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Duane, reading the Caracas Chronicles link here sparked me to continue a series in which I am developing a political creed for those of us who are caught between ethnicity and conservatism. If you are interested, please check out my blog Todo Chueco sueltaloquetumamatedio.blogspot.com (for non-Spanish speakers that long word at the beginning of the url translates to “shake what ya mama gave ya”….

According to Randall Robinson, leader of TransAfrica and several books, including “The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks,” in which he writes “Although there are still some problems, Cuba ahead of the US in regards to race relations.”

Thus, whom am I more likely to believe: a person of Robinson’s prominence in social justice pursuits and scholarship or Francisco Toro?

Robinson, hands down.

John L.

Tremenda Trigueña wrote:

It amazes me that with all the anti-Bush stickers, rhetoric, TV shows, politicians, anti-war protesters, (on Bush’s PROPERTY no less) we don’t have any political prisoners to show for it.

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Bull. Amerikkka has plenty of political prisoners. It’s “interesting” that you black conservatives conveniently overlook the disenfranchisement of thousands of Blacks in Florida in 2000; tactics in Florida by republicans to scare elderly people into not voting; placement of poll watchers/challengers in predominantly Black voting districts, etc.

Yep, ol Strom Thurmond and Trent Lott must be mighty proud of you non-thinking folks.

John L.

And you still live here…

in good ‘ol Amerikkka.

Go figure!

Hmmmm. Your comment “and you still live here” is no different from what many whites have said: “if you don’t like it here, leave.”

Why am I NOT a bit surprised that *you’d* write something like that?!

John L.

Why “I NOT” suprised you didn’t answer the question.

Please quit with this while you’re ahead. Please!!!!!!

Much more important things to talk about.

Your question was rhetorical…it’s intent was not to question, but to make a statement.

But why criticize Chavez when nearly every American president since FDR has declared a “war on poverty?!

Where did all those billions of dollars go?

To wealthy people. That’s why poverty will never be eradicated in america.

Hence, *whom* are the real poverty pimps?!

Elite whites….not the scapegoats Jesse Lee Peterson talks about.

Just think…if I wanted to become a millionaire over night…all I have to do is start criticizing Black people. I know white republicans would pay me handsomely to lecture on the subject.

But I rather earn my money honestly.

John L.

I’m with Chavez. He was democratically elected by ordinary people and the U.S. back some dissidents who were trying to overthrow this democratically elected government. Although he is trying to raise the standard of living for all of his people, he is not against the rich. Pat Robinson supported Charles Taylor of Liberia although this man was responsible for tens of thousands of people being hacked to death, raped, and displaced. Robinson supported Charles Taylor in spite of this man’s horrendous record because he (Robinson) had a stake in the diamond minds. All of this information can be found on the information for those who don’t believe what I’m saying.

If anybody around the world had said Bush should be killed because we have the means, then they would have called them a terrorist. Pat Robinson is an unscrupulously evil man and in my opinion, doesn’t reflect what Jesus stood for.

I’m with Chavez. He was democratically elected by ordinary people…

Not true!

Cynthia, did you not read anything that I posted?? come on sis.

Bull. Amerikkka has plenty of political prisoners. It’s “interesting†that you black conservatives conveniently overlook the disenfranchisement of thousands of Blacks in Florida in 2000; tactics in Florida by republicans to scare elderly people into not voting; placement of poll watchers/challengers in predominantly Black voting districts, etc.

***Still not seeing the “prisoner” part of the equation… Do you know anyone who has been placed in front of a firing squad or beaten senseless because of their political beliefs? We are allowed to desecrate the presidency with absolutely NO accountability… I’d love to see that happen in Cuba, the “utopia”…. Am I a non-thinker because I don’t gobble up information just because it sounds good? Why must I be grouped with Trent Lott just because I am proud of the freedoms I enjoy in this country? That is not to say I am in 100% communion with everything the government does or has done…but WHY does it have to be to either extreme? Why can’t we dialogue without the fear of being sellouts?