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Styles of Sculpture from Ghana
The African Holocaust
Claiming our Responsibility
Malaria in Africa
Death of Dr. Asrat Woldeyes
Playwright Ayalneh Mulatu
Challenge for African youths
Historical Context of American Policy towards Africa
Dakar Debt Manifesto
The Lost Opportunities
Violet Tree
State of Africa: France influence on Government in Africa
by Jant Nima
After a time of decay comes the turning point. The powerful light that has been banished returns. There is movement, but it is not brought about by force… The movement is natural, arising spontaneously. For this reason the transformation of the old becomes easy. The old is discarded and the new is introduced. Both measures accord with time; therefore no harm results.
-I Ching
Through greed and a distorted view of the realities of the African continent, France has lost a plethora of good opportunities to bring her former dependencies on the continent to modernity. She simply saw the continent hopelessly through a Machiavellian prism. For that reason, the majority of Africans in her former dependencies see her as the major obstacle to their development.
Part I of this series presented the history of the French colonial empire in Africa and the end of this empire. Before leaving, France splintered her empire into microstates. Her predilection for "hommes forts" to lead these microstates has accentuated Africa's marginalization.
Part II of this series focuses on France's image on the continent. Of interest are France's mishaps and blunders, the recurrent scandals involving French politicians and bureaucrats and their shady deals in Africa, the building of Francophonie as a counterpoint to the Commonwealth, and an assessment of Africa's interests in her relationship with France.
5. AN ABYSMAL IMAGE To say the least, France's image on the continent is extremely bad. This should not come as a surprise to French policy makers, for the degradation of France in the eyes of many Africans is a direct consequence of France's myopic policies during the last five decades. In the sixties, in the heyday of African independence, scores of young Africans left their native countries to study at French universities. They could do this because France made numerous scholarships available to the brightest African students. Some of these students did very well in France in spite of hardships due to cultural differences with the host country. In addition they had to adapt to the new climate which might prove a tall order for somebody coming from the Equator. They showed their intellectual mettle and earned scores of degrees from the most prestigious French institutions of higher learning. But when they were ready to return to their countries of origin they soon felt some misgivings because the same France that allowed them to better their education had given power in their native countries to the "village idiot."
The presence of these African students in so many French universities derived from the philosophy of "assimilation" that dominated French colonial thought. Assimilation posited that French colonies were to be brought into the French nation and taught the French language. It was also a political device to perpetuate French prestige. It was part and parcel of French missionary zeal on the continent. Assimilation extolled hu7man equality and the value of education and was given intellectual legitimacy by giants of French literature such as Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot. Assimilation had one inherently negative side: the civilizing mission assumed a cultural superiority that would lead to excesses.
Picture Patrick Mboum, a fictitious student from Cameroon in Paris in the 1970s. He just completed brilliant studies at the Ecole Centrale de Paris and finds himself in a quandary. A part of him wants him to return to Cameroon to contribute to his country's development. After all, his stay in the French Republic has allowed to get some knowledge in engineering no other Cameroonian possesses and that will certainly be a great asset to his country's economy. Another part of his being categorically refuses to see him back in Douala. This is chiefly due to the fact that he just read "Main basse sur le Cameroun", a strident pamphlet on the economic crimes France was exacting in his native country in concert with successive puppet administrations, written by Mongo Beti, the premier author of Cameroon. Cameroon, he thought, was one of the richest lands in Africa. In the Bamileke, the country has a class of businessmen and women of international reputation. The soil is rich and the rain forest is replete with the rarest plants. The discovery of oil should in theory improve the country's income. However, the Elysees brains had decided to impose an arcane and mysterious style of management whereby all the proceeds of this important resource were diverted into a special account, a "caisse noire" accessible only by the President's office. With an adequate leadership, Cameroon economic performance would be on a par with the performances of the South-East Asian "tigers." Mboum knows a couple of acquaintances and friends that have returned to Cameroon after stellar studies in France. Some have opted to join the decadent regime in place just to satisfy their greed. Others joined the regime because they said they wanted to reform the regime internally. The rest held steadfastly to the ideals they had developed during years of militancy in the "Federation des Etudiants d'Afrique Noire en France", the august organization often credited for great contribution to the independence of France's former colonies. Scores of these former comrades are either dead or languishing in the jails of the unpopular regime. Patrick Mboum weighs his options and finally opts to stay in France thus contributing to a brain drain that is stifling economic growth on our impoverished continent. It is fair to say that the French state is only interested in African wealth. Another objective of its presence is to derive power and prestige at the expense of the continent. Hence its predilection for dictatorships on what it sees as its turf. If the French state holds the African masses in deep scorn, the masses reciprocate the same feeling towards the former colonial power. Anti-France sentiment runs high in France's former dependencies chiefly because of France's support of dictatorships in these countries.
