The United States slipped into the war on Libya with little official oversight or discussion
Who's in charge?
President Obama is a true “internacionalista”.
He appears to want the United States to be just another flag hanging from another pole. As far as he is concerned, everyone is special– not just the United States.
The involvement of our military in the Libyan attack was done in consultation with the Arab League and European Allies, and pursuant to United Nations Resolution 1973. But it looks like the U.S. Congress may have learned about it through one of Obama’s presidential Twitter postings.
So, today was a day of questioning.
In the photo below we can see the bewildered expressions of U.S. Senators Joseph Lieberman, Carl Levin and John McCain, as they listened to the testimony of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on operations in Libya, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. (March 31, 2011).
Senator Richard G. Lugar, the Ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee stated that, “…on March 7, twelve days before the United States began hostilities, I called on the President to seek a declaration of war from the Congress if he decided to initiate hostilities. He declined to do that.”
Here are some other comments, showing that opposition to President Obama’s approach on Libya is coming from both Republicans and Democrats:
Representative Michele Bachmann–yes, she spells her first name with one “l” (Republican, Minnesota): “How in the world are they going to reach their ultimate military objectives if there aren’t boots on the ground? I don’t want to see U.S. boots on the ground. I don’t want to see United States arms. I don’t want to see United States involvement at all in Libya.”
Senator Rand Paul (Republican, Kentucky): “To me it’s an amazing thing, an amazing thing that we would do this so lightly without any consideration by this august body – to send our young men and women to war without any congressional approval.”
Politico reported on March 30 that Democrats, such as Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.), Maxine Waters (Calif.), Mike Honda (Calif.), Lynn Woolsey (Calif.) and Raul Grijalva (Ariz.) have also expressed their dislike of President Obama’s “internacionalista” approach– as in the following statement: “”It is our position that the President has a constitutional obligation to seek specific, statutory authorization for offensive military action, as he should have done with regard to U.S. military engagement in Libya.”
Jimmy Carter is visiting Cuba again. But Carter should have learned from Pope John Paul II’s experience– that at the end of the trip, this is what happens when you visit Castro…
This is what happens when you visit Castro...
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION: Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro, Cuba, Jimmy Carter, Dialogue with the enemy, Pope John Paul II and Fidel Castro
As our men and women in uniform find themselves in different theaters of war, we observe a moment of silence for 11 young soldiers who fought during World War II, whose remains were finally laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery:
American troops of the 163rd Infantry Regiment hit the beachfrom Higgins boats
during the invasion of Wadke Island, Dutch New Guinea – Lt. Kent Rooks, May 18, 1944
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United States Army report, March 24, 2011:
Eleven Army Air Force members, missing in action since Nov. 20, 1943, were finally laid to rest on American soil.
The Soldiers took off from Jackson Airfield, Port Moresby, New Guinea, to begin an overwater mission. During the first minutes of their flight, a radio transmission was received from the B-24D Liberator crew, indicating they were 20 miles northwest of the port. That was the last anyone heard from them.
Following World War II, the Army Graves Registration Service conducted investigations and searches for 43 missing airmen, including the 11 from the B-24. But by June 1949, the Army concluded that all were unrecoverable.
Decades later, in 1984, the government of Papua New Guinea notified U.S. officials of a World War II crash site in a ravine in Morobe Province. A search and recovery team investigated the site and located the wreckage.
During the operation, the team also discovered human remains, but were unable to complete the mission because of time restraints and the possibility of landslides.
Over the next 20 years, multiple teams from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command attempted to access and excavate the location but the threat of landslides still made recovery too dangerous.
About the same time, though, local villagers turned over human remains they had previously removed from the area.
Five years later, using forensic identification tools and other evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory were able to identify Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Charles A. Bode, 23, of Baltimore, Md. He was buried Feb. 11 at Arlington National Cemetery.
Ten other men [sic] crew members have also been recovered:
- 1st Lt. Richard T. Heuss, 23, Berkley, Mich.
- 2nd Lt. Robert A. Miller, 22, Memphis, Tenn.
