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Do we even care our Constitutionally guaranteed rights are under assault by the U.S. government?
Is it too much trouble to be concerned?
Does it hurt to think about democracy and the rule of law?
Were those who died to keep us free, on a fool's errand?
Have the American people become so easily duped and manipulated?
Do they believe their government can and should "give" them everything?
Is our Congress completely without guiding moral direction and understanding of their oath of office?
Have the historical facts and brutal inhumanity of Communism faded with time and rewriting?
Is the power and ideology of the LIBERAL pen stronger than the sword of truth?
Does the warning of our forefathers, to keep government powers separate, no longer raise alarm when it is not heeded?
Are we witnessing a dictatorial shift in our government, a government that has now become big enough to take it all away?
We can not concede our rights as Americans to an oppressive and out of control government. WE ARE THE PEOPLE!
Continue writing to Congress! If we don't let them know they are wrong and then follow through again and again,
ultimately running them from office, we will be aiding and abetting the fall of the United States of America.
The Only Hope for Elián......Judicial Amour Propre.
Write and berate your congressmen. Tell them you are ashamed, angry and not going to abide by their inaction. Remind them they are there to represent you and follow their oath of office and the Constitution, not the polls and bending to the political whims of the executive branch, criminality of the Justice Department and demagoguery of the LIBERAL media.
Tell them they are equal with the executive and judicial. They are charged with being our voice, but above that, they, as our representatives, must understand the importance of governing through wisdom and total regard for preserving our rights and freedoms from oppressive government. That's called statesmenship!
If you get no response or a wishy-washy, half-hearted, non-response, a it's-not-our-job, we're-moving-on,
or it-is-not-advisable-at-this-time dodge, a this-is-a-court-issue and they-will-decide because this-is-a-family-issue put-off……
DON'T JUST SHAKE YOUR (((HEAD)))!!! SHAKE YOUR [[FIST]] AND
WRITE BACK AND TELL THEM --- THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER!!! -- OR -- WHERE IS MY ANSWER!?!?!?
If we don't demand they do their jobs, they won't.
We can't let them hold court, announce they have a yellow streak down their backs and just nod, accept defeat and move on.
This is our country and these guys work for us!
If our senators and representatives are not up to the job, or think we don't have the will to follow through,
we well get the government we deserve.
*****IF YOU'RE HERE, BOOKMARK FOR FUTURE USE AND THEN PLEASE BUMP THE THREAD! *****Thank you! Thank you!!*****
If you have some feedback, more numbers, address, suggestions-- POST THEM!
KEEP ELIAN FREE :Capitalism Magazine-- If Elian's struggle to stay in the United States is important to you, this is a site you need to see.
Hey! You're paying for this toll-fee # so you might want to get some use out of it.
It's Friday, so I think they're still at work!
SENATE =============>1-888-449-3511 <============ CONGRESS
The SITE BELOW is continually updated! BOOKMARK!
If you think you know what's there, think again!
Take a walk on the Communist side:
Come one, come all and look at the propaganda, the activism and how they sell it!
MORE CONTACT NUMBERS AND E-ADDYS IN THE ELIAN CASE (PROVIDED BY THE LEFT)---Good contacts in general!
Funny HatsThe Commies using a Cuban "policeman" to inform us of Elian's mental state!
CNN
C-Span
Fox News---Comments to Fox
MSNBC
RUSH LIMBAUGH rush@eibnet.com
NewsMax.com (bird-dogging Elian's case)
Contact Fidel Castro at:
f_castro@cubagov.cu
Embajada de la República de Cuba (Cuban Embassy)
388 Main Street
Ottawa, CANADA, K1S 1E3
Tel: (613) 563-0141 / Fax: (613) 563-0068
Cuban Spy Center Headquarters
Be sure to tell them what you think about free speech and their GOONS attacking American citizens!
Thread I
Thread II
Thread III
Thread IV
Thread V(super-dooper list ---extensive list--- of additional media numbers at post (#53)*************(LOOK HERE!)
ThreadVI-(links you might find interesting re Communism and the Elian case.)
ThreadVII-(links to articles and posts on Elian and this legal and political quagmire.)
One Small Voice
Dear Mr. Bill O'Reilly:
Cuba Net
Cuba Free Press
One Small Voice
Mothers from Miami protest in silence in
Washington
12 U.S. prosecutors, 13 staffers in Miami
protest raid with 'Black Thursday'
South Florida Catholic Church breaking
silence in Elian case
Against All Hope: The Prison Memoirs of Armando Valladares
Facts about Cuba
CALL JEB-850-488-7146
INS urges delay of boy to father in Thailand!Bill O'Reilly is following this story that shows INS inconsistency.
ALERT & CALL TO ARMS: Elian Legal Eagles, I Have The Case Precedent and Need Your Help!!!--Truthkeeper's legal research.
Do this for Elian and yourselves. We do know how to fight EVIL.
Take a good long look at it!
Congress said they were being hammered on the Hill. That was our Congress saying, "We ((((hear)))) you!"
They may think: "YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!" - But we are, the boss of them!
If you think the job is done, forget that notion.
They believe we can't hold a thought in our heads or a cause in our hearts!
Well, can we?!
You know the Left is relentless, they never, ever give up. No lie is too big, no home is too secure, and no law is too carved in stone
to be violated
by LIBERALS and their actions defended by LIBERALS.
The Left "knows" they are right and they will do ANYTHING to make sure they're in power and we, like Elian, are the sheeple.
Make a few more calls today and then write E-mails and letters, then make a few more calls Monday and a few more on Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.
Together we have a voice! Together we will be heard!
MAKE MORE CALLS! ---SEND MORE E-MAILS! --- DROP A LETTER IN THE MAIL!
We may soon long for the days when we had freedom of speech. Don't let that happen.
SPEAK UP FOR AMERICA!
MAKE THIS A HABIT!!!!
PROGRAM CONGRESS TO LISTEN TO US, OR ELSE!!!!
If you wish to email all the senators at once;
1)Enter "Dear Senator" in the TO ADDRESS of your email and
2)copy all the following list into the BCC(blind carbon copy) field.
3)Then log "Dear Senator" into your address book as your email address. This will give you a file copy and each party will get a copy without knowing they have all been copied.
