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May 05, 2008
Now this is what you call Ironic!
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA Aso Rock villa, Asokoro District, Abuja


CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PAYMENT

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

Based on our investigation department, we wish to warn you against some Miscreants, Hoodlums and touts who go about scamming innocent people by claiming to be who they are not and thereby tarnishing the image of this wonderful country.

I am Lt General James Morgan (Rtd), National Security Adviser to the new Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. I am delighted to inform you that the contract panel, which just concluded its sitting in Abuja just released your name amongst contractors to benefit from the Diplomatic Immunity Payment. This Panel was primarily delegated to investigate manipulated contract claims, contracts and over-invoiced payment as the effect has eaten deep into the economy of our dear country.

However, we wish to bring to your notice that your contract profile is still reflecting in our central computer as unpaid contractor while auditing was going on. Your contract file was forwarded to my office by the auditors as unclaimed fund, we wish to use this medium to inform you that for the time being Federal Government of Nigeria have stopped further payment through bank to bank transfer due to contractors numerous petitions to United Nations against Nigeria on wrong payment and diversion of contract funds to different accounts.

In this regards, we are going to send your contract part payment of 20Million USD. To you via our accredited shipping company through diplomatic cash delivery down to our door step and I have secured every needed document to cover the money while the diplomat will get it delivered to you right in your doorstep.

Note: The money is coming on two security proof boxes. The boxes are sealed with synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine as metallic trunk boxes. Please you don't have to worry for anything, as the transaction is 100% risk free. The boxes are coming with a Diplomatic agent who will accompany the boxes to your house address. All you need to do now is to send to me, your full house address and your identity such as, international passport or drivers license and your mobile phone and telephone number, The Diplomatic Agent will travel with it. He will call you immediately he arrives to your country's airport. I hope you understand me.

As soon as the above-mentioned details are received, your payment will be made to you via diplomatic courier delivery in accordance to World Bank, United Nation and IMF recommendations. A diplomat with international travel immunity will be contracted to deliver the fund at your doorstep.

Kindly get back to me today also with the requested information so that we can proceed on this matter as soon as possible.

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) Copy of int'l passport, drivers license, or any valid ID card via e-mail attachment.

Bear in mind that the diplomat does not know the original contents of the boxes. What l declared to them as the contents is Sensitive Photographic Film Materials for security reasons/valuable material of your personal effect. I did not disclose it as money to them please. If they call you and ask you the contents please tell them the same thing Ok. Call me on my direct phone +234-703-100-8675 or email and I will let you know how far I have gone with the arrangement. I will secure the Diplomatic Immunity Clearance Certificate (D.I.C.C), which will make him pass every custom checkpoint all over the world without any hitches.

Confirm the receipt of this message and send the requirements to me immediately because your boxes are scheduled to leave as soon as we hear from you.

Best Regards,
Lt General James Morgan (Rtd).
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These idiot Mugus are just ostentatious, aren't they?>

Posted by David A at 06:58 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Mugus go live...

The mugu idiots are starting to use Skype more and more these days.

This:

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Idiot, is actually about three people I would guess based on the variances in English skills and smoothness, nevertheless, they are all idiots. So if you get chatted up by someone that seems to be too good to be true, especially one who talks like a freaking moron, then you know you are under Mugu attack!

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April 23, 2008
Lose.... At any cost...
The Low Road to Victory

The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it.

Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and it does not work. It is past time for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge that the negativity, for which she is mostly responsible, does nothing but harm to her, her opponent, her party and the 2008 election.

If nothing else, self interest should push her in that direction. Mrs. Clinton did not get the big win in Pennsylvania that she needed to challenge the calculus of the Democratic race. It is true that Senator Barack Obama outspent her 2-to-1. But Mrs. Clinton and her advisers should mainly blame themselves, because, as the political operatives say, they went heavily negative and ended up squandering a good part of what was once a 20-point lead.

