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Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by BishopMagic: 9:14am On Sep 04, 2015
Any of you who had the privilege of a descent secondary school education will understand the "frog in water" theory.

The Frog in water theory stems from the lab experiments done in biological classes to show how cold blooded reptiles depend on their surroundings for warmth.

It basically involves two stages;

The first stage involves putting the frog in a beaker of hot water. Naturally the frog jumps out of the beaker due to the hot temperatures.

The second stage involves placing the frog in a beaker of cold water and slowly heating it up on a Bunsen burner. Remarkably the frog just sits there oblivious of what is going on. It will continue in this state of oblivion until it dies from the steaming water.

Now, when we apply this frog in water theory in our political landscape I see only parallels with the SW political class and general populace who never see beyond their noses.

It usually takes sweeping and drastic changes for the SW electorate to react just like the frog when placed in hot water but the SW is usually oblivious to slow and latent changes.

For how can we reconcile how the SW will suddenly again root for Buhari after 3 decades? The last time Buhari arrived on the political scene, he was supported heavily in the SW because at that time Shagari's govt was so vilified by the SW press that any "change" no matter how undemocratic or unconstitutional was welcomed.

Fast forward to present day and we can see how a well oiled propaganda machinery steered the SW voting block back to buhari.

They were made to believe that Buhari has since repented (this is the cold water stage) and can not act despotically in a democratic setting.

But since Buhari was sworn in he has never even bothered to tour the SW and show his gratitude for the enormous and crucial support they lent him. It is obvious that the SW press and media consultants were able to re-brand an old duara goat like Buhari to appear as a docile sheep.

Now that Buhari is slowly showing the SW that a despot at 40 is a despot for life they still cling stubbornly to the change rhetoric and Buhari's mythical puritan disposition.

The SW may never know they have entered one chance just like our frog sitting in the beaker of lukewarm water.

[img]http://sallyember.files./2014/02/frog-heat-beaker.jpg[/img]

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by BishopMagic: 9:18am On Sep 04, 2015
invoking the monikers of the Odua Defense Force

Gbawe
OrlandoOwoh
Omenka
vexadol
plaindealer
shachris

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by SirBlack999(m): 9:21am On Sep 04, 2015
Sir,you just took me back to my biology class.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by BishopMagic: 9:31am On Sep 04, 2015
To further elaborate on the collective myopia and lab frog state of the SW; it is only the SW that is oblivious of the slow burning of this country.
There has been effectively a war in the northeast for 6 yrs now and a slow genocide is currently on going in the middle-belt.

Every other people in the south other than the Yorubas are worried about what is going on in the country. The yorubas like that fat frog sitting in that lukewarm water that is slowly being heated up, does not feel concerned because they are oblivious to what is going on.

So when they scream one Nijeriya I am usually dumbfounded at what they are talking about.

The frog theory has been used by the north against the SW in the past.

MKO Abiola was a fat frog that was slowly lured by the north only for him to end up boiled.

Tinubu another frog is oblivious of the north scheming him out and by extension the entire southwest.

The SW frogs are also not bothered with Buhari's lopsided appointments which is obviously leaning to the north.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Nobody: 9:36am On Sep 04, 2015
nah that biology settings interest me mehn

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by BishopMagic: 9:46am On Sep 04, 2015
firefire, mogidi, hapinness87

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by dejavski(m): 9:48am On Sep 04, 2015
BishopMagic:
firefire, mogidi, hapinness87

But u sure say hot water no go kill the frog before e jump comot?

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Firefire(m): 9:50am On Sep 04, 2015
BishopMagic:
firefire, mogidi, hapinness87

I prefer to be an outcast than to support the stupidity of APC rebranding a parochial and divisional ruler like GMB.

