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Offline Thor

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African first ladies meet in Los Angeles
« on: April 20, 2009, 04:41:26 PM »
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African first ladies meet in Los Angeles

A two-day conference in Los Angeles for the wives of African presidents is to focus on health, especially the fight against AIDS, and women's issues.
Saturday, April 18, 2009

(UPI) - A two-day conference in Los Angeles for the wives of African presidents is to focus on health, especially the fight against AIDS, and women's issues.

At least 12 first ladies are committed to the summit, CNN reported. They are the wives of heads of state in Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Swaziland, and Zambia.

The sponsors are U.S. Doctors for Africa and African Synergy Against AIDS and Suffering, a group initiated by African first ladies. The conference begins Monday.

"Empowering Africa's first ladies is an innovative approach to bettering the lives of millions of Africans," Ted Alemayhu, who heads the doctors group, said in a written statement. "The summit will pair these leaders with U.S. experts, key political figures and important organizations to create ongoing partnerships."

Maria Shriver, wife of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is expected to give opening remarks, the sponsors said, and a contingent of celebrities, including Diane Lane and Sharon Stone, plan to attend.

First of all, why is Michelle Obama getting involved with this ?? Is she "African"?? I hope not. Secondly, why is it strictly the US' task to conquer AIDS, which STARTED in Africa??
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Re: African first ladies meet in Los Angeles
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2009, 04:45:23 PM »
It won't come to anything.

There's a world of difference between those countries listed.

I think somebody is being racist, lumping all those African countries together as if they're all the same sort of thing.

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Re: African first ladies meet in Los Angeles
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2009, 04:49:25 PM »
...uh....may I ask who's footing the bill for this?
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Re: African first ladies meet in Los Angeles
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2009, 04:53:11 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on April 20, 2009, 04:49:25 PM
...uh....may I ask who's footing the bill for this?

Yeah, right, as if we don't know.

It still freaks me, though, the racism in this organization.

There's a wide divergence in culture, language, economics, and politics in all these African countries listed--about as much difference as between Paraguay and Laos.

I suspect that whoever set this up had the standard usual customary automatic attitude of Democrats, liberals, and primitives--"Well, they all got black skin, so they must all be alike."
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Re: African first ladies meet in Los Angeles
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2009, 05:01:01 PM »
I'll give a pass on this one.   If President Bush was still in office, Laura would be doing the same thing as 'chelle is doing, but with more class and grace. I'm willing to bet though, that the fact that AIDS funding to Africa increased massively under GW will be ignored.
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