- 2nd Lt. Edward R. French, 23, Erie, Pa.
- 2nd Lt. Robert R. Streckenbach Jr., 21, Green Bay, Wis.
- Tech. Sgt. Lucian I. Oliver Jr., 23, Memphis, Tenn.
- Staff Sgt. Ivan O. Kirkpatrick, 36, Whittier, Calif.
- Staff Sgt. William K. Musgrave, 24, Hutsonville, Ill.
- Staff Sgt. James T. Moran, 21, Sloatsburg, N.Y.
- Staff Sgt. James B. Moore, 21, Woburn, Mass.
- Staff Sgt. Roy Surabian, 24, Medford, Mass.
A burial was held at Arlington National Cemetery Thursday for 2nd Lt. Robert A. Miller and another casket of co-mingled remains of other crewmembers.
Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died. At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify about 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 74,000 are still missing.
Cleaning Up the Roman Catholic Church, One Impostor at a Time
The Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits) has agreed to pay $166.1 million to hundreds of Native Americans and Alaska Natives who are sexual abuse survivors from schools run by a Jesuit order in the Pacific Northwest– Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
The full name of the order is Society of Jesus – Oregon Province.
And what are Church officials doing while this moral disaster is taking place in the Church ?
For one, they are running very expensive long ads on CNN television, asking Catholics to go back to the Church. CNN? Interesting.
Yet, not a word is mentioned in those ads about the pain and suffering inflicted on victims who were sexually abused by pederasts and pedophiles in the Church.
While the Roman Catholic Church continues to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements to survivors of sexual abuse, it appears that Church officials still do not want to confront the truth of the evil that lies within.
Case in point:
The Office of Media Relations for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) published a document on March 11, 2011 providing an overview of an ecumenical conference held in Berkeley, California, from February 28 to March 1.
What exactly is there to “dialogue,” “look at,” and “discern”– when it comes to homosexuality?
Bishop Ronald P. Herzog of the Catholic Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana offered the following statement during the conference:
“I have been impressed by the way in which both sides have been listening to each other with a spirit of patience and generosity as we search for common ground on these vexing moral issues.”
“Common ground”?
“Vexing” moral issues?
A philosophical gathering of this nature is a manifestation of arrogance and indifference to the moral crisis in the Church.
What about looking at the fact that the Church has embraced and protected pederasts and pedophiles for decades?
What about discerning that allowing individuals with deviant sexual behavior to become part of the Church’s ministry is wrong and evil.
I decided to pay a visit to the Society of Jesus – Oregon Provincewebsite, and this is what I found , featured in the middle of their home page.
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On the left column of the home web page I found several dead links, including one titled “Letter from the Provincial.” Yet, the link asking for money worked perfectly well. On the bottom right I found a disclaimer of “safe environment” with a rainbow emblem.
On a day like this, when we are again faced with the magnitude of the devastation caused by sexual abuse in the Church, at the very least the Society of Jesus- Oregon Province should place a black screen on their website, with a public apology to the victims.
As long as Roman Catholic Church officials continue down this sinful and arrogant path of destruction, no amount of television ads will bring back those whose lives have been shattered by the deviant behavior that has been allowed to run rampant in the Church.
But Church officials should be aware that while pews are emptying, there are still those who will defend the Eucharist, and will make sure that every impostor is removed from sacred grounds.
The White House staff made a historic decision to lock President Obama out of the Oval Office, upon his unexpected early return from a samba escapade in Brazil.
It appears that President Barack Obama’s abysmal job approval ratings released on Monday, and the ongoing controversy over the attack on Libya has caught up with him– and his own staff has had enough.
What’s next for the President?
Exile in the Seychelles.
Meanwhile, the staff of the Executive Office decided to put the White House to good use.
Here’s an undercover report of what was taking place inside the Oval Office, and why the President couldn’t get in:
U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, made the following statements today, when asked about Libya:
Question: Are there any credible threats [by Libya] against any of the coalition countries?
