Saturday, November 2, 2013

President Obama will host President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia at the White House on Tuesday, December 3 -- Why the Colombian President is a Great Failure, a Lame Duck and next year can witness his poltical ruin and demise

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Americans like success and don't love failure. This President Juan Manuel Santos is cursed with failure !


JMS promised in his presidential campaign of 2010 to be strong and tough against the FARC Narco Kidnappers, but has done exactly the opposite giving Heaven and Earth to these Bombers that kill Children, Women and the Old with Land Mines, practice Bomb Terrorism in Commercial Centers and kidnap citizens for ransom in highways.


The Plan of Santos is to populate the Colombian Congress with FARC terrorists, using CONSTITUTIONAL fraud and shortcuts, and deceiving the electorate by all possible means, using dirty tricks like "Special Districts" that are fake constituencies to force FARC into that Congress.

JMs says former President Alvaro Uribe's Government was very CORRUPT, but he was the "star minister" and heir, he was one of the main recipients of power during that Government and destroyed Uribe's legacy of Security and Victory over the Terrorist FARC.


The White House says : 

"The visit will highlight our longstanding partnership with Colombia and our continuing support for the Santos Administration’s efforts to achieve peace and to build a more democratic society."

Certainly I believe that the USA and Colombia are allies for very strong reasons in these fields of consideration : Military, Defense, Geopolitical, Economic, Cultural. And I believe that the friendship will grow and each nation will consider the other more important in the future.

But there is something wrong in the White House Statement.

Vicente Duque

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Learn something about President Obama by watching a guy that has the opposite personality and character. The President of Colombia JM Santos, a weak guy, pusillanimous, lacking courage and resolution to face enemies

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Obama fights to preserve the Constitutional Order and Integrity of the USA, for Rationality and Sanity against Republicans entrenched in Electoral Districts gotten by Despicable Gerrymandering and secure for reelections : "captive fiefdoms", "rotten boroughs" : decayed and pocket electorates : Racists in the Old South.

Obama fights for Democracy, Freedom, Honor and Dignity and for Respect to the USA.

Juan Manuel Santos is the opposite pole, he surrenders to Narcos, Kidnappers, Murderers.

He first knelt before Hugo Chavez, Nicolas Maduro and Daniel Ortega. He has been resigned to the loss of 75,000 thousand square kilometers of Colombian Seas stolen by Nicaragua without doing nothing effective except talking a lot of nonsense and spending millions of dollars in American Lawyers.

After an "operation turtle" to press him JM Santos gave an increase of 4,000 dollars a month to Colombian Congressmen, even if they already earn 12,500 a month and have lots of free benefits like cars, free air travel, free houses, meals, etc ... paid by the taxpayer

And he is going to place the FARC terrorists in the Colombian Congress by a Scam, Fraud  and Chicanery of  nonexistent "Special Districts" ... FARC regularly kidnaps Americans and Foreigners and JM Santos is going to give them TOTAL IMPUNITY and PERFECT AMNESTY !

Vicente Duque

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Computer Simulations of Terrorism and the Spread of Castro-Chavo-Communism in Colombia and South America - Can the USA lose the Southern Caribbean and even more ?? - Horrible Scenarios for American Foreign Policy

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I have seen the most beautiful Computer Simulations of Life and Evolution - Life forms are born, reproduce and die on the screen, they eat each other according to rules. Many life structures and species are created

President JM Santos of Colombia is going to force brutally the inclusion of FARC Narco Terrorists and Murderers in the Colombian Congress and Mayors of Cities

This should be computer simulated by CIA, NSA, etc ....

What is the effect of these prizes and encouragement to Terrorists - According to Santos White Doves of Peace will fly over Colombian and all Narco Terrorists and Kidnappers will cease their evil actions immediately.

I think that life is not so simple and I would bet that all bad guys will be encouraged by the big prizes that Genocide Murderers are going to get with such a foolish president.

If you follow American Foreign Policy for Latin America then you can see crazy dictators creating trouble for the USA, specially in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.

I would not say that Brazil and Argentina are great and faithful allies of the USA.

