I SAW THE PLIGHTS OF MANY OF ITS PEOPLE AS THE MOST IGNORED, PERHAPS, ON EARTH.
"HUMANITARIAN AID" SEEMED TO NEVER QUITE REACH THE ONES WHO NEEDED IT SO DESPERATELY, BUT WAS FOUGHT OVER, PORTIONED OUT, CONVERTED TO CASH BY TOO MANY AFRICAN LEADERS.
SEEMED TO ME THE WHOLE WORLD JUST TURNED AWAY FROM AFRICA AND AFRICANS AND CHOSE NOT TO SEE THE REALITY...SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MUCH NEED.
THAT MAY ALL BE ABOUT TO CHANGE AS MILLIONS IN AFRICA WILL HAVE BUT TWO CHOICES...(1) STAY WHERE THEY ARE AND SLOWLY STARVE OR THIRST TO DEATH, OR, (2) LEAVE AFRICA.
Africa has gold, diamonds, oil, cobalt, uranium, copper, natural gas, etc, but those aren't going to fill hungry bellies, and won't provide water for crops, animals or humans.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE NO LEGAL "CLAIM" TO THESE RESOURCES.
THEY ARE OWNWED OR CONTROLLED BY AN ELITE FEW WHO DEAL WITH OTHER NATIONS, LEAVING AFRICAN PEOPLE OUT OF THE MIX.
“U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry highlighted crises in Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and the Central African Republic and urged Africans to demand stability and financial development.”
Well obviously it does not include a handful of dictatorships which Washington has supported over the years including Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea in West Africa.
He is also known as“the country’s God” according to a report conducted by BBC in 2003.
The BBC also did a piece in June of this year on that African leader <HERE>.
The BBC records that ...
The BBC also did a piece in June of this year on that African leader <HERE>.
The BBC records that ...
"A 2004 US Senate investigation into the Washington-based Riggs Bank found that President Obiang's family had received huge payments from US oil companies such as Exxon Mobil and Amerada Hess.
Observers say the US finds it hard to criticise a country which is seen as an ally in a volatile, oil-rich region. In 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hailed President Obiang as a "good friend" despite repeated criticism of his human rights and civil liberties record by her own department. More recently President Barack Obama posed for an official photograph with President Obiang at a New York reception."
[SHAME ON KERRY, YET AGAIN, FOR LIES AND MANIPULATIONS OF FACTS!]
Obiang is a staunch US ally and Africa’s longest ruling dictator since 1979 after he executed his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema.
[SHAME ON KERRY, YET AGAIN, FOR LIES AND MANIPULATIONS OF FACTS!]
Obiang is a staunch US ally and Africa’s longest ruling dictator since 1979 after he executed his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema.
Obiang was actually trained in Spain under the fascist leadership of Francisco Franco.
Equatorial Guinea’s oil exports and corruption has made the Obiang family one of the wealthiest families on the African continent.
Equatorial Guinea’s oil exports and corruption has made the Obiang family one of the wealthiest families on the African continent.
In 2008, the US Department of State’s own human rights report stated the following concerning Equatorial Guinea:
limited ability of citizens to change their government; increased reports of unlawful killings by security forces; government-sanctioned kidnappings; systematic torture of prisoners and detainees by security forces; life threatening conditions in prisons and detention facilities; impunity; arbitrary arrest, detention, and incommunicado detention; harassment and deportation of foreign residents with limited due process; judicial corruption and lack of due process; restrictions on the right to privacy; restrictions on freedom of speech and of the press; restrictions on the rights of assembly, association, and movement; government corruption; violence and discrimination against women; suspected trafficking in persons; discrimination against ethnic minorities; and restrictions on labor rights
Equatorial Guinea is JUST ONE example.
YES, it has natural resources and a government that is friendly to Washington and its corporate interests.
The speech made by Kerry mentioned countries that lacked security and democratic values for its people as he said that the US was “ready to help increase its ties with Africa, but nations across the continent need to take stronger steps to ensure security and democracy for its people”.
He did not mention Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Rwanda or Ethiopia, ALL of whom are supported by Washington. “And he called on Africans to combat the political corruption that the African Union says has cost the people of Africa tens of billions of dollars” .
[WITH AMERICA'S HELP, KERRY?
TELL US ABOUT THAT!]
According to the AP report. Kerry also said
[WITH AMERICA'S HELP, KERRY?
TELL US ABOUT THAT!]
According to the AP report. Kerry also said
“That money could build new schools and hospitals, new roads and bridges, new pipes and power lines. That’s why it’s a responsibility for citizens in Africa and in all nations to demand that public money is providing services for all, not lining the pockets of a few”
Just like AMERICA'S PAL, President Teodoro Obiang"s pockets get lined.
