Dr. Panagopoulos.
> On average, pre-election polls from 28 public polling organizations
> projected a Democratic advantage of 1.07 percentage points on Election
> Day, which is only about 0.63 percentage points away from the current
> estimate of a 1.7-point Obama margin in the national popular vote.
> [...]1. PPP (D)
> 1. Daily Kos/SEIU/PPP
> 3. YouGov
> 4. Ipsos/Reuters
> 5. Purple Strategies
> 6. NBC/WSJ
> 6. CBS/NYT
> 6. YouGov/Economist
> 9. UPI/CVOTER
> 10. IBD/TIPP
> 11. Angus-Reid
> 12. ABC/WP
> 13. Pew Research
> 13. Hartford Courant/UConn
> 15. CNN/ORC
> 15. Monmouth/SurveyUSA
> 15. Politico/GWU/Battleground
> 15. FOX News
> 15. Washington Times/JZ Analytics
> 15. Newsmax/JZ Analytics
> 15. American Research Group
> 15. Gravis Marketing
> 23. Democracy Corps (D)
> 24. Rasmussen
> 24. Gallup
> 26. NPR
> 27. National Journal
> 28. AP/GfK
> Ha ha, look at Gallup way at the bottom, even below Rasmussen. But
> let'sfocus on the positive?PPP took top honors with a two-way tie
> for first
> place. Both their tracking poll and their weekly poll for Daily
> Kos/SEIUended up with the same 50-48 margin. The final result?
> Obama 51.1-48.9?a
> 2.2-point margin.
> PPP is a robo-pollster that doesn't call cell phones, which was
> supposedly a cardinal sin?particularly when their numbers weren't
> looking so hot for Obama post-first debate. But there's a reason we've
> worked with them the past year?because their track record is the
> best in
> the biz.
> So thanks to PPP for making us look good, and thanks to SEIU for
> sponsoring our weekly State of the Nation poll for the past two years.
> It's been an awesome ride.
> One last point?YouGov and Ipsos/Reuters were both internet polls.
> YouGovhas now been pretty good two elections in a row. With cell
> phonesbecoming a bigger and bigger issue every year, it seems clear
> that the
> internet is the future of polling. I'm glad someone is figuring it
> out.But let's be clear, you have to go down to number six on the
> list to get
> to someone who called cell phones. And Gallup called 50 percent cell
> phones and they were a laughingstock this cycle.
>
> UNQUOTE
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Edward Mensah <dehasnem@uic.edu>
> wrote:Mr Bangura,
>
> You know Rasmussen has always been wrong in its forecasting of
> election results. But your hatred for Obama blinded your
> reasoning to
> the point where you believed racist whites will make the
> difference.
> The so-called Wider effect did not materialize. Now I have the bridge
> that you promised to buy if you lost the election. Well, I am waiting
> for you to pick up the bridge from Gary Indiana. How can a scholar
> likeyou rely on none pollster with an agenda for your political
> guidance?Beats me!
>
> Kwaku
>
> Chicago
>
> From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ZALANGA
> SAMUELSent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 1:00 PM
> To: USAAFRICA DIALOGUE
> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
>
>
>
> The lesson here is that we scholars must be very careful in assessing
> and using the sources of our data. The mistake of Rasmussen Poll
> are so
> high that one wonders what is happening and why the poll was able to
> convince gullible people. Yes, as scholars we have to ask tough
> questions about our sources of data, otherwise we could be misled. I
> believe that is why Romney did not prepare a concession speech because
> he was confident he will win based on those polls.
>
> Integrity in scholarship and any kind of work is very important. And
> the demographic analysis or projections of the future look dismal for
> the Republican party. I just finished teaching Huntington's "Who Are
> We?" where he expresses his fear about the changing nature of American
> national identity. Too bad. Well, unless the Republican party or any
> organization for that matter begin to transform themselves, they
> will be
> left behind. With every election, the percentage of White voters is
> reducing and in the next 10 to 15 years, it will be very
> spectacular.
> For many Republicans, WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) is the
> defaultcore American identity. Obama with about 40% of White voters
> and a
> coalition of minorities defeated the Republican candidate. And if it
> were not for some mistakes, the margin would even be higher.
>
> For me the lesson is also useful for us in Africa. Across Africa, how
> can we create societies that are more inclusive of all the diverse
> people in the country. Even when looks the convention of the two
> parties, the Democratic party has more diverse faces, and one may say
> that minorities are deceiving themselves by supporting one party, but
> they are not stupid. To live in a party where certain slogans are used
> deliberately as proxy for race or strategies to exclude some Americans
> is terrible. It is so embarrassing to support a policy that is
> aimed at
> denying people the opportunity to freely cast their vote even though
> officially it framed as something else. In one assessment I came
> across,even Brazil has a more efficient arrangement to make people
> cast their
> votes than the U.S. where some have to wait two or three hours to cast
> their votes.
