martes, enero 31, 2006

State of the Union: A Strong America Leading the World



State of the Union: A Strong America Leading the World
In His State Of The Union Address, President Bush Discussed America's Leadership In The World And Shared His Vision To Lead America Forward. At a time of great consequence, the President laid out an agenda of leadership to act confidently in pursuing the enemies of freedom and to build our prosperity by leading the world economy. The President rejected the roads of isolationism and protectionism and called for cooperation and courage in confronting challenges. America will lead freedom's advance, compete and excel in the global economy, and renew the defining moral commitments of this land, confident of victory.
Leadership Toward Peace In The World
Every Step Toward Freedom In The World Makes Our Country Safer, And So America Will Act Boldly In Freedom's Cause. Today our Nation is committed to an historic, long-term goal: the end of tyranny in our world. On September 11th, 2001, America found that problems originating in a failed and oppressive state seven thousand miles away could bring murder and destruction to our country. Dictatorships shelter terrorists, feed resentment and radicalism, and seek weapons of mass destruction. Democracies replace resentment with hope, respect the rights of their citizens and their neighbors, and join the fight against terror. As we celebrate the spread of freedom in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, we do not forget people living in places like Syria, Burma, Zimbabwe, North Korea, and Iran – because the demands of justice, and the peace of this world, require their freedom as well.
America Will Not Retreat From The World Or Surrender To Evil. In a time of testing, America cannot find security by abandoning commitments and retreating to isolation within our borders. If we were to leave the terrorists alone, they would not leave us alone. They would simply move the battlefield to our own shores. There is no peace or honor in retreat. America rejects the false comfort of isolationism. We accept the call of history to deliver the oppressed and move the world toward peace.
America Is On The Offensive In The War On Terror. America and its allies have killed or captured many of the leaders of the terror networks. For the others, their day will come.
We Remain On The Offensive In Afghanistan. In that country, a fine president and National Assembly are fighting terror while building the institutions of a new democracy.
America Is On The Offensive In Iraq, With A Clear Plan For Victory. First, the Coalition is helping Iraqis build an inclusive government, so that old resentments will be eased and the insurgency will be marginalized. Second, the Coalition is continuing reconstruction efforts and helping the Iraqi government fight corruption and build a modern economy. Third, Coalition forces are striking terrorist targets and training Iraqi forces. In less than three years, Iraq has gone from dictatorship, to liberation, to sovereignty, to a constitution, to national elections.
The Brutality Of The Terrorists Cannot Stop The Dramatic Progress Of A New Democracy. The Coalition has been relentless in shutting off terrorist infiltration, clearing out insurgent strongholds, and turning over territory to Iraqi security forces. As we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels, but those decisions will be made by our military commanders, not by politicians in Washington, D.C.
Our Strategy For Victory In Iraq Benefits From Responsible Criticism And Counsel. The effort in Iraq has benefited from responsible criticism and counsel offered by Members of Congress of both parties. The President will continue to reach out and seek good advice. Yet there is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. However individuals feel about the decisions and debates of the past, our Nation has only one option: We must keep our word, defeat our enemies, and stand behind the men and women of America's military in their vital mission.
Progress Will Continue Across The Middle East As America Offers A Hopeful Alternative To Hatred And Fear. America's offensive against terror involves more than military action, and we are delivering a clear message across the broader Middle East. In parts of the Middle East, there have been steps taken toward reform, but there is more progress to be made. Elections are vital – but they are only the beginning. Raising up a democracy requires the rule of law, protection of minorities, and strong, accountable institutions that last longer than a single vote. The Palestinian people have voted in elections – now the leaders of Hamas must recognize Israel, disarm, reject terrorism and work for a lasting peace. Elsewhere in the Middle East, the repressive regime in Iran is defying the world with its nuclear ambitions, and the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons.
As America Encourages The Spread Of Freedom, We Must Also Spread Prosperity. To overcome dangers in our world, America will encourage economic progress, fight disease, and spread hope in hopeless lands. Isolationism would not only tie our hands in fighting enemies, it would keep America from helping our friends in desperate need. America has taken unprecedented action to fight AIDS and malaria, expand the education of girls, and reward developing nations moving forward with economic and political reform. Short-changing these efforts would increase the suffering and chaos of the world, undercut America's long-term security, and dull the conscience of our country.
The Offensive Against Terrorism Must Continue At Home. The enemy has not lost the desire or capability to attack us. America has superb professionals in law enforcement, intelligence, the military, and homeland security who are protecting America. They deserve our thanks – and they deserve the same tools they already use to fight drug trafficking and organized crime, so the President called on Congress to reauthorize the Patriot Act.
