The unwelcome news of the day for those of us on this ship is that GW Bush is visiting Africa at the same time that we will be there, making sure that anti-American sentiment will be high. His purposes -- 1) to make sure that the Africans appreciate all that American aid that brings with it the gift of "the highest American moral standards," referring to sexual abstinence as preventive medicine for AIDS; and 2) to secure a plan for an American military base, likely to be Liberia.
I am told that our internet access is about to get down to almost nil until we arrive in South Africa, so if you are expecting to hear from me and don't....
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