Another View: Vietnam, Afghanistan and learning from history Nov 14, 2009
As President John F. Kennedy pondered the risks of accidental war in the nuclear age -- a nightmare he would confront head on in the Cuban missile crisis -- he asked senior advisers to read Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August," a narrative tracing the chain of events that led to World War I. ... Within months of assuming office, Kennedy approved the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Castro as commentator on US politics Nov 13, 2009
Since handing over the Cuban presidency to his brother in February 2008, the 83-year-old has continued to publish his thoughts in essays called "Reflections of Comrade Fidel," which are dutifully printed in state media and read repeatedly on government-controlled radio and television ... "It really is an obsession," said Ann Louis Bardach, a longtime Cuba observer and author of the recent book, "Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington." ... Still, the former Cuban leader... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Weird news: Southerners love their health insurance Nov 12, 2009
If you want gov t run everything goto Cuba, they seem to be the paradise that our gov t wants. Skip. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Obama Defaults on Honduras Nov 11, 2009
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez -- together with the likes of Cuba s Castro brothers, Ecuador s Rafael Correa, and Nicaragua s Daniel Ortega -- is spewing a populist, leftist, and strongly anti-American brand of politics that is spreading throughout Latin America ... The thugocrats of the hemisphere -- Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua -- will continue to attack and destroy democracy at every opportunity. (Human Events Online)
40 Comments Nov 10, 2009
Here's a few -- Russia, China, Cuba -- Hitler's Germany. Those who believe defendants don't deserve representation need to move to one of those places where defendants don't get representation. (KWTX.com, TX)
Tortured justice Nov 10, 2009
The Bush administration has argued that legislation is urgently needed because the June Supreme Court decision in had invalidated the proposed military tribunals to try the detainees at Guant;namo Bay, Cuba. Yet the need for haste was belied by the reality that it would take months for any trials to begin because, among other things under the legislation, the Defense Department would have to appoint judges and establish a new Court of Military Commission Review. (Salon)
US condemns Cuba over blogger beatings Nov 10, 2009
Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. Most Viewed - Politics. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
The three faces of conservatism Nov 9, 2009
David wrote on Nov 8, 2009 11:39 AM:" Hybrid, why do you think government is the solution to all the problems. If you would like a totalitarian style government then move to Cuba or Venezuela and take your 'Messiah' with you. And can you imagine the freedoms you will lose with a bigger government. Remember Communism and Socialism doesnt work. ". Hybrid wrote on Nov 7, 2009 10:50 PM:" David:Like? What's it got to do with what I like? I'm only pointing out the obvious facts that an enormous... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Rick Holmes: Obama comes down to earth Nov 9, 2009
He approved expanded family visits to Cuba and lifted restrictions on private money transfers, but left the embargo in place. He invited gay families to the White House Easter Egg Roll, and last week rescinded Reagan's ban on letting people with AIDS into the country, but he has yet to take the first step toward repealing the Defense of Marriage Act. (Wakefield Observer, MA)
Timeline Of Events Leading To Communism's Collapse Nov 8, 2009
Storm Expected to Pass Between Mexico and Cuba on Sunday. 8 Years After Sept. 11th Attacks, Memorial for Passengers of United Flight 93 Gets Underway. (CBS News -- World)
Andrew Oppenheimer: Obama record on Latin America? Hint: It's not all his fault Nov 8, 2009
Obama promised to close the U.S. detention center at the U.S. naval base in Guant;namo, Cuba ... On Cuba, Obama had promised to "immediately allow unlimited family travel and remittances to the island." As president, he has ordered and implemented both measures ... They also applaud the fact that he did not suspend flights to Mexico as Cuba, Argentina and other countries did when the H1N1 flu pandemic broke out in Mexico earlier this year. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
* US foreign policy is straight out of the mafia: Noam Chomsky Nov 8, 2009
Successful defiance has to be punished, even where it damages business interests, as in the economic blockade of Cuba X in case the contagion spreads, he says. GAP. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
House Passes Health Care Bill Nov 8, 2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2009. Clears Way for Senate to Begin Debate. (CBS News -- Health)
Planned Parenthood: Your Tax Dollars At Work Nov 8, 2009
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news. (Townhall.com)
We Need an Ask and Tell Policy Regarding Jihadists in Our Military Nov 8, 2009
"Actually you don't, but this is a debate over Muslims in the US military not the US health care system. But last time the WHO ranked health care systems, the US ranked #37 just behind Costa Rica and just slightly ahead of Cuba.". The WHO report is garbage and has already been debunked. (Townhall.com)
LETTER: Obama aggressive in dealing with dissenters Nov 8, 2009
TODAY'S HEADLINES SPECIAL SECTION ONLINE POLL. Should any health care reform bill include a public option. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