Winning The War on Terror Requires Learning The Lessons of September 11th. To prevent another attack – based on authority given to the President by the Constitution and by statute – the President has authorized a terrorist surveillance program to aggressively pursue the international communications of suspected al-Qaida operatives and affiliates to and from America. Previous presidents have used the same constitutional authority the President has – and Federal courts have approved the use of that authority. Appropriate Members of Congress have been kept informed. This terrorist surveillance program has helped prevent terrorist attacks. It remains essential to the security of America. If there are people inside our country who are talking with al-Qaida, we want to know about it – because we will not sit back and wait to be hit again.
Leadership For Prosperity At Home And Abroad
America's Economic Strength Continues To Lead The World. The American economy is healthy and vigorous and growing faster than other major industrialized nations. In the last two and a half years, America has created 4.6 million new jobs – more than Japan and the European Union combined. Even in the face of higher energy prices and natural disasters, the American people have turned in an economic performance that is the envy of the world.
Our Nation Will Compete With Confidence And Extend Our Economic Leadership In The World. In a dynamic world economy, we are seeing new competitors. This creates uncertainty, which makes it easier to feed people's fears. Protectionists want to escape competition, while others want the government to take a larger role in directing the economy. The President set forth a better path that will raise standards of living and generate new jobs. Americans should not fear our economic future, because we intend to shape it.
Congress Needs To Make The Tax Cuts Permanent. Keeping America competitive begins with keeping our economy growing. Our economy grows when Americans have more of their own money to spend, save, and invest. In the last five years, tax relief has left $880 billion in the hands of American workers, investors, small businesses, and families, and they have used it to help produce more than four years of uninterrupted economic growth. Yet the tax relief is set to expire in the next few years. If Congress does not act, American families will face a massive tax increase.
The Growth Of Government Must Be Limited Through Fiscal Discipline. Every year since President Bush took office, the growth of non-security discretionary spending has been reduced, and last year this spending was cut. This year the President's budget will cut it again and will reduce or eliminate more than 140 programs that are performing poorly or not fulfilling essential priorities. By passing these reforms, we will save the American taxpayer another $14 billion next year and stay on track to cut the deficit in half by 2009. Congress must also move forward on earmark reform and pass the line-item veto to limit special interest projects.
The Government Must Confront The Larger Challenge Of Entitlement Spending. The coming retirement of the Baby Boom generation will put unprecedented strains on the Federal government. By 2030, spending for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid alone will be almost 60 percent of the entire Federal budget. And that will present future Congresses with impossible choices: staggering tax increases, immense deficits, or deep cuts in every category of spending. The President proposed a bipartisan commission to examine the impact of this problem.
America Must Continue To Open Markets For American Goods. One out of every five factory jobs in America is related to global trade, and we want people everywhere to buy American. With open markets and a level playing field, no one can out-produce or out-compete the American worker.
Immigration Reform Must Be A Priority. America needs an immigration system that upholds our laws, reflects our values, and serves the interests of our economy. Our nation needs orderly and secure borders. To meet this goal, we must have stronger immigration enforcement and border protection. And we must have a rational, humane guest worker program that rejects amnesty, allows temporary jobs for people who seek them legally, and reduces smuggling and crime at the border.
Health Care Must Be Made Affordable And Accessible. Our government has a responsibility to help provide health care for the poor and the elderly, and it will meet that responsibility. For all Americans, we must confront the rising cost of care, strengthen the doctor-patient relationship, and help people afford the insurance coverage they need.
Improved Health Savings Accounts Will Offer Lower Costs And Security Between Jobs. The President proposed strengthening Health Savings Accounts by making sure individuals and small business employees can buy insurance with the same tax advantages that people working for big businesses now get. We will do more to make this coverage portable, so workers can switch jobs without having to worry about losing their health insurance.
Technology Offers The Possibility Of More Effective, Less Expensive Health Care. The President called for wider use of electronic records and other health information technology to help control costs and reduce medical errors.
Medical Liability Reform Will Help Retain Good Doctors. The President called on Congress to pass Medical Liability Reform this year. Lawsuits are driving many good doctors out of practice, leaving women in nearly 1500 American counties without a single OB-GYN.