Eric Holder: Well, I think that Gadhafi’s presence– continued presence in Libya, is something that has got to end, given the fact that he’s lost all legitimacy with his people. The fact that he is there in an unstable way, in an unstable part of the world, I think has a negative impact on his neighbors– and given that region of the world, he has a negative impact on countries outside the region.
Question: Do you feel that he [Gadhafi] is a credible threat against any of the countries?
Eric Holder: I can’t share intelligence that I might possess.
U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, spoke to the press today about Muammar Gadhafi's regime in Libya.
CLICK on arrow below to listen to audio clip of Eric Holder’s statement:
Based on Eric Holder’s statement about Libya, the same holds true for Cuba. [1]
The continued presence of Castro’s communist military dictatorship in Cuba has to end. Now.
Castro’s government has never been legitimate.
It never will be.
Cuba’s military communist dictatorship has led to the imprisonment and murder of thousands of innocent victims since January 1, 1959. Fidel Castro has appointed his brother Raúl as “president”– but the despotic rule continues.
Thousands have drowned or have been murdered by Castro’s forces while trying to flee.
Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children
The Strait of Florida is a cemetery that the world chooses to ignore, while countries all over the globe do business with Castro’s government– and their citizens shamelessly vacation in Castro’s Cuba.
The Cuban tourism trade has been notorious for its involvement in human trafficking, and the sexual exploitation of children. The U.S. State Department has reported that Cuba is a source country for children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically commercial sexual exploitation.[2]
Political Prisoners
Anyone who dissents, or simply appears to be “suspicious” is systematically harassed, arrested and held in political prisons, where death is often the only escape from the brutal physical and psychological treatment administered by Castro’s forces.
The communist government of Cuba has gained expertise in the timing of the release of prisoners, by exploiting it as some humanitarian accomplishment. Sadly, even the Roman Catholic Church has fallen into this despicable public relations spin on behalf of Cuba’s government.
It takes years of negotiations for Cuba’s government to even acknowledge that it is holding someone in prison for being a dissident.
Once a dissident is released, more are rounded up in the streets of Cuba. [3]
Yet, greed still drives many individuals and organizations to clamor for an end to the U.S. embargo on Cuba, which has been the only moral and legitimate economic measure that the U.S. has maintained (at least on paper) against Castro’s activities and policies.
Wait a minute! Embargo? What embargo?
The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba was announced in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy in Presidential Proclamation 3447, under the Authority of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. When it was enacted it followed the Department of Commerce and the Department of Treasury regulations, pursuant to the Export Control Act of 1949, and the Trading with the Enemy Act. [4]
Through the years, the embargo on Cuba has been subjected to a series of legislative actions—including the Export Administration Act of 1979, The Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, and the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, as well as the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSRA) of 2000.
But what the media and the critics of the embargo are not telling the public is that in spite of all the restrictions on trading with Cuba, the U.S. Department of Commerce reports that U.S. producers exported more than $700 million in agricultural goods to Cuba in 2008, making the U.S. the largest source of food to Cuba, and making the United States Cuba’s fifth leading trading partner! [5]. In 2009, the U.S. was in fourth place, as a leading supplier to Cuba. In addition, the United States is the leading supplier of humanitarian aid to Cuba.
Cuba’s business environment score is very low, given its scandalous record of defaulting on foreign debt– and the fact that the Cuban government controls all business sectors.
Foreign business involvement remains extremely risky. Taxpayers from countries doing business with Communist Cuba are left to pay Cuba’s unpaid debt– unless Cuba’s business partners confiscate Cuban assets.
For decades, the U.S. State Department has described Cuba as a totalitarian police state which relies on repressive methods to maintain control.
This warning has been ignored.
Castro’s communist military regime has been able to stay in power for 52 years through an international coterie of nations willing to trade with Cuba’s repressive government, while ignoring the systematic persecution and silencing of the Cuban people.
A dangerous trade that only benefits the communist government– not the people of Cuba.
But the communist government of Cuba has another source of cash: remittances, a form of silent economic assistance.
