To comment on the current administration and it's recgonition of Jackie Robinson. The recognition for the painful dedicated of a lone baseball player was long over due and I congratulate Rachel Robinson for rising to the occasion to honor Jackie Robinson.
However....
... recognition is the chronic redundancy of this Chrony Administration in D.C. It has done a great deal of damage to the status of the Black Community in the USA and has completely disrupted the EFFECTIVE operations of the Federal Division of Civil Rights. Actions as Mr. Bush so proudly pronounces with every breath speaks louder than words. So, be it.
Morning Papers
Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-Due"
"Okeydokey"
March 7…
1778: Captain James Cook first sights the Oregon Coast at Yaquina Bay, near the current site of Newport, Oregon.
1792, John Herschel, German-born British astronomer
1875, Maurice Ravel, French composer was born in Cibourne, France.
1849, Luther Burbank, horticulturist, botanist, and pioneer plant breeder was born in Lancaster, Mass.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone.
1908, Anna Magnani, Italian theater and motion-picture actor
1911, the United States sent 20,000 troops to the Mexican border as a precaution in the wake of the Mexican Revolution.
1817, Janet Collins, ballet dancer and choreographer
1936: German troops reoccupy the demilitarized zone of the Rhineland, violating the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
1965: On what becomes known as Bloody Sunday, a march through Selma, Alabama, is broken up by by state troopers and a sheriff's posse.
1977: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto claims a massive victory in Pakistan's general election. His party is later accused by opposition parties of rigging the vote.
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali (1928-1979), president and prime minister of Pakistan from 1971 to 1977. Bhutto was a charismatic leader who charted a foreign policy of nonaligned neutrality for Pakistan in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ousted from power in a military coup and subsequently convicted of murder and executed.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761559914
1981, anti-government guerrillas in Colombia executed kidnapped American Bible translator Chester Allen Bitterman, whom they accused of being a CIA agent.
The USA Anti-War Movement has always stood by their soldiers….
P.O.W. Network
http://www.pownetwork.org/
Bracelets... the past and the future
Article LINKS added by the P.O.W. NETWORK
MORE THAN A BAND OF METAL...
ORDER NOW!!
http://www.pownetwork.org/book_order_blank.htm
NOTE: The Next of Kin signed a form giving permission for the loved ones name to be used along with the date of the incident on the bracelet. NOT all NOK gave permission for bracelets to be made. N. McKamey, 12/26/2002
The Washington Times
Monday, February 7, 2000
Home Fires Burn for POWs/MIAs
Kelly Patricia O'Meara
Summary - In 1970, three college students began making bracelets to remember servicemen. Thirty years later, U.S. soldiers are still missing and Americans continue to wear the bracelets.
http://www.pownetwork.org/Bracelet_history.htm
Missing in Action
March 5…
1966 HESSOM ROBERT C. ALAMEDA CA REMAINS IDENTIFIED 17 OCT 94
1970 ROSENBACH ROBERT P. KIRKWOOD MO REMAINS RECOVERED ON SOME LISTS!
1971 HATLEY JOEL C. ALBEMARLE NC "EXPLODE,NO SEARCH ""NO REMAINS-EMPTY COFFIN BURIED""" REMAINS RETURNED 1/90 I.D. 9/17/90 BURIED 9/21
1971 KING MICHAEL E. CALHOUN GA "EXPLODE, NO SEARCH ID'D ON ONE TOOTH, MINUTE BONES" REMAINS RETURNED 1/90 ID 9/17/90
1971 MOREIRA RALPH A. JR. BEAVER FALLS PA "EXPLODE, NO SEARCH ID'D ON ONE TOOTH MINUTE BONES" REMAINS RETURNED 1/90 ID 9/17/90