On the eve of this crucial primary, Mrs. Clinton became the first Democratic candidate to wave the bloody shirt of 9/11. A Clinton television ad — torn right from Karl Rove’s playbook — evoked the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, the Cuban missile crisis, the cold war and the 9/11 attacks, complete with video of Osama bin Laden. “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” the narrator intoned.

If that was supposed to bolster Mrs. Clinton’s argument that she is the better prepared to be president in a dangerous world, she sent the opposite message on Tuesday morning by declaring in an interview on ABC News that if Iran attacked Israel while she were president: “We would be able to totally obliterate them.”


An Open Letter to Hillary
Dear Hillary:

There was a time when I was a die hard supporter of the Clintons. One of my most cherished personal belongings is a signed letter from your husband, in a response to a letter I sent him during the Lewinski crises.

While I never looked at Bill as, "the first black president," I did look at him as being a person who understood black people and had an affinity for them. He has shown himself to be just another patronizing politician who used his black support base when it suited his needs, and shows his true colours when it comes to this race.

I am not one of those who insist that you should abandon your dream and the race for the nomination, but I do think you have done more to damage the chances of either of you to win the election in November, than you truly understand.

I will not vote for John McCain in November, but if you manage to win the nomination by continuing the insincere, sometimes racist and always divisive politics that have taken you this far, you will not get my vote... And more importantly, I suspect that a big part of the Democratic base, including the youth, will show you their back in November. I certainly will, because in this case, I cant even hold my nose and vote for you.

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April 22, 2008
I gotta admit

I got mad love for this music.... Nice!

And this one too....

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Pennsylvanians Vote.... Make the change!

It can all end tonight...

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Lifesaver application...

Pulling your hair out trying to get your Outlook information into Mac OS X? I got the solution for you!

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April 21, 2008
What I work for...

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My daughters Elsie and Apollonia!

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Lets Make History!
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I just saw that clown who founded BET, you know, the Network that used to show big booty rap videos 24/7, talking again about how Barack is not electable... Funny... I guess no one told the 35,000 people who showed up to hear him speak the other night...

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I guess Hillary being $10,000,000 in the hole, while Barack has what $40,000,000 in the bank is an indication too, right? Please...

PUSH THE BUTTON, give a couple bucks, sit back tomorrow and lets see how Barack does.

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Skype takes a step closer to FREE global calling

Read my professional blog for more info.

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Sounds about right to me...

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April 20, 2008
Yeah its official....

I am addicted.

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I can not lie...

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I love Mac OS X!

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Jetbox Costa Rica still sucks...

See here for the details of the latest. But the bottom line is that Jetbox is the worst service organization I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with.

To put it simply, you would do better in buying an economy ticket and flying to Miami to purchase most goods, than using these people to forward your mail...

I have reviewed the Costa Rican tax codes, and know of several occasions where I have been significantly overcharged when making purchases online and using Jetbox to deliver them from Miami. DO NOT USE THESE PEOPLE.

More than $80 to deliver an item with a value of $299, a full 27% of the value.... That was generous. I have paid more than 100% on some items... And when you protest, you will get the excuse.... "It was the import duties, sorry, nothing we can do..."

At Christmas I paid over $300 for some books and a half dozen Xbox games...

I would love to see how much of this actually DOES go to the tax man, because this is either rampant overcharging, or simple incompetence...


Posted by David A at 02:53 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Filed Under Costa Rica, Life in Costa Rica, Personal Stuff, Rants | 183 Words
Okay I am having a tech orgy this weekend....

Yesterday I picked up my new toy to add to my MacBook Pro.


Yeah its SICK backing up wirelessly to a 500GB hard drive...

Yeah, with a sexy Macbook Pro, I should be blogging more...


Yeah, yeah, yeah....

Its called making money folks. The reason you dont hear from me too often these days is because I am usually jetting off to some exotic country to build a new call center. Wish I had more time for this...

Hell, even my Mugus are getting antsy...

More on my business blog

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This is so stupid


But I am sooooo down for it....

Posted by David A at 12:26 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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