The Advanced Energy Initiative Will Help Break America's Dependence On Foreign Sources Of Energy. The best way to break America’s addiction to oil is through technology. The President set a goal of replacing more than 75 percent of oil imports from the Middle East by 2025. Since 2001, we have spent nearly $10 billion to develop cleaner, cheaper, more reliable alternative energy sources. The Advanced Energy Initiative will deliver a 22 percent increase in clean-energy research to push for breakthroughs in two vital areas:
New Energy Sources For Homes And Businesses. To change how we power our homes and offices, we will invest more in zero-emission coal-fired plants; revolutionary solar and wind technologies; and clean, safe nuclear energy.
New Energy Sources For Transportation. We must also change how we power our automobiles and move beyond a petroleum-based economy. We will increase our research in better batteries for hybrid and electric cars and in pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen. We will also fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn but from wood chips, stalks, or switch grass. The goal is to make this new kind of ethanol practical and competitive within six years.
The President's American Competitiveness Initiative Will Encourage Innovation Throughout The Economy. America must continue to lead the world in human talent and creativity. Our greatest advantage in the world has always been our educated, hard-working, ambitious people, and we are going to keep that edge.
New Federal Funding For Research. The President proposed doubling the Federal commitment to the most critical basic research in the physical sciences over the next ten years. This will support the work of America's most creative minds as they explore promising areas such as nanotechnology, supercomputing, and alternative energy sources.
Provide Tax Certainty For Research And Development. The President proposed making permanent the research and development tax credit to encourage bolder private-sector investment in technology. With more research in both the public and private sectors, we will improve our quality of life and ensure that America will lead the world in opportunity and innovation for decades to come.
Strengthening Education In Math And Science. Building on the success of the No Child Left Behind Act, the President proposed training 70,000 high school teachers to lead advanced-placement courses in math and science; bringing 30,000 math and science professionals to teach in classrooms; and getting early help to students struggling with math so they have a better chance at good, high-wage jobs.
America Is Becoming A More Hopeful Nation. Violent crime rates have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1970s. Welfare cases have dropped by more than half over the past decade. Drug abuse among youth is down 19 percent since 2001. There are fewer abortions in America than at any point in the last three decades, and the number of children born to teenage mothers has been falling for a dozen years in a row. Government has played a role in this quiet transformation, and wise policies such as welfare reform, drug education, and support for abstinence and adoption have made a difference in the character of our country.
America Still Has More To Do To Strengthen Our Culture And Our Institutions. Many Americans, especially parents, still have deep concerns about the direction of our culture and the health of our most basic institutions. They are concerned about unethical conduct by public officials and discouraged by activist courts that try to redefine marriage. And they worry about children in need, fellow citizens still displaced by natural disaster, and suffering caused by treatable disease.
Courts Must Deliver Equal Justice Under Law And Not Legislate From The Bench. The Senate has confirmed two superb new members of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. The President will continue to nominate men and women who understand that judges must be servants of the law and not legislate from the bench.
America Must Recognize The Value Of Every Life. The President called on Congress to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research: cloning human beings; creating or implanting embryos for experiments; creating human-animal hybrids; and buying, selling, or patenting human embryos. Human life is a gift from our Creator, and that gift should never be discarded, devalued, or put up for sale.
Elected Officials Must Uphold The Public Trust. The President supports the efforts of honorable people in both parties who are working on reforms to strengthen the ethical standards of Washington. Public servants make a pledge to be worthy of public responsibility, and that is a pledge that must never be forgotten, dismissed, or betrayed.
America Must Protect And Encourage Its Children. Through the Helping America's Youth initiative led by First Lady Laura Bush, America is encouraging caring adults to get involved in the life of a child. The President called for additional resources to encourage young people to stay in school so more of America's youth can raise their sights and achieve their dreams.
A Continuing Commitment To Gulf Reconstruction. America will aid our fellow citizens in times of suffering and emergency and stay with them until they are back on their feet. So far the Federal government has committed $85 billion to the people of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans. We are removing debris, repairing highways, building stronger levees, and providing business loans and housing assistance. We must also address deeper challenges that existed before the storm arrived and must provide not only temporary relief, but also schools that teach every child, job skills that bring upward mobility, and more opportunities to own a home and start a business.
Continuing The Fight To Prevent, Treat, And Defeat HIV/AIDS. The President called on Congress to reform and reauthorize the Ryan White Act and to provide new funding to states, so we end the waiting lists for AIDS medicine in America. More than one million Americans live with HIV, and half of all AIDS cases occur among African-Americans. The President called for a nationwide effort, working closely with African-American churches and faith-based groups, to deliver rapid HIV tests to millions, end the stigma of AIDS, and come closer to the day when there are no new infections in America.

