Posted on 06/30/2007 4:34:35 PM PDT by Baladas
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday she is “appalled” by remarks made by Republican Fred Thompson suggesting that some Cuban refugees could be terrorists.
Thompson, an actor and former Tennessee senator, spoke about Cuban refugees Wednesday during an appearance in South Carolina.
The topic was illegal immigration and Thompson’s opposition to any legislation that does not do enough to protect America’s borders.
Using Cuban refugees as an example, Thompson said, “I don’t imagine they’re coming here to bring greetings from Castro. We’re living in the era of the suitcase bomb,”
Clinton, New York’s junior Democratic senator, speaking to a group of Hispanic supporters attending a Disney World convention of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, said “I was appalled when one of the people running for, or about to run for, the Republican nomination talked about Cuban refugees as potential terrorists.”
She said Thompson, “apparently doesn’t have a lot of experience in Florida or anywhere else, and doesn’t know a lot of Cuban-Americans.”
Clarifying his remarks, Thompson posted a response on his website - imwithfred.com - saying he understands how important Cuban Americans have been to this country. He also noted that the Cuban government remains on the state department’s terrorist list.
That is “why we must oppose the illegal immigration of Castro’s agents into the United States while welcoming the vast majority who immigrate legally and with legal intentionns,” said Thompson.
Hillary can't be that stupid to think that Castro hasn't considered sending his agents across the straits of Florida to make problems.
Castro flooded us with criminals during the Mariel boat exodus.
Yes, I'm sure.
"Appalled"
lol
Her husband pardoned FALN terrorist who killed American citizens in a bar in NYC. I am appauled.
Ahhh I see you’ve tried to accentuate her “chubby little legs”.
Darn it, someone snuck in a mirror again.
IBFZ...
This is so utterly stupid. She can say ANYTHING, and "the media" will never mention it--or, if it gets out there in spite of their twisting contortions, they'll sprawl out all over each other to cover for their goddess.
Actually, if the come here, it is legally by definition. It is only illegal if they don;t make it all the way. Go figure.
Glad to see you admit you agree with Hillary.
Appalled = merely her feigned, unrighteous indignation at any sunlight, facts or truth.
the stench is from satan’s rear end,where she dines
These open border yo yos haven’t been paying attention. Some Brits have admitted today, because of the EU open borders, it is no longer as easy to catch the terrorists.
I don’t care what foreign buddy or family member they have, they, and people like Hillary are going to get us all killed.
These people better realize that US citizens no longer care what elite globalists want, we are going to start looking out for ourselves. They had better govern with US citizens in mind first.
I am appalled by Hillary cynicism,KNOW SHE IS TRYING TO PROTECT THE CUBAN REFUGEES. REMEMBER ELAIN!!!
The Terrorist Next Door
Humberto Fontova
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
The plan called for blowing up the Statue of Liberty, Macy’s, Grand Central Station, the Humble Oil refinery in Linden, N.J., and several Manhattan subway stations. The FBI found manuals with diagrams showing the correct placement of incendiaries for “maximum destruction” to oil tanks, trains and subway stations. The manuals also cautioned against “attaching detonators to incendiary bombs while on your person.”
The terrorists hid 500 kilos of TNT in a Manhattan jewelry shop for the deed, and the explosions were timed for rush hour.
The FBI cracked the terrorist plot and closed in on the culprits. One was named Roberto Santiesteban and he was nabbed while walking down Riverside Drive. As the agents closed in, Santiesteban saw them and – beep-beep! – took off like the Roadrunner. I mean he turned on the afterburners. He was sprinting down the sidewalk and hurdling hedges like a true Olympian. And as he ran, Santiesteban was jamming paper in his mouth and chewing furiously.
But six FBI agents were after him, all fleet of foot themselves. Their hats (mandatory back then) immediately flew off when they sprung to the chase. Their patent leather shoes slapped the concrete and their ties flapped furiously over their shoulders as they leaped and galloped in hot pursuit.
Finally they closed the ring and “triangulated” the suspect. They stood there panting and for a few seconds they glared at each other. Finally an agent pounced.
Santiesteban dodged him like Jackie Chan dodging a Ninja. Another FBI man quickly dove in, got hold, but the slippery rascal spun and broke his tackle like Jim Brown in his glory days. Roberto dodged and weaved frantically. Gale Sayers and Tommy Dorset were spastics compared to this guy. That Tasmanian devil on the Bugs Bunny cartoons comes to mind.
Finally the FBI guys gang-swarmed the little speedster. Santiesteban fell, raging and cursing, flailing his arms and jabbing his elbows like a maniac. They grabbed his arm and bent it behind his back just as he was reaching for his pistol.
