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Meles Lezelalem yenges.....Ethiopia needs leaders of his skill and vision in the future. No one is ready to lead Ethiopia like him bringing huge change in just 16 yrs, so we want him for another 2 more terms that is what it means when they adored him like the majority of Ethiopians and the growing number of dispora ppl. Long live Meles!!!

We have heard that music before. Farmers know how to shun dictators. they will say one thing now and will give you the middle finger when you are not around. What choices do they have to survive amidst the hooligans who c come to rule and ruin them in the name of ideology.

Males is pimping his own people.Folks
read at this article closely you can clearly seen that this evil man does not care how hard this poor farmers work as long as the Money goes to his pocket.This is modern day
slavery.This is so sad how long can we go on with ruthless dictators like this.Why are we all refugees in other countries?.Most of the people who are dying on the high seas runing away from their homeland is Ethiopian.This no Life something has to change Males and Agazi baby killer are robing this whole Nation.People stop support this ruthless heartless killer on the basis of tribe or afiliasion.Other wise we will have another dictator like from Amara and he will do the same to Tigree for another twenty yrs
we need to break this ficious cycle and be free once and for all.

Who else took ethiopian farmers seriously? Who else made the uplifting of farmers and poor peasants the cntral focus of their govrenment. Hailessalse dismissed farmers by keeping them ignorant and poor. Mengistu forced caps on food and forced farmers to sell cheaply. As long as the urbanites in Addis were satisfied. Those who refused simply disappeared. The article also fails to mention if the policies were successful. Ethiopia is desperately poor and it makes perfect sense to work with the farmers, who make 85% of our population.

it is sad that one resorts to a divide and conquer policy in order to retain a tight grip on power. true Ethiopians never differentiate amongst each other and speak of others along ethnic lines. sadly all the heroic former Ethiopian leaders are turning in their graves based on the ethnic superiority/inferiority complex espoused by those in power. true Ethiopians love all Ethiopians regardless of ethnicity. unfortunately they have planted the seeds for an encore of what's happening in Kenya and what happened in Rwanda which would be tragic. the problem is not the ethnicity of those in power, the problem lies with the ills they choose to bestow upon our beloved country. patience is a virtue and in due time God will bless us with leadership who actually care about Mama Ethiopia.

Nebil,

First of all, it a shame to be a Woyane (one of the people who always spoke about Ethiopia) and back TPLF which is dividing the people of Ethiopia for its own agenda! You should be too since you are one of them! As soon as your TPLF leaves the office, you will pay for what you were doing to the rest of Ethiopia. Ethiopia will either be unified or disintegrated. Then, dogs (KEHADI TIGRES, not the patriots) will peacefully join their brothers in Eritrea in the dirty, dry, and filthy land. ETHIOPIA WILL THEN BE FREE OF DISEASE, FAMINE, AND FILTH! Nothing has changed in Ethiopia in 16 years. 16 years is a long time to change a country. Of course, Tigray has changed and that has nothing to do with Ethiopia in a divided society. I am afraid to call myself Ethiopian if the notion includes being Tigrawi. I am Amara, Oromo, Gurage, Sidamo, Gambella, Benishangul, Somali, Afar, ... everything you have in Ethiopia, but I will be ashamed to be related to Woyane.

I will admit that Meles is a good leader but he still is a benevolent dictator.

Whatever amount of propoganda from Tplf regime's media will decive Ethiopians. Zenawi and his cohorts are dead since 2005. They only survive through brute force gunning down any dissident to thier tyrannical rule. The so called war on terror helped Zenawi to survive the revolution in 2005. But as his likes in Pakistan and Kenya, Zenawi's power is on the brink of collapse. Bush is on his way out and there is no more help from Washington as usual.

must watch video how meles playing a game

Well said, ALENA

Well written and extremely significant.

The writer unfolded the Ethiopian people heart and put their feelings in words. The Meles regime and its tactical politics is the problem in Ethiopia. They will do anything to stay in power. Anything!

18 years of DICTATORSHIP this is a progress.Mengistu heila Merian did much beter then this looser.Atleast people we not slaved this sickening way.

there is no substance in the article. i hear and saw it in my own eyes where the lives of the farmers in ethiopia is improving. that is substance. the writer should come up with facts showing the opposite. i am surprisedhow telling us the farmers in awassa singing "meles lezelalem yinges" is going to make his case.

bla bla bla f meles and i can't wait to see him died!!!

It is undermining of Ethiopian people intelligence that woyane's junta leader now acting as Ethiopian hero just to get attention of the farmers for the coming election. He is in power just by the help of westerners that let him stay keep silent for all his action of killing innocent people in the street of Addis and imprisonment of opponents who suppose to lead the nation that people voted for them.
But woyane leader now trying to show him self up as leader by printing a bunch of papers to hand on to the farmers. Is that what Ethiopian people needs? This a sign that a sign woyane is preparing for another rigged election!!!!!

But one day truth will prevail!!!! And we will see where waoyane and some minority supporters will go!!!!!!

Meles great leader ,what next ?The Almighty God of semien ,the sunchine of Tigrai ,the Godfather ,the Yohanes Amstegnia ,Dagmawi Mengistu Haile Mariam why not JAH the second. TPLF thugs your comedy based on tribalism and collective Hysteria has no limits .Why you worship and love MELES ? SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS A TIGREAN .That shows how morron society you are . LONG LIVE THE TRUE ETHIOPIANS !!!!

Ogadenian,

You are a wild animal and you can not be allowed to be free. Let me give an advice, you can be free in the Sahara Dessert. People like you belongs in that area.

abebe,

You are a clue less of the Ethiopian history, you need to take a lesson about Ethiopia's history if you have what it takes.

The present leaders of Ethiopia are doing a magnificent job just to say the least. Jealousy is not going to get you anywhere but brain to challenge.

Ethiopia is protected from those evil doers by her heroes for ever!!!

I don't think we will ever get a skilled and well seasoned leader like Meles. He might have his flaws but still he is a born leader with authority. Those who oppose him day and night can't even lead their family.Whether we like it or not he is leading us. Let's see where he is taking us. Forget what the Deerg Reziraz are saying. If they were brave enough they would not have run away for their lives. What they do is "Buna and wore". I am part of the new generation and I am a doctor. What matters to me is freedom to exercise my profession to assist my people in every thing I can. I am tired of hate politics. Derg was illiterate and most of his officials were the same. I do knot know why we call them Shaleqa today? It is also funny when they are called "Engineer..." It is so funny. IF we call them that why can't we call every college graduate like, "Graphic Designer Kebede, Home Economics teacher Tsehay, Teacher Ayele, Geography graduate Kelbesa, Programmer Messay". They want to play an old game in a new field. It was John Dewey who said,"Democracy is born afresh in every generation and education is its midwife." Keforeshebachew lemin Dehina yemiserutin yadenakifalu. Meles is aware that he messed up. He knew that the next generation can build on what he has laid or destroy it completely and start a new one. Have a good day my beloved Ethiopians.

Ethiopia and Ethiopians 4 eva.
Fitsum

I guess meles is dictator but better than AMHARAS stubborns.can`t learn lesson from Obama AND Clinton debate

I can smell too much hatred in this article.

There is some thing I dont understand about these rediculous claims about Meles that He intentionaly is hurting the farmers.

Are you saying the young Meles (Legesse) left his bright future just to abuse the farmers. in the University of Addiababa He was the best student of the year and recieved a prize from the king. He for sure had a very bright brain and a very bright future. He joined the struggle to change the lives of farmers. He involved farmers in the struggle against dergue and now he is involving farmers in the struggle against poverty.

It is ok to be against a party or a person but to hate a party or a person to the extent the hatred overshadows your common sense to admit the reality is absurd.

Hating people doesnt repent all your bad deeds. (I suspect the writer is related to Dergue some how)

Emancipate your heart/brain from hatred slavery mr writer.

Tewodros Salsawi

Samsom,

So by your educated prediction Meles is out! who is In? Issaeyas! You got to be a pal of Ogadenian.

this is just a hatefule article this is obviously a KINIJIT supporter they are jelous that 80%of ethiopian population is unquestionably loyal to Meles .

Poor farmers. They have no choice, their lives are at stake, it is that simple! Meles, I'm sure you will be given a one way ticket to hell and bring the rest of your life with devil and your likes. I feel sorry for you b/c you will be another scum earth while you had all opportunities to help Ethiopia you just throw it all away, disposed and wasted it.


Ogadenian

This must be the first time you directed your frustration to the right way and not posted some spiteful comments about our beloved Ethiopia. If you genuinely are pro-Ethiopia (which I don't think you are, after reading all your comments so far) you should keep on looking at the real cancer of the country. Meles indeed is the problem and believe me when he is removed we all can solve our problems through civilized dialog thus we should first unite ourselves and tell meles to treat us as human beings or that he will be chopped of his arms and removed from the palace.


