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David Hicks 'innocent'
There are elements of the US government that do not treasure freedom and undermine the government. Such is the case today where on the date that John Walker Lind was returned to the US and separately, Daniel Pearl was murdered in 2002, David Hicks, a former inmate of GITMO who had been found training with the Taliban has been declared 'innocent' by the US government. He had previously accepted his guilt of training with terrorists so as to be released. He has celebrity status among the left who prize his having faced US armed services and survived. He is invited to speaking engagements for things like 'festival of dangerous ideas' or writer's festivals where he proudly forgets activities he wrote to his home about, like being able to shoot people legally in former Yugoslavia. David was bankrolled by Amnesty International, who are not supposed to protect people who want to kill, but to defend prisoners of conscience. When David has spoken, he has displayed anti semitism in his stated beliefs, and understanding of world organisation and foreign affairs. So what precisely is it the US government finds Hicks innocent of? Apparently training with the Taliban is not, now, considered an act of terror by some in the US government.
Dan Andrews quietly removes industry protection from unions
We know that the building unions in Victoria have acted corruptly. We know they have used stand over tactics to extort money from business. We know they have used slush funds to make elections undemocratic. We know that they have diverted funds meant for their members to personal things. What we have not heard is the mainstream press questioning the government about what they will do to prevent it from getting worse. But now we have new Premier Dan Andrews actually making it worse by removing the protections business have of a body supervising Union activity. Special thanks to Dan Andrews for the next worker to die from compromised safety standards.
Qld election
The QLD ALP have not reformed from the same party which failed to insure from floods they created when they over filled a dam. They had over filled the dam after they assured the public that dams would never be filled again because of global warming. They have opposed sensible measure which have benefited Queensland. The LNP government have been opposed by the press and the ALP on every measure, and yet the have created sensible financial positions which will ensure prosperity for the future. ALP had claimed they would, but never did it. There is no good reason why the QLD Premier would lose his seat, based on performance. One week to go. Good luck Campbell Newman.
2014
On the same day John Walker Lind was returned to the US on FBI custody, Journalist Daniel Pearl was murdered by terrorists. On this day, in 2002. One cannot surrender to terrorism and expect justice. Appeasement does not work. Give a little, and terrorists will view their efforts as succeeding. There are no historical examples of success through appeasing terror. But terror is not addressed through terror. Terrorist peoples largely don't want to succeed or die. They want to be made to stop. The concept of restraint and proportionality might be politically expedient, but it isn't what stakeholders want (note, I deny terrorist leadership as stake holders). I invite readers to post where they feel I am wrong. Examples please.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 393, Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaimed his eight-year old son Honorius co-emperor. 971, in China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han were soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. 1368, in a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. 1546, having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais published the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. 1556, the deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hit Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. 1570, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, was assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such. 1571, the Royal Exchange opened in London. 1579, the Union of Utrecht formed a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. 1656, Blaise Pascal published the first of his Lettres provincials.
In 1719, the Principality of Liechtenstein was created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1789, Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, was founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) 1793, Second Partition of Poland. 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell was awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. 1855, the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake and tsunami left 9 dead in New Zealand. Also 1855, the first bridge over the Mississippi River opened in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Hennepin Avenue Bridge. 1870, in Montana, U.S. cavalrymen killed 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what became known as the Marias Massacre. 1879, Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ended. 1897, Elva Zona Heaster was found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. 1899, the Malolos Constitution was inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Also 1899, Emilio Aguinaldo was sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.
In 1900, Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ended in a British defeat. 1904, Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund was devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funded the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. 1909, RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, became the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that killed six people. The Republic sank the next day. 1912, the International Opium Convention was signed at The Hague. 1920, the Netherlands refused to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies. 1937, in Moscow, 17 leading Communists went on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. 1941, Charles Lindbergh testified before the U.S. Congress and recommended that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. 1942, World War II: The Battle of Rabaul began, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign. 1943, World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army captured Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army. Also 1943, World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeated the Japanese army in Papua. Also 1943, Duke Ellington played at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. Also 1943, World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ended. 1945, World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launched Operation Hannibal.
In 1950, the Knesset passed a resolution that stated Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. 1957, American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sold the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renamed it the "Frisbee". 1958, after a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez left Venezuela. 1960, the bathyscaphe USS Trieste broke a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean. 1961, the Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria was hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar was overthrown. 1963, the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially began when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite. 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, was ratified. 1967, Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Côte d'Ivoire were established. Also 1967, Milton Keynes (England) was founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. 1968, North Korea seized the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated its territorial waters while spying.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon announced that a peace accord had been reached in Vietnam. Also 1973, a volcanic eruption devastated Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland. 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. 1997, Madeleine Albright became the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. Also 1997, Greek Serial Killer Antonis Daglis was sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others. 2001, five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim was staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution. 2002, "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returned to the United States in FBI custody. Also 2002, reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered. 2003, final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10. 2012, a group of Gaddafi loyalists took control of part of the town of Bani Walid and flew the green flag after a battle with NTC forces left 5 dead and 20 injured.
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This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
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Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406 or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
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For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.