The U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances Report, issued on January 18, 2011 included the following information:
“U.S. cash remittances to Cuba account for an estimated $400 million to $800 million per year, according to the 2004 report of the Commission for Asistance to a Free Cuba, although the report also noted that some estimates were as high as $1 billion annually. According to a November 2007 GAO report no reliable data exist for cash remitted directly or indirectly from the United States to Cuba, although it is maintained that data from several sources showed that worldwide remittances to Cuba amounted to between $900 million and $1 billion.” [6]
Most of these remittances are being sent to Cuba from the United States.
President Obama has relaxed the restrictions on remittances to Cuba twice during his administration– and has recently also relaxed the restrictions on travel to Cuba. These changes will no doubt further assist the communist government of Cuba.
The U.S. State Department lists Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism
On August 5, 2010 the U.S. State Department released a counter terrorism report listing four countries involved in sponsoring terrorism: Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria. [7]
But doing business with countries that sponsor terrorism can have its bad moments, such as when in late June, 2007 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission put Credit Suisse (CS), ABB and Sygenta on its “black list” of companies suspected of indirectly sponsoring terrorist countries. Credit Suisse reacted by claiming that it was conducting a “controlled withdrawal” of its business activities from Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Iran and Sudan.
A government such as Castro’s is unstable, by nature of its core beliefs and repressive activities. And like any unstable repressive government, it survives by destabilizing other regions, in order to gain access to their natural resources and commodities. This negative impact has been felt in the Western Hemisphere, and in other parts of the world– as manifested by Castro’s history of dangerous military presence in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Cuba’s military collaboration with Venezuela is ongoing. When confronted, Castro’s regime justifies their subversive activities as being part of the Cuban Revolution’s “internationalist” nature.
The world needs to confront the truth– that ignoring the suffering of the people of Cuba, is to bestow legitimacy on Castro’s repressive and violent policies.
It is disingenuous for President Obama’s government to justify United Nations Resolution 1973 on Libya, aimed to protect the Libyan people from their ruler– while ignoring the ongoing violence of Castro’s forces inside Cuba– 90 miles away.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION: Cuba, Cuba’s Communist Military Government, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, United Nations Resolution 1973 on Libya, US Attorney General Eric Holder.
French Air Force: Dassault Rafale- Crew: 1 or 2, Max speed: Mach 1.8, Weapons: Air-to-ground missile, including Apache and Exocet, air-to-air missiles and anti-ship missiles
On Saturday, March 19 France led an attack on Libya, as part of coalition forces in Operation Odyssey Dawn.
The attack was carried out pursuant to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which is aimed to “protect the Libyan people from their ruler.”
Operation Odyssey Dawn was preceded by the following statements from President Barack Hussein Obama:
President Barack Hussein Obama in Brazil
March 18
At 18:22 GMT President Obama began a speech on Libya.
At 18:25 GMT President Obama included the following statement in his speech, justifying the impending attack:
[Gadhafi] has “lost the confidence of his own people and the legitimacy to lead. Left unchecked, we have every reason to believe that Gadhafi would commit atrocities against his people.”
Loss of confidence?
Oh, oh… if this is true, then we are next!
Let’s take a look at the dramatic loss of confidence by the American people, as detailed in the deteriorating history of President Obama’s approval index, from January 21, 2009 to March 21, 2011.
If President Obama’s analogy of the Libyan situation is correct– what will happen if this dramatic loss of confidence in our president is “left unchecked”? Seriously.
Here are today’s Rasmussen Reports, which have been strongly endorsed by the media– including liberals, such as lawyer and political commentator, Susan Estrich:
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, and U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton
Paris, March 14-15, 2011
"Madame, America's confidence in your president is dramatically down. I'm afraid that the United Nations will have to intervene with a resolution." "Ah, Nicolas... you are so droll!"
No wonder Madame Clinton does not want a second term as Secretary of State!
Now, let’s think this through.
If the objective of United Nations Resolution 1973 is “to protect the Libyan people from their ruler” – does this mean that the United Nations will continue to take out bad guys– until there’s hardly anyone left at the U.N.?
Let’s just name a few:
Angola, Bahrain, Bolivia, China, Iran… Vietnam, Zimbabwe (whose murderous president, Robert Mugabe, referred to former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as “a little dot on this planet”) etc., etc., etc.