So please, I beg you to stay on this way and never go back to sending spiteful comments about our beloved country, Ethiopia. We already have plenty of enemies out there and we don't need to have others from within so please please Ogadenian I beg you in the name of the people you respect and honor have a faith on Ethiopia and our unity for once. I know you are frustrated b/c of disrespect you get from gov't, mistreatments, unfairness and non-equality but don't hate the country for that b/c those who mistreated you never came to power through a democratic process and never represented the whole population all the time. I thank and respect them for saving us from invaders and enslavement by outsiders. And I also thank them for their efforts to unite us but thats all. There isn't much more they did for Ethiopia but maybe responsible of the today's problems we are facing since they weren't sincere to everyone and keen to all oppresses voices. You can blame them all you want WHEN YOU HAVE FACTUAL REASONS, I'm not here to justify or cover up their part, in my belief a result of partly unconscious and partly naiveness caused, of the creation of mess and misery of ours. Previously on another thread I told you you weren't Ethiopian but anti-Ethiopian element and well here is your chance to convince me otherwise and prove me wrong...







Igzer Ethiopian 1 Yargat, Kekfum Yitebikat.
Wakes up every day proud that am an Ethiopian.

Meles is the worst Ethiopian leader, anyone who can oust him will be greatly appreciated. There are 2 Ethiopias right now the Woyanes and their supporters and the real Eethiopians who realy love their country

Would some of us be satisfied with what is happening in our country. How long are you going to be in deniel not to recognize when good things are happening by able people. Or would we rather hear bad things are going in our country by people who are politically hungry I think this would be a welcom news for some of us it is a shame. Long live Melese my God bless him in the rest of his life.

BY TEDDY "Why you worship and love MELES ? SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS A TIGREAN .That shows how morron society you are ". THIS MAD GUY IS STILL ACUSING THE TIGREAN PEOPLE AS A MORRON SOCIETY. SHAME ON YOU!!

I am part of the new generation and I am a doctor. I'm proud to tell you how I earned my doctrate. I don't think we will ever get a skilled and well seasoned leader like Meles I said in all my paper works. This impressed our party assigned teachers and lecturers.My snitch also helped me to proove that those who oppose him day and night can't even lead their family. To be honest with you I had one difficulty in getting my doctrate.I always tell people that I am tired of hate politics.Melese likes to talk a lot and these people collect from this modern tech all information..and ask me:"Who is propagating your so called hate politics? Do you know what politics means after all?". I fight back by saying : "Forget what the Deerg Reziraz are saying." Then everybody around me say:"You're right! You're right!" You know why I get these supporters? They're not yet recovered from the red terror aftermath. I hope they wouldn't recuperate soon and I loos all I gained through deception, intimidation,coruption... wey yachi qen stmeta!fitsum wede peking!????

Meles The Fox, he knows where he can get his prey. The farmers were the one who have fought the fight and deliver him power on the sliver plater while he was conspiring with the enemy to destroy their country. And, in todays Ethiopia there is no better alternative but to consolidate his base in our not so educated and uninformed part of the society who can assist him to squash the "aradoch" who dare to demand the rule of law and question his venomous policy. It is our responsibility to facilitate the deliverance of our farmers from the woyane's systematic oppression. I must agree with wepe that our farmers have no other option but to comply with the government which controls the information, the land, the madaberia-mirtzer, the food aid and just everything including their life, because it is perfectly legal to shoot anyone against meles the constitution and the government. We must work harder and smarter to end the era of submission and begin the newly rebelliousness against the woyane's deception and their systematic oppression.

BELL

You are a hodam starved TPLF dog. Why don't you take this moranic "the same shit diferrent day tegre bullshit back to your adwa den. You and the other LEBA-TEGRE losers days are numbered. We now know we can always spot WEYANE loosers by the way they envy/criticize our brothers and sisters to scam the looted-birr from TPLF EX-CHIGARAMS mafia groupe. BESBESE-AKATARI! why don't you get a real job? I am looking a gardner, a maid and a laundry boy.

wepe

My I salute you and I can say I'm sory if I in any way disrespected the Ethiopian people and their motherland.To be honest bro we are facing a Genocide in the Ogaden and we are sick and tired people who intend to ad an isult to our ijuries for that reoson alone have I lost my anger a few times.Males is Monester and if it is me I would prefer Mengistu any giving days.Mengistu did not slave us,he did not burn our village,there were no mass graves in the Ogaden.As I write this leter in the Ogaden I swear is on a complete lock down by the Tigres militia.No one dare to bring food,No one can even go in and out of the Ogaden.This sick Man is hell bent of destroying all the Enitre Ogaden population.Rape is a very nornal thing.Tigres have even gang raped Children as young as 6 year olds.Corps of Ogaden civilians lay on the street of most of the Ogaden cities.recently in the Ogaden capitol Jig Jiga a 19 year high school gratuete was tortured in the city center in a full day light.This young man was left there to die and they Tigres ordered no one can bury him for about a week the corps just lay there.This is what we are going trought in the Ogaden brother web

i can garanty you, 99% of the negetive comments are from desperste eritreans, just enjoy them.

The age of teff civilization is history in Ethiopia. The farmer is no longer obliged to under take back breaking and unproductive pecuniary consumption of the parasitic leisure class. The farmer is the engine of the creation of the wealth of the nation. Learn that nothing of value comes without effort, and it is not news that winners get flower in a country of Addis Flower. Only a fool can't learn that it is hard to argue with someone when time and again is found to be right, and only a fool can't figure out it doesn't cost anything to be nice.

We just miss the portrait of Meles in
every corner like Mengistu,Marks, Engles
and Lenin. So far he is the brutal
dictator. What development you propagate
in this page I do know.

Despite the anti Ethiopia diaspora alkasha,Meles Zenawi and EPRDF is apparently good government for Ethiopia. Since EPRDF ruled Ethiopia some 17 years a go,the largest single infrastructural development being undertaken in Ethiopia then and now has basically launched different type of developmental project and activities.

That is included a number of major power energy,school system,and challenged thousands of farmers to be self sufficient throughout the country. In fact, the environmental and social impart assessment study indicates that the farmers population, will have significant benefits for the coming prospective years.

In the future, it will contribute to many opportunities for the farmers created by the government free policy and the farmers will use that advantage and will continue doing well.

The other thing is EPRDF started sharing powers with neighboring countries too. A number of agreements for export of energy to Sudan, Djibouti and Kenya are being finalized, and first export of energy is expected next year to those countries.

So EPRDF is doing wonderful job throughout the country development. If that is the case,why the diaspora elite crying about? just hate or a concern? so sad.Though the government and EPRDF will continuous moving forwared while the cry babies diaspora with their shabeya crierer cries together for a long time. Nothing will changed but our development is moving forward regardless....Yeha

Allegagtions that Ethiopian government policies have proved failures, have bankrupted citizens and characterized by crises comes only from archfoe and losers who collaborat with the archfoe and mourn the loss of land from landlords and oppressors to Ethiopian land tillers.
The losers tell us and write a lot that Ethiopia is going poorer and poorer even if the World bank, FAO and other organizations witness for its positive developments.
The losers, however,
1. cannot deny that Ethiopian Farmers are becoming Millionairs
2. Nation and nationalities, which constitute Ethiopia have their identity respected. Promoting their identity, that is without adopting the culture, langauge and religion of those who are the children of former feudals, nobilities and royalties, they can be still Ethiopians. In today's Ethiopia every year a week of observance of the identity of her citizens is colorfully celebrated at venues where all ethnic Ethiopians exhibit their culture and experience appreciation for each other. In today's Ethiopia, no one insults anyone: "gamad af". This is gone for good with those who are bitterly angry to see and hear that Ethiopia is progressing in a willfull integration based on mutual respect of her citizens. No one is willing to adopt the imposion of the identity of another people on itself. Let me just give you a hint how our people is sensitive to any attempt that is undermining its identity.
"Odaa Namee deeminaa,
hin haffuu seeri oromoo keenyaa"
The meaning is "we go and seek justice to Odaa Namee, of one the founders of Oromo Gada system, but never abandon the law of our oromo.
This comes from the time of Dergue to resist the cultural revolution exerted by it to eliminate the identity of "other Ethiopians".
3. Ethiopia is much different from, and far better than in the time when its citizens were the slaves of the fathers of those who are now trying to undermine her development. Ethiopia MINUS the losers who are begging the American house of representatives and Senate to force Ethiopian government to restore them to suck the blood of Ethiopian famers and woking class, is doing fine and continues doing so. In our efforts to envision difference and prosperous Ethiopia than ever before, we put PRIME MINISTER MELES AND HIS COLLEAGUES ON THE FORE FRONT of poverty eradication and protection of our mother land from invaders and those "bandas" like professor Selam Beyene, Mikeal Deribe, Mesfin Mekonnen and their allies.
Mikeal Deribe has to know that the hyena in his article is a typology of himself, not Melese.
You Beg the senators, but we make our country. You betray our land, but we protect it. We can manage without you.

Well I can't say Meles is the worst leader as it stands now, but he may be.
If you ask why...

He silence Media so that no one knows what hs is doing and not doing...
He used Rule of law and silence and arrested oppositions so that to discourage anyone to come for word to lead and serve his or her country!
More than all he divided Ethiopian people to level in the future there may be ethnic war!