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David Hicks 'innocent'
There are elements of the US government that do not treasure freedom and undermine the government. Such is the case today where on the date that John Walker Lind was returned to the US and separately, Daniel Pearl was murdered in 2002, David Hicks, a former inmate of GITMO who had been found training with the Taliban has been declared 'innocent' by the US government. He had previously accepted his guilt of training with terrorists so as to be released. He has celebrity status among the left who prize his having faced US armed services and survived. He is invited to speaking engagements for things like 'festival of dangerous ideas' or writer's festivals where he proudly forgets activities he wrote to his home about, like being able to shoot people legally in former Yugoslavia. David was bankrolled by Amnesty International, who are not supposed to protect people who want to kill, but to defend prisoners of conscience. When David has spoken, he has displayed anti semitism in his stated beliefs, and understanding of world organisation and foreign affairs. So what precisely is it the US government finds Hicks innocent of? Apparently training with the Taliban is not, now, considered an act of terror by some in the US government.
Dan Andrews quietly removes industry protection from unions
We know that the building unions in Victoria have acted corruptly. We know they have used stand over tactics to extort money from business. We know they have used slush funds to make elections undemocratic. We know that they have diverted funds meant for their members to personal things. What we have not heard is the mainstream press questioning the government about what they will do to prevent it from getting worse. But now we have new Premier Dan Andrews actually making it worse by removing the protections business have of a body supervising Union activity. Special thanks to Dan Andrews for the next worker to die from compromised safety standards.
Qld election
The QLD ALP have not reformed from the same party which failed to insure from floods they created when they over filled a dam. They had over filled the dam after they assured the public that dams would never be filled again because of global warming. They have opposed sensible measure which have benefited Queensland. The LNP government have been opposed by the press and the ALP on every measure, and yet the have created sensible financial positions which will ensure prosperity for the future. ALP had claimed they would, but never did it. There is no good reason why the QLD Premier would lose his seat, based on performance. One week to go. Good luck Campbell Newman.
2014
On the same day John Walker Lind was returned to the US on FBI custody, Journalist Daniel Pearl was murdered by terrorists. On this day, in 2002. One cannot surrender to terrorism and expect justice. Appeasement does not work. Give a little, and terrorists will view their efforts as succeeding. There are no historical examples of success through appeasing terror. But terror is not addressed through terror. Terrorist peoples largely don't want to succeed or die. They want to be made to stop. The concept of restraint and proportionality might be politically expedient, but it isn't what stakeholders want (note, I deny terrorist leadership as stake holders). I invite readers to post where they feel I am wrong. Examples please.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 393, Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaimed his eight-year old son Honorius co-emperor. 971, in China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han were soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. 1368, in a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. 1546, having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais published the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. 1556, the deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hit Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. 1570, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, was assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such. 1571, the Royal Exchange opened in London. 1579, the Union of Utrecht formed a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. 1656, Blaise Pascal published the first of his Lettres provincials.
In 1719, the Principality of Liechtenstein was created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1789, Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, was founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) 1793, Second Partition of Poland. 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell was awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. 1855, the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake and tsunami left 9 dead in New Zealand. Also 1855, the first bridge over the Mississippi River opened in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Hennepin Avenue Bridge. 1870, in Montana, U.S. cavalrymen killed 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what became known as the Marias Massacre. 1879, Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ended. 1897, Elva Zona Heaster was found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. 1899, the Malolos Constitution was inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Also 1899, Emilio Aguinaldo was sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.
In 1900, Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ended in a British defeat. 1904, Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund was devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funded the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. 1909, RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, became the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that killed six people. The Republic sank the next day. 1912, the International Opium Convention was signed at The Hague. 1920, the Netherlands refused to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies. 1937, in Moscow, 17 leading Communists went on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. 1941, Charles Lindbergh testified before the U.S. Congress and recommended that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. 1942, World War II: The Battle of Rabaul began, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign. 1943, World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army captured Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army. Also 1943, World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeated the Japanese army in Papua. Also 1943, Duke Ellington played at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. Also 1943, World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ended. 1945, World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launched Operation Hannibal.
In 1950, the Knesset passed a resolution that stated Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. 1957, American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sold the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renamed it the "Frisbee". 1958, after a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez left Venezuela. 1960, the bathyscaphe USS Trieste broke a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean. 1961, the Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria was hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar was overthrown. 1963, the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially began when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite. 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, was ratified. 1967, Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Côte d'Ivoire were established. Also 1967, Milton Keynes (England) was founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. 1968, North Korea seized the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated its territorial waters while spying.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon announced that a peace accord had been reached in Vietnam. Also 1973, a volcanic eruption devastated Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland. 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. 1997, Madeleine Albright became the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. Also 1997, Greek Serial Killer Antonis Daglis was sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others. 2001, five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim was staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution. 2002, "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returned to the United States in FBI custody. Also 2002, reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered. 2003, final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10. 2012, a group of Gaddafi loyalists took control of part of the town of Bani Walid and flew the green flag after a battle with NTC forces left 5 dead and 20 injured.
===
This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406 or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
===
For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.