But the Colombian Case is very grave, Colombian has been deemed the best ally of the USA in the Region and has two oceans Atlantic and Pacific right next to Panama and its canal.

Fortunately for Colombia and the USA, Colombia is a close ally ( but not a member ) of NATO. It would be a nice idea for the Western Nations to have a close watch on what happens in Colombia, and continue in the existing NATO-Colombia alliance.

Vicente Duque

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Monday, August 26, 2013

Colombia shows that Girls Skin is the greatest enemy of COMMUNISM - In areas where Girls wear Bikinis, Hot Pants, or show cleavages, the "FARC Agrarian Strike" is non existent, now in August 2013

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Whereas in more primitive areas of Colombia where Women wear Men Hats and girls never show skin the Violence appears

Rock, Rap and Blue Jeans also exorcise the violent Communist FARC guerrillas : The areas with great Sea Harbors or Airports and with surrounding industries and agro-industry for Export have no riots in this month of August

The protest is concentrated in very small areas : Boyaca, Cauca, Nariño, where people are more indigenous and folkloric in their attire - That is at most 5% of Colombia and they are the most backward, primitive and rural areas

Castro-Chavo-Communism is defeated by Girls Skin, that is by MODERNITY

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

The coming Global Challenges and Confrontations between the USA, Canada, NATO on one side and China, Russia, others on the other side - Why things are going for the worst, not only in the Middle Eat but in Latin America

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Sorry to worry and disturb you, but the following decades do not look as very peaceful and lacking in Confrontation and Conflict.

You know how stressful things are in the Middle East !

But how about Latin America ??, where some crazy filo-communist dictators constantly cause trouble for the USA, and they are supported by China, Russia and their weapons.

These Castro-Chavo-Communists pick on Colombia, an important ally of the USA, Canada and NATO that cooperates in defense with these Super Powers. They are successfully stealing the seas, islands and lands of that beleaguered nation.

And the President of Colombia is a super fool, a "Tropical Neville Chamberlain" kneeling before the brutal dictators and giving heaven and earth to the NARCO KIDNAPPERS, terrorist murderers of Children, Women and the Old : Enter the FARC guerrillas to rule the country ! - Like Pablo Escobar ruling Colombia or the Zetas ruling Mexico.

Colombia is very useful for USA and its friends because of its location at the heart of Latin America and next to the Panama Canal. It is vital to keep peace in the Southern Caribbean.

Perhaps you are informed of the Nicaragua Canal that China is going to build and probably occupy with many ships, airplanes, etc ...

And Venezuela has been buying weapons from Russia and China at fast speed. An Arms race in the Caribbean.

And Cuba is sending weapons to North Korea via Panama or so they say. Probably the destination was South America to attack Colombia.

According to informations of the National Review, the Chinese Premier has visited the Azore Islands and China is very interested in bases in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean.

Sorry if this is very pessimistic. Perhaps Realistic ??

Vicente Duque

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

The Great Political Tragedy and Degradation of Latin America : The sickness is particularly acute in Venezuela and Colombia. - In Venezuela Chavismo has ruined the Economy and established a repugnant dictatorship. In Colombia the President ruins the country

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In Colombia the President says that the FARC should not be humiliated, but he humiliates the whole nation by giving heaven and earth to the Terrorists and Murderers of Children, Women and the Old.

He is going to place the FARC inside Congress by means of Fraud and the Constitution is disregarded.

The USA is the favorite punching bag for Communist leaning Governments of Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and never forget Cuba that is the Orchestra Director and Maestro of the Cacophony of insults.

Colombia was greatly insulted when it approached and was well received as a friend ( but not a member of course ) of NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization ).

I am somewhat pessimistic and I think that Communism ( and Imbecility ! ) is going to make great inroads in Latin America. Specially if China continues in economic growth, and buys its entrance in Latin America.

The fools are there ready to create trouble for the USA, its ally Colombia and for the Western World in General, including Europe and NATO.

Vicente Duque

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Future Decades : I expect a lot of bad things in the Military field, like challenges from China to USA in Central America ( Nicaragua ), the Southern Caribbean ( Venezuela ) and the Central and South Atlantic ( Azores ? )

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Those are bad things for the USA and bad for the best and most democratic countries of Latin America.