It is no secret that Africa has an enormous amount of resources including oil, copper, gold and silver.
That's why the United States' Africa Command (AFRICOM) is expanding its presence in Africa to counter not only China, but Brazil, India and Russia.
According to a document published by AFRICOM during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with General David M. Rodriquez on March 6th 2014, Washington’s strategy concerning Africa is confirmed..[.take control!] "
JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE CHESS GAMES GOING ON ON AFRICA.BLUNTLY, IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR ALL WHO WANT TO TAP AFRICA'S NATURAL RESOURCES IF AFRICAN PEOPLE SIMPLY DISAPPEARED.
INSTEAD OF PAYING MILLIONS, BILLIONS FOR THOSE RESOURCES TO CORRUPT LEADERS, THE POWERFUL NATIONS COULD JUST WALK IN AND TAKE WHAT THEY DESIRED.
THE TEA ROOM HAS OFFERED SEVERAL ARTICLES ON THE DEPOPULATION PLANS FOR AFRICA, HOW MANMADE VIRUSES HAVE BEEN UNLEASHED THERE FOR DECADES, HOW ITS WATER IS CLAIMED AGAINST ITS INTERNATIONAL DEBTS... AFRICA HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK SINCE BEFORE I WAS BORN.
THE LUST FOR GOLD, IVORY AND DIAMONDS MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST THINGS THAT DREW ATTENTION TO THAT CONTINENT.
IT'S BEEN ALL DOWNHILL FOR AFRICANS EVER SINCE.
BUT NOW WITH FOOD AND WATER AND HOPE DISAPPEARING, HOW MANY WILL COME OUT OF AFRICA IN MASS MIGRATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
THE NUMBERS MAY ALARM SOME.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
A combination of exponential population growth and significant climate change could send hundreds of millions of African migrants to seek new shores, with Europe the most logical destination.
A paper citing Professor Arnon Soffer, a geostrategist at the University of Haifa and Professor Ronnie Ellenblum of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discussed their predictions for the decades to come, ahead of the global climate change conference in Paris early next month.
The astronomical population growth in the Middle East and Africa serves to exacerbate the potential crisis. While the worldwide population has increased steadily over time, this region has managed to quadruple its population from 1950 to 2008. Quality of life will deteriorate as more people fight for scarce resources in the region, even if climate change does not happen.
A PARALLEL IN HISTORY
Ellenblum studies historical weather patterns and their impact on society.
He is an expert in the Crusader period in particular, which includes a cold trough known as the Medieval Climate Anomaly, around the 10th and 11th centuries CE.
He points to the mass migration of that era which first brought many populations to the Middle East. The weather itself helped weaken local powers, allowing invaders to take over.
“At the peak of this period, in the year 1055, the great city Baghdad fell to nomad invaders,” Ellenblum notes.
In striking parallel, throughout the winter of 2013-2014, drought afflicted the territory now controlled by ISIS.
In striking parallel, throughout the winter of 2013-2014, drought afflicted the territory now controlled by ISIS.
Ellenblum is careful to say, “I’m a historian, not a forecaster,” and is more cautious than Soffer. Still, he accepts the position that climate change is a reality, and history suggests that it will cause mass migration once again."
[NOTE: THE TEA ROOM IS OF THE OPINION THAT PROF. SOFER JUST MAY BE A RACIST BIGOT. THE BOOK, Israel and Africa: A Genealogy of Moral Geography, by Haim Yacobi, PROMPTS ME TO SAY THIS.
ON PAGE 1 OF THE INTRODUCTION, SOFER'S COMMENTS LEAVE LITTLE DOUBT AS TO HIS MINDSET REGARDING AN INFLUX OF AFRICANS. YOU MAY READ SOME OF THAT BOOK, INCLUDING SOFER'S 'SPEECH' <HERE>.]
[NOTE: THE TEA ROOM IS OF THE OPINION THAT PROF. SOFER JUST MAY BE A RACIST BIGOT. THE BOOK, Israel and Africa: A Genealogy of Moral Geography, by Haim Yacobi, PROMPTS ME TO SAY THIS.
ON PAGE 1 OF THE INTRODUCTION, SOFER'S COMMENTS LEAVE LITTLE DOUBT AS TO HIS MINDSET REGARDING AN INFLUX OF AFRICANS. YOU MAY READ SOME OF THAT BOOK, INCLUDING SOFER'S 'SPEECH' <HERE>.]
ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS LOOK AT AFRICA
Anyone can look at Africa's climate, see how it has affected farming, ranching, even the outcome of some battles.
Some areas are harder hit than others, but Africans have many worries.
Extremist militant groups, even the UN's "peacekeeper troops" have taken a heavy toll on African lives and driven many to despair of ever having a good quality of life there.