6. BLAME IT ON JACQUES FOCCART! A friend of mine from Ghana once told me that one of his uncles always feared for his life whenever he had to pay visit to relatives in neighboring Togo. He was terrified by the propensity shown by France's former colonies to jail their citizens on mere whims. Four decades after independence, most of France's former dependencies have failed to create solid institutions to sustain their politics. In lieu of the ideology of inclusion endeared by our tradition, these former colonies have opted for the most part at the urging of the Elysee for dictatorships practicing abysmal politics of exclusion. The end results of these politics are frequent wars and wanton devastation. The post-independence period in most of these countries could be characterized as an era of tyranny and regression.
What Charles de Gaulle had in mind for France after World War II was a community of sovereign states made of France and her former colonies and with a French president in leadership position. That way France's grandeur was restored and maintained. Subsequent events compelled him to grant independence to the colonies but he did this with reluctance and he simply ignored the full meaning of political independence. To accomplish his ideas Charles de Gaulle turned to the secretive Jacques Foccart. He named him in 1958 secretary-general of the French community. In 1960 he commuted his title to "secretary-general in the presidency of the Republic for the community and for African and Malagasy Affairs." Charles de Gaulle and his successor Georges Pompidou delegated all the issues involving French-speaking Africa to Jacques Foccart. Soon no decision about these former dependencies could not be made without Foccart's stamp. He emerged as a kind of proconsul for Francophone Africa. To carry on France's policy Foccart organized the "reseau Foccart," a network of import-export business figures, and shadowy semi-official groups such as the "Service d'Action Civique." The reseau Foccart also extended into French police, military and intelligence agencies.
Foccart's view of the continent was very negative and he threw in position of power men that would reinforce this pessimism. Men of the ilk of Jean-Bedel Bokassa and Moussa Traore were allowed to seize power and maintain it an inordinate amount of time in order to defend "French interests." In Foccart's simplistic view of the continent, men of vision education and charisma were to be eliminated because they represented threats to French interests as defined by the "reseau Foccart." For instance, Sylvanus Olympio, Modibo Keita, and Hamani Diori, former presidents of Togo, Mali, and Niger respectively, were such men and were effectively eliminated.
The ascent of the French socialists to power in May 1981 was a watershed event in French politics. The news was a cause of concern for many African dictators. On the other hand most of the African intellectual elite toasted the event. The African elite expected a political liberalization in Africa, a sort of glasnost as a result of this election. This political liberalization was part of the promises of the Socialists during the electoral campaign. In fairness to the French Socialist party, it should be noted that they did try to promote changes in the Franco-African relations. Jean-Pierre Cot, a former law professor, was then named minister of cooperation. He strove to remove the opacity and secrecy that characterized these relations. However, powerful voices within the French Establishment rose against these changes and earned the support of Francois Mitterrand. Cot left the government a few months later and returned to the Law Faculty of the University of Paris.
After the departure of Jean Pierre Cot, Francois Mitterrand named his own son, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand as his personal adviser on African affairs. It was soon business as usual. The opacity that characterized France's relationships with her former dependencies in Africa returned with a vengeance. 7. SHADY DEALS AND SCANDALS Let us face it: bureaucracies do not generate wealth. Bureaucrats tend to wield a lot of power but are usually prevented in transparent democratic systems from converting their power into lucrative dealings. France maintains itself as a world power thanks to an educated labor pool, a vibrant press, an excellent public school system. The politic class seems the weakest link of the French polity. This polity is dominated by alumni of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (National School of Administration), a school created in 1945 by the Provisional Government of the French Republic led by de Gaulle. The school owed its creation to satisfy a need for specific and complementary training for government officials. The success of the school has been formidable: more than 4 percent of students overall have held elective office. Two of the five presidents of the Fifth Republic (Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Jacques Chirac) have been students of the ENA. Six of the 14 Prime Ministers of the Fifth Republic (Jacques Chirac - twice, Laurent Fabius, Michel Rocard, Edouard Balladur. Alain Juppe, et Lionel Jospin). Bringing together all future government administrators into one school definitely brought coherence to the senior civil service. Nevertheless, this idea created a sclerosis at the highest level of governance in France. There have been many unsuccessful attempts to reform the ENA. These attempts failed because so many of the alumni are part the nation's power structure.
In France, a strong and independent judiciary system usually serves as a deterrent against excesses and abuses of the country's bureaucrats. However, in the murky systems erected as methods of government in the French former colonies the same French bureaucrat may have free reins to indulge in influence peddling. And his rewards may be enough to purchase a castle in his native country. Whereas in France institutions strive to maintain checks and balances, in the former colonies the destinies of millions of people are in the hands of a few unqualified individuals. The list of scandals involving French "hauts fonctionnaires" and African regimes is long.
Last year, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand spent Christmas in a Parisian jail on suspicion of helping illegal arms sales to Angola. He admitted receiving $1.8 million dollars which was paid in a Swiss band account for helping to organize arms sales in 1993 and 1994, in a deal worth $500 million dollars according to some reports. The investigators suspected Mr. Mitterrand, known by the nickname "Papa-m'a-dit" (Daddy told me) of acting as an intermediary for amrms deals with African heads of state, by using relationships developed when he was his father's special adviser of African affairs. This Spring former French Interior minister, Charles Pasqua, was placed under formal investigation over allegations that he used illegal funds to finance an election campaign. Pasqua is reputed to have his own "reseau" in Francophone Africa. He was already under investigation for the arms deal with Angola mentioned above.
