Comments on: The Vice Guide to Liberia http://shaunkenney.com/2010/03/the-vice-guide-to-liberia/ Politics & Religion in Virginia's Public Square Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Todd http://shaunkenney.com/2010/03/the-vice-guide-to-liberia/comment-page-1/#comment-7908 Todd Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:15:44 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=9762#comment-7908 Looks like Detroit Looks like Detroit

]]> By: CEJudd http://shaunkenney.com/2010/03/the-vice-guide-to-liberia/comment-page-1/#comment-7831 CEJudd Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:37:20 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=9762#comment-7831 When Jimmy Carter was President, Liberia hired his brother Billy to lobby...causing a clammer in the WH. When Billy was cornered by a reporter asking why he signed on with the Liberians, he responded (in true Billy fashion): "well, they's more Liberians than they is Jews..." Didn't keep the contract long... However, until Billy's involvement, few even knew Liberia existed. Nothing to do with what's going on there now... When Jimmy Carter was President, Liberia hired his brother Billy to lobby…causing a clammer in the WH. When Billy was cornered by a reporter asking why he signed on with the Liberians, he responded (in true Billy fashion): “well, they’s more Liberians than they is Jews…” Didn’t keep the contract long… However, until Billy’s involvement, few even knew Liberia existed. Nothing to do with what’s going on there now…

]]> By: Shaun Kenney http://shaunkenney.com/2010/03/the-vice-guide-to-liberia/comment-page-1/#comment-7761 Shaun Kenney Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:44:17 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=9762#comment-7761 I think it's legitimate... of course, you want to assume that it is a legitimate conversion. Not sure the "spin" on the very last segment was really fair to him. Probably more of a commentary on their bias against American televangelists as frauds than any real commentary on General Butt Naked. Still, the absolute poverty of Liberia is stunning given it's connections to the United States. General Bin Laden's commentary about being a former NCO, deployed to Iraq (the first time), the position of the warlords vis a vis the government and UNMIL... shows how delicate public order really is, and how quickly it can degenerate. Again, if Liberia had oil... I think it’s legitimate… of course, you want to assume that it is a legitimate conversion. Not sure the “spin” on the very last segment was really fair to him. Probably more of a commentary on their bias against American televangelists as frauds than any real commentary on General Butt Naked.

Still, the absolute poverty of Liberia is stunning given it’s connections to the United States. General Bin Laden’s commentary about being a former NCO, deployed to Iraq (the first time), the position of the warlords vis a vis the government and UNMIL… shows how delicate public order really is, and how quickly it can degenerate.

Again, if Liberia had oil…

]]> By: A.G.Gilmore http://shaunkenney.com/2010/03/the-vice-guide-to-liberia/comment-page-1/#comment-7754 A.G.Gilmore Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:34:52 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=9762#comment-7754 Shaun, I saw this a few weeks ago. Not sure how I came across it, but it's a pretty horrifying scene over there. Learned something in that Monrovia is named for President James Monroe. Do you take General Butt Naked's transformation as legitimate, or a ploy to not be tried for war crimes? AG Shaun,

I saw this a few weeks ago. Not sure how I came across it, but it’s a pretty horrifying scene over there. Learned something in that Monrovia is named for President James Monroe. Do you take General Butt Naked’s transformation as legitimate, or a ploy to not be tried for war crimes?

AG

]]> By: Lee Talley http://shaunkenney.com/2010/03/the-vice-guide-to-liberia/comment-page-1/#comment-7698 Lee Talley Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:55:33 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=9762#comment-7698 The first president of Liberia was from Petersburg, my hometown. The first president of Liberia was from Petersburg, my hometown.

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