http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/21118
PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The government gives you as much milk they think you need.

BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs the regulations say you should need.

FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them, and sells you the milk.

PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbours help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.

RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.

CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.

DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both and
drafts you.

PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.

BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.

PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.

ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:29:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/21118 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/19312 ]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:33:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/19312 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/18341 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:42:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/18341 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16794 The issue abject poverty confronting the people of the poorest nations seems getting out of hands and our so-called world leaders seem holding their jaws. How can we explain the nations that produce cotton whose people can not get clothe to wear?

I think the capitalistic nature of the developed world policies is speedly aggravating the problem of poverty in the 3rd world. The reason is because many of these developed nations were only interested in tapping resources of the 3rd world for their own benefit under the pretext that they are helping to solve the problem of poverty.

* For economic or whatever reason, America spent billions of US dollars in an unjustifiable war in Iraq and consequently inflicted more poverty on the people of Iraq.

* We spend billions on space exploration whereas we spend nothing to make poorest people happy even once in their life time.

* They grow coffee in Chile not for their own consumption but for these selfish and greedy westerners who paid token for the services of these coffee farmers and in return make millions profit.

* They grow cotton in Burkina Faso but can they boast of good clothe? No; because they have got nothing to buy them!

* They have oil in Venezuela, Nigeria etc and yet people are queuing at the fuel stations whereas oil is more than enough where they naturally had none (they said it's their freedom and it has to be acquired by all means).

* We spend billions to make war implements but we failed to make a single peace...

* HIV, AIDS and other slight sickness are killing people from the poorest nations and we seem unconcerned (we've got the right medication) but we refused to give them out because we want to make a 'giant stride' profit.

As said above, can we in anyway justify our actions against our fellow human being just because we seem more powerful either militarily or economically? The problem of poverty today seems more prolonging and elongating because our so-called world leaders are not interested in building bridges that will link them with the poorest people of the world but instead they built wall purposely to segregate them from the poorest. Can they be forgiven? I guess no!

My prayer...

O God, pour out on us the water of life
that we may quench our thirst
and draw our strength from you.
Help us to stand alongside those
who struggle daily for clean water
so that all may be
refreshed and renewed by your love.
Amen.

Deliver us, O God,
from the pointless actions of evildoers.
Protect us from those who are violent,
and careless of who they hurt.
Redeem us from our anger,
comfort us in our loss,
and fill us with your peace.

For, I know that God maintains the cause of the needy,
and hears those who call out,
requires that we strengthen the weak,
and that we feed the hungry,
both now and always.
Amen
]]> Mon, 24 May 2004 06:51:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16794 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16684
When a mob in Fallujah desecrated and burned the bodies of four Americans, American armies retaliated with overwhelming force, killing about 1,000 Iraqis, destroying the city by their bombardment, and sacrificing the lives of 100 American soldiers, who, in terms of economics, are mostly the poorest people in America.

The events between Israel and Palestine also had been flaming by retaliation and thousand of innocent lives had been lose in this process. How can we make our world peaceful with retaliation? This cycle of revenge can only be broken when we all stand up against the immorality of injustice, war and terrorism and struggle for the beauty of peace, justice, and freedom for all. Yes. One may call them a dream. But then, what is life if one cannot pursue his or her dreams?
]]> Wed, 19 May 2004 06:05:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16684 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16422
The seed of a tree

A tree full of life

And the things you can be

Your dreams are the windows

Through which you can see

A hint of your future

And the things you will be

Each night when you sleep

You're feeding the seed

The seed of the tree

Of who you will be...
]]> Tue, 11 May 2004 10:45:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16422 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16313 Coz it has what it takes to make one’s dreams come true.
Friends are always beside one through tick and thin.
Friends are light and warmth when the road gets rough.

They lend you a shoulder;
They hold your hand;
They encourage you when you hesitate.
Coz they know you can make it.