The White House and Abramoff: 70 more contacts revealed Nov 8, 2009
According to this Orwellian double standard, U.S./NATO encirclement of post-Soviet Russia on its borders is alleged to be "defensive," while feeble protest gestures like Russian military flights to Cuba or the bullying of Ukraine are defined as "aggressive" actions that threaten a new Cold War. The knight with the best sword naturally wants to ban the use of shields and armor. (Salon)
Tragedy Trumps The Tea Party Nov 8, 2009
Leslie Savan: Current Events Rendered Michelle Bachmann's "Super Bowl Of Freedom" Even More Grotesque. Congresswoman Michele Bachman (AP). (CBS News)
Full Story » Nov 7, 2009
Opponents say they have votes to block U.S. tourism to Cuba - Yahoo ... Opponents say they have votes to block U.S. tourism to Cuba. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
U.S. Trials OK'd for 9/11 Suspects Nov 7, 2009
Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat, who said civilian courts have handled plenty of terrorist cases and are able to take even the worst of those being held at the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Special: Get Sarah Palins New Book Incredible FREE Offer. (Newsmax)
Obama Pick for Ambassador to Brazil Held Up by Florida Senator, Aides Say Nov 7, 2009
The Republican aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said LeMieux, a Republican, was delaying a vote to confirm , currently the State Departments top diplomat for Latin America, over the administrations decision to initiate talks with Cuba on migration and direct mail service. The Democratic aide confirmed the so-called hold had been placed by LeMieux, although the aide was unfamiliar with the reasons for the delay. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
A last shoe waiting to drop in upstate New York Nov 7, 2009
The Democrats losing Jersey is like Castro losing Cuba. That is great. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting... Nov 7, 2009
His choice of destinations can include Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, China & N. Korea, that is if we can get the State Dept. to take these countries off the forbidden to travel list. He might feel better in a different part of the world. (The Drudge Report)
Gay Rights Groups Regroup After Maine Loss Nov 6, 2009
Washington Post: Despite Setback, Gay Marriage Supporters Pledge to Continue State-by-State Efforts. Supporters turn out for a gay-rights rally the day before election day in Portland, Maine, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (CBS News)
CAL THOMAS: Enablers and excusers of communism Nov 6, 2009
"Never ones to admit failure for their favorite theories, the Left still refuses to acknowledge their errors. They simply moved on to new errors, in this case to Cuba. In 2006 an Associated Press story said, "For all its flaws, life in Cuba has its comforts. Many Cubans take pride in their free education system, high literacy rates and top-notch doctors ... "Is that why so many Cubans have risked their lives to reach America?Again, Ted Turner on North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il: "I saw a lot of... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Military ruler will simply thumb his nose at us Nov 5, 2009
If you consider that the US has imposed sanctions on Cuba for half a century with zero results, the answer quickly becomes clear. We also know from our own historical experience with Fiji the futility of sanctions. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
How Israel destroyed Syria's nuclear reactor Nov 4, 2009
" In the first week of October, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad traveled to Washington to meet with his counterparts there. And Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, with Washington's explicit blessing, went to Damascus in an attempt to make a shift to the moderate camp more palatable for Assad. President Barack Obama will probably send a US military attach? to Damascus soon, followed by an ambassador. Syria could be removed from the US's list of state sponsors of terrorism, a list which... (Salon)
Health Official Touts H1N1 Vaccine Nov 4, 2009
Safe, Effective, and Unavailable unless you're a muslim terrorist prisoner in Cuba. Add a comment. (CBS News -- Health)
Honduras Bows to U.S. Pressure Nov 3, 2009
For that reason, Micheletti s concession to pressure from the State Department may bring some relief to his strangled country, but it is also likely to make people like Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, Nicaragua s Daniel Ortega and Cuba s Fidel Castro very happy. Ms. Cohn is a HUMAN EVENTS intern. (Human Events Online)
Today in History - Nov. 2 Nov 2, 2009
(Chesimard, who took the name Assata Shakur, now lives in Cuba. . (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Liberia's Taylor trial adjourned Nov 1, 2009
Cuba swine flu 'from US tourists. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Deaf audiences can 'see' dialogue Nov 1, 2009
----------------- ----------------- RELATED BBC SITES. Last Updated: Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 07:24 GMT 08:24 UK. (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)
Q&A: Guantanamo detentions Nov 1, 2009
BBC News explores the issues surrounding the detention of foreign terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba, the military tribunals being held to try some of them, and the Obama administration's likely moves to close the centre. What has President Obama said so far concerning Guantanamo. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Palau to take Uighurs Nov 1, 2009