This spring, the presidents of the Congo-Brazzaville, Chad and Gabon sued in a Parisian court Francois-Xavier Vershave, the author of Noir Silence (Black Silence) under a 19th century French press law making it a crime to offend a foreign head of state. In Noir Silence, the author accused these heads of state of corruption, drug traffic and genocide and exposed the support these heads of state benefited from successive French administrations. The author won the case. The Elf inquiry this year showed the French Establishment at its worst. The wide-ranging investigation unearthed scandals such as illegal arms sales to Taiwan and illicit funding to Germany's Christian Democratic Party. The inquiry resulted in the sentencing of Roland Dumas, a former foreign affairs minister to six months in jail. His lover, Christine Deviers-Joncour, was sentenced to 18 months in jail. Elf's boss, Loik Le Floch-Prigent was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail. And finally, Alfred Sirven, the initiator of the deals was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Elf is one of the most important oil companies in the world. Its business extends to more than 100 countries. It is corporate giant that does not refrain from using treachery and political intrigue to preserve its interests in Africa. In Noir Silence Francois-Xavier Vershave reports the company has participated in numerous crimes including mass murders during the recent civil war in Congo-Brazzaville.
8. FAILED SOCIETIES At the onset of the 21st century, it is fair to say that the political balkanization of the French colonial empire in Africa created a string of failed societies. Four decades after independence, the microstates that resulted from this balkanization remain economic oddities with, for the most part, a per capita income of less or a little more than one US dollar per day. Table 1 lists the performances of these states in the UN Human Development Report of the year 1999.
Human Dev. Index
Gross National Product
Gross Nat. Product per cap.
Average Inflation Rate
124 Gabon
$4.8 billions
134 Cameroon
$8.6 billions
135 Congo
$1.8 billions
143 Togo
$1.5 billions
153 Senegal
$4.8 billions
154 Cote d'Ivoire
$10.2 billions
155 Benin
$2.2 billions
161 Guinea
$3.8 billions
162 Chad
$1.6 billions
165 Central African
$1.1 billions
166 Mali
$2.7 billions
171 Burkina Faso
$2.6 billions
173 Niger
$2.0 billions
Table 1 Economic Performance
Human Dev. Index
Popluation (millions) 1997
Population (millions) 2015
Pop. Growth Rate
124 Gabon
134 Cameroon
135 Congo
143 Togo
153 Senegal
154 Cote d'Ivoire
155 Benin
161 Guinea
162 Chad
165 Central African Rep.
166 Mali
171 Burkina
173 Niger
Table 2 Demographic Trends
Human Dev. Index
Adult Literacy Rate (97)
Primary School Enrol.
Tertiary School Enrol.
124 Gabon
134 Cameroon
135 Congo
143 Togo
153 Senegal
154 Cote d'Ivoire
155 Benin
161 Guinea
162 Chad
165 Central African Rep.
166 Mali
171 Burkina Faso
173 Niger
Table 3 Educational Trends More than anything these figures are excellent indicators of the human tragedies that are the lot of most of Africans living in these former dependencies of France. These countries are wallowing up in abject poverty for the most part. According to these figures only Gabon managed in 1997 to secure a relatively decent score in the Human Development Index category. However, Gabon has a minuscule population so its wealth does not help the overall picture. Furthermore, the distribution of this wealth inside lends itself to much criticism and Elf-Gabon's practices have much to do with this state of affairs.
Whatever happened to the "Ivorian miracle?" Cote d'Ivoire position in the Human Development Index behind Cameroon, Congo and Togo comes as a big surprise. During Houphouet Boigny's rule the country used to be touted by France as a showpiece in West Africa, a success story in a sea of misery. Of late the country has been wrestling with instability and the scourge of xenophobia.
It is worth noting that unlike Great Britain who worked hard to preserve the unity of Nigeria in the post-independence period, France opted to dismember the AOF (Afrique Occidentale Francaise) and the AEF (Afrique Equatoriale Francaise) into hardly viable microstates. Yet France decided to maintain very close ties to these former dependencies through what is generally referred to as cooperation accords. These accords usually include a full range of diplomatic, defense, economic, monetary, financial, commercial, and technical assistance agreements. No matter how one looks at these accords, one cannot refrain from deeming them neo-colonialist. These accords serve as pedestal from French interests in Africa. The core of these interests in one word is trade surplus. Africa accounts for 20 percent of France's trade surplus. It remains France's third largest foreign market outside the European Union with French exports to the continent totalling 20 billion US dollars in 1997. Trade balances have always favored France. In recent years transfers from Gabon alone have surpassed $1 billion a year. ( France's responsibility in the failure of these societies)
9. LA FRANCOPHONIE: FOR AFRICA A WASTE OF TIME AND ENERGY La Francophonie or the Francophone Movement is an organization which wants to promote French civilization all over the world. But this organization suffers from a stigma: its image. It is difficult for us to take this organization seriously if the ex-metropole, France, is collapsing under recurring scandals at the highest level of state. Unlike the Commonwealth which tries to promote good governance within its members, La Francophonie is perceived as a bunch of dictatorships some more violent than the others. Amnesty International has of late accused 32 of the 52 members of La Francophonie of human rights abuses. Besides that, the intellectual elite of the former French empire in Africa must come to terms with the language of Voltaire and Descartes. Does French matter in the age of globalization? Experts estimate that only 105 million out of the world's 6 billion people can claim French as their first language. Of course, half of these people live in France. The rest is scattered around the globe. This is why some of the African elite sees La Francophonie as a mere exercise in futility, a waste of time and energy.
