especially since many of Chicago's fine "leaders" of the Puerto Rican community were part of all the original BS.
LOVE the German stuff too!!
LMAO
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Always be careful what you ask for, you just may get it.
One of the many headaches that the U. S. has had was the Puerto Rican
Island of Vieques. In the waning years of the Clinton administration,
Protesters demanded that the US Navy abandon bombing and naval gun fire
exercises that had taken place on the largely uninhabited island
for nearly seventy years.
Liberal icons bumped into one another to fly to Puerto Rico, boat over
to the island, trespass (but never on a day that there was an exercise
scheduled) and get arrested for the benefit of the New York Times or
Newsweek. They included the Reverend Al Sharpton, Mrs. Jesse Jackson,
Joan Baez, Robert F. Kennedy,Jr., Edward James Olmos, Michael Moore and
Ramsey Clark, just to name a few.
In 2002, the bombing exercises were transferred to an Air Force bombing
range in central Florida, not far from the Jacksonville and Pensacola
Naval Air Stations. In January, many of the protesters were back in
Puerto Rico, celebrating the final bombing exercise on Vieques and waved
Puerto Rican flags and placards that read "U.S. Navy, get out of Puerto
Rico."
The following Feb, Rumsfeld announced that the U.S. Navy will close the
Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station in Puerto Rico in 2004, eliminating
1200 civilian jobs as well as 700 military positions. This naval
facility is estimated to put nearly $300 million annually into the local
economy.
The next day a stunned Governor Sila Calderon, held a news conference in
San Juan, protesting the base closure as a serious blow to
Commonwealth's fragile economy. The governor stated that "The people of
Puerto Rico don't now or never did have an interest in closing the
Vieques bombing range or the Roosevelt Roads naval base. We are
interested in both staying in Puerto Rico."
When asked, the Commander-in Chief, Western Atlantic Command, said,
"Without Vieques, I see no further need for the facility at Roosevelt
Roads. None." So, Yanqui go home? Fine. But we'll take our dollars with
us. Hasta la vista, baby!
On February 21, the Secretary of Defense also announced that starting
this year, the U.S. European Command would begin moving most if not
all of its active combat and support units from bases in Germany to
others being established in Poland, The Czech Republic, Hungary and
Turkey to "better position them for rapid deployment to likely hot spots
in those parts of the world".
Immediately the business and government leaders in the German states of
Hesse, Rhineland and Wurttemburg, protested the loss of nearly $6
billion in revenue each year from the bases and manpower to be
displaced. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry speculated that the move
may be "what the Americans call 'payback' for the actions of this
government in opposing military action in Iraq." Does anyone know the
German translation for "Hasta la vista, baby?"
Oh, ain't it nice to see a government AND our present Administration
with guts and a good memory.
LOVE the German stuff too!!
LMAO
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Always be careful what you ask for, you just may get it.
One of the many headaches that the U. S. has had was the Puerto Rican
Island of Vieques. In the waning years of the Clinton administration,
Protesters demanded that the US Navy abandon bombing and naval gun fire
exercises that had taken place on the largely uninhabited island
for nearly seventy years.
Liberal icons bumped into one another to fly to Puerto Rico, boat over
to the island, trespass (but never on a day that there was an exercise
scheduled) and get arrested for the benefit of the New York Times or
Newsweek. They included the Reverend Al Sharpton, Mrs. Jesse Jackson,
Joan Baez, Robert F. Kennedy,Jr., Edward James Olmos, Michael Moore and
Ramsey Clark, just to name a few.
In 2002, the bombing exercises were transferred to an Air Force bombing
range in central Florida, not far from the Jacksonville and Pensacola
Naval Air Stations. In January, many of the protesters were back in
Puerto Rico, celebrating the final bombing exercise on Vieques and waved
Puerto Rican flags and placards that read "U.S. Navy, get out of Puerto
Rico."
The following Feb, Rumsfeld announced that the U.S. Navy will close the
Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station in Puerto Rico in 2004, eliminating
1200 civilian jobs as well as 700 military positions. This naval
facility is estimated to put nearly $300 million annually into the local
economy.
The next day a stunned Governor Sila Calderon, held a news conference in
San Juan, protesting the base closure as a serious blow to
Commonwealth's fragile economy. The governor stated that "The people of
Puerto Rico don't now or never did have an interest in closing the
Vieques bombing range or the Roosevelt Roads naval base. We are
interested in both staying in Puerto Rico."
When asked, the Commander-in Chief, Western Atlantic Command, said,
"Without Vieques, I see no further need for the facility at Roosevelt
Roads. None." So, Yanqui go home? Fine. But we'll take our dollars with
us. Hasta la vista, baby!
On February 21, the Secretary of Defense also announced that starting
this year, the U.S. European Command would begin moving most if not
all of its active combat and support units from bases in Germany to
others being established in Poland, The Czech Republic, Hungary and
Turkey to "better position them for rapid deployment to likely hot spots
in those parts of the world".
Immediately the business and government leaders in the German states of
Hesse, Rhineland and Wurttemburg, protested the loss of nearly $6
billion in revenue each year from the bases and manpower to be
displaced. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry speculated that the move
may be "what the Americans call 'payback' for the actions of this
government in opposing military action in Iraq." Does anyone know the
German translation for "Hasta la vista, baby?"
Oh, ain't it nice to see a government AND our present Administration
with guts and a good memory.