The 17 men are ethnic Uighurs, now being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre on Cuba, and the US has asked for help to re-settle them. Their fate was problematic due to fears for their safety if they were repatriated to China. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Calorie counts for Big Macs, vending machines... Oct 31, 2009
USSR, Cuba, Venezuela. Posted By: gregg | October 30, 2009 at 05:00 PM. (The Drudge Report)
General Assembly urges end to embargo on Cuba Oct 30, 2009
UN General Assembly urges end to US embargo on Cuba ... UN condemns US embargo vs Cuba ... The UN general assembly overwhelmingly condemns the US's 47-year-old trade embargo against Cuba. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Pelosi's biggest one yet! 1,990 pages... Oct 30, 2009
Pelosi vs. the "Nazi Pelosi" bullhorn people - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com. Pelosi vs. the "Nazi Pelosi" bullhorn people. (The Drudge Report)
Obama says he's just getting warmed up Oct 29, 2009
Obama added troops in Afghanistan, required humane treatment of suspected terrorists, lifted restrictions on the flow of family members and money to Cuba, and gave a major address to the Muslim world in Cairo ... The president took early action to begin drawing down troops from Iraq, which had been set in motion at the end of the Bush administration, and to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba ... Promise: Close the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (USA Today)
UN General Assembly urges end to US embargo on Cuba Oct 29, 2009
" He said that despite signs of a US-Cuban thaw since President Barack Obama's election last year "there has not been any change in the implementation of the economic, commercial and financial blockade. " However, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, dismissed the "painfully familiar rhetoric" and defended what she said was a measure aimed at pressuring the rigidly communist regime to allow basic freedoms. "That kind of debate does nothing to help the people of Cuba," she said,... (Channelnewsasia.com)
UN calls for end to U.S. embargo on Cuba Oct 29, 2009
UN General Assembly calls for end to U.S. embargo on Cuba_English_Xinhua. UN General Assembly calls for end to U.S. embargo on Cuba ... Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla speaks during the UN General Assembly meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the U.S., Oct. 28, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chicago to give bounties to turn in tax-cheating neighbors... Oct 28, 2009
THIS IS HOW IT STARTED IN CUBA. This is so scary ... THIS IS HOW IT STARTED IN CUBA. This is so scary. (The Drudge Report)
Afghan fury at Koran burning claims Oct 28, 2009
" This surge of anti-American feeling could not come at a worse time for Washington, which is now considering whether to send tens of thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan. Eight years after the US-led invasion that routed the Taliban, many Afghans see the situation as worse than ever. A growing insurgency, stalled reconstruction, a flawed presidential election and mounting disillusionment among the population are threatening to torpedo any efforts to get the country moving along the... (Asia Times Online)
2 Fort Carson soldiers killed in Afghanistan Oct 27, 2009
The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen ... The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen ... The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea;... (Fresno Bee -- State)
Chavez’s 'Blitzkrieg' Oct 27, 2009
Similar bases have already been installed by Venezuela in Cuba and Nicaragua. In Peru, Venezuela has promoted the installation of ALBA houses, which essentially transmit propaganda in favor of the socialist movement led by Chavez. (Human Events Online)
Country profile: Uruguay Oct 26, 2009
He also restored diplomatic ties with Cuba. Relations had been broken after a war of words between the Cuban leader and Mr Vazquez's predecessor, Jorge Batlle. (BBC News -- Americas)
10 months after the election, hope gives way to 'No We Can't' Oct 25, 2009
Obama promised America's Devil's Island, the prison for terrorists and not-terrorists at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, would be emptied and shut down by January 2010. That doesn't look very likely now, either. (Juneau Empire)
Senate OKs 3.4% pay hike for troops Oct 24, 2009
Prohibits the Obama administration from transferring any detainee being held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba to the U.S. for trial until 45 days after it has given notice to Congress. Guantanamo prisoners could not be released into the U.S.. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Boehner: Obama's 'Chicago-Style Politics' .. Oct 23, 2009
Obama's 'Chicago-style politics:' Boehner: The Swamp. Posted October 22, 2009 1:40 PM. (The Drudge Report)
Why are we still in Afghanistan? Oct 22, 2009
"They said large numbers of civilians had been killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Palestinian territories in aerial bombings. Muslim prisoners had been physically abused and sexually humiliated in Iraq. Scores of men had been detained in Cuba and Afghanistan for up to seven years without charges.". Rohde witnessed Taliban militants weeping over a NATO airstrike that killed scores of Afghan women and children. (Salon)
Outfoxing The Spin Oct 21, 2009
You differentiate between Bush and Obama with your "modern president;" Obama is a throwback to other eras and idealogies that remain modern only in countries like Cuba and Venezuela. Russia, China are more capitalistic than the US will be. (Investors Business Daily)
* World News Quick Take Oct 21, 2009