Yes, Nabil, Yeha, Z-Mike and Eshetu will jump and accuse me of Eritrean and sick!

If you own the media and let only good news to go out other than some leak then you are the best leader.

As for me I will adore and respect a leader who is not afraid of change and is willing to give his life to better his or her citizens life. Being smart to survive on POWER is not the means of good leader.

Let others play and those who are parsing Meles insist free media so that you would know the good and bad.


For those who say “Meles niges lezelalem” I say please lord give Ethiopia the best leader who is honest and strait, Who units not divide

Meles the Dracula is hiding behinds his communist ideology to suck Ethiopians blood.

Farmer or not they are all Ethiopians, victims of TPLF weak, dirty and greedy policy.

Meles is a very slow learner that couldn’t catch up with realty and the timely demand that even in Russia has buried its communism ashes to move out of its destructive politics. But Meles is still buried under his Communism, destructive, dirty and greedy ideology, power by gun and no brain just to hold on to power and wealth.

Meles may wish he would control 100% Ethiopian’s land and the hearts and minds farmers but he is falling way behind from his wishes. Meles is holding all Ethiopians including farmers at the barrel of his gun. Whatever law he makes is only to serve him and his surrogates not Ethiopians.

As far as Ethiopians they have already spoken out LOUD during the election. THEY PREFERRED CUD LEADERS than EPRDF. This is not to mention that I support CUD but to mention the fact.

The person who wrote this garbage is way out of the realty in Ethiopia and as usual moron hamberger boy who belongs to few bankrupt hatefull diasporas groupy. You have the nerve to underestimate and insult the intelegence of our farmers. Any day of the week ethiopian farmers can choose Meles to lead them and solve their problem than a scum of the earth like you and your likes. Meles knows and understands the hearts and minds of the farmers and their problems ,and he was and is working 16-20 hours a day to bring change to their lifes and he is succeding with result in every part of ethiopia. You on the other hand is an embarassement to yourself ,yourfamily and your groupy for insulting Ethiopia leader who sacrificed a lot in the struggle to topple the blood suckers dergs and who is working tirelessly day and night to take us out of poverty and who is making us proud with his deep know how and intellegence in every issue in the world stage. I will tell you for sure-you IQ is less than 1% of the IQ of PM Meles Zenawi.Your know how of the issue and the way you spit it and approached it with narrow mind in this article is another example of the bankrupt empty redric of the elite diasporas. You are not going morethan a yard with this kind of elementary article.

Ganamookoo! Ganamookoo! Where are you? I'm qite sure you're Dergu's cadre. Oh!My mistake.The Dergu was gone long enough time ago. You're a copycat. You're doing good job. The more you do such jobs in our names the more our pain and suffernig time shortens. You remember the Dergu time! The more they come out with rosy slogans the more their ship sinks...

give credit where credit is due. I believe those at the forefront than some dunkin donut analyst from washington.

USAID.
Each day, when the women and children finish picking green beans, they weigh their harvest and pour the contents into crates. The beans are then hauled away and graded, packed and shipped to the airport in Addis Ababa. Within a few days, those beans will be on the shelves of a European grocery store.

This wasn't always the way. Until recently, Ethiopian farmers worked independently on small plots, selling their produce locally for about 12 cents a kilogram. Meanwhile an exporter, Ethioflora Horticulture Farm, lost sales because it could not produce enough beans to meet export demand.

Then three years ago, USAID began supporting an effort to organize farmers into cooperatives, improve irrigation and produce high-quality beans to sell to Ethioflora at four times local market prices. The program increased production on small farms, and Ethioflora has expanded sales in Europe and successfully lobbied the Ethiopian government to allow more cargo flights into Addis Ababa.

"We had a lot of problems before these linkages were made," said Ethioflora Manager Mulugeta Abebe. "The farmers were not coordinating.… They needed to learn how to cultivate and use irrigation. All of these things were not possible to do before, but have been done now."

Often when small-scale producers link to an international buyer, they cannot meet production demands due to a lack of technology, skilled labor or transportation. USAID helps cooperatives overcome these obstacles by showing them how to understand and meet export quality standards and operate on sound business principles. In five years, the value of food grains, coffee and sugarcane sold through cooperatives has gone from $1 million to more than $20 million.

Ayu Deme's life has changed since she joined the Dodicha Vegetable Cooperative four years ago. She is one of 155 members who together cultivated 170 acres of irrigated tomatoes and onions for the local market. Last year Dodicha began supplying green beans to Ethioflora, making a significant profit. Ayu says she is now able to send her older children to school, buy clothes for the family and purchase oxen.

Ogadenian

Believe me, I feel the pain and would feel it even more if was there to witness the crime. It doesn't matter whether you are from Ogaden or Shewa people are collectively being punished for being Ethiopians b/c the midget's only mission is to put us in an endless hatred trap where we will keep killing each other while he and the likes including his western and arab masters enjoy looting the country's wealth and I don't think that I have to tell you that we, if we manage to unite ourselves, can destroy them in a couple of months.

To know that the people of Ogaden isn't the only one that is suffering you should ask your compatriots from other regions mostly from the southern parts of Ethiopia (b/c now they seem to be determined to enforce secessions in the southern parts of the country and keep dividing upwards until the the country called Ethiopia is scraped away from the map and nothing is left). Let me ask you one thing: do you think if Ethiopia disappeared and was replaced by these ethnocentric fake federal states, it would be better off for every or anyone involved at all? Why is Eritrea engaged in conflicts all the time? Why does it seem as if the Darfur case is endless? Why is Somalia the way it is (even before the bastard animal herds invaded it)? How is Kenya all of the sudden a country on a verge of another African genocide history? Do you think that the fact the whole horn of Africa is engaged in a civil disaster is just a pure coincidence out of the blue? Why are we unable to see who is behind all this? I think it's b/c there are invisible hands enjoying our misery with every pleasure. Therefore instead of fighting each other we should stand together and fight against the real cause of this devastating reality which is ravaging the region and consuming young men and women by millions. Why should we let them use our differences to put us in further misery and why would we ruin what we have but accomplish NOTHING?

Don't you think if all the LF's and other anti-woyanes merged together it would be easy as walking to get woyanes?

It's just a matter of time before everyone realize that unity is the only way that will enable us to cut and throw away this cancer in Arat Kilo and believe me the rest of our problems would be solved through dialog. If you doubt about it you can ask me why I believe so.




I am a doctor.

Are you for real? I guess you are since I expect a whole higher level of expression and verbal skills from a doctor lol(no offense though).







Igzer Ethiopian 1 Yargat, Kekfum Yitebikat.
Wakes up every day proud that am an Ethiopian.

The writer and most of you bloggers don't even know how to write in English. How do you expect to have ideas and propose solutions for a country of 80 Million when you do not even know how to spell in English? Why don't you at least propose Nazret.com to provide an Ethiopic/Geez character enabled web site

Also anger i snot a fertile soil for solutions. I know 100% most of you are somewhere in US and/or Europe in a nice internet caffe drinking collata angry at something else, like your ugly white girlfriend that just dumped you or you are confused cause you are still stuck driving a taxi in Seattle or Atlanta. You neither fit in the West and you are too ferenji for Ethiopia/Eritrea. Come up with constructive ideas, ideas that can make a difference. You come here curse degrade others by your words and on Sunday you go pray to Gabriel or Allah or MTV white kneeling next to the guy you just cursed out. Shame on you.

Nebil,

Come on my friend you are giving too much credit to only one person.

We need to hear a round of applause to that indomitable spirit of Ethiopian people as a whole. They are the one who came out from 16 years of fear and unaccountable losses during Dergue and start all over fresh and move the country ahead.

One person (Meles) could not have done it all alone. After 16 years of Mengustu, the people of Ethiopia had that feeling of fatigue about Dergue and they had welcome the new administration and it happened to be a government that is favorable to do all kind of commerce. And thanks to the ingenuity and the fecund mind of some citizens the country is showing some kind of economic improvement.

Alas, millions of our brothers and sisters are still destitute and some of us are very indignant to this wealth disparity. A visionary leader should give equal opportunity to the less fortunate. And try to narrow the gap between the filthy rich and the one who go to bed without a piece of Injera.


ruth_sweet,

You wrote: "... but better than AMHARAS stubborns.can`t learn lesson from Obama AND Clinton debate"

Can you take a moment to explain to us the lesson that we should have learned from watching this worthless debate among the Democrats. You know you cannot leave everything to chance; some of us are not as smart like you who can learn some valuable insight by watching Clinton rambling on and on during the debate.

Eshatu Daba,
Here is what you wrote:"The age of teff civilization is history in Ethiopia. The farmer is no longer obliged to under take back breaking and unproductive pecuniary consumption of the parasitic leisure class."

So, according to you in order to bring some hard currency in US $ or in Euro, to only a dozen of people who are in this horticulture farming, we the people of Ethiopia should eradicate from our daily life the staple food that we have enjoyed for centuries? Aren't you a little contemptuous? Maybe your uncle is one of these people exporting the roses to the Netherlands.

