Posted on 06/18/2010 4:45:24 PM PDT by NYer
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travelled to Kenya to personally urge the country to pass a new constitution that would legalize abortion - and to assure Kenyans that such a change would "allow money to flow" from foreign aid treasuries.
At the same time, a federal probe is attempting to determine whether the Obama Administration is violating federal law by using taxpayer money to lobby for the constitution, deeply controversial in Kenya in large part because of its abortion provisions.
"We are hopeful, Barack Obama is hopeful, I am hopeful that you will carry out these reforms to allow money to flow," Biden told a crowd of Kenyans, among whom President Obama is extremely popular and touted as a native son of their country.
A clause in the proposed constitution has received heavy criticism from religious leaders in Kenya for allowing abortion when a mother's "health" is endangered - a term that, as abortion advocates admitted at the Women Deliver conference in Washington, D.C. last week, "can be broadly interpreted when need be."
Asked about the abortion issue, Biden told Rev. Timothy Njoya not to “confuse that with the position of the US President, US Vice President and US Government," according to Kenya's Daily Nation.
Yet some are not so sure that such a line can be drawn. Last month, 3 U.S. congressmen with legal oversight jurisdiction over federal international funds launched a probe into whether the Obama administration is violating federal law by promoting the controversial constitution.
“The Obama Administration’s advocacy in support of Kenya’s proposed constitution may constitute a serious violation of the Siljander Amendment and, as such, may be subject to civil and criminal penalties under the Antideficiency Act," wrote Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) in a May 6 letter to Inspectors General of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The Siljander Amendment of the State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, reads: “None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion."
The lawmakers pointed out that the abortion issue is prominent in the public debate over the proposed document, and that the chairman of Kenya’s Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review identified abortion as "one of the four most contentious issues in the proposed constitution.”
Rep. Smith said that as much as $10 million in taxpayer funds may have been spent in support of the pro-abortion constitution as of May.
I like Biden he doesn’t say much but when he does he seems to put both feet in his mouth at the same, time a real loser.
And the oil flows and flows...
” In the past year and a half, how many top administration officials have made a trip to Kenya? “
” He ( Biden ) is the third top-ranking US official to visit Kenya since the election of Mr Barack Obama, whose father was Kenyan.”
http://allafrica.com/stories/201006071902.html
The Kenyans are worried about the piracy and terrorism of their Somalia neighbors and are frustrated that they cannot get the world’s attention.
“But top Office of the President officials, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity,
appeared exasperated by what they termed Washington’s “lack of political appetite” to help deal with an issue they see as equally dangerous to Kenya’s stability and future: Somalia.”
Kenya is focused on terrorism and Barry on abortion.
” The US President ( in an interview with the Kenyan Broadcasting Company ) sent the strongest indication yet that he wanted to see Kenya’s constitution review process come to a successful conclusion
and announced plans to visit the country before his term ends.”
How odd. If Kenya had permitted infanticide before, Barrack might not have been born. Self hatred to the extreme.
I assumed that is what you meant. I was writing generally, not at you. Sorry it came across that way.
Margaret Sanger would be pleased. This would fulfill her mission.
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Initially, I thought that he was just another dumb man like most of our politicians.
No, he is pretty much from the pit of hell. And he represents us. We let him stay. God have mercy on our sorry lazy asses.
No problemo my friend. Sometimes you just have to make a statement no matter where you are.
LLS
>How, why and wtf is wrong with the black leaders in our country and elsewhere on the planet that they don’t realize the “historical hate” this party has for minorities.<
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Has it ever dawned on you that these black “leaders” hate their own race and are all in it for themselves? They remind me of some of our political “leaders”.
Wouldn’t you be if you were a Kenyan?
As originally promoted by Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood (originally, The Free Love Society), the practice of abortion was primarily designed diminish "the inferior races".
For whites, abortion was to be a convenience.
For blacks, abortion was to be a policy.
Consequently, it is quite consistent that the abortion lovers would want to see Kenya adopt this measure.
and 95% of all blacks in the US still support these demons of their own destruction, according to polls.
I was in Nairobi last week and there was an attack against NO voters gathered in Uhuru park. Several were killed and dozens wounded. It made the papers there, of course, but I doubt it made the news here.
“to pass a new constitution that would legalize abortion - and to assure Kenyans that such a change would ‘allow money to flow’”.....
Our “vice” president.....offering pay for murder.
CASH FOR DISMEMBERMENT
COMPLIMENTS OF OUR TAX MONEY
There is a ticking time bomb in the gulf, one mile down, that could kill millions in the South East. Only God is in control. Our government offers CASH FOR DISMEMBERMENT of innocent children. And we the people merely shake our head. A righteous people would swarm the streets of DC, beg God to forgive us, and demand legislatures put end to this government.
Oh wait, it is Friday night. Just pass me another beer will ya?
There is no limit to how bad it’s going to get until the whole lot of them is dragged from DC.
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