>
> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 09:47:06 -0600
> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
> From: meochonu@gmail.com
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>
> For me, the winner of last night's election is polling guru, Nate
> Silver, who called the election with deadly accuracy. He got all fifty
> states and the popular vote margin right. Again! The loser? Rasmussen.
> As the results below illustrate, Rasmussen got it completely wrong, as
> it did in previous elections, where it also overestimated Republican
> performance. This should completely discredit that Republican polling
> organization and banish it from the polling mainstream. And hopefully
> Bangura will not inflict that name on this list in future elections.
>
>
>
>
> Rasmussen exposed as Republican shillbyBoris GodunovFollow
> 75
> PERMALINK
> 68 COMMENTS / 68 NEW
>
>
> Not much of a diary, I know, but I'm about to pass out from
> exhaustion.
> Happy exhaustion!
> But let it be known: Rasmussen polling is a fraud that exists to
> prop up
> Republican candidates. Oh, sure, we all knew that... but the actual
> numbers prove it beyond doubt.
> Nationally, Rasmussen polled at 49%-48%. The actual result was (so
> far)50%-49% Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Colorado, Rasmussen polled at 50%-47% for Romney. The actual result
> was 51%-47% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Florida, Rasmussen polled at 50%-48% for Romney. The actual result
> was 50%-49% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Iowa, Rasmussen polled at 49%-48% for Romney. The actual result was
> 52%-47% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll, doubled.
> In New Hampshire, Rasmussen polled at 50%-48% for Romney. The actual
> result was 52%-47% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Ohio, Rasmussen polled at a 49%-49% tie. The actual result was
> 50%-48% for Obama, a two-point swing.
> In Virginia, Rasmussen polled at 50%-48% for Romney. The actual result
> was 50%-48% for Obama, the reverse of Rasmussen's poll.
> In Wisconsin, Rasmussen polled at a 49%-49% tie. The actual result
> was52-47% for Obama, a six-point swing.
> In other words, in all the races that mattered, Rasmussen got it
> egregiously wrong. They didn't call a single battleground state right
> except for North Carolina, and even there it appears that they
> overestimated the margin of Romney's win.
> Rasmussen was consistently, egregiously biased in favor of the
> Republican nominee. We have the proof.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:40 AM, <shina73_1999@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is Prof. Bangura in shock?
>
> Well, I don't care. All I want now is for him to take a honourable
> stepand redeem his bet with me. And I stated from the onset that I
> don'twant a smelly camel (even though the prospect of frying camel
> meat and
> soaking it with garri). What I want is my cow, or the cash equivalent.
> And I warned Prof earlier that cow don cost for Naija (Boko Haram
> factor).
>
> Adeshina Afolayan
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
>
>
> From: "La Vonda R. Staples" <lrstaples@gmail.com>
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> Sender: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
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> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 00:17:31 -0600
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> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ABDUL BANGURA
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> The only thing that happened in this election is that a lot of folks
> sold wolf tickets. They growled and they snarled and their mouths
> spewed venom. But in the end, the went into those booths and turned
> Brother Romney back to Utah.
>
>
> Please. Abortion doesn't work to get votes. Gay marriage doesn't
> workto get votes. Hinting at war only scares mothers with sons.
> Threatening to end contraception, some forms, doesn't win
> elections.
>
>
>
> Romney followed Bush II's playbook and it was simply an exercise of
> going to the well one too many times.
>
>
>
> The religious right did Romney in. Americans who are out of work
> do not
> care what you do within your bedroom as long as both people are grown
> and give consent. The states can no longer afford to house a man who
> got caught with ten dollars worth of weed on Saturday night.
>
>
>
> And, if I'm honest with myself, I will concede that Brother Barry won
> many votes by default. Romney turned them off so badly and there
> was no
> other viable candidate. Republicans should have NEVER run this man in
> the first place. Americans have a prejudice, a Roman empire
> prejudice,against secret religions.
>
>
>
> La Vonda R. Staples
>
>
>
> PS In case anyone wants to know I apologized to Dr. Bangura weeks
> ago.
> I trusted him as my teacher and I should have had enough respect
> for him
> to let him have his own opinion. He made his choice. I made my
> mine.
> "nuff said.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Akurang-Parry, Kwabena
> <KAParr@ship.edu> wrote:
> Ah! Mercy to Papa Abdul Bangura! Ah! Mercy for Papa Abdul Bangura.
> Before we accept Papa Abdul Bangura's plea for mercy, he must
> submit the
> blood of a young stone to pacify the gods/goddesses of
> USAAfricaDialogue.
>
> Kwabena
>
>
>
>
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> The moment Barack Obama scaled the 270 electoral votes hurdle, two
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