The greed of those who are better armed and more capable of forcing their will on the African people is pushing many to flee from ancestral homes, to search for safety anywhere they can find it.
It is basically the same scenario as those fleeing Middle Eastern nations ahead of ISIS and the wars there, but Africans also have to deal with drought, famine, inability to buy seed or have land to plant that will produce anything.
Few have the finances to truly sustain life, let alone buy a ticket out.
HOW POOR ARE SOME AFRICAN NATIONS??
From 1993 to 2008 the average per capita income of sub-Saharan African economies barely budged—it increased from $742 to $762 per year .
YES, LESS THAN $800 PER YEAR!
Some areas are harder hit than others, but Africans have many worries.
Extremist militant groups, even the UN's "peacekeeper troops" have taken a heavy toll on African lives and driven many to despair of ever having a good quality of life there.
The greed of those who are better armed and more capable of forcing their will on the African people is pushing many to flee from ancestral homes, to search for safety anywhere they can find it.
It is basically the same scenario as those fleeing Middle Eastern nations ahead of ISIS and the wars there, but Africans also have to deal with drought, famine, inability to buy seed or have land to plant that will produce anything.
Few have the finances to truly sustain life, let alone buy a ticket out.
HOW POOR ARE SOME AFRICAN NATIONS??
From 1993 to 2008 the average per capita income of sub-Saharan African economies barely budged—it increased from $742 to $762 per year .
YES, LESS THAN $800 PER YEAR!
In sub-Saharan Africa, per capita GDP is now less than it was in 1974, having declined over 11 percent."
That trend translates into 360 million poor Africans in 2000, compared to 140 million in 1975.
THE ABOMINABLE "WORLD BANK" EVEN SHOWS A STEEP DECLINE IN AFRICAN ECONOMY, EVEN FOR SOUTH AFRICA.THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR SIMPLY DON'T SURVIVE
One of the key consequences of Africa's economic stagnation is that income inequality has increased, while it has decreased worldwide.
This income inequality exists whether one looks at between-country or in-country measures.
That is because richer nations on the continent have grown faster and because rich citizens within each country have benefited more than poor citizens.
A prime example is Nigeria where the incomes of the poorest 80 percent of the citizenry have declined, while the incomes of the richest have increased.
That situation provides little incentive for the rich and powerful to make meaningful policy changes."
THE POPE RECENTLY ADDRESSED THE AFRICAN PLIGHT, BUT DID THE VATICAN THEN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
WITH THE ENORMOUS WEALTH OF THE VATICAN AT THE POPE'S DISPOSAL, WILL HE TRY TO HELP AFRICANS?
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES HAD AN ARTICLE IN 2013 THAT BEGAN PERHAPS TRYING TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON AFRICA.
BUT THE FINAL PARAGRAPH SHOWS THE FAILURE OF THAT...
"The IOM report on a Gallup World Poll survey of 25,000 migrants from 150 countries also challenged the assumption that most people leave their native country to earn money to send to relatives left behind.
"A minority of migrants send remittances," IOM said. "In fact, only 8% of adult migrants in the South, and 27% in the North, report sending financial help to family in another country."
SOUNDS LIKE MOST IN AMERICA ABOUT "ILLEGAL ALIENS" COMING IN TO WORK AND SENDING MONEY BACK HOME.IF YOUR FAMILY WAS DESPERATE TO LIVE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO, FOLKS?
ANYTHING?
WHAT MOST OF THE WORLD DOES NOT COMPREHEND
EVEN THOSE OF YOU WHO TRAVEL STICK TO "TOURIST DESTINATIONS" OR GO ON BUSINESS TRIPS THAT KEEP YOU IN PLACES WHERE YOU NEVER, EVER SEE THE PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE NATIONS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO EXIST.
I ASSURE YOU, EVEN JAPAN, EVEN ENGLAND, BUT ESPECIALLY NATIONS LIKE AFRICA, MEXICO, MOST CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS, INDIA, CHINA, ALL HAVE AREAS OF ECONOMIC STRESS THAT WOULD BLOW YOUR MINDS.
YOUR CONCEPT OF POVERTY, DEEP POVERTY, CANNOT POSSIBLY BE CORRECT UNTIL YOU HAVE VISITED THE INTERIOR OF AFRICAN NATIONS, OR MEXICO, OR SMALL STRUGGLING VILLAGES OF ANY NATION TO OUR SOUTH.
AT HOME
REAL POVERTY IS PRESENT IN AMERICA AS WELL, AS I HAVE OFTEN SAID.
MANY AN "INDIAN RESERVATION" LIKE SEVERAL IN THE DAKOTAS AND THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WOULD TEACH ALL AMERICA WHAT REAL POVERTY IS.
