Hugo Chavez Has Shut Down Broadcast News Media Companies - 30 of Them
Monday, September 7, 2009, 10:59 AM - South America
Hugo Chavez is the president of Venezuela and he was originally elected to that position and then re-elected several times. Unfortunately, he is acting a lot less like a president and more like a dictator each and every year. He has worked to change their constitution allowing for no term limits, thus giving him almost the status of a king.
Only Pro-Chavez Media or State Run Media
Hugo Chavez has been using regulations on the media and using a licensing program to shut them down. Of course, he only shuts down the media that reports things that might be offensive to his political domination. Therefore, most of the private media has been shut down except for those that are pro-Hugo Chavez.
The Winds of War
The president/dictator of Venezuela is now telling his troops to be prepared for war because the US - See Political, International And Religious Issues for the full article.
add comment Why is China Not Using Her Strength to End the N Korea Nuclear Issue?
Sunday, August 30, 2009, 07:31 PM - Asia
If China really wanted to help solve the nuclear arms issues of N. Korea, there is no reason that they couldn't play hardball with North Korea and get them to stop testing nuclear weapons. However, some speculate that China has not bothered to confront North Korea under such harsh terms because they realize it is a thorn in the side of the United States military and it keeps us busy.
It would be unfortunate if China hasn't put forth their effort because they like to see the United States of America spend lots of money dealing with the North Korea problem. If China is trying to get the United States bogged down in Asia, then one has to ask why the United States of America has the Chinese as their number one trading partner.
After all our trade deficit with China is hundreds of billions of dollars per year. There is no way that the Chinese could have experienced 10% year-over-year growth in that nation without the help of all of the imports that we buy from them. Ever since the US consumer has stopped buying China's exports are down by between 35-50% depending on the sector. - See Political, International And Religious Issues for the full article.
Communist Block Forming in the Americas
Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 06:55 PM - International Issues
Most US Citizens are totally unaware of the march of communism in the Americas. Sure, they know about Cuba and the problems associated with Venezuela, but they probably are unaware of the happenings in Central America, or in Bolivia, and Argentina. Believe it when I tell you, communism is on the march in the Western Hemisphere.
You know, there are so many significant happens going on right now, it's hard to keep track of the rapid growth of communism in the last few years. We have a communist-block gathering in the Americas - Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, and look at Central America.
The future potential economic implosion of Mexico surely will spur more tortilla riots and work to the advantage of the next President that takes power in that country as Calderon reaches his term limits. Remember he only one by the narrowest of margins running against an admitted communist.
Also, did you know that Hugo Chavez has been busy rigging elections in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, and Argentina - and Russia seems to be showing up more and more these days, obviously with a two-fold agenda. Showing the US if we mettle in their world they screw with us in ours. - See Communist Block Forming in the Americas for the complete article.
My Take on Israel and Palestine
Saturday, February 21, 2009, 06:08 PM - Middle East
Really now I don't mean to be the least bit controversial and I may be looking at it through American eyes so to speak but, what the hell is going on with Israel and Palestine? I will give you my view and of course, that and about ten bucks will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
Let's see, after World War I the League of Nations approved a British Mandate that set forth the creation of a "national home for the Jewish people" So, in 1947 the United Nations approved what was known as the partition Mandate of Palestine into 2 separate states. One was to be Jewish and one was to be Arab. The Arab League of course rejected the plan outright (oil wasn't on the table yet obviously). Even with the Arab League's bitter objections, but with United Nations approval Israel Declared it's sovereign independence on May 14, 1948.
To be honest I think everyone was afraid to have the Jewish community mingle with the Christian community in their own country. Also nobody cared much for the Arabs and all their various tribes (we all know it would be a bit different today with all the oil they produce). Also with Hitler exterminating over 6 million Jewish people, the world in general felt the Jews deserved a piece of dirt in the land they thought was holy (I tend to agree with that sentiment). So basically you put the ones you don't really want with the ones you don't really like.
Palestine is considered holy land by three faiths to my understanding. Jews, Christians and Muslims all consider the area holy. The area was known as Canaan to the ancient Hebrews. And the name Palestine comes from the Philistines that occupied the southernmost coastal area around the 12th century B.C.
Now the Hebrews had a kingdom that was there around 1000 B.C. and it was split into Judah and Israel. They then were invaded by almost everyone, including but certainly not limited to Alexander the Great as well as the Romans. After all the invasions there weren't many Jews left by around A.D. 135, they had mostly scattered and were living in small villages or communities around the Diaspora area of the region. Then the emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and Palestine became the center of Christian pilgrimages.
Palestine then was ruled by the Arabs who took it from the Byzantine Empire somewhere around the year 640. With a few interruptions the Arabs kept control until the early 1900's. The British defeated the Turks to take control of Palestine after that.
In the 1930's Jews poured into Palestine which was under British control. The British had granted the Jewish community the right to establish a homeland in Palestine in 1917 under the Balfour Declaration. - See My Take on Israel and Palestine for the complete article.
The Myth That the Iraq War Created More Terrorists
Monday, February 9, 2009, 07:55 PM - Middle East
In their zeal to argue that the Iraq War was a "mistake," people insist that it created more terrorists. To back their claim, they usually say something like, "The 2006 National Intelligence Estimate said so!"
However, nowhere in the declassified portions of that report do they claim that the Iraq War created more terrorists.
This National Intelligence Estimate starts by acknowledging that the U.S. lead efforts against the terrorists had seriously destroyed al-Qaeda leadership capabilities. This happened while we were fighting in Iraq.
The report continues on by talking about how the global jihadist movement was expanding and adapting to the world's efforts against them.
The key word here is "global." Countries all over the world are fighting terrorists in their own boundaries. They'd be doing this regardless of whether we went into Iraq or not. This also means that despite our presence in Iraq, the fight against terrorists around the world continues.
The National Intelligence Estimate does point out our Iraq involvement as a resentment causer. But, this resentment has more to do with what they see as Western intervention, and its influence, in the Muslim world. Had we not gone into Iraq, Afghanistan would've served as their point of irritation with the West. Just ask the Russians that fought in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
The document goes on to point four main causes for the spread of the terrorist movement. - See The Myth That the Iraq War Created More Terrorists for the complete article.
The Myth That Iraq Had No WMD
Monday, February 9, 2009, 07:44 PM - Middle East
Weapons of Mass Destruction have three major components; nuclear, biological, and chemical. One of the things that these three components share is the ability to create mass destruction from one release.
Just ask the Kurds, Saddam tried to exterminate them with chemical agents. Fast forward to post invasion Iraq.
A combined Associated Press and Fox News report released on May 17, 2004, mentioned a sarin nerve gas discovery. Troops handling the shells that contained this gas ended up getting treated for chemical exposure. The Iraq Survey Group confirmed this sarin gas. Mustard gas was also discovered.
As chemical agents, sarin and mustard gas are WMD. Whether it was pre 1991, or current, is beside the point.
People that insist that President Bush lied about WMD existence argue that Iraq had no WMD. No WMD means zero WMD, regardless of manufacture date.
Even if they try to argue that these WMD predate 1991, they prove their own, "no WMD," argument wrong. By trying to argue that this WMD was old, they destroy their own argument that President Bush "lied" about Iraq WMD existence.
Two Iraqis, Gazi George and Georges Sadda, indicated that Saddam moved WMD out of Iraq into Syria. Gazi George further argued that Saddam - See The Myth That Iraq Had No WMD for the complete article.
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