Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Memo to Tillerson etc

Dear Ken, Gloria & Chidi -

I once watched a video clipping of the dictator, Idi Amin of Uganda, speaking to the Ugandan boxers on their way to an international tournament. He spoke of their extremely low chances of winning if they had to wait for judges' decisions, the latter being known for their biases against black athletes. He urged them to just knock their opponents out, which meant their fate would be determined by they themselves, rather than leave it in the hands of unjust judges. 

The moral of the story is simple: I do not want to dampen your enthusiasm, neither do I doubt the authenticity of the write-up in the link, but the fact of the matter is if Hillary and the Democratic political juggernauts could not beat DT by a knockout punch of 90-something percentage intensity, then, they actually deserved to lose. We can't blame this on Russia's Putin, whose activities should be a laughing skit on SNL and a good exchange of "LOLs" among Democrats if all his effort of helping DT did not even make a dent in a single voting block across the nation!

Just my thoughts. I stand corected. I always do . . .

Michael O. Afolayan

From the Land of Lincoln

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On Monday, October 9, 2017, 9:34:14 PM CDT, Kenneth Harrow <kennethwharrow@gmail.com> wrote:

Chidi,
What would one make of this story? how are  we to doubt its veracity?
Ken
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/technology/russia-election-facebook-ads-rage.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Kenneth Harrow
Dept of English and Film Studies
Michigan State University
619 Red Cedar Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-803-8839
harrow@msu.edu
http://www.english.msu.edu/people/faculty/kenneth-harrow/

On 09/10/2017, 17:03, "Chidi Anthony Opara" <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com on behalf of chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

    Professor Harrow,
    I will continue to say that news reports/releases, Editorials, articles, etc, are not sacrosanct.
   
    CAO.
   
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