And then of course, there is Communist Cuba– sitting 90 miles across the Strait of Florida, where horrible human rights violations have taken place for 52 years.
And what does the United Nations do?
It honors Cuba’s government by naming one of its communist agents as a vice president of the United Nations Human Rights Council– along with Angola!
According to President Obama, loss of confidence in a leader justifies U.N. Resolution 1973.
Obama should be consistent. The United Nations list of members includes many countries ruled by despots.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION: LIBYA, UNITED NATIONS, Barack Hussein Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Different spellings: Gaddafi / Qaddafi / Kadhafi, Libya, United Nations Security Council, Rasmussen Reports, Political commentator Susan Estrich, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, United Nations Resolution 1973 on Libya, Élysée Palace
Bem-vindo ao Brasil, Barack! Dá meu amor a Gadhafi!
Bem-vindo ao Brasil, Barack!
You’ve got to hand it to the guy.
Libya is burning, the Middle East is going to hell in a hand basket, and Japan may be on the brink of a nuclear disaster– but Barack Obama is flying down to Rio de Janeiro for a much needed escape from all this stress.
I too will set aside all the serious news, and will indulge my love of samba and Brazilian jazz.
And since half the fun is getting there, let’s join Barack in a much needed break with…
The sounds, sights and taste of Brazil!
Imagine how excited Barack must be to arrive in Rio de Janeiro. Let’s begin our trip with one of Antônio Carlos Jobim’s most beautiful bossa nova melodies, the Samba do Avião (The Airplane Samba)– which describes the anticipation and excitement of landing in Rio:
CLICK on arrow below to listen to Samba do Avião, and sing along with Barack:
(Portuguese and English lyrical translation)
Rio de Janeiro
Feijoada Completa
TASTE OF BRAZIL: Feijoada Completa (Bean and Beef Stew) This is a Brazilian classic, traditionally served with Carioca sauce.
Total time: more than 2 hours
Preparation time: 40 minutes
Cooking time: 3 hours
Desalting time for the meat: Overnight
Difficulty: Easy
Chef’s Note
It can be accompanied with a rice pilaf and steamed cabbage.
Ingredients
- 500 g (18 oz.) salt pork, (1 foot, 1 ear)
- 500 g (18 oz.) smoked sausage
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) smoked bacon
- 3 fresh pork chops
- 500 g (18 oz.) fresh pork tenderloin, tied
- 1 ham bone
- 1 kg (2 1/4 lb.) black beans
- 60 g (2 oz.) + 15 g (1 tbsp.) lard
- 15 g (1/2 oz.) garlic
- 1 bouquet garni
- Salt and pepper
- 6 oranges
Cristo Redentor statue on top of Corcovado, a mountain towering over Rio de Janeiro. In the background the Ipanema and Leblon beaches separate the lagoon from the Atlantic Ocean.
Soak all the salt pork products overnight to draw out most of the salt.
The next day, place the black beans in a large pot and cover with cold water; bring to a boil.
In another pot, bring the desalted meats to a boil.
Once the beans have cooked for an hour, add the meats that have been cooking separately; add the ham bone, bacon and fresh pork.
Continue simmering over low heat for 30 minutes; flavor with 60 g (2 oz.) lard plus the finely chopped onion, crushed garlic cloves and bouquet garni that have been sautéed in lard.
Cook for 1 1/2 hours longer.
Presentation
Serve the beans in a large terra cotta dish and the meats separately.
Serve each guest a chopped orange in a small individual dish.
Accompany with carioca sauce… and bossa nova.
Porque a vida é como um samba!
(Ah, Barack– e como são os reatores nucleares no Japão?)
♦ ♦ ♦
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION: Brazil, Samba, Bossa Nova, Brazilian Jazz, Libya, No-Fly Zone Over Libya, The Maghreb, United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Security Council, Japan, Muammar Gadhafi, Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, Crisis in Japan,
The skies over the Maghreb region of northern Africa should be quiet and clear–at least over Libya. This may still not make any difference to those being massacred on the ground by Ghadafi”s military forces– since this involves, after all, a resolution by the United Nations– where despots are welcomed as leaders, and are allowed to police other despots.
