DEMOCRATIC MAYOR OF ORLANDO DELETES FIRST AMENDMENT EXCEPTION FROM TRESPASS WARNINGS

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Saturday June 18, 2011 · 5:12 AM PDT

2011/06/18 · 05:12

Mayor Buddy Dyer (DINO - Orlando) decided he is above the constitution and had his office order Orlando Police to delete First Amendment exceptions to the trespass warnings they are giving out to the anti-poverty activists as they arrest them. What is up with this guy? Why doesn't he just declare himself King of Disneyworld, he seems to think he has all the power. No checks and balances needed for this guy.

http://blogs.orlandoweekly.com/...

DEMOCRATIC MAYOR JAILS PEOPLE FOR FEEDING HOMELESS

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Saturday June 11, 2011 · 5:35 AM PDT

2011/06/11 · 05:35

Orlando Mayor BUDDY DYER a DEM IN NAME ONLY (DINO) is using his police force to arrest anti-poverty activists feeding the homeless under an ordinance he got passed through the city council for the rich who "gentrified" the downtown areas.

In these dire economic times Orlando Mayor hates the homeless and those who help themhere even the working poor have become homeless, it is a shame that a Democrat would act in such a shameless and arrogant fashion. He called these people feeding the homeless "Food Terrorists".

This Mayor has lost all touch with his city, thank god he is up for election next year.

Zebignew Brzezinski and Hillary Clinton - Short Term Thinking in AF-PAK policy

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Monday March 16, 2009 · 7:35 AM PDT

2009/03/16 · 07:35

What's the connection you ask? - Short term thinking. Not seeing what's in front of your nose.

It is being reported that Hillary Clinton called the leader of opposition the night before the long march in Pakistan and told him to back of the "Long March" of lawyers, which was set to culminate in Islamabad today, and guaranteed him that his state govt. would be restored in the province of Punjab. He refused and explained to her, very politely, that the "Long March" was not for his govt. it was for the larger goal of restoration of an independent judiciary and rule of law in Pakistan and how that in the future would guarantee stability and peace in the long run amongst the populous. His political party went on to support the lawyers movement that started 2 yrs ago, and the Justices that were thrown off the court by dictator Mushrraf were restored under pressure of the masses moving towards the capital.

The point - Hillary Clinton as the representative of Barrack Obama's admin. was asking the Pakistanis to sacrifice long term stability and a larger principle in order to gain short term benefits. Zibignew B. is the poster child for that.

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Sunday March 15, 2009 · 1:18 AM PDT

2009/03/15 · 01:18

As I write this, thousands of lawyers, political activists and civilans are on the streets in all the major cities of Pakistan. They are continuing the revolution that started on March 9, 2007, the revoution towards a more open, democratic Pakistan where the constitution and rule of law shall prevail.

Why is the Obama administration silent? does it not understand that the best defense against terrorism is a strong and stable Pakistan. Not a temporary stability that comes from dictators and bought leadership, but a stabliity that comes in the long term in a society which has political awareness and a reach towards justice as its basis.

The issues are still the same. On Novmeber 3 2008, military dictator Musharaf imposed maritial law in the guise of emergency and depoosed the Chief Justice of Pakistan arrested him and 60 other judges along with thier families. This is probably the biggest arrest of judiciary in recorded history.

http://www.despardes.com

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Saturday January 31, 2009 · 12:34 PM PST

2009/01/31 · 12:34

Even though Pakistan has a democratic govt. in place and by all accounts of the Bush adminstration's Pakistan policy, the US support of the Dictator Musharraf has made us less secure and created massive problems for the US troops in the reigon now facing a strong Taliban comeback.

After the Pakistani people struggled to depose the Dictator who compromised everything to remain in power, selling the soverignity of his nation to the talibans, and arrested the Cheif Justice of Pakistan along with 60 other judges, with their families, including small children. He let his dogs loose on the civil society and lawyers yearning and struggling for freedom from his reign.

After all this, the US STATE DEPT. EXTENDS FULL PROTOCOL ON HIS PERSONAL VISIT TO THE US to a man so despised by millions of Pakistanis, a dictator who ruled through the barrel of a gun and never had the courage to stand for elections. AFter nine and half years of his rule, Pakistan is in tatters and parts of it are being taken over by Taliban. Musharraf made the whole world unsafe just so that he could remain in power.

The story is here: The Dictator met with Cheney as well. Is Cheney still in power?