While this group got their man (and a vigorous workout), another group had the much easier task of arresting a couple named Jose and Elsa Gomez as they left their apartment on West 71st Street. These two gave in without a struggle.
The FBI speculated that as many as 30 others might have been in on the plot, but these were the head honchos. The date was Oct. 13, 1962. Had those detonators gone off, 9/11 might be remembered as the SECOND deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
Santiesteban and the Gomezes belonged to the Castro-Cuban Mission to the U.N. The plan for 500 kilos of TNT to kill thousands of New Yorkers was hatched by Helluva Guy (Castro). Fortunately, we had a crackerjack FBI back then, J. Edgar Hoover’s outfit, employing such as the “G-man” Gordon Liddy.
Do I hear Pinks sniveling out there? ... Yes, I do!
“Dream on, you crackpot Cuban exiles!” They snivel. “When will you insufferable people abandon your vain hope of reclaiming your mansions and sugar mills! These outrageous lies and slanders wont help!”
Dream on yourselves, Pinks. We didn’t make this up. Read it for yourselves. It’s in a book published in 1967 titled “The FBI’s Most Famous Cases” by Andrew Tully, a best-selling author and newspaper columnist who won the Ernie Pyle award in his day.
Interestingly, just last month President Bush expelled 14 Cuban “diplomats” for engaging in “unacceptable activities.” Seven were from the U.N. Mission. Equally interesting: Just a week after Sept. 11, 2001, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s TOP Latin American analyst, Ana Belen Montes, was arrested by the FBI as a Castro spy.
Can you JUST IMAGINE (!) if something like this could be traced to Pinochet, Somoza or Botha??!!
We’d never hear the end of it! The Beltway media would STILL be squawking about it ... Oops! I take that back. Something like this WAS traced to Botha. We have it on the good authority of Danny Glover in “Lethal Weapon.”
Call me crazy, but wouldn’t this multiple-bomb plot make a dynamite topic for Dan, Baba or Andrea to bring up with Helluva Guy during their next kissy-poo sessions in front of the network cameras?
“Mr. President,” they might ask, “with all due respect and admiration, sir, according to the FBI you had plans to blow up a good portion of New York City back in 1962. Only the fact that we had a crackerjack FBI at the time kept you from committing a crime against American civilians as ghastly and murderous as Osama bin Laden’s. The will to commit this mass murder certainly seemed to be there, sir; only the means seemed lacking.
“Also, Mr. President, during this same period, declassified documents show that you pleaded with Nikita Khrushchev to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the U.S.
“Also, Mr. President, since the day you took office, Cuba has served as a haven for every terrorist group from, ETA to the IRA to the PLO to the Black Panthers and SDS. We recall, Mr. President, that the infamous Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, also known as “Carlos the Jackal,” the most adept and murderous terrorist of the ‘70s, received his training in your country and later found refuge in your country.
“We also recall that just last year in Teheran you boasted with the Iranian leadership (full-fledged Axis of Evil members) that ‘together, Iran and Cuba can bring America to her knees.’ “
“Also, Mr. President, according to Soviet defector Ken Alibek, strong suspicions exist that you harbor weapons of mass Ddestruction.
“We might mention, sir, that in the past two years our nation’s armed forces traveled across half the globe to blast into oblivion two different regimes for activities that – please excuse my impertinence, Mr. President – but activities that may strike many of our viewers as remarkably similar to those I’ve just mentioned, with the exception that those regimes did not steal $2 billion in U.S. property and riddle dozens of U.S. citizens with firing squads, many after torture.
“In light of all this, Mr. President – and without even getting into the sensitive topic of what you do to your own subjects – we would like to give you the opportunity to explain to our viewers why the American people should not just tolerate your presence 90 miles from their shores, but also feel compelled to subsidize your regime.
“You see, Mr. President, we hear that, far from any blockade, in actuality you’re perfectly free to buy anything your little heart desires from any country in the world. And that you’re perfectly free to buy even from foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies.
“Many of our viewers vacation in Mexico, Mr. President. And they can’t help but notice that a bottle of Kaopectate, for instance, or a pint of Pepto Bismol, or a pair of Just My Size Pantyhose all cost less in Mexico than in the U.S. So we can’t blame them for assuming the same holds for you, sir.
“Also, they hear that you’re perfectly free to buy any and all food and medicinal products, even from U.S.-headquartered companies, with cash. And that most of the products rationed or unavailable to your desperate subjects in Cuba are not part of any embargo at all but were in fact EXPORTED by Cuba before you took power and initiated the glorious Revolucion, sir.
“In light of all this, some people – and we’re not for a second suggesting we’re among them, Mr. President – but some people are suggesting that “ending the embargo” is simply a scheme, expertly camouflaged by powerful congressional and business interests, to plunder the already over-plundered paychecks of working Americans in order to subsidize a regime every bit as terrorist, murderous and hostile to U.S. interest as the ones hundreds of our valiant boys recently gave their lives liberating, sir.