The repercussion of the conspiracy will surely have a negative long time effect.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by PAINGAIN: 10:00am On Sep 04, 2015
Biology 101, anyways I'm all for a better southern nigeria. The north obviously is gaining from d division in the south. Igbos and yorubas and ijaw,efik,ibibio,itshekiri,urhobo should resolve issues or else we might all b fighting ourselves. And yorubas should just align themselves with d rest of the south, why do they have to b with d north,what r they gaining from that alliance because it looks like they r being short changed. For me, I just want a country without d hausas/fulanis.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by omoelesa(m): 10:03am On Sep 04, 2015
Lol,the ibos which are perpentual failure, when it comes to politics in naija, is now lecturing the yorubas which are known for their political sophistication.u better turn your lecturing to the SE that has never produced the nigeria president.nonsense

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by BishopMagic: 10:15am On Sep 04, 2015
omoelesa:
J

The water is too hot for you grin

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Nobody: 10:23am On Sep 04, 2015
Only a fool would expect a fulani and a retired army General to take orders from a bloody Yoruba civilian like Tinubu!!! Even the SW press were stoking the propaganda by referring to him as the APC national leader!!! A position he only wields power only on the pages of their newspapers

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by omoelesa(m): 10:28am On Sep 04, 2015
BishopMagic:


And who is the Igbo here?

You sophisticated boiling frog
We all knows, the ibos to be the no one waillers in naija.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by EasternLion: 10:38am On Sep 04, 2015
BishopMagic:


And who is the Igbo here?

You sophisticated boiling frog



Ah haa hahahahaha.

I don die.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by zimoni(f): 11:14am On Sep 04, 2015
How do some people sleet at night?

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Nobody: 11:14am On Sep 04, 2015
There is no honour among thieves. The people who packaged and sold buhari are now too ashamed to admit that baba is a confirmed jihadist. That is why they are still singing praises for him in the open while they mourn in private.

Buhari is right to allude that the south is too incompetent to be appointed into his kitchen cabinets.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by zimoni(f): 11:14am On Sep 04, 2015
How do some people sleep at night?


Some people need to move on with their lives.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Jaideyone(m): 11:29am On Sep 04, 2015
tribalistic ediot. what percentage of south east votes did buhari get? what percentage of northern votes did Jonathan get? now tell me what percentage of south west votes did Jonathan get? Jonathan got well above 35% of southwest votes. he even won a state here. this goes a long way to show that the southwest is the most objective region in the country today. the south south and south east voted massively for GEJ while the north voted massively forvPMB. you should channel your bitterness elsewhere

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by obailala(m): 11:36am On Sep 04, 2015
These wailers keep opening threads to justify their delusion.... it's a pity no one takes them seriously.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Nobody: 11:36am On Sep 04, 2015
BishopMagic:
Any of you who had the privilege of a descent secondary school education will understand the "frog in water" theory.

The Frog in water theory stems from the lab experiments done in biological classes to show how cold blooded reptiles depend on their surroundings for warmth.

It basically involves two stages;

The first stage involves putting the frog in a beaker of hot water. Naturally the frog jumps out of the beaker due to the hot temperatures.

The second stage involves placing the frog in a beaker of cold water and slowly heating it up on a Bunsen burner. Remarkably the frog just sits there oblivious of what is going on. It will continue in this state of oblivion until it dies from the steaming water.

Now, when we apply this frog in water theory in our political landscape I see only parallels with the SW political class and general populace who never see beyond their noses.

It usually takes sweeping and drastic changes for the SW electorate to react just like the frog when placed in hot water but the SW is usually oblivious to slow and latent changes.

For how can we reconcile how the SW will suddenly again root for Buhari after 3 decades? The last time Buhari arrived on the political scene, he was supported heavily in the SW because at that time Shagari's govt was so vilified by the SW press that any "change" no matter how undemocratic or unconstitutional was welcomed.

Fast forward to present day and we can see how a well oiled propaganda machinery steered the SW voting block back to buhari.

They were made to believe that Buhari has since repented (this is the cold water stage) and can not act despotically in a democratic setting.

But since Buhari was sworn in he has never even bothered to tour the SW and show his gratitude for the enormous and crucial support they lent him. It is obvious that the SW press and media consultants were able to re-brand an old duara goat like Buhari to appear as a docile sheep.

Now that Buhari is slowly showing the SW that a despot at 40 is a despot for life they still cling stubbornly to the change rhetoric and Buhari's mythical puritan disposition.

The SW may never know they have entered one chance just like our frog sitting in the beaker of lukewarm water.


