Posted on 05 May 2012. Tags: American Poverty, Cooperation, Federal Government, Human Rights Council, Human Rights Violations, Indian Tribes, Indigenous Peoples, Interloper, Legitimate Claim, Libya, Members Of Congress, Racial Discrimination, Reconciliation, Reparations, Serbia, Un Special Rapporteur, United Nations, Us Congress, Us Government, Veins
I am surprised I still have blood left in my veins as opposed to it boiling away between the attack on Serbia and this: A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called on the US government to return some of the land stolen from Indian tribes as a step toward combatting continuing [...]
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Posted on 12 November 2011. Tags: Amnesty Int, Amnesty Inter, Dissent, Executions, Former President Clinton, Half A Million, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Violations, Innocents, Iranians, Iraqi Sanctions, Madeline Albright, Militarism, Obama, Policy Debate, President Clinton, Provocation, Ron Paul, Secret Police, Senator Santorum, Uk Intelligence Agencies
I was disturbed to find out the debate tonight (I will miss it live in that I am going curling!) is over FOREIGN POLICY. This is a trap for Ron Paul. Here’s how it stays out of it: Iran: I have blogged what RP should say about this and here is most of it: “At [...]
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Posted on 14 August 2011. Tags: Executions, Former President Clinton, Giuliani, Half A Million, Human Rights Violations, Innocents, Iranians, Iraqi Sanctions, Libertarian Message, Madeline Albright, Militarism, Obama, Policy Advisers, Provocation, Reading List, Ron Paul, Secret Police, Senator Santorum, Uk Intelligence Agencies, Unsolicited Advice
I hope the RP campaign does not mind some unsolicited advice. I am so excited that someone with a serious chance of winning is running for President with a non-interventionist, libertarian message. Ron Paul has the integrity to go with the message. But Iran is so dangerous that Cong. Paul needs to avoid looking weak [...]
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Posted on 08 July 2011. Tags: Congressman Paul, Constitutional Authority, Democracy Act, Domestic Affairs, Europe Radio, European Radio, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Violations, Internal Matters, International Behavior, Opposition Leaders, Peaceful Protestors, People Of Belarus, Principled Opposition, Radio Free Europe, Radio Television, Reauthorization Act, Sovereign Nation, Voice Of America, World Congress
Antiwar.com (another great site) reports Cong. Ron Paul’s principled opposition to some sort of bill called the Belarus Democracy Act. Here’s the summary from Govtrack.com: Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2011 – Amends the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to authorize assistance to promote democracy and civil society in Belarus. Includes Internet broadcasting within the [...]
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Posted on 24 August 2010. Tags: Arab Descent, Departments Of State, Employment Opportunity Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, Equal Employment Opportunity, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Departments, Gary Bauer, Human Rights Advocates, Human Rights Violations, Legislative Office, Mea Culpa, Progressive Democracy, Racial Justice, Real Solutions, Relevant Federal Agencies, Security Education, State Justice, Title Vii, Un Human Rights Council, United Nations Human Rights Council, Unprecedented Report, W Murphy
The Obama administration issued an outrageous and unnecessary human rights report to the UN Human Rights Council today. Here is a summary from the “progressive” Democracy Now web site: “…the Obama administration admitted more needs to be done in many areas including racial justice, women’s rights, LGBT rights and discrimination against Muslims and Americans of [...]
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