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The full speech of the former President Jerry John Rawlings at NDC delegate congress in Kumasi, 2011!

By AlatiphA - August 31, 2012

"Mr. Chairman, Mr. President and the Vice President, Nananom, members of the Council of State, members of the Diplomatic Corps, members of the security agencies, delegates, party members and supporters, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen": "I would like you to join me in congratulating our new President for responding to an urgent request I made to him to use his authority to help provide street lights to a few villages where a spate of killings - which have increased drastically over the past year - have been taking place with well anticipated impunity. "I had tried over the past year or more to draw the attention of some personalities and state institutions to the brutal killings, especially of women. I almost got the impression that some authorities did not want the re-emergence of these killings to be made public for reasons best known to themselves. Some of the opposition media however exposed it". "While I am grateful to the President f...

Law 44: Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect!

By AlatiphA - August 29, 2012

The mirror reflects reality, but it is also the perfect tool for deception: When you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figure out your strategy. The Mirror Effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact. By holding up a mirror to their psyches, you seduce them with the illusion that you share their values; by holding up a mirror to their actions, you teach them a lesson. Few can resist the power of Mirror Effect. The 48 laws of power! By Robert Greene and Joost Elffers

The email!

By AlatiphA - August 25, 2012

An Illinois man who left the snow- filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Ghana. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly woman whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint. At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen: DEAREST WIFE: JUST GOT CHECKED IN. EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW. YOUR LOVING HUSBAND P.S. SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE

Law 43: Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others!

By AlatiphA - August 24, 2012

Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduced becomes your loyal pawn. And the way to seduce others is to operate on their individual psychologies and weaknesses. Soften up the resistant by working on their emotions, playing on what they hold dear and what they fear. Ignore the hearts and minds of others and they will grow to hate you. The 48 laws of power! By Robert Greene and Joost Elffers

Law 42: Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter!

By AlatiphA - August 23, 2012

Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual – the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoned of goodwill. If you allow such people room to operate, others will succumb to their influence. Do not wait for the troubles they cause to multiply, do not try to negotiate with them – they are irredeemable. Neutralize their influence by isolating or banishing them. Strike at the source of the trouble and the sheep will scatter. The 48 laws of power! By Robert Greene and Joost Elffers

Law 41: Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes!

By AlatiphA - August 22, 2012

What happens first always appears better and more original than what comes after. If you succeed a great man or have a famous parent, you will have to accomplish double their achievements to outshine them. Do not get lost in their shadow, or stuck in a past not of your own making: Establish your own name and identity by changing course. Slay the overbearing father, disparage his legacy, and gain power by shining in your own way. The 48 laws of power! By Robert Greene and Joost Elffers

Petrol station!

By AlatiphA - August 21, 2012

This morning Hon Naporo drove into a petrol station in his sleek, state of the art range rover sports: Naporo: guy, abeg give me full tank (in Dagbani language) Attendant: I only speak english, sir. Naporo: Ok brother, good morning. I currently feel a profound desire to replenish the propellant of my motorised automobile. Therefore I cordially request you to transfer from your subterranean reservoir a sufficient quantity of the combustible fluid of the highest octane rating to fill the appropriate receptacle of the said means of perambulation to the brim. Attendant: bros na play I dey play o, my name na Dawuni, you fit talk am for Dagbani!