domingo, enero 29, 2006

YRFPR STATE OF THE UNION PARTY



YRFPR STATE OF THE UNION PARTY



When: Tuesday, Jan 31st 2006

Where: Meza Grill Restaurant

Time: 7:30 PM (GMT -4:00)

Dress: Casual (Cash Bar Available R.S.V.P.)

Special Guests Invited:

Mayor of San Juan: Hon. Jorge Santini,

Esq.PR Speaker of the House: Hon. José Aponte

PR Republican Party Chair:Tiody Ferré,

M.D.PR Republican Women Chair:Miriam Ramírez, M.D.


Contact Info:

Carlos E. Pérezmailto:Pérezchairman@yrpr.com

Ernesto A. Pujolsmailto:Pujolsdirector@yrpr.com

Thaisa de Jesúsmailto:Jesússecretary@yrpr.com

Alberto Navarrofinance@yrpr.com

lunes, enero 23, 2006

Trasvase Ideologico Inadvertido


Trasvase ideológico inadvertido, segun los estudiosos, esta frase se utiliza para describir el proceso mediante el cual se introduce en un pueblo un conjunto de palabras con un significado aparente pero con un propósito escondido.
El propósito de introducir las palabras es el de invadir la mente del sujeto con unos conceptos de manera tal que no se dé cuenta. Palabras con sentido ideológico se presentan como si fueran parte del lenguage tipico de a diario. Asi, de forma sutil, se va creando en la mente del que escucha, un grado de receptividad a una idea extraña.
Así es que se empieza a hablar de la "prensa nacional" cuando realmente se quiere hablar de la prensa local. Se habla de "organizaciones nacionales" cuando realmente se trata de grupos locales. Y se va infiltrando el "nacionalismo" trasbastidores.
De igual manera, se presentan "lideres nacionalistas como si fueran héroes y se hacen campañas para que se ponga su nombre a carreteras, avenidas y escuelas. Por eso es importante desenmascarar a los que se presentan como paladines de la libertad.
Este articulo fue redactado originalmente por el grupo Acción para la preservación de la ciudadania americana.

sábado, enero 21, 2006

DIAGEO/HOTLINE POLL

viernes, enero 20, 2006

Marcha por la Igualdad!



Como saben, se planea realizar una "Marcha de pueblo contra el territorio colonial", en la que demás esta decir que se requiere y se necesita de nuestra participación. Esta actividad se extenderá por 15 días, desde el 17 de febrero hasta el 3 de marzo. En total, se caminarán un total de 262 millas alrededor de la Isla. Perspectiva Estadista, les invita cordialmente a que asistamos a la misma, e invitemos a nuestros compañeros, familia, y amigos. En en este tipo de marcha tenemos que estar TODOS. Esta es una caminata bien importante, que le da continuidad al trabajo, dirigido por la vicepresidenta Miriam Ramírez de Ferrer, de la primera cruzada estadista al Congreso, donde se llevarán 100,000 firmas recogidas a favor del estado 51. Firmas que muchos de nosotros recogimos. Para mas información ir a www.lagranmarcha.com .

