His 15 minutes of fame long gone, Elian celebrates another birthday

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 12/07/03 | Scott Holleran

[AnnaZ]

That photo just rips my heart.

And mine also. And time has done little to dull it.

[TheSpottedOwl]

It should be noted that Elian's family in the US was from the paternal branch.

I totally forgot that point. Thanks for reminding me. I wonder if Elian gets to see his dad?

[Jimmy Valentine]

NICOLLO!! How you be?

Oh, yes as to Elian Gonzalez, there is more than fifteen minutes in all of his story. We will hear of him in years to come.

Let us remember that he is an "Elegua" a blessed child saved from the sea by dolphins.

Al Gore is going to endorse Dean? We have more work to do on our story.

"He sneered at her like a cat who had left an unwelcome present in her shoe. 'Well' he said, looks like maybe your pet monkey will have to get himself a real job soon instead of stealing money from our party'. 'Losers only back losers, chump' she hissed like a cobra ready to strike. 'The Party's mine you fool; my machine, my engine, my big ride, and no maple syrup boy is going to push me out'" Back to you,

Regards, Hey Jeff!! Look who's here!

[Luis Gonzalez]

Elián was conceived years after his mother and father divorced, he is an illegitimate child.

Do you believe that undocumented fathers of illegitimate children should be given full parental rights over the surviving child of a deceased mother without first having to prove paternity in Court?

[Luis Gonzalez]

"The US was remarkably consistant in his return."

Do a Google search on the name Walter Polovchak.

If you don't know how to do that, then go here and see how Elián's case would have been handled with a conservative in the White House.

Last but not least...how comfortable are you on your convictions when in order for you to believe that the right thing was done in the case of Elián Gonzalez, you must believe that Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Janet Reno, The National Council of Churches, and Fidel Castro all took a stand in the name of parental rights, and that you stood with them?

[Luis Gonzalez]

"I remember at the time that ADM, an international corporation, was interested in some sugar contracts."

Go to post #73 on this thread.

[Judith Anne]

Ah, yes, that fills out my memory. Thanks, LG.

Unforgettable child. I still pray for him, for his protection.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

It was a cold winter's evening. The guests were all leaving. O'leary was closing the bar. When he turned and he said to the lady in red ...

It good to here from our friend from the time of the great inconvenience.

[nicollo]

the great inconvenience

JVB!!! You're gonna shame me into finishing that story, ain'tya? It'll be, friend, it'll be.

Meanwhile, great to see you whackos. Sorry I can't make the Xmas party. Kisses to all.

[nicollo]

And for Elian... my heart bleeds.

[Lancey Howard]

THANK you for that post!

Elian's mother DIED trying to get her son away from Castro's Cuban hell-hole only to have Clinton and Reno do a favor for that scumbag lawyer Gregg (as well as for that athiest, Democrat-front, "Church" organization) by delivering Elian right back to Castro's Cuban hell-hole.
"Sorry, Mom - - you died for NOTHING."

I think I'll post that nauseating photo again.

[Lancey Howard]

On the other hand, if the Elian disgrace caused a mere 269 of Florida's Cuban-American voters to change their minds and vote Republican instead of Democrat.......

[joanie-f]

Michael,

Are you familiar with FReeper Jeff Head's five-book future-oriented fictional series, Dragon's Fury?

Just a little piece of info on the plot thread that runs through one of the five volumes: There is a young Cuban man who plays a prominent role as a freedom-fighter in Cuba in the not-too-distant future. Bet you can't guess his name. :)

Although the book is a work of fiction, born of meticulous research so as to make its plot entirely (frighteningly) possible, it provides a little solace for those of us whose hearts still break when we think of Elian. It is somehow comforting to know, even though the salve is applied through a work of fiction, that he achieves through his own efforts what we were unwilling to allow him to achieve when it was within our power to do so.

~ joanie

P.S. Thanks for the latest info on your Taft book. The venerable Ms. Kimes' 'This is simply a wonderful book …. Its scholarship is impeccable, and the tale told is fascinating' is quite a tribute! (I would imagine you are, understandably, still walking about three inches off the ground? :)