How many region has he been to since becoming president?
Dumb Analysis

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Nobody: 12:46pm On Sep 04, 2015
Jaideyone:
tribalistic ediot. what percentage of south east votes did buhari get? what percentage of northern votes did Jonathan get? now tell me what percentage of south west votes did Jonathan get? Jonathan got well above 35% of southwest votes. he even won a state here. this goes a long way to show that the southwest is the most objective region in the country today. the south south and south east voted massively for GEJ while the north voted massively forvPMB. you should channel your bitterness elsewhere

@Bolded I've warned you and your Yoruba brothers to stop peddling this falsehood. Other tribes living in the SW voted for Jonathan and not Yorubas per say. Only Ekiti state voted for Jonathan in the last general election while other Yorubas went with Tinubu's delusion. You guys should desist from rewriting history please.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by aresa: 1:06pm On Sep 04, 2015
lol @ failed losers with zero sense of worth and belonging trying to lecture us how to be fail like them..

Wonders shall never end.


Worthless losers..

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Jaideyone(m): 1:09pm On Sep 04, 2015
huangcheng:


@Bolded I've warned you and your Yoruba brothers to stop peddling this falsehood. Other tribes living in the SW voted for Jonathan and not Yorubas per say. Only Ekiti state voted for Jonathan in the last general election while other Yorubas went with Tinubu's delusion. You guys should desist from rewriting history please.
ret@rd bring out the election result and my claim is still valid after excluding Lagos state. so there are no non indigenes living in other parts of the country aside the sw?

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Akanbiedu(m): 1:17pm On Sep 04, 2015
Bad losers.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by Akanbiedu(m): 1:20pm On Sep 04, 2015
This particular OP is a nut case, s/he hates muslims, hates Hausa, hates Yoruba.....S/he even hates catholics.

Now the ejiot wants other people to join his self-destructive agenda.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by chigoizie7(m): 1:53pm On Sep 04, 2015
omoelesa:
Lol,the ibos which are perpentual failure, when it comes to politics in naija, is now lecturing the yorubas which are known for their political sophistication.u better turn your lecturing to the SE that has never produced the nigeria president.nonsense



And now, the olodos(se) has seen were ur Sophistication(sw) has led u.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by chigoizie7(m): 1:56pm On Sep 04, 2015
Jaideyone:
tribalistic ediot. what percentage of south east votes did buhari get? what percentage of northern votes did Jonathan get? now tell me what percentage of south west votes did Jonathan get? Jonathan got well above 35% of southwest votes. he even won a state here. this goes a long way to show that the southwest is the most objective region in the country today. the south south and south east voted massively for GEJ while the north voted massively forvPMB. you should channel your bitterness elsewhere







U are very wrong, PMB would have lost the same way he has been loosing from 2003-2011 when d sw never supported him, that is d difference.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by ibedun: 4:23pm On Sep 04, 2015
Wonders would never end!!!

Never thought I would ever LIKE a wailing wailer's writeup cum analysis. Not that the analysis is correct or accurate BTW, just that I like the eloquence of the analysis and the wailer's writing style. Other than that the its hogwash. There is no Nigeria without the silent power of the West - power based on intellect, logic and reason. Not gra gra like some people who have to cross a bridge to get to the land of milk and honey.

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by BishopMagic: 8:11pm On Sep 04, 2015
aresa:
lol @ failed losers with zero sense of worth and belonging trying to lecture us how to be fail like them..

Wonders shall never end.


Worthless losers..

remi tinubu pant sniffer, how art thou pathetic life?

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by BishopMagic: 8:12pm On Sep 04, 2015
Akanbiedu:
This particular OP is a nut case, s/he hates muslims, hates Hausa, hates Yoruba.....S/he even hates catholics.

Now the ejiot wants other people to join his self-destructive agenda.

lolz

You are even confused about my gender.

Frog

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeebit!

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Re: Southwest Myopia: A Case Of The Frog In Water. by BishopMagic: 8:20pm On Sep 04, 2015
Jaideyone:
tribalistic ediot. what percentage of south east votes did buhari get? what percentage of northern votes did Jonathan get? now tell me what percentage of south west votes did Jonathan get? Jonathan got well above 35% of southwest votes. he even won a state here. this goes a long way to show that the southwest is the most objective region in the country today. the south south and south east voted massively for GEJ while the north voted massively forvPMB. you should channel your bitterness elsewhere

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeebit

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