jueves, enero 19, 2006

Estado Libre Asociado, El Gran Atropello de nuestro Puerto Rico


Estado Libre Asociado: El Gran Atropello de nuestro Puerto Rico Por: Phillip Arroyo
Luego de estudiar detenidamente la historia política de nuestro Puerto Rico, he llegado a aprender y conocer la triste realidad de nuestro presente status político. El gran ELA que tanto glorifica el Partido Popular Democrático y sus altos miembros, lo que representa es un gran abuso y atropello desmoralizante hacia el pueblo de nuestra querida Isla! El Estado Libre Asociado se creó en el 1952 por el entonces Gobernador Popular Luis Muñoz Marín, que en conjunto con los Estados Unidos, crearon una fórmula “temporera” para sacar a Puerto Rico de su estancamiento económico. Durante este tiempo, los puertorriqueños tendrían que decidir su futuro político, algo que hasta el día de hoy no se ha hecho. El partido Popular Democrático prefiere seguir administrando la colonia, para así seguir beneficiándose de los beneficios de la ciudadanía sin responder ni contribuir en nada a la Nación. Además, está la realidad de que mientras mas pueden administrar la colonia, mas lavatones y oportunidades de enriquecerse tendrán.

Yo Phillip Arroyo Rodríguez defiendo y lucho por la estadidad por una razón muy simple. El Estado Libre Asociado es un atropello hacia el pueblo de Puerto Rico! ¿Por qué es un atropello?, preguntarán algunos. Yo como joven puertorriqueño encuentro que es sumamente INJUSTO el hecho de que tenemos cientos de jóvenes puertorriqueños que ingresan voluntariamente al ejercito de los estados unidos y luchan, sudan, y derraman su propia sangre para defender la libertad que todos respiramos, sin embargo, no tenemos ni voz ni voto en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos! Tampoco tenemos la oportunidad de votar por el presidente de nuestra Nación, un derecho que deberíamos de tener por ser ciudadanos americanos. Esto es un bochorno y una falta de respeto hacia el pueblo de Puerto Rico! Eso es lo que ofrece el ELA, un status político que lo que hace es mantener al pueblo de Puerto Rico marginado del progreso y el bienestar.
Yo, apoyar y defender esa opción de status.......................JAMAS!

Nosotros los estadistas tenemos que educar a nuestro pueblo sobre los beneficios y ventajas de la estadidad. Cuando nos encontremos con un amigo, vecino, conocido, o compueblano que esta confundido, necesitamos explicarle y educarle sobre lo que realmente es el significado de la estadidad. Mucha gente tiene la percepción errónea de que nosotros los estadistas somos vende patria o que siempre estamos detrás de los Estados Unidos. Todo lo contrario! Nosotros estamos en desacuerdo en que mediante el Estado Libre Asociado se nos mantenga marginados y no se nos deje tomar nuestras propias decisiones. Cuando seamos estado, tendremos la cantidad requerida de representantes en el congreso de nuestra nación, para luchar y legislar por los intereses de nuestra isla. A diferencia de ahora, en donde el congreso de los estados unidos siempre tiene la ultima palabra en todo lo relacionado con Puerto Rico. Joven puertorriqueño que ahora mismo lees este ensayo, es hora................ Es hora de que nos levantemos unidos como juventud y como pueblo para exigir de que se nos trate igual que todos los Estados de la Nación Americana. Eso es la esencia de ser estadista! El ser estadista no es querer ser más americano que los americanos, ni querer ser el estado 51 por mero capricho. Ser estadista es querer lo mejor para Puerto Rico! Desarrollemos, como muy bien dijo el ilustre Alberto Goachet, la madurez necesaria para reclamar nuestros derechos! Adelante compañeros!