Hello Nebil

If you do not have the courage to be part of the Tigrai ethnic line then you are not part of the Ethiopian mosaic. The naming Weyane is an organization not the people and unfortunately when you refer Wayane by default you are referring part of the fabric of Ethiopia Tigre. If you are Amhara, Oromo, Gurage, Sidamo, Gambella, Benishangul, Somali, Afar.., then by association you are Tigre do not kill yourself

Zatu

The silly Ganamookoo,

let me ask you about Odaa nabee,
Is it Meles alloewd the Oromo pople to celebtate it or he ordered his Agazis to detain and looot every cultural clothes, CAACU and KALACHA?
Did the Agazis had naked and embrassed the grils a
and moms in front of the puplic?

why 500 Oroms are evicted from ODAA NABEE land monthly if meles has respect for oromo identity?

The article writer is nothing but a self serving cudest thats trying to discredit the governments efforts that's helping our farmers to become self reliant then any time before.

Eprdf understands that our farmers are the back bone of ethiopia that was belittle by the past two regimes & most addis ababa resiedents that felt superior to these true ethiopians farmers.

The brave eprdf had crushed these feudal wanna be anti ethiopians elements to thier knees and made them beg to respect the GREAT ETHIOPIANS FARMER that always had answered ethiopian call during her dark days.

Now these snobs like the article writer thinks he knows whats better for the same farmers he use to make fun of like he was a god chosen.Ethiopian farmers have benefited a lot under the true original ethiopians leaders of eprdf sacrficed they made to bring these great changes to all oppresed people of ethiopia.

Eprdf will continue to empower all ethiopian people that was belittle by the hodams regimes of the past.Unlike before no hodams of cudergists,feudal elements,eprp will not stop the progress our farmers and in general ethiopia is making.God bless our farmers that never turned thier face against ethiopia while the educated hodams of opposition attempted to sale her for the lowest bidder only to grab power.MORE POWER TO ETHIOPIANS FARMER!

come on people what is wrong with you? this is bullshit,,, what do you wanna Melas to do he is doing everything he came for the country,,, he is helpping the farmers that what is important. 80% Ethiopian People are farmers, and thats what important... he is building roads, buildings schools etc etc these are the indication of grow...some of you will nevy happy...I bet if you where in his possition will not do a thing. I JUST WANNA SAY SHUT UP AND WATCH ETHIOPIA GROW.. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK WARDS. THANKS ETHIOPA TIKDEM!!!

Selam Sami,
Have you ever say or would you say a single word that EPRDF is doing this good for the country? I have had seen people aganist EPRDF in the past but at least they do give a credit where due credit goes. What I heard from you as usual is that basically morning first songs day second songs and evening third songs all together are same songs.

Honestly speaking no one is pfefect when it comes to democracy, even American democracy is not that prefect either.We can all witnessed how the American politician stolen the election during Bush-Al Gor presidential elections on back 2004. Why in the world when it comes on Ethiopia, the elite diaspora such as your self wanted it to be look different and prefect.

Did you see these days the positive attitude toward our economy? you heard me. The fast growth infrastractural development in any corner of the country? yes You should give huge credit where credit due man. EPRDF has brought and invented democracy in Ethiopia for the first times on Ethiopian soil and for the first time on Ethiopian history as well.

This is the trial.Next time everything should be fine and working well satisfying every Ethiopian citizen for sure. But don't tell me the one week huddle project of Kinijit was supposed to be the good one. No way let them tested themselves the hard way first than eating soft cake without stretching their muscles and feel the pain.

EPRDF is the only qualified group to rule the country the way it should be because it comes from such a long time exprenices.

Go Obama for America....Yeha

Abebe,
Here comes a treat! You are nothing but a paper tiger. Just dring your black sheet coffe and burn your heart. I am not surprised to read comment like "As soon as your TPLF leaves the office, you will pay for what you were doing to the rest of Ethiopia. Ethiopia will either be unified or disintegrated." from looser like you. One thing that you are right for sure is my beloved Ethipia will be disintegrate if
neftgha trys to reverse nations and nationality equality achived so far. Thank god for Meles and EPRDF to eradicate neftgha domination once for all. About the writer, he is nothing but a liar who deceive someone like you. There had never been in the so called Ethipian history that Ethiopian farmers have a much better opportunity to improve thier lively hood and eradicte povery. I have no relation to EPRDF but had an opportunity to visit a few state including Bahre Dare and witness the progress the country is making. Tell what the hell the Fedual system and the Derge did to Ethiopia all those years?

Get a life. Ethiopian will shine under Meles and EPRDF.

I am from a poor family and we did not have anything. I don’t know how many of my generations were poor farmers. I was born and raised not far from Debre Berhane. I was in the Ethiopian army for 14 years before I came to Canada from Sudan. I am not speaking about Melese Zenaw. I am talking about my own family who have come out of poverty. My two brothers and many other farmers from my village are doing very good now. My brother own houses in the city and a car. This was unimaginable when I was growing in my village. My sisters have been doing business between Addise Abeba and Debre Berhan. They have good life and they have enough money. I don’t care how the government is doing their work. I know only many poor farmers are better condition now than any time in Ethiopia. We have to be proud of the hard working people of Ethiopia, the farmers, who suffered from poverty for generation. Mengist help some of us to get education. I am also very proud of Melese Zenaw for understanding that farmers are important and good people for Ethiopia. I go to Debre Berhane every one year and I am always very happy now to see people living better.
The Ethiopian people we need to work together with our farmers and government. The person who write the article don’t know our country. This Ethiopia government is very good for farmers. They must help open schools and clinics for future generation. We must work together with our government to continue to help more our farmers. Ethiopia will be a good country when the farmers are healthy.

Yeha,

Economy?? what did you know about economy while our poor people become poorer and your rich Aliigators families become richer?? . . your Evil Master dragged every poor people to the ravine by these huge interests from loans and debts???

Invented Democracy??. thousands killed, disappeared and tortured under the regime your Evil Master.

Your Leba Master fooled our poor people long time ago. . . thats why we are here to show how UGLY and GREEDY DICTATOR Master Evil!!!

meles is great!

Ogadenian aka PHILLY !! do u know anything about ur country let alone ethiopia!!



abebe [Visitor u disgust me !! what
u goin to do to the tigrays?? what a
loser u the one whos talking about ethnic heres a reminder for ur DEAD BRAIN we NOW LIVE IN THE 21TH CENTURY START GOING FORWARD not BACKWARDS U C PPL LIKE U ARE NO GOOD FOR ETHIOPIA THATS Y WE ARE ALL BEHIND NOW !! INSTEAD OF THINKING BETTER U THINKING OF REVANGE !! anyways u not going to touch nobody dream on!!

Come on people, this is silly. Meles/EPRDF along with the millions of men/women, young/old are living in one of the most peaceful time in the history of the country. The fact of the matter is, he is the only leader that have managed to balanced the economy and let Ethiopians live/traveler freely throughout the country or internationally.

I believe most of us know/remembered what Ethiopia looked like prior to 1991. Ethiopians were living like hell under DERG and we recalled that anyone who spoke against DERG was shot died! What we see today is quite contrary but some of us don’t seem to appreciate that…instead we dig for anything to destroy the image of our country. Certainly, those who are working for the opposition under the cover-up name reporter cannot stay hiding under the cloud for too long and certainly, they will continue to smear our good name/people. Diasporas are crying 24/7, because they never imaged when they lost power in 1991, that EPRDF would become this powerful and stay in power for this long!

What we need thus, is that more Ethiopians to think about tomorrow not about yesterday. There is hope out there and we believe in the leadership of MELES/EPRDF. EPRDF is what’s needed in Ethiopia today and tomorrow if we really want to continue to see the great progress from the economy to the education to healthcare to the democratic process. let us build Ethiopia, and let us NOT go backward. We know those who are out there to deceive our people are desperate for one thing…that is POWER! thus, they will never challenge EPRDF publicly with their peaceful agenda for Ethiopia…the nation somehow Ethiopia is worse of today under EPRDF is baseless propaganda to satisfy our enemies…thus, no matter what the attempts are, we’ll never give up HOPE and certainly, we’ll never give up on Ethiopia/ns.

Z-Mike

The writter is correct and the Ethiopian people if they get a chance to read this article will testify it.
At this stage, every body knows that all the people of ethiopia, except those affiliated with EPRDF are really suffering politically, economically and morally and inevitably, there will be a people's uprising to remove this aids like regime !

