latest RW email:" How do you say good riddance?"

>
> > > > Hasta la vista, baby?"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 Olomos, 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 with guts and a good memory.
> What
> > > >
> > > > fun!
> > > >
> > > > GOD BLESS AMERICA!
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >

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He supports Quebec's Language Stasi.

our troops and military can be used not only as pawns who will die so that companies with contacts to the President, the Vice President, and the bin Ladens; but can also be used as pawns in a game of global revenge, in the classic "If you don't play by my rules, I am going home" defense that is the hallmark of every playground strategy used by a fourth grader.