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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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03 Aug 2005 08:43:32 PM |
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Actual good Christian leaders helping Cubans |
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/08/322484.shtml
A couple of handfulls of Christian leaders organized an effort to
bring assistance to some Cuban people despite the bloackaid that the
United States has been trying to maintain for decades.
In return, Cuba sent back Bibles and other printed materials to be
distributed within the United States.
I've always said that in among the piles of *****, there are diamond
-- people who actually walk the walk and actually _help_ others.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Actual good Christian leaders helping Cubans |
03 Aug 2005 11:51:14 PM |
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In article <11f2t7v406tb46b@corp.supernews.com>,
(Fredric L. Rice) wrote:
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/08/322484.shtml
A couple of handfulls of Christian leaders organized an effort to
bring assistance to some Cuban people despite the bloackaid that the
United States has been trying to maintain for decades.
In return, Cuba sent back Bibles and other printed materials to be
distributed within the United States.
I've always said that in among the piles of *****, there are diamond
-- people who actually walk the walk and actually _help_ others.
I know Christians who are well meaning people and do good works, even if
for the wrong reasons. As long as they don't get upset if the recipients
of their good deeds reject their proselytization I don't mind.
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http://sf.irk.ru/www/ot3/otiii-gif.html
http://www.rightard.org/ http://www.thedarkwind.org/
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Actual good Christian leaders helping Cubans |
10 Aug 2005 12:21:53 AM |
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On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 01:43:32 GMT, (Fredric L.
Rice) wrote:
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/08/322484.shtml
A couple of handfulls of Christian leaders organized an effort to
bring assistance to some Cuban people despite the bloackaid that the
United States has been trying to maintain for decades.
In return, Cuba sent back Bibles and other printed materials to be
distributed within the United States.
I've always said that in among the piles of *****, there are diamond
-- people who actually walk the walk and actually _help_ others.
Of course. Sadly, they're all too few among the superstitious.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Bret Ludwig" |
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| Title: Re: Actual good Christian leaders helping Cubans |
03 Aug 2005 09:07:11 PM |
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PASTORS FOR PEACE CARAVAN CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL RETURN;
CAMPAIGN TO SEND SEIZED COMPUTERS TO CUBA CONTINUES
Pastors for Peace announced a victory today when its 16th caravan
crossed the International Bridge from Reynosa, MX into Hidalgo, TX
after returning from Cuba. But there is still no word about release of
the computers seized from the caravan's cargo last week.
The caravanistas'energy and motivation were very high last night when
they returned from Cuba to Reynosa, MX, and then assembled this morning
for their 'reverse challenge' to the US blockade against Cuba.
As the caravanistas crossed the International Bridge in two school
buses, supporters of the caravan in Reynosa accompanied them across the
bridge, chanting "Cuba si, bloqueo no!"
Homeland Security officers spent nearly three hours interrogating
caravan participants about the details of their trip, and two more
hours searching every item of their personal luggage. But in the end,
nothing was seized from the caravanistas, and all of them are back home
in the US.
"Given that the US government was committed to completely stopping us
this year, today really was a total victory for us," said Rev. Lucius
Walker, Jr., executive director of IFCO/Pastors for Peace. "It is clear
that public outrage over the seizure of the computers last week, as
well as the outrage over the items that were seized from us last year,
forced the US government to back down when we met them at the border
today."
Nearly 140 tons of aid for Cuba crossed the border when the caravan
left the US last week. But US Customs agents, acting on orders of the
US Commerce Department, seized 43 boxes of aid containing toner
cartridges, cables, keyboards, modems, and about a dozen second-hand
computers. Another 75 boxes of computer-related aid remain in Hidalgo,
TX, along with a small team of caravanistas organizing a growing
national campaign to win the release of the seized aid for delivery to
Cuba. The campaign to free the computers continues this week, with the
added energy of all the caravanistas who have just come home from Cuba.
As a part of its 'reverse challenge' of US sanctions against Cuba, the
caravan brought back these Cuban items:
-Bibles, given as a gift from the Cuban Council of Churches;
-copies of the Cuban constitution;
-copies of a book entitled And You Will Be My Witnesses... about
evangelization and mission in the Cuban churches; and
-copies of a book about Operation Miracle: a project of the Cuban
Ministry of Public Health through which Cuban doctors, working free of
charge, have restored the sight of thousands of Venezuelans who had
gone blind because of cataracts.
"This trip to Cuba had tremendous significance," said Rev. Thomas
Smith, president of the board of directors of IFCO/Pastors for Peace
and pastor of the Monumental Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, PA. "Every
time we visit Cuba we're breaking the information blockade."
As a matter of moral principle, Pastors for Peace refuses to request or
accept a license from the US government to travel to Cuba or to deliver
humanitarian aid to that island nation.
"Cuba is not our enemy, and Cuba is not a threat. We refuse to be
complicit with the aim of the Bush administration to force Cuba into
adopting a so-called 'free-market' economy that would be dominated by
US interests," said Rev. Walker.
Pastors for Peace is a project of the Interreligious Foundation for
Community Organization (IFCO), an ecumenical agency based in Harlem,
NYC, which has been working for social and economic justice since 1967.
More information, including photos and audio clips, is available at
www.pastorsforpeace.org.
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