My Son Conor on the Far Right with Two Boon Chums, celebrating Conor's Bank Account!
There are cash-strapped governments and there are broke governments. And then there's Zimbabwe, which, after paying last week's government salaries, has just $217 left in the bank. No, we didn't forget any zeroes to the end of that figure. Zimbabwe, the country that's home to some of the world's largest platinum and diamond reserves, literally has the same financial standing as a 14-year-old girl after a really good birthday party. The country's finance minister admitted as much in a press conference on Tuesday. "Last week when we paid civil servants there was $217 [left] in government coffers," Tendai Biti told reporters. "The government finances are in paralysis state at the present moment. We are failing to meet our targets."
Tendai, old son, them targets must be the size of a gnat's nuts. If all you got $ 217 in the old cartera.
My son is 22 years old. Conor is a big strapping handsome guy ( Mom's DNA) with a ready smile and , in the manner Hickey,quick with a buck! Nevertheless, the lad has some fundamental thrift. An apprentice tradesman, Conor is doing alright. He is on the path to a debt free young manhood. No college debt.
An apprentice does not make a great deal of money, but Conor lives at home and only needs to pay his union dues, class fees, car insurance and car payments. Of course, there is dispensable capital. Like most of his contemporaries, the lad has few cares and fewer sleep-depriving responsibilities.
Zimbabwe* is an idiotic piece of Africa that stands as a metaphor of liberal thought. It is nation run by a blood-thirsty idiot, Robert Mugabe, and for idiots - only people like Bill Ayers, Jimmy carter, Rammsey Ckark, Rev. Al Sharpton, Bill Moyers and MSNBC have deep admiration for this folly on wheels of a nation.
To quote Conor Oliver Hickey, "Hey, You can't spend everything!"
Not so, says Old Bob Mugabe!
Zimbabwe is nine years older than my son Conor, but it has only $ 217 left in its bank account. Conor could buy three Zimbabwe's and have enough to buy a round at Dubliner, Keegans and Cork & Kerry. Beverly Bank and Trust is a neighbor friendly institution.
Stout fellow and sound dollar husbandry, my son!
If an old guy named Bob Mugabe tries to put the bite on you for a touch, my son, explain that you give only to Catholic Charities.
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 The country of Zimbabwe is 390,580 sq km and is bordered on all sides by other countries. Zambia lies to the northwest with the Zambezi river and its Victoria Falls forming the border. Mozambique lies to the northeast with its border formed by the Eastern Highlands. Botswana lies to the southwest and South Africa to the south (its border formed by the Limpopo River) |
