Politics: I Pity Nigeria

I Pity Nigeria

Written by DD Phil

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We are not free anymore. Our lives are threatened for repparttar sake of truth. Our heads are not seen as leaders, but as rulers. They dictate and give orders. They hate counsels. They detest repparttar 125860 truth and hide it in their undies so it decays and stinks like dead rat. Corruption has become their hobbies.

They help to revive peace and unity in other countries, while our country is falling apart. Crisis, conflicts, pains and poverty is what our nation has been experiencing since 1985 till date. And probably, it might extend till 2007 and beyond.

Yes, I'm sure, because repparttar 125861 leadership still rotates among repparttar 125862 same old "cargoes," who refuse to die or who never get tired of staying at repparttar 125863 Aso-Rock—the seat of power. They sit tight there in conducive rooms dictating what happens to repparttar 125864 masses. They've never experienced hardship.

At times, I ask myself this question: "Will this nation ever return to her former state?" "And if it will, who will be repparttar 125865 Moses or Savior that will achieve that for us?" The answers to these questions are far fetched. Because corruption, as started and practiced by repparttar 125866 leaders has indirectly been legalized for every citizen.

Or maybe we need a moral man. Not a Christian. Not a Muslim. Because none of these religious groups have made any positive influence on us. But repparttar 125867 question now is: Where is repparttar 125868 moral man?

Now think of repparttar 125869 population of Nigeria. Where are repparttar 125870 resources to take care of them? Budgets? No. They read budgets. And we hear of repparttar 125871 large amounts mentioned. The budgets are shared among state and local governments. And we don't see what they do with it.

An average Nigerian can no longer afford three meals a day. There is hardly a family where you won't find a child with malnutrition. Except for repparttar 125872 rich ones.

Oh God of creation, direct our noble cause Guide our leaders right. Help our youths repparttar 125873 truth to know. In love and honesty to grow, And living just and true. Great lofty heights attain, To build a nation where peace and justice shall reign.

That was repparttar 125874 second stanza of repparttar 125875 National Anthem composed by a true Nigerian, Mr. Ben Odiase, of repparttar 125876 Nigeria Police Band in October 1st, 1978. He never expected that one day his nation would turn for repparttar 125877 worse.

I pity Nigeria. I pray for change!

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DD Phil is a romance writer. His book titled "How to Marry your Spouse" is coming soon.

The Potential Conundrum of Regulating Pay-TV

Written by Terry Mitchell

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presence or absence of commercials could be used to separate repparttar 125859

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premiums. Under that system, all channels that are advertiser-supported would be considered basics and those that are not would be considered premiums. However, there are potential problems with this methodology as well. Congress would have to come up with a definition for advertiser-supported. Would it be based on repparttar 125861

amount of advertising a channel carries? If so, how much advertising would it have to carry to be legally considered advertiser-supported? Or perhaps it would be based on repparttar 125862

amount of revenue a channel derives from advertising. If so, what would that threshold be? Even repparttar 125863

term, "advertising", would have to be legally defined. Would product placement found in movies and TV shows be included in repparttar 125864

advertising equation? What about promos run for shows on related channels? Would those count as ads? Even when all of that is sorted out, this methodology still leaves us with repparttar 125865

problem presented by channels like Turner Classic Movies, Fox Movie Channel, and repparttar 125866

Independent Film Channel, which don't carry commercials but are included in many basic packages. Now, assuming that all of repparttar 125867

issues surrounding repparttar 125868

scope of

new regulations could be worked out, repparttar 125870

penalty issues would then have to be resolved. Who would pay repparttar 125871

fines? Channel owners? Cable and satellite operators? Performers? All of them? If internet audio and video are included in repparttar 125872

scope of

regulations, would internet service providers and/or IPTV operators also have to pay? If cable and satellite operators have to pay, couldn't large fines potentially limit some smaller cable companies' ability to expand and implement new technology like high-definition channels? Then there's repparttar 125874

issue of license revocation. Cable and satellite channels don't have licenses like broadcast channels. How could a habitual offender's license be revoked if it doesn't have license to begin with? Or would it just be put out of business? But wouldn't that limit repparttar 125875

channel choices available to cable and satellite customers? Could cable and satellite operators be put out of business? Wouldn't that leave people in some areas with no cable franchise? Wouldn't it squash competition for cable service in areas that currently have it? Would repparttar 125876

FCC actually shut down Directv and/or Dish Network and render thousands of backyard dishes worthless? As you can see, there is a mountain of complicated questions that would have to be answered before repparttar 125877

decency regulation of pay-TV could become a reality. Obviously, there would be lots of i's to dot and t's to cross. As this legislation is being considered, lawyers throughout repparttar 125878

Capital area are already licking their chops!

Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, and trivia buff from Hopewell, VA. He also serves as a political columnist for American Daily and operates his own website - http://www.commenterry.com - on which he posts commentaries on various subjects such as politics, technology, religion, health and well-being, personal finance, and sports. His commentaries offer a unique point of view that is not often found in mainstream media.

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