Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Size Isn't Everything

A time in the men’s gym locker room is a study in comedy. There is the tall Rastafarian with a member almost to his knees! He knows what he has, and is not shy about intimidating with it. Then there is the white dude with his fat belly folds almost covering his member. Then there is the rest of us in-betweens.

Men are so hung up on size. So do many women. Yet the mechanics of giving satisfaction does not require reaching the womb. Tantric techniques can make a woman explode without much ado. It is not the size; it is the intelligence in the winnie. But this is not going to stop the myth and much low self-esteems. Incidentally the dude with the navel size has a bunch of kids--testimony that something is happenning to keep the memshahib around.

Talking about size; it has of late been a major theme song of the president of Uganda. Not that size! Rather the relationship of population size to economic development. Most recent one was in a lecture to the students at university of Dar-Es-Salaam. He, ostensibly, wooed for the need for a East African Community as a means of a larger economic free flows. Tanzania has been dragging its feet to the creation of the common market.

Size is not decisive in bringing about economic development. There are numerous economies with small populations which are prospering in this globalized world. Uganda has for several years now had the markets of Southern Sudan and Eastern Congo to exploit. It only stole stuff from Congo. It could not take full advantage beyond petty commerce. The obsession with the East African Community is a misplaced effort. With the dilapidated public structures and leadership-by-whims, Uganda will only be a dumping ground for the goods of those more prepared, and the fledgling Uganda wannabe-industrialists will be snuffed at birth.

Tanzania should stick to its course. Better later than sorry.

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