This list maybe incomplete or slightly out of date. If you discover this to be the case, post the correction or addition with a heads up to me and I will update the list for next time.
chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.gov; chuck_hagel@hagel.senate.gov; comments@roth.senate.gov; connie@mack.senate.gov; conrad_burns@burns.senate.gov; craig@thomas.senate.gov; dick@durbin.senate.gov; email@murkowski.senate.gov; frank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.gov; info@kyl.senate.gov; jesse_helms@helms.senate.gov; jim_inhofe@inhofe.senate.gov; john_ashcroft@ashcroft.senate.gov; john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov; kit_bond@bond.senate.gov; larry_craig@craig.senate.gov; mail_grams@grams.senate.gov; mailbox@gregg.senate.gov; mailbox@rpc.senate.gov; max@baucus.senate.gov; mcollins@rnchq.org; michigan@abraham.senate.gov; olympia@snowe.senate.gov; opinion@smith.senate.gov; pat_roberts@roberts.senate.gov; sam_brownback@brownback.senate.gov; sen_dodd@dodd.senate.gov; senator.hutchinson@hutchinson.senate.gov; senatorlott@lott.senate.gov; senator@akaka.senate.gov; senator@bennett.senate.gov; senator@biden.senate.gov; senator@boxer.senate.gov; senator@breaux.senate.gov; senator@bryan.senate.gov; senator@cochran.senate.gov; senator@collins.senate.gov; senator@conrad.senate.gov; senator@dorgan.senate.gov; senator@dpm.senate.gov; senator@enzi.senate.gov; senator@feingold.senate.gov; senator@feinstein.senate.gov; senator@hutchison.senate.gov; senator@inouye.senate.gov; senator@kennedy.senate.gov; senator@landrieu.senate.gov; senator@levin.senate.gov; senator@mcconnell.senate.gov; senator@mikulski.senate.gov; senator@nickles.senate.gov; senator@rockefeller.senate.gov; senator@santorum.senate.gov; senator@sarbanes.senate.gov; senator@sessions.senate.gov; senator@shelby.senate.gov; senator@thurmond.senate.gov; senator@warner.senate.gov; senator@wyden.senate.gov; senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov; senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov; senator_chafee@chafee.senate.gov; senator_coverdell@coverdell.senate.gov; senator_dewine@dewine.senate.gov; senator_domenici@domenici.senate.gov; senator_frist@frist.senate.gov; senator_gorton@gorton.senate.gov; senator_hatch@hatch.senate.gov; senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov; senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov; senator_lieberman@lieberman.senate.gov; senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov; senator_max_cleland@cleland.senate.gov; senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov; senator_murray@murray.senate.gov; senator_reid@reid.senate.gov; senator_specter@specter.senate.gov; senator_stevens@stevens.senate.gov; senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov; senator_torricelli@torricelli.senate.gov; senatorlott@lott.senate.gov; tim@johnson.senate.gov; tom_daschle@daschle.senate.gov; tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov; vermont@jeffords.senate.gov
Thank you, thank you, thank you eazdzit!!!!
Here are the emails for the House. In this case I put my Reps email address in the TO ADDRESS field and the rest in the BCC field. Again some of these may be wrong and some could be missing. Post the correction and give me a heads up and I will make the corrections
Young@mail.house.gov,sonny.callahan@mail.house.gov, Terry.Everett@mail.house.gov,bob.riley@mail.house.gov, robert.aderholt@mail.house.gov,budmail@mail.house.gov, sbachus@mail.house.gov, snyder.congress@mail.house.gov,asa.hutchinson@mail.house.gov, talk2jay@mail.house.gov,matt.salmon@mail.house.gov, ed.pastor@mail.house.gov,j.shadegg@mail.house.gov, jim.kolbe@mail.house.gov,repriggs@mail.house.gov,democratic.caucus@mail.house.gov, doolittle@mail.house.gov,lynn.woolsey@mail.house.gov,George.Miller-Pub@mail.house.gov, sf.nancy@mail.house.gov,ellen.tauscher@mail.house.gov,rpombo@mail.house.gov, talk2tom@mail.house.gov,petemail@stark.house.gov,annagram@mail.house.gov, campbell@mail.house.gov,zoegram@lofgren.house.gov,samfarr@mail.house.gov, gary.condit@mail.house.gov,george.radanovich@mail.house.gov,lois.capps@mail.house.gov, brad.sherman@mail.house.gov,tellbuck@mail.house.gov,arcoiris@mail.house.gov, Rep.Harman@mail.house.gov,Millender.McDonald@mail.house.gov,Stephen.Horn@mail.house.gov, ed.royce@mail.house.gov,talk2geb@mail.house.gov,loretta@mail.house.gov,ccox@mail.house.gov, rep.packard@mail.house.gov,brian.bilbray@mail.house.gov,degette@mail.house.gov, david.skaggs@mail.house.gov,rep.schaffer@mail.house.gov, Kennelly@mail.house.gov,bozrah@mail.house.gov, rep.shays@mail.house.gov,nancy.johnson@mail.house.gov,Delaware@mail.house.gov, fl01@mail.house.gov,rep.boyd@mail.house.gov,thurman@mail.house.gov,cstearns@mail.house.gov, John.Mica@mail.house.gov,bill.mccollum@mail.house.gov,fl09@mail.house.gov, Rep.Charles.Canady@mail.house.gov,miller13@mail.house.gov,porter.goss@mail.house.gov, fla15@mail.house.gov,mark.foley@mail.house.gov,robert.wexler@mail.house.gov, pdeutsch.pub@mail.house.gov,alcee.pubhastings@mail.house.gov, mac.collins@mail.house.gov,cymck@mail.house.gov,john.lewis@mail.house.gov, georgia6@mail.house.gov,saxby.chambliss@mail.house.gov,john.linder@mail.house.gov, guamtodc@mail.house.gov,neil.abercrombie@mail.house.gov,leach.ia01@mail.house.gov, nussleia@mail.house.gov,rep.boswell.ia03@mail.house.gov,Rep.Ganske@mail.house.gov, tom.latham@mail.house.gov,ask.helen@mail.house.gov,askmike@mail.house.gov, bobby.rush@mail.house.gov,luis.gutierrez@mail.house.gov,danny.davis@mail.house.gov, sidney.yates@mail.house.gov,jfc.il12@mail.house.gov, rep.fawell@mail.house.gov,dhastert@mail.house.gov,lane.evans@mail.house.gov, shimkus@mail.house.gov,mcintosh@mail.house.gov,tim.roemer@mail.house.gov, souder@mail.house.gov,pease@mail.house.gov,John.Hostettler@mail.house.gov, hamilton@hamilton.house.gov,rep.carson@mail.house.gov,jerry.moran@mail.house.gov, rep.snowbarger@mail.house.gov,tiahrt@mail.house.gov,ed.whitfield@mail.house.gov, rep.northup@mail.house.gov,rep.jim.bunning@mail.house