IN MANY OF OUR INNER CITIES HERE, AND IN RURAL AREAS IN MOST STATES, POVERTY TAKES ON A WHOLE NEW, VERY UGLY MEANING.
I KNOW OF TWO AREAS TODAY, RIGHT NOW, WHERE AMERICAN KIDS ARE SENT OUT DAILY TO LOOK FOR FRESH ROADKILL FOR FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
I KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GO IN AMERICA THAT HAVING AN ABANDONED CAR TO SLEEP IN IS A LUXURY FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY CROWDED AND CRAMMED INTO DILAPIDATED, LEAKY SHACKS WITH NO ELECTRICITY AND NO INDOOR PLUMBING.
I KNOW PLACES WHERE BUYING A BAR OF SOAP, OR A TOOTHBRUSH WOULD MEAN PEOPLE DIDN'T EAT THAT DAY WHO BOUGHT THEM.
MANY ARE BORN INTO SUCH POVERTY, NOT BY THEIR OWN "FAULT", NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE "LAZY"!
THEY GROW UP LUCKY TO HAVE ONE PAIR OF SHOES, OR PANTS AND WILL LIKELY NEVER SEE THE DAY THEY CAN PRESENT THEMSELVES FOR EMPLOYMENT IN ANYTHING BUT RAGS EVEN IF THEY COULD FIND A WAY TO TRAVEL 40 OR 50 MILES TO LOOK FOR A JOB.
FINDING A JOB, SURE, THEY COULD STAY THERE, MILES FROM HOME AND FAMILY, LIVE UNDER A BRIDGE, IN SOME ABANDONED BUILDING AS LONG AS THEY COULD, SCROUNGE FOR FOOD, WATER, TRY TO STAY SAFE LONG ENOUGH TO WORK AND GET A PAYCHECK.
DON'T EVEN MENTION HELP FOR SUCH PEOPLE TO ME!
NO "HELP" AGENCY CAN HELP AS MANY AS NEED HELP HERE, OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE "RESOURCES" JUST DON'T EXIST, DAMN IT!
HAVING TRIED FOR DECADES TO GET "HELP" FOR SUCH PEOPLE, I KNOW THAT MANY MUST BE TURNED AWAY.
I COULD HAVE INTRODUCED YOU TO THREE YOUNG MEN BACK IN NORTH CAROLINA WHO COULDN'T BE HELPED, SUPPOSEDLY, BECAUSE THEY WERE BORN AT HOME, NO DOCTOR, NO RECORD OF THEIR BIRTH.
TECHNICALITIES, RED TAPE...NO HELP.
WHO, AT AGE 16-18, EVEN WITH RED HAIR AND A PALE FRECKLED FACE STANDING BEFORE SOME 'COUNTY OFFICIAL' , CAN PROVE THEY ARE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN?
NO PROOF, NO HELP.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA, FOLKS, YOU REALLY DON'T.
OUT OF SIGHT MEANS OUT OF MIND.
WHAT WE DON'T SEE, OR WON'T SEE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ALL NEED TO SEE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE PLIGHT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF EARTH.
IT IS NOT "PRETTY".
MOST AFRICAN NATIONS ARE FULL OF HUMAN BEINGS WHO KNOW THAT TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE MEANS EITHER A SLOW OR A VIOLENT DEATH.
THEIR ONLY HOPE, SINCE AID NEVER REACHES THEM, IS TO DO WHAT THEIR ANCESTORS DID MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO...
WALK OUT OF AFRICA.
MANY WILL PERISH TRYING TO GET TO A BETTER LIFE.
MANY WILL SEE NO HOPE OF MAKING THE JOURNEY AND JUST STAY TO FACE THEIR FATE.
BUT, IF JUST HALF OF ECONOMICALLY STRESSED, HUNGRY, THIRSTY, OFTEN HUNTED AFRICANS TRY TO FIND A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND MAYBE THRIVE, THEN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS WILL BE LEAVING AFRICA.
MANY AFRICANS "DISAPPEAR" EACH DAY, CAPTURED, ENSLAVED, TRADED, SOLD, FORCED INTO 'MILITIAS' OR WORK GROUPS FOR MINING, EXTRACTION OF THOSE "NATURAL RESOURCES" ALL OF THE POWERFUL NATIONS AND LOCAL RULERS TRADE IN, USED AS SEX SLAVES...WHAT MOST AFRICANS FACE WOULD MAKE YOU CRINGE.
IS HUNGER AND THIRST THE WORST?
UNLESS WE LIVE THAT, WHO CAN SAY?
OUT OF AFRICA...
OUT OF TIME...
WILL THE WORLD WELCOME FLEEING MILLIONS OF AFRICANS?
HAVE THEY EVER?
(SLAVE TRADE DAYS ASIDE)
