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The Only Real
Democracy In The World"
You may not know
this, but there is only one real democracy in the world, only one
country where true democratic ideals are flourishing: Libya. If you
don't believe me, just ask the world's most respected authority on
democracy: Muammar Gaddafi.
Addressing a
conference of U.S. and Libyan scholars at Columbia University in New
York, the Libyan leader gave them information that only the most
well-educated among them already knew: "There is no state with a
democracy except Libya on the whole planet."
Gaddafi did not
attend the conference, but spoke through a video link, demonstrating
the immense value of teleconferencing, without which so many people
would have been deprived of such wisdom.
As reported by
Reuters, Gaddafi described the representative democracies in the
West as "farcical" and "fake," inferior to Libya's Jamahiriyah
system, which allows people to express their views through a
hierarchy of people's congresses. Unlike democracy in countries like
Uganda and Zimbabwe, where a single leader has ruled for more than
20 years, Libya's democracy has allowed its citizens to elect three
leaders in the past 37 years: Khadhafi, Qadhafi and Gaddafi. (If you
think they are one and the same, you are probably one of those
misguided foreigners who also think that all Libyans look alike.)
Just consult the
Official Libyan Book of Facts and you will learn that Khadafi ruled
from 1969 to 1984, then lost an election to Qadhafi, who ruled until
2000, when he was defeated by Gaddafi. None of the elections was
disputed; none was decided by the Libyan Supreme Court. However, the
campaigns were always contentious, creating such bad blood among the
three rivals that they vowed never to appear in public together. To
this day, Gaddafi does not talk to Qadhafi, though their wives do
maintain occasional contact, several of them at least.
Qadhafi, in case
you are wondering, was responsible for much of the state-sponsored
terrorism that tarnished Libya's reputation in the ‘80s and '90s, a
condition that Gaddafi has worked hard to rectify. By participating
in conferences like the one in New York, he hopes to show the world
that his country has not only cleaned up its act, but wants to
foster global progress and international cooperation, even if it
means letting other countries in on the secret of democracy.
"Countries like
the United States, India, China, the Russian Federation, are in bad
need of this Jamahiriyah system," Gaddafi told the conference. "This
is a saviour to them." But his words have so far failed to excite
leaders of those countries, particularly President Bush. "I know who
my saviour is," Bush said. "And it isn't Jeremiah."
Outsiders may be
skeptical, but there are millions in Libya who know the truth,
having studied the Official Libyan Book of Facts. It includes
indisputable facts like these:
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George Bush has ruled America with an iron fist since 1988. He came
to power after ousting Ronald Reagan in a bloody military coup. Bush
looks much younger today than he did back then, due to a strenuous
programme of running, weightlifting and facelifting. Bush has two
wives: Laura and Condoleezza.
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Al
Gore tried to overthrow Bush in 2000, but failed in his attempt and
has since mysteriously disappeared. Though no one is certain what
happened to him, Bush's deputy, Dick Cheney, has been known to shoot
people. He is the chief reason that Bill Clinton, a previous
opponent who briefly held power, now lives in exile in India.
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Libya is the only real democracy on the planet, though Saudi Arabia,
Pakistan and Cuba are fairly close. It is because of Libya's freedom
and democracy that many Americans, including Elvis Presley, continue
to live in this great country.
 Melvin
Durai is a U.S.-based writer and humorist who grew up
in Zambia. His weekly humour columns are read by thousands of
people in more than 90 countries. For an email subscription
to his columns, please visit his
website
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May
2006