* Puerto Rico: A university study found high levels of dangerous metals like lead and cadmium in the soil on the former U.S. Naval base on Vieques.* Latin America: Opposition parties made several key gains during local elections in Chile and Brazil.
* Haiti: The U.N. is calling for an additional $60 million in aid to help storm-ravaged Haiti.
* Dominican Republic: Dominicans living in Puerto Rico claim that they face all sorts of discrimination and abuses including police brutality.
Image- daylife.com (“Chris Brown, a contractor for Pika International, gestures near a pile of soon to be destroyed dummy training bombs at the former Vieques Naval Training Range, on Vieques island, Puerto Rico, Thursday, April 17, 2008”).
Sources- IHT, New York Daily News, CNN, Monsters & Critics, MSNBC
The Republican Party is just a bunch of white racists. It is filled with a bunch of Angry White Guys (and Gals) who think the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act ruined America because it made it a lot harder for whites from Ireland, England, France, Germany, Italy, etc. to immigrate to the U.S. and made it a lot easier for the Chinese, Indians, Jamaicans, Mexicans, Egyptians, etc. to immigrate to the U.S. What these racists don't GET is that the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act (Thank You Senator Ted Kennedy) greatly increased Diversity in the U.S. which has made OUR Nation stronger and a much more multicultural place to live. Before 1965 Whites of European descent made up 88% of the U.S. population. Now whites only make up 65% of the U.S. population and by 2042 they will only make up 49% of the population. By 2100 Whites of European descent will only make up about 30% of the U.S. population and only 3% of the World Population. The 2008 Election is just a turning point in American History though. By the end of this century white Europeans will be out of power in the United States(FINALLY!) and then we can finally end WHITE PRIVILEDGE and can get REAL Affirmative Action, REAL Reparations, REAL Change, and begin to redistribute wealth and property back to those who deserve it. Unfortunately, these Changes won't take place until the White Kids in Strollers and Elementary School today are in their 60's and 70's. The World is Flat. The white racist Republicans just don't seem to get it!
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