What is good for the American Economy is good for Defense.

I sincerely believe that Medicaid Expansion is good for the U.S. Economy

I also believe that the U.S. Economy will gain a lot with the Immigration Reform, and all that people that may become citizens and will also defend the American nation.

Look at the growing tide of insults against the USA from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia, and never forget Cuba ....

They may seem despicable, but there is a growing story of an Arms Race, especially in Venezuela.

Colombia has been approaching NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization ) and has been well received by that Organization, training air operations with them in USA 2012, Canada 2013 and a micro Training with the Canadian Air Force in July, Colombia 2013

But those Latin American nations insulted Colombia, USA and NATO for that friendship and alliance.

Vicente Duque

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

VIDEO : Cenk Uygur : "Michele Bachmann Wants to Spank Obama's Magic Wand" - Bachmann is Topmost in Crazyness and Ridiculous Ideas - It is hard to defeat Michele in Right Wing Fantasies : That Obama is going to create 12 million new voters for the 2014 elections

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Conspiracy Theory to scare fools over the Senate Immigration Bill :


Published on Jul 16, 2013

"Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) warned Monday that Republicans are in danger of losing control of the House of Representatives in 2014 if they let President Obama "wave his magic wand" and allow newly legal immigrants to vote. And as the congresswoman explained to conservative website WorldNetDaily, the only way to prevent this from happening is for Congress to give the president a "spanking" on immigration."*

Does Michele Bachman have any idea how funny she is? Really. Amid her factually-challenged rant against President Obama and immigration, she noted how the president had a "perpetual magic wand" which she'd like to "steal" and "spank." You make it too easy for us, Michele. Cenk Uygur breaks it down.


Michele Bachmann Wants to Spank Obama's Magic Wand



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Saturday, July 13, 2013

House Republicans just passed a farm bill that included about $195 billion in subsidies to "farmers" (read: agribusiness) over 10 years, while eliminating food stamps and nutrition programs from the bill as "extraneous."

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From "Republicans Nix Food Stamps: This Is Who They Are" by Robert L. Borosage, Huffington Post


Excerpts :

Conservative Republicans have turned the farm bill -- normally a bipartisan grotesquerie of agribusiness subsidies and excess -- from legislation to identity politics. They wanted to make a statement, even though they knew it couldn't survive the Senate or the White House veto. They passed it anyway -- without one Democratic vote -- to proclaim this is who we are.

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Forty-seven million Americans receive food stamps. Nearly half are children under 18; nearly 10 percent are impoverished seniors. Food stamps are often the difference between hunger and survival. Republicans famously seem intent on being a party of white sanctuary, writing off all people of color, yet more whites receive food stamps (over one-third of all recipients) than blacks or Hispanics.

This is how they choose to be identified. They will bring the government to a halt to defend against any tax hikes on millionaires, or to fend off the closing of corporate tax shelters. They will vote in lockstep to take the sequester cuts entirely out of domestic programs -- education, clean water, pre-school -- in order to protect a Pentagon budget that remains the biggest source of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.


Huffington Post
Republicans Nix Food Stamps: This Is Who They Are
by Robert L. Borosage
July 12, 2013


Republicans Nix Food Stamps: This Is Who They Are

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board, a voice of institutional conservatism, said Boehner’s responsibility is to silence the voices of the shrillest anti-immigration Republicans." The Journal, which supports the pathway to citizenship, says House Republicans should be "willing to debate and vote" on that plan

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Another problem for the Republican Party is the Great Gerrymandering of year 2011 as a result of the Republican triumph in the 2010 midterm elections, this redrawing of Districts to favor Republicans will paint them into a corner and backfire in a few years, as Demographies that vote for the Democratic Party grow in other districts where the Democrats will never lose

Gerrymandering is famous for leading to undesired consequences for the parties that practice it in several countries, because they divide the people, produce segmentation that later people resent

Excerpt from POLITICO.COM :


"The dumbest strategy is to follow the Steve King anti-immigration caucus and simply let the Senate bill die while further militarizing the border," the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page wrote on Wednesday, referring to King, an Iowa Republican. "This may please the loudest voices on talk radio, but it ignores the millions of evangelical Christians, Catholic conservatives, business owners and free-marketers who support reform. The GOP can support a true conservative opportunity society or become a party of closed minds and borders."


