The Little Dictator – By Paulos Misgena
They say God is a fair and mysterious creator and so does in the way He arranges and organizes the world. He gave America Jon Steward and, either out of His fairness to Eritrea or
They say God is a fair and mysterious creator and so does in the way He arranges and organizes the world. He gave America Jon Steward and, either out of His fairness to Eritrea or fondness to mystery, He came up with Ali Abdu.
Long before Ali Abdu’s read us a well-rehearsed page from his “Allegory of the Ship” on DmtsiEritrawian TV, Jon Stewart, the best political satirist that Comedy Central has ever seen, ‘provocatively’ mocked Fox News’ king and producer of The O’Reilly Factoras “Santa’s elf “ for his role to protect the
Christmas season as Christian as it has originally been. “You are going to hell,” quipped O’Reilly on his next episode “I make my living watching Fox News eight hours a day. I’m already in hell!” Stewart fired back. Celebrating his line with a hilarious gesture of punching, he challenged the conservative talk show host, “Your move, O’Reilly.”
“My move, Stewart?”O’Reilly said. “All right, here’s my move. How can you watch eight hours of Fox News every day and still be a pinhead?” Click here to watch the humorous exchange
These two heavy weight US TV personalities have no idea that we have what we call TV-Eri. If they do, God knows which part of hell that they may think those who watch Eri-TV will go, or most importantly, what they think of the producers of the propaganda. What is disturbing, however, is the person who is heading the TV, the state of his mind and the sour nature of his tongue and the perverted logic he is combating the world.
Many think that Ali Abdu never created the situation that created himself never plunged himself into it. Partly, this is true. After the detention into oblivion of the G-15 members by President Issias, the government somehow over secreted official-growth hormone. Unfortunately, Ali became the manifestation of the abnormal growth. “He [Ali] is the only official in the history of Eritrea who became Department Head and Minister overnight,” gossiped a staff of ERi-TV who still works there. “Whether he was burdened with big jump or is simply feeling he is entitled, he is more and more acting like a spoiled brat. Sometimes it looks like he has emotional problem too,” said a former TV journalist reporter who preferred to remain anonymous.
Speaking of emotional problem, it is almost Asmara’s knowledge that Ali frequents St. Marry’s Psychiatric Hospital but no one knows the reason. For a long time, the rumor was that his frequent drive to the hospital had to do with picking up a refill for the President. Before too long, however, Ali started struggling to get to work on time, which is any time during the day. According to sources close to the Ministry of Information, after 2003 Ali started to exhibit bulging eyes and puffed-up face which comes and goes and ever since then grew erratic in behavior.
Whatever the reason may be, there is no doubt that Ali is a pot of emotional strife that lives in a contradiction. For a long time now, he has ceased to be himself and has lent his body to his boss’s spirit. Having imitated the President completely, he now tries to perfect him in his dictatorial, blunt, sour, and psycho-talk. Like President Issias, he wants to portray himself as an intellectual and analyst of any subject and field. A manifestation of his delusion is not only his belief but also, in anticipation of a flow of gold money before sanctions, he and Issias, very difficult who convinces who, aspire to enter into competition against great media owners like Rupert Murdoch and conglomerates like CNN, FOX News, Sky News and Al jazeera. They think that they have the big weapon – ‘the truth”- and can change world opinion if the spare big money to invest on satellite and TV infrastructure. By duplicating Al-Jezzra the Eritrean way, they think they canpenetrate into European and American Airwave market to spread the truth and cleanse the world. According to some sources, TV-Eri will start French and English programs targeting Djibouti and other Francophone African countries. If things go as planned, Ali has also plans to hire high-profile foreign journalist in Al Jazeera’s fashion.
His imitation of President Issias, however, is not easy. The fact that he has no charisma, coupled with his defective speech due to his in ability to produce the “R” sound, doesn’t only turn listener off but sounds horrible and nauseating. Click here and judge for yourself.
truly, Truly i say to you December 31, 2011
Dear Paulos Misgina, about Isayas Afeworki´s style of Ali Abdu´s imitational speech regarding what you asserted I would say, you absolutely right. However about charisma and expressions , I am not that much agree with you. Ato Ali´s face and gesturing could may not have a charisma like his master , but not the way he talking or the answer he giving .In this regard, Ali Abdu seems to me very talented and gifted,he is by far more better than Isayas,when articulating matters , even he is not that much boring like his master while answering for questions. Weather what he responds fitting us or not, or what he saying is true or lie,agree or disagree, Ato Ali´s persuasiveness ability ( convincing ability power) is absolute undeniable. Not only in this,even I would say like he is from another tripe, his Tigrina also I found it better than Isayas´s. In general it is possible to say Ato Ali Abdu is a very qualified person to his office . ( He is a good propaganda minister like Hitler´s Gobel! In deed not for good result, but for disaster.)
michael December 31, 2011
He is very smart, voluble. He is very orateur who speaks with skill and art. we might not like him but we shouldn’t deny what he merits. If not we could lose our credibility vis a vis our readers.
