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Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today!

When Sékou Touré of Guinea decided in 1958 to get out of french colonial empire, and opted for the country independence, the french colonial elite in Paris got so furious, and in a historic act of fury the french administration in Guinea destroyed everything in the country which represented what they called the benefits from french colonization.

Three thousand French left the country, taking all their property and destroying anything that which could not be moved: schools, nurseries, public administration buildings were crumbled; cars, books, medicine, research institute instruments, tractors were crushed and sabotaged; horses, cows in the farms were killed, and food in warehouses were burned or poisoned.

The purpose of this outrageous act was to send a clear message to all other colonies that the consequences for rejecting France would be very high.

Slowly fear spread trough the african elite, and none after the Guinea events ever found the courage to follow the example of Sékou Touré, whose slogan was “We prefer freedom in poverty to opulence in slavery.”
[url=http://www.siliconafrica.com/france-colonial-tax/]READ HERE TO THIS EYE OPENING ARTICLE

why the require it has to be done every year

In Canada.....the government says it is done to monitor the emissions from your car
the rest of us say......it is a CASH GRAB!!!

Retiree just called me.....our caddy needs 4 new tires!!
there goes my whole year's salary!!!!  :'( :'( :'(

must be plane

happy sunday

There were some known Indian-American faces in US president Barack Obama's delegation when he landed in Delhi last week, although the outreach to the three millionstrong community may have got somewhat lost amidst the optics. In fact, while the diaspora investment initiative which was announced by Obama in Delhi did not receive too much attention in India, it is clear that White House is placing its bets on the Indian-American community for greater economic ties with India.

(CNN)A 3-year-old boy shot his father and pregnant mother over the weekend inside a hotel room in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Police say the boy removed a handgun from his mother's purse Saturday and fired one shot, striking his father in the lower backside.

The bullet apparently exited through the father's hip and hit the mother in the right shoulder. She is eight months pregnant, said Officer Simon Drobik of the Albuquerque Police Department.

The father was treated and released from the hospital while the mother was hospitalized in stable condition. The condition of her unborn child is unknown.

The boy and his 2-year-old sister, who was also in the hotel room, are under the care of the Children's Youth and Families department. They were not injured in the incident.

The authorities did right to remove the children from the parent's custody, because the parent's aren't responsible enough to keep their children safe. You don't place a loaded gun in a purse, that a baby get a hold of. The same thing just happened recently at Target, where a mother is now dead after her 4 year old reached in her bag and grabbed her loaded gun.

Some parents today are doing some really wayward things.

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