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Mas “FREE TIME”

By Jose Reyes

If you have Tiempo Libre , any free time that is, then watch this great video, ENJOY!

Pay Attention: Honduras wants to be free!

By Dale Yeager

Recently the protests in Iran have demanded that world’s leaders take a look
at the movement of Democracy within the Middle East. The Iranian people are
not stopping until they have self rule.  But Iran was not the first, the
people of Lebanon have twice rejected the oppressors of Syria. They want
their country back!

And now the people of Honduras have done what many countries such as Cuba
and Venezuela wish they had done a long time ago…kick out the oppressor.
On Sunday the Honduran Congress, Supreme Court, Military and Electoral
Tribunal said “enough is enough” and removed President Manuel Zelaya.

Zelaya, who admires Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, had brought the country
into financial ruin and then blamed it on the upper class. To add insult to
injury he decided to run for re-election…permanently. To do this required a
radical change in their national constitution. The Supreme Court and
Electoral Tribunal said that it was unconstitutional and so Zelaya decided
to move forward with this idea anyway.

He asked for the military to support his efforts but they refused to commit
treason so he removed their leaders and the country’s defense minister.

By the way this was no French Revolution style “coup d’état” the country’s
leaders in a bipartisan move did not jail Zelaya or execute him they put him
on a plane and sent him to Costa Rica. They then appointed a civilian as
interim president until the scheduled November elections.

As Ray Walser a Latin America senior policy analyst put it, “This was no
coup, but a desperate act to protect the nations’ constitution and its
institutions from presidential excess…”
Of course Hugo Chavez was outraged over his comrade’s ouster and has sent
operatives into the country’s capitol Tegucigalpa.

By the way this same timeline of events occurred in 1950s Cuba and in recent
years in Venezuela, see the pattern? The bottom line is this; people want

self rule not oppressive regimes; it’s a good time to be alive!

HONDURAS’ CASE / A BAD OMEN FOR AMERICA

By Agustin Blazquez with the collaboration of Jaums Sutton

Dishonest as usual, on June 29, 2009, the national CBS news’ Katie Couric and Brian Williams of NBC parroted what Obama and Hillary Clinton called a “coup” in the Central American country of Honduras - misleading and manipulating once more the American people.

This erroneous pronouncement of Obama and Hillary, totally disregard that Honduras’ constitution doesn’t allow a president to be re-elected and that the action taken in Honduras was Constitutional and within the frame of their laws.  It was not unilateral action by the military.  It was not a “coup” at all.

The actions of the Honduran Supreme Court, and the Congress - who even voted to remove President Zelaya - and the military, were legal and proper according to the Constitution of Honduras-not a coup.  It may have resulted in the removal of someone Obama and others wanted in power, but it was a legal removal.

Legal because the one who violated the law was former President Zelaya who wanted to change the Constitution in order to become a socialist totalitarian tyrant-for-life as Castro, Chavez, and other socialist scumbags flourishing throughout Latin America with the help of Cuba and Venezuela - and sadly now with help from Obama and Hillary.

Apparently they are all part of the latest political aberration referred by Chavez and Castro as “Socialism of the 21^st Century.”

The socialists’ (communists’) politics for some years have been using the technique of democratic constitutional elections to attain power.  Once in power they don’t feel any respect for the Constitution and immediately begin efforts to convert the country to socialism/communism and to keep themselves in power indefinitely.

The Judiciary, and Legislative bodies of Honduras tried to avoid the imposition of that kind of tyranny by rightfully following their Constitution that defines as a “crime” the removal of the “no-reelection” clause.

The response of Obama and Hillary is indeed outrageous and very revealing of their long-term aims.  As Obama did with Iran recent protests of fraud in their presidential election and now with Honduras, it appears that this dynamic duo is not siding with the oppressed but with their oppressors.  How can they be part of the imposition of a tyranny on the people of Honduras and complete disregard for the Honduran Constitution?  Siding with those Latin American thugs is not a good sign.

It is also revealing that the legal action in Honduras is opposed by the Castro brothers, themselves a rogue totalitarian state, which is on the list of terrorist nations - unless Obama, of course, issues an executive order for one of his promised “changes” by removing Cuba from its well deserved infamous place on that list.

Freedom and Democracy are opposed in addition to the Castros, by the likes of Chavez, Evo Morales - who was trained in Cuba - Rafael Correa, Daniel Ortega, is seen in the actions of organizations like the OAS and the UN, communist and socialist organizations everywhere as well as other presidential characters involved in delivering the rest of the Americas to the failed and obsolete communist system.

Worldwide, communist systems are responsible for 100 million deaths documented in a book published in Europe.  The reason why it doesn’t get much publicity and circulation in the U.S. is because the publishing establishment in this country, as well as the academic world, is riddled with sympathizers of that aberrant system.

Is it understood by the average American the extent of the socialization of the U.S. already accomplished by Obama?  Will it expand under his guidance? Will the U.S. media’s techniques of softening the edges of Obama’s assumption of control of major components of our previously free banking and auto industries prevent enough U.S. voters from realizing where Obama is heading and prevent his re-election for a second term?  Will an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution be possible during his time in office to permit him to become a fashionable-in-Latin-America President-for-Life?

Had Obama been truthful, apparently he should have run not under the Democratic Party but the Socialist Party.