miércoles, enero 18, 2006

A movement of ideas


by Jack Kemp, Jan 9, 2006
The modern conservative movement was built on a foundation of ideas generated by intellectual giants such as Russell Kirk, Richard Weaver, William F. Buckley Jr. and Robert Nisbet, and Nobel Prize-winning economists such as Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, Frederick Hayek and Robert Mundell. These thinkers were scholars and university professors, but they remained aliens inside the academy for 30 years after the end of World War II because socialists and modern-day liberals controlled the universities. College graduates and graduate students who had formed a socialist world view inside America's institutes of higher education flocked into the arts, business, the media and, of course, politics. For a quarter-century after the end of the war, conservative intellectual thought failed to propagate into the popular culture and the political arena.
In the 1970s, conservatives began to establish their own network of thought-based institutions outside academia to popularize the body of knowledge generated by these conservative intellectuals. These organizations sought to be more than ivory towers of policy; they sought to interject these ideas directly into the political arena by interacting directly with politicians. Organizations such as the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, the American Enterprise Institute, the Hoover Institute and later smaller organizations such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Policy Innovation formed the backbone of this institutional network.
These organizations were dubbed "think tanks" - a term first used in the 1950s in reference to non-university-based institutes of research and development, such as the Rand Corp. Such organizations usually were associated with military research and frequently were supported by government funding or were arms of big business, such as the Bell Labs.
Modern conservative think tanks were not funded by government or business with a bottom-line R&D objective. Instead, they were funded by wealthy visionaries and their families - such as Robert Krieble, William Simon, the Coors, Koch, Bradley, Scaife, DeVos and Olin families, among others - who acted more along the line of patrons of the arts, in this case as the benefactors of conservative scholars and applied policy analysts.
The think tanks were intended to engage the political process directly to promote conservative ideas and values, but they operated independently of their contributors, who never thought of the think tanks as nonprofit lobbying firms or themselves as "clients" using the organization to enact legislation to their benefit.
As time progressed, the financial base of conservative think tanks began to change. The think tanks became private bureaucracies owning real estate with high overhead and the need for infusions of money to keep them afloat.
When conservatives took political power in Washington, it wasn't so easy for the think tanks to criticize their own conservative politicians. Indeed, a version of the government-industrial complex arose as elected conservative politicians and business people worked with the conservative think tanks to promote their agendas.
By the late 1990s, many conservatives had come to the conclusion that think tanks should give way to a new era of "do" tanks that would focus more on specific advocacy activities, including getting members elected to Congress, than research and analysis. This change in emphasis, combined with the bureaucratic imperative for broader financial support, led to the creation of an entirely new type of think tank, which began to look more like a nonprofit lobbying firm. A whole new industry arose called third-party lobbying, in which specially organized nonprofit think tanks would lobby on behalf of contributors and elected officials who had specific policy objectives in mind.
Today the network of conservative think tanks seems to have reverted back to something closer to the earlier government-industrial think-tank model than the model created in the 1970s and 1980s to promote supply-side economics, school choice, limited government and personal freedom. It's no wonder the conservative movement is casting about for a bold agenda to captivate the imagination of the American people.
It's time to rejuvenate conservative think tanks so that scholars can have a safe haven in which to think and work and the freedom to generate new ideas - yes, even if those ideas don't comport with the conventional wisdom of the conservative politicians in power. Conservatism needs to restore the raw intellectual spirits that made the movement great - independent thinking and the fierce defense of those ideas, no matter whom they offend or who is in office.
Jack Kemp is Founder and Chairman of Kemp Partners

lunes, enero 16, 2006

Jorge Santini Promueve la Unidad

“Por mi parte yo haré las gestiones que tenga que hacer para mantener diálogo y contacto con Luis Fortuño y para coordinar cualquier asunto que sea necesario porque por encima de Santini, de el presidente del PNP, Pedro Rosselló, de Fortuño y de todos nosotros, está la solución del asunto del status y yo te aseguro que bajo esa sombrilla de discusión vamos a estar todos en la sombra”, dijo Santini.

viernes, enero 13, 2006

The life of Martin Luther King Jr.


