| Imagine you open your Sunday issue of your | | | | state and not simply the urban areas. Note: this |
| favorite newspaper and in the Finance and | | | | includes specifically the restive areas to the east |
| Investing section you found the following | | | | of the Somsierraswangolaongo highlands. A |
| advertisement: | | | | Lessee agrees to take control/responsibility for |
| "For sale by Owner: Democratic Republic of | | | | the training and if need be the execution of law |
| Somsierraswangolaongo (DRS), Serious Inquiries | | | | enforcement duties countrywide. A Lessee |
| Only | | | | agrees to use not less than 33% of final agreed |
| By way of background a national public | | | | price to develop all aspects of society including but |
| referendum of the citizens of the Democratic | | | | not limited to: social, medical, fiscal, education, |
| Republic of Somsierraswangolaongo (DRS) have | | | | military, diplomatic and commercial. The Lessor |
| agreed to offer the state for 50 year lease. The | | | | reserves the right to lease herself to the Lessee |
| bidding process will be closed at on the last | | | | of her choosing, or to withdraw the offer entirely, |
| working day of this calendar year. All qualified | | | | at anytime during the bidding process A Lessee |
| bidders are encouraged to submit their proposals | | | | must provide detailed plans regarding how they |
| to the Finance Minister's office where all | | | | intend to deal with the terms listed herein. |
| reasonable offers will be considered. | | | | For additional details please contact the Ministry of |
| In principle our offer is as follows: In exchange for | | | | Finance, Democratic Republic of |
| the terms stipulated below the DRS (Lessor) | | | | Somsierraswangolaongo. " |
| offers the Lessee controlling interest in all | | | | No doubt there would be a lot of headwind to |
| state-owned companies that currently manage | | | | such a proposal but then again changing the status |
| the countries impressive natural resources. These | | | | quo is never easy. The world community (read: |
| include agricultural, mineral and petroleum rights. | | | | United Nations and its member states collectively) |
| Sale or export of all DRS resources are subject | | | | has failed the people of Africa in the past half |
| to federal taxes. | | | | century. Their ability to provide short-term aid |
| The terms of our offer is as follows: DRC | | | | must be applauded but conversely their ability to |
| (Lessor) offers a 50-year lease with option for 3 | | | | deliver lasting improvements must be viewed as |
| additional 10-year addendums if agreed to by both | | | | an abject failure. There is an old saying, 'When |
| parties. Qualified Bidders (Lessee) must be a | | | | everyone is in charge, no one is responsible.' The |
| representative democracy or a coalition of | | | | premise of the UN is sound and should be |
| representative democracies. A Lessees decision | | | | reinforced but their mission and mandate must be |
| to participate in the bidding process must be | | | | modified. It's time for new strategies in Africa, by |
| made via public/open congressional/parliamentary | | | | and for Africans, and not the continuation of |
| referendum/vote. A Lessee agrees to provide | | | | strategies which have proven, time and again, to |
| both short and long-term security to the entire | | | | fail. |