Did Baptists Help Cindy Sheehan Skirt Cuba Embargo?

Sweetness & Light ^ | January 7, 2007 | N/A

[philetus]

they should be arrested upon their return to the US."

Why waste the taxpayer's money.
You've got to know they would not be prosecuted for it.

[Sam Hill]

"Why waste the taxpayer's money.
You've got to know they would not be prosecuted for it."

I would normally agree. And certainly Cindy and Medea have gotten away with a lot.

But if you look at the fines the Alliance Of Baptists have already gotten, the US Treasury seems to be serious about stopping this.

And they already have a file open on these guys.

At the absolute minimum it should be used to strip Cindy and Medea of all of their taxpayer supported charities.

[razorback-bert]

socio-theological context demanded restatements of values and new principles.

Now I understand.

[philetus]

But if you look at the fines the Alliance Of Baptists have already gotten, the US Treasury seems to be serious about stopping this."

When the Treasury Dept. arrests and charges someone, then we'll know they're serious.Until then the "Alliance" can probably afford all the fines they get.

[dawn53]

You can enter Cuba as an American citizen if you don't fly in from the US. Looks like the CodePink folks flew to Mexico first, and then to Cuba. We used to live in the Caymans and people would fly to Cayman first, then on to Cuba.

The Baptists and religious groups have permission from the government to go, but not help the economy.

Groups flying in from other countries, are clearly breaking the embargo, but CodePink doesn't care, and obviously their intention was to break the law.

[Cowboy Bob]

U.S. Treasury officials have threatened a national Baptist organization with a $34,000 fine, citing the First Baptist Church of Savannah and four other churches for participating in banned tourist activities during mission trips in Cuba.

Thought the amount is rather low, I think it is better to fine (or seize bank accounts/freeze assets) then it is to arrest someone. Arrests create photo ops for the MSM. Its hard to rally public support for a bank account seized by the government.

Liberals care more about money than anything else...except perhaps power.

[Mo1]

The Fed should have let them travel to Cuba and then pulled their visas so they were stuck in Cuba

Since they think Cuba is so great ... let them stay there

[Theodore R.]

I believe that these are the liberal Jimmy Carter supporters who broke away from the Southern Baptist Convention in the 1990s.

[PGalt]

Great post. Many anti-freedom collectives get mileage from 1-cylinder Cindy.

[Sam Hill]

"Since they think Cuba is so great ... let them stay there."

As you probably know, Medea has written numerous books about how wonderful Cuba is.

And yet even she was thrown out by Castro a few years ago for being a nuisance.

But she still loves him and considers Cuba a workers paradise.

[aculeus]

American activists, from left, Cindy Sheehan, Tiffany Burns, Adele Welty and Ann Wright attend a mass at the Ebenezer Baptist church in Havana, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007.

Baptist mass?????????

[Sam Hill]

A couple more details about Raul Suarez:

Suarez is well known throughout South America and the Caribbean as Cuba's foremost advocate of liberation theology.

And he was denied to visa to the US in 2004:

Welcome to the URI Multicultural Center | Lecture on Multiculturalism
http://www.uri.edu/mcc/LectureMulticulturalism/2004/index.html

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the ping.

Besides the fines and other investigations into who donates to this so called church, repeal their tax exempt status immediately until all investigations are over. Then if they are guilty of using tax exempt funds for political actions, cancel their tax exempt status for the good of the country.

[CholeraJoe]

You don't have to go to Cuba to buy Cuban cigars. Any tobacco shop north of the border sells them. Easy to smuggle back if you're driving. (Not that I've ever done it.)

[Sam Hill]

It should also be pointed out that just last May Mother Sheehan wrote a screed in which she announced that she was leaving the Catholic church — because all of its priests were campaigning for Bush from the pulpit. (I’m not kidding.)

Cindy then went on to denounce all organized religions because they were not calling for Bush’s impeachment and trial as a war criminal. (Again, I’m not kidding.)

Make Me an Instrument of Peace
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0519-25.htm

Cindy was against all organized religion until it became convenient for her to pretend to be a Baptist so she could sneak (illegally) into Cuba.

[Spyder]

Have you seen anyone as stiff and uncomfortable as those loonies in the front pew, particularly the Peace Mama herself?

[Sam Hill]

Even by Cuban standards they are a little under-dressed for church.

Of course this is how Cindy's "gal pal" Tiffany Burns usually dresses:

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks Sam for the info and the ping.

You might want to send that to the group which is investigating her.

Liberal voters and the elite limo liberals never get upset when their ilk use the pulpits of churches to win elections or as in this case to by pass the law. They know that the miss users/abusers are not real Christians.

[Sam Hill]

"Have you seen anyone as stiff and uncomfortable as those loonies in the front pew, particularly the Peace Mama herself?"

The real reason for their discomfort is that they realize if they don't convince the US Treasury that this triop was a "religious program" they might end up in jail.

[Sam Hill]

"You might want to send that to the group which is investigating her."

I don't know who that is.