Cuba: The Same Old Commie Goons and Thugs

Obama wants to open up travel and end the trade embargo with regard to Cuba.

Not surprising, since many of his supporters sported images of Castro's hit-man, the mass-murderer Che Guevara.

One would think that things had changed in the Commie regime to our south.

Not so! They're still the same old goons and thugs as always. And a recent incident with a blogger proves it!

Read all about it in my column today at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

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Adoring Castro: CBC Ignores Religious Persecution

The Congressional Black Caucus went to Cuba to lick the boots of barbarian Fidel Castro, and in doing so ignored 50 years of history involving systematic attacks on human rights and religious freedom.

Read my report and commentary on this issue today at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

It is a dreadful sign that so many within our own government express outright admiration for a totalitarian society and a barbaric dictator such as Castro.

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***ANOTHER CRITICAL LIBERTY ALERT***

The words on the screen are eerily reminiscent of another era in American history--the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis during which Russia aimed nuclear missiles at the U.S. just 90 miles away in the Communist haven of Fidel Castro.

As Obama and the Democrats focus on removing trade and travel restrictions to the Communist country, Cuba is preparing to allow Russian bombers to utilize its air bases. So is Venezuela.

The newly forged Communist-Jihadist Axis of Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, and North Korea is beginning to show its potential force which will pose a major problem for the West, particularly in light of the fact that Obama has nixed the Bush plan to set up a nuclear shield to protect free nations from the new menace.

Read this complete report at Breitbart via Matt Drudge.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 2/26/08

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Mike McCarville reports that the 'Obama-in-a-head-wrap-flap' is stirring ill winds between the Obama and Clinton camps:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/02/circulation-of-obama-photo-clinton.html

JR reminds gunnies living in North Texas about the big Lone Star Friends of the NRA dinner this coming Friday:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/02/this-upcoming-friday-is.html

All American Blogger says that the notion that socialized healthcare is a 'moral imperative' is actually a very IMMORAL concept:
http://www.allamericanblogger.com/2240/socialized-health-care-is-a-moral-imperative-founded-on-immorality/

Alphecca blogs on the proposed changes in West Virginia gun laws:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=653

Armed and Safe says he is placed in the unprecedented position of defending Dick Cheney for opposing the Administration's stance on D.C. vs. Heller, and adding his signature to the Congressional brief which supports Heller in the D.C. gun ban. We agree. Mr. Cheney should be given rousing accolades for having the courage to follow his convictions in the face of a President who seems to have forgotten ALL of his!:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/02/defending-cheney-howd-i-get-into-this.html

Xavier admits this is a bogus story, but I can imagine that there are some numbskulls around who would do something like this:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/02/oh-my-god.html

Wonder how many U.S. colleges fund Islamic extremists? Well, Nicki shows us one in Australia that does such a thing, and it would not be hard to image colleges in the U.S. doing the same thing (the bastards):
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/02/australian-college-to-fundie-islamic.html

Breda presents an interesting take on self-defense, entitled, 'Love Gun':
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-gun.html

Bitter Bitch presents a thorough timeline on the NRA staff's involvement with pushing to get firearms allowed in national parks and wildlife refuges:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7903

Sebastian observes that this is 1972 all over again, and he's right. Those of us old enough to remember George McGovern, the Democratic nominee in 1972, have seen at least part of the Osama-'Bama B.S. before. It is called SOCIALISM, which translates to ANTI-FREEDOM. The only thing different about McGovern is that he was not worshipped as a rock star/Messianic hero as is Obama:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/02/24/its-1972-all-over-again/

Robb Allen points to yet another pants-shittin' hysterical journalism student on the loose:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/02/25/Granted-its-what-you-expect-out-of-a-journalist-student.aspx

Of Arms and the Law reports that the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order today that gives an edge to the government's case in terms of the length of argument in D.C. vs. Heller:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/02/heller_ruling_r.php

The Volokh Conspiracy has a VERY interesting read on Cuba. It seems liberals are always judging the goodness of a government by 'how many people react to it fondly.' This argument is full of holes. With Communist indoctrination, many in Russia fondly remember Stalin, probably the most notorious mass murderer in the history of the world:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_02_24-2008_03_01.shtml#1203921902

Hillary Nervous About Fred Thompson

Washington, DC (TLS). In a display showing just how nervous Democrats have become over the prospects of a Fred Thompson candidacy, Hillary Clinton took a swipe at Thompson over his remarks about Cuba.