.gov, la01.mail@mail.house.gov,jim.mccrery@mail.house.gov,congressman.cooksey@mail.house.gov, christopher.john@mail.house.gov,john.olver@mail.house.gov,jim.mcgovern@mail.house.gov, mtmeehan@mail.house.gov,jmoakley@mail.house.gov,william.delahunt@mail.house.gov, ehrlich@mail.house.gov,rep.cardin@mail.house.gov,Albert.Wynn@mail.house.gov, roscoe@fred.net,rep.morella@mail.house.gov,rep.tomallen@mail.house.gov, stupak@mail.house.gov,tellhoek@mail.house.gov,rep.ehlers@mail.house.gov, davecamp@mail.house.gov,jim.barcia-pub@mail.house.gov, rep.smith@mail.house.gov,debbie.stabenow@mail.house.gov,dkildee@mail.house.gov, david.bonior@mail.house.gov,slevin@mail.house.gov,john.conyers@mail.house.gov, gil.gutknecht@mail.house.gov,mn03@mail.house.gov,vento@mail.house.gov, martin.sabo@mail.house.gov,tell.bill@mail.house.gov,tocollin.peterson@mail.house.gov, oberstar@mail.house.gov,rep.talent@mail.house.gov,gephardt@mail.house.gov, blunt@mail.house.gov,joann.emerson@mail.house.gov,rep.hulshof@mail.house.gov, thompsonms2nd@mail.house.gov,gene.taylor@mail.house.gov,rick.hill@mail.house.gov, EClayton1@mail.house.gov,bob.etheridge@mail.house.gov,david.price@mail.house.gov, Richard.BurrNC05@mail.house.gov,howard.coble@mail.house.gov, CongMcIntyre@mail.house.gov,myrick@mail.house.gov,cass.ballenger@mail.house.gov, repcharles.taylor@mail.house.gov,nc12.public@mail.house.gov, Rep.Earl.Pomeroy@mail.house.gov,talk2jon@mail.house.gov, Rep.Sununu@mail.house.gov,cbass@mail.house.gov,rob.andrews@mail.house.gov, lobiondo@mail.house.gov,franksnj@mail.house.gov,bill.pascrell@mail.house.gov, steven.rothman@mail.house.gov,rodney.frelinghuysen@mail.house.gov, pappas@mail.house.gov,joe.skeen@mail.house.gov,ensign@mail.house.gov, gibbons@mail.house.gov,lazio@mail.house.gov, peter.king@mail.house.gov,thomas.manton@mail.house.gov,jerrold.nadler@mail.house.gov ,vito.fossella@mail.house.gov,rep.carolyn.maloney@mail.house.gov, rangel@mail.house.gov,jserrano@mail.house.gov,dearsue@mail.house.gov, ben@mail.house.gov,mike.mcnulty@mail.house.gov,Rep.Boehlert@mail.house.gov, rep.james.walsh@mail.house.gov,mhinchey@mail.house.gov,bill.paxon@mail.house.gov, louiseny@mail.house.gov,portmail@mail.house.gov,mike.oxley@mail.house.gov, ted.strickland@mail.house.gov,john.boehner@mail.house.gov,rep.kaptur@mail.house.gov, budget@mail.house.gov,sherrod@mail.house.gov,pryce.oh15@mail.house.gov, telljim@mail.house.gov,bobney@mail.house.gov,rep.coburn@mail.house.gov, wes.watkins@mail.house.gov,rep.jcwatts@mail.house.gov, rep.elizabeth.furse@mail.house.gov,bob.smith@mail.house.gov, write.earl@mail.house.gov,peter.defazio@mail.house.gov, darlene@mail.house.gov,curtpa07@mail.house.gov,paul.kanjorski@mail.house.gov, murtha@mail.house.gov,jon.fox@mail.house.gov,mchale@mail.house.gov, pitts.pa16@mail.house.gov,rep.doyle@mail.house.gov,frank.mascara@mail.house.gov, robert.weygand@mail.house.gov,sanford@mail.house.gov,floyd.spence@mail.house.gov, Rep.Spratt@mail.house.gov,jclyburn@mail.house.gov,jthune@mail.house.gov, rep.jenkins@mail.house.gov,jjduncan@mail.house.gov,van.hilleary@mail.house.gov, bob.clement@mail.house.gov,bart.gordon@mail.house.gov,john.tanner@mail.house.gov, max.sandlin@mail.house.gov,rmhall@mail.house.gov, petes@mail.house.gov,rep.barton@mail.house.gov,rep.brady@mail.house.gov, nick.lampson@mail.house.gov,lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov, texas.granger@mail.house.gov,rep.paul@mail.house.gov,Rep.Hinojosa@mail.house.gov, silvestre.reyes@mail.house.gov,texas17@mail.house.gov,tx18@lee.house.gov, bnkgdems@mail.house.gov,henry.bonilla@mail.house.gov, martin.frost@mail.house.gov,ken.bentsen@mail.house.gov,ask.gene@mail.house.gov, cannon.ut03@mail.house.gov,owen.pickett@mail.house.gov,rep.goode@mail.house.gov, talk2bob@mail.house.gov,jim.moran@mail.house.gov,ninthnet@mail.house.gov, tom.davis@mail.house.gov,Donna.Green@mail.house.gov,bernie@mail.house.gov, repwhite@mail.house.gov,jack.metcalf@mail.house.gov,asklinda@mail.house.gov, grnwa05@mail.house.gov,dunnwa08@mail.house.gov,adam.smith@mail.house.gov, mneumann@mail.house.gov,badger02@mail.house.gov,ron.kind@mail.house.gov, jerry4wi@mail.house.gov,telltom@mail.house.gov,tompetri@mail.house.gov, jay.johnson@mail.house.gov,sensen09@mail.house.gov,bobwise@mail.house.gov,nrahall@mail.house.gov,barr.ga@mail.house.gov
BTTT!
In an unusual speech to lawyers and courtroom observers before the hearing, Circuit Judge J.L. Edmondson warned against jumping to conclusions based on the judges' questions.
"It is entirely possible that a judge may make a statement or ask a question that is the exact opposite of what he is thinking, because he may want to see how the lawyers respond to it," he said.
Judge Edmondson also promised the judges will try to rule quickly, within a few weeks, on whether Elian is mature enough to seek asylum despite the father's wishes to take him back to Cuba.---Appeals court takes up Elian Case
Complete transcript of appeals court proceedings-- (May 11, 2000)
MAKE MORE CALLS! ---SEND MORE E-MAILS! --- DROP A LETTER IN THE MAIL!
In my experience, there's a definite pecking order of effectiveness when approaching a U.S. Congressperson: Letters are awesome. Calls are ok. E-mails are ignored. Always be polite, even though it's not warranted or deserved.
You are MOST CORRECT! The written letter sent via snail mail shows determination to communicate!
Here some of the transcript of the May 11th hearing and some paraphrasing and thoughts.
Complete transcript of appeals court proceedings-- (May 11, 2000)
Kneedler (speaking for the Justice Dept.) brings up the attorney general often as interpreting and guiding the events leading up to the hearing……Then on (Page 36)---Attorney general made administrative adjudication over regulation---she made decisions to displace the child's wishes, absent regulations, on the basis of guidance by analogous things but without a regulation. (This is paraphrasing Kneedler, speaking for the Justice Dept.) Kneedler also heavily cited U.N. H.C.R. (United Nations guidelines on immigration).
