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Meanwhile he is following through on his promise to make our bills skyrocket in the old USofA. What a leader.
(CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama pledged $7 billion Sunday to help combat frequent power blackouts in sub-Saharan Africa.
Funds from the initiative, dubbed Power Africa, will be distributed over the next five years. Obama made the announcement during his trip to South Africa, the continent's biggest economy.
"Access to electricity is fundamental to opportunity in this age. It's the light that children study by, the energy that allows an idea to be transformed into a real business. It's the lifeline for families to meet their most basic needs, and it's the connection that's needed to plug Africa into the grid of the global economy," he said.
Good grief! How about 7 billion for the crumbing infrastructure in the US (I realize the Republicans would oppose it, but it is the principle of the thing).
How does building more power plants in third world nations lower global warming? Making sure every African has lots of electricity to heat and air condition their homes will only hike up the planet's temperatures.
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Meanwhile he is following through on his promise to make our bills skyrocket in the old USofA. What a leader.
(CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama pledged $7 billion Sunday to help combat frequent power blackouts in sub-Saharan Africa.
Funds from the initiative, dubbed Power Africa, will be distributed over the next five years. Obama made the announcement during his trip to South Africa, the continent's biggest economy.
"Access to electricity is fundamental to opportunity in this age. It's the light that children study by, the energy that allows an idea to be transformed into a real business. It's the lifeline for families to meet their most basic needs, and it's the connection that's needed to plug Africa into the grid of the global economy," he said.
How about giving that money to the electric companies and paying OUR overpriced electric bills...when are those of us born here gonna get some kind of "amnesty"...I'm begining to really think this guy is George W. Lite...spend it all and give it away.
The President is making up for what he didn't do in his first term compared to what his two predecessors did for Africa in their administrations.
An African-American president ignoring Africa is not good legacy.
Neither is pizzing away $7 billion US taxpayer dollars in the middle of the greatest recession since the Great Depression.
Oh, and GWB did more to combat HIV in Africa than any other president, btw. Which I don't agree with. We have enough problems in this country, we don't need to be throwing the taxpayers money away on Africa, and more than in the ME.
Oh don't worry I'm sure his Solyndra buddies have some green nonsense set up in Africa to get a chunk of that money to **** away all over again like they pissed away the 20 billion for green energy here in the US.
Neither is pizzing away $7 billion US taxpayer dollars in the middle of the greatest recession since the Great Depression.
Oh, and GWB did more to combat HIV in Africa than any other president, btw. Which I don't agree with. We have enough problems in this country, we don't need to be throwing the taxpayers money away on Africa, and more than in the ME.
China has been making deals in Africa and the US has not with any fervor until this week. It's hard to say how much American advantage the Chinese have chopped away because the Administration has ignored the region.
Losing Africa to China is also not a good thing to include in his library.
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