10. CONCLUSION Speaking about Africa in his seminal book "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order", Samuel P. Huntington states:
The ability of any potential core state to provide leadership to sub-Saharan Africa is limited by its division into French- speaking and English-speaking countries. For a while Cote d'Ivoire was the core state of French-speaking Africa. In considerable measure, however, the core-state of French- Africa has been France, which after independence maintained intimate economic, military, and political connections with its former colonies. The two African countries that are most qualified to become core states are both English-speaking. Size, resources, and location make Nigeria a potential core State, but its intercivilizational disunity, massive corruption, political instability, repressive government, and economic problems have severely limited its ability to perform this role, although it has done so on occasion. South Africa's peaceful and negotiated transition from apartheid, its industrial strength, its higher level of economic development compared to other African countries, its military capability, its natural resources, and its sophisticated black and white leadership all mark South Africa as clearly the leader of southern Africa, probably the leader of English Africa and possibly the leader of all sub-Saharan Africa.
Good things will befall Africa in the twenty-first century if she learns to focus on her interests. She must in this century transcend the vestiges of her colonial past. "English Africa", "French Africa" and other realities or spheres of influence deriving from alien paradigms must fade into oblivion and give way to a united Africa that knows and defends her interests. There is no need for the exaltation of one colonial power over the other. The African Union is clearly "the best game in town" for the continent. France's policy in Africa has generated a plethora of criticism over the world. The current socialist government led by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin has stated on many occasions that France intends to adapt her cooperation with her former dependencies to new realities on the continent. To do away with the secrecy that characterized this cooperation, the ministry of cooperation has been absorbed by the foreign ministry. Furthermore, the CFA franc tied to the French franc at a guaranteed rate since the 1940s, has been pegged to the Euro. The French Treasury still provides the guarantee but changes cannot occur without the approval of the European Central Bank. Overall, there is a new awareness in French political circles that Africa can no longer be treated as the president's special turf. But skeptics are legion because most of the bilateral accords between France and her former colonies are still currency. And of these former colonies only Benin, Mali and Senegal seem resolute on the path of democracy and the rule of law. But beyond the French exactions and the prevalence of supine regimes real changes will only occur in this corner of the world when the African masses decide to transcend the status quo. Although still timid, the spread of the democratic culture should in principle embolden the intellectual to get out of its current torpor in order to these societies to a new overdue golden age. REFERENCES 1. Nima, Jant. Legacy Magazine, "France and Africa: The Lost Opportunities", Part I, 2001. 2. Manley, Andrew. BBC News, "World: Africa - Chirac's visit marks French policy shift", July 19, 1999. 3. Astier, Henri. BBC News, "World: Africa - France and the US: The scramble for Africa", March 23, 1998. 4. Carter, Lee. BBC News, "World Africa - Francophone leaders in human rights row", September 3, 1999. 5. Beti, Mongo. "La France contre l'Afrique"(Paris: Editions La Decouverte, 1993). 6. Smith, Stephen - Glaser, Antoine. "Ces Messieurs Afrique" (Paris: Editions Calmann-Levy, 1992). 7. Vershave, Francois-Xavier. "Noir Silence: Qui arretera la Francafrique?" (Paris: Editions des Arenes, 2000). 8. Lewis, David Levering. "The Race to Fashoda" (New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988). 9. Murphy, E. Jefferson. "History of African Civilization" (New York, Dell Publishing, 1972). 10. Huntington, Samuel P. "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996)
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1 | Heart Ashley | Margin: head | BRIS: 96 | TrueNicks: A+ | $60,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Filly | Lion Heart - Pretty 'n Smart, Beau Genius
Sire: Lion Heart, Chestnut, 2001. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, 5 wins, $1,390,800. Lifetime: 497 yearlings sold, median $30,000.
Broodmare Sire: Beau Genius, Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, $500,000.
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2007 Select Yearling Sale, $320,000.
2 | Cinderella's Wish | Margin: 4¼ | BRIS: 95 | TrueNicks: C+ | $20,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Speightstown - Godmother, Show'em Slew
Sire: Speightstown , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 10 wins, $1,258,256. Lifetime: 285 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Show'em Slew, Dark Bay or Brown, 1985.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2007 Select Yearling Sale, $300,000.
3 | Trophy Collector | Margin: 4 | BRIS: 88 | TrueNicks: B | $11,000 |
2006 | Bay Filly | Strong Hope - Silent Greeting, Secret Hello
Sire: Strong Hope , Bay, 2000. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 6 wins, $767,460. Lifetime: 142 yearlings sold, median $27,533.