How maleable is there brain for the wrong reason?:Most diasporas who form unjust opinion about the condition in ethiopia and the way they analayze info to shape their believes concerning critical matter of their country is Questionable. Most of the comments on Nazret.com are showing these peoples intellectual nakedness in broad day light.Their humane operating system softwear is enormously flawed. Geting duped in every direction is becoming an every day dose of medicine, whether by opinion written by some extreme elements or by simple comments of 'Ekeklign Likeklehe'.They are watching the day to day activites/issues of Ethiopia and the world with an outdated telescope and they are trying to analayze 2008 info softwears with 1990 operating system device. The disconnection in understanding the issue of their own country men/women back home is so huge that they are making themselves look like foolish in the world stage by posting "Mamo lela Metawekiyaw lela" opinions,comments and made up storys.What is surprising is the high expectaion people back home of have of diasporas.You are the ones who were supposed to be above all this ignorance and take the high road and flood your hometownswith knowledge and investment Since you are living in countries with endless opportunities and knowledge of ocean mediums-be it books-libraries,universities,internet access,infinte educational materials,etc...I am still in owe to see so many diasporas who grew backward intellectually and who advertise their bankrupt opinion as the best product money can buy without shame. And its funny that some of their politcal heros or where they take their talking points from? are artists like Tamagne beyene , debebe eshetu , azmariw abebe belew to name a few-Not to mention the Derg blood suckers.Let me take a detour here and give you some observation: case in point take comment name WEPE and OGADENIAN. If you read their comments for the last few issues and concentrate on the way they answer to each other back and forth , it is mindboggling to see what they are exchanging this article.They are like satelites who are out of their orbits( behaving like a madman) ,which are going to crash land any time soon. Sometimes one is taking the other for a ride to lala land(not just simple car ride but the one you see in amusement park).

I don't have any problem with the above mentioned aritsts talent and their love with/by the people. But my beef is when I see to many diasporas worshiping them when they speak in political matters and taking their words as a standard to advance their political agenda. And in the politics avenue they are doing disservice to Ethiopia as they are using their art talent as a medium to divide the people and spread unfounded info about our country rather than participate in causes which is trying to create peaceful interaction b/n the diaspora politics and the one which is at home.

Hi weyanes!
If you are for our country you have to fight with eritreans. And bring the mad dog Esayas . we will bit him here and cut his head.
Eritreans becarful know is coming the warst

I cant understand, Ethiopia is only for
TPLF. I mean what TPLF/EPRDF doing is
the best one? Let us look the power sharing
1 PM Meles Zenawi
2.Foregn M. Seyum Zewde
3.Defence M. abay Tesahey
4.National Security M Tebebe Hagos
5.The National Bank etc. etc all are Tigryan.
In the parliament TPLF HAS ONLY 29 sits
comparing Oromya and Amhara 180 and 130 sits in parliament respectively.
You mean that Ethiopia is belongs to tigrayan? No other nation and nationalities want power?
Other nationalities have to see when Tigre and Tigrayan do every thing in our commen Country?
I am not saying that am hating Tigrian but
all Children in that country want to live equally. If I’mn’t supporting TPLF that isn’ t mean that I’m shabia or OLF or CUD …… bla bla. I like my country Ethiopia, the same as others which loves there Country.
The question is now- free media, free opposition not based on ethnicity, free judicial system, Army loyal to Ethiopian people not to the TPLF party, free national intelligent not loyal to Meles Zenawi, Free election bored, etc. The issue is not Meles to rule the country or not, the issue is the whole corrupted Meles system MUST GO.

Always you tolk about bad things only,why?you haven't brean to accept the good things and the truth,pleas don,t think like your grandffathe try to think the best and moddern.And try to remeber when the power was with you,atlist 100 years ago,then I want to give me answer at poired what was look like Ethiopia.

Always you tolk about bad things only,why?you haven't brain to accept the good things and the truth,pleas don,t think like your grandffathe try to think the best and moddern.And try to remeber when the power was with you,atlist 100 years ago,then I want to give me answer at poired what was look like Ethiopia.

NOT RECOGNIZING YOUR OPPOSITION IS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS......

DURING MY WHOLE 2007 IN ETHIOPIA, I REALIZED THAT THE PUBLIC IS IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA AND MEDIA PSYCH. WAR......

what is sad is that the Diaspora Opposition seem to be playing with outdated means of tools to irritate the public mind all the time....i wonder when are they gonna learn????

dawit

Fitsum, well said.."They are trying to play an old game in a new feild."
As they say in North America" Change endures." We need to change ourselves first before we attempt to change others.

My fellow diasporas...We do live in the past. The past is history that we learn from, to live for today and plan for tommorrow. Eldres should advice us -the new generation, not brainwash us to think like them. Their wisodm, exprience should be passed to us and we should be left free to think on ourserelves.

We need civility from our old politicians. The playing feild has changed the game rules have re-written.

Regards,
Menge

MACK(CHABYAN BORN MORRON) of course you the TPLF thugs starting by you are a bunch of morrons trying to impose on the Ethiopian Peoples a tribal dictatarship around your great leader Zenawi and the tigrean Mafiosis. And you dare to call yourself as the new generation ,former DERG cadres and bandas , shabyan agents and actual American Mercenearies.The only guy you are whorshiping is simply :"..MOA ANBENTA ZEMENEGOD SHABYA KEDAMAWI ZENAWI SEYUME AMERICA..". LONG LIVE THE TRUE ETHIOPIANS !!! LONG LIVE THE PATRIOT TIGREAN PEOPLES ANTI TPLF THUGS !!!

What more GOOD thing would one want TO HAVE in once LIFE TIME.

LET IT'S COUNT Ethiopia blassing

1991 BEFORE MELES (AC)

100 DOLLAR worth 500 BIRR IN BLACK MARKET

HENCE 100 birr only worth 40 birr

2000 AFTER MELES (BC)

100 DOLLAR WORTH 800 BIRR BANK RATE while only get you 850 birr in balck market

Hence 100 birr get you 94.10 DOLLARS

HOW YOU LIKE IT


SECOND:

2000 AM (BC)


THE FARMER sale HIS TEFF for 600BIRR.

If there is HUNGER next time it would be in ADDIS ABABA...

WHAT MORE THE FARMER CAN ASK FOR

1991 BEFORE MELES (AC)

Let assum teff cost 100 birr and the famer keep 50% his profit that would be 50 birr.

Now let assum TEFF cost 600 birr and only keep 10% of his profit that would be 60 birr.

Now which one is more atractive for the farmer 60 birr or 50 birr....

you might say 50 birr have much value in AC THEN BC?
MY answer is that might be turth but no farmer get 50% return TOO.

now let assume THE FAMER GET 50% 600 BIRR that means 300birr and let also assumed 300 brrr doesn't worth much like it use DO!

Just like TIME MACHINE MONEY VALUE HAVE one way drication we have to march with TIME ... WHAT we doing to do nothing all we can do is work harder and make more money that all we can do... that is why we use machine to do ten or 100 time more production that doing the same thing by hand hence our income will grow with our prodcation level...

next time you see the famer will farm with modern machinery if the price of TEFF STILL COMMAND THE HIGHST PRICE that the market can allow

ehhron the retarded moron, how are you? Yes I have been orbiting on nazret for quite sometime now and you know what? I have seen others getting better by the day but not you and of course Yeha the stupidest monkey I have ever came across. So dedebu ehhron instead of interfering b/n me and Ogadenian you can go back your other job which is cab driving and attending Car parks. Or if you want to duscuss with us you are welcome (from my side)but otherwise keep your distance. You are a cancer for our country!!! Believe me I could say more but I'm trying to avoid you, so please be understanding and menakeshin akum ante .







Igzer Ethiopian 1 Yargat, Kekfum Yitebikat.
Wakes up every day proud that am an Ethiopian.

TEDDY KEEP ON DREAMING

oh not again

Mr.wepe the whipped retarded zemed Mengistu Hailemariam you trying to compared your self with the lions who defendes and love their country dearly like ehhron and other individual democrats here.

Of course Yeha is the stupidest monkey you ever came across. What about you the uglest guerilla on earth? or perhaps the blood sucker Mengistu zemed?

Believe me your jealousy and anger won't changed anything on the ground in Ethiopia, the democratic process for national and nationalities equal rights guaranteed will continues at the speed of sound.

I can understand you people ruled Ethiopia for the last 100+ years but no progress at all. In fact,instead of progressing,the country went down below zero as far as economy goes. Don't even mention the equal rights for the people of Ethiopian. Ethiopia means Amhara Ethiopia menas shewa and beside the shewawians, the other Ethiopian were treated as a foreigners.

Now as long as EPRDF is within the country, Ethiopia is belongs to every one. Its belongs to us not the elite feudal retarded individuals. Nation nationalities and states equal rights are guaranteed.

Now, EPRDF ruled Ethiopia for only 17 years so far there you have it there is tremendeous changes thoughout the nation for everything. What if EPRDF rules Ethiopia for another 17 years? watch out African singapore is on its way gurantee. Just give them a chances.

Now when the northren lions have done this kind of amazing develompent within 17 years, you feudal retarded guys got a stomachaches of jealousy because you didn't do a shit the last 100 years than what the northren lions does for only 17 years for Ethiopia. Now that's where the jealousy comes from.

Wepe just matter of time but jealousy will wiped you out some day like LDL does to some people.

Long live EPRDF and Ethiopia.

Go Obama for America....Yeha

found this horrible message in Eritrean web page. Se the quotation:

'The Ethiopian refugees were trying to escape from the hell they are trapped-in and from the torture and sufferings by claiming to the Libyan officials they too are Eritreans; -but, sadly, the Eritrean coordinators exposed them as Ethiopians and badly ruined their chance to see the sun shine after a year. As the result of it, they are still in prison hell under tremendous harsh beatings and hunger.'

