While You're Snug in Bed Tonight...

...think about this. Presidential candidates in the United States talk about needed change. Yes, we could use some in all quarters. But talk of strife and hard times in the U.S. of A. ain't nuthin' compared with much of the world. To wit, one of Africa's many basket cases, Kenya, where rioting and rotting infrastructure threaten to keep it down, way down. From the Guardian Unlimited: Kenya's president, Mwai Kibaki, appointed half his cabinet minutes before an African Union mediator landed in Nairobi yesterday, enraging the opposition and ending hopes of a swift end to the country's political and social crisis. And you thought Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was a shit. Sure he is, but not like the Professional Shits in Charge in Kenya. There, "more than 500 people have died in violence since Kibaki was declared the winner of the election on December 30. Local and international poll observers said the presidential results were not credible because of large irregularities in the tallying of votes at election headquarters." FULL STORY... Tonight, when you lay your head down on your pillow, say a little prayer of thanks to God that you live in the United States of America.