Broodmare Sire: Secret Hello, Dark Bay or Brown, 1987. In 2009: 1.12 AEI.
Others: Gatorette, $6,000; Mani Bhavan, $3,000.
Scratched: Bold Union; Snow Lass; Miss Ocean City.
Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
1 | Heart Ashley | Garrett K. Gomez | Steven M. Asmussen |
2 | Cinderella's Wish | Jeremy Rose | Mark Shuman |
3 | Trophy Collector | Clinton L. Potts | Rodney Jenkins |
4 | Gatorette | Julien R. Leparoux | David Fawkes |
5 | Mani Bhavan | Alan Garcia | Steve Klesaris |
Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
Heart Ashley | Garrett K. Gomez | $3.80 | $3.00 | $2.10 | |||||||
Cinderella's Wish | Jeremy Rose | $5.80 | $2.80 | ||||||||
Trophy Collector | Clinton L. Potts | $3.60 | |||||||||
$2.00 Exacta (2-4) | $20.40 | ||||||||||
$2.00 Trifecta (2-4-6) | $68.00 | ||||||||||
$2.00 Superfecta (2-4-6-5) | $124.80 |
Undefeated Agave Kiss stretched her streak to six when she romped to victory in the $100,000 Miss Preakness Stakes on the Black-Eyed Susan program at Pimlico Race Course May 18.
Friday, May 18, 2012Zayat Stables has retired grade III winner Heart Ashley, who will be offered as a broodmare prospect during the Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010Overlooked in the wagering at odds of 8-1, Heart Ashley quickly took the lead and never looked back while tallying a 1 1/4-length win in the $250,000 My Juliet Stakes at Philadelphia Park May 29.
Saturday, May 29, 2010Grade I winner Cat Moves, making her first start in seven months, is the 5-2 morning line favorite among a strong field of nine older fillies and mares for the $250,000 My Juliet Stakes May 29 at Philadelphia Park.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010Pretty Prolific rallied from far back and got up in the final jump to win a thrilling three-way photo finish in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl (gr. III) Jan. 9 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, January 09, 2010George and Lori Hall's Bold Union, a four-time stakes winner in 2009, leads a field of nine in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) for older fillies and mares Jan. 9 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010Augustin Stable's Informed Decision, who has nine career wins and holds Keeneland's seven-furlong track record, drew the outside post position in Saturday's 29th running of the $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II).
Wednesday, October 07, 2009George and Lori Hall's Bold Union made her Delaware Park debut a winning one, taking her five rivals all the way to score in the $150,300 Endine Stakes (gr. III) by a length Sept. 12.
Saturday, September 12, 2009Runner-up in her previous four starts -- the last three in graded stakes company -- Gary and Mary West's Keep the Peace looks to finally break through when facing seven fillies and mares in the $150,000 Endine Stakes (gr. III) Sept. 12 at Delaware Park. The 4-year-old Touch Gold filly was installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009Sara Louise, the last horse to defeat superstar filly Rachel Alexandra, returned from a nine-month layoff in sparkling fashion, coming from off the pace to score the $110,000 Victory Ride (gr. III) Aug. 29 at Saratoga.
Saturday, August 29, 2009Sara Louise will race for the first time since November in the $100,000 Victory Ride (gr. III) Aug. 29 at Saratoga. She is the last horse to defeat Rachel Alexandra.
Thursday, August 27, 2009Undefeated Cat Moves, who became a grade I winner in just her third start when she landed the Prioress at Belmont Park last month, is the one to beat in the $300,000 Test Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 8.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009Strong Hope, a multiple grade II winner and sire of stakes winner Trophy Collector, has been relocated to stand at stud at Eugene Melnyk's Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala, Fla.
Thursday, July 16, 2009After showing her fondness for Belmont Park with a front-running triumph in the Acorn Stakes (gr. I) one month ago, Gabby's Golden Gal will cut back in distance for trainer Bob Baffert in the Prioress Stakes (gr. I) July 4.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin will send the promising Saarlight as the 3-1 morning line favorite in the $200,000 Jostle Stakes at Philadelphia Park June 13.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009Heart Ashley opened up on the turn for home, looked like she would coast to an easy win, and then had to hold off the late charge of Cinderella's Wish to win the $100,000 Adena Stallions Miss Preakness Stakes (gr. III) by a head May 15 at Pimlico Race Course.
Friday, May 15, 2009The Black-Eyed Susan (gr. II) headlines a day of stakes races one day before the running of the Preakness.
Monday, May 11, 2009Sensational 3-year-old filly Justwhistledixie notched her fifth consecutive victory in the $200,000 Bonnie Miss (gr. II) March 27 at Gulfstream Park, further stamping herself as one of the top Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) contenders.
Friday, March 27, 2009Grade II winner Justwhistledixie, bidding for her fifth consecutive win, is strictly the horse to beat in the $200,000 Bonnie Miss Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park March 27.
Sunday, March 22, 2009Zayat Stable's Heart Ashley took the lead out of the gate and never looked back as the 3-year-old daughter of Lion Heart ran away with the $107,300 Cicada Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack on March 14.