Police opened a file on Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1982 as pro-Cuban and pro-Soviet and a propaganda agent of Cuba, according to files published by Mexican daily El Universal on Monday. The newspaper reported that the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude among many other works had been spied on by Mexico from the mid-1960s to at least the 1980s. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Kerry Wins Obama's Praise for Brokering Presidential Runoff in Afghanistan Oct 21, 2009
In another example, New Mexico Governor , a former ambassador to the United Nations, visited Cuba as a de facto envoy and recommended upon his return that the administration engage in broader talks with the communist government. Im not in any favor of any senator just popping in, said retired General , who headed U.S. Central Command and served briefly as an informal Middle East envoy under Secretary of State. (Bloomberg -- US)
SENATE HEALTH BILL: 1,502 PAGES Oct 20, 2009
If 10 million people want CHEAP health care then set up a free shuttle service to CUBA so they can get into a line and wait for it. Our government is about to TRASH health care in our own country. (The Drudge Report)
Even greater expectations Oct 18, 2009
Similarly, American policy towards small and repressive regimes, ranging from Myanmar to Cuba, has shifted in mood, if not yet substance, by offering the prospect of engagement if governments demonstrate progress towards democracy ... And so far North Korea, Iran, Cuba and Russia among others have offered nothing of substance to demonstrate that a policy of engagement will bring more results than Mr Bush s tough line. (The Economist)
Kan. lawmaker reposts anti-Obama Rap Oct 17, 2009
In his rap, he criticizes Obama over health care, the environment, the economy and Obama's plans to close the prison for terrorist detainees in Guantanamo Bay Cuba. The lawmaker says in his new introduction that he's proud the U.S. has elected its first black president and that he's much more critical of Congress than Obama. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Global Warming, Global Government Oct 17, 2009
So many jobs will have been created or saved by then, that we will be importing Airport Laborers from Guantanimo, and health care Administrators from Cuba. So much money will be available to Government, by then, that the need for politicians will have reduced the population of our nations prisons to zero. (The American Conservative)
Nobel Peace Prize“then and now Oct 17, 2009
Just Wondering wrote on Oct 16, 2009 12:17 PM:" Bill: Why in the world are you directing your most recent post at me? I'm not sure your experience gives you any better understanding of war than anyone else posting here. (How many veterans, who actually saw war up close, might be posting here?)Is this in response to my saying our civilian leaders shouldn't be a rubber-stamp for whatever the generals say they want? I mean that's a slippery slope. We would have esclated the Korean War to World War... (Cameron Observer, MO)
Obama, liberals splitting on issues Oct 16, 2009
compared a witness the Obama administration sent to Capitol Hill to the witnesses dispatched by the Bush administration, which fought battles with liberals over enemy combatants, secret overseas prisons, warrantless wiretaps and the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "You know, you sound like a lot of people from DOJ (Department of Justice) who have come here before," Conyers told the recent witness. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Political Grapevine Oct 15, 2009
Foreign investors are developing as many as 10 new golf courses in communist Cuba in an effort to raise tourist revenues. Fox News Channel's Zachary Kenworthy contributed to this report. (Fox News)
Marblehead resident Weltner takes Honduras into her heart Oct 15, 2009
During her travels, she has been to Cuba, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize the list goes on. I ve just fallen in love with the whole Latin American culture I just care what happens to them, Weltner said. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Here Comes Iran's Nuke Oct 14, 2009
In 1962 Nikita Krushchev recklessly moved nuclear missiles into Cuba and nearly plunged the superpowers into a nuclear war ... Click my name and read about this frightful development reminiscent of the dangerous Cuban Missile Crisis. (Townhall.com)
Soprano family values Oct 14, 2009
The fugitive hijacker Luis Pena Soltren came off the plane from Cuba to Kennedy Airport at. As America continues her slow climb up from recession, it's more clear than ever that we m.. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
Gloves Are Off Oct 13, 2009
When your movie "Sicko" came out, I think we actually have the video here, you know, when you go to Cuba, the bullhorn, the scene that everybody knows about ... But in Cuba, they spend only $251 ... And yet the Cubans are able to have a lower infant mortality rate than the United States, a longer average life span than the United States. (Fox News)
RE Spio Garbrah; Where Feigned Loyalty Means What? Oct 12, 2009
Too bad Biakoye, this not 1979 or 1981 and we are not in Cuba or Russia. Dr. Garbrah criticized with good intent just like Rawlings, Majority Leader Gbabin and the MP from Ga Adamgbe who wants Mrs. Zita Okai Kwei out. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nobel Is Like Oscar for Not Finished Movie: Alexandre Marinis Oct 12, 2009
In the next 10 years Roosevelts Corollary, as it became known, was used to justify U.S. intervention in Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Dominican Republic. Lets hope Obama wont dishonor his prize. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
