Allahu Akbar, times better invested indeed. I wish you all the best I might follow in the government of Bladland's example.

Polanyi: Iska Sl in the closest ayaad tahey despite being the "wrong" clan The Zack my aunty believes in Akhiro and has no time for Somali Politics and she is certain that she wont see it again in its glory. Plus I am sure her old house either no longer exists or has been occupied and looted and now has a new owner. The old curse of having property in a city where you clan dont live or have claims to. Che they didn't give me a citizenship in any case.;

What do you support Polanyi??? Care to share and defend? Before you jump down my throat I don't support anyone and have no interest in any of them, clan or otherwise.

Hmmmm might consider sending an SL hardcore delegation to Boston. We should make a flag-less june 26 to include all, then no one is offended. I am so against all forms of parties for any day- Somalis have nothing to celebrate- war/choas iyo party xagey iska kaalan- such waste of money and this is how we end up missing Allah's blessings.

Its true, my dad's side of the family spent their younger years in Xamar and tell some surreal stories [i use to to think my edo was telling me about a fantasy place because I cannot for the live of me imagine it being anything like she describes!!!] Now forget calling it home, she turns her head away when she sees pictures or videos of certain areas. It use to be a country, a place people called home, now it is not even a shell, some remain hopeful nevertheless.

My parents country use to be Somalia, sadly I don't feel at home anywhere as it stands. So I have no country. But amen allow nabadee- maybe then I can try it and see if the shoe fits or if it feels like home.

Che, its a clan part, weereka iska daaf, it would be pointless to call it anything but that;- I can bet my bottom dollar that even central Somalis had their own xuus separately. :cool:

Clearly my ethnicity does not change, laakin like the Afro Americans and Carribians in the UK, my subsequent generations will lay their claims and stakes to a different place, a new home as it were if we continue in this direction.

And so it just becomes yet another pointless clan celebration and we shall remain in that state for so long as we cannot tolerate each others difference. All hail the clan parties. :cool:

Zack, I am from a different country- UK, and it will remain so until something credible meesha la keeno. Can't make up my mind about Mr. cheese, sometimes he seems okay, even good other times he just melts into the crowed. In any case there is nothing strikingly different to set him apart against the crowed that is somali politics.

Zack I dont know enough about the PM and cabinet to term them as honest and reliable. Idinku ma isku qol ayaad tihiin

Key word being a country- Somalia is not a country; and Somaliland is not a marginalized repressed secessionist group within a functioning society- it is an entity on its own. So that is really besides the point Secondly the flag represented an aspiration to unit all Somalis, an aspiration which has not materialized and remains in a ideal. An ideal which southerns aey daadka kale ka xiigin, particularly northerners. They are all refugees in the states, it is meaningless to fight over an ideal that has left the building a long time ago. And it is not in the spirit of June 26, they could've of course just said this is a southerners party and kept it clan based if they are offended by other Somalis.

Somalis just need to get rid of all the self interested farah's and marginalize them. Give power to normal people or rich Somalis who have no interest in grabbing dosh for their pockets. Imankii ba ka teegey!

^So what, they are all adults deal with it, the flag wont eat people, but if celebrations for June 26, no one can tell another somali you can't celebrate. I particularly northern feel a specific attachment to and they should. Political ideology has moved people in different directions, we have to be able to tolerate each other, otherwise each person locks itself with only people who agree with them. As somalis we are allergic to others who have a different view and always feel the need to beat them into submission, it is what got us in this mess in the first place. In any case Che, this looks like a community event, far southerners are known for their hospitality, wa maxey nikaa policika loo wacey!! :eek: :eek:

I meant considering Al shababs retreat, we were expecting or at least hopeful of improvements. Didn't know they were son-in-laws; is there no legislation banning relatives holding such key positions- miis as long as they are different clans it is okay. Mr. Razor emerged out of no where recently to throw a spanner into it all for his own ego.

^^That is the point- they didn't go to the states, they went to Europe or the Arab states- which of course lagag daab yimi, so in all honest wa minority in all cities except for Sheffield, Liverpool & Cardiff which is a mini Burco and Hargeisa. Even London is now majority populated by other Somalis.

No, I meant it is not an northerner strong hold if the migration patterns are considered. ^

Somali politics moves ridiculously fast- in the wrong directions. Didn't check the news or sites yesterday and today, just yaabing at the developments. So much for an improvement.

So, was it; 1) A clan party 2) A political ideology party 3) A Somali Independence party He had no right to attend if the answer was 1 or 2, but every right to attend if the answer is 3, in saying that, it does not mean that HE SHOULD attend. After all there is a difference between having the right and practicing that right. I dont approve of every clan holding their own party, it is nice to see someone other than your own relatives once in a while, even if it is just to say hello. P.s.s. Xiin, your xafaad is hardly known for having a significant SL nationals, perhaps that explains why you are not confronted with SL ideas on the regular. It would be strange if there was a group of southerners spreading the political ideology of SL nooh?

May Allah have mercy on the dead and facilitate a solution of those living!

LOOOOL @ who was holding back crowds! You guys are acting like this guy is the president of US or something. What is the big deal if he walks around-

Valenteenah.;727062 wrote: Ibti, I'm not sure I got all of your post but I think the gist is that you think SSC are employing outdated tactics that have already failed elsewhere? If that's it, then you might well be right. We do all seem to be going round in circles, don't we? It's a little bit surreal actually - you look at everything that's happening and you get this sense of deja vu and wonder how it is the people who are in the thick of it all don't feel or see this themselves. I kinda feel like that about SL's actions over the last few years. Isn't it slightly strange that the whole objective and purpose behind SL seeking independence is that the last Somali regime tried to subdue people who were unhappy with the status quo by force? And yet here is SL today, twenty years later, on the verge of repeating the same mistake that set them on their current path. It's an odd twisted world for sure. I might be a bit of a hippy (as NG always accuses) but I really don't understand why we (as in our politicians) can't attempt to solve issues through positive dialogue. That is it pretty much, same thing thing, same cycle, same story, later it will be the same grievances which will lead to the same campaigns, results in the same jabhad [different clan of course], taking the same action and on and on. It is never going to solve our problems, you cannot solve problems by repeating your previous mistakes! Bit like SOL cycle I guess. Anyway all the kids ba yimi, ana ka xoog weyne iyo I will crash you ba meeshaba ka socota :eek: SalamAlikum

Faheema road rageka iska daa!!

^^looool^^^Indinka laftiinu waxabad doonysa eh weyda caadisan uun. :D the content was a stranger offering you a lift- Warbaan ka suugey- any luck? the other one keeps calling me.

Somalilander is not an ethnicity. In any case I agree with stoic;- plus he probably does even identify himself as Somalilander- you are all walandos to him- SL somalis included Good luck to him!