1) I prefer to die than i say i am from eritrea.

2) 'Send the shabians home!': the slogan of me is always true.

Send those who live in Shimbal to isaias. He is their medicine.

Love to all Ethiopians. Death to all traitors who work with shabians.

TAZABI,

You sullied my name with your idiotic comments praising 'Melas' (Legesse Zenawi) saying that 'he is doing everything he came for the country,,, '.

To begin with, you are not the 'Tazabi' (now the Original-Tazabi), who believes that Meles (Legesse) Zenawi is perhaps one of the worst leaders Ethiopia has had in its recent history.

He is the first Ethiopian head of state, who conspired with Ethiopia's enemies to partition Ethiopia; Fought alongside these enemies to see to it that Ethiopia remained a land-locked country. Moreover, since the implementation of his 1st phase program of partitioning Ethiopia, he has agreed to give more of Ethiopian territory to these guerrilla day benefactors (Eritrea & Sudan). No Ethiopians have been consulted on these bizzare gifts of his to Ethiopia's enemies and adversaries.

Furthermore, this shameless guy, who purports to be leader of Ethiopia has set-up a time-b... to disintegrate the country into several pieces along ethnic lines. For now, he is using the so-called ethnic federalism (divide & rule) to stay in power and exploit the circumstances to implement the second phase of his wicked scheme.

Therefore, Legesse Zenawi can only be described as Traitor, who has committed unforgivable treason of the highest nature against the people of Ethiopia.

But this guy is not only a traitor, he is also a ruthless murderer. Many members of his organization (thousands) have lost their lives for opposing his treasonous view on the issue of Eritrea.

His cadres and the security apparatus have turned the country into a police-state muzzling any kind of dissent, except the type that serves the regime with the semblance of of a democratic system (the appearance - not the substance).

So, no amount of economic activities spurred, primarily by donors' funds and unsuspecting investors can polish his image from that of a Traitor, Tyrant-Murderer, Human Rights abuser ... etc.

Original-Tazabi.

Nazret, what is this? Who wrote this article?

If you just post everyone’s and their mama’s article without any substance, factual information and reference to the source of allegations, this place will become garbage like the review site. They (people who do not have better things to do other than accusing and complaining) were accusing Meles for motivating the rich. Now they turn to the accusation of Meles for motivating the farmers? Get a life people!!! Find something relevant to cry about.


Wepe,

I post my response to you in the other page but Nazret has been holding it I don’t know how long they’re going to hold it so I’m trying this page.

You are right; our forefathers have given us a history we can be proud and I’m grateful for their legendary works. I do not mean to override their accomplishment when I say Melese is the best thing that happened to Ethiopia. Perhaps, I should revise my comment and say: Meles is the best thing that happened to Ethiopia in the course of my life time. You think I’m wrong for believing that and you are entitled to your own views as I’m entitled to mine. It is funny however to see how the situation in Ethiopia can be seen in different ways. We both were in Ethiopia recently and we both see things in Ethiopia different ways. I say the glass is half full and you say the glass is half empty. In spite of what the facts tell on the ground, political views always boil up to how the individual chooses to look at things (optimistic/pessimistic). So, my brother Wepe, you can not tell me I’m wrong for choosing to look at the glass as “half full” instead of “half empty”

True!!!! There are many things still needed to fill our glass but we should also be grateful and accept the positive things that are filling our beloved Ethiopia’s glass.
I can only speak and testifies about what I sincerely know for fact and what I see for fact are positive economical and political developments, new hopes and opportunities for everyone in Ethiopia and I think Meles Zenawi has something to do with it. I had also seen “the red terror derge regime” when there was no glass to fill, no political, economical social rights. Now, I’m happy to testify for those who liberated me and my fellow Ethiopians from that red terror regime and give us new hope.

To address the discussion about maids and zebegna’s we have started, I have read your response but since Nazrat was holding comments at that time I thought I should wait for another opportunity to continue our dialog. Thanks for bringing it up again. These are my response to the points you raised last time:
1. As for you not witnessing a maid and zebegas get hired for more than 300 birr/mo, you can ask anyone who lives in the new city called Hyate.in Addis.and they can tell you how much they are paying. Most of the people who owns a house in that area are well off people who moved back from the west. People who live in another part of the city are often complaining about how the Hyate people are raising the standards of living for maids and zebegnas in Addis.

2. You mentioned about the gap between the poor and the rich in Ethiopia. …..Just like you, I have relatives and friends who are filthy rich and relative who are very poor This is not a new phenomenon born in Ethiopia; the filthy rich and poor have existed among us since the beginning of time. The reason it seems to be wider now in Ethiopia is because we are moving from communist system to capitalist system. In capitalist system, what you rip is what you sow (the more you invest the higher your rate of return is) You can not blame the rich and the government for the rich being richer. These people invested more and took bigger risk with their money; we can not punish them for investing in our country. I have friends and family who cashed everything they saved and owned in the west to invest in Ethiopia. Don’t you think these people have the right to be rich? These are the very people we should praise and reward they are the ones who can help our country progress by stimulating the economy and creating jobs for the poor.(I think a good example of such person that we all know and should praise for his investment in Ethiopia, is Alimodi)

3. About the Godana Tederarred (Homeless children) It’s very sad that we have many of them in our streets. I think the aids epidemic plays a major rule for this devastating social ill. We have a lot of kids who lost both parents for aids and it is all Ethiopians’ responsibility to take care of them. As an individual, we can participate by adapting some of them, providing work for the older ones and supporting organizations that shelter orphanages. Government should also give incentive for citizens to participate in raising these children.

4. As for the prostitutes, Again, this is one of the social ills of a society that we all need to fight. I believe ”supply and demand” plays a major rule in this case; if there are less delegates (as one of the prostitute call them), there will be less prostitutes on the street. I think visiting ethio diasporas have increased the demand making prostitution as an appealing opportunity for young Ethiopians. We all can start by advising the Ethiopian visitors to restrain themselves, we can also help by participate in the creation of jobs for the prostitutes (instead of protesting private sector business that are creating jobs for some of our sister who otherwise might be on the street)
There was this touchy comment in this blog about a guy who started sending money to Ethiopia and offers to train prostitute in different vocations. He started small and turned it in to organization. If we all become the one who teaches others how to be fishers, like this individual, we can fight these social ills We can not just sit and blame the government for all our social problems.

5. I’m not sure if I understand what you were trying to tell me when you were talking about adapting the civilized countries system about …….“delala between employer and employee”
If your are talking about implanting active labor law and having employer pay tax for the employee, I think we are too young for such system. We are still struggling to create jobs for the majority of the population to feed themselves and you worried about not having active labor law? And you want to scare away the employers who are opening opportunities for the poor by imposing employment tax? It just amuses me how some people expect this poor country to flip around over night and become just like the west. Let’s be realistic!!! We still poor country where the majority are struggling to feed themselves. Let’s keep filling our glass small drips at a time and we will get to that ideal state.


My sisterly advise to you and to those who are very pessimistic about our country, please try to be optimistic about our beloved Ethiopia!! Try to focus on the half full glass instead of half empty glass.
If you train yourself to see the drips that fill the glass half way, you will be motivated to fill the glass up all the way. If you choose to see half empty glass, you will drain your motivation to half.


Always Love & Hope for our beloved Ethiopia
Hope

Interesting news----------------Tarek Bin Laden's Red Sea bridge

A company owned by Osama Bin Laden's half-brother has proposed building a bridge across Mandab Strait on the Red Sea, to link DJIBOUTI to YEMEN.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7259427.stm

Wake up and smell the coffee people. The PICTURE it self proves that EPRDF has done an excellent job to change farmers life.

ehhron[Visitor]
Interesting news----------------Tarek Bin Laden's Red Sea bridge

A company owned by Osama Bin Laden's half-brother has proposed building a bridge across Mandab Strait on the Red Sea, to link DJIBOUTI to YEMEN.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7259427.stm


YOU ARE LATE BY AT LEAST FIVE MONTH. WE ALL READ ABOUT THIS BRIDGE SOME TIME IN LATE LATE SEPTEMBER. Where were you?? In comatose state????

blogiticians...please stop talking. please go to Ethiopia and see for yourself there is good there is bad there is ugly but overall things look much better than in the past. anybody else can blog and say what they want I for myself have seen it all with my own two eyes in the flesh not on the internet. Do Tigryans need a little refining...of course they do, so do all other ethnic groups in the Mosaic. While Meles might be a visionary as you go lower on the totem pole it gets worst and Meles cannot do much about that. lies propoganda etc etc will never ever be able to change the fact on the ground. also compared to many of you angry and dillusionals (tinking politicians can bring Utopia in Ethiopia) you can tlak slap but your blogs just hit nazret.com but never touches the lives of the people on the ground those struggling each day. you are all softies that need to get out of your office chair away from yoru 22 inch plasma monitor and do some real work with your hands not with you keyboard and/or mouse. I have never heard of an eRevolution. you are rotting in your own little minds and this 1"x2" Comment text we are typing into..the world is bigger than that, the issues facing Ethiopia/Eritrea are bigger than that.