I am not very optimistic about Honduras’ future since it is now surrounded by so many socialist enemies, unfortunately elected through “democratic” elections.  And much less now, with the support of Obama and Hillary.

Apparently Obama wants the U.S. to be part of the Castro’s-Chavez federation of socialist nations and their “Socialism of the 21^st Century.”

Obama’s attempts at restoration of a socialist totalitarian President in Honduras who violated the laws and ignored the Constitution of his own country is a bad omen for the people of the U.S.

© ABIP 2009

For more information about Honduras’ case visit:

http:/online.wsj.com/article/SB124623220955866301.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124640649700876791.html

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32508

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/thomas_reid_obama/2009/07/02/231353.htm

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/limbaugh_obama_third_term/2009/07/01/230937.html

Agustin Blazquez,producer and director of the documentaries:,

AB INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS (ABIP)

COVERING CUBA (1995), CUBA: The Pearl of the Antilles (1999), COVERING CUBA 2: The Next Generation (2000), COVERING CUBA 3: Elian (2002), COVERING CUBA 4: The Rats Below (2004), Dan Rather “60 Minutes” (2004), CLAVE (2005) RUMBERAS CUBANAS, Vol. 1 MARIA ANTONIETA PONS (2006) COVERING CUBA 5: Act Of Repudiation (2007), UNO (2007), COVERING CUBA 6: CURACAO (2008), CLAVE IN MODERN DRUMSET PLAYING (2008), RAFAEL CLAVE BEHIND THE SCENES (2008) and the upcoming COVERING CUBA 7 (2010)

Previews at http://www.youtube.com/user/jaums

Author of more that 300 published articles and author with Carlos Wotzkow of the book COVERING AND DISCOVERING and translator with Jaums Sutton of the book by Luis Grave de Peralta Morell THE MAFIA OF HAVANA: The Cuban Cosa Nostra.

THE KING WHO HAD NO CLOTHES

By Howard E. Morseburg

There it is, right in front of you, plain as day, and 320 million Americans cannot see it.

The President, Barack Obama, tells it to you, plain and simple, outlines it clearly, and still you are blind, as are 320 million other Americans.

Pres. Hugo Chavez, of Venezuela, tells you and laughs at your blindness, and still, 320 million American refuse to open their eyes, refuse to accept the truth.

The world laughs at 320 million deluded Americans, as the Iron Wall is built slowly around them.

The President has told you that for years he was a Community Organizer.  ACORN, the organization he built, is changing its name to Community Organizers and opening offices abroad as it goes international.

Change two letters, the last two, from “ty” to “st” and Community becomes Communist.  It is simple enough to see.

The Red Shirts worn by members of ACORN, are right in front of your eyes.

Every program proposed by Congress is the same progression that each take-over by Socialists, as in Germany, as in Russia, as in Poland, as in all of Eastern Europe, as in Cuba, as in Venezuela, is another step down the road to Communism.

Simply change the last two letters, from ty to st. Your President has been open and truthful with you, and you now have the change that you sought, and the Constitution is in shambles.

America, you are now the United States of Socialist Republics, or the new USSR.  Welcome to change. Welcome to the New Order.

And, America, you’re afraid to admit that you’ve been hoodwinked.  The Democratic Party is now the Socialist Party of America.  The socialist programs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have already demonstrated that they don’t work, but you’re still marching straight ahead into more of them, courtesy of the Democratic party, courtesy of Barney Frank and others.

It took a child to see that the King had no clothes in that old fable; does it take an old man to remind you to seek your own answers and not accept the lies that others tell you.  You poor deluded 320 millions of Americans.  First they captured America, now ACORN is going for control of the World.

COMMUNITY STANDS FOR COMMUNIST.  Think, think, think.

By Jose Reyes

This is exactly what is going on in Cuba to the political prisoners in Cuba at the present moment. This is a plead (In Spanish) from an 81 year old mother, Gloria Amaya , a plead for medical attention for her dying son, Sigler Amaya. This is reality in the prisons of Cuba. Where are the Human Rights organizations, where is the The UN Human Rights Council, where is the so-called Representatives of the Black Caucus, where is the Main Stream Media. These organizations should all be held accountable for not acknowledging and not reporting all the atrocities that are going on in Cuba right now and for the last 50 years. They should be held accountable for turning a blind eye on reality in Cuba and most of all, for cooperating with this murderous regime. Listen to it all, if you can, this is just one case, when will this end!

Translation of Message:

