BREITBART The intestinal bleeding that forced Fidel Castro to temporarily relinquish his presidential powers appeared to be the most serious of a number of recent health problems that have plagued the Cuban leader as he approaches his 80th birthday.Cubans were reminded of Castro’s advancing age when he fell on Oct. 20, 2004, after a public speech, shattering a kneecap and breaking an arm. But the Cuban leader was back on his feet less than two months later, attending to visiting leaders and making public appearances.
To the streets ...
Cuban exiles took to the streets in anticipation Monday night after news spread that Cuban President Fidel Castro had temporarily relinquished power to his brother Raul and undergone surgery for an intestinal illness.People waved Cuban flags on Little Havana’s Calle Ocho, shouting “Cuba, Cuba, Cuba,” hoping that the end was near for the man most of them consider a ruthless dictator. There were hugs, cheers and dancing as drivers honked their horns. Many of Miami’s exiles fled the communist island or have parents and grandparents who did.
“We long for the day when power transfers in Cuba are the results of a free, democratic process and reflect the wishes of the Cuban people, not the preordained wishes of a dictator” said Joanna Gonzalez, spokeswoman for Raices de Esperanza, or Roots of Hope.
And who says democracy isn’t the government people want.
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Cross-posted from MsUnderestimated.
A friend of mine sent me this link, and I have to say I was stunned when I watched the “Pallywood” video. This isn’t just your typical conspiracy theory, people; this is legitimate and with audio/visual proof of the Palestinian production company that is paid to make Palestinians’ “deaths” and “injuries” look factual.
Apparently this is not very new, however it was new to me – but relevant still the same and worthy of passing around. For those of you out there who do NOT believe that a lot of the B.S. casualties on the Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian sides are just that – B.S – this post is just for you! Some are obviously nothing more than what is created in the director’s studio for the media idiots to buy into, swallowing hook, link, and, in this case, stinker!
From the site Second Draft, you can read and see the truth also about the Al Durha “incident.” From the Pallywood video, here’s what the producers say:
“The material we show here constitutes a tiny fragment of a much larger phenomenon, raw footage from Palestinian photographers working for major western media outlets. From this material, our news agencies prepare news reports that shape our perceptions of what is happening in the Middle East Conflict.We think that a close analysis of this material defies all expectations of what such footage should resemble, and suggest that Palestinian photographers do not at all share the same production and journalistic values espoused by a free press. We leave the experience and the judgment to you:”
So, like they suggest, you watch for yourself and YOU decide. This is absolutely astonishing, and I can’t believe I’ve not heard of this before.
To read the rest of the post, and watch the second video, “Al Durha,” go to MsUnderestimated.
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When some talk about “moral equivalence” or “disproportionate force,” they miss the very essence of what is deemed a “fair fight.” For those of you who need a reminder of how it really is, I offer you this:
When I was in the Navy, I once witnessed a bar fight in downtown Olongapo (Philippines) that still haunts my dreams. The fight was between a big oafish Marine and a rather soft-spoken, medium-sized Latino sailor from my ship.
All evening the Marine had been trying to pick a fight with one of us and had finally set his sights on this diminutive shipmate of mine… figuring him for a safe target. When my friend refused to be goaded into a fight, the Marine sucker-punched him from behind on the side of the head so hard that blood instantly started to pour from this poor man’s mutilated ear.
Everyone present was horrified and was prepared to absolutely murder this Marine, but my shipmate quickly turned on him and began to single-handedly back him towards a corner with a series of stinging jabs and upper cuts that gave more than a hint to a youth spent boxing in a small gym in the Bronx.
Each punch opened a cut on the Marine’s startled face and by the time he had been backed completely into the corner he was blubbering for someone to stop the fight. He invoked his split lips and chipped teeth as reasons to stop the fight. He begged us to stop the fight because he could barely see through the river of blood that was pouring out of his split and swollen brows.
Nobody moved. Not one person.
The only sound in the bar was the sickening staccato sound of this sailor’s lightning fast fists making contact with new areas of the Marine’s head. The only sound I have heard since that was remotely similar was from the first Rocky film when Sylvester Stallone was punching sides of beef in the meat locker.
Finally the Marine’s pleading turned to screams…. a high, almost womanly shriek. And still the punches continued relentlessly.
Several people in the bar took a few tentative steps as though they wanted to try to break it up at that point, but hands reached out from the crowd and held them tight. I’m not ashamed to say that mine were two of the hands that held someone back.