Abebe

Thank god for Meles and EPRDF to eradicate neftgha domination once for all. About the writer, he is nothing but a liar who deceive someone like you. There had never been in the so called Ethipian history that Ethiopian farmers have a much better opportunity to improve thier lively hood and eradicte povery. I have no relation to EPRDF but had an opportunity to visit a few state including Bahre Dare and witness the progress the country is making. TELL ME WHAT THE HELL THE FEDUAL SYSTEM AND THE DERGE DID TO ETHIOPIANS ALL THOSE 50 YEARS ???!!!

Get a life. Ethiopian will shine under Meles and EPRDF.

Abebe the lazy Amhara,

I just read your posting. Whats your plan? Genocide? That is the problem of lazy Amharas like you. The moment you hear good news about Ethiopia you get crosseyed. For century, ask yourself, what have you brought to Ethiopia? Nothing but procrastination, no work ethic and envious jelous of eachother and paranoida of others. Now dont tell me Meles has'nt brought change to the right direction against so much protest like lazy people like you and your bretherns. Your hatred to the Tigreans is well noted, their bigest mistake is working so hard to push the country forward despite do-no-thing lazy Amhara chauvinists like you. You want to separate Tigrai and join it to Eritrea, well the same can be said of you lazy Amharas. If you succeed Ethiopia will have no problems left. I advise you to read: Wough in Abysinia by Eveline Wough, then if you can understand it we can talk, but ony if you speak of Tigreans or any ethnics for that matter with utmost respect. MORON.

ehhron,
Not only that may be Bin Laden's half-brother will stretched another bridge to the little African Singapore Eritrea too. Don't you think Eritrea deserves that bridge? yes it dose because of its wide range of infrastructural development in African history.

In addition, for the giant military harware moving to sawa the giant bridge will help the little African Singapore richer than Japan move faster....Yeha

Another anti-Meles propaganda by a disgruntled diaspora. We all know Ethiopia has progressed quite a bit in all fronts in the last 10 years. My opinion is that it has progressed more in the last 10 years than in the previous 60. And yet there is this anti-EPRDF sentiment in the diaspora community, and to a lesser extent at home in Ethiopia. Why?

The real problem is that EPRDF is perceived as a government of exclusion. People feel that they are excluded in every aspec of participation and decision making. Participation in governance is relagated to party members. It should not be if improvement the lives of Ethiopians is the goal.

As an example, a friend who has recently returned from Addis told me that a business owner in Addis was harassed over the phone for showing up to protest HR2003 to a visiting US senator, despite the consenus that the people in Addis and the cities (the informed) were against HR2003.

Other examples of Ethiopians feeling not having a stake in this government shows in the equivocation of Ethiopian ambassadors abroad. They tend to say that they are carrying out their duties as stipulated to them, suggesting that they may not share the same views as their governmint

Sad. EPRDF has to change this secretiveness about its governance. Despite his economic and political progress for Ethiopia, Meles has to rethink his strategy for success. ci. This playing farmers against citit dwellers is counter productive in the long run.

The challenge for Meles is to have his silent supporters to support him in the open. To do this they have to have some say in the governance of Ethiopia. Meles should realize that a credible opposition could wipe out his silent supporters. So, Meles, make your party your supporters party whether or not they are party members. Otherwise your fall, when the time comes, will be precipitous. Not good for your party.

To Beekkaa:

From where did you get that impressive and yet falfied information that Agazi Army Division had humilated Odaa namee(Nabee, according to your version)area and evicted the residents? Do you know that that area is within the range of Oromia State where oromo admisnistartors gover or, they are not Oromos according to your justification? Can you prove that the army you mentioned has ever stepped Odaa Namee area? No, you ca't at all, but I know you fabricate.
Did you learn all these lies which are your own heartborn from Eritrean Review and Ethiomedia, or you got chance to visit Sawa where you have been trained number one lier?
Just few points:
1. If you have Melsephobobia, Visit Asmara and worship Isaias
2. If you say Ethiopian farmers have not started counting their cash in Millinons, go to Sawa and enjoy "dhuufuu Mishingaa"
3. If you are jealous that Oromia in particular and Ethiopian faremrs in general are working on their own land and getting proposper to the point that you cannot deciev and evict them from their Baadiyyaa, join CUD and fight to snatch the land owned by them by your deceptive cry for land reform. I am sure you won't be allowed get it.
Let me also add something for you which was chanted by Hararghe farmers when they were tired of you. "dhibaaf shantam, dhibaaf shantam fiddan malee dhumtan, dhumatan"
The fact that Ethiopia is progressing under the Leadership of Melse is testified by the beneficiaries themselves, World Bank and FAO.
Look how impressive the Ethiopian Air Lines is-Taking soon the Delivery of 10 Boeing 787. Tell this to your Sawa trainers.
Waanyoo keessatti Rabbi nama duroomsaa, beeytee Beekkaa?

While reading comments in the site, I came across Gurezza's article, which need help for amendment. Gureza, Please learn that;
1. Defence Minister is not Abay Tsehaye, but Kuma Demeksa
2. National bank of Ethiopia's Chief is from south, not from North
3. Mine and energy-both bosses Oromo
4. Communication Minister-Junadin Sado, Oromo
4. Justice Minister from South
5. Water resource, South
6. Federal affairs, Hassen Siraj, Gurage

7. Labour-Hassen Abdella, Afari
8. Culture and tourism-Mohammed Dirir, Somali
10 Education, Dr. Sintahu-Amhara
11. Youth-Somebody biratu-Oromo
11. Women Afair- Kambata
11. Information Minister-Amhara
12. Justice?
13. Foreign Affairs-Tigre
14. Health-Tigre
15. Federal affairs-non Tigre.
out of these Ministrial Offices, only Health and Foreign Ministries are held by tigres.

So, Meles is not greedy as you tried to distort, but a peson who promotes colleagiality among Ethiopian nations and nationalities. Learn this please.
I hope you get some lesson fom this comment.
Sincerely,

Yeha,

You wrote..........
"Ethiopia menas (means) Shewa and beside the Shewawians, the other Ethiopia were treated as foreigners."

Can you please tell me where Shewa is? Where are these "Shewawians" located? I do not see it on the map. I think they have temporarily moved to the eastern shores of lake Kivu. With the ethnic Tutsi militia right behind their tracks.

Keep on writing this rubbish. But one day you will destroy Ethiopia. Meanwhile, check the 1984 census, the last under the provinces. 9.2 million out of 40 million Ethiopians lived in Shewa. Almost a quarter. Currently around 20 million, Shewa is larger than 75% of the nations in Africa. Shewa believed in unity, in living together. In co existence. You touch any part of Ethiopia, he feels as you touched his own home. Hence why the entire Shewan Nobility, including tens of thousands of ordinary Shewans are buried in Tigray. Shewa had no policy of dismembering any provinces, including Tigray and Eritrea. You wipe the name of the face of the Earth, you occupy their land by your ethnic militia. You kill hundreds, you throw thousands in jail. You desecrate every day heroes of past. You loot anything you can get your hands on. And you became the Nazi German victim, of those maurauding Poles. Waaaaaaa becha, ken zembele yale gezae anten ayadergegne. My main concern is for Ethiopia. And for her I keep on shading my tears.

Hope

It's not about me seeing "half empty" or not seeing "half full" glass but rather seeing a glass that have a big crack at the bottom and losing whatever it contains rapidly and the "small drips" you are talking about aren't catching up with stream through the 'crack'.

"I had also seen “the red terror derge regime” when there was no glass to fill, no political, economical social rights."

Yea Derg was truly a monster but the difference b/n derg and woyane is that derg killed more in number but collectively and their leader throw the bottle filled with blood. Woyane is killing people selectively, now especially in Balle, Harerge and Keffa which are mostly populated by Oromo and ethnic Somalis. Everyday there is report about things getting worse in the Ogaden region. Now one might argue this is happening b/c of OLF and ONLF but killing the people of the region in the name of the LF's is only being enemy of Ethiopia and her people. Derg never promoted secession unlike woyane which since day one and up to date is trying to do everything it can to destroy our country. Just look at article 39 of the woyane constitution. It has for the last 17 years endorsing secession but on the surface WOW it is amazingly more pro-Ethiopians than the ones that protected her with their blood and bones from invaders through centuries.

Of course we all are entitled to our opinions (thus there is nothing wrong with me telling you that you are wrong as long as I have a reason to believe so and bear it out for you to see)here in abroad and especially here on our "cyber-world" nazret.com which provides us with great news and valuable information regarding our country Ethiopia unconditional of what kind and which BTW is BANNED in Ethiopia by the regime you so admire. Although I'm also a little frustrated that are being too late with the moderation of our comments in other threads than those of the newest ones.

I'm not blind nor I'm I obliquing things to suit 'me' but I'm trying to see the reality from the eyes of the majority, which as you know is POOR. I admit that as long as we are humans we do see things in different ways as you said but what I would like to add is that, no matter how different our views are or get, we can't escape the fundamental issues.

