Posted on 01/13/2006 8:15:28 AM PST by SirLinksalot
If Belafonte was on my football team, and he was talking smack about the coach, he would be kicked off the team. This country is more important than any football game (go Seahawks), he should be deported and not allowed back in this country.
That's a football team. This is a country with rule of law.
US CODE:
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 115--TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 2381. Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
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I call it treason.
jw
"A sphincter say what?"
There is precendence for deportation and the stripping of US citizenship. There are laws against going outside this country and speaking against it. They haven't been used in a while for sure, but they could be. John Kerry should have been arrested and deported for meeting with parties in France that were negotiating for Peace with the US in the 70's. Jane Fonda should have been arrested. Jesse Jackson and Calypso Louie should have been arrested for going to the ME to meet with enemies.
Current US law and state department policy says that's not going to happen here. Specifically, a person must perform an action with intent to give up his citizenship. In most cases, that intent must be clearly stated by the person.
The only exceptions are conviction of treason, taking a policy-level office with another country (although not always), or the extremely rare instance where a person violates a law that can result in loss of citizenship and the government decides his actions in doing so were so outrageously inconsistent with citizenship that intent is obvious.
It's also interesting that even stating intent may not be good enough. Marc Rich (Clinton's favorite pardon) continued to use his US passport after officially renouncing citizenship and kept referring to himself as an American. The court held that meant he lacked true intent, was therefore a citizen, and thus subject to a certain lawsuit.
It's a fine line. To simply say "I think Bush is a bad President and I do not support him" is not treason.
Calling the leader of your own country a terrorist? I don't know...it's damn close to treason if it ain't already.
Harry Belafonte is an ignorant brainwashed clone. He believes in the Marxist state and lauds Castro, dictator of totalitarian Cuba.
"In 2003, President Castro stated publicly that the universities were open only to those who shared his revolutionary beliefs." -http://wwww.state.gov
CUBA, Marxist Utopia:
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The Government restricted literary and academic freedoms and continued to emphasize the importance of reinforcing revolutionary ideology and discipline at the expense of freedom of expression. The educational system taught that the State's interests took precedence over all other commitments. Academics, government journalists, and other government officials were prohibited from meeting with some diplomats without prior approval from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Education required teachers to evaluate students' and their parents' ideological character and to place such evaluations in school records. These reports directly affected students' educational and career prospects. Government policy required teaching materials for courses such as mathematics or literature to have an ideological content. Government efforts to undermine dissidents included denying them advanced education and professional opportunities. Government controlled public libraries denied access to books or information if the requestor was unable to produce a letter of permission from the proper government ministry. In 2003, President Castro stated publicly that the universities were open only to those who shared his revolutionary beliefs.
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Stop picking on communist Harry Belafonte! He is merely spews what most university professors teach.
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