“My son is dying,,,,,,,My son is dying,,,,,,don’t let my little son die…..Mommy….. he says, Mommy, I don’t have on me any more places to put an injection…. Mommy!…. He is a cadaver…..I plead for justice…for justice to be made…..because my son is going to die there, and before my son dies, I ask this government here, this government that does not deserve anything, to issue a parole to all the sick ones, because there are many who are sick, a lot of them….they say that there are none, that there are no political prisoners of conscience, that there are none, that all of them are common prisoners, that’s a huge lie my God !…… let a representative of Human Rights come here,,,,,and let them come to the jails, and let them come to the hospitals….and let them see the way they are…..they are dying……not for lack of things that one brings to them, because one brings to them whatever we can ….but the medical assistance, they have to give it to them the way it should be, they have to give it because it is a human being…..it is a human being here and not an animal….they have my son in a “hole”, as they say of the way they have the spies ( in the US)…. they are the ones that have them in a “hole”, in the back part of the hospital is where they have them, where they are not permitted to see anybody, and not alowed to talk to anybody, so no one can communicate with him or nothing…I was allowed to see him for only twenty minutes and they didn’t let me talk anything with him…this is criminal,,,, it’s criminal what they are doing…..my son, who always has been strong as an oak, my son went in there strong, big and in great shape, and now he is week, skinny, he is a skeleton….I beg of you, all the community outside Cuba, I beg of you to do something for him….to the President Barack Obama, to the European Union, to all the congress there….this government here what is doing is killing them, they are been killing them slowly…..You hear me…I am a mother who is suffering since my son went to prison…he entered very well and healthy and now look at the way my son is…..My son is dying…… my son is dying….don’t let my little son die….the little son of my soul……don’t die.

By Jose Reyes

Issue No.22 of the Cubanology Bi-Weekly will be released on Monday, June 29th. If anyone is interested in writing an article for this issue please go to this link and email me. You can write your article about whatever you wish and it could be in any language. I mean any language, thank you! On the sidebar you can see the previous issues and get an idea.

Zack’s Diversity Lane is on cruise control, that’s right to the top, outstanding!

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These are his four latest masterpieces from the “Diversity Lane” Blog. If you are not up-to-date go to the Website itself and learn more. This “Saga” gets better and more interesting with every cartoon. Diversity Lane is a reflection of all the significant current events in America.

By Jose Reyes This video explains the “Value of the Dollar” and Ron Paul explains it to you in plain English! It’s so clear that people still refuse to accept it because it’s just too simple to understand. Meanwhile, the middle class, the backbone of of America is being wiped out. Like it is mentioned on the video, how could one talk about rising prices without relating it with the value of the dollar. This article written by Robert Griffith will help you understand even more and will help you understand a little more about the value of the dollar. History teaches us that Big Government cannot run Big Business and here we have the Obama administration trying to destroy the economy so it could nationalize everything. Watch Video Here is a speech of Ron Paul from February 15, 2006 named “The End of Dollar Hegemony” which will explains it all and in a simple fashion. We should all get involved more with what is going on in our economy right now, that includes myself.

Another Video:

Bill: Federal Reserve (HR 1207)

Obama “Sucks”

By Jose Reyes

Ooooh! How could I say that? Well first of all, the word “Suck” and “Sucks” is used very frequently and has become a common slang word in our crippling English language, here in America. Presently, it is used on our streets, on TV, on Radio and in Movies. This word “Sucks” has several meanings in our present language and all of these meanings are related in respect to it’s negativity to who or what you are applying it to. Basically, when anyone uses this word in the right context, when one wants to describe and reflect their disgust towards someone or something or to some sort of event. So when I use it here in this instance, as you can clearly see from the title of this article, I am, by no means, trying to imply or suggest any sort of sexual act. Please, let’s get this straight.

Why have I chosen to use this description concerning our newly voted president? Because of what happened to me a few months ago, while I was standing on the corner, ready to cross the street. Yes, Obama had just been declared victorious and people were all chatting on the streets about it. This is when I bumped into this little old lady on the corner. Somehow, I really don’t recall the exact words which exactly triggered this discussion about Obama, but it happened. Yes, this sweet little old lady and I stopped our pursuit of crossing the street and decided not to cross and discuss politics. Well, she was pretty upset with the outcome of the elections and so was I, we were very mutual with our disgust and we proceeded to voice our opinions, to ourselves, about Obama and how the main stream media handled the elections. This conversation was between us only and was rather low in volume. We understood each other very well at that moment and now, after further reminiscing and recalling that interesting conversation we had, I could say that everything we projected is occurring and transpiring right now, at the present moment with the Obama’s administration. Sad but true. Anyways, while we were discussing our disgust and disappointment concerning the voting results in our private conversation, a middle aged woman passed by us with her small Toy Poodle, I noticed her immediately but this charming elderly lady did not because her back was to her. I noticed how this dog-walker slightly tilted her head towards us when she heard two words and they were “Bush” and “Obama.” Her right antennae-like ear strategically and advantageously, was now positioned between both the elderly lady and me as she slightly twisted her head. She was listening in on our conversation and in a very careful manner. She took a few more steps pass us and suddenly stopped right on her track, meanwhile the poor Poodle continued on until it suddenly stopped in an awkward choking manner. This was it! She could not take it anymore, she had to defend the newly almighty elected Barack Obama! She was obviously upset now, she had to say something and she did. Yes she did! She toggled her dog over towards us and said, with a very inappropriate nasty look on her face, she screamed out, “Better than what Bush has done to this country in the last 8 years!” The sweet elderly lady jumped up from the surprise statement and I looked to see if she was alright. Well, not to my surprise, this elderly lady turned around, looked at the wild-eyed woman with the dog and said “Mind your own business!” I turned around instantaneously, looked at the woman with the dog and calmly said to her “Obama SUCKS” The woman looked at us totally surprised, she viciously smirked at us and quickly walked away, dragging her dog on its side. What a scene she made and why? I cannot wonder why, because she was 100% wrong.