The United Nations Security Council took the necessary steps yesterday to obtain the approval of a resolution, which authorizes international action for a no-fly zone over Libya. The U.N. considered it a step towards protecting civilians from further slaughter by Muammar Gadhafi’s forces.
Tunisia-Libya Border
We’ll see what happens.
The resolution was introduced by Lebanon– and drafted by France and Great Britain. It passed 10-0, with five abstentions: China, Russia, Brazil, Germany and India. The United States dragged its feet, and finally added its sponsorship before the vote.
Susan Rice, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations said, “Today, the Security Council has responded to the Libyan people’s cry for help.” Rice added, “This council’s purpose is clear: to protect innocent civilians.”
But words do not mean very much, when they come from representatives at the United Nations.
Ambassador Rice recently missed a high level United Nations meeting involving the Middle East crisis. Instead she chose to attend a U.N. panel discussion on “global sustainability” in South Africa. This is consistent with the current priorities of President Obama’s administration.
Rice also remained silent when Libya was elected to the UN Human Rights Council, in May 2010.
On March 1, 2011, during a brief interlude of sanity, the United Nations General Assembly finally suspended Libya’s membership on the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Until March 1, 2011 this man, Muammar Gadhafi, had "exercised authority" on human rights issues at the United Nations Human Rights Council
Yes, the United Nations actually had Gadhafi’s Libya in the Human Rights Council! It also has a representative from Castro’s Cuba as a vice president, right along with Angola–whose infrastructure has been rebuilt by communist China’s Eximbank.
Of course, China is another member of the United Nations Human Rights Council– in spite of its communist government policies for the mass extermination of human beings.
The list goes on.
Oh… but now the United Nations has apparently seen the light. At least as far as Libya is concerned. So, Ambassador Rice, issued the following statement:
“We had, just, [sic] a historic session of the General Assembly when all members unanimously agreed to the suspension of Libya’s membership from the Human Rights Council. This is the first time that either the Human Rights Council or its predecessor, the Human Rights Commission, have suspended any member state for gross violations of human rights. And we think this is an important step forward in enhancing the credibility of the Human Rights Council whose credibility on these issues has often, quite legitimately, been called into question.”
I’LL SAY! Look at the criminals that are included as leaders and members.
Ambassador Rice added, “Today, the General Assembly exercised its authority to suspend a member state for gross violations of human rights. In our view, this is progress, as was last Friday’s special session in Geneva for the Human Rights Council, and we hope its progress will be sustained.”
HERE IS THE LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, INCLUDING ALL THE CRIMINALS THAT BELONG TO IT– WHO ARE “EXERCISING THEIR AUTHORITY”:
Membership of the Human Rights Council
Officers of the Human Rights Council
President
H.E. Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow (Thailand)
Vice President and Rapporteur
H.E. Madam Bente Angell-Hansen (Norway)
Vice Presidents
H.E. Mr. Arcanjo Maria Do Nascimento (Angola)
H.E. Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez (Cuba)
H.E. Mr. Fedor Rosocha (Slovakia)
Membership of the Human Rights Council 19 June 2010-18 June 2011
Angola
2013
Argentina
2011
Bahrain
2011
Bangladesh
2012
Belgium
2012
Brazil
2011
Burkina Faso
2011
Cameroon
2012
Chile
2011
China
2012
Cuba
2012
Djibouti
2012
Ecuador
2013
France
2011
Gabon
2011
Ghana
2011
Guatemala
2013
Hungary
2012
Japan
2011
Jordan
2012
Kyrgyzstan
2012
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya *
2013
Malaysia
2013
Maldives
2013
Mauritania
2013
Mauritius
2012
Mexico
2012
Nigeria
2012
Norway
2012
Pakistan
2011
Poland
2013
Qatar
2013
Republic of Korea
2011
Republic of Moldova
2013
Russian Federation
2012
Saudi Arabia
2012
Senegal
2012
Slovakia
2011
Spain
2013
Switzerland
2013
Thailand
2013
Uganda
2013
Ukraine
2011
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2011
United States of America
2012
Uruguay
2012
Zambia
2011
________________________ * Suspended by General Assembly Resolution A/65/265 adopted on 1 March 2011.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION: Libya, No-Fly Zone Over Libya, The Maghreb, United Nations Human Rights Council,United Nations Security Council
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY: UPDATES (Audio)
U.S. Navy sailors move food and water onto an HH-60H Seahawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, March 15, 2011. The Ronald Reagan is off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian assistance in Japan to support Operation Tomodachi. The sailors are assigned to Anti-Submarine Squadron 4.