You see, in between each blow the sailor had begun chanting a soft cadence: “Say [punch] you [punch] give [punch] up [punch]... say [punch] you [punch] were [punch] wrong [punch].”
He had been repeating it to the Marine almost from the start but we only became aware of it when the typical barroom cheers had died down and we began to be sickened by the sight and sound of the carnage.
This Marine stood there shrieking in the corner of the bar trying futilely to block the carefully-timed punches that were cutting his head to tatters… right down to the skull in places. But he refused to say that he gave up… or that he was wrong.
Even in the delirium of his beating he believed in his heart that someone would stop the fight before he had to admit defeat. I’m sure this strategy had served him well in the past and had allowed him to continue on his career as a barroom bully.
Finally, in a wail of agony the Marine shrieked “I give up,” and we gently backed the sailor away from him.
I’m sure you can guess why I have shared this story today.
I’m not particularly proud to have been witness to such a bloody spectacle, and the sound of that Marine’s woman-like shrieks will haunt me to my grave. But I learned something that evening that Israel had better learn for itself if it is to finally be rid of at least one of its tormentors:
This is one time an Arab aggressor must be allowed to be beaten so badly that every civilized nation will stand in horror, wanting desperately to step in and stop the carnage… but knowing that the fight will only truly be over when one side gives up and finally admits defeat.
Just as every person who had ever rescued that bully from admitting defeat helped create the cowardly brute I saw that evening in the bar, every well-intentioned power that has ever stepped in and negotiated a cease-fire for an Arab aggressor has helped create the monsters we see around us today.
President Lahoud of Lebanon, a big Hezbollah supporter and a close ally of Syria, has been shrieking non-stop to the UN Security Council for the past two days to get them to force Israel into a cease fire.
Clearly he has been reading his autographed copy of ‘Military Success for Dummies: Arab Despots’ by the late Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. Ever since Nasser accidentally discovered the trick in ‘56, every subsequent Arab leader has stuck to his tried and true formula for military success:
Instigate a war.
Once the war is well underway and you are in the process of having your ass handed to you… get a few world powers to force your western opponent into a cease-fire.
Whatever you do, don’t surrender or submit to any terms dictated by your enemy. That would ruin everything! All you have to do is wait it out and eventually the world will become sickened at what is being done to your soldiers and civilian population… and will force a truce.
Once a truce has been called, you can resume your intransigence (which probably caused the conflict in the first place), and even declare victory as your opponent leaves the field of battle.
This tactic has never failed. Not once.
In fact it worked so well for the Egyptians in 1973, that to this day they celebrate the Yom Kippur War – a crushing defeat at the hands of Israel – as a military victory! No kidding… it’s a national holiday over there!
President Lahoud has already begun to shriek like a school girl to the UN Security Council to “Stop the violence and arrange a cease-fire, and then after that we’ll be ready to discuss all matters.”
Uh huh. Forgive me if I find that a tad hard to swallow. He allowed Hezbollah to take over his country. He allowed the regular Lebanese army to provide radar-targeting data for the Hezbollah missile that struck the Israeli destroyer. He has turned a blind eye while Iranian and Syrian weapons, advisers and money have poured into his country.
And now that his country is in ruins he wants to call it a draw.
As much as it may sicken the world to stand by and watch it happen, strong hands need to hold back the weak-hearted and let the fight continue until one side finally admits unambiguous defeat.
Here’s the original link to Bogner’s post – rather brilliant, I must say. And thanks go to this person for sharing this with me and my friends:
Ch., Lt Col Brett C. Oxman Staff Chaplain, Personnel and Budget Office of the AF Chief of Chaplains DSN 297-1485, Civ (202) 767-1485Seen at Treppenwitz (thank you, sir, for the clarity).
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FOX News obtained the following video showing rockets being fired from a building similar to one Israel bombed in retaliation.
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MRC’s Brent Bozell appeared on The O’Reilly Factor tonight to discuss the major cable channels assessment of the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict. Bozell said most coverage was balanced, however made a note of CNN’s Nic Robinson reporting Hezbollah propaganda without noting the influence of the terrorist organization in his piece.
Republican strategist Ed Rogers demands to know what the Democrats have done in the mideast from a liberal whiner.