The life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Any number of historic moments in the civil rights struggle have been used to identify Martin Luther King, Jr. — prime mover of the Montgomery bus boycott, keynote speaker at the March on Washington, youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate. But in retrospect, single events are less important than the fact that King, and his policy of nonviolent protest, was the dominant force in the civil rights movement during its decade of greatest achievement, from 1957 to 1968.
King was born Michael Luther King in Atlanta on Jan. 15, 1929 — one of the three children of Martin Luther King Sr., pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Alberta (Williams) King, a former schoolteacher. (He was renamed "Martin" when he was about 6 years old.)
After going to local grammar and high schools, King enrolled in Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1944. He wasn't planning to enter the ministry, but then he met Dr. Benjamin Mays, a scholar whose manner and bearing convinced him that a religious career could be intellectually satisfying as well. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1948, King attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa., winning the Plafker Award as the outstanding student of the graduating class, and the J. Lewis Crozer Fellowship as well. King completed the coursework for his doctorate in 1953, and was granted the degree two years later upon completion of his dissertation.
Married by then, King returned South to become pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. Here, he made his first mark on the civil-rights movement, by mobilizing the black community during a 382-day boycott of the city's bus lines. King overcame arrest and other violent harassment, including the bombing of his home. Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court declared bus segregation unconstitutional.
A national hero and a civil-rights figure of growing importance, King summoned together a number of black leaders in 1957 and laid the groundwork for the organization now known as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). King was elected its president, and he soon began helping other communities organize their own protests against discrimination.
After finishing his first book and making a trip to India, King returned to the United States in 1960 to become co-pastor, with his father, of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Three years later, King's nonviolent tactics were put to their most severe test in Birmingham, during a mass protest for fair hiring practices and the desegregation of department-store facilities. Police brutality used against the marchers dramatized the plight of blacks to the nation at large, with enormous impact. King was arrested, but his voice was not silenced: He wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" to refute his critics.
Later that year King was a principal speaker at the historic March on Washington, where he delivered one of the most passionate addresses of his career. Time magazine designated him as its Person of the Year for 1963. A few months later he was named recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. When he returned from Norway, where he had gone to accept the award, King took on new challenges. In Selma, Ala., he led a voter-registration campaign that ended in the Selma-to-Montgomery Freedom March. King next brought his crusade to Chicago, where he launched programs to rehabilitate the slums and provide housing.
In the North, however, King soon discovered that young and angry blacks cared little for his preaching and even less for his pleas for peaceful protest. Their disenchantment was one of the reasons he rallied behind a new cause: the war in Vietnam.
Although he was trying to create a new coalition based on equal support for peace and civil rights, it caused an immediate rift. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) saw King's shift of emphasis as "a serious tactical mistake" the Urban League warned that the "limited resources" of the civil-rights movement would be spread too thin;
But from the vantage point of history, King's timing was superb. Students, professors, intellectuals, clergymen and reformers rushed into the movement. Then, King turned his attention to the domestic issue that he felt was directly related to the Vietnam struggle: poverty. He called for a guaranteed family income, he threatened national boycotts, and he spoke of disrupting entire cities by nonviolent "camp-ins." With this in mind, he began to plan a massive march of the poor on Washington, D.C., envisioning a demonstration of such intensity and size that Congress would have to recognize and deal with the huge number of desperate and downtrodden Americans.
King interrupted these plans to lend his support to the Memphis sanitation men's strike. He wanted to discourage violence, and he wanted to focus national attention on the plight of the poor, unorganized workers of the city. The men were bargaining for basic union representation and long-overdue raises.
But he never got back to his poverty plans. Death came for King on April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the black-owned Lorraine Hotel just off Beale Street. While standing outside with Jesse Jackson and Ralph Abernathy, King was shot in the neck by a rifle bullet. His death caused a wave of violence in major cities across the country.
However, King's legacy has lived on. In 1969, his widow, Coretta Scott King, organized the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change. Today it stands next to his beloved Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. His birthday, Jan. 15, is a national holiday, celebrated each year with educational programs, artistic displays, and concerts throughout the United States. The Lorraine Hotel where he was shot is now the National Civil Rights Museum.

miércoles, enero 11, 2006

Aniversary of UPR Riots of March 14, 1971

When: Tuesday March 14, 2006

Time: 11 AM

Place: Behind UPR (Barbosa Ave.)

