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    Flap’s Links and Comments for October 13th through October 14th

    October 14, 2011 /

    These are my links for October 13th through October 14th:

  • Occupy Wall Street,  Rudy Giuliani

    Rudy Giuliani Audio: You Are Not Allowed to Sleep on the New York City Streets

    October 14, 2011 /
    Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the Sean Hannity radio show

    How did I know that Rudy would not tolerate the Occupy Wall Street protesters as much as current Mayor Bloomberg?

    Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani told Sean Hannity on his talk show yesterday that, if he was still mayor, he would have told the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters, “You are not allowed to sleep on the streets.”

    On his show, Hannity asked Giuliani how he would have dealt with the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement if he was still mayor of New York City – to which Giuliani replied, “Well I had a rule and I enforced it as best I could and pretty effectively. The rule was: You’re not allowed to sleep on the streets. Sorry, not allowed to sleep on the streets. Streets are not for sleeping.”

    “Sleeping on the streets is a dysfunctional act. It harms the person, it harms society, it leads to unsanitary conditions that affect public health,” added Giuliani. “The first one who decided to sleep there should have been removed and then the second one, and the third one, and the fourth one and the fifth one.”

    “They can protest during the daytime if they want to, but if you want to stay over in New York City overnight, you got to rent a room, and if you’re homeless we got plenty of shelters for you,” said Giuliani

    A No nonsense, yet compassionate POL.

    Listen to it all……

    I cannot think that the appeasement that Mayor Bloomberg is allowing will work out well for the protesters or the New York City workers on Wall Street.

  • Barack Obama,  Uganda

    President Obama Orders 100 Troops to Uganda?

    October 14, 2011 /

    US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcome South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and First Lady Kim Yoon-Ok at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, DC

    Why?

    Oh yeah, this is a vital United States interest. NOT.

    President Obama said Friday that he is sending 100 U.S. troops to Uganda to aid in the fight against the Lord’s Resistance Army, a band of rebels in central Africa accused of murder, rape, and kidnap during their 20-year fight against Ugandan security forces.

    Obama said that the primary mission of the troops would be aiding Ugandan forces in removing Joseph Kony, head of the guerrilla group, from the battlefield. Kony has been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court, including murder, sexual enslavement, cruel treatment of civilians, and the forced enlistment of children into rebel ranks. The LRA has continued to pillage the region even after the Ugandan civil war ended in 2006 after a peace process was brokered.

    The president said that the troops could also deploy to South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Congo, according to a letter Obama sent to congressional leaders.

    “The support provided by U.S. forces will enhance regional efforts against the LRA,” Obama wrote. “However, although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense.”

    An initial team of troops deployed to Africa on Wednesday, with a second combat-equipped team and logistics personnel to follow later this month. The United States has provided support to regional forces fighting the LRA since 2008, but Obama said those efforts have proven futile.

    “Even with some limited U.S. assistance, however, regional military efforts have thus far been unsuccessful in removing LRA leader Joseph Kony or his top commanders from the battlefield,” Obama wrote.

    A bill authorizing Obama to aid Uganda in stopping Kony passed unanimously in the Senate in March and unanimously in the House in May.

    Bring those troops home…..

    No way should the United States be involved in another useless war and put American troops at risk.

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