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/...

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 6:17 AM PDT

2008/10/19 · 06:17

I didn't think he would do it but he did it and in a very strong way as well. He laid out of a fine critique of McCain and the reasons for his support for Obama.

He also mentioned why Palin cannont be President. Powell has finally come home to the independent that he always was. He messed up, it is his time to redeem himself. He hopefully would have a strong role in the Obama admin.

Live from Pakistan

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Saturday January 05, 2008 · 12:07 AM PST

2008/01/05 · 00:07

Folks - I have been here the last few weeks been talking to people on the ground including, politicians, lawyers and army men, and here is my assessment of the situation. Things ain't pretty.

Karachi in itself is as lawless as it gets. Musharraf is largely seen as a protector of Big Business (mostly with Army money involved) and his home city of Islamabad. the rest of the country is pretty much lawless,and the poor are being shafted with the essentials of life for a Southern Hemisphere country (rice, oil, bread) having become prohibitively expensive. People are operating on their own deceny scale. The law and order (as the Colonial Raj used to call it) has broken down and noone in Musharrafs govt. seems to give two hoots. No one, pretty much, stops at a Red Light anymore. the VVIP culture looms large where traffic can be stopped for hours so that some body in the govt can pass through freely.

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Saturday November 03, 2007 · 7:30 AM PDT

2007/11/03 · 07:30

Folks - with a sad heart I report to you that the Dictator Musharraf has done what civilized and democracy supporters feared for a while. He has declared "emergency" which in reality is Martial Law. Army is lying in wait, and the Chief Justice has been sacked yet again, and the courageous man has again refused to resign. But of course the Judges of the Supreme court have been detained while the the Dictator is trying to pack the court with his cronies. Musharraf has done away with the 1973 constitution and again forcing the judges to take fresh oaths under his new "Provisional Constitutional Order" (PCO) - why is this being done you ask? well the Supreme Court of Pakistan was considering petitions against the Candidacy of Musharraf as being the Chief of Military and running for President, the verdict was expected next week. Musharrf is not only the biggest coward Pakistan has every produced, he is also a Bully par excellence. Though US has condemned the imposition of emergency in Pakistan, its a general view that this could not have happened without the consent of the White House. Currently, prominent lawyers and politicians are being arrested and Muhssarf has ordered the Cable news and Cell phone services being discontinued throughout the country. I will keep updating as things unravel.

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Wednesday March 21, 2007 · 8:06 AM PDT

2007/03/21 · 08:06

Folks - things have not simmered down. The Black Coat Revolution in Pakistan is gaining Strength. Mushrraf continued to lie about the constitutional crisis he created and the media exposed him just by showing reality on the ground. The interesting part of all this is how much akin to President Bush Musharraf has become in completely avoiding reality and spinning the situation as if no one knows what is really going on.

Meanwhile, the next most senior judge Justice Bhagawandas is back in Islamabad (after a myseterious vacation) and will be taking over as Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

No Bar Association in the US has stepped up to show its support for a free and fair hearing for the embattled Chief Justice of Pakistan.

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Saturday March 17, 2007 · 2:58 AM PDT

2007/03/17 · 02:58

The CJ is free to meet with lawyers and politicians who are coming to visit him after the ordeal, and he has been put on "forced leave" by the General based on a law passed in 1971. So now the CJ stands suspended before he was even found guilty of the allegations against him.

Meanwhile the Black Coat protests continue and the police have been firing tear gas at them and turning what should be peaceful rallies into chaotic street fighthing scenes.

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Folks - There is so much going in our own country that we might have overlooked (at least the media has) the events taking place in Pakistan. The situation in a nutshell is as follows.

The Chief Justice of Pakistan ("CJ") had been indulging in what right wingers like to call "judicial activism". He had blocked the sales of Steel Mills of Pakistan (a Govt. owned entity) to a private company, as according to him the government had shown "indecent haste" in selling off assets. The well founded concern was that the hand picked Prime Minister's friend was involved in the deal and that it was being sold below market value. Now, we all know Pakistan is a poor country, and to sell its assets to a private company at a discount is not wise from an economic perspective.

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Monday January 23, 2006 · 9:52 AM PST

2006/01/23 · 09:52

The Pakistani Govt. has yet again barred the Rosa Parks of Pakistan from speaking out. Her vist and interviews at the UN were cancelled at the behest of some morally bankrupt men at the Pakistan Mission to the UN. Read More

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