ouch !!! sorry mate the daft statement was not meant to refer to you, it was just a general observation that its daft to rely on history while you can't take care of the little things in the present.

Otherwise peace, actually I was wrong it seems the numbering system was discovered by indians and improved on by the arabs, well according to wikipedia and some other sites.

an interesting status an old classmate put up a few days ago...thought i'd share..I've copy pasted it literally as he had it up..!

"Excerpts from an interview with a Jewish leader about Blacks.

INTERVIEWER: Why are blacks so behind Economically?

JEWISH LEADER:The only aspect blacks understand is Consumption. Blacks don't understand the importance of building wealth.

The fundamental rule is to keep your money within your racial group. We build Jewish business, hire Jewish, buy Jewish and spend Jewish.

There is nothing wrong with that but it is a basic rule blacks cannot comprehend and follow;

"He kills his fellow blacks daily instead of wanting to see his fellow black do well" 93% of blacks killed in America are by other blacks.

Their leaders steal from their people and send the money back to their colonial master from whom they borrow the same money from.

Every successful black want to spend his money in the country of his colonial masters.

They go on holiday abroad, buy houses abroad, school abroad etc instead of spending this money in their own country to benefit their people.

Statistics show that the Jew's money exchanges hands 18 times before leaving his community while for blacks it is probably a maximum of once or even zero.

Only 6% of black money goes back into their community. This is why Jews are at the top and blacks are at the bottom of every ladder of society.

Instead of buying Louis Vuitton, Hermes, expensive cars, shoes, houses, dresses etc, blacks could industralize Africa, build banks and get rid of colonial institutions by putting them out of business.

INTERVIEWER:Your thoughts on failure of blacks after 150yrs?

JEWISH LEADER:Well, nothing is ever the blackmans fault. His compulsive habit of killing his own, compulsive material consumption.

His inability to build businesses or preserve wealth are usually somebody else's fault.

INTERVIEWER: So what can blacks do to liberate themselves

JEWISH LEADER: Blacks must take responsibility. Blacks must unite.

And vehemently fight corrupt leaders who run down their country and run to IMF as though IMF is father Christmas."


Goes a lot for the non- mzungus aswell....asrabs minds (like myself) etc

Sad part is it had to take a Westerner for you to believe me! Hii low self esteem sijui hutoka wapi. Next time ask him about Egyptian mythology, astronomy, medicine ( guess who invented open heart surgery?), Black Pharaohs of Egypt (National Geographic did a magazine issue on this, so glad I bought the copy)- to this day scientists have no clue how Egyptians built the pyramids, the list is endless! But present day Mwafrika just cant get enough of his self destruction. B the way a Nigerian just solved a complex math problem that hasnt been solved for decades, but you too busy self destructing to know http://www.dailymail.co....oop-1million-prize.html

I thought the oil pricing thing is due to them not refining the same, they just sell crude and still have to import the refined products at the same price as everyone.

It would be good to process/refine maize, oil,sugar but the bigger problem is the cartels exploiting people as government stand aside and watch. This why you get very big price disparities across countries that import products like sugar and fuel even after factoring in logistical costs.