Intolerance in The Sunshine State — An Analysis

In the early 1500s the Spanish Conquistadors came to the shores of what is now known as Florida (Flowery Land in Spanish). At that time the area was populated by groups of Paleo-Indians whose lives were about to change drastically for the worse. The Conquistadores were out for gold and other riches to which purpose the natives were often enslaved. Along with them came Spanish priests whose goal was strictly ideological: the conversion of the natives to Catholicism. About this the natives would also have no choice. From that time onward the sunny and flowery land of Florida proved a place both of wealth and ideological intolerance.

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Nuclear Chess

On April 14, two days of nuclear chess began in Istanbul. At issue is Iran’s civilian program. So-called P5+1 countries – America, Russia, China, Britain, and France – plus Germany – know it’s peaceful. They pretend otherwise. Expect toing and froing without resolution. Washington plans it that way. So do Britain, France and Germany. They’re part of the dirty game claiming Iran has nuclear weapons ambitions.

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Delusional Milestone — An Analysis

Pastor John Hagee’s Christians United For Israel (CUFI) announced the “registration of their millionth member” on 18 March 2012. This organization, founded in 2006, with the goal of “realizing the political potential of tens of millions of evangelical Americans who support Israel” can also be said to have the goal of destroying, in the name of God no less, the legitimate political aspiration of Palestinian statehood. And, the CUFI now has as much influence with our Republican Congress as does the Jewish Zionist lobby, AIPAC.

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