Dictators I have known
By Susan Merrell Well…actually… I don't know any personally , but in my studies I have encountered many. They have similar characteristics. Their methods are eerily formulaic in their sameness. WARNING: The people to whom they dictate rarely live 'happily ever after.' Belden Norman Namah is Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Minister for Forestry (a handy portfolio when your personal fortune is tied up with logging), Minister for Climate Control (ditto), Acting Minister for State Enterprises and Acting Minister for Defence. Under the circumstances, there's little wonder another commentator called him 'Belden the Ubiquitous' (Please forgive me if he's returned any of his acting ministries to their rightful owners and I've missed it) Namah is a Prime Ministerial 'wannabe'; an ambition he informed me of personally because he is someone with whom I'm acquainted. Late last year, he puffed out his fleshy chest and boomed: &q