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Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies
CNN ^ | 12-05-2013 | By Faith Karimi

Posted on 12/05/2013 2:11:15 PM PST by Red Badger

Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, has died, South African President Jacob Zuma announced late Thursday.

Mandela was 95.

"He is now resting. He is now at peace," Zuma said. "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."

"What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human," the president said in his late-night address. "We saw in him what we seek in ourselves."

Mandela will have a state funeral. Zuma ordered all flags in the nation to be flown at half-staff from Friday through that funeral.

Mandela, a former president, battled health issues in recent months, including a recurring lung infection that led to numerous hospitalizations.

With advancing age and bouts of illness, Mandela retreated to a quiet life at his boyhood home in the nation's Eastern Cape Province, where he said he was most at peace.

Despite rare public appearances, he held a special place in the consciousness of the nation and the world.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: communism; communist; karlmarx; mandela; marxist; procommunist; prodictator; usefulidiot; vomit
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21 posted on 12/05/2013 2:19:14 PM PST by Old Sarge (And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
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To: fatnotlazy

Good one.


22 posted on 12/05/2013 2:19:29 PM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: svcw

They are probably already tearing down the house looking for loot...........


23 posted on 12/05/2013 2:19:48 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Red Badger

.... Finally .... a news story that the media can sink their collective teeth into ...... We must now do nothing else but mourn, for the next month or so, the passing of this great, moral and righteous icon! Luckily there is nothing else that is important happening in this world or in the US. Heck ....I bet our Prez with a fez will actually attend this funeral. That outta bump all other news stories off of the front pages.


24 posted on 12/05/2013 2:20:28 PM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: Red Badger

653 comments at CNN and they still haven’t closed the article to commentary.


25 posted on 12/05/2013 2:20:37 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Red Badger

Any bets on the first mediot to call him an “African-American”?


26 posted on 12/05/2013 2:20:52 PM PST by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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To: a fool in paradise

He’s now joining those commie clowns burning in hell.


27 posted on 12/05/2013 2:20:54 PM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: Red Badger

Let him rot in hell.


28 posted on 12/05/2013 2:20:55 PM PST by cunning_fish
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To: Old Sarge

New Year champagne came early this year!


29 posted on 12/05/2013 2:21:51 PM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: refermech

Bishop Tutu came to not like the man.

We may experience the makings of another “Camelot” revisionist history.


30 posted on 12/05/2013 2:22:07 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: R_Kangel

I’m sure the whole White Hut skanky entourage will make the trip. With special accommodations for Jay Z, etc.....


31 posted on 12/05/2013 2:22:34 PM PST by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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To: clintonh8r

That would be: African-American-African.................


32 posted on 12/05/2013 2:22:36 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Old Sarge

Happy new Year, everyone!


33 posted on 12/05/2013 2:22:40 PM PST by Democrat_media (Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
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To: billyboy15

http://www.ourcivilisation.com/cry.htm

Back in 1948 a guy wrote the book “Cry, the Beloved Country”.

The link is to an editorial written by his wife entitled “Fly, the Beloved Country” written in 1998 on why she was fleeing S. Africa because of the violence. (And the violence was not racial - it happened to everyone!)


34 posted on 12/05/2013 2:22:44 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: Red Badger

Somehow I see another Obama - Clinton photo op in the near future.


35 posted on 12/05/2013 2:23:01 PM PST by proudpapa (A school is supposed to be a safe place!' Yeah well so is a womb!)
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To: a fool in paradise

The NSA is too busy copying the IP addresses...............


36 posted on 12/05/2013 2:23:24 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Red Badger; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; sickoflibs; NFHale; AuH2ORepublican; Perdogg; ...

I don’t want to be crass but the man was a terrorist and commie who did more harm to the future of his people than any racist Boer ever did. His crimes should have brought a death sentence long ago.

His ex-wife (who appeared even in divorce to be obsessed with him) is even worse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0yXqU-w9U0


37 posted on 12/05/2013 2:23:41 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: billyboy15
Awesome.
38 posted on 12/05/2013 2:23:42 PM PST by EEGator
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To: clintonh8r

AF1 is gonna be very crowded....................


39 posted on 12/05/2013 2:24:10 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: R_Kangel

The astroturf $15-minimum hour protests haven’t done enough to get Obamadoesntcare stories out of the newsfeeds.

Obama will want to keep this funeral in the news awhile.

For the low information voters (college kids included).


40 posted on 12/05/2013 2:24:14 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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