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Horror of Kenya's 'witch' burnings (Obama's real homeland)
BBC ^ | 6/27/09 | Mikey_1962

Posted on 06/27/2009 6:04:07 AM PDT by Mikey_1962

Villagers, many straight from their farms, and armed with machetes, sticks and axes, are shouting and crowding round in a big group in Kenya's fertile Kisii district.

I can't see clearly what is going on, but heavy smoke is rising from the ground and a horrible stench fills the air.

More people are streaming up the hill, some of them with firewood and maize stalks.

Suddenly an old woman breaks from the crowd, screaming for mercy. Three or four people go after her, beat her and drag her back, pushing her onto - what I can now see - is a raging fire.

Burned alive I was witnessing a horrific practice which appears to be on the increase in Kenya - the lynching of people accused of being witches. I personally saw the burning alive of five elderly men and women in Itii village.

I had been visiting relatives in a nearby town, when I heard what was happening. I dashed to the scene, accompanied by a village elder.

He reacted as if what we were watching was quite normal, which was shocking for me.

As a stranger I felt I had no choice but to stand by and watch. My fear was that if I showed any sign of disapproval, or made any false move, the angry mob could turn on me.

Not one person was protesting or trying to stop the killing.

Hours later, the police came and removed the charred bodies.

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"I dashed to the scene, accompanied by a village elder.

He reacted as if what we were watching was quite normal, which was shocking for me."

See - they're just like us! Embrace diversity!

1 posted on 06/27/2009 6:04:07 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
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Old people cost too much to take care of!


2 posted on 06/27/2009 6:08:46 AM PDT by jrd
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tolerating tyranny..................it’s so cool


3 posted on 06/27/2009 6:12:13 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: Mikey_1962
Sarah Obama has had many, highly public accusations of being a witch, believe it or not. Google it if you don't.

I'd imagine she'd never be relegated to some crude version of Kenyan Obamacare. Some are more equal than others, you see.

4 posted on 06/27/2009 6:12:27 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Mikey_1962
""Even me I'm now approaching 50 years old - I'm afraid that they'll come for me also."

It's obvious that Obama learned the technique of medical care for the aged (or lack thereof) from his homeland: The best way of reducing government health care cost is to deny it to the elderly.

5 posted on 06/27/2009 6:17:57 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Global Warming Theory is extremely robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it)
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To: Mikey_1962

Do the Kenyan police ever throw the members of these lynch mobs in jail for life for murder or accessory to murder? That would bring this idiotic practice to an end.


6 posted on 06/27/2009 6:18:10 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Mikey_1962

“The Lottery”


7 posted on 06/27/2009 6:20:56 AM PDT by silverleaf ("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
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To: Mikey_1962
ACORN of Kenya--just your everyday community organization doing what they were taught.

vaudine

8 posted on 06/27/2009 6:21:24 AM PDT by vaudine
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“I personally saw the burning alive of five elderly men and women in Itii village.”

Now we know where the left got its Obamacare concept.


9 posted on 06/27/2009 6:29:46 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Mikey_1962
Superstitious mambo jumbo.

You obviously can get certain people worked up enough to believe anything.

Just look at the Democrats and the way they believe every lie told to them by the leaders of their party and the way they can be whipped up enough to vote for people and legislation that will harm them and their families.

Certain people's elevators do not reach their top floor.

10 posted on 06/27/2009 6:41:53 AM PDT by Dustbunny ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
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There’s a video of this event that is all over the internet. It’s disturbing and one of those things you can’t erase.


11 posted on 06/27/2009 6:42:16 AM PDT by Drew68
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I found it.
12 posted on 06/27/2009 6:42:43 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Must be why Michelle stays home when Barry Soetero visits Kenya.


13 posted on 06/27/2009 6:45:11 AM PDT by dforest (Anyone dumb enough to have voted for him deserves what they get.. No Pity!)
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To: Yosemitest
Do you think they will accept Zimbabwe Dollars as payment?

I have a 100 Trillion dollar note.

14 posted on 06/27/2009 6:46:37 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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To: Mikey_1962
It's listed in the United States.
Go back to the title of the listing and click on it to go to that listing.
15 posted on 06/27/2009 6:48:16 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die.)
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To: Cecily

They should be executed. A poor country like Kenya certainly can’t afford to be wasting money imprisoning vicious murderers.


16 posted on 06/27/2009 6:53:42 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Drew68
I have seen this video, too. One guy tries to climb out of the fire, and a another guy calmly talks to him urging not to fight what is happening to him, just accept it and get back in the fire. Its not in English, but you know what they are saying.

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Get to Walmart today and buy some ammo, if you can find any.

17 posted on 06/27/2009 6:58:39 AM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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One guy tries to climb out of the fire, and a another guy calmly talks to him urging not to fight what is happening to him, just accept it and get back in the fire.

That's the one. It was disturbing how little they resisted. And the fire wasn't raging, it was only smoldering. The "witches" just calmly sat in it and slowly burned until they fell over.

18 posted on 06/27/2009 7:04:20 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

I thought this was what the Luau was all about this past week.


19 posted on 06/27/2009 7:39:20 AM PDT by Mouton
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To: Yosemitest

I imagine Hussian will buy it. !M. Stimulus Obamadollara is chump change.
barbra ann


20 posted on 06/27/2009 7:45:38 AM PDT by barb-tex (I bet Teddy wishes Palin would disappear.)
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