Saturday, March 14, 2009The top five finishers from the competitive Suncoast Stakes in February will face each other again in the $200,000 Florida Oaks (gr. III) March 14 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Friday, March 13, 2009One Smokin' Lady, who in her last start romped to a 5 1/2-length allowance victory at Philadelphia Park, will make the jump into graded stakes company in the $100,000 Cicada (gr. III), a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies March 14 at Aqueduct.
Thursday, March 12, 2009Gemswick Park and Frolic's Dream, separated by two noses when they finished first and third, respectively, in the six-furlong Old Hat Stakes (gr. III)) on Jan. 4, return to Gulfstream Park Jan. 30 as the two likely favorites in the Forward Gal Stakes (gr. II).
Wednesday, January 28, 2009Kelly Colliver's Dream Express took over at the top of the lane and powered to a dominating 4 1/4-length score in the $500,000 Darley Alcibiades (gr. I) Oct. 3 on the Keneland Polytrack. The 2-year-old Bernstein filly earned her first graded stakes win while notching a berth in the Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) later this month at Santa Anita.
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SATURDAY HOMILY: The Prescription for America's Healing
If you need proof, listen to the conversations of people or look at their Facebook postings. So much of it is senseless, stupid and inane.
Consider the entertainments that captivate the public's interest from Lady Gaga (although her light is fading) and the Kardashians to Glee, Dancing with the Stars and the spate of vampire themed movies and shows.
Then there's MTV which had to reinvent itself because the 24 hour music video format long ago ran its course. Still dedicated to sleaze, MTV's menu of programming, which includes popular shows like "Snooki" and "Jersey Shore," makes MTV deserving of the nickname, "EMPTY-V" ("empty viewing").
I could give you many more examples from the world of sports, fashion, advertising, music, etc., that underscore the vapidity and moral decadence of our modern culture but I will spare you.
As a culture we have become the polar opposites of the great St. John the Baptist who was anything but a "reed swayed by the wind." He was not a man carried away by boorish entertainments like the shallow, little man, Herod Antipas, who gave the order for his execution. Hence, all these centuries later the Baptist still entertains us (in the original sense of the Latin inter- + tenire, meaning to hold our attention) and the depthless Herod completely bores us.
As the Christmas Season of the new liturgical year rapidly approaches its grand finale with the Baptism of the Lord this coming Sunday, the blessed figure of Christ's precursor once again enters the spotlight in today's Gospel.
John the Baptist is not by any means a peripheral figure in the history of salvation. In the "ranking" of the saints in the Church's litanies, for example, he is always near the top.
Over the centuries we see St. John the Baptist vying with St. Joseph for the "spot" in the list of Saints which comes after Our Lady and the Angels. This, of course, is how we view it through the lens of our earthbound existence. In heaven, needless to say, there is no jockeying for positions of honor or prestige.
Fact is among all the holy men and women of history there are few greater than St. John the Baptist. Why is this so?
First, we have the testimony of Jesus Himself who said: "I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist ... (St. Matthew 11:11).
Second, there are the extraordinary circumstances surrounding his unlikely birth. He came into this world through the marital embrace of his aged parents, Zachary and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth had been unable to conceive throughout her long married life until shortly after the Angel had told her dumbstruck husband that their prayer had been heard. Elizabeth would conceive and bear him a son! The Angel even told the Zachary the name he was to give to this child.
There is an important observation to be made here: the angel told Zachary that "their prayer had been heard." What prayer? Their ceaseless prayer to God that He would bless their marriage with children. How completely alien to the mindset of our antecedents in the faith is our modern, first world attitude toward marriage and the openness to life.
In the Bible and in Christian influenced societies children are considered a great blessing. In the society in which we live, children are considered a burden or even worse, a curse.
In 2008 when the now twice-elected president Barack Obama was candidate Obama he made a very telling, off-teleprompter remark. At a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, when addressing the issue of sex education and related matters, he said:
"I've got two daughters, 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."
At the time, his calculating handlers and delirious supporters tried to argue that this was an off-the-cuff remark and that Obama did not really mean it quite that way. But he did. When he went off script, the unvarnished Barack Obama and what he really thinks, was revealed.
He said he will teach his daughters "values and morals." By that he meant to say he will tell them: be sure to use contraception. And, if it doesn't work (which is often the case), kill the baby. This is the moral framework out of which President Obama operates and, sadly, it is a moral framework which obviously resonates with the millions of Americans who voted for him not just once, but twice.
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3 months ago
Fr. Irving is on target, as always. I so respected Fr. Irving's sermons at Sts. Peter and Paul in Wilmington, CA because they were pretty "tough" on us. He whipped out a copy of the St. Joseph's Baltimore Catechism every Sunday, following his sermon, and began teaching us about 3-4 questions and answers every Sunday. Yes, back to basics! He broke us all down and then began to build us up again. I am forever grateful that my children were there to benefit from his teaching (and Fr. Robert Pirrone). He was pretty tough on them (rightfully so). To this day, all my children say that if they ever married, they would track Fr. Irving down to the ends of the earth to administer this Sacrament.