Aniversary of Univ. of PR riots of March 14, 1971 were ROTC cadet Jacinto Gutierrez, police agents Juan Birino and Miguel Rondon were killed by hard lefties UPR students.

ACCION CIVIL PARA EL ESTATUS SUSPENDE SEMINARIO


El Seminario del dia 15 ha sido suspendido hasta nuevo aviso debido a conflicto de calendario con la fiesta de Santini y los Comunicadores en el PedrinZorrilla..... se le estara dando un homenaje a laFamilia Blanco y WAPA Radio ese dia, asi que alli les esperamos.....

martes, enero 10, 2006

Zogby America Poll. Dec. 6-8, 2005

Zogby America Poll. Dec. 6-8, 2005. N=1,013 likely voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.

"If the election for president of the United States were held today and the candidates were Democrat [see below] and Republican [see below], for whom would you vote?"


JohnMcCain (R) 52% HillaryClinton (D) 37% Other (vol.) 6% Unsure 5%


CondoleezzaRice (R) 47% HillaryClinton (D) 46% Other (vol.) 2% Unsure 5%


JohnMcCain (R) 58% MarkWarner (D) 23 % Other (vol.) 4% Unsure 15%


CondoleezzaRice (R) 50% MarkWarner (D) 32% Other (vol.) 4% Unsure 14%

lunes, enero 09, 2006

NewsMax Poll: Bush Justified in Wiretapping


1. NewsMax Poll: Bush Justified in Wiretapping

Americans overwhelmingly support President Bush's authorization to the National Security Agency to tap the private conversations of U.S. citizens to search for evidence of terrorist activity, an exclusive NewsMax.com poll reveals.

In one of the largest responses to a NewsMax poll ever, more than 150,000 people across the Internet have made their opinions known about this controversy. And they resoundingly say that the President was justified in taking this action to protect America.

Here is a breakdown of the poll results for several key questions:

1) Has President Bush been justified in tapping the conversation of U.S. citizens?

Justified - 80%
Not Justified - 20%

2) Do you believe the President must have a court-approved warrant to conduct a wiretap?

Yes - 23%
No - 72%
Not Sure - 5%

3) Do you believe President Bush's claim that he undertook this action to protect America?

Yes - 83%
No - 17%

4) How would you rate media coverage about President Bush's actions?

Fair - 20%
Unfair - 80%

domingo, enero 08, 2006

ACCION CIVIL PARA EL ESTATUS CELEBRA SEMINARIO


Habra un Seminario de Status el proximo 15 de enero en el Comite Central del Partido Nuevo Progresista de 1:00 pm a 5:00 pm, les invita su Presidente Cristobal Berrios y su Secretaria la Licenciada Wilma Cadilla.

viernes, enero 06, 2006

CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL

jueves, enero 05, 2006

Acción Civil para el Status de Puerto Rico se reune los Jueves


Acción Civil para el Status de Puerto Rico presidido por Cristobal Berrios se reune los jueves a las 7 PM en el comite central del Partido Nuevo Progresista. Esta organización se dedica a una labor educativa estadista atravez de seminarios, radio y televisión. Los seminarios cuentan con un numero variado de panelistas entre ellos la Licenciada Wilma Cadilla, (secretaria de la organización), Jose Julio Diaz y Pedro José Barillas entre otros.

martes, enero 03, 2006

Cruzada de pueblo por la Estadidad!

El presidente del Partido Nuevo Progresista, Pedro Rosselló, delegó en la ex senadora Miriam Ramirez de Ferrer la encomienda de impulsar una "cruzada" de pueblo a favor de la estadidad. Asimismo Rosselló encargó al vicepresidente de la colectividad, Jorge Santini, El trabajo de reorganización en todos los municipios. Todo esto es en respuesta a la recomendación que la Casa Blanca hizo al congreso de Estados Unidos para que impulse un plebiscito de status este año. Al concluir una trulla navideña en el municipio de San Juan, el tambien senador de Arecibo expresó que la iniciativa en favor de la opcion de estadidad para el pais estará en manos del pueblo, "no de cabilderos, no necesariamente de funcionarios electos".


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