And they say Never stop trying!
You never know what you can achieve
Or where your dreams will take you!
Do you believe in friendship?
Coz I do!
]]> Fri, 07 May 2004 05:39:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16313 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16210 Not the national lottery
Or the European Jackpot
But the most needed courage
As important as life itself
And that is the courage to keep going.

When life seems dark
When sky seems cloudy
And its limitations seem unending
When life looks gloomy and not bloomy
And the going is getting tough

When hope seems unrealisable
And the essence of living seems confusing
What else should a man think of
National Lottery or Bingo Jackpot?
I think it's the courage to get going

Though there are times
When life worth terminated
But with courage
Plus endurance and commitment
And minus tiredness
What seems unachievable would be achieved
For the journey of 100km begins with a step

Get up
Wake up
And buckle up your minds
Be focused and keep going
Surely the sky will be the limit.]]> Tue, 04 May 2004 05:00:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16210 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16074 Friend those with whom you dare to be yourself
Your soul can go naked with them
They ask you to put on nothing
Only to be who you really are

When you re with them
You need no guards
You can say whatever you think
So long as it's truly you

They understand those contradictions in your nature
That cause others to misjudge you.
With them you breath freely
You can avow your litttle vanities and envies
And your absurdities,
And in opening them up to your friends,
They are dissolved in the vast ocean of your friends' loyalty
They understand you,
You can weep with them
Laugh with them
Pray with them
Through and underneath it all
They see, know, love and understand you

Friends I repeat,
Are those with whom you dare to be yourself]]> Thu, 29 Apr 2004 06:30:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16074 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16073 Thu, 29 Apr 2004 06:28:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16073 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16035
To other people, marriage is all about happiness and has got to do with to love and being loved. Some people believe that a better age for marriage should be 25 years upward. When I asked them why, they said marriages below that age are likely to break up prematurely as a result of the inability of both partners to act maturely. What is your our opinion? Can anyone help to give his/her own view on this issue?]]> Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:02:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/16035 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15519 life is a song, sing it
Life is a story, tell it.
Life is ufair, accept it.
Life is full of surprises; don?ft be caught off-guard

Life is like an examination, pass it.
Life itself is unpredictable, blend as it approaches.
Life is a lesson, learn it
Life is rewarding, do right thing

Life is like a farmland for you reap what you show
Life itself is stubborn, take it easy.
Life is what you say it is or what u want it to be?c.
Life is all about understanding each other
Loving each other,
And caring for one another for a better tomorrow.
Don't be selfish and give out for your reward awaits u.
]]> Thu, 08 Apr 2004 06:29:00 EDT http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15519 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15335 Yes,
Being black means being proud
To stand and say what you feel out loud
When people's words strip your dignity
Have no fear
You have your own mind
Words can be so full of hate
We know now there is no time to wait

At times
I feel so alone
But just where can I call my home
Poeple fight for pride alone
But one question stands
Where does it end?

When love wins through?
Hope that is not a dream!
Others like me will want to stand proud and free]]> Thu, 01 Apr 2004 05:16:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15335 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15304 There are always those times
When decisions just have to be made,
When the choices are hard,
And solutions seem scarce,
And the rain seems to soak your parade.

There are some situations
Where all you can do
Is simply let go and move on,
Gather your courage and choose a direction
That carries you toward a new dawn.

So pack up your troubles and take a step forward -
The process of change can be tough,
But think about all the excitement ahead

There might be adventures you never imagined
Just waiting around the next bend,
And wishes and dreams just about to come true
In ways you can't yet comprehend!

So keep putting one foot in front of the other,
And taking your life day by day...
There's a brighter tomorrow that's just down the road -
Don't look back!
You're not going that way!
]]> Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:26:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15304 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15279 Set you goals..
Because having a goal
Is like having a road map.
It shows you where to go
And you will know where not to go
Would you begin a trip to an unknown cit
Without first looking at a map

Many people conduct their lives
Without any personal road map to success
Goals are like a map
They help us determine
Where we want to end up
And give us personal direction
On which to focus our energy.