1971 NELSON DAVID L. KIRKLAND WA "EXPLODE,NO SEARCH ""NO REMAINS EMPTY COFFIN BURIED"""
March 6…
1967 CARPENTER HOWARD B. YOUNGSTOWN OH
1967 SMALL BURT C. SAVANNAH GA LEG WOUND CAPTURED
1968 ANSELMO WILLIAM F. DENVER CO
1968 COLOMBO GARY LEWIS YAKIMA WA
1968 LOPEZ ROBERT SEATTLE WA REMAINS IDENTIFIED 06/16/00
1968 MITCHELL GILBERT L. TEHACHAPI CA DEAD NHAN DAN
1968 NELSON RICHARD C. DREXEL HILL PA PROB DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 07/17/84
1968 RIOS NOEL L. NEWARK NJ
1968 SEWARD WILLIAM H. ATLANTA GA REMAINS IDENTIFIED 06/16/00
1969 COLEMAN JIMMY L. GOODWATER AL "SHOT ON BRIDGE, FELL OFF"
1969 MC DONNELL JOHN T. FORT WORTH TX
1970 HUMMEL JOHN F. BARSTOW TX
1970 KUSAKA AKIRA JAPAN NOT ON OFFICIAL LISTS
1971 MILLINER WILLIAM P. LOUISVILLE KY
March 7…
1966 PAGE GORDON L. PALO ALTO CA REMAINS RETURNED 1989 REMAINS IDENTIFIED 04/30/98
1966 SMITH HAROLD VICTOR BRIDGEPORT IL REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/2000
1966 WRIGHT JERDY A. JR. RANDOLPH AFB TX REMAINS RETURNED 6/21/88 ID 9/29/89
1967 MILLER ROBERT L. SALINAS CA
1970 GATES ALBERT H. JR. EAST GREENBUSH NY
1971 ARD RANDOLPH J. WEST PENSACOLA FL
1971 BURNETT SHELDON J. PELHAM NH
1972 HOWELL CARTER A. FAYETTEVILLE NC
1972 RUSCH STEPHEN A. LAMBERTVILLE NJ
1973 ACKLEY JAMES W.
1973 DRIVER CLARENCE N. RIVERSIDE CA
Top of the News
SOMEHOW THIS SEEMS a natural career pursuit…
More women finding careers in zoos
By Rachel Ellner, Globe Correspondent, 3/6/05
When Linda Rohr Bachers was growing up in Wisconsin she thought the only way she could be around animals was to marry a farmer. She didn't know that careers working with elephants, rare birds, and big cats existed for women. Today she keeps track of the daily lives of 1,000 animals at Zoo New England.
http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/articles/030605_zoos.html
Ailing dolphin has stillborn calf
The Associated Press
Posted March 7 2005
KEY LARGO · A rough-tooth dolphin that was rescued after stranding off the Florida Keys unexpectedly delivered a stillborn calf Sunday.
After the birth, the female dolphin remained in guarded condition and a necropsy was being performed on the baby, said Becky Arnold, director of the Florida Keys Marine Mammal Rescue Team. The team was caring for the dolphins on Summerland Key, about 25 miles east of Key West.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cdolphins07xmar07,0,644287.story?coll=sfla-news-broward
Italy Prepares to Bury Agent Killed by U.S. Forces
ROME (Reuters) - Italy prepared to bury on Monday secret agent Nicola Calipari, whose killing by U.S. forces in Iraq has fanned anti-American sentiment and muted joy at the release of an Italian journalist held hostage.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7823164
Moldova Communists lose majority in parliamentary polls
Members of an electoral commission are counting the at a voting station in Chisinau, March 6, 2005. Exit poll, based on partial voting, in Moldova's parliamentary elections show the Communist party credited with around 40 percent and the main opposition Democratic Moldova bloc likely to get about 29 percent of the vote. (xinhua/AFP photo)
BEIJING, Mar. 7 -- Moldova's Communist party has retained its dominant position in parliamentary elections held Sunday.
Preliminary results early Monday gave the Communists 47 percent of the vote but opposition parties have managed to deny President Vladimir Voronin the outright majority he held previously.
Voronin had campaigned on building closer ties to western Europe and accused Russia of interfering in Moldovan affairs by supporting Russian-speaking separatists.
Voter turnout was estimated at 59 percent.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/07/content_2661515.htm
WELL, THIS IS NO SURPRISE !! Hezbollah wants their own nation. They were willing to live within certain parameters of operation to get a foothold throughout the Middle East for the most part. It was most easy to 'blackmail' Syria and then occupy Lebanon as Israel grew in strength over the decades. It is my opinion Hezbollah was able to exist and grow because of Israel but also because of it's 'benevolent' effect to the Arab Nations that found it helpful to oppose Israel without confronting Israel. A symbiotic relationship developed with the sovereign governments maintaining authority for the sake of acceptance but not control as Hezbollah was and is incidious in it's control of the area. With the advent of a real affront to Lebanon authority Hezbollah has opened it's jugular of motivation and now seeks further alliance with Syria recognizing it no longer has 'covert' status in the region. By losing it's covert intent it is headed for certain destruction IF it cannot conform to civilized status. This article maps out a Hezbollah of opposition to a free Lebanon seeking still a nation of it's own that is Lebanon. Hariri stepping outside the structure of Lebanese government to confront Syria was a sincere threat to Hezbollah and now having caused his death has completely exposed themselves to their nature and intent to the world. This 'context' of Hezbollah might surprise the Lebanese but doesn't surprise me. When Syria moved to set standards in Labanon against Hariri it was due to the rise of Shi'ites in Iraq and Hezbollah saw that as THE opportunity they needed to dominate the area and claim at very least Lebanon as their own. More than likely if Hezbollah was able to take over Lebanon there would have been oppression and killings of Lebanese. I still believe Hezbollah THE definitive danger to the area and the peace. Syria needs to proceed with separation negotiations. This move by Hezbollah is simply pandering to Syria to remove themselves from negotiations and a somewhat silent pledge to begin terrorist campaigns to permanently instill Syria if the Syrian troops remain. The agenda actually is to find some stability for their cause by arming and aligning with Syrian troops 'just long enough.'