Weldit December 31, 2011
I tend to disagree with Paulos on the speaking capability of Ali Abdu. It is not “defective”, infact, his Tigirinya speaking skill is superb although he uses it for the wrong purposes – to serve a dictator, sadly.
Any way, Ali Abdu is a guy who I would assign to be the spokesperson of a department. He certainly is unfit to be a minister.
besrat12@hotmail.com December 31, 2011
Here is what Paulos is saying
1) Ali plagerized the Ship analogy from Plato’s Republic. Google The Allegory of the Ship and you will see.
2) He cheated the viewers/listners because he was reading it. Go and listen the clip. If you pay attention you can tell where he starts to read and then talk. That is manuplations.
3) I like how he contrasted with the political satarist and his comment
4) Ali is qortae and metsits and it looks like paulos is turned off by that. Fair assessment
Freeprisoners December 31, 2011
ዓመት 2011 ኣብ ታሪኽ ህዝቢ ዓለም ዓቢ ቕያ ዘስፈረት፤ ኒገዛእቲ ዲክታቶራት ዘልቐቐት ግን ክኣ ንብረትን ደምን ብዙሓት ኣህዛብ ዝወሰደት ዓመት ቓልሲ’ያ።
ካብ ሓርነተን ዝረኸባ ሃገራት፥
-ቱኒዝያ= ኒ 23 ዓመታት ቢን ኣዋድ ኣብ ስደት ኣሎ።
-ግብጺ= 30ዓመታት ሑሰን ሙባረክ ኣብ ማእሰርቲ’ሎ
-ሊብያ=42 ዓመታት ቐዛፊ ኣብ ቢንቶ ሞተ
-የመን =30 ዓመታት ዓሊ፤ ተወጊኡ ትኣልዩ
-ኣይቨሪኮስት=ሎረን ኣብ ሕጊ ዓለም ቕሪቡ
-ሶርያ=10 ዓመታት ብዙሕ ሂወት ይወስድ ኣሎ
-ሰምየን ኮርያ=ዓመታት ዝገዝኣ ሞይቱ
-ባሕርየን=ንጉሳዊ ንብዙሕ ዓመታት ዝገዝኣ፤ምምዕርራይ ገይርሉ።
-ኣልጀርያ=ቡትፍሊቓ ምምዕርራይ ግይሩ።
-ጅቡቲ-ምምዕርራይ ገይሩ
-ደቡብ ሱዳን=ናጽነታ ረኺባ
ዓመት 2 0 1 1 ዘገርም ባህርያታ!!
Cuba=1000th prisoners were free
Erirea Ali-Abdu playing Game!pity.
MEHRETU HABTE December 31, 2011
“ካልሲ ኢሳያስ ሽም ኣለዎ”
ኣብ ኤርትራ ቆልዓ ተወሊዱ
ገጽ ደንጎላ ዘይውቁብ ወጅሃቱ
ዝተዛረቦ ኣብ ጉሓፍ ዝኣቱ
ብሓሶትን ጮማን ተወጢጡ ከብዱ
ካልሲ ኢሳያስ ጥውይዋይ መገዱ
ሰብ ወሊድና ´ይሎም መሳኪን ወለዱ
ቅዱስ ሽም ሃብዎ ዝብል “ዓሊ ዓብዱ”
ኣነ ግን ይሰምዮ “ብዕሊ ዓቢዱ” !!!!!
MEHRETU HABTE December 31, 2011
“ንመንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ብቕንኣት ዘሕረረ ምዕባለ ኤርትራ /2ይቲ ሲንጋፖር ”
ኢህወደግ ኢትዮጵያ ብቕንኣት ሕረሩ
ካብ ሃገርኩም ሃገርና ማዕቢሉ
እናሓደረ ንሲንጋፖር መሲሉ !!!
30 ዩኒቨርሲቲ መምሃሪ ክትመርጹ
ኣብ ዓድና ካብ 300 ንላዕሊ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ተሃኒጹ !!!!