This conversation/intrusion really occurred and was quite a wake up call for me. I knew Obama had a strong influence on the voters but not to that extent. The overreaction of this woman was very disturbing to me but even more disturbing, was the overprotecting, this was scary. How a man who was not known a year before, could possibly be be considered now as Jesus Christ. I blame this on the MSM (Mainstream Media), I strongly think they SUCK just as much. This iconic view of Obama is getting way out of control. It’s alright to admire your president but to be wearing t-shirts of him is not normal for an American. I think this really Sucks and I’ll tell you how much. It sucks so much because on every image that you see on the t-shirts, you don’t see an American flag or anything American about it. That Sucks because he is suppose to be representing America, not a religious savior. But the selfish Sucky people who do wear these t-shirts do not care about America, that’s why they wear these shirts, they are making a statement every time they put these t-shirts on. If the T-shirts had an image of Obama and an American flag on it, then I would partially accept it. I wouldn’t wear it though because in my opinion, this Obama administration SUCKS! Being Cuban-American and having to see Che T-Shirts portraying a murderer as some kind of hero Sucks quite a bit, I must say. This is the same Sucky feeling I get every time I see Obama on a t-shirt but in his case, I see a non-proven, inexperience “politician” with Socialism on his mind, this Sucks just the same!

So this is why I wrote this article. I feel it is in my interest to express my opinion about the type of government I personally think we have here, in America. I’m simply voicing my opinion. And because the word I’m using here is completely acceptable in today’s standards, then I use it to describe how disgusted I am of the the direction this bogus government is taking Americans to. I am an American citizen and I have the right to express my opinion. When the day comes that my opinion is not accepted and this very popular word, when used in the right context, cannot be associate with ANY elected American president. Yes, the day that this widely used word, SUCKS, would be punishable by law when expressing my personal opinionated description of ANY American president’s administration, then it would be the day that this supposed Democracy we live in, ceases to exist.

But has this moment already arrived?

“Paquito and Benny”

By Jose Reyes

These are two great tributes of Benny Goodman that Paquito D’ Rivera did respectively with Gary Walker on May 29th and with the Goodman graduatees: Bill Crow, John Bunch, James Chirillo and others in an incredible evening of stories and music, on May 30th, 2009. Brought to you by WBGO.org, the best Jazz radio station in the world! I particularly like the one with the Luxury Band ( Bill Crow, John Bunch….), the stories are exceptional, not to mention, Paquito is playing with the band. If you are a Jazz enthusiast and are interested in the history of Jazz, then you will love it. Enjoy!

With Gary Walker:

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The “Classy” Robert Palmer

One cannot skim through the 80’s and the MTV era without forgetting the image of the  “Classy” Songwriter/Singer Robert Palmer singing all those catchy tunes. There he stood with his suit and tie, singing away with an entourage of sexy, slick haired, long legged models behind him. He was great, I love those videos of his. They were smart, creative and unique, not to mention, they were great songs with a lot of Rock N’ Roll punch to them. He left us in 2003 but his songs and videos will never be forgotten! Learn More

“Simply Irresistible” Watch

Read the excellent Lyrics:

“Simply Irresistible”

How can it be permissible
She compromise my principle, yeah yeah
That kind of love is mythical
She’s anything but typical

She’s a craze you’d endorse, she’s a powerful force
You’re obliged to conform when there’s no other course
She used to look good to me, but now I find her
Simply irresistible, Simply irresistible

Her loving is so powerful, huh
It’s simply unavoidable
The trend is irreversible
The woman is invincible

She’s a natural law, and she leaves me in awe
She deserves the applause, I surrender because
She used to look good to me, but now I find her
Simply irresistible, Simply irresistible

Simply irresistible (She’s so fine, there’s no tellin’ where the money went)
Simply irresistible (She’s all mine, there’s no other way to go)

She’s unavoidable, I’m backed against the wall |
She gives me feelings like I never felt before |
I’m breaking promises, she’s breaking every law |
She used to look good to me, but now I find her |
Simply irresistible . She’s so fine, there’s no tellin’ where the money went
Simply irresistible She’s all mine, there’s no other way to go

Her methods are inscrutable
The proof is irrefutable, Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
She’s so completely kissable, huh
Our lives are indivisible

She’s a craze you’d endorse, she’s a powerful force
You’re obliged to conform when there’s no other course
She used to look good to me, but now I find her
Simply irresistible (She’s so fine, there’s no tellin’ where the money went)
Simply irresistible (She’s all mine, there’s no other way to go)
Simply irresistible (She’s so fine, there’s no tellin’ where the money went)
Simply irresistible (She’s all mine, there’s no other way to go)

And what about “Addicted to Love” ?? One of the best songs ever and and if it doesn’t make you move, then you might as well stop listening to music.

Watch Video, no suit jacket on here (Bad quality video, sorry)

This song like all his songs has great lyrics:

“Addicted to Love”

Your lights are on, but you’re not home
Your mind is not your own
Your heart sweats, your body shakes
Another kiss is what it takes

You can’t sleep, you can’t eat
There’s no doubt, you’re in deep
Your throat is tight, you can’t breathe
Another kiss is all you need

Whoa, you like to think that you’re immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get enough
You know you’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to love

You see the signs, but you can’t read
You’re runnin’ at a different speed
Your heart beats in double time
Another kiss and you’ll be mine, a one track mind

You can’t be saved
Oblivion is all you crave
If there’s some left for you
You don’t mind if you do

Whoa, you like to think that you’re immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get enough
You know you’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to love

Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love

Your lights are on, but you’re not home
Your will is not your own
You’re heart sweats and teeth grind
Another kiss and you’ll be mine

Whoa, you like to think that you’re immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get enough
You know you’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to love

Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love

Here’s a great Live Version with the one and only and “Classy” Tina Turner

This is just the tip of the iceberg, what about:

I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On!