Thompson made the remarks within the context of the looming immigration compromise bill in Congress, suggesting that Fidel Castro is still sending spies into the U.S.

The U.S. Government apprehended 1000 Cuban illegal aliens last year.

Wasting no time in using Thompson's remarks to incite the ire of the Cuban-American community in Florida, Hillary grossly mischaracterized Thompson's remarks, twisting his words to suggest that the former U.S. Senator was somehow slamming Cuban-Americans.

Thompson's campaign staff quickly jumped on the mischaracterization, and wrote on the Thompson website that the Senator in no way referred to the thousands of Cuban-Americans who live in Florida. The response made it clear that nobody in the U.S. understands the danger of Fidel Castro and illegal aliens any more than the Cuban-Americans in the Miami area.

Apparently Hillary and her husband have no understanding of that danger, however.

In the early 1990s, the Clinton White House issued one of the largest welcome mats to host a visit from the Cuban Communist Dictator. In fact, Clinton rolled out the red carpet for Castro and treated him like a revered elder statesman.

Dan Rather at CBS News at the time could not resist using the Castro visit to do a major prime-time interview, treating the Communist as if he were a hero.

Perhaps the Cuban-American community in the Miami area should go back in their memories and recall the outright disgust, disdain, and outrage they felt toward Clinton and the mainstream media at the time. Clinton and others like him were severely denounced and condemned by numerous voices in the Cuban-American community, many of whom still have vivid memories of the horrors they fled under the brutal regime of a Communist bully in order to come to the U.S.

Americans should not forget that Fidel Castro is still leading Cuba and that Cuba is still very much a Communist nation.

To hear Hillary talk, perhaps we should expect a Clinton Presidency to be one in which Castro would be brought to live in the White House in his golden years and receive, free of charge, private healthcare from the best healthcare system in the world, built by U.S. capitalism.

Wouldn't THAT be an interesting counter-blow to Michael Moore's latest Commie lovefest!

Read complete coverage of the this latest war of words, and more, here at Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287494,00.html

Fred Thompson Blasts Cuba, Castro, Ridicules Michael Moore

Washington, DC (TLS). Fred Thompson just may be THE candidate conservatives and independents are looking for. In the video you can watch below, Thompson takes a swipe at Communist Cuba, Commie-Dictator Fidel Castro, and proceeds to get us laughing at Michael Moore by suggesting that his continued trips to the island nation may result in his being thrown into a Cuban mental institution!

The video is really hilarious, smooth, and professionally done.

To see it, click here:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=611

Katie Couric on Guns, Christians, Castro, Conservatives

Washington, DC (TLS). The Liberty Sphere blew the lid on the dishonest reporting techniques employed by Katie Couric and CBS News when describing a poll that supposedly showed a 55% majority of Americans either did not support the funding of the troop surge in Iraq or did not support funding the War at all. As we reported, through a deft slight-of-hand maneuver, Couric manipulated the figures to say something they did not say.

In actuality, 45% of those who responded to the poll said they did not support funding the troop surge. That means 55% either support it or had no opinion. This was not mentioned by Couric. In addition, she stated that 8% of those polled said they did not support funding the War at all. She failed to mention that this means that fully 92% of Americans apparently SUPPORT funding the War.

This blatant act of deliberately misrepresenting poll numbers raised the suspicions of this writer. The result was a bit of research conducted by The Liberty Sphere. It did not take long to discover nearly a 20-year history of Liberal bias, Leftist slant, denigration of Conservatives, Republicans, evangelical Christians and Catholics, and a glowing adoration of Democrats, Liberals, Communists such as Fidel Castro, and our anti-Semitic ex-President, Jimmy Carter.

In addition, Couric is an avid supporter of gun control, even going so far as to lecture Charlton Heston when he was head of the NRA.

The following quotations span much of Couric's career, both at NBC and now as anchor of CBS Evening News. We are greatly indebted to the Media Research Center for providing much of this information.

As you will see, Couric can hardly hide her obvious Leftist bent. She is one of the prime examples of why Americans should oppose with all of our might the so-called 'Fairness Doctrine' that Democrats wish to use to gain equal time on conservative talk radio. We do not need a Fairness Doctrine. With Couric and her Leftist comrades at NBC, ABC, and CNN, the only method conservatives have to be heard is radio and Fox News.