POLITICO.COM
Immigration reform 2013: GOP leaders say House must act
By JAKE SHERMAN, SEUNG MIN KIM and JOHN BRESNAHAN
July 10, 2013



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Friday, July 5, 2013

Competition of insults against "U.S. Imperialism" and Spain in Cochabamba Bolivia - Demented Dictators use Grossness, Vulgarity, and lack of Taste against Democratic Nations, including some European Countries

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Bolivia's President Evo Morales urged European nations to "free themselves" from USA.

Venezuela's Controversial President Nicolas Maduro said about Spain's President "Mariano Rajoy is undignified" - "we can now take him off his own plane to look for the Euros which he has robbed."

Maduro  : The United States is afraid of Erich Snowden - "The imperialist force has driven itself crazy over this 29-year-old man", "The USA thinks that Latin America is their slave".

"The USA dominates Europe".

The dictators were demanding apologies from USA and Europe.

The presidents of Colombia, Chile and Peru, who have strong ties to the U.S., were not attending.

I am sure that many people in Latin America feel extremely embarrassed and ashamed of this vulgar and gross behavior of the best enemies of Free Speech, Separation of Powers, Democracy, Liberties, etc ... in the subcontinent.

Unfortunately, I have to tell you what I think : there is going to be a lot of trouble in Latin America in the future, probably including military challenges and confrontations.


Vicente Duque

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Jonathan Chait in New York Mag : "Small, Unnecessary Piece of Obamacare Delayed". - The employer mandate that the Obama administration is delaying is not a central part of the law. You could repeal it without any functional changes to the guts of the law


Excerpts :

This is not the sort of headline Republicans are looking for. So they are instead conflating the employer mandate with the whole law.

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So, the bill to repeal the whole law would fail, the bill to repeal the problematic employer mandate would pass, and then the law would be better, which is the opposite of what Republicans want.

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So, conservatives can rest assured that their fears about the delayed employer mandate wreaking havoc with Obamacare are based on a lack of factual understanding, and enjoy their holiday weekend.


New York Magazine
Obamacare Still Not Collapsing
By Jonathan Chait
July 3, 2013

Obamacare Still Not Collapsing
 
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Monday, July 1, 2013

NATO Website : NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow said about Colombia : "As an Alliance of democracies, we are gratified when countries sharing similar values reach out to us" - "Global challenges require Global Solutions"

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Colombia closer and closer to NATO - This country has been training with NATO Air Forces in May June 2012 ( Texas and Nevada ) and in Alberta, Canada, May June 2013


"By signing this accord, NATO and Colombia stress their shared interest in consultation and cooperation. The Security of Information Agreement does not formally recognize Colombia as a NATO partner but constitutes a first step for future cooperation in the security field.  It will facilitate the participation of Colombia in a number of NATO activities. Colombia has already participated in the 2011 NATO Conference on Building Integrity, which was held in Monterey, California. “Colombia’s expertise in enhancing integrity in the military is precisely the kind of substantive contribution that exemplifies the added value of cooperation"



NATO Website
NATO and Colombia open channel for future cooperation
June 25, 2013



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Friday, June 28, 2013

The Immigration Reform will be decisive and strengthen the USA, this nation won't be weaker but stronger and more powerful. - It is very important to have labor for many U. S. corporations and the next prosperity

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Obamacare and Medicaid Expansion will also help the American Economy, the Domestic Social Strength and Political Stability.

It will improve the image of the USA in foreign lands, specially in Latin America.

It will strengthen the U. S. allies in Latin America.

And talking about Latin America, we see a lot of dark clouds that announce a gathering storm.