Remember a business without goal
Is a business without mission
A government without goal
Is a government that fails people
A man without goal
Is a man without target

The moment you decide on what you want
Then set your sights
And start taking action to achieve it
This action is the commitment on your part
And once you are committed to a goal
Problems are short term.

With your entire focus on your goal
You will reach levels of achievement
That you never thought possible

Without goals
You will end up going nowhere
Or you will end up following someone else's map!
Develop your map today
Set your goals and focus]]> Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:17:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15279 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15257 Love! Love!! Love!!!
The most easiest word to say
But many people find it hard to practise

Love that has no leg or wing
But it can walk and fly high
From Tokyo to Lagos
From London to New York
There is no place beyond love reach

Love that has no mouth
But it speaks gently
And even sings melodious song
Easily danceable even more than hip-hop

Love! Love!! Love!!!
Love that has no arm
But it cudddles you
Caress and emotionally stimulates your soul
And brings about inner happiness of both lovers

Love
You re very good when things go right
But awfully bad when things go wrong
Love is our heart and our soul
It's never in our body

Love is what has been lost
That makes our world unsave
I loved love
Love loved me
Cand you give some love?
And make our world a nice place to live. ]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:26:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15257 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15190 Many passed the same road with you
But they couldn't succeed
Many read the same books you red
But they never passed

Many with influential background
But they couldn't achieve even more than you
Many gathered wih shovel
Even when you're gathering with rake
But they couldn't reap the fruits of their labour

Self improvement books with them
Men and women who rose from rag to riches
From the bottom to the top
From nothing to something
From nobody to somebody

Men and women who have a dream
Even when the going get tough
When the circumstances of their lives
Made their dreams so funny

Successful people also have problems
The stories of their sufferings early in life
With the conquest of lifes's unfriendly mountains
Offers hope to the hopeless
And encourages the dispirited

Hang on!]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2004 04:19:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/15190 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14856
Some critics are now even linking the attack on Thursday to the involvement of the then Spanish ruling government that supported America in the unneccessary war and killing of innocent people of Iraq. If the then Spanish government has witheld its support who knows this brutal attack might ve not occurred. If the entire people of Spain can logically reason and successfully ensure change in government, then G.W. Bush and Tony Blair should see that as a warning signal ...and they too might be defeated in the upcoming elections in their respective nations. We don't need you anymore...you've all caused world more sadness than happiness.....]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2004 06:08:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14856 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14755 I found you sitting outside crying.
You found out your boyfriend was cheating and lying.
I picked you up and put you on your two feet.
I lead you home where you then went to sleep.

I told you a story about a little girl
Whose life was all in a whirl.
I gave you wisdom that helped you up
To help you when life felt corrupt.

A friend in need is what helps your friendship lead.
Help your friends when they feel low.
Let them know you have a lot of love to show.
Then you can really make their life light up and glow.
]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:01:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14755 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14710 It's not so complicated!
The nice men are ugly.
The handsome men are not nice.
The handsome and nice men are gay.
The handsome, nice and heterosexual men are married.
The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men, have no money.

The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men with
money think women are only after their money.
The handsome men without money are after women’s money.
The handsome men, who are not so nice and somewhat heterosexual, don't think women are beautiful enough.
The men who think women are beautiful, that are heterosexual, somewhat nice and have money are pigs.
The men who are somewhat handsome, somewhat nice and have some money and thank GOD are heterosexual, are shy and NEVER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE!
The men who never make the first move, automatically lose
interest in women when they take the initiative.

NOW, WHO IN THE WORLD UNDERSTAND MEN?
Some say men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's women's job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with. DO YOU AGREE?
]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2004 08:41:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14710 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14709 It's not so complicated!
The nice men are ugly.
The handsome men are not nice.
The handsome and nice men are gay.
The handsome, nice and heterosexual men are married.
The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men, have no money.

The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men with
money think women are only after their money.
The handsome men without money are after women’s money.
The handsome men, who are not so nice and somewhat heterosexual, don't think women are beautiful enough.
The men who think women are beautiful, that are heterosexual, somewhat nice and have money are pigs.
The men who are somewhat handsome, somewhat nice and have some money and thank GOD are heterosexual, are shy and NEVER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE!
The men who never make the first move, automatically lose
interest in women when they take the initiative.