(Page 44)--Greg Craig when explaining that it would be correct, under U.S. laws, to return a child to a father in East Germany after fleeing with their mother (who was shot in the process) by using universal applications of international conventions and customs. ------- [This is a twisted answer if ever I heard one. Start out your thought with U.S. laws and conclude with the application of international conventions and customs as your defense!]
(Father's reason for not coming to U.S. before 4-5 months)-- Coffey's rebuttal to Craigs assertion that situations both political and administrative were hostile to father and barred Juan M. from coming: Page 46--(INS said to apply in early Dec. '99-and in these cases visas are routinely granted),Page 47,Father answered on form, when pressed to apply for a visa by the INS, "No, I'm not interested." And when asked, do you want to go to the U.S. now to see Elian, yes or no? Elian's father, Juan Miguel, checked, No.
It was mentioned by both sides and a judge that the INS has the discretion to interpret their own guidelines. However, Coffey argues that the INS has the discretion to promulgate rules that are consistent with the rules of Congress and that they should not begin to fashion them, for the first time, in the scope of controversy, or get discretion to make up the rules as they go along, especially in a case of this magnitude, controversy and emotion. Page 49-50)----(Then Coffey starts to take apart U.N. regulations on page 52-53 before being stopped for time and asked to sum up.)
Feds held at gunpoint the Bill of Rights,
too
--Published Friday, May 12, 2000, in the Miami Herald
By: DEROY MURDOCK
Deroy Murdock is a senior fellow with the AtlasEconomic Research Foundation in Fairfax, Va., and writes from New York City.
By snatching Elian Gonzalez from his great-uncle's Miami home, the Clinton-Reno regime tip-toed around or trampled at least half of the Bill of Rights' 10 amendments. Here are the constitutional guarantees that now lie tattered:
The First Amendment's freedom of the press provision could not shield an NBC News crew from abuse. Federal agents kicked cameraman Tony Zumbado in the stomach, yanked an audio cable from his camera and otherwise disabled his gear. He told NBC: ``[The feds] put their foot on my back and told me not to move or else they were going to shoot.''
Soundman Gustavo Moller was struck in the head by another officer's rifle and ordered to be still or be shot. Moller told me he suffered a small gash, ``but because it was the forehead, it was bleeding a lot.''
NBC has asked the Immigration and Naturalization Service to explain its actions and why, as NBC News Vice President Bill Wheatley told the Associated Press, ``our people weren't able to do their work because of the actions of agents.''
INS Commissioner Doris Meissner told CBS that overwhelming force was necessary due to ``the possibility that there might be guns'' in the Gonzalez home. So what? The Second Amendment guarantees the right ``to keep and bear arms.'' If the mere presence of firearms on private property justifies such federal behavior, residents of the 40 percent of American homes with guns should sleep with their eyes open.
By using an improper search warrant, the Justice Department violated Fourth Amendment restrictions against ``unreasonable searches and seizures.'' This document was signed not during business hours by the federal judge hearing Elian's case, but on Good Friday at 7:20 p.m. by a magistrate unfamiliar with the matter. The warrant application claimed that Elian was ``concealed,'' which he wasn't, and that he's ``an illegal alien,'' which he isn't. The affidavit also failed to mention Lazaro Gonzalez's alleged weapons that supposedly required a SWAT team's response.
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, a Clinton ally, dismisses this warrant and says the administration, ``acted lawlessly.'' As he told Fox News: ``It's a dangerous day for all Americans.''
The Sixth Amendment includes the right to ``the assistance of counsel'' in criminal proceedings. Elian is no crook, but the spirit of this amendment suggests that he may see the lawyers who are arguing his asylum case. Elian's attorneys currently cannot contact him or even observe his condition while surrounded by U.S. marshals.
Even worse, the only lawyer in touch with Elian is Greg Craig, his father's counsel, who is working to vacate the Cuban castaway's asylum application. This is like having Leonid Brezhnev represent Alexander Solzhenitsyn in court.
The 10th Amendment reserves powers ``to the states respectively, or to the people'' that are not constitutionally delegated to the federal government. Nonetheless, Washington intervened in a child-custody matter routinely handled by state authorities.
The Justice Department alerted then-Miami Police Chief William O'Brien before ``Operation Reunion'' and reportedly ordered him not to inform Miami Mayor Joe Carollo. Carollo had grown close to the Gonzalez family and might have broadcast the news. Still, federal officials should not have meddled with a local government by constructing a wall of silence between a police chief and his popularly elected boss.
YOU COULD BE NEXT
Justice's contempt for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals insults the separation of powers. The department was not deterred by the court's refusal to grant an order to transfer Elian from his great-uncle to his father. When a three-judge federal panel rejected her plan, Jackboot Janet executed it anyway. Of course, all this could have been avoided had Reno simply waited until yesterday's court hearing to make her family-reunification case.
Bill Clinton and Janet Reno harbor neither respect nor reverence for the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. They merely use them to line the federal Leviathan's cage.
Yet an April 24 Gallup Poll revealed that 60 percent of Americans applaud the extra-legal abduction of a 6-year-old boy. This matters because if the president and attorney general skate past this abuse of power, the next time federal agents storm a private home, waving a flimsy search warrant, the door they batter down might be yours.
murdock2000@ibm.net
Greg Craig, attorney for Juan Miguel Gonzalez, father of Elian Gonzalez, speaks to
Judges Joel Dubina, left, J.L. Edmondson, center, and Charles Wilson of the
11th
Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Thursday, May 11, 2000, in this
rendering by NBC artist Art Lien. The hearing was held to decide if Elian
Gonzalez
whould have an asylum hearing. (AP Photo/Pool, Art Lien)
Regarding effectiveness. They count the emails like votes, for or against. This can have an effect. Granted the letter is most effective and the fax is next, then the phone call, if you can talk to someone who cares.
And another bump.
Lady, this is not for you, but is does apply to the majority of "Americans". This so called "congesssional gridlock" is a very good thing.
If you do not believe me, just ask yourself, when was the last time those parasites passed a law to really reduce your federal taxes?
Then ask yourselves when was the last time they passed a law which actually increased your individual liberty (The Civil rights Act of 1968?). J.R.
Bump!
Elian Judges Seem Skeptical of Miami Kin's Case:
Good thread with discussion about the Appeals Court hearing May 11th and links to the transcript.
This so called "congesssional gridlock" is a very good thing.
When do you see congressional gridlock becoming political paralysis?
Easier to read link:Transcript of Elian's May 11th Court of Appeals hearing.
If you read nothing else about Elian, the LIBERALS and the elite media, read this.
ELIAN AND THE ESTABLISHMENT/How The Power Elite Crush A Cuban Kid
Thank you for the link!