Vicente Duque

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Latin America is in a process of big degradation - Communists use their base in dictatorships of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Ecuador to create havoc in the more democratic nations - This is helped by the "useful idiots" everywhere

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There are too many dictators in Latin America and too many leftist extremists, helped in Internet by Crazy Europeans that write in Spanish or languages that are easily understood by Latin Americans like English, Portuguese, French and Italian.


The Victim of Choice :

There is a constant attack against the weak government of President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, that has made the great mistake of going into a disastrous "Peace Process" with the FARC Narco Terrorists.


Colombia is surrounded by hostile nations ( except Panama and I have many doubts about Brazil ) : Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador ( in order of danger ! )

The President is being saddled and mounted by the FARC murderers of Children with land bombs and other terrorist bombs

But he has done two good things : to sign a "Defense and Cooperation Pact" with NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization ) in Brussels and to receive Henrique Capriles, leader of the opposition in Venezuela

And Colombian planes have flown in air formation with the US Air Force in "Red Flag" operation, over Texas and Nevada, May and June 2012

And with the Canadian planes in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada during May and June of 2013

Who is going to defend Panama and its Canal ??, surrounded by brutal pro-communist or communistoid dictatorships ??.

Vicente Duque

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Very important Law Journalist Lyle Denniston is somewhat concerned about the "Victory" of Minorities in the U. S. Supreme Court decision about "Arizona Voters Registration Law" - There is a poison pill inside ( prepared by Scalia ?? )

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I have great trust and confidence in what Expert Lyle Denniston writes, he seems very concerned for this "Liberal Victory" because it opens the door for some Republican and Conservative Mischief

But it is important to remark that Justice Samuel Alito wrote a dissent and put most of the emphasis on a different way to read the federal voter registration law at issue, and spent considerable effort arguing that the road map the majority had laid out for states that want to impose a proof-of-citizenship requirement would not work in practice.

That offers some hope to a Liberal Heart


Some excerpts :

Justice Scalia’s opinion had the full support of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sonia Sotomayor.   Justice Kennedy joined all parts of the opinion except the refusal to apply the “presumption against preemption” to state election laws.

Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Clarence Thomas each filed a dissenting opinion, speaking only for themselves individually.

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Justice Thomas’s dissent was mainly devoted to arguing that the Constitution gives Congress no role in judging who may register to vote, and that this is a power given exclusively to the states.



This decision, in plain English:

The Constitution divides up the power to determine who will be allowed to vote between state governments and Congress.  The states have the basic power to decide who is eligible to vote but, so far as state laws are aimed at who gets to vote for President or Congress, the Constitution gives Congress a back-up power to change or even to override those state laws.

The Supreme Court on Monday made a significant effort to try to sort out how to divide up this power, in the context of deciding whether a state may require would-be voters to show proof that they are U.S. citizens — both to register and to actually vote.  That proof requirement was challenged by various advocacy groups, because Congress in 1993 had passed a law designed to expand the ranks of voters, and a federal agency acting under that law has specified a form that voters may use to register.

The argument before the Court was that the federal law must control, because Congress had specified that, in filling out a federal form, all would-be voters had to do was to swear they are U.S. citizens, while Arizona went further and required an actual piece of official paper to prove citizenship.   The challengers argued that the two approaches cannot co-exist, so the state proof requirement had to yield.

On the one hand, the Supreme Court agreed that, for now, Arizona’s proof requirement must yield to the federal form’s approach — that is, it is enough to register, using that form, if the would-be voter swears that he satisfies the citizenship requirement.

On the other hand, however, the Court also ruled that Arizona can seek permission from federal officials to impose its proof-of-citizenship requirement.  If it fails with that request, it can go to court and argue that it has a constitutional right to make proof of citizenship a binding requirement for all voters.

It was the kind of mixed decision that can sometimes baffle lay readers and, in this instance, maybe even lawyers and judges, too, because the two parts of the ruling did not seem to be reconciled easily.


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Scotus Blog
Analysis of Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
Opinion recap: One hand giveth
By Lyle Denniston Reporter

Analysis of Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Surprise ! : Justices Scalia, Kennedy and Roberts side with the Liberals in the U. S. Supreme Court and strike down Arizona's voter registration law - Conservatives Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented

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Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the court's majority, found that federal law "precludes Arizona from requiring a federal form applicant to submit information beyond that required by the form itself".

