Posted on 04/29/2003 9:44:16 AM PDT by William Wallace
" By virtue of the commitments made by both Parties in the Migration Accords signed in 1994, their mutual interest in normalizing migration procedures was then recognized – for which, regarding safety at sea, recognition was also given to their common interest in preventing the unsafe departures from Cuba that endanger life. In that sense, the United States would discontinue its practice of paroling all Cuban immigrants reaching US territory in irregular ways and Cuba would take effective measures in every way possible to prevent unsafe departures by using mainly persuasive methods."---Source
I ask (quite rerasonably, I think) that you post the US law and / or procedures to support your assertions about the CAA, yet you have now twice posted some kind of talking points propaganda from the Cuba Interests Section.....
Surely you don't think that something from the CIS is adequate support? You indicated in your first post of it that you knew that it was coming from 'the Commies', so ignorance isn't an excuse here, at least.
Now I've posted supporting text from the other side of the issue confirming that indeed this is the way the law has been interpreted for 35 years.
Proof positive , that in practice the CAA does exactly what I've said it does.
Well, it's no surprise that the Supreme Court sent Elian Gonzalez back to a communist dictatorship and ruled that Nebraska could not legislate against infanticide.
After all, the same court had earlier seen a threat in a student leading a prayer in a football stadium. Not a good week for children, as far as the Supreme Court went. Not a good week for morality or the Constitution either.
I'm sorry to see Elian being taken back to Cuba, but I'm even sorrier to see so many Americans ignorant of or indifferent about the communist dictatorship in Cuba. Remember, I said sorry not surprised.
A recent news story reported that 80 percent of the seniors from the top 55 colleges and universities -- including Harvard and Princeton -- scored a D or an F on a 34-question American history test. The people who did the study said that 99 percent of the students could identify Beavis and Butthead, two sick television characters, but that only 23 percent identified James Madison as the principal framer of the Constitution.
Now, these young men and women have had 16 or 17 years of formal education. And still they're ignorant as toads about the history of their own country. Are your children in public schools? Why?
It appears to be largely a consumer fraud.
So, if ignorance of their own country is so widespread, it's no surprise that so many Americans seem to think that Fidel Castro is no worse than a grouchy cigar salesman. I'm quite sure most Americans don't realize that prior to Castro, Cuba had the highest standard of living in Latin America. Now it's close to the bottom.
And I just love all these news analysts saying the Cuban-American community in Florida has lost its political clout. That just shows you how stupid someone who purports to be an analyst can be. In the first place, the fight for Elian was in the courts, and Cuban-Americans never
said they had clout in the courts. They have all along been willing to accept the decisions of the courts. This was a legal battle not a political battle.
If you think Cuban-Americans have lost their political clout, then alienate them, and see if you can win a statewide election or an election in Miami-Dade County. The only clout they've ever had is that they are intelligent and hard-working, and they're willing to put their money where their mouths are and vote.
In other words, unlike so many of their critics, they do their duty as American citizens. They do know history, and they do not have defective memories.
They do all of this, by the way, because, unlike so many of their critics, Cuban-Americans do indeed dearly love this country, and they've proved it in every way a human being can. The only thing they wanted for Elian was the liberty his mother died trying to give him.
The child will be treated with psychiatric drugs, if he hasn't already been, to erase his memory so his communist mentors can start re-programming him with a clean slate. Not even 6-year-olds, if they speak favorably of freedom, are tolerated in Castro's prison land. For as long as Elian remains in a communist Cuba, he will never have the freedom to express his thoughts without fear.
I will pray that he not become like his father -- a willing servant of tyranny.
In this tragic episode, only the Cuban-Americans in Miami emerge as heroes. They stood up for liberty and yet respected the law. They have set an example that other Americans could profit from by studying it.
As for those who mock and despise the Cuban-Americans, hey, the enemies of liberty always hate the lovers of liberty just as cowards always resent the brave.
Published in The Orlando Sentinel on July 06, 2000
Only if you consider admitted Commie talking points to be superior support for your argument, Luis. I don't, but YMMV.
Kinda sounds like someone we know has that Islamic disease, make history up if it doesn't suit you, then defend the lie to the death. Take umbrage with those that know the facts, throw a temper tamtrum, then demand sympathy, if all else fails, blow something up, hahaha.
HEY!
I had relatives just south of you!
They lived in St. Augustine, Florida from 1671 to about 1812.
Because that, along with the rest of your posts, is a lie.
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