Lyrics:

“I didn’t Mean To Turn You On”

When I took you out
I knew what you were all about
But when I did
I didn’t mean to turn you on
Now I bring you home
You tell me “Good night’s” not enough for you
I’m sorry, baby
I didn’t mean to turn you on
Oh, I didn’t mean to turn you on
You read me wrong
I wasn’t tryin’ to lead you on
Not like you think
I didn’t mean to turn you on
I know you
Expected a one-night-stand, when I refused
I knew you wouldn’t understand
I’m sorry, baby
I didn’t mean to turn you on
I told you twice
I was only tryin’ to be nice
Only tryin’ to be nice
Oh, I didn’t mean to turn you on
Hey, now why should I
Feel guilty ’cause I won’t give
Guilty ’cause I won’t give in
I didn’t mean to turn you on
Oh, baby, I didn’t mean to turn you on
When I took you out
I knew what you were all about
But when I did
I didn’t mean to turn you on
Oh, baby, I didn’t mean to turn you on

There’s much more, like “Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” , “Some like It Hot”, “Every Kinda People”, “She Makes My Day”

By Jose Reyes

On June 1st all the Websites and Blogs around the world are going to unveil their united support against the real Blockade, the one the Castro regime has against the Cuban people. It’s the “Internet Blockade” and the one that restricts the Cuban people in Cuba from communicating to the rest of the world! It’s the blockade of truth, let the Cuban people express their opinion concerning the Castro regime. All we see and read is just one side of the story, the loud minority, the tyrannical Castro regime. Let’s read and see what the silent majority is saying, let them be FREE to go online and write on their personal blog without being shut down. Send your link to any of the websites below so you can show your support! Thank you very much, the suffering Cuban people will be very grateful for your efforts.

JOIN US:

Actualmente se esta desarrollando en Cuba la campaña del PROYECTO VARELA y del DIALOGO NACIONAL. Defendemos el derecho a expresarse libremente de todos los cubanos, que en su mayoría no tiene ni blogs ni acceso a internet y que en medio de represión y las dificultades participan en estas campañas.

AQUÍ el link del blog 1juniocuba para acceder a los textos de la convocatoria en varias lenguas: español, ingles, francés, italiano, portugués, alemàn, turco.
También están a disposición algunas imágenes, y si lo desean pueden enviar las suyas y seran expuestas en el blog. Lo importante es mantener todos el mismo texto de reivindicaciones.

ESPAÑOL

Título:
Llamamiento al gobierno cubano y al mundo

Texto:
Pedimos a todas las personas e instituciones defensoras de los derechos civiles en el mundo que contribuyan a la movilizacion, y llamamos al gobierno cubano a:
-Liberar a los presos políticos en Cuba
-Levantar las prohibiciones que impiden a los cubanos entrar y salir de su país
-Levantar las prohibiciones de acceso a Internet para los cubanos

ENGLISH

Title:
Call to the Cuban government and to the world

Title:
We ask all persons and institutions defenders of civil rights in the world that they contribute to this mobilization, and we call the Cuban government to:
- Liberate the political prisoners.
- Abolish the interdictions which prevent the Cubans from entering and leave of their country.
- Abolish the interdictions of access in Internet for the Cubans.

LA RESISTENCIA DEMOCRÁTICA CUBANA ESTÁ DIFUNDIENDO EL SIGUIENTE LLAMAMIENTO :
Llamamiento al gobierno cubano y al mundo

Pedimos a todas las personas e instituciones defensoras de los derechos civiles en el mundo que contribuyan, y llamamos al gobierno cubano a:

-Liberar a los presos políticos en Cuba

-Levantar las prohibiciones que impiden a los cubanos entrar (a) y salir de su país

-Levantar las prohibiciones de acceso a Internet para los cubanos

FRANÇAIS

Le 1 juin 2009 nous lancerons une mobilisation générale sur le Web.
Cette mobilisation générale se dirige à tous les internautes et bloggeurs cubains et non cubains qui désirent voir le peuple cubain libre, jouissant de ses droits inaliénables.
Le 1 juin 2009, tous les internautes et bloggeurs laisseront leur page d’accueil ouverte toute la journée avec le même document et texte ici bas affichés, en signe de solidarité avec le peuple cubain.
Le peuple cubain à besoin de votre appui et de la solidarité de vous tous.
Nous comptons sur vous, internautes de tous les pays, pour faire de ce jour, de cette juste réclamation, un succès.
Merci à tous.

ITALIANO

Chiediamo a tutte le persone e istituzioni che difendono i diritti civili nel mondo di contribuire a questa mobilitazione, e invitiamo il governo cubano a:
- Liberare i prigionieri politici in Cuba
- Togliere i divieti che impediscono ai cubani di entrare e di uscire dal loro paese.
- Togliere le proibizioni di accesso a Internet per i cubani.

