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White House announces $105 million in Africa aid
Associated Press ^ | August 8, 2011

Posted on 08/08/2011 6:47:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine.

White House press secretary Jay Carney says the money will help provide food, shelter, water, and sanitation and health services to those in need.

(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; drought; famine; foreignaid; humanitarianaid; somalia
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Cut up 0bama's Credit card !!

Or downgrade his credit rating again !!


21 posted on 08/08/2011 7:14:10 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Let’s all wave goodbye to our money.


22 posted on 08/08/2011 7:15:24 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: Free ThinkerNY

We’re GIVING $105mil to the horn of africans and our money standing in the world has dropped from AAA to AA??? Give me a break. We need those dollars here, not spread around the world to people who HATE US. Even remove our dollars from the arab countries who HATE US. Let them eat dust with frosting.


23 posted on 08/08/2011 7:20:08 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: All; Free ThinkerNY
The late comedian Sam Kinson had an act about perpetual famine in Africa, it boiled down to this: "Move where the food is!"

This aid is probably a waste of money. Typically it never gets to those in need, food rots on docks, money is intercepted by warlords, etc.

Let's not forget this $105 million will be BORROWED money.

24 posted on 08/08/2011 7:25:53 PM PDT by newzjunkey (the circular firing squad has got to end now)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Yeah! Which bright bulb announced we have “lots of money” in the last couple of week?


25 posted on 08/08/2011 7:26:56 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Free ThinkerNY

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105 million? Just add it to the list:

BiLLIONS FOR JIHAD!

Obamas 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and passed by the full committee.
It gives billions http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/1...
of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies.
Read the summary from David Obeys office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.

$3.6 billion, matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces

$400 million, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces

Afghanistan:$1.52 billion,$86 million above the request

West Bank and Gaza:$665 million in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza

Jordan:$250 million,$250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance

Egypt:$360 million,$310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance,$50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance

Pakistan:$1.9 billion,$591 million above the request

Iraq:$968 million,$336 million above the request

Oversight:$20 million,$13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
Lebanon:$74 million

International Food Assistance:$500 million,$200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis

Refugee Assistance:$343 million,$50 million above the request, including humanitarian assistance for Gaza. Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)

Disaster Assistance:$200 million to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia

Peacekeeping:$837 million for United Nations
peacekeeping operations, including an expanded mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a new mission in Chad and the Central African Republic

Department of Justice:$17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system
Obama gives your tax dollars to rebuild Muslim mosques around the world
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/... #

ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL GIVE AWAY NEARLY $6 MILLION OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO RESTORE 63 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SITES, INCLUDING ISLAMIC MOSQUES AND MINARETS, IN 55 NATIONS. See the State Department document here.
http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/office-...

And THAT’S just the tip of the iceberg.
THIS will blow your mind!!

http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/
They should have 2010 up, but they don’t. That’s where you’ll find Obama’s largesse towards Muslim countries really go off the charts.
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http://www.foreignassistance.gov/DataView.aspx

charts:

http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/fast-facts.html


26 posted on 08/08/2011 7:32:02 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Yeah.... : )


27 posted on 08/08/2011 8:05:23 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: patriot08; All

Thank you very much for this most informative post!!


28 posted on 08/08/2011 8:06:46 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Just their way of Laundering our money. They have been doing it for years. Just ask Hill and Bill and George and Laura, oh and George and Barbara. Throw in a Queen E and Prince Charles....hell never let a crisis go to waste!


29 posted on 08/08/2011 8:09:19 PM PDT by marygam ((Hurry November 2012, we might not make it))
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To: AUJenn
"If there are better ways to directly help these people, I’m all for it."


30 posted on 08/08/2011 8:11:37 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: LyinLibs

Very good point - where is Sharpton and Jackson? They should be demanding that this 105 million be sent to Detroit.


31 posted on 08/08/2011 8:14:01 PM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Cap the spending, cut the program.


32 posted on 08/08/2011 8:15:49 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Mr. Wright

Shhhhhh!


33 posted on 08/08/2011 8:17:41 PM PDT by endthematrix (The Name of the Game is BAILOUT.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

That’s a relief...I sure can’t wait to wake up ;)


34 posted on 08/08/2011 8:19:45 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

Once again....yeah : )


35 posted on 08/08/2011 8:45:06 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Effing hilarious. We’re effing broke because our credit sucks and nobody wants our debt and we’ll just print up 105 million for Africa.

Can we stop being the world’s sugar daddy? Finally?


36 posted on 08/08/2011 9:04:05 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Just going to make a historical note:

Civil wars invariably start from the middle class. They (we) have the means, the knowledge, and the will. The lower class doesn't.

Here's how it works: the middle class gets sick of being used and revolts. Or they get crushed into ineffectiveness first.

That's why the prime enemy of the marxists is the middle class. That is who obastard is trying to crush. And marxists use the lower class - here urban bangers and muslimes - to do it.

Short version: It's a race: Do we get crushed into ineffectiveness before we revolt (at the ballot box - yes, still an option but 2012 will be the last chance)? And that's also why the statists hate us Tea Partiers, for we are largely of the middle class...

37 posted on 08/08/2011 9:59:00 PM PDT by piytar (The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wonder how much help they’ll give Texas for their statewide drought of dangerous proportions.

Nothing? That’s what I thought.


38 posted on 08/08/2011 10:10:39 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: AUJenn

We’d better save ourselves before we try again (for the umteenth time) to save the world.


39 posted on 08/08/2011 10:14:57 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker; bluecat6; Faith

I’m glad to see some of you agreeing with me.
I’ve had faith in Orley from the start.
God bless her. She has put her whole life on hold- and in danger to go after Obama.


40 posted on 08/08/2011 10:43:38 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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