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Arizona was appealing a decision of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals, which said that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which doesn't require documentation to prove US citizenship, trumps Arizona's Proposition 200.

Arizona voters approved Proposition 200 in 2004, requiring more specific proof of citizenship. During the next three years, more than 30,000 people were turned away for failing to provide documentation, according to civil rights groups. About 20% of those blocked were Latino.

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British Guardian Newspaper
US supreme court strikes down Arizona's voter registration law
Justice Scalia writes in majority opinion that states cannot require proof of US citizenship before allowing people to vote

By Karen McVeigh in New York
Monday, June 17, 2013




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Monday, June 17, 2013

Venezuela's "Long March" towards COMUNIST Famine : Tropical Mao Tse Tungs are leading this nation towards Food Shortages, Scarcity, Rationing and Starvation - History of China and the Reality of Venezuelan Mismanagement

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Great Chinese Famine 1958-1961, referred to by the Communist Party of China as the Three Years of Natural Disasters or Three Years of Difficult Period

According to Chinese government statistics, there were 15 million excess deaths in this period, 20 to 43 millions according to scholars

Brutal collectivization, abolishing of private property, War against Entrepreneurs and Private Initiative

Encyclopædia Britannica estimates 7 million deaths in Stalin's Famine 1932-1933, 5 million in Ukraine, 1 million in Northern Caucasus, 1 million elsewhere

And I am not counting the Great Russian Famine of year 1921

Maduro is preaching fattening chicken for every household, working your vegetables in your backyard ( if any ! )

This is like Mao Tse Tung, The Great Leap Forward and his little red book of thoughts

Ideology can cause the ruin of nations !

Vicente Duque

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Great Obama Victory : Arizona will expand Medicaid to cover nearly 300,000 poor residents next year -- Gov. Jan Brewer (R) passed it through the state legislature on Thursday. The Governor campaigned aggressively for the Expansion

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Excerpts :


Brewer, a conservative and avowed foe of President Barack Obama's health care reform law, announced her support for the Medicaid expansion in January, but faced stiff resistance from fellow Republicans in Arizona's House and Senate. During a marathon session that began Wednesday afternoon and stretched into the wee hours of Thursday morning before culminating in a final vote late Thursday afternoon, a handful of Republicans joined Democrats in the House and Senate to pass the Medicaid expansion.

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The Arizona governor aggressively promoted the Medicaid expansion since taking her surprising public stand earlier this year. Brewer assembled a coalition of health care interests and business groups and worked alongside Democratic legislators in addition to campaigning across the state in service of extending health coverage to hundreds of thousands of poor Arizonans using Obamacare funding.


Huffington Post
Arizona Medicaid Expansion Advances After Jan Brewer Forces Lawmakers' Hands
By Jeffrey Young

June 13, 2013

Arizona Medicaid Expansion Advances After Jan Brewer Forces Lawmakers' Hands

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

According to Jonathan Chait of New York Mag : Immigration Reform has good winds to sail : Republican senators that opposed it have decided to stand aside and not oppose the bill in strong terms

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And in the House of Representatives John Boehner is willing to help by not opposing it. For me Jonathan Chait is like an oracle.


Some excerpts :

The Senate has voted on the "motion to proceed" on immigration reform by an 82-15 vote.

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Republican senators today faced a choice to position themselves as fundamentally opposed to the entire process, and most of them decided to stand aside.

Of course, the major obstacle remains the House, but here the news remains positive. This morning, George Stephanopoulos interviewed John Boehner and asked the key question of the entire debate: Will he let a bill come to a vote without a majority support of his own party? Passing a bill through the House with 218 votes is not very hard, if Boehner is willing to let Democrats supply most of those votes. The question is whether he’ll stop that vote from happening. This answer does not sound like “no”:


New York Magazine
Senate Okays Immigration-Reform Debate 82-15
By Jonathan Chait
June 11, 2013


Senate Okays Immigration-Reform Debate 82-15


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