Finally the American Government has relaxed travel bans to the Island Republic of Cuba. It's taken more than 50 years to bring this exiled nation back into the mainstream of the Americas.
What took so long for the hypocritical politicians that have vacationed on the Cuban Island to allow the Cuban families the same travel opportunities they have enjoyed from the inception of the blockade and travel ban.
This is such an elitist country, that offers opportunity for the rich and well-connected. Yet denies the same benefits to the displaced and often time indigent cuban american community.
Well at the very least the time has come for cooler heads to prevail. My sincerest hope is that the Cuban Government will now take the ball and advance it even further down the field. There is no practical reasoning for having this country in our backyard and not engaging in full diplomatic communication.
For years we have missed out on the cuban socialized medical communities and the advancement of our own single payer medical programs. Learning from other governments is a positive and necessary step in the advancement of our democratic legislative process. We are not the only country on the planet with a formative policy on governance.
I salute President Obama and his cabinet on this historic day in the history of our great and growing nation. Someday we will all look back on this magnificent day with the pride of a new America filled with hope and new found prosperity.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Look At The Bigger Picture
I hope all of you are paying attention to the events of this past week. First of all I would like to extend my best wishes to the family of Captain Phillips of the Alabama-Maersk. Only through the grace of God and the extraordinary skills of our Navy Seals is Mr. Phillips now safely onboard with the US Navy.
One thing I find peculiar, having listened to the account of the activities that led up to the hostage situation. The aforementioned Captain Phillips was previously aware of the pirating activities almost a week in advance. Yet, Captain Phillips chose to ignore these activities and sail a course within 250 miles of the Somali coast. Has anyone questioned why our Navy had to sail almost 300 nautical miles to arrive at the scene of this incident? Probably not, from all that has been reported. Or, don't any of you find it peculiar that this was a UN Food vessel, sailing into Kenya. Look at the facts people, this incident should raise more questions about what's really taking place behind closed doors. The Alabama had no business being that close to the Somali coast. Captain Phillips knew exactly where the US Navy was at the time of his foray. Insurance companies have instructed all Shipping companies to remain at least 300 nautical miles away from the Somali coast.
I can only hope our FBI conducts a thorough investigation. If it were me, I would start with who owns the Maersk line, and why would the Captain disregard standing orders? We deserve the truth, after-all it's our tax dollars going to waste. Our treasure should not be used in vain, what if one of those Seals had lost his or her's life trying to rescue Captain Phillips.
Lest we forget how easily we were led into a war in Iraq, don't let the hawkish politicians send us on a course of destruction onto the Somali coast. Remember the movie .....Blackhawk Down, Somalia is not Iraq, many of these crude Militia's are former soldiers trained to be terrorist. We must never forget, Osama Bin laden went to Somalia to train prior to starting his Al Queda assaults throughout the middle east. Many high ranking US Military officials see this as an opporunity to make up for a defeat in the eyes of the media. Big Pharma want's access to the most potent stimulant to come along in many years. Go back and read Time Magazine, Khat is a natural plant that is more potent than amphetamines. The patent on this drug is worth Billions. It only grows in a few countries in eastern africa.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/15/AR2006041500666.html
Of course a country with a dictatorial government would be the best to exploit! Sound familiar people, again think Iraq. This is Conoco, Amoco, Chevron and Phillips all possessing oil rights negotiated during the Reagan Era and desperately wanting to drill for what is believed to be millions of barrels of oil! George W. Bush allocated 20,000 troops to Somalia to help facilitate this exploration. See the attached article!
http://www.netnomad.com/fineman.html
The Somali's are desperate people who are being denied access to their primary foodsource. Fishing off the coast of Somalia has been severely threatened by the dumping of Nuclear waste by the French and English governments for quite sometime. This dumping has killed off massive quantities of fish, which previously fed entire communities. Where is the United Nations, the media outrage, the public discourse. People the facts are pretty clear, something fishy is going on off the coast of Somalia. And once again the Tyranny of Big Oil knows no boundaries.
Lest I forget, if it doesn't happen here in the great U.S. of A., then it doesn't happen at all. We must never forget to look at the Bigger Picture.
One thing I find peculiar, having listened to the account of the activities that led up to the hostage situation. The aforementioned Captain Phillips was previously aware of the pirating activities almost a week in advance. Yet, Captain Phillips chose to ignore these activities and sail a course within 250 miles of the Somali coast. Has anyone questioned why our Navy had to sail almost 300 nautical miles to arrive at the scene of this incident? Probably not, from all that has been reported. Or, don't any of you find it peculiar that this was a UN Food vessel, sailing into Kenya. Look at the facts people, this incident should raise more questions about what's really taking place behind closed doors. The Alabama had no business being that close to the Somali coast. Captain Phillips knew exactly where the US Navy was at the time of his foray. Insurance companies have instructed all Shipping companies to remain at least 300 nautical miles away from the Somali coast.
I can only hope our FBI conducts a thorough investigation. If it were me, I would start with who owns the Maersk line, and why would the Captain disregard standing orders? We deserve the truth, after-all it's our tax dollars going to waste. Our treasure should not be used in vain, what if one of those Seals had lost his or her's life trying to rescue Captain Phillips.
Lest we forget how easily we were led into a war in Iraq, don't let the hawkish politicians send us on a course of destruction onto the Somali coast. Remember the movie .....Blackhawk Down, Somalia is not Iraq, many of these crude Militia's are former soldiers trained to be terrorist. We must never forget, Osama Bin laden went to Somalia to train prior to starting his Al Queda assaults throughout the middle east. Many high ranking US Military officials see this as an opporunity to make up for a defeat in the eyes of the media. Big Pharma want's access to the most potent stimulant to come along in many years. Go back and read Time Magazine, Khat is a natural plant that is more potent than amphetamines. The patent on this drug is worth Billions. It only grows in a few countries in eastern africa.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/15/AR2006041500666.html
Of course a country with a dictatorial government would be the best to exploit! Sound familiar people, again think Iraq. This is Conoco, Amoco, Chevron and Phillips all possessing oil rights negotiated during the Reagan Era and desperately wanting to drill for what is believed to be millions of barrels of oil! George W. Bush allocated 20,000 troops to Somalia to help facilitate this exploration. See the attached article!
http://www.netnomad.com/fineman.html
The Somali's are desperate people who are being denied access to their primary foodsource. Fishing off the coast of Somalia has been severely threatened by the dumping of Nuclear waste by the French and English governments for quite sometime. This dumping has killed off massive quantities of fish, which previously fed entire communities. Where is the United Nations, the media outrage, the public discourse. People the facts are pretty clear, something fishy is going on off the coast of Somalia. And once again the Tyranny of Big Oil knows no boundaries.
Lest I forget, if it doesn't happen here in the great U.S. of A., then it doesn't happen at all. We must never forget to look at the Bigger Picture.
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