DEUTSCH (texto)
Bekanntmachungfür alle Blogs und alle Freunde eines Freien Kubas1 Juni Tag der Mobilisierung im Internet als Unterstützung für die Freiheit Kubas und mithilfe an alle Andersdenker die, auf der Insel, einen Widerstand gegen die Regierung leisten.Wir bitten alle Personen, Institutionen, und allen Demokratischen Kräfte der Welt, die sich für die Menschenrechte einsetzen, einen Blick in die Kubanische Realität zu werfen, und unsere Mobilisierung im INTERNET zu Unterstützen.

Wir fordern die kubanische Regierung auf:
- Die bedingungslose Freilassung aller politischen Gefangenen. Das ist und bleibt unsere Hauptforderung
- Darüber hinaus klären wir auf, wieder einmal, dass die Reisefreiheit in Kuba eine akute Menschenrecht Verletzung ist. Daher verlangen wir eine endgültige Reisefreiheit für die Kubanische Bevölkerung. Das wir ohne jegliche politische Hindernisse unser Land Frei verlassen und zurückkehren dürfen.
- Abschaffung des Entzugs im Internet. Freizugänglichkeit ins Internet für alle Kubaner und Abschaffung der Stattlichen Kontrollen für die Bevölkerung Kubas in das Netz.

Um diese Aktion zu unterstützen, lassen Sie ihren Blog an den Tag, den ganzen Tag offen. Das Kommunique musst überall veröffentlicht und gesendet werden. An die Medien, in deinen Blog, in die Mails der Kubanischen Regierung die wir zur Verfügung stellten. Der Notwendige Internationale Druck ist gefragt!
Sie können helfen, und so ihre Solidarität mit der Kubanischen Bevölkerung in Ausdruck bringen!

Y Mas, And More

Una movilización general en Internet ha sido convocada por varios blogs y webs cubanos con el objetivo de concientizar a la opinión pública internacional sobre la realidad cubana, y presionar al régimen de La Habana. La acción común tendrá lugar el próximo lunes 1 de junio.

Blogs Con Banderas

El movimiento Con Todas las Banderas arriba a las cien enseñas en apenas poco más de un mes. Es hora de celebrar, y de felicitarnos todos por lo logrado hasta ahora. La campaña ha tomado cuerpo, nucleando alrededor de ella a decenas de internautas entusiastas, blogueros y no blogueros, cubanos y no cubanos, jóvenes y no tan jóvenes, que a su vez han generado múltiples iniciativas cuyo denominador común, como no podía ser de otra manera, es el deseo de abrir espacios de libertad para Cuba.

El bloguero y escritor Armando Añel, autor de Blogs Con Banderas, dijo a MartiNoticias que se trata de un movimiento espontáneo que se ha venido gestando en la Internet.

Añel agregó que el objetivo de la campaña es concientizar a la opinión pública sobre la realidad de la isla. La idea es que cada participante pueda diseñar su propia bandera como símbolo del respeto irrrestricto a la libertad individal.

Los blogs y webs participantes abririan sus páginas con un mismo post de cabecera que permanecerá como primera entrada durante todo ese día bajo el título: Llamamiento al gobierno cubano y al mundo.

Entre los organizadores de la campaña se encuentran también los escritores y blogueros José Luis Sito, Margarita García Alonso, José Ramón Morales, Ignacio Granados, e incluye sitios web dentro y fuera de Cuba.

Nineteen Eighty-Four with Cuba in Mind

By Jose Reyes

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features. Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working, and at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours. It was part of the economy drive in preparation for Hate Week. The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was thirty-nine and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way. On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.

This is how George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty-Four begins and probably where the Castro so-called scholars in charge of reading, classifying and categorizing all the literature in Cuba’s libraries began to realize how “dangerous” it would be for their personal revolution. But then again, Fidel and Raul most likely had read this book already since it was published in 1949. As soon as one begins to read this revealing book the similarities begin to appear, it seems like you are reading about modern day Cuba. And in a weird example-like manner, Fidel and Raul also seemed to adopt the whole philosophy and goal of their system to mirror this particular book.

“Total” Totalitarianism is exactly what Orwell was trying to convey and acknowledge with his descriptive observations, yes, how a Communist system would look like when finally reaching its pinnacle, the endpoint, its Utopian Finale. How its victims and followers would be living, was definitely one of the main goals he concentrated on as he typed away this masterpiece. The comparisons are great, the ideology is exact and the reality is clear. The iconic murals are there and the language emphasis is the same. Those brainwashing persuasive reminding words are there and very clear. It seems to be the weapon of choice and the method all communist led establishments always take. It’s those repeated visual reminders that make or break you, to either religiously follow the system or revolt to fugitive status. There are no other choices, especially in the world George Orwell creates in 1984. Just the same, there really isn’t any choice in Cuba, you either accept it by giving up all your aspirations, your individuality and your human rights or you fight the system.

A rusty and aging 50 year old system with many faults and failures constitutes Cuba now. A country with dinosaur 59 Chevy’s roaming the streets and collapsing buildings falling about. A turtle-paced transportation system, a disastrous uncommunicative telecommunication company, a dimming power grid and a dial-up styled Internet connection are all this cynical tyrannical government could offer to its inhabitants. The only thriving business on this beautiful island is the Castro family steered tourism agency, which was established by way of lucrative deals with the very successful European hotel industry. This, of course, only benefits Big Brother, as the Cuban citizens are left holding a worthless Cuban Peso in one hand and a beat up unreliable food ration card on the other.

