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Full Blown Humanitarian Crisis in Niger (Armstrong Williams Gets it Wrong)
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| August 8, 2005
| Armstrong Williams
Posted on 08/08/2005 7:26:04 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel
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The fact is, much of Africa is kept in a state of permanent subsidence by the richest countries. The EU and America flood third world markets with low priced commodities designed to depress world prices and effectively crush local economies.
Yeah, that's what it is. It's America flooding the Niamey street markets with our low-priced cow peas, millet and casava. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the total lack of stability in the country, with it's frequent coups and tribal wars.
If we'd just quit depressing their prices, then the vaunted Nigerien automotive industry could then flourish.
This is clearly everybody's fault but their own.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
To: Owl_Eagle
Okay, then lets just sending them food and other help nad see what happens.
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:30:30 AM PDT
by
beandog
(Bean the Real Dog - 10/3/90-6/13/05 - Doggie Heaven is Lucky to have you.)
To: beandog
I meant to say "stop" sending them food.... To early in the morning I guess.
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:31:20 AM PDT
by
beandog
(Bean the Real Dog - 10/3/90-6/13/05 - Doggie Heaven is Lucky to have you.)
To: Owl_Eagle
I know a guy named Barrister James Ontooga who has $25 million he wants to smuggle out of the country and share with me- maybe they can go after his money to help feed some of them
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:32:25 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
To: Owl_Eagle
Don't you thing we need some dufis from the State Dept to tell us we need to give several million to the local head man to be put into his Swiss account...then every thing will be OK!
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:34:29 AM PDT
by
jrd
To: Mr. K
I know a guy named Barrister James Ontooga who has $25 million he wants to smuggle out of the country and share with me
You're a lucky man. We all know NIGERIAN contacts are a scam, but I see no reason not to believe a fella from Niger. They seem on the up and up.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:37:53 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: Owl_Eagle
They need to look to
themselves for a beter life! America is here for Americans: it is not our job to save the world.
If the peoples of Africa would adopt/encourage a more scientifically-aware society and would rise up against the thousands of "tribal chieftans", dictators, and "strongmen", they would have a better life.
You can feed a man for a day by giving him a fish; you can feed him for a lifetime by teaching him how to fish.
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:43:41 AM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: Owl_Eagle
Niger... Nigeria... they're the same thing arent they?
:D
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:44:17 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
To: Mr. K
You can feed a man for a day by giving him a fish; you can feed him for a lifetime by teaching him how to fish.
If you build a man a fire he will be warm for a night. If you set him on fire he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:46:52 AM PDT
by
HKaddict
To: Mr. K; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; Sam's Army
Niger... Nigeria... they're the same thing arent they?
Along those lines, you know what's more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Go up to a Vietnamese co-worker and say "[insert name here], you're Cambodian. Who's the leader of that country now?"
When he says "I'm Vietnamese. [tersely]" say "Oh, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, whatever. It's just an arbitrary line the French drew." and then watch the fireworks.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:52:10 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: HKaddict
If you build a man a fire he will be warm for a night. If you set him on fire he will be warm for the rest of his life.
LOL! You owe me a new keyboard!
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:54:49 AM PDT
by
Thrusher
(Remember the Mog.)
To: Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army
How to win friends and influence people Owl_Eagle style.
How many times have they sent you to sensitivity training again? It must be some sort of record.
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posted on
08/08/2005 7:55:33 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: HKaddict
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posted on
08/08/2005 8:00:58 AM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
To: Owl_Eagle
low priced commodities designed to depress world prices and effectively crush local economies.Well, I doubt they're designed to do that, but local farmers having to compete with heavily subsidised, or even free, crops can't help. Africa in general needs stability, laws of property, equality under the law, reduction of regulation/taxation and THEN democracy - but no more food "aid"!
To: beandog
"Each day hundreds of mothers flock into the feeding stations set up by the U.N."
"Feeding stations" kinda makes 'em sound like animals. No?
Unfortunately, that's probably a little too accurate an analogy of the problem. There are a lot of places in the world that simply cannot reliably support the populations which inhabit them.
I know we like to think of ourselves as "humane", but every ton of food sent there - however well meaning - just encourages a further increase in population down the road. And with that increased population comes increased suffering. How humane is that?
To: HKaddict
"If you build a man a fire he will be warm for a night. If you set him on fire he will be warm for the rest of his life."
That's a good one!!!
To: Owl_Eagle
Actually, he's got a point. I heard a very interesting radio news report last week that gave some detailed information about how foreign aid to Africa has resulted in the devastation of many local industries. The textile industry was an example they used. Local clothing manufacturers in one country they studied were all driven out of business because they (obviously) could not compete with second-hand clothing from the U.S. that was being given away. It's hard to stay in business when your "competitor" is "selling" his product for $0.
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posted on
08/08/2005 8:03:59 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
How many times have they sent you to sensitivity training again? It must be some sort of record.
This week will mark session number nine. They're pretty borring by now, but I always manage to learn a new slur.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
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posted on
08/08/2005 8:04:48 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: Owl_Eagle
I thought it was the third world that was flooding our markets with low-priced commodities.
Can't we buy our own Made-in-the-USA low-priced commodities?
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posted on
08/08/2005 8:05:28 AM PDT
by
AmishDude
(Join the AmishDude fan club: "ROFLOL!" -- tuliptree76)
To: Owl_Eagle
"They're pretty borring by now, but I always manage to learn a new slur." Wow, I thought you knew them all. I know you wrote most of them.
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posted on
08/08/2005 8:08:14 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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