The Journalist's Guide to Gun Policy Scholars and Second Amendment Scholars
Here's a column you'll appreciate.
Derbyshire:ELIAN NATION : He makes our battlefield plain as day.
bttt
Official Free Republic Contacts Link
The corruption runs so deep.
WARSHAW CONTEMPT ORDER SOUGHT (Elian/Reno/Police Chief/Mayor Carollo)
"PROGRAM CONGRESS TO LISTEN TO US, OR ELSE!!!! "
Well said. WTMBTTT!
Elian's father unable to protect him from Castro
Bump!!
Help stop Executive Order abuse-- (CONTACTS)
A VISA FOR CASTRO'S TERRORISM CHIEF IN WASHINGTON?--9/24/99
INS deputy director spy for Cuba
Another bump for you!!
Bill O'Reilly's Segment questioning possible drugging of Elian at Wye Plantation
INS director accused of spying, having business dealings with Cuba and lying--(Being courted by Procter and Gamble)
This post deserves another bump!!!!!!!!!!
This post deserves another bump!!!!!!!!!!
You wrote this in the morning? Honey you should wait until you have some coffee and beignets and tend to morning matters before getting all worked up like this.
That's pretty funny.
I'm fast out of the gate.
Do we even care our Constitutionally guaranteed rights are under assault by the U.S. government?
NO!
Is it too much trouble to be concerned?
YES. More people are concerned that Stone Cold Steve Austin will kick Goldberg's butt in the next Summer Slam on Ted "Gee, There's WAY Too Much Violence on The Tube"
Turner's TV for the brain dead.
Does it hurt to think about democracy and the rule of law?
As respectfully as I can, I remind you that WE ARE (or WERE) NOT A DEMOCRACY. That's what the klintonistas WANT us to become. Using "democracy" and "rule of law" in the same sentence is the ultimate oxymoron.
Were those who died to keep us free, on a fool's errand?
Sadly, yes! I served jury duty with a woman who was an IRS
collections agent and was PROUD that her eldest son was a career Army Ranger. She became upset when I pointed out the inconsistency of that.
Have the American people become so easily duped and manipulated?
YEP! 150 years of Government schooling have succeeded beyond the statists' wildest dreams. Only 1 college in 50 now has a REQUIRED course in HISTORY. See "Santayna, George" or more on where THAT will take (HAS taken!) us.
Do they believe their government can and should "give" them everything?
YEP. See above.
Is our Congress completely without guiding moral direction and understanding of their oath of office? YEP! See above. These folks are products of this same "educational" system.
Have the historical facts and brutal inhumanity of Communism faded with time and rewriting?
YEP! History IS, after all, written by the victors. The socialists/communists are winning and are rewriting history as you read this. In 30 years, statues of Bill Clinton will go up in public squares all over the country.
Is the power and ideology of the LIBERAL pen stronger than the sword of truth?
YEP -- because the current population of this country is far too lazy to dig further than the 6 o'clock network telescreen indoctrination sessions to find the truth.
Does the warning of our forefathers, to keep government powers separate, no longer raise alarm when it is not heeded?
THAT'S CORRECT. 150 years of GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS!
Are we witnessing a dictatorial shift in our government, a government that has now become big enough to take it all away?
YEP! Because the current population is more than willing to trade the risks involved in freedom for the "security" of the welfare state. There's one place in this -- and every -- society where one can find nearly complete security in the form of "3 hots and a cot." IT'S CALLED A PRISON OR JAIL!
We can not concede our rights as Americans to an oppressive and out of control government. WE ARE THE PEOPLE!
Damn, girl, WE ALREADY HAVE! We're now fighting a defensive rear guard action. This next election will tell us if we have the moral strength to go on the offensive. Unless blue is your favorite color, don't hold your breath.
Jefferson's warning has come to pass. Perhaps THE most sagacious student of history and human nature, he knew how much individual prosperity the system they were creating here would produce -- and the DANGERS which would flow from it:
"Yes, we did produce a near-perfect REPUBLIC. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the MEMORY OF FREEDOM? Material abundance WITHOUT CHARACTER is the path to destruction."
I like your style, passion, honesty and spot on, tell-it-like-it-is, unvarnished explanation of the sickening facts!
BRAVO!
We're doomed.
State Department takes to task Elian's (Communist) Schooling
Elian's right to asylum gains support --Four legal briefs filed with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Cuba's Abuses of Psychiatry -- political dissidents diagnosed as insane.
Willa Johns has done some homework for us!
....there was a forwarding number which I called. I got the security guard and she gave me the phone number and address for Social Services for Queen Anne's County--is this the county Wye Plantation is located?:
Maryland Department of Social Services
120 Broadway
Centerville, MD 21617
(410) 758-8000
Call and write. Ask some questions about the very real possibility of drugs being used on Elian, about his being taught Communism here in the U.S., in a school set up in their county by Fidel Castro and the comings and goings of Communists, after a directive by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Atlanta specifically instructing that no one take him out of the U.S.
Explain how psychiatry is used in Communist countries like Cuba to silence and control people. Report to them that Cuba has again been ranked at the top for terrible human rights abuses.
Let them know we are alarmed that Castro and Communism have come to the U.S. and set up a remote staging ground at Wye Plantation, in THEIR county,
Queen Anne County, where they are holding in isolation, a six-year-old boy and that there are credible reports of physical and mental abuse of Elian Gonzales.
Ask them what they're doing about this and if they're not doing anything, why NOT?
A place for Elian Gonzales in Queen Anne's schools
[EXERPT]
Forced Exile
Cuba routinely invokes forced exile as a condition for prisoner releases and also pressures activists to leave the country to escape future prosecution, in violation of international norms ensuring citizens' rights to remain in their own homeland.137 In November 1998, for example, Cuba released two prominent political prisoners, Dr. Dessy Mendoza Rivero and Jesús Chamber Ramírez, who had suffered serious physical deterioration while incarcerated, on the condition that they go into exile in Spain. In a trip to Cuba, Spanish Foreign Minister Abel Matutes had requested their release along with that of several other political prisoners.138 Armando Alonso Romero said that state security agents at Villa Marista forced him to sign papers saying that if he did not leave Cuba, he would have to complete the remainder of his sentence. He said, "this isn't liberty, it's forced exile" (destierro).139
The "choice" between continued prison terms or exile left the prisoners with no good option. The released Cuban prisoners were extremely reluctant to leave their homeland and their families. Officials at the Cerámica Roja Prison in Camagüey repeatedly called José Miranda Acosta to their offices in March and April 1998, insisting that he leave the country. But Miranda Acosta told them that he wanted to stay in Cuba. He recalled the prison's security director telling him that he could not remain in Cuba because he "had maintained a hostile attitude toward the revolution." The officials brought his brother to the prison to try and convince him to leave and stressed that exile was his "only option." Finally, Miranda Acosta acceded on the condition that he would be able to meet with some family members before leaving. But the government provided Miranda Acosta with minimal time to visit with his family prior to his exile on May 4, 1998. Although he had not seen his daughter during his imprisonment, the state security agents at Villa Marista allowed him only five minutes with her on April 29, in the presence of a state security investigator. They did not allow him to see her again before his departure.140
Although Adriano González Marichal, who was exiled to Canada in April 1998, mourned the loss of his homeland and his inability to see his elderly mother, he noted that "I am proud that we panic Fidel Castro, that he is terrified of twenty people that he's had to deport."141 ---[END EXCERPT]
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This is for all who say, "Why don't they just stay and fight for their country." They are fighting and they imprisoned and exiled.