There you have it, George Orwell’s extraordinary depiction of the human state in a world totally dominated by Marx and Engels philosophical system of Communism. You actually need not even have to finish the first chapter to realize how unbelievably similar life in Cuba is now, in 2009, to the world George Orwell predicted in 1948, if Communism prevailed in society. So if you never been to Cuba and you were fortunate to read Nineteen Eighty Four then you would be able to picture how the Cuban people live and have lived in the last 50 years. This is how you will live your life when you decide to accept and surrender your individuality to your government. The day you purposely refuse to monitor and fail to question your so-called leaders, will be the beginning of the end of your freedom. The day your so-called leaders take your only form of defense, either your opinionated voice or your hand held weapon away from you, will be your first day of slavery. When you give up on your future aspirations and begin to accept that you have been unfairly defeated, then you will be, in turn, surrendering yourself to the one that refused to acknowledge you as a living human being. It’s as simple as that and Cuba is the perfect example. If you feel that I am exaggerating here with my comparisons, then go and live in Cuba for the rest of your life, but live within the Cuban people, within their persecution, within their futile lives. There is no reason for any human being to suffer and to be ripped apart, psychologically or physically, just for disagreeing with a  philosophical ideal. This ideal or may I say, concept, which I am speaking of is Communism.

George Orwell considered himself to be a Social-Democrat, who fought all his life against totalitarian governments. He hated Communism with a vengeance because he knew it was the same exact thing but he felt that Socialism would be the perfect system of rule. If he were alive now, he would have written a couple extensive books explaining how wrong he was about Socialism because he would have realized, like many are right now, that Socialism cannot work and eventually turns into a full blown Communism. The more power your so-called leader has over your freedom of choice, the more you lose your human rights. This is exactly what happens in a Socialist system, the Communistic ideal takes over the mindset. This is when that one day comes, when your so-called leader will stand before you and announce that there will not be anymore elections, that will be the end for you. So George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four was not only about Communism and Totalitarianism, it was really a goodwill guide for all human beings to follow, so they would understand the warning signs. The very first sign that there is something fishy is going on is when you begin to see an overabundance of Iconic Posters surfacing in public, this is a big giveaway, which reminds me of our 44th president.

As George Orwell mentions:

Outside, even through the shut window-pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no colour in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere. The blackmoustachio’d face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house-front immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

You can read 1984 online for free and all of his other works of perfection, including Animal Farm here. I also have 1984 in the Spanish online version . I have been able to email many people in Cuba this Spanish translated online version and if you can too, please do because like I mentioned before, this is one of the first of many books that Fidel and Raul banned when they took over Cuba. If you are caught reading this book in Cuba, then you will be imprisoned. I wonder why?

You can purchase 1984 in English

You can purchase 1984 in Spanish

You can purchase 1984 in Italian

You can purchase1984 in French

You can purchase 1984 in German

There are many countries that have not translated this book up to now.

The UN Inhumane Rights Council

By Jose Reyes

The UN Human Rights Council is a total disgrace to term human rights itself and should appropriately be renamed to “The UN Inhumane Rights Council.” The United Nations should not exist because it violates the exact purpose and reason why it was established and created. There is no better example of misrepresentation than the favorable non-discriminating treatment towards the Cuban regime. Cuba is the perfect example of how the UN handles and conducts business within its sinful walls. For its members to knowingly turn a blind eye away from the 50 years of tyrannical rule in Cuba can only be classified as Evil. Every individual who just casted a favorable vote to reelect Cuba to its shameful so-called Human Rights Council should be held accountable for their prejudice decision. I cannot place the same blame on all diplomats because there are many who have worked in the past and are working now for the UN that have made a difference but then again, when it comes to Cuba, most of them are clueless. Sometimes I feel the UN was created to discredit the United States and its allies. How much more evidence will it take for the UN to acknowledge that Cuba is just another totalitarian government and it’s inhabitants are simply slaves.

Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end thaNow, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.t every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction. ARTICLES 1 to 30

Please take a look at this link, read each and every Article so you could realize how the Castro regime breaks every single one! And the UN, which was created and formed to defend helpless citizens of brutal governments from being treated as slaves, is aiding and rewarding the Cuban slave masters themselves.

The UN tends to be too naive, here, let’s go back to 1962, just for a miniature example but an enormous one with the the recent vote in mind.

Here:

The UN General assembly did not beleive that there were missles pointing at the United States and that there was any sort of threat? So this excellent and significant Debate transpired in the United Nations Secourity council. Of course, the Russians defense was the failed attempt of the Bay of Pigs but that was an attempt by exiled Cubans to retake their country back. This was not exactly what Fidel and Khrushchev had in mind, as we all know. They had multiple short to long range missiles pointing at the United States.

Why don’t we take a look at the Human Rights Watch and there recent news concerning the Cruel treatment of the Castro regime towards its citizens. These are the words of José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch:

“Any discussion of engagement with Cuba needs to take into account that Cuba is the last country in the hemisphere that represses nearly every form of political dissent, those who lament Cuba’s absence from the summit should remember that the Cuban government systematically denies its people even the most basic freedoms.”