Perhaps we have been lost as a holy people because of the modern teaching of an "always loving" God, removing the harsh need for self discipline and penance.(Think: St. John the Baptist?) Perhaps, God is capable of righteous anger and just maybe it would serve us well, to be a little more fearful of our individual judgement.
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4 months ago
Excellent article! and I say, " America, return to the Lord, your God." The Best medicine for gun control and for the respect for life, is to return to God, observe His Commandments and live ny the Christian Principles. Washington, are you listening or do you want to hold meeting after meeting trying to find the solution. Unless we are governed by God and His law, we will be governed by Tyrants.
4 months ago
We must lead by example, show the world we love God, family and one another. Mary wants to help but we catholics and non-catholic must show her our love for Her. Too many times we just go along with the crowd. Many non-catholics are missing Her love. She wants to be part of their faith, She truly wants to help but sadly She if forgotten. We catholics need to bring Our Mother into all our lives. Mary's love for us has been lost by too many non-catholics.
4 months ago
Many great Saints that have been converted, have been so by the prayers of their mothers.
It is time for this child (US) to listen to OUR Blessed Mother, our Lady of Medjugorje.
What does She want us to do?:
1) Fast ever Wednesday and Friday on bread and water. Wednesday, for the Holy Spirit to rain His graces upon the world, and Friday, for peace in the world.
2) Go to confession at least once a month.
3) Pray at least three hours each. This prayer must include the Holy Rosary.
4) Consecrate yourself to the sorrowful, immaculate heart of Mary by doing the following every first Saturday of the month for 5 months in a row: * Go to confession. * Receive Holy Communion. * Pray the Rosary. * Keep our Blessed Mother company for 15 minutes while meditating on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary with the intention of making reparation to Her. She promises if these things are done with devotion and fervor, she will bestow enough graces so that you will not suffer eternal fire.
4 months ago
Excellent article Father. But sadly I would add that so much of the discussion of christianity and dare say our faith is also superficial. It really is time to get back to basics. We act so suprised when "catholics" do not behave a particular way but never ask the question if they even know Jesus. I believe we are deathly afraid to ask the question if we are being Christ to others. Are we serving as examples of a life filled with the Spirit or are we instead just using the trappings of church etc to get other people to do what we want them to do? Do we use the "rules" as justification to be just as nasty as the pagans are to us?
I think until someone has a real encounter with Christ, all of it's just going through the motions. I think until someone has a life centered on Christ and lives daily to put him at the center, none of this stuff makes sense. People just go along to get along. I really do believe that society has grown weary of our words but aches for lived examples. Until we do that, nothing will change. We just become one more political voice that is just as irrelevant in the grand scheme of things as any other.
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Sautéed Broccoli Rabe
Many people consider broccoli rabe a delicacy, savoring its slightly bitter flavor. Here's the simplest and most traditional way to prepare it.
Serves: 6 or more as a side dish
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 to 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 1/2 pounds broccoli rabe or broccoli,
trimmed and cut into large bite-sized pieces - 1/4 cup raisins, optional
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Heat the oil in an large skillet. Add the garlic and sauté over low heat for 1 minute, or until golden.
Add the wine, then stir in the broccoli rabe. Turn the heat up to medium, cover, and cook until bright green. Uncover and continue to sauté, stirring frequently, until tender-crisp to your liking.
Stir in the optional raisins, season with salt and pepper, and serve.
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In DRACULA IN LOVE, the new novel by Karen Essex debuting next week from Doubleday (see review here), Mina Harker finally comes clean about what happened between her and a certain Count. Harker agreed to a short telephone interview under the condition that she not be asked about her present identity or her life today. Here is what the vampire's eternal muse had to say:
FANGORIA: Ms. Harker, journalists and vampire hunters have been trying to track you down for 113 years. Why did you choose now to come out with your own—and, may I say, startlingly different—version of the story?
MINA HARKER: As you can imagine, I needed to wait until some people died, and in my circle, death can take a very long time, if it comes at all. Also, for a long time, I thought my story too outlandish for the public to accept. I did not wish to be scorned as a fantasist or attention-seeker. But whereas humans once shuddered at the very notion of vampires, now, more and more "normal" humans are fantasizing about becoming one. The timing seemed perfect.
Besides, this is the age of the tell-all, so I am telling all; I'm just omitting the modern habit of going into rehab first. I find this need to repent for, be cured of and then confess one's "transgressions" to be a tedious aspect of today's culture. I prefer to keep a stiff Victorian upper lip. I am telling my story; I am not confessing it. Do you know the expression, "Never complain, never explain?" My version is "Never repent, never recant."
FANG: Well, I confess that I found some of your revelations surprising and shocking. You didn't hold back on the sexual exploits, did you?
HARKER: When I was a young woman back in the 1890s, women's sexual pleasure was a taboo subject. We do not want to return to those days, do we?