An aerial view shows damage to Wakuya, Japan, March 15, 2011, after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. Ships and aircraft from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group are conducting search and rescue operations, and re-supply missions to support Operation Tomodachi throughout northern Japan.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION: Atomic Energy, Japan, Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, Ofunato, Sendai, The United States Helps Japan, Operation Tomodachi,
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A lawyer, aka Cardinal Bevilacqua
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THE JACKSON LAB: A Blow from a Hatchet– Eugenics and the Catholic Perspective (APRIL 28, 2010)
By Marielena Montesino de Stuart - APRIL 28, 2010
HOW QUICKLY THEY FORGET… Ave Maria (Florida) Project manager, Blake Gable, says all businesses in Ave Maria, Florida, fall under the same ordinances as every other vendor in Collier County, and to think that businesses would be treated differently– just because a catholic church stands in the middle of the town, is outrageous. Well, Ave Maria University claimed in 2010, through its lawyers, that abortion clinics are not allowed. But wait a minute! Planned Parenthood opened a clinic in Naples (Collier County). WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? IS THIS A JOKE? — Click on image below to read about BLAKE GABLE, Ave Maria Project Manager, interviewed on July 20, 2007 by WINK News, a CBS affiliate.
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Former Ave Maria Employee Awarded More than $400,000 by Jury:
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And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
July 4, 1776
Whistle-blower Lawsuit Against Ave Maria University:
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BOMBSHELL: Illinois Supreme Court Justice Speaks Out in “Abuse and the Catholic Church: Can the Bishops Ever be Trusted?”
by Illinois Supreme Court Justice, Anne M. Burke
MARCO RUBIO Speaks to Marielena Montesino de Stuart
For Your Entertainment… we present a film depicting an INTRIGUING town similar to the Town of Ave Maria, Florida–with its zany cast of characters, including a self-appointed “BISHOP” and the town’s “KING.”
A Town About... Everything!
THE CHRONICLES OF AVE MARIA ARCHIVE: Ave Maria Recipient of $128 million in tax free bonds
From President to Reverend… All in A Day’s Work:
Life in Ave Maria...
The People’s Republic of Ave Maria…
The Exorcist
Le Moulin Rouge at the Holy See:
Who Controls the Environment Around Benedict XVI?
The Similarities Between the Town of Ave Maria and “The Village” are stunning…
DANGEROUS TIMES: A Satirical Look at Judge Kenneth B. Bell’s Arbitration Ruling
OBAMA TO BENEDICT XVI: "The crowds are only here because they are bitter, and the gun shops are closed"
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A CONCERNED POPE decrees a LOOONG vacation for the Secretariat of State...
A WORRIED POPE--after reading L'Osservatore Romano...
A HAPPY POPE... after reading MARIELENA MONTESINO de STUART's Commentaries in www.TheRomanCatholicWorld.com
Ave Maria Resident Speaks
AVE MARIA: The Promise, The Reality
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Giovanni... I am NOT a "delicate matter"!!!
Read the HIJACKING of L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO, and find out more...
Also... don't forget to read FURTHER REFLECTION ON THE HIJACKING OF L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO!
His Excellency, Bishop Frank J. Dewane and Marielena Montesino de Stuart
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Absolutely serious blog journalism... with a touch of humor!
Also... don't forget to read FURTHER REFLECTION ON THE HIJACKING OF L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO!