BBTTT!
Thanks for the link above!
Hollings E-mail Address(es): hollings@hollings-cms.senate.gov
BTTT
How about a non-Elian related example (yes, they are out there!):
The Drug War on the Constitution
I know there are many issues Wolfie.
Thank you for linking to the thread.
We should do our part!
Each can add to the desired result!
***FREEDOM!***
BTTT!!
Wolfie....The link you provided is very well written and makes the point. Anyone can be violated and victimized.
You should post it on its own thread. If you do bump me and I will enter all the email addresses, so we can encourage people to contact the members of congress..
Bump!
Bump!!
Another bump for you My Lady.
Elian saga awakens activists to the cause
Bump for Freedom.
Today, May 22, 2000, the Arkansas Bar Association voted to have disbarment proceeding begin for Bill Clinton.
This stems from his lying under oath in the Paula Jones case!
President Clinton chews a cigar and
bangs on a drum in his hotel room in
Dakar, Senegal, on April 1 after the
dismissal of the Paula Jones case.
(Fox TV via AP)--Washington Post archive
He who laughs last, laughs best
Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct was the body calling for Bill Clinton's disbarment!
Could go either way. They may be cleaning up loose ends, or they may be for real. I guess we can hope.
Clinton's interests and Castro's converge--(Elian as propaganda at Wye Plantation)
Procter & Gamble in business with high ranking INS agent SPYING FOR CUBA (distrubing Elian connection)
Media Research Center's Special Report:Biased Media coverage of Elian Gonzales and the Miami Community.
Another bump!!!
Dear Cincinatus' Wife and All Others
Although we can all have compassion for the situation posed by the plight of the little Cuban boy, Elian, a boy whose mother came with him in desperation to our shores (illegally) and died by drowning in the attempt to reach our "land of freedom," is this situation any different from the many other unfortunate situations experienced by aliens trying to enter our country illegally?
I know, I know...and you, too, certainly know...you think back to those words at the base of the Statue of Liberty, those words of inspiration to the world's tired and oppressed. America as a nation and Americans as a people surely has absorbed its share into what is supposed to be a "melting pot" where we all benefit by our diversity and sharing of values. But while Castro has numerous times emptied his prisons and sent a mass of humanity to our shores, we did not know, really, whether the person coming to mingle in our midst was a sincere, honest, and unfortunate victim of oppression or whether the person in our midst was a rapist or a murderer in his own country run by a tyrant. We cooped these unfortunates up until we could sort them out, and eventually gave many amnesty and the right of residency and American citizenship.
Before the direction of this reply is taken in the wrong way, perhaps it should be the concern of every American to, as we say, think of "little Johnny" already in America, already an American citizen, already your offspring who also wishes to enjoy all the freedom and rights and privileges that your bringing him into the world gave him reason to think that he, too, deserved your concern and compassion. Yes, think equally of every "little Johnny" just as much as you think of "little Elian," for quite honestly he is your own life and blood, he is your pride and joy!!!
And, as an American adult, with kids in school, how much attention have you given "little Johnny"? When was the last time you broke away from the program on the "idiot box" to attend a Parent-Teacher conference, or go to talk to his teacher about a problem he was having at school? When is the last time, as a parent, that you looked at his textbooks to see if they contained the "right stuff" or whether he was being dumbed-down by the equivalent of pablum for coursework? Although you as a parent know that you want something better than you had, when you went to school, have you really prepared yourself to evaluate those things he's expected to absorb, or have you left it up to some goody two-shoes member of the local school board to decide the material that is supposed to prepare your "little Johnny" for the future that hopefully will be better?
All of what you say may be true, as you pose it, when "we, the people" need to let our representatives in government know what we believe to be the direction we should take as a nation. We MUST be active, but first we also must be informed. And, to be informed means that we each must be able to take our nose off the grindstone long enough to look up and see the horizon, to see the direction of this country that seems to daily lose sight of freedoms and rights that we know are buried somewhere in that U.S. Constitution and in our Bill of Rights. Is it not true that many an immigrant coming to our land, knows the basics of the operation of our government better than we do by having to pass the test in American citizenship BEFORE he can receive American citizenship? Is it not true that too many Americans who were born and raised in this wonderful country never have taken the time to know the workings of our American government by some self-study of the U.S. Constitution...they drift along with the crowd and, when it comes to leadership, "let George do it."?
Perhaps we need a "wake-up call" to our own well-being and to that of our own children, personified here in that proverbial kid we call "little Johnny." He, too, deserves our utmost attention, for he depends upon us for his guidance and hope for the future.
While we can all sympathize with the plight of one "little Elian" from Cuba, perhaps we should at least give EQUAL attention--IF NOT MORE--to our responsibilities to every "little Johnny" in America whose future rests in our hands by our adult concern, OUR parental guidance, AND, most importantly, by participating in government by exercising our DUTIES as active, informed citizens.
CitizenOne
Thank you for your timely reminder that we should always foster the love of freedom and the knowledge of what it is, in our children.
We need to let them know and ensure that they will have all the rights and priviledges of their citizenship and hopefully,
they will teach their children to carefully guard this gift and be vigilent and wary of those who would strip it away.
Perhaps we need a "wake-up call" to our own well-being and to that of our own children, personified here in that proverbial kid we call "little Johnny." He, too, deserves our utmost attention, for he depends upon us for his guidance and hope for the future.
I think little Johnny has been a "tad bit" over-indulged and dumbed down while, as you state, ignored by his parents.
I think ELIAN has been the wake up call to America. A reminder of what our freedoms are.
A stark look at what the government has done to remove them and the power they have assumed for themselves over us.
An advanced lesson in what lengths the LIBERAL media will go to protect Clinton and Communism....
....and how many Americans buy the Clinton spin and/or are so totally lacking in their understanding of the Cuban situation,
Castro and Communism that it should SHOCK people who still have a grasp on reality,
into removing their little Johnnys and Janeys from government schools.
I see Elian as more than one little boy, I see him as a window on America's slide into oblivion, or our rise out of it.
Thanks for the find fleabag. I'll put it here for our information and study!
Temporary Protective Order of Elian Gonzales
-- filed with the 11th Circuit Court and in Miami-Dade County--Jan 12, 2000.
