pillaged, abused, denied, pilfered, ravaged, smeared, -africa poor? NOT!

[donni]

 one of my recurring themes-that africa should be rich, not poor; and if it is poor, it is because of the constant theft by western 'civilized' countries who manage the feat by enticing corruption among ignorant and/or greedy african leaders who sell out their own for a buck and perceived power.

i am glad some in africa are catching on-
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=9159

[clistensprechen]

I've known for years that corruption is what rules in Africa and have made note elsewhere in cyberspace how church charities for Africa have amounted to a charity racket.  I've been yelled at for such a callous view, but a relative of mine was a missionary out in Uganda at the time World War II broke out and from that know that the Catholic Church and other missionaries dug wells, built schools and roads and whatnot...something I informed a church here in Oklahoma that was showcasing a group of kids from Uganda doing a performance to raise funds with.

"More than 60 years have passed since the first missionaries went out there building stuff and there's been no improvement all that time?" ....didn't get an answer to that.  It's a racket, and a corrupt racket at that.

[donni]

i think many of the 'charities' mean well enough-but they are really butting in and causing war where none was before by placing wells -before the people shared what water they found-now you have tribes fighting over who owns the well-peace is had once the well is destroyed, and causing dependence on corporations' poisons and seeds. why these people are made to change their nomadic lifestyle in order to get water/food? so corporations can take over the land-or at least the use of the land and the theft of resources these nomadic tribes didn't even know they had. stop poisoning the world and causing global climate changes with our non-working lifestyle and their lifestyle would continue working just fine for them!

[clistensprechen]

Sounds very much like the corruption in Haiti. I watched a Tavis Smiley show where Sean Penn was the guest and he's been heavily involved in Haiti relief. Corruption is what he reported and had a similar opinion of NGO charities...not to mention the scandal of child trafficking we've heard regarding a church charity.  It's this sort of shenanigans that make a person wonder.

[donni]

i'm reading global outlaws by carolyn nordstrom and so far i've learned that the legal, quasi legal, and illegal all rely on tobacco. children selling them to survive in war zones-on up. the author claims as much as 50% of all cigarettes produced are headed straight for the black market-and the cig companies are in on it.