NOW, WHO IN THE WORLD UNDERSTAND MEN?
Some say men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's women's job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with. DO YOU AGREE?
]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2004 08:37:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14709 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14692 Nothing works like being patience
Although very few can practise it
Because it's very hard to endure
The man in hurry misses the way

There is no need to be in haste
For everyone has his/her own luck days
Those in hurry will die disappointedly
But he who has patience will inherit the earth

The journey of 100km begins with a step
And slow and steady always wins the race
For anything done in haste is never done well

Are you tired?
You feel everything is against you?
It's not as bad as you may think
For others have even worst problems than you did
Move with them and hear their problems
You'll surely admit yours is simple

Go to the old;
Go to the most experienced
They'll tell you they've once have problems
But their patience and endurance keeps them going
Take a little lesson from them
And you'll surely see the difference...]]> Mon, 08 Mar 2004 05:39:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14692 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14591 You say that love is nonsense....
I tell you it is no such thing.
For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain,
An ache about the heart, never leaving one,
By night or by day;
A long strain on one's nerves like toothache or rheumatism,
Not intolerable at any one instant,
But exhausting by its steady drain on the strength.

Love is a great beautifier.
And without love our life is a ship without a rudder
Life is like a body without a soul.
Love is a force more formidable than any other
It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured
Yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment
And offer you more than any material possession ever could.

Love does not begin
The way we seem to think it does
Love is a battle, love is a war; love is growing up.
Love does not begin and end
The way we seem to think it does.
Love is a battle, love is a war;
Let no one who loves be called unhappy
Even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Love cannot endure indifference
It needs to be wanted like a lamp,
It needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart
Or its flame burns low.

Love is the immortal flow of energy
That nourishes, extends and preserves.
Its eternal goal is life
We find rest in those we love,
And we provide a resting-place in ourselves for those who love us

There are never enough "I Love You's".
For the person who tries to live alone
Will not succeed as a human being
His heart withers
If it does not answer another heart
His mind shrinks away
If he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts
And finds no other inspiration

Love is great!]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2004 06:43:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14591 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14550 I strongly hate the word 'third world' because it does sound meaningless to me anytime I heard it. How do people know which part of world is first,second and third? Where are we when God started creating the land? Can anyone throw more light on this please...?]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2004 04:27:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14550 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0 http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14489 The Vice President of the United State, Dick Cheney was in Italy recently on a state visit. Asked about the US failure to find unconventional weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Cheney told Italian political and business leaders that "Today, the former dictator of Iraq sits in captivity; he can no longer harbour and support terrorist, and his long efforts to acquire weapon of mass destruction are at an end."

Addressing the Italian Senate, Cheney said nothing about the earlier America's claims that Iraq possessed threatening chemical and biological weapons-the crux of the US case for the war on Iraq. Even the US chief weapons investigator in Iraq, David Kay, has said that he doubted Baghdad possessed unconventional weapons, and that he believed, "the intelligence community owes President George Bush an explanation."

However, for now, the Iraqi State has been subjected to the rule of American soldiers with much of its paraphernalia of statehood in limbo. A situation where a territory is subjected to crisis by a foreign state, is a complete denial of statehood to such a territory. In that light, Iraq is no longer a state.

Eight months after America's conquest of Iraq, the US should now be working towards acting the process of political resolution of the situation in the country and the authority of the U.S. While the US withdraws its troops to end the occupation, the UN should take control of the reconstruction and restoration of stability in Iraq. Iraqis should be allowed to adopt a new constitution approved by a national referendum, and should now hold elections with international observers present to democratically elect their own leaders. Iraq would continue to boil so long as American troops remain there. Dangers of an implosion are real.

What do you think?

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:47:00 EST http://Adeyemi.tigblog.org/post/14489 53.4166667 -3.053.4166667-3.0