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White House invite for dictator who has stolen billions from his impoverished African nation
dailymail.co.uk ^ | June 9, 2011 | Daniel Bates

Posted on 06/09/2011 2:00:19 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Barack Obama has come under fire for extending a formal invitation to a shamed African dictator who has ruthlessly plundered billions of dollars from his own country.

The U.S. President will today have a coveted private meeting with President Ali Bongo of Gabon in the Oval Office despite his appalling track record.

Bongo’s family has ruled the impoverished African nation with an iron fist for five decades and have used its oil riches to fund a life of outrageous luxury. Meanwhile one third of people in Gabon live on less than $2 a day and thousands starve to death each year or are forced to pick through garbage to find food.

Critics have pointed out that Gabon, with a population of 1.5 million, is the third-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa.

They claim that the only reason Mr Obama has agreed to the meeting is that he wants to curry favour with an ally to secure America’s fuel supplies - regardless of who it is.

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To: Free ThinkerNY

Another Muslim dictator!!


21 posted on 06/09/2011 2:32:33 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“........to secure America’s fuel supplies - regardless of who it is.”

Instead of our own! Damn this fool to hell.

So, how many billion$ will Obama give his black friend.


22 posted on 06/09/2011 2:43:37 PM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

another day in the Obama Whitehut.

In the immortal words of Daffy Duck...deth-spicable


23 posted on 06/09/2011 2:47:35 PM PDT by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: MamaDearest

Mr. “Spread the wealth around” won’t even help his own family out of poverty. Cold, calculating bat-turd.


24 posted on 06/09/2011 2:49:25 PM PDT by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

There’s got to be some other reason because it is not characteristic of Obama to give a hoot about American access to oil, especially from a little no-name place in Africa.

But the situation immediately begs to be contrasted with Sarah Palin’s Alaska, where the state actually rebated its oil profits to all Alaskans.


25 posted on 06/09/2011 3:03:39 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Has Ali Bongo’s supporters also murdered Christians, like Obama’s Kenyan uncle, Odinga? If so, yeah....Obama is probably getting some advice and pointers on how to proceed to phase II of his Marxist plan of destroying America.


26 posted on 06/09/2011 3:10:38 PM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Ah, one corrupt African who has bilked his country out of trillions invites another corrupt African who has bilked his country out of millions.

Somewhere there is a connection.......

And no, it’s not race...it’s culture.


27 posted on 06/09/2011 3:19:11 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“Professional Courtesy” from one dictator to another.


28 posted on 06/09/2011 3:30:50 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Or playing Marcus Garvey?


29 posted on 06/09/2011 3:57:28 PM PDT by Melchior
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To: afraidfortherepublic

One of mac daddies people.


30 posted on 06/09/2011 4:30:58 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: Free ThinkerNY
They claim that the only reason Mr Obama has agreed to the meeting is that he wants to curry favour with an ally to secure America’s fuel supplies - regardless of who it is.

Millions for foreign oil, not one penny for domestic suppliers!

31 posted on 06/09/2011 4:49:02 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; Clintonfatigued
President Bongo? I love Bongo!

Here's Bongo bowing before President Obama:

And here's Bongo when he first met the U.S. First Lady:


32 posted on 06/09/2011 5:55:35 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh to have a fake fly on the wall there. Hint, hint


33 posted on 06/09/2011 6:07:28 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (VOTE out the RATS! Go Sarah!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obongo invites Bongo to White House.


34 posted on 06/09/2011 6:25:03 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Free ThinkerNY.
Ali Bongo of Gabon...'s family has ruled the impoverished African nation with an iron fist for five decades and have used its oil riches to fund a life of outrageous luxury. Meanwhile one third of people in Gabon live on less than $2 a day and thousands starve to death each year or are forced to pick through garbage to find food... Gabon, with a population of 1.5 million, is the third-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa... [Zero] wants to curry favour with an ally to secure America's fuel supplies -- regardless of who it is.
So, what's the problem? Damned naysayers. They've got $2 a day to live on, and garbage to eat. Geez.

And besides, an American entrepreneur is the driving force behind the effort to make sure every child in Africa has a laptop.


35 posted on 06/09/2011 6:25:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
White House invite for dictator who has stolen billions from his impoverished African nation

OK, this could be any of nearly every African nation. Some headline.

36 posted on 06/09/2011 6:28:30 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who belong in jail.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Obongo and Bongo. Sheesh. What a picture.

Two, piss-poor, Third World-like morally bankrupt, politically corrupt, economically incompetent dictators.

37 posted on 06/09/2011 6:52:54 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Sign of a good, decent FREEPER: Promoting your own GOP candidate & not disrupting threads of others')
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Hmm, preparation for a possible defeat in the election?


38 posted on 06/09/2011 7:27:13 PM PDT by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be purchased and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Hussein had a Bongo in the White House? Or did he just have a bong?


39 posted on 06/09/2011 8:12:19 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
>"The U.S. President will today have a coveted private meeting with President Ali Bongo of Gabon in the Oval Office despite his appalling track record. "

Appalling Track Record? Who's Bongo's or 0bamgo's?

Just resign!

40 posted on 06/09/2011 8:13:19 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
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