Hezbollah mobilizes support for Syria
Shi'ite militant group urges protests in Beirut
By Scott Wilson, Washington Post March 7, 2005
BEIRUT -- The leader of Hezbollah, the militant Shi'ite Muslim movement that for weeks has stood on the sidelines of Lebanon's political upheaval, called yesterday for national demonstrations against what he characterized as foreign influences seeking to expel the party's Syrian sponsors from the country.
The announcement by Hassan Nasrallah, a Shi'ite cleric who is Hezbollah's secretary general, dashed the hopes of Lebanese opposition leaders that the large, disciplined movement would join their cause to drive Syrian troops and intelligence services from Lebanon. The first demonstration is scheduled for tomorrow in Beirut, along an avenue near the central square where Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition movement has staged round-the-clock protests since the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri on Feb. 14.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/07/hezbollah_mobilizes_support_for_syria/
State sees burden in Bush funding idea
President mulls tax on public workers
By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff March 7, 2005
WASHINGTON -- President Bush is considering a controversial new source of revenue to help fix Social Security: shutting off the exemption from Social Security taxes of future state and local public employees who otherwise would be contributing to public pension plans.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/03/07/state_sees_burden_in_bush_funding_idea/
Romney gets campaign boost from out of state
By Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff March 7, 2005
Governor Mitt Romney, whose critics accuse him of spending too much time traveling the country to raise his national profile, reaped nearly $220,000 in campaign donations from beyond the Bay State's borders last year, campaign account records show.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/03/07/romney_gets_campaign_boost_from_out_of_state/
Bloody march for rights remembered in Alabama
By Samira Jafari, Associated Press March 7, 2005
SELMA, Ala. -- Civil rights-era figures and members of Congress were among thousands who walked across an Alabama bridge yesterday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic Selma voting rights march, which opened ballot boxes to blacks across the South.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/07/bloody_march_for_rights_remembered_in_alabama/
Bloody march for rights remembered in Alabama
By Samira Jafari, Associated Press March 7, 2005
SELMA, Ala. -- Civil rights-era figures and members of Congress were among thousands who walked across an Alabama bridge yesterday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic Selma voting rights march, which opened ballot boxes to blacks across the South.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/07/bloody_march_for_rights_remembered_in_alabama/
Hizbollah to hold pro-Syria rallies in Beirut
Wikipedia
ISN SECURITY WATCH (07/03/05) - The Lebanese-based Hizbollah extremist group has called on its supporters in Beirut to stage massive rallies on behalf of Damascus, in an effort to balance mass protests pressuring Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon.
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10885
Bolivian president offers to quit amid growing protests
World Digest
La Paz, Bolivia
President offers to quit amid growing protests
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa announced yesterday he would offer his resignation, saying in a televised address that recent protests were "blocking the country."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002199263_wdig07.html
Bush backs policy on terror suspects
By Reuters March 7, 2005
NEW YORK -- The Bush administration is defending its decision to give the CIA extensive authority to send terrorism suspects to foreign countries for interrogation.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/07/bush_backs_policy_on_terror_suspects/
US outsourcing torture of terror suspects?:
[World News]: New York, March 7 : Suspected terrorists are being transferred by the Bush administration to foreign countries where torture as a method to extract information is common, the New York Times reported.
The paper said a secret programme, which has been in place since the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the US, gives the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) broad authority to act without case-by-case approval from the White House or the State or Justice Departments.
http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=81309
Palestinian Gunmen Wound 2 Israelis in Hebron
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen wounded two Israelis in the West Bank city of Hebron Monday, military sources said, in an attack that punctured a fragile cease-fire.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on a post manned by paramilitary border police near the Tomb of the Patriarchs shrine in the city.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7822620
Gunmen wound two Israelis in ambush near Hebron shrine
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Palestinian gunmen wounded two Israelis, one moderately and one lightly, in an ambush near the Tomb of the Patriarchs early Monday in the West Bank city of Hebron.
Pasted from <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/548938.html>
Mofaz, Abbas to meet on transfer of West Bank cities
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is to meet with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the coming days to arrange the transfer of Palestinian cities, IDF officials said Sunday.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1110079164890
International manhunt for killer
By Robin Pash
07mar05
AN international manhunt has begun for the suspected killer of a Chinese student whose body lay in a Canberra flat for seven months before it was discovered.
The man believed to have killed 25-year-old Zhang Hong Jie has fled the country and detectives are trying to track him through Interpol, police said today.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,12467927^661,00.html
The weather around the globe has been (Crystal Wind Chime) announcing the wind of change….