This is the court order issued by Miami Circuit Judge Rosa Rodriguez declaring that Gonzalez must stay in the country until a March 6 court hearing. The decision, which was hailed by Miami's Cuban expatriate community, was rejected by Attorney General Janet Reno, who asserted that the Gonzalez matter should be decided by federal authorities, not a local court.
That preceeds the filing, in the above post, on the "Smokinggun site."
Looks like Janet and Bill don't like the states deciding anything.
On May 11th, during the oral arguements before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals-Atlanta,
it was made quite clear that the INS has wide discretion to interpert their own guidelines.
It was also pointedly discussed that they shouldn't be making such total reversals
about what the "rules" are, during the heat of this emotional issue.
Elian's newest LIBERAL "safehouse" in America
Thanks CW for the post. Did you also read Reno's letter to the Miami-Dade circuit court?
Carollo no longer a defendant in Warshaw's suit (Carollo say's that won't stop invest. of Warshaw)
Located another link for this: (One on last contacts thread stopped working)
U.S. Marshals helping Elian leave the Georgetown home of Smith Bagley,
grandson of tobacco magnate R.J. Reynolds and a big-time
Democratic donor and
fund-raiser, inspired criticism in Miami. (May 6, 2000)
RENO VISIT TO DRAW PROTESTS - First trip to Miami since Elian raid
Dade plans for Elian ruling (Police ask Court for 12 hour warning)
Did you also read Reno's letter to the Miami-Dade circuit court?
Thanks for the reminder:
Here is the link---
More KEY RECORDS on Elian -- "Smokinggun" site--Cuban Raft Boy web page
I'm going there now.
Dear Cincinatus' Wife and All Others
Thanks for your reply. You are correct that the plight of Elian is a "window" to what is happening in our midst. To emphasize the overall problem, however, I made a separate posting and you and others may be interested in the exchange found in Reply #2 and my Reply #3 to #2. You can find the related posting, and threads at
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a392b9a546934.htm
We all have our contributions to make and Free Republic is performing a great service by allowing citizen exchange of information through its website. There are many ways to serve and each of us must do his-her part.
Sincerely
CitizenOne
It's interesting when the facts start oozing out.
I'm surprised the Miami community didn't riot!
I'm glad that they didn't and amazed at the calm and quiet daily prayer vigils held everyday of the media and Justic Department siege.
I can see they knew they weren't going to get help from the feds and were looking to a higher authority and power.
They worked within the guidelines of the law and were called lawless.
We need to continue the fight and to pray that God give this child a voice louder and more powerful than those who have been lying and spying for Castro.
CUBAN Contact with INS raises CONCERN in ELIAN Case (Acting INS director arrested for spying)
Bump!
Thanks--The Taking of Elian Photos and articles.
Thank you!! A great one for the bookmarks. I has everything! ;^ )
Here is another bump for you. You are really doing a fine job here.
Did you see the former FBI agent, Van Zandt (Waco), lose his cool, when Hannity took him apart last night on his show?
You all might be interested to know the man in charge of deciding if Elain could apply for asylum is currently on trial for spying for Cuba.
LINK to his "saga." Here are some tid-bits. INS Deputy Director positioned to do harm-- (34 year veteran in Miami)
[EXCERPT]--In his 34 years with the INS, Faget Jr. was involved in the handling of practically every Cuban immigration issue -- granting residency under the Cuban
Adjustment Act of 1966, evaluating petitions for political asylum, assisting in chaotic situations like the Mariel boatlift.
SECRET CLEARANCE
He had secret security clearance -- a fact that had immigration lawyers fielding calls Friday from Cuban clients concerned about the possibly sensitive information
that Faget could have given to the Cuban government. The INS said it is reviewing all cases and files on which Faget worked, a massive undertaking.
``Whenever there was a Cuban issue, he was involved,'' said immigration lawyer Leopoldo Ochoa, who handled the controversial citizenship case of
trumpeter-defector Arturo Sandoval.
Lawyers are concerned on two fronts -- the secret information Faget could have delivered to the Cuban government and the Cuban agents he could have helped
plant in South Florida to monitor the Cuban exile community.
``He had parole power,'' Ochoa said. ``If Cuba had wanted to plant somebody, he could have fixed all his papers and just get him through with no fuss.'' --
[END EXCERPT]
Janet Reno and the FBI have full knowledge of this man and his ties with the Cuban Interests Section. He's been under surveillance for over a year. His arrest followed an FBI sting operation, "false blue," where he called in the information that a high level Cuban was defecting. ----Cuban link of INS official raises concern in ELIAN case
exile community astonished by official accused of working with Cuba
[EXCERPT]--``To turn around and betray the legacy of his father, who worked so hard against communism -- everyone is shaking their heads,'' Papa, 68, said. Like
many, Fuentes was also horrified about the possible damage that Faget could have done in his position hearing and deciding political asylum cases.
``How many people has he returned to Cuba knowing that they had a right to political asylum and knowing Fidel would disappear them? How many
innocents has he just handed over to their deaths?''
A Cuban-American architect who works exposing human rights abuses in Cuba said that as soon as he heard the news, he recalled problems getting
documents from the INS about people who had been political prisoners in Cuba.--[END EXCERPT]
NOW THIS IS THE STORY BILL O'REILLY SHOULD BE INVESTIGATING AND REPORTING WORLD WIDE!
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Where are you Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and investigative reporters of NEWS?
Time Magazine(1996)Clinton's Cuban Road To Florida :How Policy Was Turned By A Few Cuban Americans, Including His Sister-In-Law
Now he woos Castro!
Elian's newest DNC accessible site
And Elian's new neighbors? ["I live next door to the secretary of the Air Force, and we have Marian Wright Edelman and Judith Viorst down the street," said resident Laine Kaufman, referring, respectively, to the child advocate and the writer. "And of course we have Gregory Craig." ]
Elian's next level of reinsertion to Communism. ["My son had his first cigarette under that magnolia tree," she said, pointing toward the Youth for Understanding grounds, "and four neighbors called to tell me, before he even got home."]
Letter from Manny Diaz, lawyer for Elian Gonzales, to the Department of Justice(May 18, 2000)
"WE SUSPECT THAT MR. CRAIG HAS NEVER HAD TO WAIT THIS LONG TO
RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM OUR GOVERNMENT"
RealAudio - Elian Events Spur Call For Clinton Impeachment by Constitution Party Candidate
BTTT!!!
I see they've managed to get him back to D.C.
Check post # 81.
Elian's new neighbors are Greg Craig and Marian Wright Edelman, close personal friends of the Clintons.
The quotes on that post are for real.
Joan Brown Campbell, recently retired head of National Council of Churches
and Thom White Wolf Fassett, United Methodist Church.
Castro's U.S. handlers of Juan Miguel Gonzales and family.
Another good place to contact!