“You have all the time you need to answer, Mr. President.” Humberto Fontova holds an M.A. in history from Tulane University. He’s the author of “Helldiver’s Rodeo,” described as “Highly entertaining!” by Publisher’s Weekly, “A must-read!” by Booklist, and “Just what the doctor ordered!” by Ted Nugent.
You may reach Mr. Fontova by e-mail at hfontova@earthlink.net
Every person that enters this country illegally, or overstays their visa is a potential Terrorist!!!
By entering illegally, they avoid showing that they do not have an infectious disease (increased medical costs); they do not have to show that they have sufficent financial resources to stay off welfare (increased taxes); they don't need to show that they are not criminals (prison population).
A terrorist does not need to carry a bomb, or fire bullets into a crowd of people. A terrorist only needs to erode the foundation of a country. Illegals from all countries are destroying the foundations of this country. Illegals are terrorists!!
Cuban “diplomats” and Puerto Rican Terrorists
Source: The Miami Herald
Published: November 2, 1999 Author: Juan O. Tamayo
Cuban linked to terrorists may get diplomatic visa
BY JUAN O. TAMAYO
jtamayo@herald.com
WASHINGTON — A Cuban diplomat linked to Puerto Rican terrorists will receive a U.S. visa to work in Washington once Cuba agrees to let in two State Department officials assigned to Havana, U.S. officials say. The FBI initially filed a formal veto to Fernando Garcia Bielsa’s assignment to the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, but later reviewed its decision and withdrew the objection, the officials added. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-NC, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has called Garcia Bielsa ‘’a notorious Cuban intelligence operative’’ and hinted at Clinton administration pressures on the FBI to reverse itself.
The State Department ‘’now has no legitimate reason to deny [Garcia Bielsa] a visa, but they’re waiting for reciprocity for the people waiting to go to Havana,’’ said one congressional source knowledgeable about the controversy.
The State Department and the Cuban Foreign Ministry maintain there’s no official link between the Garcia Bielsa case and the delays on Cuban visas requested by two State Department officials assigned to Havana.
REPORTED MEETINGS
U.S. officials said the FBI has intelligence reports showing Garcia Bielsa met often in Cuba in the 1970s with two radical Puerto Rican pro-independence groups, the Macheteros and Armed Forces of National Liberation, known as FALN. A wave of FALN and Machetero terror bombings around the United States in the early 1970s killed six people and wounded more than 60. Police suspect the Macheteros of four bombings that injured one person in Puerto Rico last year.
Garcia Bielsa was a top official of the Americas Department of the Cuban Communist Party in the 1970s, then tasked by President Fidel Castro with training and arming leftist guerrilla groups around Latin America.
The FBI based its objection of Garcia Bielsa on his 1970s meetings with the Puerto Rican radicals. Under U.S. procedures the veto would have forced the State Department to deny him a visa.
Queried by the State Department, the FBI later reviewed its evidence and procedures and decided that meetings alone were not enough to deny the Cuban a visa, congressional officials said.
FBI spokesmen declined to explain either decision. The Cuban Interests Section in Washington said only that Garcia Bielsa is still awaiting a State Department reply to his visa request.
LETTER TO ALBRIGHT
Helms, in an angry letter to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Sept. 21, hinted that Garcia Bielsa had done far more than meet with the Puerto Rican radicals but offered no details. A conservative Washington magazine, Insight, three days later quoted a U.S. intelligence official as saying that Garcia Bielsa ‘’personally oversaw the funding and direction of the Macheteros.
Cuba has long been on the State Department’s list of nations linked to international terrorism, along with others such as Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea.
The 1998 list notes that while there was ‘’no evidence’’ Cuba sponsored any attacks in the previous year, ‘’it continues to provide sanctuary to terrorists from several different . . . organizations.’’
Among the some 90 U.S. fugitives alleged to be living in Cuba are several Machetero and FALN members and former Black Panther member Joanne Chesimard. Washington and Havana have no extradition agreement.
Note: The Puerto Rican terrorists involved in those crimes were pardoned by Clinto/Hillary to pander to the Puerto Rican vote in New York at the prodding of Castro’s long time apologist, Congressman Jose Serrano.
For more information please open www.cubanet.org/Cnews/y99/sep99/27e9.htm
A Visa for Castro’s Terrorism Chief in Washington? By J. Michael Waller, Insight on the News Online, Sep 24/99
If this thing ever becomes President of the United States, a whole new ring of Hell will have to be designated.
The anti Communist Vietnamese in So Cal know and do the same
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