ንስኻትኩም ኤለትሪክ ንሱዳን ኬንያ ክትሸጡ
ንሕና፣ ገንዘብ በዚሑናስ ኣልሸባብ እኳ ግሒጡ !!!!!
ንልዑል ትምህርቲ መንእሰያት sponsor ወጻኢ ከተአንግዱ
መንግስትና ካብ ናትኩም ዝበዝሑ ንሲናይ-ቱሪዝም ሰዲዱ!!!!!(ቃል ናይ ሙዳዳ/ህግደፍ )
ርኣይዎ ፍረ ናጽነትና
ባባ ኢሳያስ ህያብ ዝሃበና
ይትረፍኩም ምውድዳር ምሳና
ዕድመ ንዕሽነት፣ ፍሉጥዩ መወዳእታና !!!!!!!
MEHRETU HABTE December 31, 2011
Fellow citzens,
Against advice of my therapist , I have been involved in emotional issues ,my peoples´/Eritreans political solutions . I drawn myself when I comment . I get headaches , so I believe you will continue with peoples´salvation.What I can do in 2012 is pray.
This is not one of my humors. NO, IT IS TRUE. MAY GOD GIVE YOU HIS STRENGTH IN DOING THIS BLESSED TASK.
Your fellow citzen – Mehretu Habte
MEHRETU HABTE December 31, 2011
“ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ,ኣነ ድኹም ብጸሎት እየ ክድግፈካ”
ምሕረቱ ሃብተ – ገጅረት
ክቡራት ህዝበይ፣
ኣብ ኤድመንተን ካናዳ ከለኹ እዩ ፣ ብህግደፍ/ሙዳዳ/ሻዕብያ፣ ዝተኣጕደ (“ውግእ ባድመ/ምቕታል ቆልዑ”፣ ኤርትራውያንን ኢትዮጵያውያንን ) ኣብ ዘይንወጾ ድቕድቕ ባርነት ኣእትዩና ዘሎ ። ምንም እኳ ኣነ´ውን ከም ሰበይ ንክልተ ወርሒ እንተጸለልኩ፣ እቶም ዘዕበዩኒ በርበረ ዓጢኖም ዘይኮነስ ፣ ኣረዲኦም ስለ ዘዕበዩኒ ፣ ነገራት በርሁለይ ። ለኽባጥ ከይብሃል ከይፈራህኩ፣ እቲ ኩነታት ስለ ዝተረድኣኒ ፣ ካብ ተጋሩ ቪድዮ ተለቂሐ ኣብ እንዳ ሬስቶራንተ፣ ግደፉ ንጠፍእ ኣለና እንተበልኩ፣ ብኸድዓትን፣ ደቂ ከድዓትን ወያነ/ዓጋመ ዝብል ሽም ወጸኒ …continues
MEHRETU HABTE December 31, 2011
እወ ተጋሩ/ዓጋመ ኣቦታት ኩላትና፣ ካብ ዜሮ ተበጊሶም ዓለም ዘዛርቡ ዘለዉ እዮም። እቶም መንነቶምን እምነቶምን ብኹባያ ሓርጭ ዝሸጡ ፣ ዓጋመ ኢሎምኒ ኣይኮነን ዝበኪ ዘለኹ። ወይ ክኣ ኣነ ለባም ንሶም ዓያሹ ኮይኖም ኣይኮነን።ብተግባሮም ጽሉኣት ስለ ዝኾኑ፣ ኣነ ኣጻል ኡኒ ኣይብልን፣ ኣይጸልኦምን ´ውን፣ ግን ይንዕቆም ። መሰሎም ክሕለወሎም ግን ብዓቕመይ ይጽልየሎም። እቶም ሓደ ሓደ ደቂ ጎዶቦይ´ውን ፣ ኣብ ክንዲ ብፍቕሪ ኤርትራ ዝብገሱ፣ ዘውዲ ካብ ሓማሴን /ኢሳያስ እቶም ሓደ ከይወስድዋ ስለ ዝተሻቐሉ፣ መለሳ ቆሎስ ጥጥቖ ኮይኖም ዝመጽእ ግፍዕታት ኣይርኣይዎን። ካብ ኩሉ ዘሕፍር ድማ ኣነ ብ1994 ኣከለ ስንኩላን ኣልዒለ ክቃወም ከለኹ፣ ንስኻ ኣይፈለጥካን “ወገናውያን” ብድሕሪኦም ኮይኖም ይትኵሱ ኔሮም እዮም በለኒ። ነቶም መዋዳድርቶም ኣውራጃ ማለቱ እዩ።…continues