Although, like usual, he confuses the matter and contradicts himself by saying this:

“The Latin American leaders should recognize that turning a blind eye to Cuba’s repression has done nothing to improve the lives of the Cuban people, the sooner the US and Latin America acknowledge that none of their policies have improved human rights in Cuba, the sooner they can find a shared policy that will succeed.”Read it all

Typical of the HRW, they are always stumbling over themselves when it come to Cuba. This is their 2009 World Report concerning Cuba and explains the confusion and contradictions I mentioned before. Let’s not forget that the reason why Cuba was not invited to the Summit of the Americas was because the Castro regime is not recognized as a legitimate government, elected by the people and for the people. So why should they even be included in the UN at all?

The UN missed this when the voting took place. The UN misses or refuses to acknowledge the truth, what more evidence do they need? Is the UN Inhumane Council breaking their obligation of Human Rights? I am just touching the surface here, as we all know or do we? Dr Oscar Biscet and the rest of the political prisoners is common knowledge. That’s enough proof, I think, but 50 years of Human Rights violations by the same exact government is totally unexcusable! What does the US Embargo or the new so-called attitude by the Castro regime have to do with 50 years of human rights violations. I repeat again, read the 30 articles of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS that I linked above and then tell me that I’m wrong, prove it to me please. Remember, this article pertains to the inclusion of Cuba to the UN Human Rights Council, nevermind the other countries. I’m sure many reading this article would have a few words to say about the others there and be my guess please. There are no words to describe the irresponsibility and the corruptness occurring in the UN. It’s a total disgrace to Human Rights in Cuba and therefore, it is a total disgrace to humanity! 

By Jose Reyes

This website HERE explains, in detail, how the battle for Iwo Jima was fought and won. The American forces landed on the beach on D-Day, to a barrage of bullets and bombs!

The US Invasion:

American air forces pounded Iwo in the longest sustained aerial offensive of the war.

“No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima.”
. . . Admiral Nimitz, CINPAC

Incredibly, this ferocious bombardment had little effect. Hardly any of the Japanese underground fortresses were touched.

Twenty-one thousand defenders of Japanese soil, burrowed in the volcanic rock of Iwo Jima, anxiously awaited the American invaders.

D-Day February 19, 1945:

At 8:30am, the order, “Land the Landing Force,” sent the first wave of Marines towards the deadly shores. Once ashore, the Marines were bedeviled by the loose volcanic ash. Unable to dig foxholes, they were sitting ducks for the hidden Japanese gunners.

Heavy fire made it impossible to land men in an orderly manner. Confusion reigned on the beaches.

The battle was unique in its setting. One hundred thousand men fighting on a tiny island one-third the size of Manhattan. For 36 days Iwo Jima was one of the most populated 7.5 miles on earth.

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Memorial Day, War is Hell?

By Jose Reyes

Let’s not forget, this is what  Memorial Day signifies. This is for the ones who still don’t understand why we  honor “our” heroes, the reason why we are what we are! They spilled their blood so we could live a peaceful life. This is what life is all about and if you still do not understand, then you will learn, sooner or later. Remember, there is always someone who is willing to take your place, it’s human nature! Live free or die!! Have a nice weekend!

Read Erik Svane’s The D-Day Landing Beaches in Normandy

Yankeeology is here and is for all Yankee fans to enjoy. You can read and/or write articles, go to other Yankee Websites and Blogs and keep up with all of Baseball. There will be articles on the Old Time Yankees and on all the great Baseball players of past. So go to Yankeeology.com and have FUN!!

Tiempo Libre y “Bach in Havana”

By Jose Reyes

Tiempo Libre which stands for “Free Time” in Spanish, is the only All-Cuban member “Timba” band in the USA. This now Miami-based orquesta has already been nominated twice for the famed Grammy award. But now they have outdone themselves with this amazing new album “Bach in Havana.” The Cuban-American community along with the rest of the world could not be any more proud of these brave young men. Each and every one of the members studied at LA ENA located in La Habana, the classical equivalency of Julliard’s School of Music in the United States. After hearing their masterly arranged combination of Symphonic Afro-Cuban rhythms, you will truly understand how special they are, a gozar!

Sony Masterworks Official Press Release:

Sony Masterworks announces the signing of two-time Grammy®-nominated Miami-based Cuban music group, Tiempo Libre, to an exclusive contract and will release Bach in Havana on Tuesday, May 5^th.  Uniting the two musical worlds of the band’s Cuban childhoods, the CD connects the rhythm and sensibilities of Afro-Cuban music with the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach and features guest tracks by the Cuban legend Paquito D’Rivera and the Cuban born sax player Yosvany Terry.  Multi Grammy winner Steve Epstein (Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Placido Domingo) produced the CD with Jorge Gomez as co-producer. Read the Rest

David Sandoval will be Live online and interviewed on Conversa Cuba Companioni Today Saturday May 2nd at 6:00 PM Eastern Time. Listen in and/or Call in (718) 664-9864 Listen Here

……Check us out LIVE at Crash Mansion (directions) on FRIDAY, May 8th at 11pm. I’m really excited about this show. We will have a new lineup, including a new funky bassist and a tres player trained in Havana — Justin Goldner and Alex Fox. So we’re going to have another dimension to the sound…WEBSITE