Dictatorships and double standards, part 2
Our friend Monical Showalter writes regarding the victimization of the heroic Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez (of Generación Y) by one of the dictators with whom Barack Obama takes no issue:
Yoani Sanchez, the adorable and vividly good Cuban blogger who blogs about Castro’s island hellhole from inside Cuba, using her own name, has been beaten [...]
The Amazing Sinking Charlie
TAMPA — Florida Governor Charlie Crist didn’t have as bad a week
as Dede Scozzafava, the up-state New York RINO who pulled out of
the congressional race there because of increasing pressure from
the conservative independent candidate and his supporters. But
things are steadily unraveling for Crist, the Florida [...]
Medi-Fraud for Everyone
Guillermo Denis Gonzalez was released from prison in Florida in
2004 after serving 12 years for murder. By the end of 2006, he
owned a health care business officially licensed by Medicare.
This August, the Miami Herald
reported that Gonzalez pled guilty to filing $586,953 in
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Obama backs an insane horse
Meanwhile, in Tegucigalpa, the deposed Honduran president and Chavez wannabe Manuel Zelaya has sneaked into the country and taken up residence at the Brazilian embassy. La Gringa reports that Zelaya’s return was accompanied by an outbreak of violence by supporters.
The democratic forces of Honduras oppose Zelaya’s restoration to power, but the government of the [...]
Obama rolling into week of high diplomatic stakes - The Miami Herald
President Barack Obama says this week’s G-20 summit in Pittsburgh is a good opportunity for countries to assess what has been done to improve the world economy over the past year and what should be done next. President Barack Obama says it is …
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Al Qaeda’s First Amendment Rights?
Even some military lawyers will argue anything on behalf of their clients, including senior al Qaeda terrorists. From the Miami Herald:
Pentagon defense lawyers this week appealed the war crimes conviction of Osama bin Laden’s media secretary at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on free speech grounds.
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