If Democrats wish equal time to respond to Rush Limbaugh, then we should demand equal time to respond to the propaganda spouted each evening by Couric and company.

Here are the words straight from the horse's mouth:

Castro, Charismatic Success Story
"Considered one of the most charismatic leaders of the 20th century....[Fidel] Castro traveled the country cultivating his image and his revolution delivered. Campaigns stamped out illiteracy and even today, Cuba has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world."— February 13, 1992.

Carve Carter into Mt. Rushmore
"And finally President Carter, you are now considered one of the world’s foremost statesmen. You’ve been called the best ex-President this country has ever had. Your reputation has been bolstered tremendously since you left office. How does that make you feel?"— November 13, 1991

One More Gun Restriction, That’s The Ticket!
Katie Couric: "Getting back to kids and guns, if you will indulge me for a moment. You cannot think of any other position the NRA could take in terms of trying to decrease the number of school shootings? You feel like this is not your bailiwick, this is not your problem?"
Charlton Heston: "Not at all. As I told you the NRA spends more money, more time..."
Couric, cutting him off: "Other than education."
Heston: "Well what would you suppose? What would you suggest?"
Couric: "I don’t know, perhaps greater restrictions."— Exchange on June 8, 1998

Blaming Right Wing for Murder
"Let’s talk a little bit more about the right wing because I know that’s something you feel very strongly about. But this is actually not necessarily about the right wing, but perhaps a climate that some say has been established by religious zealots or Christian conservatives. There have been two recent incidents in the news, I think, that upset most people in this country, that is the dragging death of James Byrd Junior and the beating death of Matthew Shepard. I just would like you to reflect on whether you feel people in this country are increasingly intolerant, mean-spirited, et cetera, and what, if anything, can be done about that because a lot of people get very discouraged when they hear and see this kind of brutality taking place."— To former Texas Governor Ann Richards as she hosted a 92nd Street Y appearance in New York City on March 3 shown by C-SPAN on April 3, 1999.

Real Dictatorship in Miami
"Some suggested over the weekend that it’s wrong to expect Elian Gonzalez to live in a place that tolerates no dissent or freedom of political expression. They were talking about Miami. All eyes on south Florida and its image this morning. Another writer this weekend called it ‘an out of control banana republic within America.’ What effect is the Elian Gonzalez story having on perception of Miami? We will talk with a well-known columnist for the Miami Herald about that."— April 3, 2000.

Happy Mother’s Day to a Liberal Activist
"With Mother’s Day coming up this Sunday, we wanted to salute the hard work, integrity and love moms show us every day, so this morning we invited three women who have made their own special contribution to motherhood and, as I said earlier, to all of mankind, in fact. Donna Dees-Thomases founded the Million Mom March...Donna, you organized the Million Mom March, and it really was such a grassroots movement of stroller moms, right? Tell me how it came about."— Introduction and question to anti-gun activist Donna Dees-Thomases, May 11, 2001.

(By the way, the so-called 'Million Mom March' did not involve anywhere near millions of stroller moms, as touted by Couric, Bill Clinton, and Donna Dees-Thomases. Estimates by officers on the ground indicated that perhaps 100,000--TOPS--attended that rally in Washington).

Is the New Pope a Nazi?
"Cardinal Ratzinger’s past includes a brief membership in the Hitler Youth movement, service in the German army in World War II, which was mandatory. But given his past associations do you think that will create a rift between Christians and Jews, and what can he do to fix that?"— To liberal priest Father Andrew Greeley, April 20, 2005. Greeley, a critic of Cardinal Ratzinger, dismissed her concern.

A Catholic Town? How Awful!
"Some of the values, depending on your perspective... may be deemed wholesome, but in other ways, I think, people will see this community as eschewing diversity and promoting intolerance....Do you think the tenets of the community might result in de facto segregation as a result of some of the beliefs that are being espoused by the majority of the residents there?...You can understand how people would hear some of these things and be like, wow, this is really infringing on civil liberties and freedom of speech and right to privacy and all sorts of basic tenets that this country was founded on. Right?"— March 3, 2006, interviewing Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan and real-estate developer Paul Marinelli, who are building a community based on Catholic values in Ave Maria, Florida

And why do we need the 'fairness doctrine' again? In fact, I say, BRING IT ON. I would love to gain equal time to respond to Couric's pro-Commie, Liberal, anti-Christian, gun-grabbing propaganda!