Today's world is drenched in sexual imagery. I admit that I, too, have surfed the 'net and seen its pervasive porn. In such an environment, how could anyone find the erotic scenes with the man I love shocking? Many of today's vampire stories are written for young girls, and it would not be appropriate to expose those gentle maidens to the spectacular eroticism that one can experience with an immortal. However, my story is for the more discriminating adult reader, who is bound to be curious about these delicious details. Besides, my ghostwriter, Ms. Essex—your readers might know her from her biography of the late pinup icon Bettie Page—tends to lean in that direction. "God is in the details, Mina," she always says. "Don't be shy. Tell me more."
FANG: Without revealing any spoilers, you take us on a journey that crosses centuries and introduces exotic mythological creatures into what used to be a traditional vampire tale. Are we really to believe this hidden history of blood-drinking?
HARKER: Modern readers have no idea of the real roots of the vampire. Bram Stoker gathered a lot of information, some of it true and some of it based on old wives' tales. He simplified a very complicated matter for easier public consumption, creating rules for the vampire's creation and destruction. Please! As I say in the book, crosses and garlic have no power in the supernatural world!
People love things served up in the form of good vs. evil, though we all know that reality is always more complex. There have always been sexy, scary blood-drinkers, and there have always been immortals—obviously. I'm not going to explain it to you again. You did read the book, didn't you?
FANG: Yes, and you do make a good case for the history of these immortal bloodsuckers. I just had no idea that it dated back to pre-biblical times.
HARKER: It predates time itself, my dear.
FANG: In DRACULA IN LOVE, you accuse your tormentors, who were the heroes of Stoker's classic, of some appalling behavior. How do we know that you are telling the truth, and moreover, how did he get your side of the story so wrong?
HARKER: Bram needed what you now call a "blockbuster." He had spent years and years as a theater manager living in the shadow of the actor Henry Irving. He had written a few books that didn't sell very well, and he was determined to reverse that. Besides, he needed money! And to be fair, he was completely under the spell of the man he named Van Helsing, who, as you now know, had some very strange ideas about blood and about women! I don't hold any grudges. Men of that era had absolutely no clue about the female psyche, nor did they want one. Today's men are much more understanding.
As to my telling the truth—well, you did not live in the 19th century! I decided to reveal what life really was like back then. "Career" women were considered freaks. You have no idea of how "fallen" women were treated. Despite all of that, I miss those days—candlelit rooms, feather beds, soft velvet gowns, satin gloves, not to mention the beautiful lingerie. Don't get me started! As you know, sometimes the forbidden enhances eroticism…or is that all lost now?
FANG: Why did you allow Essex to call the book DRACULA IN LOVE when it really is your story? Why not MINA IN LOVE?
HARKER: I'm a little miffed about that. I thought I was being clever, telling my story at a time when the world has a mania for vampires, and when women have made unprecedented gains. I gave the story to a writer known for retelling the stories of history's misunderstood women, and I certainly have been one of those. But she sat me down and explained that, feminism be damned, the Count is still the bigger draw—at the box office, on bookshelves, everywhere! "Face it, Mina, in the eyes of the public, you're nothing without him." Indeed! I don't want to imply that he and I are competitive with each other; we're not. I was just hoping that in the 21st century, a woman could get equal billing. I guess I'll have to wait another hundred years.
FANG: Whoa, are you saying that you and he are still together…that he is still…but at the end of the story…
HARKER: (interrupts) This interview is now over. (Click.)
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Modesto Man Indicted For Firearms And Drug Violations
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Jose Jesus Reyes-Gallaga Vargas, 21, of Modesto, with two counts of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it, two counts of being an undocumented alien in possession of a firearm, and one count of dealing firearms without a license.
According to court documents, the alleged crimes took place in various locations, including the parking lots of shopping centers in Stockton and Manteca. Among the firearms allegedly possessed and sold by Reyes-Gallaga is an AK-47-style assault rifle.
This case is the product of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant United States Attorney Paul Hemesath is prosecuting the case.
If convicted, Reyes-Gallaga faces a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.
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I can't watch the news coverage of incidents like this beyond the initial coverage anymore since so much crap gets pumped out in a vain attempt to fill airtime. I was just looking at an ABC new story on it and had this at the start -
Editor's Note: An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.
LD, your buddy Bloomberg is already issuing statements....
I just saw a video about Jessica Redfield on MSNBC and I can't help but feeling really depressed. After all the good things she had done and telling us how precious life is after witnessing the previous shooting scene, I can't believe bad things can still happen to good people. Before she died, her last message to her mother was that she was sorry.....
I had to turn the TV off. How quickly this has become a forum for gun control is sickening.
What I would like to know is how many, or what kind of Psych meds he was on. Seems like every time a massacre like this happens, the shooter ends being a nutjob who stopped taking his happy pills.
Some guest on Fox was calling him "The Joker". Ugh.
When these kinds of things happen, we try to look for some kind of logic behind it, even when there isn't any.
I think bringing a toddler to a midnight showing is a minor offense, compered to shooting 60-70 people. Seems a little unnecessary and cruel to start blaming these parents in the light of this event.
The logis is someone missirable SOB should have eaten a bullet, instead of taking so many upstanding citizens with him, but sensationalist media isn't interested in providing sober and usefull information and ends up glamourizing the sh!t out of this POS and inspiring other no life fcuk ups.