VIDEO – .WMV
In the Unresolved Problem segment, Laura talks with Niles Gardiner of the Heritage Foundation about the U.S. taxpayer-paid-for evacutation of Americans and others who CHOSE to go to Beirut and other places in Lebanon despite FOUR warnings from the U.S. State Department due to the level of growing hostility in the area. Granted, a large percentage of the Americans there either lived or worked there, but there were also a great many who chose to go there on vacation. What? Where next? Maybe they can go for winter vacation in Darfur. Spring break in Cuba or Venezuela perhaps? Maybe next summer instead of the Hamptons, how about the Congo or Somalia?
People will say that Laura is being cold-hearted, that the United States should help ALL people in times of need, but damnit, there comes a time when personal responsibility has to kick in. And this time was one of those (as was Katrina). People were complaining about the cramped conditions of the boats and ships that were bringing their pampered, brat asses back home, whining about air conditioning, flies, and other such supercilious nonsense. They believed, and we caved, that it was the duty of the United States (read “taxpayer”) to bring them home for free, and in cushy, comfy conditions.
Read the full story and watch the video at MsUnderestimated.
Friday on Bill O’Reilly, Laura had Frank Gaffney, Former Asst. Secretary of Defense, and Gary Berntsen, Former Chief of the CIA’s Hezbollah Unit in to discuss the current Israeli war against Hezbollah. As usual, Frank Gaffney, ever the brilliant scholar, did not disappoint.
Laura starts off by asking Mr. Gaffney about Syria, the fact that Iraq’s WMDs are reported to have been moved to Syria, Iran’s sponsorship of Syria and Hezbollah in general, and what he thought of the threat by that. Gaffney said that was all unknown at this point, but it couldn’t be ruled out. He thought something else was equally important to discuss.
Frank: But I think one thing that this audience in particular needs to understand is I think Israel is fighting OUR war. These are enemies of ours, not just of Israel. Hezbollah, the FBI has pointed out, has active cells in as many as maybe a dozen cities in this country, with the capacity of, in the words of one of the former officials, to attack us anywhere, anytime here in America. So it’s very much in our interest that Israel succeeds in this. It will take dealing with Iran and Syria, in which I think we’re going to have to help with.
Laura then talks about the split between conservatives over the issue, citing George Will and Pat Buchanan’s latest literary incursions about this being “not our thing” there.
Frank: Here’s why it is. I believe we’re in a war for the free world that is truly a global war.Laura: Do Americans believe that?
Frank: Well I think Americans who think about it do, and those who have not been thinking about it probably don’t. But here’s the main reason why: the principal element, the leading edge of which, we are fighting now or seeing fought now in the Middle East with Hezbollah, is a political ideology I think is best described as Islamofascism. It’s a unifying theme; it has its Shiite dimensions, it has its Sunni dimensions, but it is part and parcel of our war, as well.
I’ve never heard someone hit this nail on the head so straight on, and that’s one of the things I admire about Frank Gaffney. Anytime he’s a part of a segment on any of the shows, I always watch with rapt attention so I can possibly glean something from his political and world-history acumen.
Watch the video here.
Cross-posted from MsUnderestimated.
On Friday, Laura Ingraham sat in for Bill O’Reilly. She did an OUT-STANDING job! I’m going to be posting several of the segments, because they were all just brilliant. This is the first time I can recall that a big-time prime-time cable show had a female fill in for them. Laura was fantastic, and I only hope Bill O’Reilly has her fill in more. Not that I dislike John Kasich or anything, but America is ready for strong women pundits. Laura proved in subsequent segments after the Talking Points that she is ready for the TV big time, and I think Fox News should give her her own show. I even wrote Bill O and told him so.
Tonight’s Memo was about winning the hearts and minds of America in this continued global war on terror, and I have to say that Laura was spot-on in her assessment. It’s not going to be won in the battlefileds; it’s going to be won (or lost) on Main Street U.S.A. Let’s hope that we can come together as a nation and stop this political divisiveness, support our troops and other democratic societies around the world who are fighthing for the freedom of all mankind. This current war between Israel and Hezbollah has far-reaching implications, and whether we like it or not, it has everything to do with us – and sooner or later, we’ll have to come to Israel’s defense with boots on the ground. We have to all come to the realization that it’s not really Israel vs. Hezbollah; but it’s civilized mankind vs. Islamofascism. And we must win, no matter the cost. Losing this war is not an option.
God bless the U.S.A. and God Bless Israel, and protect us all.
Watch the Talking Points Memo here.
Cross-posted from MsUnderestimated.