Media Research Center (MRC)
aszul@mediaresearch.org
I totally agree with you.
GREAT POST! (#35)
EDUCATION LINKS THREAD (#7)-----DON'T LET LIBERALS EDUCATION OUR CHILDREN!
Elian, Liberty, and the Law Betrayed An Analysis of Judge Moore's Rulingz
WAKE UP! Elian billboards going up across America!
Thank you CW for your thoughtful and insightful information.
BTTT!
Are we on the verge of one of the greatest scandals in US History? [EXCERPT] Gary Hart and Andy Young were involved initially in these secret conversations and Dwayne Andreas may have been the financial angel in some cases, in particular the Grannies' visit. They were promoting some business deal from before the Elian problem and got tangentially involved. All this was part of a hush-hush effort by the Administration to generate business pressure to restabllish normal relations with Cuba Somehow, they seem to have been displaced after the Grannies visit ended in a public relations disaster. And, more so, after the Faget arrest led Fidel to smell a Clinton betrayal. As part of the broad deal, Castro is also to play a role in the Colombia peace negotiations.[END EXCERPT]
[my comment on that thread]--- This part about Gary Hart caught my eye. I posted a story about a year ago, it could be longer. Perhaps we could find it in Alamo Girl's encyclopedic downside legacy source. The article was about a government investigator that had been running a security clearance on Gary Hart. When the questions started getting personal, Hart called on his friend Secretary of Defense Cohen to intervene. I believe the clearance was being done so he could be on a defense department committee or something. There were more interesting connections between Cohen and Hart and I hope I ,or someone, can find this story. The investigator, who had been doing his job, was removed from or quit his job, I think, I'm not sure.
For those who don't know about the Faget arrest in Miami, he was the acting INS district deputy director in charge of asylum examinations when Elian was going through the process. Go here to read the shocking details. He is currently standing trial for spying. I belive the case has gone to the jury.
I found it AG!
All-- This is the way our government does security clearances. I'm posting it because of the information Lewis Gonzales posted and referenced in the above post.
The following from Alamo-Girl's file USA Today 8/10/99 Edward Pound "...A group of influential Republican congressmen pressed Defense Secretary William Cohen on Monday to reinstate an investigator who was removed from his job only hours after he began a security background review of Cohen's old friend, former Colorado senator Gary Hart. Twenty House members, including the chairmen of two committees and four members of the Armed Services Committee, sent Cohen a letter of "protest" demanding he rescind a proposed 30-day suspension of David Kerno, who works for the Defense Security Service in Lakewood, Colo., near Denver. Kerno, 53, described by the lawmakers as "a professional and principled investigator," does not deserve to be punished for doing his job, the letter said. Kerno began to check into Hart's background last year after Cohen named the Colorado lawyer to the prestigious National Security Study Group, a panel that will make an extensive review of the nation's security needs.....In his background inquiry, Kerno asked colleagues in a Denver law firm about Hart's personal life. Later that day, Hart complained to Cohen's office. Within 30 hours, Kerno was assigned to a desk job.
The Defense Security Service later started suspension proceedings against him. Kerno has said he was only doing his job, which requires agents to dig into personal lives. Hart's relationship with a part-time model forced his withdrawal from the 1988 presidential race.
The security service conducts background checks on Defense personnel and others requiring access to classified data. The agency also has been sharply criticized for mismanagement and failure to cut an enormous backlog of investigations. The General Accounting Office, a congressional watchdog agency, is reviewing the agency's practices and will issue a report this year. In their letter, the lawmakers said Cohen's failure to defend Kerno was "astounding and only highlights this administration's lack of concern for the important national security interests behind personnel screening and the security clearance review process." They said the questions Kerno had asked Hart's colleagues were "standard procedure" for background inquiries. The lawmakers urged Cohen to halt Kerno's "threatened punishment," an act that would "reassure the public that the background investigation process will remain above board...."
Illegal Elian How the INS Twisted its own rules: Byron York, The American Spectator
"We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want…everywhere in the world.
The fourth is freedom from fear…anywhere in the world."
--President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to Congress, January 6, 1941
Looks like we're losing ground. Time to stop thinking we're invincible and to start realizing citizenship is interactive.
"DO THE RIGHT THING" Credit records detail spending by (ex-Miami City Manager) Warshaw
FAGET CONVICTED IN SPYING CASE (INS official in charge of asylum examinations---Elian?)
CUBA, U.S. still fight Cold War (U.S. government employee -INS-convicted today--Cuban SPY)
Fidel Castro on TV Today Re: Elian at 5:00 P.M. EST (Here's How To Watch Live, On-Line)
Thanks for the link. I also caught the story. A big bump!
Senior INS official with 34-year INS Career convicted of espionage --Washington Post
GREENBERG: The Disappeared: What ever happened to Elián?
Decision on Elián expected today
COURT SAYS NO ELIAN ASYLUM HEARING
Yippee!!! Today is a wonderful day for justice and family!
.....And a blow to the rule of law.Don't be so gleeful, perhaps you will need it some day.
Or do you think the Clintons and the Democrat National Socialists were doing this for family unity?
If you do, remember Bill Clinton said he fought impeachment to save the Constitution.
If you believe that, I think you're ready to go to the Oval office and be of service to the Commander-Impeached!
June 1st 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling
This is no blow to the rule of law. This is a blow to government intervention into families and their rights. A decision against Juan and Elian would have opened the door for the government to take on anybody that disagreed with the modern agenda. Teach your kids that homosexuality is wrong? The government would take your kids for hate crimes. Raise your kids with a strict interpretation of the Bible? The government would take your kids for improper education. Spank your kids? The government would take your kids for child abuse.
It looks the the government is pretty damn well doing what they please, isn't it? Think about it!
I get replies to both e mail and to snail mail, the secret with e put your address on there and let them know you are expecting a reply. On gun issues we sign our mail as lifetime voting members of the NRA usually sending along a bumper sticker "I am a gunowner and I vote". On issues where Republicans side with democrats, I do not hesitate to use my signature as Republican County Vice Chair, and to the one democrat that represents us I do not hesitate to use the signature of Election Commission Officer.
I also am quick to remind them that they work for me, we pay their salary. I also am very quick to let them know that I will be putting their votes on Free Republic and other webpages for the world to see. Use whatever firepower you can find to let these employees know we are mad as h#ll and we aren't going to take it anymore!!!!!
I haven't had much success, but I'm glad that your efforts are being recognized. I was so upset with the Minnesota Republican's captitulation to the DFL and Jesse the Fraudy, that I ripped up my MN Republican membership card and mailed it to my Representative. I received a hand-written response within days. They need to get a sense of urgency.
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PEACE IS BORN OF A NEW HEART Thread VIII
I borrowed your tip. It gave me the umph to start a new thread!
Thank you.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE
STAND BESIDE HER AND GUIDE HER.....
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