I'm not by any means against the rich getting richer but I'm EXTREME OPPONENT of the fact that the rich is getting richer on the cost of the poor. Although I have respect for the person you mentioned, I'm not with him all the time especially when he is involved in politics, he should stay away from that. Just look at the people of Ethiopia, for years they/we praising him but then they/we were cursing him ONLY b/c his t-shirt was showing his affection for this antagonist regime.

Yes you are right; whatever happens in Ethiopia indeed "Meles Zenawi has something to do with it." since he & co. are in control of everything and believing that Ethiopia is moving "from communist system to capitalist system" is a very naive belief. The only ones that are allowed to do anything in the country has no rights of questioning meles and his wrong deeds. He even controls the lives of the farmers' not to mention other 'wealthier' parts of the society. What kind of impact is that going to impose on our poor society? That some animals are better animals than others? (like a friend of mine quoted George Orwell's 'Animal Farm')


"People who live in another part of the city are often complaining about how the Hyate people are raising the standards of living for maids and zebegnas in Addis"

As I already stated I'm against having maids in my country but since I started this I ready to get to the bottom with it...
How many people live in that place (Hyate which I don't have a clue of except the name)? What kind of contrast would you get comparing them to the 'overwhelming' amount of the people of the capital with middle income enough to enable them to hire a maid for, say 150birr?

On your third point I totally agree but the sad reality is neither of us (gov't or we)are doing our parts.

As for the prostitution case;

"instead of protesting private sector business that are creating jobs for some of our sister who otherwise might be on the street"

What's the difference when they are being raped by the employers? Or is it part of their job too, besides of toiling throughout the day with other jobs? Private 'service sector' managed by the gov't would grant that a harassment of any kind (from the employer)would never occur without them paying the consequences. And yes the dumb moron diaspora are one of the responsible ones too and I wish I could hang all those that are participating in trashing my sisters' pureness and degrading their moral. Also don't forget that prostitution escalated under woyanes time and we both agree that 'meles has somethng to do with it' don't you? (I'm not being nasty though) I'm just thinking of his nature of making a joke of what's Ethiopian including trashing her history and flag.

As for your last point; I brought it as a solution for your own point where you brought the fact that those maids and zebegnas are/were being assaulted and humiliated. I have no clue of what 'active labor law' means (do you mean 'active labor act'?). Anyway what I'm talking about shouldn't necessarily 'scare away' anyone since we both just agreed on that there is 'desperate shortage' of maids and doorkeepers. Having the gov't as a 'middleman' isn't only supposed to make it hard for the employers to hire but also to stop insult and humiliate those they have hired. Improving the employees' miserable situation and lives isn't by any means being 'unrealistic' and Ethiopia certainly isn't 'too young' to adopt it.

Finally you said: "Thanks for bringing it up again.", I say thanks for replying even though I don't agree with most of what you wrote and one of us is wrong, I hope it's me (for the sake of my beloved country, Ethiopia).







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Gurezza,

Point well taken. However, if you say that you love Ethiopia, why then Tigre, Gurage, Amhara and Somali, Sidama and so on is the way to identify one another. Why not we identify ourselves ETHIOIANS? I prefer not to be identified as one ethnic or another but an Ethiopian nationalist. Being an Ethiopian is greater than ethnicity.

The ETHIOPIAN.

MACK(SHABYAN MADE FOOL MORRON SHIMPANZE) YOU CAN NO LONGER HIDE YOUR PAST AS DERG CADRE ,SHABYAN SLAVE PROPAGANDIST ,AND ACTUAL TYRANT ZENAWI BLIND MINDED MORRON ADMIRER . CRY LITTLE BOY ANYWAY THE END FOR YOU AND ALL THE TPLF THUGS IS MORE THAN EVER NEAR !! AND OF COURSE CERTAINLY IT's NOT THE TYRANT ZENAWI WHO WILL SAVE YOU ,BUNCH OF MORRONS AND PRIMATIVE ZOMBIE MONKIES !!!! LONG LIVE THE TRUE ETHIOPIANS !!!!

Shewarega

Why would you step down billion stairs to talk to that retard? You are glorifying him when you care to give a reply to his endless and senseless lies. Of course exchanging views with someone (a human being) you don't agree with is a healthy thing to do but, with all due respect to the wild life, this moron is a savage that stands only a step above a wild pig to say the least with his impractical brain.







Igzer Ethiopian 1 Yargat, Kekfum Yitebikat.
Wakes up every day proud that am an Ethiopian.

Janet ,

You wrote to Abebe and said “That is the problem of lazy Amharas like you.”

I wonder where you come from and what you have contributed from your hard work (if you were not so lazy).

Amharas are decent people who loved, unified and sacrificed their lives for the love of their country. Unlike the lazy thieves, Woyanes who brought nothing but looting and selling our country is their destiny while day in and day out spouting with their idiotic and false economical rhetoric’s so to avoid real issues.

You must got your training from TPLF because TPLF and their masters ELF and EPLF (Shabias) were using your dirty slogan (how Amharas were colonizing them trashy propaganda) to divide and destroy our country.

The more you bring this filthy TPLF propaganda the more dislikes you add to Woyanes because it shows how woyanes still have not learned from their shocking election experience.

My suggestion to you is to come out of you inferiority complex and learn from the exchanges between wepe and Ogadenian.

Woyane are a spit.

Wepe,

You completely misinterpret my whole point on the earlier discussion; I said maids and zebegnes were (not at present time) quietly being mistreated. Now, they do not have to put up with low wages and humiliation because they have more opportunities available to them. I don’t think your socialist solution of putting the government as the middle man is not needed here. The capitalist system is working fine on its own; only the one who can afford can employee maids and zebagne for good pay and better treatments. It is not like the old days where anybody can hire a maid and make them work like slaves. If you try to employee a maid for150 birr and mistreat her, she will give you the middle finger and go to Hyate where they can pay her more and treat her well. Remember! In capitalist system, what you rip is what you sow.

My brother Wepe, throwing sensational words here and there like “being raped by their employer” do not make your points valid. Having an opinion is OK but spreading unjustified negative rumors is NOT OK! Did you see any of the employees working in private sector business, beauty solon, restaurants, retail stores, parking attendants etc. being raped? What these employees getting are opportunities to work and feed themselves instead of being on the street. I remember back in the days, I used to have a lot of relative without jobs or opportunities to continue higher education. They were dependents of their parents in their 20s 30s and even in their 40s including their spouses. Now most people in their 20s are either working or going to school (higher education or vocational training) Thanks to the private sector business booming in Ethiopia

I just don’t get you; you claim to be patriotic who is concerned about your fellow Ethiopians being on the street at the same time you protest the very thing ( the booming private business in Ethiopia) that is saving them from being on the street. You claim that you want to solve the problems, you do not act to solve the problems, you do not bring any vital solution to the problems (we tried your socialist solution before it didn’t work) and you protest those who tried to create solutions to the problems. Then, what good are you to your country other than being pessimistic and confusing others by throwing negative sensational words?

Let me give you another example of your addiction to negative sensationalism. You said:
“Woyane is killing people selectively, now especially in Balle, Harerge and Keffa which are mostly populated by Oromo and ethnic Somalis”

Do you have to use the word selectively? Who told you there won’t be any death at war? Yes we are at war with those who want to rob and divide our country. Casualties of soldiers and unfortunate collateral civilian deaths are bound to happen in a war. But claiming Woyane is killing selectively is a cheap shoot. Where do you get your information? From the scum who come to this blog as “Ogdenian”? or Jeffery Damper who has an issue with Bush’s administration? Sometimes I don’t blame the government for moderating medias to prevent such irresponsible sensational use of words that can stir up emotions and help our enemies’ propaganda. Do you have any idea how much impact such small words as “Selectively killing” has on people's emotions? It is provoking and very dividing; you should not just throw it in your comment without solid evidence for the accusation.

Here is another irresponsible sensational comment you threw:

” I'm not by any means against the rich getting richer but I'm EXTREME OPPONENT of the fact that the rich is getting richer on the cost of the poor”

What the hell does this mean? The rich invest his/her money and open up business and jobs for the poor and the poor will be employed by the rich and provide his/her service for wages. There is no hidden sin here. Please, try to listen to yourself before you throw these sensational words. Staff like is what can crack our glasses if we do not watch it carefully and I think this is the reason why the government is moderating media.

Speaking of cracked glass, you think those who are coming to invest in Ethiopia would risk their investment if they think Ethiopia’s glass is cracked? When I say investors, I’m not talking about Kinijit who invested on hate and empty words. I’m talking about the ones who come to Ethiopia with the fat potion of the meat (Investment), joint ventures such as Het Zuiden Investment BV to build the first car assembly in Ethiopia, lenders such as World Bank and JP Morgan and rich individual such as Alimoudi. Do you think these investors are stupid to invest in cracked country? It is the meat that can feed the poor NOT Hate

Finally, I appreciate your HOPE for my way of looking at things for the sake of our beloved Ethiopia.

By the way, labor law and labor act is the same thing; both represent standards for employment. I added “Active” instead of saying “specific labor act available for implementation’