Cuba Revisited

Washington, DC (TLS). Cuba has warned the United States against using the airwaves to send 'illegal' anti-Communist messages into the country. As one of the world's last remaining Communist dictatorships, the Cuban government is cracking down on citizens who use satellite dishes, which are illegal in Cuba, to gain access to American programming that contains messages of freedom and liberty.

In December of last year, the United States began using Florida television stations to get around the Cuban jamming of 'TV Marti,' the American owned station aimed at undermining the Communist Cuban government. The move by the U.S. government has made anti-Castro programming accessible to thousands of Cubans who otherwise would not be able to get it.

Under the U.S. plan implemented by the Bush administration, persons can pay commercial television stations in Florida to carry TV Marti programming, which by law cannot telecast anti-Cuban messages inside the U.S. These commercial stations are among those that can be picked up by satellite dishes inside Cuba.

The manufacturing and production of black market satellite dishes is a growing cottage industry in Cuba. Government officials have caught citizens operating satellite dish manufacturing and distribution centers out of bicycle tire repair shops and other small businesses that are among the few allowed by the Cuban government. Those caught engaging in this activity face fines and jail time. One Cuban citizen who was caught with 14 satellite dishes he had made was fined $44,390.

A bit of history is in order to fully understand the Cuban problem. Fidel Castro came to power in a Communist revolution in the country in the early 1960s. President John F. Kennedy purported to use the force of the U.S. military to prevent Castro from taking power. However, at the now-infamous debacle at the Bay of Pigs, Kennedy reneged on the promises he had made to provide U.S. military officials with reinforcements. Thus, our servicemen were left hanging on the vine with no help. The result was the fall of Cuba to the Communists, and Fidel Castro took power as the first Communist dictator within the Western Hemisphere to be right at the doorstep of the United States--a mere few miles from the Florida coast.

The consequence of Kennedy's striking failure was dire. The world was brought to the brink of nuclear war as the Cuban Missile Crisis loomed. The Communists of the USSR brought their backing to the new Cuban regime by bringing in nuclear missiles aimed directly at the United States. What most within modern America today fail to grasp, however, is that the entire scenario would have never happened had Kennedy kept his word to support the fledgling troops on the ground at the Bay of Pigs with reinforcements, back-up, added troop strength, and a replenishing of ammunition.

Kennedy's abject failure at the Bay of Pigs resulted in Communism coming right to our doorstep. We also came to within a hair's breadth of nuclear war.

It is most interesting that very few scholarly books have been published that delve into the murky reasons for Kennedy's failure to follow through with the plan, leaving our military personnel in a dangerous bind. Why would a Commander-in-Chief who had laid out a strategy for stopping Castro suddenly scrap that strategy after our soldiers had been sent into harm's way?

This is the million-dollar question. We do know, however, that Democrats have always had a cozy relationship with Castro. Bill Clinton rolled out the Red Carpet for him when the Communist dictator visited the United States in the 1990s. Dan Rather treated him like an elder statesman to be revered. Democrats have been calling for a normalization of relations with the Communist country for years.

Why?

According to a special report compiled by David Wallechinsky, Fidel Castro has been one of the most oppressive dictators in the world, regularly engaging in throwing journalists into jail, suppressing facts concerning his human rights violations, and the like. Last year, Castro was ranked Number 15 among the world's most oppressive dictators. The only reason he is not on this year's list is that he relinquished power to his brother in the wake of his life-threatening illness.

Miami, Florida is ample testimony to the carnage Castro has wreaked in Cuba. The Cuban-American community in Miami is the direct result of the rise of Communism in that nation. Seeking refuge here in the U.S., Cubans settled in Miami, many of whom still have family members back home. The Miami Cuban community is overwhelmingly anti-Castro, and for good reason. Most of them saw first-hand what Communism can do to a society.

The Bush Administration is to be commended for devising a strategy that allows anti-Communist programs to be telecast into Cuba. And for heaven's sake, we DO NOT need to normalize relations with this evil regime until it grants human rights to its citizens.